Yeah I thought music really added a lot to the atmosphere and feeling of being in a harsh environment, also the blood and wine dlc soundtrack I thought was particularly good.
ngl I disliked skellige bc of its climate, i liked the hearts of stone lands the most (so basically northern parts of novigrad) because of their sad climate
In 2015, a senior level designer, Péter Gelencsér was on a podcast and when he was asked to give a secret to the audience, he revealed there is an island he worked on in skellige, that if you look upon when the sun is at its highest, the shadow cast by it points to the location with a secret chest. Im pretty sure it was this chest. He also said thats why the fortress is called kaer Gelen, because he created it and named it after himself :D
You need to play it slowly and carefully.. And don't just use the road as the direction to the destination.. Must use the forest or the hill as well.. If it's hard to climb, long press the jump button.. All high hills can be reached
In my opinion, looking for treasures using such indirect instructions is much more interesting than stupidly catching another chest that has already been marked with a question on the map in advance. The developers first need to come up with such a problem. And, unfortunately, it won’t work the second time - there will be too obvious a tautology in the gameplay.
They need to make items more interesting, because unfortunately witcher gear is better than all secret chests. Hope they find a solution in the witcher 4
Although I agree, Witcher 3 deceives you in that you almost think that a question mark being cleared is all there is to that location when in fact there’s nooks and crannies of stuff littered throughout the game like this
@@LionFo21 What I'm saying is that I really like this mystery. And I think this is an example of the skill of the game designers of The Witcher 3. And what, in theory, someone can do better - please do it. Everyone will only be glad to see a game that can compare in quality with The Witcher 3. I haven’t seen such projects yet.
whenever I see something related to The Witcher 3 ı get emotional. he time spent in the game the characters, the story I've played so many big-budget games in my life like Red Dead Redemption 2 and The Last of Us Part 2 but no game has left a lasting impact on me like The Witcher 3 I can't think of any game that could fill the place this game and its music have permanently marked in my heart
@@disjanpampoen Those are effectively children's games. Well crafted they may be, but it's difficult to compare the narrative and character elements to Witcher 3. It's similar to people comparing Harry Potter to Lord of the Rings.
@@Davorta It's an uncommon use of the verb form of the word, but it's legitimate. You're right, most people would say "surpassed" or something similar these days.
Definitely not the best game ever. That's delusionary talk. The main character was borong and the fighting mechanics were button mashing. No strategy required. Gamers are willing to ignore fundamental issues just because they like the world and story. If there was another protagonist as monotone as Geralt was, they'd be called boring. Yet Geralt who LITERALLY has almost no emotion, is somehow not called boring. 😂
BG3 is pretty phenomenal, Elden Ring as well, all very different games but that's what's fantastic about gaming. Don't own a switch (because the joycons are for ants) but I hear tears of the kingdom is great as well; love the witcher 3, played it three times through including DLC but there are equally great games out there just waiting to be played.
I cant believe you’ve put in 2000+ hours and not found this. That means you could’ve 100% completed the game like 5-10 times atleast (probably many more times if not 100%) and never botherd to explore in all that time? How are you even playing this game lol
@@HansWurst1569 I'm trophy hunter and thats means i got platinum 4 times in my profile(Standart edition,GOTY edition, Complete edition-USA version on ps4 and Complete edition on ps5) and 2 on another profile-not discover everything,but complete all quest,all question marks and achieve platinum EVERY TIME!!!
This feels like the old "Gothic" days. No map markers, no interface. Read, listen and investigate your evironment to find caves, loot and other interesting locations
this ost used to make me fascinated and in awe of how gorgeous and beautiful the game was back in 2018. these days it makes me nostalgic and teary cuz of the things i went through since then. it holds a special place in my heart.
Another secret i found is in on the north east mountain of the bigger island of Skellige. From a empty (and high probably, not calculated zone to walk, for how poor refined was compared to the rest of the game), i could see from top a draw in the valley, made with the grass. It was like primitive draw. I get down to search there, but I don't found anything:(
They were not "bored", indeed they were under immense crunch and had to cut a lot of content. This is proper environmental storytelling and part of an inclusion of a network of small subquests that is almost like a mechanic in the game. (Treasure and materials for the best gear.)
