I feel Cyberpunk 2077 may even have more attention to detail in general. CDPR have yet to disappoint me, I loved all 3 Witcher games and cannot wait to play CP2077.
You may have not accounted for playtime with organic gameplay, but you also forgot about the players who searched every. single. house. two times over for alcohest. This game is 500 hours long if you have an illogical fear of missing hidden items.
@@Changetheling What do you mean by saying "triple-checking" and "disastrous memory"? That's really long play tbh. I've almost finished the second playthrough for 30 hours or less. I've used cheatengine to ease gaming though but it saved me a lot of time and allowed to experience everything again and much quicker. The first playthrough though took me 200+ hours, including DLCs.
Over the past 4 months I've played the game and only now have finished it. It was about 200h for the main quest and HOS and 70 for Blood and Wine for 270h total. Though as someone said in another Witcher 3 noclip video now the Witcher 3 withdrawal symptoms slowly start for me and I feel like starting all over again but making different choices in all the quests.
Really amazing they spent all that time to account for players doing things out of order, when they knew that most would likely never try playing it that way. These videos are just making me appreciate Witcher and CDPR even more!
Blood and Wine has some of the best side quests in the series. Like A Warble of a Smitten Knight, and Equine Phantoms. Geralt's expression when he realised he couldn't understand what Roach was saying anymore was heartbreaking
Before playing Witcher 3, I had no idea what the franchise was about. Just wanted to give the third one a try and I can honestly say that I was completely blown away at what I was missing all these years. The quests (Main and Side), The characters, The world, The Lore and everything about it was magical and extraordinary. As a gamer, I am happy there are games like 'The Witcher 3'. EDIT: Great documentary Danny. One of my fav channels on UA-cam :)
I'm just glad we have a company like CDPR in this industry. They haven't managed to win me over personally, but as long as they continue to lean more into RPG elements and gameplay improvements I don't think they will ever produce a disappointing product.
+Vig Gurumurphy I would actually be perfectly okay judging it as such if only for the fact that from the beginning the Witcher series has had stat progression and, more importantly from my perspective, dialogue options. Ignoring how limited both of those elements are the only thing they are missing to make it a full on RPG in my eyes is complete character customization and ignoring physical appearance one could also argue customizing Geralt's clothes counts for that as well. All this being said I'm completely fine with Witcher 3 as it is as a stepping stone for the company. They've only made 3 games and a pre-established character like Geralt let them limit what could reasonably let you do, and it works as a completely reasonable excuse. It just won't hold up as well if they want me to feel a character is mine like in normal RPGs.
SPOILER WARNING: In case you missed the start of the video, this episode does talk about end-game quests, and many more along the way. So please stop watching and complete the game if you plan to. We don't touch the story of the DLCs so if you've yet to play Hears of Stone or Blood & Wine you'll be okay. If you have any specific questions, please ask here and we'll get back to you as soon as we can. Thanks for watching! This is part 4 of 6 - so expect new videos on Wednesday (Localization) and Friday (Everything Else).
Thanks for the warning, I'll skip this episode for now. I was going to not watch any of this documentary series till I played the games, but that first episode was just so good I couldn't stop. I noticed there wasn't any spoilers in episode 1-3, so thanks for keeping them spoiler free too. I can enjoy this documentary, get a better appreciation of the games, AND have basically no spoilers? Feels like I'm having my cake and eating it.
Does it reference any events in the main story? Because I got decent amount into Witcher 3 but unfortunately never finished it. Furthest I got was the start of Kaer Morhen.
Thanks alot for making these videos no clip As an aspiring 3d character artist wanting to get a job in the video game industry specially into Cd project red these videos inspire me to work harder thanks alot
I love that part where Mateusz was talking about how it can feel odd when you go to a place in a game where you can see something is going to happen later there in a quest, but it is not happening yet because you have to start the quest somewhere else before that and how immersion breaking it can be. It happened to me a few times in other games and Witcher 3 did an absolutely amazing job avoiding this.
It actually took me a couple of weeks to finish the main quest. Then I did a second playthrough and it took me about 3 years. At some points I didn't even wanted to play the game knowing that the more I played the closer it was to the end. Finishing the game and it's expansions left a bittersweet taste. On one hand it was the best game I've ever played and I couldn't believe I finished it, on the other hand, well.... now what am I supposed to do with my life?
I know that feeling. I recently got Horizon: zero dawn because of all the great reviews it got, but I can't help but feel dissapointed because I'm just not nearly as invested as with TW3 and its expansions. The quests feel boring, the cinematography feels clunky, the side characters feel flat and one-dimensional, the world doesn't feel alive, the main story is cliché, the main character doesn't have an interesting personality, I could go on and on (those were all opinions of course:). That doesn't mean that Horizon: zero dawn is bad game, it's just that TW3 created really high expectations for games in the same genre. If I hadn't played TW3, Horizon would probably be one of my favorite games, but now it's one of my least favorite just because TW3 outshines it so heavily in my opinion. I really hope more games will try to learn for TW3, but realisticly the next great open world game is either going to be from Rockstar or CD Project.
