Both temple isle and the oxenfurt academy were supposed to have more content, but were both cut due to time constraints.
@Bvetrayed
Жыл бұрын
Do you know what was the cut content?
@sreeravi25
Жыл бұрын
@@Bvetrayed There definitely was a big quest related to solving a plague being a big trouble throughout Velen. And some more quests after Radovid's assassination (hence the rushed Djikstra doing a 0 IQ move to close the questline badly)
@iainsteele5737
Жыл бұрын
@@sreeravi25there was also a plan for the wild hunt to have a siege on novigrad, using temple isle as a base of operations
@charliemiles6722
Жыл бұрын
@@iainsteele5737 that would of been MAD
@PaulFurn89
11 ай бұрын
@iainsteele5737 that would've been awesome
@bockman55
Жыл бұрын
I think also one of the most underrated aspects of the game is the music production. The OST you experience, especially when you get to Skellige (in your first ever playthrough imo) is one of the best immersing experiences you'll ever get to take in. Truly a Top 5 games of all time. Hope CDPR blows expectations out of the water too with Witcher 4
@anthonydomanico8274
Жыл бұрын
Well said. I couldn't agree more. I just got a family member to start the game for their first time. They are more into the Assassin's Creed franchise so idk if this game will hook them in like it did me. Like you said, the music quality in this game can not be overstated.
@dimosthenis_ac
Жыл бұрын
@@anthonydomanico8274 i was also an assasin creed fun and as i was browsing through the deals of sony i suddenly find the witcher 3 complete edition for 6$ XD and i had watched the netflix series so i googled the game and said why not try it and i fell in love with it i believe your family member is also going to love the game cause it has the aspect of exploration and mystery like that of an assasins creed game
@carlosramirezrivera9314
Жыл бұрын
Man, when i got on Skellige and Heard THAT music❤❤❤
@tm6569
Жыл бұрын
Really how is the music underrated lol.. pretty sure everyone who played the game loved all the bangers
@3kcozadurnylol
Жыл бұрын
Dude, I've installed Witcher 3 because of its OST I had listened to on yt :D
@Robert-zc5be
11 ай бұрын
Funny, but the temple isle was actually the place where I ended my 150-hour long playthrough of the game. After completing everything I wanted to complete and after all the endings I stripped Geralt to just his undewear, put on a mandrake mask, grabbed an incense and left Geralt standing next to the eternal fire, contemplating his achievements :)
@undiscoveredjourneys6788
11 ай бұрын
Lol that's hilarious. I went for the fairy-tale ending and left him sat in good company looking out at his vineyard.
@Saturax
11 ай бұрын
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@GreedyOrange
11 ай бұрын
@K.C-2049 maybe ng+ with different choices? works for me...
@Bvetrayed
6 ай бұрын
I ended my near 140 hour playthrough by climbing up the mountain to the boat in skellige where you figh the djinn 🤓
@Hellion73
4 ай бұрын
Well, did the same but dressed oc😁, meant after ended all, I was checkin places to see if I had missed anything, and sure, near the Island bridge I trigger the Novigrad Closed City II quest, cos after dealt with all the important matters in the City I never returned to that area. What a waste was all of the TI😟
@redshirt49
Жыл бұрын
At least Temple Isle is completely rendered and modeled. I think the University of Oxenfurt is a worse offender. Only one quest takes you there and even that is of a very isolated area. If you manage to glitch yourself into the university, you'll find that it's not even modeled beyond the tiny area said quest takes place in. Given how frequently the university is mentioned, it's kind of a shame you never really get to see it.
@PaulFurn89
11 ай бұрын
I agree with this. Wish we got to dive deeper into that
@zzodysseuszz
11 ай бұрын
Because it’s a university….what did you think Geralt was going to do there? Fucking study for the finals?
@bassenji5565
11 ай бұрын
I agree with you. It would be nice to be able to visit everything because this game is that good, but roleplaying-wise, it does not make sense for Geralt to go there unless there is an associated quest
@redshirt49
11 ай бұрын
@@bassenji5565 About as much sense as going to the church of the Eternal Fire. A murder mystery at the university could have been interesting I think. Or maybe just retrieving research and whatnot before the Witch Hunters destroy it all.
@undiscoveredjourneys6788
11 ай бұрын
@@zzodysseuszz Bang some hot student girls lol. He actually goes there in the books.
@nathanielwilliams3891
Жыл бұрын
There is also one other reason to visit Temple Isle - it is the location of Whoreson Junior's house, which you can visit during the "Get Junior" quest.
@iamab0t
Жыл бұрын
yeah man i was thinking the same.
@Tjuri10
11 ай бұрын
And again with Ciri when she is looking for a friend.
@YABBAHEY1
11 ай бұрын
That's in Oxenfurt proper
@nathanielwilliams3891
11 ай бұрын
@@YABBAHEY1 He has one on Temple Isle as well.
