The Witcher 3 Features 36 Alternate Endings
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Well I think the game is looking great but if they have that many endings, it only suggests to me that they are spreading it thin. Instead of having 3-5 strong definitive endings they are going for 36 somewhat blander endings.Revolutionary said:
Of course I haven't played the game yet so I could be talking out of my ass. I hope I am wrong.
Oh dear. As much as I trust CD Projekt, any time that the amount of "ending" goes beyond 10 I expect a fiasco like Mass Effect 3 (Which according to the developers had 16 endings, 'cause apparently more people are shown getting killed if you have lower galactic readiness or something). Can't say I saw the ME3 one coming, but I didn't expect the ending to be good. Let's pray it's not the case here, The Witcher has been by far one of the best RPG series of the last couple years.
Holy crap!, that's a big 2 digit number!. I expect nothing less from CD Projekt, but HOLY CRAP!, that's ballsy!.
Now I seriously need to finish the two previous games. I already have them (GOG and Steam respectively), but I just can't bring myself to finish them, especially the first one. The second one, I'm waiting to get a new graphics card to at least make it playable.
Now I seriously need to finish the two previous games. I already have them (GOG and Steam respectively), but I just can't bring myself to finish them, especially the first one. The second one, I'm waiting to get a new graphics card to at least make it playable.
Im really trying not to get excited, i mean last time someone promised us something like this we got Mass Effect 3, but at the same time The Witcher 2 really did deliver so...oh god my brain
edit. i am currently thinking its likely to be 4 or 5 groups of endings which will be different and each group will have ending which differ slightly on some choices. but really aslong as the ending makes some sense and takes into account some of my choices il be happy, see Dragon Age Origins as an example
edit. i am currently thinking its likely to be 4 or 5 groups of endings which will be different and each group will have ending which differ slightly on some choices. but really aslong as the ending makes some sense and takes into account some of my choices il be happy, see Dragon Age Origins as an example
36 is an interesting number since it isn't a power of 2. It factors* to 2*2*3*3, which indicates there will probably be 4 major decisions that Geralt makes: 2 with 2 choices, and 2 with 3 choices. (Or 3, one with 4 choices and 2 with 3 choices, etc). I'd guess that there are probably 2 or 3 major differences in the ending, then minor alterations based on those.
I thought I've seen CDProjekt indicate that the world will have like 300+ possible "end states". Again, if that's say, 320 "end states", that's only like 7 decisions that have some kind of effect.
Either way, the choices in the Witcher 2 were interesting, so I'm looking forward to this.
Keep in mind that even Mass Effect 3 had quite a few different end states besides the dumb 4-way decision at the end. Your actions in the game (and for some things your previous actions) really did make big changes to how the different races stories ended before you got to the pick-an-ending part. It's weird, but it seems like Bioware could have largely avoided a lot of trouble by restricting your final choice by having the game make it for you based on all of your previous actions. Or, you know, by creating a few majorly different final scense, not just colored lights ...
* Look! I used factoring in real life!
I thought I've seen CDProjekt indicate that the world will have like 300+ possible "end states". Again, if that's say, 320 "end states", that's only like 7 decisions that have some kind of effect.
Either way, the choices in the Witcher 2 were interesting, so I'm looking forward to this.
Keep in mind that even Mass Effect 3 had quite a few different end states besides the dumb 4-way decision at the end. Your actions in the game (and for some things your previous actions) really did make big changes to how the different races stories ended before you got to the pick-an-ending part. It's weird, but it seems like Bioware could have largely avoided a lot of trouble by restricting your final choice by having the game make it for you based on all of your previous actions. Or, you know, by creating a few majorly different final scense, not just colored lights ...
* Look! I used factoring in real life!
Ummmm... OLD? I thought the 36 number was already well know, I could have sworn that The Escapist had already reported on it too.
The only difference from what I'm hearing here is that in the past I think it was referred to as 3 different endings with 36 different epilogue states. (ie: After you get one of 3 endings you play through the epilogue which can be significantly different in 36 different ways.)
The only difference from what I'm hearing here is that in the past I think it was referred to as 3 different endings with 36 different epilogue states. (ie: After you get one of 3 endings you play through the epilogue which can be significantly different in 36 different ways.)