You see how devoted that writing director is? Let me just remind you that Fallout 4 doesn't even have a writer. Check the credits of the game. The story was made by Quest designers.
And I still can't believe there are some people said that Skyrim story and quest is better than Witcher 3. its fine if you like Skyrim over Witcher 3, after all we all have our own preferences. But to say Skyrim story is better than Witcher 3? Tsk tsk.
Considering the primary storyline has been secondary since ES inception it is completely irrelevant and idiotic to compare the two. Interactive media is unique in this way that drawing comparisons between these entirely subjective things is irrelevant and makes little to no sense.
They contain mostly the same gameplay loop that the rest of the game has but its the fact that they so many of them are well written is what makes them special (unlike the trashy writing that Bethesda games have)
You asked all the right questions that no one else has been asking. It's fascinating to hear about how this huge game evolved and came together. Great video.
The Witcher 3 is full of amazing quests. Even small ones like The Black Pearl, Blood Ties and On Death's Bed (how you get a F/U from her lover hours after you finish the quest) were incredible.
As a father, Borys's commentary on missing the first years of his two daughters' lives got to me. I appreciate his passion and sacrifice. Thank you, Danny, for shining a spotlight on the passion and sacrifice developers make to bring the games we love to life.
I get dizzy thinking about all the ways a player can mess up the quest system. They did really well with it in W3. And boy, does it have some amazing quests! Fantastic video!
Man, I really want to ask the devs on what about rumours of another storyline when the Wild Hunt plundered Novigrad after the attack at Kaer Morhen in which the town environments changes massively.
Yesterday I played the Blood and Wine quest where you have to get permit A38 - such a funny and great idea to include an homage to good old Asterix :-)
The bloody baron questline is to me the best quest line i have ever played in any video game.The the way they handled the subject matter and how mature the content was is absolutely outstanding..Great videos btw have loved watching them..
Just brilliant the way they designed these quests and how they added such depth to them all. In almost every case when they specifically identify something they added later in the process, it made the quest so much better, eg. fleshing out the Baron. What a wonderful game.
There's a power cut here in my locality, there's a rainstorm outside, 4g connections have stopped working, yet here I am, waiting for 2g to buffer, because its a Noclip video goddammit!! Quality stuff!!
As of October 9, 2017, I firmly believe Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is the greatest game ever made by far. No game even comes close. Sorry Horizon: Zero Dawn, sorry every Nintendo game, I apologize to every CoD ever made. Every RPG or action game... take a back seat! WWH is master!!! CDPR is the master as well! Love my WB publisher! Best games and movies! I am so grateful that devs like CDPR exist who stuff excellency and content into their games and DO NOT kill us with microtransactions, loot crates, or over priced DLC. The 2 Witcher DLCs were like another entire game for 30 bucks! Thank you!!! Thank you Noclip for your hard work and giving these great devs the spot light! Exemplary work!!
I was convinced that it was the best game I had ever played back in 2015 and over two years later, that still holds true. The DLCs absolutely knocked it out of the park and sealed the deal for this game.
Why is it a zero sum game? Do you also have a Best Song Ever, Best Band Ever, Best Novel Ever? It's just weird that gamers feel everything has to be competitive among the things they enjoy. TW3 is A great game. There is no greatest game ever because no game can be the best in every facet. If you really think so, play more games. TW3 scratches an itch, but sometimes I've got a different itch that can only be scratched by another game (rpg or otherwise).
Family matters, ladies of the wood, dead man's party, there can be only one, cave of dreams & beast of honorton are my favourite quests. I love CD Project Red!
Loving this high quality look at one of the finest games ever made. It's one of the few where I attempted to 100% it AND the DLC so seeing the story behind it is fascinating.
I kinda wished we could've ended in a futuristic area during the teleportation. However, getting a Ciri sidequest, or an easter egg at least, in the upcoming Cyperpunk 2077 would be epic. Imagine seeing her just pop up... She did mention a similarly-themed area as one of her stops...
i tried to do everything in the game and it took me about 299hours. Probably only SP game where I left so many hours in but it was hard not to play. Took about a year and a few months to finish and I never even felt bored. Such an amazing game. One of a kind, truly.
the one quest from this game that really stands out in my mind is the one from blood and wine when you get the run around at a bank for like 30 minuets. I couldn't believe it, I was smiling the entire time I was in the bank. even tho i didn't kill a single monster or bandit the way CDPR was able to make something like that enjoyable is absolutely incredible in my mind. unreal quest verity in this game.
I think that was really smart what they did with the travelling merchant. I think that's something that made me enjoy The Witcher 3 more than any other open world RPG, was how the quests were done in such an open way that if you accidentally did a part of the quest that was meant to come later, it didn't break the game & more importantly it allowed it. I also liked how some quests could intertwine without ever relating to each other, like 1 quest might say "go an explore this cave for a mushroom" but you just so happen to have a contract in your log and in front of the cave you stumble on the monsters trail which can lead you elsewhere. It made the distractions feel very organic because if you weren't paying attention, it actually felt like it was all part of the same quest, like "oh I guess I need to follow these tracks before finding this mushroom" or something like that.
