ChillyBigwilly4 Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 Found out about this other day. I didn't see a thread and I thought people might be interested. Dark difficulty and permadeath: how hard is The Witcher 3? | VG247 Presumably they've fused Dark and insane into a single difficulty. Dark now has Perma-Death. No word if this will be a trophy. Completing Dark mode on 360 was an achievement, but they didn't include the Perma-Death mode(insane) in the 360 port. Completing Insane was a steam achievement. To smash any hopes now, they encypted the saves on PC for the Perma-Death mode in the Witcher 2. It's best to assume save scumming won't be possible, but you could quit if death was near. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeirou Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 This is something that I want to say originated in the Diablo series Hardcore mode. Usually the games that employ this mode have one method or another that makes it easier to survive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric-B14 Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 That is pretty interesting but I will be avoiding that difficulty like the plague. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBeens Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Wait, so a game that could take 100's of hours to complete has permadeath? What happens if you're 95 hours in and die, lol. Start over for the Platinum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanehi185 Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 (edited) Wait, so a game that could take 100's of hours to complete has permadeath? What happens if you're 95 hours in and die, lol. Start over for the Platinum! Let's hope not. It does sound like the Witcher 3 will make Dark Souls seem like Hanna Montana. Edited March 5, 2015 by Shanehi185 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoaringEagle23 Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 This is something that I want to say originated in the Diablo series Hardcore mode. Usually the games that employ this mode have one method or another that makes it easier to survive. ^ Pretty much this. A lot of games that have this kind of game mode do try to help you complete it and are not made to prevent you from finishing the game. If anything, I think completing the game on that mode will probably just receive an achievement/trophy. It's actually nice to see games feature tough modes like this purely for a fun experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrokenLegacy-- Posted March 26, 2015 Share Posted March 26, 2015 Does the game wipe away your saves if you die? Is that how perma-deaths work. I've never played a game that does that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTorito Posted March 27, 2015 Share Posted March 27, 2015 Does the game wipe away your saves if you die? Is that how perma-deaths work. I've never played a game that does that. Not literally the save, but the current perma-death game. I dont like this kind of thing in such a large game, is just ridiculous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ixii Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 That is pretty interesting but I will be avoiding that difficulty like the plague. ^ This. Yep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyanide Breath Mint Posted March 31, 2015 Share Posted March 31, 2015 As mentioned, Diablo 3 had this implemented in its Hardcore mode too. Wasn't difficult to back up my saves to USB and reload any of my game post-death. This won't be any different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTorito Posted April 1, 2015 Share Posted April 1, 2015 As mentioned, Diablo 3 had this implemented in its Hardcore mode too. Wasn't difficult to back up my saves to USB and reload any of my game post-death. This won't be any different. Despite that from people experience, Witcher 3 is not as easy as Diablo, you could compare it to the Souls series.. I have even heard from devs they have took some ideas from them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ifistbrowni Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Looking into Witcher a bit more, doesn't it have a save feature like Skyrim? Where, as long as you're not in combat you can pause the game and save in "X" amount of slots? If the save feature works the same in "Dark" mode, there wont even be a need for backing up saves on the Cloud. You could just save in 3-4 different slots every time and when you die, just pick the other save slot. Surely, the developers are smarter than me and will implement a single save file for Dark. But, maybe, just maybe, they will over look it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pike27 Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 This is completely different than Dead Space 3's Hardcore Mode. That is a shooter, which is a small game comparing to a RPG. If you die there, there is no problem, it does not take too long to get back where you were. I can't see myself playing this if not for a trophy, sincerely. I have more things to do rather than just keep restarting the game over and over again and again. Still, there are people who will love this, and I respect them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mullinavat Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 For all we know there will be a mode for permadeath and then dark mode without permadeath anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackBaiit Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Aww whyy! This will take sooooo long.