Sorry guys, we just don't get it. Maybe if we were more familiar with the Witcher franchise, we'd be able to wrap our minds around CD Projekt's April Fools' Day goof. It's created a fake game titled The Bard: Saviors of Queens, a trailer and dev diary for which are posted below. It's about a guy who kills dragons and bandits while bedding as many women as humanly possible.
Here's our problem: Isn't that also what The Witcher is all about? It's been a while since we played it -- there's a very real chance that we're confusing it with CD Projekt's earliest title, The Lusty Swordhand. Still, on the April Fools outrageous-o-meter, this one falls on the "potentially could become a real thing" side of the spectrum.
If Witcher 2 has mod tools and this doesn't become a reality, I will lose faith in humanity. This is honestly the only entertaining april fool's joke i've read/seen today.
If you read the description that comes with the videos:
"This game is an ultimate answer towards all the players that always wanted easy, short and fun adventure. There’s no violence, no complex storyline and definitely no morality. It’s a really short game (no more than 2 hours of gameplay with autoplay feature on the easiest difficulty setting) that will not burden you with anything gameplay-related."
It's making fun of all the dumbed down RPG's. It also uses music from Dragon Age 2 and Mass Effect. Autoplay feature, I thought this kind of thing would have been self explanatory.
@Interinactive YES to this. By far this was my favorite April fools prank, they've made up for that debacle with the gog site relaunch. Plus who doesn't love the idea of Mandolin Fu?
@Interinactive Yeah I was dumbfounded that Joystiq didn't get the joke. Then again based on their DA2 review they just probably took offence to CD Projekt lampooning their favourite more-or-less-something-like-kinda-sorta-RPG.
@ch3burashka A Witcher is like an Assassin/Bounty Hunter/Paladin. In the world of the Witcher, there's like a million different types cursed people/demons/hellspawn. A Witcher is a Warrior (specially trained at childhood) with certain Magical abilities and they hunt these creatures. They are either hired for the task by a Mayor/Lord or they find the person that benefited most and charge them.
I fully reccomend the game (it's awesome) but you should also read the books it's based on. The first 2 are translated into English and can be found quite cheaply on Amazon's Kindle Store.
Wow. So I guess no one's played the PS2 Comedy game Bard's Tale? Granted the details don't match up at all but the game's existence takes away quite a bit from this.
Also a quote "HIDE BEHIND THE MOUND OF DEAD BARDS" - Dorkness Rising.
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Info
Description
The second installment in the RPG saga about the Witcher, Geralt of Rivia, features a thoroughly engrossing, mature storyline defining new standards for thought-provoking, non-linear game narration. In addition to an epic story, the game features an original, brutal combat system that uniquely combines tactical elements with dynamic action.
A new, modern game engine, responsible both for beautiful visuals and sophisticated game mechanics puts players in the most lively and believable world ever created in an RPG game. A captivating story, dynamic combat system, beautiful graphics, and everything else that made the original Witcher such a great game are now executed in a much more advanced and sophisticated way.
