The Making of The Witcher 1 & 2
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- We continue the story of CD Projekt by talking to the people who designed, produced and played the first two games in the franchise.
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00:00 Intro
00:50 The Witcher
02:46 TV Before Netflix
03:23 A Few Bugs
04:35 Publisher Deals
07:24 A Polish Masterpiece
09:28 Quests
10:51 Breaking America
12:16 Rise of the White Wolf
13:29 Surviving a Financial Storm
16:30 The Witcher 2
20:31 Preperation Meets Opportunity
21:33 Credits - Hry
We found the guy that wrote all the "looks like rain" lines! GOAT dev
wind's howling
How long you gonna make me wait?!
"It was never a calculation for us"
In this day and age, where every video game company is about Numbers, Sale figures and focus groups that try to appeal to the most number of "consumers", That one simple line was very refreshing to hear, and it explains why people love these guys so much.
Keep up the great work CDPR, and I'm certain the community will stick with you guys till the end
Don't be that naive...
ofc it wasnt a case on the start. they have started being on leash of calculations later, with witcher 3.
Maybe it did come off as naive, what i meant was CDPR still has this human element to them that makes me really like these guys. They feel above the corporate bullshit. At the end of the day they are still a business, But their consumer friendly practices makes them stand out from the crowd. Even gog is a really good platform
@Nicholas Marashio I really hope they won't, they've been the most pro-consumer AAA game studio of the last decade
@Nicholas Marashio If they do I doubt it'll be as major as Bethesda, at least I'm hoping
Luck is "when preparation meets opportunity." Wow, that is immensely quotable.
Or the sentence that they like what they are doing and it is not a calculation.
It's actually a famous quote
Love these documentaries, they're so well done. One of the few channels I anticipate content from.
It's a bit of a shame that both witcher 1 and 2 just get quickly summarised in such a quick video, I understand that W3 is the big one, but the first two are fantastic games aswell.
There is almost two hours long polish documentary
(with english subtitles thay you can turn on in options) done by arhn.eu about first attempt to create Witcher game (by Metropolis) and about CD Projekt's Witcher 1. Plenty of people who worked on both games are talking about it and shows materials from production (usually for the first time ever) - czcams.com/video/g18GgD-SNzM/video.html
It has more to do with most developers realistically having difficulty recalling many of the details for games that happened so long ago, when they've worked on so many projects since. Whereas with Witcher 3, they just put the final touches (Blood & Wine) on a year and a half ago (and technically, some of the team is still working on the PS4 Pro/Xbox One X versions). Overall, I understand your point though. Certainly, those games deserve more attention. It's why NoClip is so critical. Stuff like this barely exists in this kind of format. Endless games deserving of the recognition that comes from examination.
yeah, these are meant for a mainstream audience, not RPG fans who can appreciate a good game even if it doesnt have buzzword design, like "Open World". Average Joe doesn't even know W1 and W2 exist.
3 is in many ways simply better, and in some significant ways neither better nor worse but different. Even though I think Witcher 3 is overall the greatest of the three, 1 and 2 each have a very distinct feel to them as well (in the soundtrack as well, eg. River of Life in 1 and Dwarven Stone upon Dwarven Stone in 2).
It is a real shame. Great profile sketch btw.
Thanks for this video Noclip. Always excited to watch these. Amazingly well made and it's great to see the passion of the game devs in these times where games are starting to feel more manufactured on a factory line. The Witcher and the developers who crafted these masterpieces will stand the test of time, helped by you.
Not enough Witcher 2 discussion imo!
same
Indeed... At least this video is filled with TW2's music tracks, the best of the entire saga in my opinion:)
Yeah they all seemed bummed about witcher 2 and I wanted to know why
They ran out of money, port and economic crisis and the whole selling part of the company thing, while making Witcher 2. They had to make the game smaller, cut act 4, (was going to be about the Hunt and Yennefer) and they had to rework the whole game and ac3 extensively to make it work, which also explains why Ac3 is as short as it is and the ending so... "left hanging".
I dunno how it was meant to be specifically, but i assume meeting yen would have gone somewhat like the tutorial zone in W3, you meet her, maybe even the emperor bit as well, and then set off to find Ciri - insert W3
Thankyou, i knew there was going to be an act 4 but didn't know what it was going to be about. Alot of the creators in the doco seemed disappointed in the games tone and shift into grim darkness in comparison to the lighter tone of the first similar to the short stories.
Thanks so much for watching folks! The next four videos in our series focus on the development of The Witcher 3; world design, quest design, localization and everything else. The next part is live on Friday. See you then! [DON'T FORGET TO SUB!]