I remember all of those times that I completed a monster contract without accepting it (just killing monster because), then wandering away from the site to find some peasants (whom I never met) gladly offer me a sack of coins for my troubles. Woo hoo! Free loot!
I love the way they designed the world and the quests, especially the little notes in hidden caches that explain how this treasure got there - I can't think of another similar example in a modern RPG.
You are telling me there might have been a quest where Geralt would dress like a Wild Hunt warrior and try to assasinate a general of them? That would have been soo cool, we would get more insights about Wild Hunt and all. This game's quests are so good that some people, including myself, wish there were even more of them, and find the end game a bit short and rushed. That assasination quest would fit perfectly I guess. Anyway, great video, enjoyed every minute of it.
Watching the beginning of this to get a feel for how i want to play the game. Mad respect for their commitment to making quests feel so immersive - I love it!
Speaking of Undvik, that was practically what I did upon arriving - reconnaissance of the north coast and came across a set of CSI Witcher clues of graves and other items which weren't related to [The Lord of Undvik] quest so I left them alone thinking they were for another side quest, and explored the island's features in a non-linear fashion quest wise. Took me quite a while to finally get the quest progressing according to the "direction" it was intended. Ultimately upon seeing Hjalmar home, the north coast "clues" went dead without me triggering any separate quest that would've made use of them. I never got to discover what they were meant for.
My first playthrough I stumbled upon the Island. I ran into Hjalmar and defeated the Ice Giant. I loved that battle. My second playthrough I spoke to Crach an Craite and he gave me the quest as I was going through the storyline more quickly. I love that about this game, just pure freedom.
This whole series is perfectly timed, considering that I recently finished my third play through of the game and don't plan on touching it for a long while, but still greatly appreciate all of my time with it.
This is one of the things that surprised me the most and I loved about the witcher 3...that you can complete quest while exploring without speaking to the quest giver...then just talk to them later and tell them you already did that where's my reward....it encourages you to explore
I love how much fun the devs are having just talking about the game. Many of them have fond memories, and funny stories, and even making Danny laugh. That's what real passion looks like. Take note EA, Ubisoft, Blizzard, Bethesda and pretty much every other triple A developer out there.
Tue Bloody Baron Questline was one helluva difficult one for me. I'm 31 and knew what I was signing up for when I chose to buy and play a mature game. Violence, language, sex, war, etc isn't an issue. But running into a main quest with an alcoholic father who is abusive to his daughter brought up traumatic flashbacks that I just wasn't prepared for. Very specific sequence of events there threw me for a loop. Now I know what to expect and will be able to handle this game better my next playthrough. But man, that was rough
So excited for the next part! This series is amazing. The quests in Witcher 3 were fantastic but man, that scene where Geralt finally reunites with Ciri... Everything else was just leading up to that, for me at least. That scene was total perfection.
Funny, one of my favourite quests was the mentioned "linear" quest with the giant. Maybe it was the vibe of Undvik, the music or simply the fact that i had to kill a GIANT, but i loved it so much, perhaps even more than some more open quests.
Another great touch on artistic side of video games. I seriously think these documentaries should make it to all major video game schools' study materials
"The team at CDPR meticulously designed the opening area of Velen to ensure that players hit certain points while still feeling free and in control of their destiny." You can't escape your destiny. How very in the spirit of the Witcher.
Ohhhhh, omg no, when you said they originally planned to have that entire quest of going through time and space to be separate accessible worlds like white orchard, my heart sank. That quest is honestly one of my favourite moments in the entire game and had me wishing I could stay in those worlds longer.......
Words cannot describe the love I have for this game it almost brings me to tears this is the one of the best games ever made thank you so much cd projekt red
When the guy said that they were bad at estimating play time and they needed to add more stuff made me smile. These people are so awesome and wholesome. They really care about making a good game. I wish more companies were like CD Project Red. Great video
I think CD projekt's inexperience in open-world games really made a huge difference, because they tried and implemented so many incredible things that other companies would dismiss or overlook because of established open-world patterns/mechanics. And 100 hours..really! I have over 1000 hours in Witcher 3 and I'm not even done with blood and wine yet. The world is just to beautiful and fascinating, I always just end up wanderering around discovering these small but amazing details in the game world. Congratulations to CD Projekt for making a really successful game, and thank you for putting in all the extra detail, time & effort into the Witcher world, and making this game one that I will come back to for the rest of my life.
I was really blown a way by the size of the world, like I was thinking that the White Orchard was a really big map. And after that when the actual world opens for you, it was freaking huge! Even with the introduction period on White Orchard, I was still quite overwhelmed and didn't know where to start! But when you start, you don't wanna stop, and I ended up playing like 4-5 hours in a row :D
I feel like my first play through was the way it was “meant to be played”. Main quests or POI nearby? I did it. I just came back to the game after the Netflix series... I noticed I was primarily focusing on main missions and contracts. I ran in to a TON of random contracts, missions, etc... and was super happy they maintained continuity. “Hey, I killed your baddie... here’s the head”. Amazing game.
Man I would love it if you did a whole segment just on Pawel and his Family Matters. That quest has no precedents whatsoever in gaming history, I still think on it to this day.