@YABBAHEY1
11 ай бұрын
@@nathanielwilliams3891 Your right, Junior's Hideout I guess is T.I. as well. Which means Hammelfart is implicated in his protection as much as Radovid. Scoundrels all.
@imagineracoon2950
11 ай бұрын
Man it's been 8 YEARS since this game was released and people are still making amazing videos about it....❤️
@franglais-riders
11 ай бұрын
They don’t make such gripping games like this one anymore. It was a labour of love by a polish team on a polish story that is very big over there. Compare with AAA games: no passion, no love, just making money but no soul, no compelling characters ….
@4rl0ng
8 ай бұрын
@@franglais-ridersbg3: allow me to introduce myself
@rotkivvonalim
Жыл бұрын
You forgot the one hidden side quest where you search for Nilfgaarfian spy notes in order to open a loot. On Temple isle you are ambushed in the house of a woman spy.
@curtisjackson5793
11 ай бұрын
I painfully remember that because I got killed in the small confines of the house on Death March lol
@E.Humperdinck
11 ай бұрын
YES! I was just going to mention this. If I recall correctly, some woman flags you down near the bridge when you're entering Temple Isle and asks for help. She leads you round the corner and into a building which turns out to be a trap. So OP is a tad incorrect. But Temple Isle is definitely one of the truncated sections of the game. Like the final act and the quest "Reasons of State."
@BigV24
11 ай бұрын
LMAO I remember this vividly. What an experience that was
@Mere-Lachaiselongue
5 ай бұрын
@@E.Humperdinck It wasn't really a trap, the witch hunters were after her and she needed them gone.
@PAXperMortem
Жыл бұрын
Tbh I don't need every area to be filled with quests or be super relevant. Temple Isle fleshes out the city by simply existing - it not only makes Novigrad even larger, more diverse and affords it more verticality, it also serves as the seat of power for the city's government. By not being super story relevant the world as a whole also seems like it is an actual place rather than just a theme park built around the player and what he does. I am glad Temple Isle exists, it does its part in making Novigrad my favorite fantasy city in all of gaming.
@Romczy
11 ай бұрын
This^
@luciusvonmarbach9907
11 ай бұрын
Perfectly said. Just like in real world
@Fanthomas1742
9 ай бұрын
Okay but at least a door to the temple would have been nice. There is also a lot of villages in the north that have 0 quests which is sad.
@4rl0ng
8 ай бұрын
This
@mspionage1743
Жыл бұрын
The way I see it, any area with a place of power is a good area as that is a simple and easy free skill point. So Temple is mostly baron but it does have that and the Cat Gear cave which is cool.
@benilinshingoseth2086
Жыл бұрын
To me, it's not a problem... the rest of the world is large enough to play with ! And the architecture is smooth and not neglected, mark of CDPR's dedication! And yes, no game has come close as this one in my heart and gaming life... it's been 8 years already.❤
@Poschmane
11 ай бұрын
What i heard from some devs when they got interviewed in german is that they deleted a quest around Hierarch Cyrus Engelkind Hemmelfart related to the witch-hunters on the temple island. And in Novigrad they also cancelled a quest with more story around the Beggar-King with a complete big building to enter. And the devils pit in Velen was originally supposed to bear a quest where u meet Saskia. I just hope before they throw TW4 they throw some sort of enhanced edition of TW3 with added cut content as warm up because there are many locations in Velen, Skellige and also Toussant which look like they were supposed to get more meaning but didnt made it at the end.
@Mere-Lachaiselongue
5 ай бұрын
Yeah only time you can meet Hemmelfart in-game is in whoreson's arena.
@yar3333
Жыл бұрын
I think it is sometimes realistic when you can't enter any building and interact with any character. Maybe it was assumed that those people were busy or just forbidden to talk to a witcher? Of course, the Church of the Eternal Fire condemns the very existence of witchers... Yes, in other parts of the game you can at least meet many monsters, find loot or bandit camps. But I also think that this "emptiness" makes the Temple Isle unique. Me personally, I liked just walking there, and I made quite a few beautiful screenshots from the roofs nearby :)
@knight3rrant253
Жыл бұрын
Im willing to bet that the Temple Isle was much more used in the planned catriona plague questline that got scrapped.
@knight3rrant253
11 ай бұрын
@K.C-2049 I think the biggest fuck ups of cut content are scrapping of Iorveths whole questline and Roche being there for one side quest and one main quest. Truly love the two characters from the Witcher 2 and was saddened by their much less significant roles in the third installment. And to be honest when it comes to Witcher I am a loot whore so I will complete every POI until its all gone ... but the Skellige Treasure hunts in the sea must be among the most autistic ones in the game, would rather have 10 - 15 unique places with flashed out stories or quests then to aimlessly dive for treasure and fight the sirens about 500th times by this point.
@matro2
11 ай бұрын
Even as I prefer Roche, I wish Iorveth's questline was in the game. It also had a lot more to do with the Nilfgaardian military (Army Group Centre camp in southern Velen) and the mask Geralt wears to pick plants with Regis at the end of BaW was orignally beloning to the main antagonist during this Catriona Plague questline.