I replayed this game so many times. The only game that I have replayed for 4 times and counting. The attention to detail, atmosphere...amazing. Also, the music is absolutely superb. Lots of game ignore the importance of music for the game atmosphere and immersive experience.
The music in the last ten seconds sound extremely similar to "Wandering" in the Heroes of Might and Magic IV soundtrack. Wonder if there are some connections?
I was roaming around and found this chest and I was confused why I got this loot typa loot there , looked around and saw the peak, thought to myself "cool peak" and then moved on
If I ever find out that there's a treasure in some place, I'm going to make sure I don't write down its location, leave it in a voice log, or othewise record it in some way where it can be found next to my skeleton. Way too dangerous.
These are the kind of things that makes you feel a game has soul. Nowadays, games are done by ten different dev teams managed by a group of executives with a MBA and zero knowledge about the art itself.
I always want to replay Witcher 3 but as soon as I make it past bloody baron im burnt out. I’ve played the bloody baron part of the game maybe 7-10 times and fully beaten the game only once.
Watching him run through the forest near the end was fun because irl, you'd be covered in ticks if you went off the path like that lol. It would be funny if there was a game that added something like that as a joke.
Not the music bringing me back to simpler times in my life, and making my heart sink when I snapped back to reality. The Skellige and Kaer Morhen ambience really did a number on me.
This is not what happens when developers are bored this is what happens when the developers are good at their job and want to make their game interesting.
oh, i was just there earlier this afternoon actually, unfortunately I'd already found the loot long before discovering this place... was kinda hoping to see your BOLT stuck in the ground somewhere in the vicinity! hehee was a pretty slick idea regardless... that's one my Fav Harpy hunting spots BTW, ive been really diggin' your recent clips Slinger, but i'll try to refrain from commenting on em all, i promise. lol
If the chest is so obvious, why bother adding a poem with a clue? They should’ve added the dig button before the loot. (I see there is a shovel, somebody probably saw it and dug, and died before looting -probably ran away because of wolves- but in this scenario why is the clue-poem still up there? Nice feature and detail even if not necessary, but a simple dig button would make it more awesome
These are the features that put this game on a tier by itself! The effort the devs put into this game I don't believe will be replicated and executed the same for a long time
this is just your average quest in an open world game, breath of the wild has like 3 of these also, if the chest was digged up, why does it still have things in it? whoever was there before you chose to dig it up but didn't bother opening it?
How old is this game by the way? Because every time I see a video of the Witcher 3, I still cannot think of something being able to top it in terms of atmosphere, immersion and overall beauty
Oh damn! I remember back in 2015 the senior level designer for the game Péter Gelencsér (iirc) was on a podcast and talked about this, but since it was in Hungarian not a lot of people knew about it. Not its finally out there lmao
Cool, 8 play troughs & every time found new quests or hidden secrets. Good to know still things I never found like this, might have to fire it back up & go for number 9.
This game had for me the same problem as skyrim. I literally went out and around the world and there was always something interesting. Dozens of hours later I was looking for where the hell the main quest was. And this is a characteristic of a great game.
This isn't dev's being bored, this is dev's being passionate.
My mind exactly!
facts.
Exactly
big fax
Well said.
God, this music takes me back bro
It's single best video game ost ever made, it's not even close to it's sheer variety and quality
It's only missing the screams of the winged overaggressive cunts that are everywhere in Skellige
Yeah I thought music really added a lot to the atmosphere and feeling of being in a harsh environment, also the blood and wine dlc soundtrack I thought was particularly good.
@@boydolson5350 chrono cross tho
Wish I could play this game for the first time all over again
Damn... Skellige's entire atmosphere and the music... It gets me all emotional. What a game. What a luxury it is to experience it.
ngl I disliked skellige bc of its climate, i liked the hearts of stone lands the most (so basically northern parts of novigrad) because of their sad climate
Here,read my list of 12 things,that must be changed in the PS4 Witcher 3.