Thanks for another great video! Will this be all of the content relating to The Witcher 2? I did feel that there was a decent amount of content regarding the first game in this video, but the second game felt a little bit glossed over. The second game's story was incredibly political, and I'd have loved to hear them expound on that. Also, the console port, vastly different controls/gameplay when compared to the first game, etc.
another amazing video! thanks for this, I enjoyed every minutes of it. Can't wait to see the next video
No, Thank you for giving them to us!
I clicked 'reply' to say exactly what KeyeGamer said. Thank YOU! This channel is a treasure for the gaming community.
About the music too? I love the soundtrack so much.
Another fantastic episode. You are blowing me away with how well these documentaries are done.
Fummy seeing you here lol.
Danny O'Dwyer. I don't miss you at Gamespot. This is one of the many great things your are meant to do as a games journo. Love your channel. Shout out from Mandela Bay, South Africa.
South Africa represent!
+Nich Hustler we eat whites
Luck is chaos temporarily and unintentionally working in your favor.
Or perhaps, Luck is quite simply...Luck. The world still has a lot of unanswered mysteries.
That's an interesting perspective
Anirudh Menon that's your view and there's nothing wrong with that but it's not mine, to each his own.
or as littlefinger said "Chaos is a ladder"
@@felathar1985 hell yeah
"You're a human being [...] you don't want to just repeat and do the same thing all the time" I always knew Activision was run by a bunch of mindless robots.
or lizard
I'm suprised that I'm the only one in the comments here who noticed that borys at 8:28 is the dude who does all the voice over work for cyberpunk 2077 (like the hour long demo video for example)
Yeah I noticed it immediately and came here to comment it. I’ll recognize that voice from anywhere
lol actually I didn't notice it
"Every 1 hour it would crash, but I loved the game and thought 'This isn't going to stop me from playing'"
Literally my exact thoughts with Cyberpunk 2077. It doesn't crash every hour, in fact way less than that on my base PS4, but I enjoy it so much that bugs and crashes just aren't enough to stop me from playing.
Dude same, most people just like to be vocal. I played it on launch with the million bugs and still appreciated all the damn time put into it. I actually had very little bugs, just horrible frames which I hate. The rest was a rich world and background, shocking missions (the one in the slaughterhouse was sick) and the guns were all pretty exciting despite the trash control scheme. All that and keanu reeves is with you the whole time legit putting on a GREAT show. Made the vee actor look like an amateur
My personal favorite part of ALL 3 Games is always going to be getting Aerondight from the Lady of the Lake in The Witcher 1, it was just so magical and the music was perfect!
Loved the "tribute" in Blood and Wine too, best sword of all time!
After laying with her and getting one of the most powerful silver swords I truly felt in my environment. No game comes close to witcher in terms of immersion. My favorite setting in W1 is definetly the fields during day, and the island during night. The devs are geniuses.
You are my maaan, i kept the aerondight in the chest for the duration of the whole second game and equipped it before the last fight hoping it would get ported into witcher 3.
Oh yeah, it wa magical and emotional moment!
I hope someday we get a Noclip Doc on Larian Studios..
Yes please. Those guys seem as passionate about game development as CDPR and they have a lot of good games under their belt over the years.
Yes please! I'm following their work since Divine Divinity ;)
Amazing documentary, as always. Finally supported you an Patreon, worth every cent! Also, I caught an accidental (or at least I think so) frame on 12:10, with number of supporters. Hoped for an easter egg, but was fun to chase that anyways.
Орлов Антон We figured it wouldn’t be a Witcher 1 video without at least one bug in there ;)
Here www.watchframebyframe.com/watch/yt/WOYKIxIjLs0/730.123982
I'm glad I wasn't the only one that was trying to chase that haha
Thanks! I was trying to chase that frame for quite a while... figured someone in the comments maybe had it already. You saved my mental state hahaha.
When i watch footage from W1 i feel so nostalgic... I didn't enjoy the main story so much, but that game is my favorite regarding roleplay elements, and like they say in the video... the game had this unique atmosphere...
W2 had an amazing story and the characters where excellently played and portrayed.
Amazing that a single man created a company to create the best RPG of all time.
Seriously these docs are incredible, haven’t seen anything on CZcams made with this much love in a long time. Keep doing what you’re doing because it’s going to be huge!
Noclip is the CD Projekt Red of gaming journalism ;) Keep the amazing work guys.
Absolutely killing it Danny!! 2 parts in and this is already my fave doc yet! The story of CD Project Red alone is so fascinating!
Thanks to everyone @NoClip. Amazing stuff for one of my favorite game series of all time. This is why I love support NC.
Watching this series for the first time in 2022 - Marcin is a legend, what a friendly, funny guy. I have just forgiven them completely for the Cyberpunk launch :)
Such a great series to watch. Well done Danny and co for this! Really looking forward to the rest of it!!