@iure_divino
Жыл бұрын
I think it's due mainly to cut content but I think there's also a bit of storytelling in its lack of content as well. Temple Isle is home to the highest and mighty, the Church and the Hierarch who we pretty much never see in game despite his importance. I think Geralt is just _beneath_ it all, in a way. The people here are socially inaccessible to us. The musical ambience here especially at night gives me a feeling of loneliness like I'm not really supposed to be there.
@Ruairoquai
11 ай бұрын
Trying to rationalize the lack of content by calling it good storytelling lmao
@sowianskizonierz2693
11 ай бұрын
@@Ruairoquaiyeah thats some major fan retconning
@traattatata7973
11 ай бұрын
Yeah, Geralt is so beneath it all that he has scheduled private talks with Radovid and Emperor. Witchers are not on the level of commoners, they are outsiders in every group, yet every group can also hire them to solve their monster problems. Kings, farmhands, priests, bandits, doesn't matter. Witchers are not welcome anywhere aside from their keeps, but they are still tolerated because they are neccessary.
@weirdafters4007
11 ай бұрын
geralt is one of the most important people in the state are you nuts?
@tymondabrowski12
9 ай бұрын
@@weirdafters4007 he was considered more of a pest when he "had Ciri" or even was just looking for her. Now that Ciri is adult, even less people care, except for those that he already had a history with due to his relations with Ciri. If not for Ciri (and maybe Jaskier and his songs), he would be just another anonymous witcher, like he was for decades already.
@DerOrso
11 ай бұрын
Using a free-cam mod you used to be able to clip through the walls of the palace on the rear side and find rooms at levels below the ground relative to the front side. On the right side of the palace, if you circle around counter-clockwise, there is a locked door, and to the right there is a path down the rocky cliff you can climb down--or up--leading to some scaffolding on some building below the palace. It all looks like there used to be a way to get onto the isle through a secret back-door path, which they mostly dismantled, but there are lots of hints to it, including a pair of shoes to be found toward the path and some loot to be had. Also, starting from the market on Elector's Square, a series of causeways and doorways leading to the palace square. Below Elector's Square there are lots of alleyways etc, but one very peculiar one. Some steps lead down to what appears to be a well or cistern blocked by iron bars, which is at the end of the path; so it's a cul-de-sac. But there is a constant stream of NPC's wandering into this cul-de-sac, simply turning around and leaving again. It appears to me that they put some NPC-pathing down there, then closed off the alley and forgot to take the NPC-pathing out. All in all there are so many dangling strings, they must have put a considerable amount of effort into preparing the area for a serious quest-line. Maybe there was a connection with the Devil's Pit, being that the Temple and corruption connects the two irrevocably. Sigh, so much DLC just waiting to be completed.
@cstains5543
Жыл бұрын
Seems like there are a couple places where Ciri's main quests occur that have next to nothing there in other quests. Temple Isle, southeast of the Lidenvale graveyard where she fights the Wolf King, long spans of territory that Ciri's quests happen in that nothing else seems to occur. Often wondered if there was some sort of issue with quest implementation where Ciri has to travel in her quests. Also that tower that Ciri races to has next to nothing along the way to that tower until you get to the fortress where the Griffin School armor diagrams, I think, are at the extreme northern point of the land.
@jonts7
9 ай бұрын
I think the eternal fire deleted quest theory makes a lot of sense. I never thought about it, but this church is actually quite relevant in the worldbuilding of the game, and is heavily important and mentioned in a lot of quests and lore items. So it's truly a little weird that there isn't a quest specifically dedicated to it.
@Tomcat_Coyote
11 ай бұрын
Let's not forget that a whole lot of content was cut , due to CDPR being pressed to release the Game. And that's saying a lot considering the amount of content that is in the Game. But yeah, that's why some areas feel somewhat empty, some characters feel like they were supposed to have a bigger role, and sometimes some NPCs reference some places or things that seem random. The saddest part for me is that a lot of Nilfgaardian content was cut like that. We never really get to explore the Faction beyond them being presented as "the bad guys" most of the time. Emhyr is criminally underused despite being a crucial character of the franchise and having pulled an absolute master-move in The Witcher 2. And similarly i kept getting the feeling that Morvran Voorhis was meant to have a bigger role, hence you regularly bump into him here and there. Geralt's hostility towards him when asking Emhyr for reinforcements literally comes out of nowhere.
@akechijubeimitsuhide
Жыл бұрын
Oxenfurt as a whole also feels underutilized, even with a few DLC quests taking place there. The university is mostly closed off, and for a major city, there isn't that much to do.
@nathanpeterson1431
11 ай бұрын
It also has a Place of Power (Igni) and the enhanced Cat gear (and I think, the Witcher that was tortured until he went mad). But all of that is optional.