Welcome to north europe
ok chill
which is sunny weather part of map in Witcher 3?
In 2015, a senior level designer, Péter Gelencsér was on a podcast and when he was asked to give a secret to the audience, he revealed there is an island he worked on in skellige, that if you look upon when the sun is at its highest, the shadow cast by it points to the location with a secret chest. Im pretty sure it was this chest.
He also said thats why the fortress is called kaer Gelen, because he created it and named it after himself :D
No it was another one it points to a pond from the mountains
PODKEEDD
Lol he is Hungarian?
That's some cool trivia.
Witcher 3 was made with such passion, it made all other game developers look lazy. Not you Rockstar. You did great job with rdr 2.
R⭐️ always does a great job. GTA6 is gonna break the internet
@@JokkazArtno it's not.
Probably will , if isn't a cyberpunk at launch situation @jmckendry84
Yeah and taking their games off the Windows 7 OS 😒
You don’t play a lot of games then
Been playing for 7 years and never knew about this location.
You need to play it slowly and carefully.. And don't just use the road as the direction to the destination.. Must use the forest or the hill as well.. If it's hard to climb, long press the jump button.. All high hills can be reached
then that only means who didn't explore much. this is an old treasure location and one of the easiest to find. because its so obvious.
I reached that place but never knew a treasure was involved... I was just like "huh rocks look interesting...moving on..."
@@atane-bakpolland1989 Just like with women in bed then...😏
@@adrianlavy1541i would have done the same if i were you XD
In my opinion, looking for treasures using such indirect instructions is much more interesting than stupidly catching another chest that has already been marked with a question on the map in advance.
The developers first need to come up with such a problem. And, unfortunately, it won’t work the second time - there will be too obvious a tautology in the gameplay.
They need to make items more interesting, because unfortunately witcher gear is better than all secret chests. Hope they find a solution in the witcher 4
Although I agree, Witcher 3 deceives you in that you almost think that a question mark being cleared is all there is to that location when in fact there’s nooks and crannies of stuff littered throughout the game like this
You call this an indirect instruction? Maybe the bar is just low
@@LionFo21 What I'm saying is that I really like this mystery. And I think this is an example of the skill of the game designers of The Witcher 3.
And what, in theory, someone can do better - please do it. Everyone will only be glad to see a game that can compare in quality with The Witcher 3. I haven’t seen such projects yet.
@@albert-i2d4r Exactly why i rate Witcher 3 with 9.5. RDR2 with 10.
They way you jumped on that ledge made me wince. You absolute mad man! Everyone knows that gravity is the hardest boss on the witcher 3 dude!
Just hit jump twice. You will roll
@@TheAdattoall fun in games till your thumb lags
They toned down fall damage in the current-gen update. Or at least fixed it.
I forgot how well they did the atmosphere in this game. The wind and sound of the woods alongside the soundtrack. goated.
0:37 theres a carving on the left pillar
It’s seems there is, Vergil.
My boy acting reckless out here jumping like that. What was that 5 feet? Jesus gotta be careful jumping that high.
If he jump like that in Skyrim...
He will rock n rollllllll. 😂
You can fall from pretty high. Just make sure to hit the jump button 2nd time to roll
The fall damage has been adjusted in one of the most recent updates.
Unless you understand how rolling works in this game and then you can jump from any height 😂
Still pisses me off during the tutorial they never tell you about rolling when hitting the ground lol
whenever I see something related to The Witcher 3 ı get emotional. he time spent in the game the characters, the story I've played so many big-budget games in my life like Red Dead Redemption 2 and The Last of Us Part 2 but no game has left a lasting impact on me like The Witcher 3 I can't think of any game that could fill the place this game and its music have permanently marked in my heart
The glaze is hard on this one
The sliding was smooth af🤤
I really need to play W3 again. Nearly 10 years down the line and it has not been bettered.
