Polish developer CD Projekt Red is working on an "Insanity" difficulty mode for open-world role-playing game The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt that sounds like it would certainly live up to that distinction.
During a recent Twitch live-stream, CD Projekt Red developers said they couldn't reveal too much about the Insanity mode, since it's still in development, but did confirm that one idea being tossed around is that dying even once would wipe your entire game save.
CD Projekt Red's overall goal for Insanity mode is to make it incredibly punishing but still fun, developers said, as reported by Game Informer. The developer didn't reveal any other ideas it had for Insanity mode, and it should be noted that nothing has been finalized.
By comparison, 2011's The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings had two enhanced difficulty modes: Insane and Dark. Both ramped up enemy difficulty and punished you severely for dying.
The Witcher 3 release date is May 19, 2015 for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC. GameSpot recently got to play three hours of the game, and you can hear our in-depth thoughts in the video above and read our written preview.
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This is a cheap way to increase the difficult. Just make the gamer harder by concept ( aka DS games) .
I dont remember dying more than 5 times on Witcher 2, on the hardest difficult !!
Open world is just a way for game devs to extend the play time of their game. not always a fan.
sounds good but hey you could just play on the highest difficulty and not save the game or if you die start over..
It is an option and if you choose it that is on you, there did stuff similar in Diablo series where you lost high level characters and had to start over so no difference.
imagine being 50/60 hours into an insane game, but something bugs, or your keyboard dies. something you've got 0 control over. You'd want to smash your face into a wall.
@IJONOI If it happens just turn off your PC or console. :D
That is weak sauce. Not only delete your save, but make the game unplayable so you have to buy a new copy. One life per copy of the game.
@HackedLife
That would be stupid and no one would ever do that.
your "hard mode" was quiite challenging, don't think you need another. By all means, DS2 is an excellent game, but not every game needs this
@remiaw What's your point? Seriously, are you complaining that they are adding more options? I don't see the problem. The option is there for people who want a hardcore mode. You can just player the easier difficulties.
@simuseb2 @remiaw you want this your'e gonna get it,
@simuseb2 @remiaw I prefer good gameplay over bullet sponges
@simuseb2 yes, and my preferance
@simuseb2 @remiaw I was in a bad mood, ofc i shouldn't said the things i did
Make the save just online only, and cd project makes sure there is no cheating going and and they will gladly delete your game if you didn't succeed.
I would never use that difficulty anyways, I like to enjoy the story anyways and not getting killed all the time or wasting my time to get to somewhere, if I wanted difficulty I play the souls series.
Basically the whole idea would be like playing those cartridge games that didn't have any save system, but still not forcing you to make the game in one go.
That would be funny! Having the option is always good. ;)
If this has an achievement attached to it on XB1 or PS4 its going to break the hearts of completionists!
I think sacrificing so much of your real life just to play an Insane mode is punishment enough.
Instead of making the save delete itself when dying, they should do something else with Insane mode. People will just cheat their way through the difficulty, at least most of them. I've seen one Twitch streamer going through it legit on the difficulty.
And please don't make it just another health / damage increase.
Sounds like life.
Pointless...but, hey, it's your funeral.
OhOHHHHH damn I have enough of a hard time on the highest diffuculty if you restart EVERY TIME SHIII i would never get further than an hour
Next step for the super hardcore crowd is "Bat **** Insane Mode" where if you die, a representative from CD Projekt Red will come to your house and kick you in the junk.
@UrbanMessiah so the next step in difficulty they just kill you lol
@UrbanMessiah jeez people would still go for it if that was real
Not for me. I tried Witcher 2 insane, died 10 hrs in and that hollow empty feeling is nothing I need to experience again.
for the hardcore.
1st playthrough no regrets then, I love it!
that's a tad too extreme for me. maybe start with less health every time you die, or randomly kill someone else who is playing the game when you die.
@guitargladiator
I think they should release your personal information to Russian social media if you die.
That's the sound of many keyboards and gamepads screaming in fear! I'm all for difficult games, but on a game like the witcher 3? That's a lot of backtracking.
I can foresee some sort of glitch and this going terribly wrong, not just for "Insanity" mode but everyone who owns the game.
They had a similar mode like that in Dead space 3. You couldn't Die from the start of the game to the End of the game and if you did you would lose everything you did through out the game and would have to restart all over again.
In that case, better ready your 'pause ready-access skill.' When sh!t happens, pause, shutdown, load : )
@zpluffy devs are smarter than that, as soon as you die it will delete the save instantly, and the pause screen is usually disabled, don't starve is similar and what i did to get around it was backup my save file to usb or cloud if you prefer so when the game deleted the save file just download it back to the console or reload from the usb stick, it makes stupid modes like this pointless.
I think they were considering doing something other than the one life insane mode like witcher 2 or at least thats what i gathered from the stream. Witcher 3 being so much larger in world size and content size a one life mode if a little harder to pull of since so much random crap can happen like falling off a cliffside to your death 50 hours into the game. This was their concerns in making insane mode the same as witcher 2.
Why not fry the PC as well?
This is a totally OPTIONAL game mode. I really dont understand why some people are opposed to the game having different game modes?
Several games have various gaming modes. Diablo games have also a hardcore mode where dying means that you have to start over. No one seems to be opposed to that gaming mode in that particular game.
@reebok21 Agree! If you do not want to lose your saves then don't choose it.
Couldn't actually do Hard mode of the first two but it would be a good option for if I'm feeling masochistic one day.
If I was rich I'd hold a contest on twitch where each twitcher must play the game on insane at 8pm every day and the last person to survive the difficulty wins 250,000 bucks.
Since you could easily just make two copies of your save file and put the copy on another device, there is really no point in this. Nobody will do it legit, and if they do, nobody will believe them.
@Barighm In the other Witcher games, the save system is kind of wonky. I think they'd find a way to keep you from doing that using some similar methods to those they have used in the past. I could very well be wrong though.
@Barighm You could not do that on witcher 2 insane mode and im sure you wont on this one either. Tha saves were tied to the GameData value that needs to be preserved. The save file was tied to that value and If it was missing, or different, the save was considered dead.
CDPR: "So you think you are hardcore hu? hold my beer.."
that is not insane enough for me, the game should destroy your PC/console when you die and set your apartment on fire
@crapdog
Why stop there?
They might as well call the cops on you for committing a felony.
Why stop there?
Your cell mate will be forced to violate you while you play desert bus.
@camou504 Why stop there?
it should kill and then condemn you to be tortured and burn in hell for all eternity
@crapdog And if you try and quit/load to avoid death they set you on fire as well. No one likes a cheater (Oh sorry, is it P.C. to call them "exploiters"? Well too bad!) :D
@crapdog it might as well fry your brain too, these devs are completely mad, how do they come up with this crazy stuff.
@crapdog HAHAHA +1