@MiSt3300
Жыл бұрын
I wish that instead of making the temple Isle, CDPR would instead have used the time it took to make it, to make a medium sized city in some other part of the world. We only really have 3 cities in the Witcher: Novigrad, Oxenfurt and Toussaint. Kaer Trolde is really just a large village. A city in Velen would be quite nice
@olafmikoaj3121
11 ай бұрын
You meant Beauclair. Toussaint is a land.And Crow's perch acts as a city for Vellen so we have atleast that.
@MiSt3300
11 ай бұрын
@@olafmikoaj3121 yeah, but that's the point. Crow's perch cannot be treated as a city. It could be a Skyrim city, sure, but in the witcher we have large real life size cities, like Novigrad.
@olafmikoaj3121
11 ай бұрын
@@MiSt3300 Yes because witcher 3 is very detailed. Novigrad is so big and it still has only a small part of things that were there to do in the books. Crow's perch is just a medium sized town.
@singleturbosupra7951
Жыл бұрын
I never really thought anything about the temple isle being empty. But you did remind me being very dissappointed that there was really no questline for the church of eternal fire. The whole game I wished there'd be a questline for it and it felt like there was supposed to be one. I wished I could pretty much annihilate the whole gosh darn cult, I hated it so much. But in the end, no, there never was one. The church just exists and nothing else to it really gameplay wise
@DrGiantG
Жыл бұрын
I was gutted that the University in Oxenfurt is closed 😢
@mattjohnson0718
Жыл бұрын
Don't totally know why people would say that The Witcher 3 was too big a really good all some open world game can't me too big to me when I get into a game on a dark winter cold night or when I'm back from work or looking to relax I want to enjoy a huge I liked content that I can get immersed in because once you beat a game you're like okay what can I but now you know there's people out there that knows of what I speak
@shawnamiller191
Жыл бұрын
A few outliers complained about the size and length of the main quest, it's why the main quest of cyberpunk is like 5 missions
@awsomeboy360
11 ай бұрын
@@shawnamiller191 Reason why Cyberpunk doesn't feel as epic in comparison.
@shawnamiller191
11 ай бұрын
@@awsomeboy360 yeah, also there's a fun city to explore but even with alot of NPCs around night city feels empty compared to Novigrad
@Gutek524
11 ай бұрын
5 missions? cyberpunk have 26 main quests @@shawnamiller191
@schmittybacall1655
11 ай бұрын
I think that you’re almost correct. I’d say that Oxenfurt University is “worst” location in the game as it is closed for the entirety of the game except for one optional and missable mission in Hearts of Stone. On top of that, you can never go back after leaving. Temple Isle has a fully explorable location with several missions, and a place of power. Oxenfurt has one mission. That’s it. I’d say that that warrants the title “most boring patch of land in the Witcher 3”
@ryanrandall1727
11 ай бұрын
The real crime is Looking at Geralts short here 😂
@Matt7895
Жыл бұрын
Good video - of course the title is clickbait but I was surprised there were exactly 0 quests on Temple Isle. Even the Radovid questline terminates just before Temple Isle, not on it itself. I remember finding some things to do in the caves beneath the Isle but nothing on it itself. Would it have killed them to have added in a quest or two in the patches/expansions?
@anthonydomanico8274
Жыл бұрын
I agree that it does seem a little sterile but I think that's largely because the game sets such a high standard. Everywhere else there is so much content so it really stands out in areas where there is less content.
@VicodinElmo
11 ай бұрын
I still kind of like the vibe of Temple Isle despite its emptiness. Kind of feels like the summit of Novigrad in the same way one might associate the Parthenon with Athens, albeit perhaps less grand!
@RealSeaPrince
Жыл бұрын
There is a very small side quest with a women on the covered road to the temple I dont remember much of it but I am pretty sure there was a quest there
@ClintEastwooodPS3
11 ай бұрын
i remember a quest there with a conflict between families and i had to visit and explore most of the mansions up there.
@brutusvonmanhammer
8 ай бұрын
For me personally, I actually thought that Temple Isle being "empty" from a gameplay standpoint added to the immersion. It gave the whole area a more sinister, closed-off kind of vibe. It was almost as if it was a mandate of the church that outsiders were to be kept at arm's length, so as not risk revealing any church business. It gave the Eternal Flame a much more culty feel to it. The fact that the only merchant who will deal with you also happens to be an alchemist just adds to it: only a corrupt member of the clergy would operate outside the rules of the church kind of thing. Maybe I'm just weird lol, but I thought Temple Isle being void of things for the player to do actually made some sense, and even added to the immersion, at least for me...
@kristianpetrsulista1415
10 ай бұрын
I would definitely buy a DLC, where they would add questlines with the Church of the eternal fire or the Plague.
