As many gamers already know, CD Projekt RED’s highly anticipated, open-world RPG, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, has been delayed yet again – this time to May 19th, 2015 – which is 7 months after the studio promised that the game wouldn’t be delayed any further.
The Witcher 3‘s May 19th delay marks the second such delay for the title. Naturally, many fans are quite disappointed to hear the news regarding The Witcher 3‘s most recent delay.
However, it appears that fans’ disappointment has been largely exacerbated because of the (now broken) promises made by the game’s developers earlier this year.
In March, CD Projekt Red co-founder Marcin Iwinski promised fans of the franchise that The Witcher 3 would receive no further delays or setbacks – stating:
“This is not our first game; we are not newbies. It’s not like, ‘Hey, we delaying and we’ll keep on delaying.'”
It appears that the latter part of Iwinski’s statement is certainly not the case.
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).
Boo Hoo, another delay... :( Still it will be an awesome game once released. Well worth the wait.
Guess people will be playing this like all summer
Sorry but ppl cant get mad at delays...
Do you want another broken game at launch?
It sucks it's been delayed but it hasn't been delayed by all that long, 2 extra months will fly by, Bloodborne and Dark Souls 2+ will keep me more than entertained
As long as it's polished and ready for release, I have no complaints. I'd rather they do it right. Day One patches look like the norm.