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Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Gets A Quiet Re-Release On Switch, But With An Important Difference

Launched to seemingly no fanfare, you can now buy Witcher 3: Wild Hunt alone for £29.99 from the Switch eShop. Players that already own the Complete Edition can redeem it for free, a move we suspect is designed to stop people accidentally buying this twice.

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Games1st1218d ago

Cost more to buy all separately.

Smok911218d ago

As stated in the article.

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execution171218d ago

They need to rework the eshop to make things less confusing. 🤔 same goes for the Pokémon expansions since people still get confused by it and get the wrong one... which is dumb since they're the exact same content

drunkenspy0071218d ago

I thought this would be a claim about nudity in the game, something I don't think is actually on any games on the Nintendo platforms that I know of.

Applejack1218d ago

I was under the impression that Nintendo was the most lenient when it comes to censorship.

drunkenspy0071218d ago

Huh, any examples? I know they have allowed risque games, but nothing that actually shows nudity that I know of, but interested to know if there is.

Outlawzz1218d ago

Witcher has all the same content on u.s version, meaning sex,nudity etc. Same with multiple other games. They may censor in other countries.

Nintendo has allowed most games to appear in unedited versions. Primarily the niche japanese games.

drunkenspy0071218d ago (Edited 1218d ago )

Not arguing that, my first thoughts was this is what the article would be about.

As for games with actual nudity on the switch, beyond some AAA games like Witcher, any examples of nudity in the Japanese games? I researched some earlier and saw that one game, waifu something, was removed because it did have some actual nudity, not just being lewd which there's plenty of games I saw.

Magog1218d ago

Absolute ripoff for such an ancient game.

Amplitude1218d ago (Edited 1218d ago )

Eh... remasters on other consoles are just the pc version with the settings raised up a bit and for the most part everybody is cool with that

A heck of a lot more work goes into porting to the switch so I get it

343_Guilty_Spark1218d ago

Everything is going to switch ....platform is a monster

Terry_B1218d ago

Its like a GOG Console (great old games) ..for the most part.

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CDPR say Witcher 4 will be different from Witcher 3: "We don't want to be stuck in the same spot"

The next Witcher game will still be an RPG but players can expect new things as CD Projekt Red want to push boundaries and discover new ways of storytelling.

Terry_B3d ago

Each of the 3 existing Witcher games is pretty different from each other..

just_looken3d ago

They were different because they went from being a port studio with there last port being the god awful saints row 2 pc port to making the witcher one.

The first witcher was there first actual game with there own engine the 3rd one showed there years of experience/in house engine improvements.

This witcher game has very very few of the original people behind it and its using unreal engine like so many other games.

The big elephant in the room is that they are now proudly esg supports and go to a panel of esg reps to approve there games now.

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

The is cdpr 2020's not the 2010's cdpr we used to know.

https://www.gamesradar.com/...

Take the blood/sex/nudity/adult humor/combat system/rpg mechanics/writing/story charecters/art/design and there passion/drive from the first 3 games throw it in the fucking trash there now you got what they have right now for the witcher 4.

New engine new writing team new everything even esg leadership so yeah "Witcher 4 will be different from Witcher 3"

Sonic18812d ago (Edited 2d ago )

This doesn't sound good without the original team

RiseNShine2d ago

Didn't know that, disgusting, so i'm going from day 1 purchase to wait and see until i know how bad this gets.

Crows902d ago (Edited 2d ago )

I'll say that cyberpunk 2077 is a great game. Witcher 1 is my favourite game in the series with the 3rd being my least favourite.

We'll see how the new team does.

@risenshine

Never buy day1 regardless of studio

MeatyUrologist2d ago

Uggh thanks for pointing out. Didn't realize they sold out to the esg crowd. Too bad, I thought they were one of the few untouched "gamer" developer. Poland was one of the last non-woke countries left but appears they too have caved to the ESG money.

jznrpg2d ago

It’s common for people to shit on games before they come out. We haven’t even seen anything of Witcher 4. It could be great it could be mediocre etc. I’m not going to prejudge just because the company has interests in other areas. I only care if the Witcher 4 is good or not.

just_looken2d ago

@jzn

I think you need to look at the games dei/esg have been involved in/ help fund like sr/ss

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Kaii3d ago

My only issue with 3 was with the combat

bRuud833d ago

Combat was never the strongest part of the series.

just_looken3d ago

True but anyone that thinks witcher 3 2.0 combat is bad would never get past the first section of witcher one.

Profchaos3d ago

I felt 3 was ok took a long for it to click but I tried 2 and I found combat controls to be my biggest barrier to actually enjoying it was about 50 times clunkier than 3

thorstein3d ago (Edited 3d ago )

I thought the weakest point was the copious amount of dialog. Sometimes less is more. I remember clicking through just to get to the objective.

outsider16243d ago (Edited 3d ago )

Compared to W1, W3 feels like a masterpiece in combat..lol.

Nacho_Z2d ago

I loved it despite the combat so if they can get that right it'll be an incredible game. The other thing I wasn't fond of was being deluged with loot, quality over quantity for me.

sagapo2d ago

Can someone tell me what they didn’t like about the combat? Was it the pace or something? Because I didn’t have any problem with the combat once I realized it wasn’t a button mashing type of combat…
I honestly like to know.