@necrotic256
11 ай бұрын
That's not Skellige with it's underwater caches though
@socinety
11 ай бұрын
the disappointment when you realize that there’s no achievement for collecting all the caches
@R_FangZ
Жыл бұрын
Also imagine if there was a quest that connected both the things that were happening in the church behind the scenes, AND the cave beneath Temple Isle where you find Kiyan. You could have some of the more elite members of the church know about what was right beneath them and try to get Geralt to sweep the place and bring them whatever valuables were inside, plus rid them of the crazy witcher in there, or maybe you could uncover some sort of connection between that mage, what was going on inside the cave, and the church of the eternal fire. Since none of these (except the cult of the eternal fire which I'm not sure about) are constrained by the lore in the books, CDPR could have most probably come up with a really cool story to take Novigrad's Eternal Fire lore to the next level. Another example of what happens when you don't give talented people enough time to work on cool things.. but it is true that the game is pretty massive even without Temple Isle. Though, I wouldn't go as far as to say it's better that they cut this piece of content out for the people who complained about the game's length. Imo if you play this game and get bored and drop it halfway through the main storyline, it's probably just that the story or gameplay or vibe isn't for you.. so with or without some extra quests in Novigrad, I doubt it would have made a real difference. Awesome video btw, I'm replaying the game now and have noticed quite a few things I didn't pay attention to during my first playthrough. The absence of anything to do around Temple Isle also stuck out to me when I got there a few days ago, so this was good timing 😅
@fedorerampage
Жыл бұрын
When you look at the city during the night from temple isle it is very nice,so it is not bed place at all
@anthonydomanico8274
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, I agree. I made the same argument in another comment. It has a great view plus not every location can be chocked full of content like so many other locations are. The developers did a lot more than most game developers do.
@lcmiracle
11 ай бұрын
It's such a damn shame I could not kill the "holy flame" with Aard... and when I tried, nobody even reacted to my transgressions
@flingymingy
11 ай бұрын
I think a big part of it is temple isle is a big part of the books, as is the college. If it wasn’t made it would make no sense, because everyone would talk about an area you can’t see or doesn’t exist. So it makes sense they made it but didn’t exactly have a lot to do with it.
@vald808
8 ай бұрын
Very late to the party, but in my first playthroughs I sort of enjoyed that feeling of "there MUST be something hidden here," that sense that if Geralt just pokes around enough, checks out a few doors, annoys the right priest, some kind of fateful encounter with Hemmelfart or his forces might trigger. And the cat school gear hunt, the "secret" alchemist and the fateful Radovid assassination nearby all kind of added to the mystique. And, loving the world (and Novigrad) as most of us do, I can't be the only person who looked at every door, walked every staircase, looked for hidden ledges and illusions, came back and tried at night, on and on, hoping that fateful 'something' would happen. I'm glad to know I didn't miss a quest, and I'm okay with Temple Isle being just a temple, of sorts, to the overall menace of the church, the dread of living under its watchful eyes and treacherous minions, and you're right--that view is dynamite. Thanks for all the great content, I'm enjoying your Witcher 3 videos immensely!
@Flozone1
9 ай бұрын
There is another kinda empty area in the game. South Velen is filled with cannibals and some other monsters, but there isn't really a question. There is also another village in Velen with supposedly cut content. Apparently there was another large questline around that plague Keira mentions which was also scrapped.
@insane_troll
11 ай бұрын
You need the alchemist on Temple Isle to get the book The Cult of Freya to complete the Free Spirit quest.
@Smusain
11 ай бұрын
Even with no quests in temple isle its still insanely immersive and fun to explore.
@turismofoegaming8806
10 ай бұрын
The only quest, I even remember from Temple Isle is where the pretty elf girl tries to get you to investigate a supposed break in of her house and then when you get there, thugs, try to jump you! Other than that, Temple was just this beautiful place on the map that had nothing -
@domusavires19
Жыл бұрын
Temple Isle in Novigrad was pretty lackluster. No shops, 1 merchant, and hardly and quests.
@Standard-Gamer
4 ай бұрын
I think it would've been cool if they included Temple Isle in the search for Ciri. Like if Geralt goes there to investigate after Dandelion tells him she was there, and maybe have some sort of small magical anomaly as a result of Ciri's teleport similar to Skellige, or just some remnant to indicate that she teleported. Just some note about Ciri in Temple Isle would've been nice.
@serphenyxloftnor4194
8 ай бұрын
There is actually a small sidequest in temple isle many seems to have missed where a lady is calling for help (its below that large roof-covered patch of area on the map of temple isle, iirc). Stumbled upon it when I was trying to find the route to get to the feline armor diagram treasure hunt. Went in circles a lot because I never knew it was under the isle lol.