Man. I love TW3. But BOTW and TOTK are fantastic and superior in nearly every way.
@@disjanpampoen Those are effectively children's games. Well crafted they may be, but it's difficult to compare the narrative and character elements to Witcher 3. It's similar to people comparing Harry Potter to Lord of the Rings.
Bettered?? I
You mean bested?
@@PerfectHandProductions You've never played them, have you?
@@Davorta It's an uncommon use of the verb form of the word, but it's legitimate. You're right, most people would say "surpassed" or something similar these days.
Best game ever, not surpassed yet, what passion and hard work can do, a game better than 10 years later games
The narration and writing is top notch but the gameplay and level design are seriously lacking
Red dead 2 clears it tho n u know this
@@trgrgtgrtgr7724you have to remember its a 2015 game even tho it doesnt feel like it so
I think a lot of people were impressed with RD2's level of detail, but that doesn't necessarily make it the best game. Both are great games.
Definitely not the best game ever. That's delusionary talk. The main character was borong and the fighting mechanics were button mashing. No strategy required. Gamers are willing to ignore fundamental issues just because they like the world and story.
If there was another protagonist as monotone as Geralt was, they'd be called boring. Yet Geralt who LITERALLY has almost no emotion, is somehow not called boring. 😂
The music is giving me chillssss
I dont think there will ever been an open world game as good as the witcher 3 ever again
Not one with such a rich lore no, it was something special and I'll never forget that experience.
BG3 is pretty phenomenal, Elden Ring as well, all very different games but that's what's fantastic about gaming. Don't own a switch (because the joycons are for ants) but I hear tears of the kingdom is great as well; love the witcher 3, played it three times through including DLC but there are equally great games out there just waiting to be played.
The Witcher 4
@@xvicaraujox Hopefully not another cyberpunk-like launch
@@am3703theyve probably learned their mistake so I wouldn't be worried about that
After 2000+hours of gameplay, still new secrets to discover! Great work. New subscriber!!! Love this game soooo much!!!
How? I've completed the game thrice and I've encountered this thrice. And I even forgot each time about it.
I cant believe you’ve put in 2000+ hours and not found this. That means you could’ve 100% completed the game like 5-10 times atleast (probably many more times if not 100%) and never botherd to explore in all that time? How are you even playing this game lol
@@HansWurst1569 I'm trophy hunter and thats means i got platinum 4 times in my profile(Standart edition,GOTY edition, Complete edition-USA version on ps4 and Complete edition on ps5) and 2 on another profile-not discover everything,but complete all quest,all question marks and achieve platinum EVERY TIME!!!
Thanks mate
Played Witcher 3 hundreds of hours on Ps4 and yet secrets still abound. You keep showing me things I've not discovered, thanks for the vid.
It's a +100 hour story... which has several story threads, and many endings. You'll be suprise on how nice it is to play a 2nd time
There’s Yustannas grotto nearby also, slightly up from this chest, a signpost with a monsters den, LOADS of loot in there
When I first discovered it I thought when the sun peaks there gonna be some translucent staircase or pathway or something.
Only found this secret by accident on my 5th playthrough, there’s just so much to discover in this game it’s crazy
"bored" while they had one of the biggest crunch of all videogame industry XD
That was just a joke 😅
@@SlingerSword stupid clickbait is what I see
So much detail and passion. In 2024 and it never ceases to amaze
This feels like the old "Gothic" days. No map markers, no interface. Read, listen and investigate your evironment to find caves, loot and other interesting locations
this ost used to make me fascinated and in awe of how gorgeous and beautiful the game was back in 2018. these days it makes me nostalgic and teary cuz of the things i went through since then. it holds a special place in my heart.