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterBlaster Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 Sounds awesome! People will probably back up their saves sadly,but it will be fun regardless. Also Dark Souls is way easier than Witcher just saying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meggion Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 (edited) I don't understand all the fuss around how hardcore it is. We all will be abusing cloud/usb save AS USUAL. I hardly doubt Sony will allow 3rd party to mess with the way cloud operates. Edited May 5, 2015 by Meggion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterBlaster Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 I don't understand all the fuss around how hardcore it is. We all will be abusing cloud/usb save AS USUAL. I hardly doubt Sony will allow 3rd party to mess with the way cloud operates. If you remember RE5 actually had it to where you couldn't copy the save/back it up. I don't remember if that pertains to cloud saving, so something might be possible on PS4. Also remember for Witcher 2 insane mode if you have played it that you could not do such a cheese. Something along the lines of a encrypted save and loading you can Google it. It's better that way since if I can't do it then I don't deserve the trophy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sellers Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 I have no qualms about using a USB drive for this. I do not think there are any games that restrict this, even Dark Souls II and Bloodborne allow this on PS4, yet on PS3 you cannot. I get the feeling devs cannot implement restrictions on this at all, a perma-death mode in an open world RPG that you could sink hours upon hours in to yet have it all erased for 1 death is unnecessary, I don't care if it's cheesing it, I simply won't be losing all my progress for one silly mistake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTorito Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 This should be closed, there is no perma-death mode. Devs may include it in a future update, but I doubt it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sellers Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 This should be closed, there is no perma-death mode. Devs may include it in a future update, but I doubt it. Oh really? That's good news for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTorito Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 (edited) Oh really? That's good news for me. Yeah from the youtubers gameplays and the last streaming on twitch there is no permadeath. Edit: Just to clarify, last streaming were some devs playing and showing combat + skills system in action, plus they tried "Death March" twice which is the highest difficulty and they failed to kill the monster from the contract in both tries.. and when they died, no save game wiped. So far they ripped half the bar from the monster. Edited May 6, 2015 by BigTorito Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterBlaster Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 (edited) Yeah from the youtubers gameplays and the last streaming on twitch there is no permadeath. Edit: Just to clarify, last streaming were some devs playing and showing combat + skills system in action, plus they tried "Death March" twice which is the highest difficulty and they failed to kill the monster from the contract in both tries.. and when they died, no save game wiped. So far they ripped half the bar from the monster. I doubt think they would remove the difficulty. Plus Dark Mode or whatever they are calling it cannot be picked on the first playthrough. Just think it means it's not a trophy.Also the guy specifically says yes to the trophy in Dark Mode, yet there is no trophy in that list. It's odd.Maybe it's just a trophy and not an achievement? I doubt it though. I think the difficulty levels are Casual, Normal, Blood and Broken Bones, Death March, and then Dark Mode. Edited May 6, 2015 by MasterBlaster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigTorito Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 (edited) I dobt think they would remove the difficulty. Plus Dark Mode or whatever they are calling it cannot be picked on the first playthrough. Just think it means it's not a trophy.Also the guy specifically says yes to the trophy in Dark Mode, yet there is no trophy in that list. It's odd.Maybe it's just a trophy and not an achievement? I doubt it though. I think the difficulty levels are Casual, Normal, Blood and Broken Bones, Death March, and then Dark Mode. Have you even read what I have said? Devs made an streaming, plus you can watch all the youtuber's videos out there to enlight yourself. There is no permadeath, every difficulty is unlocked from start, and those are: Just the Story, Story and Sword, Blood and Broken Bones and Death March. There is no Dark Mode, Death March is the hardest difficulty. The streaming is now off from Twitch but I know what I saw, and I saw the dev dying twice in Death March without save wiping, and he could change difficulty at anytime, so that means, there is no permadeath. Death March does not have permadeath. : witcher Edited May 6, 2015 by BigTorito Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterBlaster Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 Have you even read what I have said? Devs made an streaming, plus you can watch all the youtuber's videos out there to enlight yourself. There is no permadeath, every difficulty is unlocked from start, and those are: Just the Story, Story and Sword, Blood and Broken Bones and Death March. There is no Dark Mode, Death March is the hardest difficulty. The streaming is now off from Twitch but I know what I saw, and I saw the dev dying twice in Death March without save wiping, and he could change difficulty at anytime, so that means, there is no permadeath. Death March does not have permadeath. : witcher What I was saying regardless if you can see it grayed out or anything from the start that doesn't mean much. There have been games where you have easy,Normal, and hard and nothing shows another difficulty. Then upon completing the game another difficulty shows up. What I was getting at was that those streams you are watching I doubt they are saves that have a completed save on it. Hell it can even be added in the day 1 update. All I'm saying is nothing is in concrete until we have our hands on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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