@Wulfjager
11 ай бұрын
Glad I'm not the only one who felt weird in this part of the map. It almost feels liminal with how purposeful it's included yet not interactable
@eafstudios6436
9 ай бұрын
Technically you have to go *under* Temple Isle to get diagrams for the armor in one of the 'Cat School Armor' treasure hunt quests. There's also a priest vendor there in Elector's Square who quietly sells alchemical items and he's the only one who sells a book required to complete the side-quest "Free Spirit" that Geralt gives to the quest-giver who is trying to convince their lover to quit being a priestess of Freya on Skellige (this quest is easy to miss since it's on an island far north of Ard Skellige that the player isn't required to go to). Geralt can also briefly chat with the alchemist priest and has harsh words for him, saying he dislikes priests and that you'd need to pay him to even talk to one. During the quest where Geralt hunts down Whoreson Junior, Geralt can also go to his hideout which is technically on Temple Isle but not in the main area and can [SPOILER] go there again to meet Whoreson Junior with Ciri later on. Aside from that though, I'd agree that Temple Isle is disappointing and I was surprised I can't even go inside the main shrine or chapel area or even run into Hierarch Hemmelfart himself at some point (they should've at least had him come out in public and give a speech at some point maybe towards the end).
@saladinbob
10 ай бұрын
I suspect Temple Isle is barren because it's a victim of the butchered original plot. I think this game is the GOAT, but it could have been so much better if they'd completed the original storyline.
@Дмитрий_1981
Ай бұрын
2:10 - The player also begins looking for the blueprints of the witcher school of Cat in the dungeons located in the depths of the Temple Island of Novigrad. And this series of quests can significantly affect the gameplay for experienced players, and is also interesting in terms of plot for all fans of the Witcher franchise.
@MarcAntoineHamelin
11 ай бұрын
it's kind of ironic that the the siege of power of the eternal fire is build on top of an elven ruin turn power mad mage laboratory. its like the true face of the church unlike the pristine visage presented on top...
@1337Skrjabinn
8 ай бұрын
Part of "Novigrad, closed city" takes place on temple isle
@Hellion73
4 ай бұрын
Yeah, but only by luck gamers will trigger part 2 of that quest, cos after dealing with more important matters in the city, people didn't return to that area.
@ryanbeyer9078
11 ай бұрын
I spent too much time in this area trying to find the entrance to that cave that has the witcher gear at the very end of the isle
@hoshigin8234
3 ай бұрын
I found the cave under temple isle without any help from outside sources ... it was hell to find the entrance
@winterburden
Жыл бұрын
Witcher 3 is the greatest game of all time and always will be. It's almost as good as Skyrim.
@anthonydomanico8274
Жыл бұрын
Ha ha. I love The Witcher 3. It truly is my favorite game of all time. While I never played Skyrim I get the appeal and it's a game I've always wanted to play. Its just as it gets older and compares less favorably graphics wise it gets harder and harder to want to play.
@winterburden
Жыл бұрын
@@anthonydomanico8274 When I was growing up Ultima Underworld was impressive graphics, so anything better than that will always be more than good enough.
@Veldazandtea
Жыл бұрын
"Greatest game" "Almost as good" Make up your mind.
@winterburden
Жыл бұрын
@@Veldazandtea Ultima 7 is the greatest game of all time, and always will be. It's almost as good as Quest for Glory 2.
@flicka25
Жыл бұрын
I've played The Witcher 3 (DLC's and all) 9 times.....it's always installed on my PC, Steam Deck and Switch. The only other two games I've played twice are shadow of the Tomb Raider and Breath of the Wild and the only game I didn't finish was AC Valhalla. Anywa yes Temple Isle might have had a story there or two but honestly the place I hate most is Freya's garden...the Morkvarg quest.....I always get confused doing that one since there are two quests there overlapping each other. You have to go there to look for Craven which is part of the main storyline and you can't avoid it.
@cismontane
11 ай бұрын
Great video. FYI, I think there’s another quest location. You can raid Ciprian Wiley’s townhouse on Temple Isle, with a bunch of angry dwarves, as part of the Gangs of Novigrad questline.
@capitanspoiler7393
Жыл бұрын
show of hands, who went aaaaall the way to the cusp of Temple Isle (not in the cave where you were supposed to go) while searching for the feline armor on their first playthrough?
@timshannon3197
11 ай бұрын
I don't even think a 10/10 justifies the depth and genius this game actually is. I've been playing this NG+ for almost 4 straight months...and I mean 2 or 3 hours a day of play for 4 straight months. Just finished the 2nd of the additional content blood and wine and am currently lvl 97 and I haven't even touched half the map's question marks,or side quests. Beat the game a couple years ago and omfg am I glad I went back through it again. This game is on it's own level,I thought rdr2 was amazing (which it still is) but wow the witcher 3 is incredible!!!
@WalrusWinking
11 ай бұрын
I just remember consistently falling off the cliff trying to get I believe it was the cat school gear.
@lukebrog3702
9 ай бұрын
I honestly thought it was a super cool area with amazing design, views and architecture
@BigBossIvan
Жыл бұрын
Great video as usual. The ending leaves me a bit sad, as it just shows the slop people favor with complaining about getting too much for their money...
@cladiosanchez6865
10 ай бұрын
Getting the armor recipe on temple isle is such a god damned chore. Its almost impossible to find due to how winding this place is.