1:21 imagine climbing up this mountain and you re this old man sliding down it effortlessly 😂
Damn I was not expecting chills from Skellige music...maybe it's time to start playing again
Skellige's music always gets me
God i love witcher when i get my 4080/5080 im doing it all over again rt style
Best of luck brother! 😉
Worth it
omg this music man, it takes my back to those long hour sessions, gotta play it again I guess
Another secret i found is in on the north east mountain of the bigger island of Skellige. From a empty (and high probably, not calculated zone to walk, for how poor refined was compared to the rest of the game), i could see from top a draw in the valley, made with the grass. It was like primitive draw. I get down to search there, but I don't found anything:(
They were not "bored", indeed they were under immense crunch and had to cut a lot of content. This is proper environmental storytelling and part of an inclusion of a network of small subquests that is almost like a mechanic in the game. (Treasure and materials for the best gear.)
I replayed this game so many times. The only game that I have replayed for 4 times and counting. The attention to detail, atmosphere...amazing.
Also, the music is absolutely superb. Lots of game ignore the importance of music for the game atmosphere and immersive experience.
The music in the last ten seconds sound extremely similar to "Wandering" in the Heroes of Might and Magic IV soundtrack.
Wonder if there are some connections?
The guy lying behind the stones might be a reference to the green boots corpse on Mt. Everest.
Thus is without a doubt my most favorite treasure location! Thanks for the video!!
Game of the Decade
@@12xenn45 i am currently working at cdpr on the new witcher. you just wait.
When you thought you left no stone unturned after all these years you still find something new. This game is fantastic.
I remember finding this by simply exploring a bit, then noticed that cool two pillars and went there to check it.
I was roaming around and found this chest and I was confused why I got this loot typa loot there , looked around and saw the peak, thought to myself "cool peak" and then moved on
This is why the Witcher is the best game ever to this day
Facts.
Even that slide down the mountain makes me wanna replay this game
If I ever find out that there's a treasure in some place, I'm going to make sure I don't write down its location, leave it in a voice log, or othewise record it in some way where it can be found next to my skeleton. Way too dangerous.
Now, he's got enough to buy a shirt.
It's only fair if girl characters are half naked in video games, why not the men too?
The fact that I discovered it yesterday and it got me recommended today tells me they are spying us
this music feels me with so much nostalgia, it's insane. I'll be playing this game in 40 years man
These are the kind of things that makes you feel a game has soul. Nowadays, games are done by ten different dev teams managed by a group of executives with a MBA and zero knowledge about the art itself.
there is a building in Poland called Sun Gate and it works just like this.
I always want to replay Witcher 3 but as soon as I make it past bloody baron im burnt out. I’ve played the bloody baron part of the game maybe 7-10 times and fully beaten the game only once.
I feel the same, but its when I reach Novigrad.
@@jiminyhickerbottoms1846 Same here, Novigrad is so boring for some reason haha
Watching him run through the forest near the end was fun because irl, you'd be covered in ticks if you went off the path like that lol. It would be funny if there was a game that added something like that as a joke.
It's more realistic than you may think.
Lots of mountains in the Italian Alps have similar or even stranger passages
I bet i would fine that treasure on my own. And hurs later that poem. Then search for hours for a treasure ive already found.
You've stumbled onto this and yet you don't know you can go into meditation by pressing square from the radial menu.
The mountain in the first bit of the clip gave me flashbacks...
Remember Reach...
Man… more than a decade later and I still get the chills
Not the music bringing me back to simpler times in my life, and making my heart sink when I snapped back to reality. The Skellige and Kaer Morhen ambience really did a number on me.
Hm. In my save file this chest didn't have nearly as much loot for some reason. No blueprints, not even the relics, just gold and junk
Funny how Witcher 3 used to be the game people have been waiting for back in 2015 and now next year it will turn 10 years old, oh how time flies
Is it just me or does the sense of scale seem different between when he stands still and moving?
it's not even boredom, this is a dev going "man our lighting engine and shadow mapping is so cool... we should make a quest out of that."
Its 2024 and this makes me want to play that game again. Such a masterpiece.