The drinking with the Witchers isn't just great on it's own, it's a perfect midway change of pace and chance to reflect upon everything Geralt's done up to this point. I think that's what makes it so special.
I love the care they put into the quests and every little detail of it, and I love that they kept in the whole drunk witchers sequence with the call to the sorceresses. ...and I am so glad they didn't make the worldjumping sequences based around hub worlds. That would've been way too tedious given that it was in the endgame and would've thrown off the pacing.
I know I’m crazy. 600+ hrs main content before DLCs.death march. I’m still playing blood and wine I have had since launch. Quest just sometimes cause a chain reaction. I did only 200hrs in Skyrim
the no place like home quest in Kaer Morhen is literally one of the funniest I've ever played in any game, and the only complaint I have is that we didn't have more dialogue or activity options with the boys lol I know some players don't like long quests with dialogue, even if it's funny and wholesome, but they always do have the option to skip the dialogue or end the quest early by going to sleep
The Bloody Baron is one of the most layered and authentic-feeling characters I've ever seen in a video game. He's like something out of a novel.
The Burning Sensation I loved the Barron like a brother and was heartbroken to see him so sad.
he is infact out of a novel. The whole game is based on a novel series the witcher
@@karol_w-cc6zq except bloody baron is not a character in the books at all, so they made that from scratch
@@karol_w-cc6zq they share the watchers and some characters, the events of the games are seperste from the novels and the Barron is not from them.
@@RanochVTX wtf? he abused his wife
Now I kinda understand why they're still working on cyberpunk till now. I hope they treat it with the same amount of detail and care
I feel Cyberpunk 2077 may even have more attention to detail in general. CDPR have yet to disappoint me, I loved all 3 Witcher games and cannot wait to play CP2077.
@mk Well TBH they've earned that trust. They are setting the example for what every video game company should be.
You hope? Of course they will
2 years later and it just got delayed again, looking to be even better than Witcher 3 at this point
They will
"Family Matters" is one of my favorite quests in any game. Actually teared up. Beautiful
Same
😂😂 The name and profile picture above are a dead giveaway for a troll account.
HA HA HA HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHHAHAHAHA
I cried when I saw Uma.. beautiful creature.
Shell Comics I teared up when Geralt found Ciri holy hell that shit was deep especially when he thought she was dead
You may have not accounted for playtime with organic gameplay, but you also forgot about the players who searched every. single. house. two times over for alcohest.
This game is 500 hours long if you have an illogical fear of missing hidden items.
yep I am one of those people myself and I had logged in 200 hours even before I started playing the dlc's
bimper bamper same
Never got so much time.
@@Changetheling What do you mean by saying "triple-checking" and "disastrous memory"?
That's really long play tbh.
I've almost finished the second playthrough for 30 hours or less. I've used cheatengine to ease gaming though but it saved me a lot of time and allowed to experience everything again and much quicker. The first playthrough though took me 200+ hours, including DLCs.
Over the past 4 months I've played the game and only now have finished it. It was about 200h for the main quest and HOS and 70 for Blood and Wine for 270h total. Though as someone said in another Witcher 3 noclip video now the Witcher 3 withdrawal symptoms slowly start for me and I feel like starting all over again but making different choices in all the quests.
You guys are knocking it out of the park with these videos.
Indeed ! This is what game JOURNALISM (!!!) should be like !
Yessir, that's it.
Really amazing they spent all that time to account for players doing things out of order, when they knew that most would likely never try playing it that way. These videos are just making me appreciate Witcher and CDPR even more!
I have a tendency to do everything out of order, as I'm an explorer by nature and love open world RPGs.
The Witcher 3 has, without a doubt, the greatest collection of side quests I have ever seen in a video game. And really it's not even close.
Really? A lot of them are witcher detective vision fetch quests.
@@colin-campbell No, they really aren't.
@@burnout713
So, in all the side quests you played in Witcher 3, you barely used Witcher senses?
@@colin-campbell You use them for about 10 percent of the time you're side questing.
Probably not even that.
Hjalmar asks "What are you doing here" and Geralt says "Wanna play some Gwent"
Yeah, to be honest Hjalmar - I'm itching for a few rounds of Gwent. Whaddya say?
*silent nod*
Blood and Wine has some of the best side quests in the series. Like A Warble of a Smitten Knight, and Equine Phantoms.
Geralt's expression when he realised he couldn't understand what Roach was saying anymore was heartbreaking
Now they better have a location in Cyberpunk 2077 called No Man's Town.
Maybe a bar.
Maybe No Man's zone would be a much better fit.
Please do this
or a Lesbian Club 😂
Prolly a quest lol.
Before playing Witcher 3, I had no idea what the franchise was about. Just wanted to give the third one a try and I can honestly say that I was completely blown away at what I was missing all these years. The quests (Main and Side), The characters, The world, The Lore and everything about it was magical and extraordinary. As a gamer, I am happy there are games like 'The Witcher 3'.
EDIT: Great documentary Danny. One of my fav channels on UA-cam :)
I'm just glad we have a company like CDPR in this industry. They haven't managed to win me over personally, but as long as they continue to lean more into RPG elements and gameplay improvements I don't think they will ever produce a disappointing product.