Nacho_Z2d ago

Weightless, floaty, without impact and generally unsatisfying.

Also on the hardest difficulty you could literally get one shotted by a dwarf with a wooden club despite max gear so there was a hell of a lot of dodging and rolling, as in almost constantly, which didn't add to the fun.

sagapo2d ago

@Nacho: I haven’t played on the hardest difficulty truth be told so I can’t comment on that part.
My build however was a dual wield/aard sign build; knock back enemies and hit them hard + ranged got deflected. I did dodge and roll a lot anyway with this build so it didn’t really bother me, so yeah, fun for me, not for you I guess.
Thx for sharing your thoughts tho.

thorstein2d ago

I would say that, for me, it was the silly cutscenes in the middle of boss fights that didn't match the fight itself.

Example: I mastered the combat early. In one boss fight, I was untouched, flawless. Then a cutscene shows me barely beating the boss toe to toe.

Ciri vs 3 witches. I took down the one from the cutscene first. She's dead. I blink away. Fight, defeat the other two. And blink to the entrance before the cutscene triggered. Suddenly, I'm in the middle of everything with a crone who has long since been defeated and, instead of blinking away, Ciri becomes the dumbest character ever, and stoops to let the very precious token dangle in front of the crone.

Both of those are narrative breaking.

jznrpg2d ago

It’s the best of the series. Of course it could improve but at least it’s not Elder Scrolls combat which hasn’t changed since ever.

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helicoptergirl3d ago

Bethesda seems like a studio that is "stuck in the same spot". Development wise. Glad CDPR are wary of that element in game design.

jznrpg2d ago

They have actually declined from all the systems they had in Morrowind. Acrobatics Athletics is gone. Spells are simpler. Combat hasn’t changed at all. They added a strip of sprint button and you only have enough stamina to run for 10 seconds but you can kill dragons and powerful beings. I could go on but yeah they are stuck in reverse

babadivad2d ago

I was done when they made races purely cosmetic.

Hugodastrevas3d ago

This can either go very well or very badly. I hope the latter.

DaReapa2d ago

So you're wishing bad on the game?
J/k, lol. I assume to know what you meant.

Hugodastrevas1d 5h ago

You're right I meant the former, thanks for the correction.

just_looken3d ago (Edited 3d ago )

That is on your mobile device they copied pokemon go few years back
https://www.thewitcher.com/...

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

It was such a flop they removed the videos and removed the link to that article but its still on there servers.

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Source Code For The Witcher 3 & Cyberpunk 2077 Has Allegedly Been Compromised

Source code for CD Projekt's action role-playing games The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 have allegedly been compromised.

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just_looken41d ago

Well they are using unreal engine now thanks to there work culture and horrific job on making cyberpunk so for the future no impact.

But it will be interesting to see what mods will be made

https://rebel-wolves.com/

just_looken40d ago

7 disagrees shows how many look at one dlc that had a rip off fight from ghost in the shell and goes wow what a goat team i love cdpr while ignoring that they only made 2 games that were good witcher 2/3 in 20yrs.

But its a new world we want a criminal that support's legal murder as president/support shoplifting love toxic work environments and have a mass casualty event every other day.

GhostMirror40d ago

I’ll admit I didn’t play it at launch, but Cyberpunk 2077 is a really good game now.

And who the hell knows what you’re even going on about in your second paragraph here.

EazyC40d ago

Wait a min...I swear to god CP2077's source code got leaked before. CDPR needs to stop using "password123" for all their accounts 😅

just_looken40d ago

Na its hundreds ex employees no doubt just getting there revenge.

Profchaos40d ago (Edited 40d ago )

This is the same leak the threat actors have been trying to sell the source code after cd project didn't pay the ransom.

They didn't manage to sell the source code to any company largely because it would be unethical for say EA to buy it so the threat actors failed to find a buyer.

After they failed to make any money they went through with their threat of simply giving it away.

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The Witcher 4 Won't Be "Witcher 3 in New Clothing," CDPR Adding New Gameplay Elements and Mechanics

CDPR says that players shouldn't expect The Witcher 4 to be "Witcher 3 in new clothing," as the studio is adding new gameplay elements in it.

anast59d ago

Improve the combat and you got an instant classic.

sagapo59d ago

What’s wrong with the combat?

anast59d ago

Nothing for when it was made. It's time to upgrade.

sagapo58d ago

disagrees for asking a question, nice...

Flawlessmic59d ago

Dragons dogma 2 style combat, would be dope.

Friendlygamer59d ago

It played like a bootleg ac game. It was pretty poor even back when it released

anast59d ago

I didn't think it was as bad as the semi QT AC games.

Friendlygamer59d ago

At least ac had some cinematic flair to hide how braindead it was

bionicstar59d ago

They should have a party system with turn based combat

monkey60259d ago

People will riot!

I'd love it but people will riot

LordoftheCritics59d ago

CDPR will lose like 99% of its audience.

It could be a fun experiment for the internet's shits and giggles.