The ard skellege music is my favorite track. I learned to appreciate this track while sailing for those cache lol
This is not what happens when developers are bored this is what happens when the developers are good at their job and want to make their game interesting.
oh, i was just there earlier this afternoon actually,
unfortunately I'd already found the loot long before discovering this place...
was kinda hoping to see your BOLT stuck in the ground somewhere in the vicinity! hehee
was a pretty slick idea regardless... that's one my Fav Harpy hunting spots BTW,
ive been really diggin' your recent clips Slinger, but i'll try to refrain from commenting
on em all, i promise. lol
Always great to hear from fellow hunters. Happy to share some of my favorite spots and tricks. Feel free to drop by anytime. Happy hunting!
What a great game. There are so many of these hidden gems like this and it's why people are still playing this game today.
Damn i watch this for 2 seconds and im getting urges got the baby sitting at home with all the dlc.
are you using any camera mod? it looks so closer,I like it
I don't have words for how much i love this game
currently debating on wich i should buy heart&stone or blood&wine can u give me some pointers
@@thatmemeguy2520buy both, it's on sale now on steam at a very low price.
I wonder if that second body on the mountaintop is the green boots reference
If the chest is so obvious, why bother adding a poem with a clue? They should’ve added the dig button before the loot. (I see there is a shovel, somebody probably saw it and dug, and died before looting -probably ran away because of wolves- but in this scenario why is the clue-poem still up there? Nice feature and detail even if not necessary, but a simple dig button would make it more awesome
No one noticed there is lying this guy from mount everest called "green shoes". I think,
The Journey reference as well 👌
Which DLC? Or base game? I don't remember that (the music brings nostalgia and makes me miss this game).
These are the features that put this game on a tier by itself! The effort the devs put into this game I don't believe will be replicated and executed the same for a long time
Is it me, or was that corps dressed as Link while being at the feet of the rocks that look like the dueling peaks
I thought you were going to cut the video of him getting there, and he was there like in 10 seconds.
this is just your average quest in an open world game, breath of the wild has like 3 of these
also, if the chest was digged up, why does it still have things in it? whoever was there before you chose to dig it up but didn't bother opening it?
Almost 10 years later and this is still the best game i have ever played. Nothing came close to this masterpiece:)
Just a little matrix glitch no worries
This music, this atmosphere... few games are at this level
I'm pretty sure this is where I got the "Rad Steez, Bro!" Achievement.
this game still looks amazing, shit 9years in and no game beat this masterpiece
What is that creature snarling in the background?
How old is this game by the way? Because every time I see a video of the Witcher 3, I still cannot think of something being able to top it in terms of atmosphere, immersion and overall beauty
The Elder Scrolls Oblivion is the only one
10 years old next year.
came out in 2015
Gonna but wither Skyrim with bundles or Witcher with bundles for my switch.....which one do I get?
I always forget just how beautiful this game and its soundtrack are.
How you control is so well? My camera moves so badly especially when I am fighting
So no one's gonna talk about those Archnomorphs casually chilling in the background! 💀
Things that made me want to play this game far more than the main plot.
what sword is that on your back?
I spend so much time playing this game, I can't believe I've never found this
Oh damn! I remember back in 2015 the senior level designer for the game Péter Gelencsér (iirc) was on a podcast and talked about this, but since it was in Hungarian not a lot of people knew about it. Not its finally out there lmao
the entire time where on Skellige its just amazing love the sailing and swimming and discovering new locations and looking at everthing
Skellige isle background music was amazing ❤
This game could have been mixed with world building, sandbox and strategy over the existing storyline. It had got that potential with its deepness.
Cool, 8 play troughs & every time found new quests or hidden secrets. Good to know still things I never found like this, might have to fire it back up & go for number 9.
this video makes me want to play this game again. completing all of the sidequests again
Imagine ubisoft being bothered to do something like this now
This game had for me the same problem as skyrim. I literally went out and around the world and there was always something interesting. Dozens of hours later I was looking for where the hell the main quest was. And this is a characteristic of a great game.
Oh i thought him being without shirt in the mountain was that.. guy doesnt feel cold.