Witcher 3 - New Details Emerge From EDGE Magizine

Open world and sandbox aren't the same thing. I don't recall CDP ever using the term "sandbox" to describe TW3.

I always thought "sandbox" defined a game where the player affects the environment, like city builders and god sims, and I tend to think of games like the TES and Gothic series as "free-roaming" as you aren't blocked by 2 foot height fences.

@jhwisner

But actually you CAN choose one side in a chapter only to choose the other in the next one. Actually that is the only way to get the neutral option in chapter 4, thus getting the neutral ending. The only way to lose that option is when you choose to side with the same group all three given times.

What I figured was, in the beginning, trying to look at Geralt's POV, I aided the elves in chapter 1, since they I thought they only wanted food, the poor fellas. Then in the city bank robbery I aided the Order, since the elves were clearly terrorists. I did try to negotiate their departure without bloodshed, but neither side listened. And then, when the order decided to hunt down the elves in the swamp I helped the elves instead, seeing that their homes were under attack (and by then your buddy Zoltan also sides with the Squirrels tentatively). Doing so I found that at the end of chapter 4 I could say no to both sides, and I got a kickass neutral ending where Geralt rather focused on his personal agenda. I'm sure however that you can rationalize any or all choices, which makes it very well done in my opinion.

@ performance issues
Never had them personally. I played TW2 on a 4.5 year old PC, and apart from ubersampling (which the human eye cannot really see), everything was on max settings. No lagging, no stutter. I did wait a few patches, tho'.

@ topic
The screens - to me - look altered, or maybe I just can't fathom that a game can look like this. Either way, I'm sure it'll look great, their games always have.

Gameplay footage:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxTbAr_BGrE&feature=player_embedded

Soulbane said:

@jhwisner

But actually you CAN choose one side in a chapter only to choose the other in the next one. Actually that is the only way to get the neutral option in chapter 4, thus getting the neutral ending. The only way to lose that option is when you choose to side with the same group all three given times.

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Since when can you side with saskia in the chapter after siding with roche previously? Was that added in the enhanced version or something?

There was a part where it felt like they had planned to allow you, under very specific conditions, to perhaps switch sides before the battle. You meet with Saskia and the conversation can lead to a point where it sounds like she would be interested in your services and you can express positive sentiments regarding her as a leader - but then it feels truncated where she gives a half handed excuse for why that cannot happen.

You guys aren't talking about the same game.

Soulbane is referring to TW1.