Thank you so much for making these documentaries especially this series because it is all about my favorite video game series. Keep up the good work
I gave away my copy of the Witcher 3... I saw the PS4 Pro patch landed today, well I'm glad to support these amazing developers with another purchase :)
As someone who did the same and then bought the game on PSN, be aware that save games aren't compatible between the disc and digital releases.
@@Daaaaaaaave wow thats dumb o.O
To me what makes the witcher games amazing is they especially wildhunt captures that dark disease ridden medieval fantasy world like no other game ever have before in my opinion. And I have always wanted to play a dark medieval fantasy rpg. The other strength that the witcher franchise has is its writing and story telling wich is second to none and the characters and the humans you meet feel real and grounded like no other openworld has ever been able to capture before a good example of that is that the monsters and wicher Contracts you fullfill have deep tragic human backstories so it makes everything more grounded and real and it makes the player sympathize or even care for the monsters and characters you encounter. That's is all thanx to good writing and backstories.
I am so, so glad I found this channel. Danny, I’ve sorely missed your work.
Oh My God, this documentary is fantastic. Best I have ever seen. Keep up the good work
Also, check youtube channel Arhn.eu, where is 2 hours documentary about begining of Witcher game, its in polish but there are english subs
What a fantastic mini documentary! For a Developer like CDProjekt whom is in my top 3 favorites, this was so awesome to see and hear how it all started. Thanks to the backers who helped this happen, truly!
Danny - This documentary is already hands down some of Noclip's best work - Keep up the amazing work
One thing I notice mosted, is how much of an awesome guy marcin iwinski seems to be. Really genuinely nice guy.
Bit late on watching them. Completely forgot you ventured out on your own and was wondering what you were doing right now, its awesome stuff, so GG to you :)
I really hope they can stay true to creating new and unique vision with Cyberpunk. It's easy to fixate on things you did so well and stop innovating.
They are innovating. The problem is, judging from the scrapping of two prototypes and still being in pre-production, they are trying to innovate too hard maybe.
It's going to be really hard to top what they did with the Witcher saga. At least they got the original creator of the Cyberpunk rpg to help develop it.
Given their track record so far, I'm not too worried about that.
They said it in the video, they are just humans who don't want to work on the same thing over and over again.
trust me, from what I've seen cyberpunk 2077 will be super fucking innovative, they are truly trying to create a world and put a lot of detail into everything
Home from work and I check YT to find this released 4 min ago. Feels good.
Excellent info and narration and top quality production. Looking forward to next parts :)
Excellent and insightful look into the company and it's people! Good stuff Noclip, keep it coming! :)
Ahhhhhh Why are these always so good, Danny even in your days of GameSpot your videos have been a dream to watch, thank you and I'm glad to donate on Patreon every month!
You guys dropped a frame at 12:10 . Drove me mad for like 20 minutes because I thought it was something you put in subliminally.
Simply amazing! Thank you so much! Cannot wait for the next episode 😊
I really enjoyed watching this episode and the previous one, awesome job Danny and Jeremy!
This series is amazing, thanks for putting it together.
Love u noclip for the witcher series documentary, one of my favorite games of all time
This still broke aspiring Indie from Morocco loves your channel content. hope to someday soon enough to finally make a living and put my money where my mouth is and become a patron too. Thank you for the amazing work. I've watch all of it. Every piece was such an inspiration. Always a real treat to see fellow veteran devs have room to talk at length about the love they have for their craft. Can't wait for all the goodness to come. And who knows, maybe someday when i get that pc project going i'de be an interesting subject to cover :p ( might as well dream big haha
Beaitiful Job. Thanks for this Documentary serie!
Such quality content! Thanks a lot for this amazing channel! Congrats!
Great documentary, looking forward to Friday!
I would love to see more docs about game companies. If you make another campaign, I'll donate for sure.
i love how they build their name on her own increasing the experience step by step, especially dealing with other companies
Dude, this series is awesome. I remember the 3 part you did for W3 just before it launched. That was great aswell.
I’ve only recently started playing Witcher 3 and I love it so much, CD red are honestly top tier
I can't wait to get home from work so I can watch this properly on my tv =D
There are some real gems here in terms of life advice, not just business advice. It's great that these guys and gals worked their asses off, and now they're reaping the benefits. Can't wait fast enough for Cyberpunk 2077 to go so right for them, after all the drama that they had to endure.
This is the ONLY channel that I have notifications turned on for. This is so amazing. Thank you thank you thank you, to you our Irish Cream, and to Sayday Proyekt (I will never westernise the pronunciation again) for the game, and being so open in these interviews.
Amazing. Thank you so much for this insight on CD Project and it's Games.
What an inspiring story, they overcame obstacles where others would have easily given up. Thanks for this Noclip!
that track at the end still gives me chills
Great job.....finally some mature content about video game industry
Keep up the great work! I love these video game documentaries
Awesome quality mate, keep er lit!
@NoClip - There is an errant overlay at @12:09 it looks like the Patreon backer total flashes on the screen for a fraction of a second.