+Vig Gurumurphy I would actually be perfectly okay judging it as such if only for the fact that from the beginning the Witcher series has had stat progression and, more importantly from my perspective, dialogue options. Ignoring how limited both of those elements are the only thing they are missing to make it a full on RPG in my eyes is complete character customization and ignoring physical appearance one could also argue customizing Geralt's clothes counts for that as well. All this being said I'm completely fine with Witcher 3 as it is as a stepping stone for the company. They've only made 3 games and a pre-established character like Geralt let them limit what could reasonably let you do, and it works as a completely reasonable excuse. It just won't hold up as well if they want me to feel a character is mine like in normal RPGs.
20:24 Borys suddenly becoming sober when talking about Geralt and Ciri was quite beautiful.
"...in general" that long pause... dem feelz
SPOILER WARNING: In case you missed the start of the video, this episode does talk about end-game quests, and many more along the way. So please stop watching and complete the game if you plan to. We don't touch the story of the DLCs so if you've yet to play Hears of Stone or Blood & Wine you'll be okay. If you have any specific questions, please ask here and we'll get back to you as soon as we can. Thanks for watching! This is part 4 of 6 - so expect new videos on Wednesday (Localization) and Friday (Everything Else).
Thanks for the warning, I'll skip this episode for now.
I was going to not watch any of this documentary series till I played the games, but that first episode was just so good I couldn't stop. I noticed there wasn't any spoilers in episode 1-3, so thanks for keeping them spoiler free too.
I can enjoy this documentary, get a better appreciation of the games, AND have basically no spoilers? Feels like I'm having my cake and eating it.
FYI there are some light spoilers in the next one too. We'll put a warning on it also.
Does it reference any events in the main story? Because I got decent amount into Witcher 3 but unfortunately never finished it. Furthest I got was the start of Kaer Morhen.
Thanks alot for making these videos no clip As an aspiring 3d character artist wanting to get a job in the video game industry specially into Cd project red these videos inspire me to work harder thanks alot
But I want to watch it :|
"GUARRRRRRDS!!!
More paper, Excellency?"
I never laughed so hard in my entire life.
^This is my favourite joke in the game.
A bit prior to that when geralt goes: "Lambert!... youre a genious!" Completely hammered and slurring made me literally cry to tears.
Pretty cool idea. For me, the music is what makes this game perfect to me...
We cover the music in the final video, be sure to check back!
Noclip great news! I certainly will be back then.
Harry LEVI I purchased the soundtrack off of iTunes
David Jones So did I ha I was naughty amd baught the Vinyl set as well. The Mrs was not happy lol
I have a playlist on my phone of just 100+ Witcher music. Calms me down
This Witcher documentary is the best thing on youtube right now. Thanks!
Danny you really gotta repair your sword you know?
Haha. It's less of a concern when you're recording hours upon hours of b-roll with god mode on ;)
I love that part where Mateusz was talking about how it can feel odd when you go to a place in a game where you can see something is going to happen later there in a quest, but it is not happening yet because you have to start the quest somewhere else before that and how immersion breaking it can be. It happened to me a few times in other games and Witcher 3 did an absolutely amazing job avoiding this.
It actually took me a couple of weeks to finish the main quest. Then I did a second playthrough and it took me about 3 years. At some points I didn't even wanted to play the game knowing that the more I played the closer it was to the end. Finishing the game and it's expansions left a bittersweet taste. On one hand it was the best game I've ever played and I couldn't believe I finished it, on the other hand, well.... now what am I supposed to do with my life?
Satch Boogie If you play Witcher 3, you won't be able to play any other rpg. That's a fact!
I know, I tried going back to Skyrim.... I thought it would be fine.... it wasn't....
Wait for cyberpunk!
I know that feeling. I recently got Horizon: zero dawn because of all the great reviews it got, but I can't help but feel dissapointed because I'm just not nearly as invested as with TW3 and its expansions. The quests feel boring, the cinematography feels clunky, the side characters feel flat and one-dimensional, the world doesn't feel alive, the main story is cliché, the main character doesn't have an interesting personality, I could go on and on (those were all opinions of course:).
That doesn't mean that Horizon: zero dawn is bad game, it's just that TW3 created really high expectations for games in the same genre. If I hadn't played TW3, Horizon would probably be one of my favorite games, but now it's one of my least favorite just because TW3 outshines it so heavily in my opinion. I really hope more games will try to learn for TW3, but realisticly the next great open world game is either going to be from Rockstar or CD Project.
I almost agree, but Divinity: Original Sin 2 is fantastic, and I also really liked Torment: Tides of Numenera.
Favorite series on UA-cam you guys are producing A+ content.
Elfein just one guy. That's Danny
Lol no. He has a team.
Somebody show this episode to Bethesda.
Bethesda will ignore it like they ignored Fallout New Vegas
CD Projekt really fucking showed Bethesda how to make a game. Hopefully they'll learn and hire som actual writers.
You see how devoted that writing director is? Let me just remind you that Fallout 4 doesn't even have a writer. Check the credits of the game. The story was made by Quest designers.
