games™ recently had the opportunity to talk to speak to Michał Krzemiński, Senior Art Producer at CD Projekt RED, about upcoming release The Witcher 3.
RPGs are often huge, sprawling endeavours. With limited playtime, we have to choose wisely, so here's the best western RPGs available today.
"I started playing games yesterday" the List... Meh!
How about a few RPGs that deserve some love instead?
1 - Alpha Protocol - Now on GOG
2 - else Heart.Break()
3 - Shadowrun Trilogy
4 - Wasteland 2
5 - UnderRail
6 - Tyranny
7 - Torment: Tides of Numenera
And for a bonus game that flew under the radar:
8 - Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden
Not only glorious jank, but the idea that the story can completely change depending on what you do, or say, or side with, makes it one of the most forward thinking games ever. The amount of story permutation is the equivalent of a Hitman level but in Story Form. And it wasn't just that the story changed, no, it was that you met completely new characters, or missed them, depending on your choices. Made Mass Effect feel static in comparison.
Alpha Protocol was absolutely glorious, indeed. And it was, and still is, more Next Gen than most anything out there these days. In this regard at least.
Pity.
During CD Projekt’s Fiscal Year 2023 earnings call, CEO Michael Nowakowski said that the company is keen on licensing its IP rights to third-party developers to create mobile adaptations of its titles.
CD Projekt, the developer behind The Witcher/Cyberpunk 2077, has stated that there is no place for microtransactions in single-player games.
MP games need micros to keep the lights on. Path of Exile is a good game with micros. It can be done as long is the game is not the scheme itself.
You end up paying more than $70 in micros for a game specifically designed around them and that’s not a “scheme” by design?
I’ve played plenty of great MP games that didn’t have micros. I love how at one point we were like micros bad, GaaS bad, and now we’re like, well GaaS is MP so it’s ok.
Path is a free game. How else are they supposed to keep the servers on? You don't need up spending more . I've been playing the game since the beginning and I've spent less than $20.
Destiny on the other hand....
An MP game embedded in a SP game shouldn't have them.
I know you understand this. I have to be optimistic here.
@anast
I’d argue “free to play” are more egregious than just a traditional pay to play game. You end up spending far more on a game than just $70 and I think the “free” games are sneaky by design to make a consumer think “well, it’s free, let me dump money into it.” I mean, they’re specifically designed to make you continuously put money into them. I heard with Path of Exile you hit a point where the grind is obnoxious without buying micros.
I agree, I never pay for microtransactions, and in the few cases where I have, I've felt dirty afterwards, especially when older games used to give you so much content for free (like cosmetics).
Yeah why talk about stuff like that? only because the customers want to talk about it? pfff f*ck that...
It's an interesting response to the question, but then - imagine being a developer at the moment: you've sunk 100s of hours into creating a game that has all these features, this amazing tech, this innovation you want to talk about, and you end up having all these journalists approach you asking 'what's the resolution?'
It's a bit like asking the actresses about their dresses on the Oscar red carpet they're there to be rewarded for the hard work they've put into their craft, not chat nonsense about that clingy red halterneck they're wearing (or something, I don't know about dresses, Jesus).
I just hope they don't gimp on the PS4 version for parity.
Yeah, why does it matter.
Ohhhhhhh because The Witcher 3 isn't going to look as good as your screenshots on consoles?
... just as it is pointless to have these myriad "VERSUS" articles of which console is best over the other.
I have no allegiance to Microsoft nor Sony because both of these companies get my money... I ain't getting anything for free from them to warrant my favoritism. Both Microsoft and Sony are getting my hard earned money; my money, of which is filled with my efforts, sweat etc. If Microsoft and Sony create/produce good/great content and I like/love it, I will do business with them. If others (third-party developers/publishers) create good/great content and I like/love it, I will do business with them.
Whether you are for PlayStation, Xbox One or both, them platform holders (Microsoft and Sony) only care about putting as many units out there... the more units they put out there, the more money they make... money which is coming your accounts.