@MrDigitop
11 ай бұрын
Yeah there's NO WAY that huge area was not part of some big quest arc involving the church, but as you said TW3 was so expansive already that it probably was left for last and never completed in time. Hey at least we get to visit it and admire the beautiful view and snatch a Stone of Power, instead of a forever closed off area like the Devil's Pit for many many many years until the next gen patch.
@ForeverTraitor
Жыл бұрын
Oxenfurt Academy is also another place they spent time crafting but there's nothing to do there apart from a short section in Hearts of Stone.
@madxD144
10 ай бұрын
Only time I remember going there was to get the cat school gear
@skrill772
Жыл бұрын
I actually am on the opposite side of this, My favorite part of the Entire game was Novigrad and all of it's main quests/side quests, I would always give my self any excuses to go there I love it so much, Everything about it for me is top notch, Music, Design, Missions, characters so well defined, The only thing I think that may get people upset with it, is that there isn't any combat to be had at the city ( except for burglars, jonior's men ) but other than that its perfect in my opinion
@countluke2334
11 ай бұрын
Yes, nothing wrong with Novigrad, but not a lot going on on Temple Isle.
@chrishoward3733
7 ай бұрын
I always hate the swamps near crookback bog getting stuck in these really deep holes everywhere
@AztekBlind
8 ай бұрын
I actually get there outside of any quests only on my 4th playthough. This and Oxenfurt. But CDPR added new quest in empty Devil's Pit. Maybe one day on 10th anniversary or whatever they make another DLC with university and church. I mean, with them in is not impossible.
@captainbiceps5209
Жыл бұрын
I think most gamers used to big open world RPG can smell the bittersweet flavor of cut content from their room, the exact same most of us had when discovering the Nilgaardian camp and wondering why the fuck there is almost nothing in such a unique place, or when the Radovid questline fiinished in such a weird fashion. Crazy to think my personal favorite game EVER could have been even better with the deleted questline whe know about !
@iagobroxado
11 ай бұрын
It took me ages to find the Nifgaardian camp! I might have even passed it by on my first playthrough.
@jambone1182
Жыл бұрын
I think I spent a total of like 20 minutes there then dipped
@ImminentGod
Жыл бұрын
The only reason i went there was because of the Ciri quest,because i was wondering where in the city was that place. And after i saw the only thing was there was the place of power and dipped.
@SrChr778
11 ай бұрын
Well, thing is that they HAD plans for Temple Isle, but simply didn't have the time to do it. And thought it was better to focus on the other expansions. And perhaps, they might've thought that you can't expect to solve all problems that happen in this game. So, they left Novigrad to their own devices.
@bulldog6545
11 ай бұрын
I don't think CDPR has fully delved into making a storyline about the Eternal Fire church. They put a big emphasis on it and in a big chunk of Witcher 1 you are involved with the Eternal Fire church and characters such as Siegfried, Aldesburg, and Dewitt. In Witcher 3, the one involved with the church is not Geralt but Ciri. In the next game, I hope, we get to fully experience Eternal Fire stories.
@GnaedigerJupp
10 ай бұрын
It took about 3 Novel for Geralt to find Ciri after she went missing, and he only got delayed with side quests when he was stuck and waited for spring. The game had big!
@detectivedewitt9536
11 ай бұрын
Just like the nilfgaardian soldier camp it seems like there were plans for content but for whatever reasons they didnt get enough time to actually finish everything in time for launch (plus you cant even get in the camp legitimately for the biggest part of it)
@Дмитрий_1981
Ай бұрын
The thing is, we, the players, can never have enough. In fact, Novigrad is amazing. This city is a huge step forward compared to the cities of Skyrim, The Witcher 2 and other games. If you look at the issue objectively, the word "Hate" in the title seems too strong. Yes, there is little content on the Temple island, it is too decorative. But you need to understand that the development time of games is limited, and it is impossible to calculate everything perfectly. And undoubtedly, it would have been better to leave at least such a Temple Island than to remove this curious, beautiful, albeit plot-wise empty location from the game.
@stevemuzak8526
11 ай бұрын
It's like The Devil's Pit in Velen. They didn't finished it back in the day it but they added new mission in Next Gen update. One of the best missions in the Witcher.
@BahamutBreaker
11 ай бұрын
While I disagree that Witcher 3 players “HATE” Temple Isle, I certainly agree with the content in the actual video, here. It really is crazy - when considering the enormous amount of content in the full TW3 release - how much partially-developed content was (probably) cut. The lands east of Oxenfurt, the areas north & northwest of Novigrad, the Nilfgaardian camp near Vizima, large swathes of central & northern Ard Skellige, the forests and coasts southwest of Novigrad, Temple Isle, the southern half of Oxenfurt, several uninhabited islands in Skellige, most of southern and eastern Beauclaire. There have been many times during my hundreds of hours in TW3 where it seemed like more was intended to be in these spaces.