+Zack Fair
You're shitting me. It doesn't have writers?
buca117 A quote from one of Bethesda's lead game designers, "players dont want to read, they want to shoot stuff"
I swear CD Projeckt are masters of their craft!
What happened here?! :D
They were.
@@porkerpete7722 Still are, mate.
Hands down, it has the most interesting and unrepetetive side quests in any RPG I ever played.
One of my top 5 games of all time, excellent job on the documentary Noclip.
Ryan F and it has the 1 position.
And I still can't believe there are some people said that Skyrim story and quest is better than Witcher 3. its fine if you like Skyrim over Witcher 3, after all we all have our own preferences. But to say Skyrim story is better than Witcher 3? Tsk tsk.
Considering the primary storyline has been secondary since ES inception it is completely irrelevant and idiotic to compare the two. Interactive media is unique in this way that drawing comparisons between these entirely subjective things is irrelevant and makes little to no sense.
Best part of the Witcher trilogy was always the innovative quests, honestly
They contain mostly the same gameplay loop that the rest of the game has but its the fact that they so many of them are well written is what makes them special (unlike the trashy writing that Bethesda games have)
You asked all the right questions that no one else has been asking. It's fascinating to hear about how this huge game evolved and came together. Great video.
The Witcher 3 is full of amazing quests. Even small ones like The Black Pearl, Blood Ties and On Death's Bed (how you get a F/U from her lover hours after you finish the quest) were incredible.
Black Pearl quest is fantastic just for the fact it deals with dementia
Yeah, that quest went from happy to sad really quickly.
As a father, Borys's commentary on missing the first years of his two daughters' lives got to me. I appreciate his passion and sacrifice. Thank you, Danny, for shining a spotlight on the passion and sacrifice developers make to bring the games we love to life.
I get dizzy thinking about all the ways a player can mess up the quest system. They did really well with it in W3. And boy, does it have some amazing quests! Fantastic video!
That Kaer Morhen soundtrack throughout this video is so beautiful I just want to listen to it all day.
Man, I really want to ask the devs on what about rumours of another storyline when the Wild Hunt plundered Novigrad after the attack at Kaer Morhen in which the town environments changes massively.
i'll have to make a point of going to undvik first and talk to hjalmar the next time i'll play through the game
Almost made me cry greatest game I've ever played. Will start a new run today.
Yesterday I played the Blood and Wine quest where you have to get permit A38 - such a funny and great idea to include an homage to good old Asterix :-)
Every Asterix movie is cult classic here
I still remember monologue haha
This team is so dedicated and talented. The amount of thought and care put into every detail is amazing. Great work telling this story, Danny!
Every time I see how much care they put in this game I just sit here in awe.. and appreciation
The pan quest was referring to Thaler? Wow, am I the only one who didn't catch that?
To be honest I missed that... Seems obvious now but thought it was mainly refering to the Nilfgardian spy you are later meant to hook up with.
that damn monacle no-one needs and always stays in the quest tab .. grrr xD
The bloody baron questline is to me the best quest line i have ever played in any video game.The the way they handled the subject matter and how mature the content was is absolutely outstanding..Great videos btw have loved watching them..
Just brilliant the way they designed these quests and how they added such depth to them all. In almost every case when they specifically identify something they added later in the process, it made the quest so much better, eg. fleshing out the Baron. What a wonderful game.
There's a power cut here in my locality, there's a rainstorm outside, 4g connections have stopped working, yet here I am, waiting for 2g to buffer, because its a Noclip video goddammit!! Quality stuff!!
The hanged man at end with the book
It’s the guy who teaches geralt GWENT !!!!
They really did hang him for his boots .
Dragon Slayer what?
I remember talking about it with that guy. If that's true than it's awesome.
As of October 9, 2017, I firmly believe Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is the greatest game ever made by far. No game even comes close. Sorry Horizon: Zero Dawn, sorry every Nintendo game, I apologize to every CoD ever made. Every RPG or action game... take a back seat! WWH is master!!! CDPR is the master as well! Love my WB publisher! Best games and movies! I am so grateful that devs like CDPR exist who stuff excellency and content into their games and DO NOT kill us with microtransactions, loot crates, or over priced DLC. The 2 Witcher DLCs were like another entire game for 30 bucks! Thank you!!! Thank you Noclip for your hard work and giving these great devs the spot light! Exemplary work!!
I was convinced that it was the best game I had ever played back in 2015 and over two years later, that still holds true. The DLCs absolutely knocked it out of the park and sealed the deal for this game.
I agree. Best game I have ever, ever played - by far!
Why is it a zero sum game? Do you also have a Best Song Ever, Best Band Ever, Best Novel Ever? It's just weird that gamers feel everything has to be competitive among the things they enjoy. TW3 is A great game. There is no greatest game ever because no game can be the best in every facet. If you really think so, play more games. TW3 scratches an itch, but sometimes I've got a different itch that can only be scratched by another game (rpg or otherwise).
There are several youtubers who have many videos displaying secret dialogue experiences if you do quests out of order. This makes this game so cool.
Family matters, ladies of the wood, dead man's party, there can be only one, cave of dreams & beast of honorton are my favourite quests. I love CD Project Red!
