‘We tried and it didn’t work out’: CDPR co-founder says it shouldn’t stray from AAA open-world RPGs
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Well, The Witcher 1 and 2 weren't open world, and those turned out pretty well, especially 2. There's something to be said about what a game from them might gain by doing more in a smaller world.
I tried playing Witcher 2 when it came out, but couldn't. It's so immersion breaking when some parts of the map are blocked by some gates or invisible walls. When Witcher 3 came out I was hesitant at first remembering my bad experience with 2, but I loved it so much.
How did you feel about Baldur's Gate 3? Because the structure of the maps in the first two Witcher games are what most of the genre is like.
The co-founder is definitely referring to the Gwent standalone game. I played it when open beta came out but it steadily went downhill from there until they eventually stopped working on it in 2023.
I liked that game. Then they decided to completely rework it. IMO for the worse. It went downhill from there.
Yeah I'm still not sure where they were going with reducing it to two lanes instead of 3.
By the time I wanted to play that it was gone.
They also created a standalone, story based Gwent card game that is pretty good, just in case you didn't know: Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales
This is an excellent game and a good soundtrack.
It was still a really good game by the time they stopped working on it, and one of the least greedy CCG I've ever seen. Hearthstone was already starting to lose players, and they had a shot at being a replacement, even if the mechanics of the game were rather different.
And then Marvel Rivals came out and the CCG landscape was just overpopulated.
I think you mean Marvel Snap, but yes. Even the biggest pvp card games are struggling to retain players.
i wanted gwent on my phone, not on my PC. i forgot about it by the time it released for phones.
CDPR's open worlds are cardboard props to the stories.
I'm just curious what you think is a good open world then
They are in almost all open world games.
Yeah, I see open world games as fancier tabletop games in most cases. Which isn't a bad thing by any means.
The cyberpunk one was great, because it was so beautiful that merely driving in it was enjoyable
TW3's open world was boring and terrible in every way
The DLC had good open worlds, but the main game just felt too dreary and brown.
Funny because I stray away from anything that associates itself with AAA
Because you moved on to AAAA?
Once you go Ubi, you can't go back to a life without climbing towers.
Well, the world should have moved on to IPv6 a long time ago.
I'm holding out for AAAAA.
i think game boy takes AA. So you should be alright.
You're missing out on some great experiences that indies simply can't produce in that case
Any such experiences in the last few years? I think the last AAA games I've played where RDR2 and Spider Man.
God of War, Elden Ring, Cyberpunk 2077, Avowed
Oh yeah I played Elden Ring too. Avowed I tried but didn't like; the other two really aren't my type of game.
Meh
I rarely play games nowadays and even more rarely new games. Baldur's Gate 3 is the first one that comes to mind in recent years.