@fredbyoutubing
11 ай бұрын
Temple isle feels like the one neighborhood in my city that I've never set foot in. I know it exists, I know its purpose. I just never needed to go these. That's what it is to Geralt. A part of the city he knows exists but he doesn't need to go to at all.
@rogoznicafc9672
11 ай бұрын
About not finishing the game. They said that many players stopped at around 80% of the story, which is probably around battle of Kear Morhen. That mission seems to many, like it did to me as the final mission, i genuinely though that this was the end, so i was completely surprised when there were mission after
@HrRezpatex
11 ай бұрын
I cant say i agree, i like that area for more then one reason. For example it is the power stone you have there that gives you easy extra power. Then there is the cave that also gives you small treasures. Also in the late quest when you help Ciri repay people, you meet a woman there that try to lure you in to a trap. (you don`t actually get much from it, but i can never resist killing those that want to trap me..) And then there is the other quest you mention with Ciri, and the vendor. But yea, at the same time compare to other areas, i kind of have to agree a little also.
@ivanvoloder8114
9 ай бұрын
Novigrad is a costal city in my country Croatia.
@russellleblanc1539
9 ай бұрын
Lol I actually utilized the temple Ile alchemist a few times in the beginning. Early levels he does have a few helpful things but as you progress you become less reliant on merchants since you've pretty much upgraded all your stuff, all you need to do is rest to get more.
@awsomeboy360
11 ай бұрын
50% of people not completing the game is typical for game this large actually. This happens with ANY large game like this.
@1JLegend
11 ай бұрын
An area that I traveled to quite often, but did relatively little at is Oxenfurt.
@thelahna-8747
10 ай бұрын
the most important thing about the alchemist in the temple isle, you can play gwent with him.
@dubstepXpower
11 ай бұрын
I was also disappointed in the tamirian rebels quest that went no where. I wanted to have the choice to fight with them more
@nesano4735
11 ай бұрын
Yo, when I first saw that Witcher under the island the thought that went through my mind was "Oh fuck, he's alive."
@Uppernorwood976
11 ай бұрын
I disagree that there is ‘nothing there’. There are no quests on shops, but there is loads going on and it adds to the lore and atmosphere of the city just wandering round. Not everything in needs to be a scripted quest.
@NsABullitzZ
11 ай бұрын
I didn't even visit Temple Isle in my near 100% 1st playthrough, was amazed at how big and detailed it was on my 2nd. No quest npcs but there was some cool exploration
@timk6041
11 ай бұрын
the best theme song in the game in the background of ur video memories of riding along the outskirts of novigrad
@My6119
Ай бұрын
If the game had one more year of development, it'd have easily covered Iorveth's quest line, make Dijkstra not an idiot in the end of reason of state, and probably those boat races.
@FXGreggan.
Жыл бұрын
Can't say that I hate it because I never thought about it :) But now that you mention it yes - it could have been so much more..
@anthonydomanico8274
Жыл бұрын
It's still a cool location if for no other reason than the view but I get your sentiment. It would have been such a great place for a mission to take place.
@phalanx8437
Жыл бұрын
@@anthonydomanico8274Some big fight in the central courtyard with a bunch of priest assassins. At night, with all the braziers lit, during a festival so fireworks are constantly going on overhead. As the climax of a whodunnit mystery questline with the aforementioned festival as a backdrop.
@brothers_of_nod
Жыл бұрын
I would have loved a quest breaking the Church of the Eternal Fire.
@Vyrall-nk2xd
11 ай бұрын
Not every single little section needs an In depth mission and objective. Some places are just there to exist for practical reasons or for aesthetics. Temple Isle was there just because it looked cool and was a nice touch. It had a place of power, an interesting alchemist, and it’s where the first cat school gear quest began you explored the subterranean caverns underneath the isle. That’s all the place needed to do. CDPR didn’t need to stuff it with extraneous content. Witcher 3 is not AC Odyssey
@vandsonjanuario9426
11 ай бұрын
I remember play one mission in this place. The game bugged so hard that I could access some of the areas. One in special its a treasure room quite big with gold all over the floor and some chests that had a set of armor of the eternal fire, pretty good stats
@Reed2538
11 ай бұрын
I hate the whole city. You'd throw grapeshot in random corner and kill like 50 quest npcs. Something happens every 5 steps, literally everyone knows you, and most of idle comments refer to you. When you get inside city for the first time, prepare for 10 hour long uninterrupted dialogue sequence of the game
@anthonydomanico8274
Жыл бұрын
I think this location is still really cool if for no other reason than the view. In fact, I don't think I dislike any area in this game. In the end, issues like this come down to time limitations imposed upon the developers from the business side of the equation. Great video, btw!
@ZombieMurdoc
11 ай бұрын
There are witcher diagrams under Temple Isle, at least 1 place of power at the temple itself, there's the ciri quests, the Radovid ending, and an interesting merchant with a special Gwent card. Vizima has less utility.
@NaM-LaTeM
8 ай бұрын
There's a Mastercrafted Racing Saddle directly around the outside walls of the temple
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