Loving this high quality look at one of the finest games ever made. It's one of the few where I attempted to 100% it AND the DLC so seeing the story behind it is fascinating.
What a wonderful group of people, the CD Projekt !
A bright star shining in a miserable industry.
If you think it's a miserable industry, that's your own problem
I would pay 30 usd for dlc with multiple dimesions.
Ruslan Zaytsev think of Cyberpunk as the next dimension :P and I'll bet 30 bucks that Ciri will be in it ^^
I kinda wished we could've ended in a futuristic area during the teleportation. However, getting a Ciri sidequest, or an easter egg at least, in the upcoming Cyperpunk 2077 would be epic. Imagine seeing her just pop up... She did mention a similarly-themed area as one of her stops...
Akeeyuki I was expecting the quest might made Geralt visited Arthurian Legend world instead. Cause' that exactly what happened to Ciri in the novels.
i tried to do everything in the game and it took me about 299hours. Probably only SP game where I left so many hours in but it was hard not to play. Took about a year and a few months to finish and I never even felt bored. Such an amazing game. One of a kind, truly.
the one quest from this game that really stands out in my mind is the one from blood and wine when you get the run around at a bank for like 30 minuets. I couldn't believe it, I was smiling the entire time I was in the bank. even tho i didn't kill a single monster or bandit the way CDPR was able to make something like that enjoyable is absolutely incredible in my mind. unreal quest verity in this game.
I also loved that a lot. However, later I learned that it was entirely based on an episode from Asterix and Obelisk.
I think that was really smart what they did with the travelling merchant. I think that's something that made me enjoy The Witcher 3 more than any other open world RPG, was how the quests were done in such an open way that if you accidentally did a part of the quest that was meant to come later, it didn't break the game & more importantly it allowed it. I also liked how some quests could intertwine without ever relating to each other, like 1 quest might say "go an explore this cave for a mushroom" but you just so happen to have a contract in your log and in front of the cave you stumble on the monsters trail which can lead you elsewhere. It made the distractions feel very organic because if you weren't paying attention, it actually felt like it was all part of the same quest, like "oh I guess I need to follow these tracks before finding this mushroom" or something like that.
I remember all of those times that I completed a monster contract without accepting it (just killing monster because), then wandering away from the site to find some peasants (whom I never met) gladly offer me a sack of coins for my troubles.
Woo hoo! Free loot!
I love the way they designed the world and the quests, especially the little notes in hidden caches that explain how this treasure got there - I can't think of another similar example in a modern RPG.
You are telling me there might have been a quest where Geralt would dress like a Wild Hunt warrior and try to assasinate a general of them? That would have been soo cool, we would get more insights about Wild Hunt and all. This game's quests are so good that some people, including myself, wish there were even more of them, and find the end game a bit short and rushed. That assasination quest would fit perfectly I guess. Anyway, great video, enjoyed every minute of it.
I did this, I went to the island and found Hjalmar and did the quest way before I met with his father! And it worked great.
This game deserves all the love it'll ever get. Every ounce of it. I'm glad you guys are doing such a high-quality documentary on it.
Watching the beginning of this to get a feel for how i want to play the game. Mad respect for their commitment to making quests feel so immersive - I love it!
I kinda hoped to see more of the earlier working builds of the game, i'd love to see how the design and development of this game changed overtime.
Speaking of Undvik, that was practically what I did upon arriving - reconnaissance of the north coast and came across a set of CSI Witcher clues of graves and other items which weren't related to [The Lord of Undvik] quest so I left them alone thinking they were for another side quest, and explored the island's features in a non-linear fashion quest wise. Took me quite a while to finally get the quest progressing according to the "direction" it was intended. Ultimately upon seeing Hjalmar home, the north coast "clues" went dead without me triggering any separate quest that would've made use of them. I never got to discover what they were meant for.
I simply love that alcohol fueled bromance between Geralt and Lambert. So relatable :D
My first playthrough I stumbled upon the Island. I ran into Hjalmar and defeated the Ice Giant. I loved that battle. My second playthrough I spoke to Crach an Craite and he gave me the quest as I was going through the storyline more quickly. I love that about this game, just pure freedom.
This whole series is perfectly timed, considering that I recently finished my third play through of the game and don't plan on touching it for a long while, but still greatly appreciate all of my time with it.
This was such a beautiful set of documentaries Danny, thank you so much for doing what you love X
260 hours in the base game, then another 150 hours with the expansions. Probably my all time favorite game. Thank you CDR for this amazing experience
Hey, underestimated your play time is not a bad thing when it comes to The Witcher, you won't hear any complaints from me. :D
This is one of the things that surprised me the most and I loved about the witcher 3...that you can complete quest while exploring without speaking to the quest giver...then just talk to them later and tell them you already did that where's my reward....it encourages you to explore
I love how much fun the devs are having just talking about the game. Many of them have fond memories, and funny stories, and even making Danny laugh. That's what real passion looks like. Take note EA, Ubisoft, Blizzard, Bethesda and pretty much every other triple A developer out there.
Tue Bloody Baron Questline was one helluva difficult one for me.