Great series.
I subscribed for these, very well done
Incredible work man, what a watch
why does this not have more views?!?!?!?
I was watching a lecture on calculus before this, and I had the video play speed on 2. Needless to say, it was a wild ride when this started.
The passion just oozes off these developers. The Witcher 1 will always have a special place in my heart (even though I'll probably never replay it. It aged terribly.)
Real high quality dokumentary. Good job!
The closed captions are pretty good! "Danny laughs hysterically" xD
Witcher 1 and 2 are both great games. Loved playing them. It's great to see a documentary highlighting these. Also, I generally love special features so... how am I not a Patreon member already?
A very intressting documentantion. Thanks for it!
Thak you for this amazing videos! love it!
Wish there was more Witcher 2 talk :/ For some reason it always seems to be overlooked.
Even though it's the biggest step they have taken, in terms of engine and combat style. But maybe that's why they regard it as but a stepping stone to Witcher 3, the big one.
Congrats Danny, this is art, thank you so so much for this :D
16:31 what was that orchestral arrangement of Chopin's nocturne Op. 55, No. 1 in F minor?
Custom arrangement for Witcher 2 hope trailer
A Wolfenstein documentary would be an awesome thing to see as well. This is amazing work!
Awesome documentary. I wish you would make some like this about the Bioware and their games......
Another great video. Good work.
Lower third pops up for a second at 12:10
A single-frame editing error - it's the patreon text at the end of the video.
its the whole screen imgur.com/a/sM06K
Dude the production quality of this documentary is unbelievable
Second time i see the editors place a hidden frame in a video. First was the Documentary about Half-life . In this video they flash the Patreon count of 4,444 at 12:10. Love your docs.
playing witcher 2 now , is like playing deus ex and mgs together the politics is way way deep. Love the both games
Love these documentaries and I love cd projekt red even more!
Second part is very good,the sound Is awesome
Witcher 2 was my introduction to the series. I've been a huge fan of the Witcher ever since.
This is such cool stuff! These people are amazing!
Amazing company! Invested in CD PROJEKT stocks back in 2015. Best decision in life and they're still small in comparison to other companies in the gaming industry.
Beautiful documentary 👏👏👏
When I heard the music from the TV show at 2:52 I immediately realised that I had heard that sample somewhere before in a Sim City game. So I went on a little search through the Sim City 3000 and Sim City 4 OST's. And there it was, in Sim City 3000 in the song called "Infrastructure" that exact same percussion sample is used.
You can hear it at 42:18 on this OST video: czcams.com/video/qkXOxLpdMds/video.html
Amazing documentary series. Thank you for it.
I'm from Brazil and I knew about this game because I was a huge Bioware fan. I didn't have a legal way to buy it, this game wasn't on Steam, so, I looked for a torrent of this and only found a Russian very, very bad copy.
At the time, I knew nothing about the books and the story, they are not published here in any language.
When the enhanced edition came, I finally could play it. I played through ir two times in a row, and I still want to play it! Is amazing, finally a adult RPG, with such a rich environment!
Then, when Witcher 2 came out, the books started to be published here, and when I read it, I could really understand more about the environment created on the game, and realized how CD Projekt is a huge fan of it, how important this history is for them, and made me like these games even more!
Then came Witcher 2, and these is not my favorite of the trilogy, but It was amazing what a little polish company was doing, it is better than many others RPGs of this time.
Then, Witcher 3, how ambitious this guys can be! Amazing story, all that elements that came from the books, and all following the same narrative lines. Many, many side quests with so much rich history!
So, I'm a huge fan, of the series and of the studio that created it!. I still think The Witcher is the best computer RPG still made. Can't wait for Cyberpunk !!!
Funhaus mentioned you on Dude Soup, I remember watching you on Gamepot 7-8 years ago. If this is a good example, I look forward to checking out your more recent content.
i purchased this in 2008, i'm playing it again now. i don't really remember it but it sticks with me it was amazing...i loved it was originally polish
I can still remember the first time I purchased the first game, the cover art attracted me onto it Now I have it on Steam, nostalgic game (and yeah I can still remember the random crashes every 60 minutes as well).
Great stuff as always, Danny \o/
I remember waiting for this game, being the only one to have hype for it and loving every minute of its 80 hours.
Thank you for saving and leaving the IP with you guys!! seeing the games companies put out now, we can know what would happen to it...
I'm amazed at their tenacity, especially in the face of this being their first game. And then to go and repeat that? And three-peat? Totally a case of "preparation meets the opportunity"
I was in college in 2008 when I first heard about the game. If it wasn't for my classmate playing it on his laptop in class, I never would have known about the original game. It was such a great game even with the 15 minute load times.
Best game documentaries channel
These guys are amazing, I bought a 360 just to play the witcher 2.