I'm 31 and knew what I was signing up for when I chose to buy and play a mature game. Violence, language, sex, war, etc isn't an issue.
But running into a main quest with an alcoholic father who is abusive to his daughter brought up traumatic flashbacks that I just wasn't prepared for.
Very specific sequence of events there threw me for a loop. Now I know what to expect and will be able to handle this game better my next playthrough. But man, that was rough
So excited for the next part! This series is amazing. The quests in Witcher 3 were fantastic but man, that scene where Geralt finally reunites with Ciri... Everything else was just leading up to that, for me at least. That scene was total perfection.
Funny, one of my favourite quests was the mentioned "linear" quest with the giant. Maybe it was the vibe of Undvik, the music or simply the fact that i had to kill a GIANT, but i loved it so much, perhaps even more than some more open quests.
Another great touch on artistic side of video games. I seriously think these documentaries should make it to all major video game schools' study materials
"The team at CDPR meticulously designed the opening area of Velen to ensure that players hit certain points while still feeling free and in control of their destiny."
You can't escape your destiny. How very in the spirit of the Witcher.
The "Through space and time" quest hubs with multiple mini-quests sounds incredible.
that travelling merchant fact is really cool
Yeah, for me its too very interesting fact.
A real masterpiece. I appreciate the insight on this outstanding game! Can't help but be curious about the cut quests though. This game is addicting.
This is my favorite game of 2017. I will always look back and say I want to go and play it again. And again. And again.
The dimension/world hopping sequence was probably my favorite part of the game! Separate hubs would have been AMAZING!!!
Thank you for this series. I really love this game and your expert journalism.
Favourite mini series on UA-cam, great work Danny!
Ohhhhh, omg no, when you said they originally planned to have that entire quest of going through time and space to be separate accessible worlds like white orchard, my heart sank. That quest is honestly one of my favourite moments in the entire game and had me wishing I could stay in those worlds longer.......
Thank you so much for bringing these documentaries to the world
Words cannot describe the love I have for this game it almost brings me to tears this is the one of the best games ever made thank you so much cd projekt red
When the guy said that they were bad at estimating play time and they needed to add more stuff made me smile. These people are so awesome and wholesome. They really care about making a good game. I wish more companies were like CD Project Red. Great video
I think CD projekt's inexperience in open-world games really made a huge difference, because they tried and implemented so many incredible things that other companies would dismiss or overlook because of established open-world patterns/mechanics. And 100 hours..really! I have over 1000 hours in Witcher 3 and I'm not even done with blood and wine yet. The world is just to beautiful and fascinating, I always just end up wanderering around discovering these small but amazing details in the game world. Congratulations to CD Projekt for making a really successful game, and thank you for putting in all the extra detail, time & effort into the Witcher world, and making this game one that I will come back to for the rest of my life.
The drunk sequence man :D. I think this is the hardest laugh I had in a game ever.
Danny, this is an excellent series. Thank you for showing us behind the curtain of one of the greatest games ever made.
I was really blown a way by the size of the world, like I was thinking that the White Orchard was a really big map. And after that when the actual world opens for you, it was freaking huge! Even with the introduction period on White Orchard, I was still quite overwhelmed and didn't know where to start! But when you start, you don't wanna stop, and I ended up playing like 4-5 hours in a row :D
BASICALLY, this was a nice watch... BASICALLY!
ALL PRAISE THE GOD MERCHANT
like in the song, god was one of us
In 100 years you'll find this playlist in a kind of gaming museum to show all those people this great game. Very good Documentary keep it up. :D
I feel like my first play through was the way it was “meant to be played”. Main quests or POI nearby? I did it.
I just came back to the game after the Netflix series... I noticed I was primarily focusing on main missions and contracts.
I ran in to a TON of random contracts, missions, etc... and was super happy they maintained continuity.
“Hey, I killed your baddie... here’s the head”.
Amazing game.
Man I would love it if you did a whole segment just on Pawel and his Family Matters. That quest has no precedents whatsoever in gaming history, I still think on it to this day.
19:40 Pure genius! Please, CD Projekt, never change :)
The drinking with the Witchers isn't just great on it's own, it's a perfect midway change of pace and chance to reflect upon everything Geralt's done up to this point. I think that's what makes it so special.
I love the care they put into the quests and every little detail of it, and I love that they kept in the whole drunk witchers sequence with the call to the sorceresses.
...and I am so glad they didn't make the worldjumping sequences based around hub worlds. That would've been way too tedious given that it was in the endgame and would've thrown off the pacing.
I found Hjalmar, then the companion NPC, then Crach. I realized after that you could do it the other way around.
I know I’m crazy. 600+ hrs main content before DLCs.death march. I’m still playing blood and wine I have had since launch. Quest just sometimes cause a chain reaction. I did only 200hrs in Skyrim
the no place like home quest in Kaer Morhen is literally one of the funniest I've ever played in any game, and the only complaint I have is that we didn't have more dialogue or activity options with the boys lol
I know some players don't like long quests with dialogue, even if it's funny and wholesome, but they always do have the option to skip the dialogue or end the quest early by going to sleep
These videos are a great tribute. So amazing to see the actual hard work put into this masterpiece.