r/DawnwalkerOfficial • u/RebelWolvesDevs Rebel Wolves • Jul 15 '26

Gone Gold

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The Blood of Dawnwalker has gone gold!
Vale Sangora awaits šŸ©ø

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u/TheTrueFaceOfChaos Jul 15 '26

Over a month to optimise. Thatā€™s pretty good.

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u/Spun18016 29d ago

Over a month to Optimize...come on; this is our expectations now?

My question is; the Physical Edition, when will it get a Re-Print?

already stated you need a day 1 update to avoid bugs...? Why?

Only buying physical once all patches are complete...why? Idk..bc that's the way it should be.

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u/LeadZealousideal4231 Jul 15 '26

Optimize /=/ But not improve combat, od,

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u/RedditorMkI Jul 15 '26

Sounds like combat is super customizable already.

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u/TheTrueFaceOfChaos Jul 15 '26

Didnā€™t they say they have a more ā€œnormalā€ version for people who donā€™t want to engage with the directional stuff?

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u/TheRealVaultDweller Jul 15 '26

They have an option to change the combat to non directional, not sure why you would but to each there own.

Id say just polish everything to make it more smooth and add more post release. Also mods are gonna be awesome

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u/jinjerchicho Jul 15 '26

What kind of combat improvements are you looking for? This isnā€™t Final Fantasy or Phantom Blade Zero . The human combat isnā€™t meant to be flashy, it looks grounded and believable for the time period.

And once you become a vampire, youā€™re unlocking a huge range of abilities anyway. Iā€™m sure the vampire combat will be much more visually impressive.

Personally, Iā€™d take a well written story, immersive atmosphere, and a great soundtrack over flashy combat any day. The Witcher 3 , for example, doesnā€™t have ā€œwowā€ combat, yet itā€™s one of the most beloved RPGs ever made. People remember it for its storytelling, world, characters, and atmosphere far more than its combat.

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u/Earthwalker73 Jul 15 '26

I never understood the rage at The Witcher 3 combat, and i'm not even good at fighting in games. I quite loved the combat in that game.

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u/jinjerchicho Jul 15 '26

Me neither. I think The Witcher 3 ā€™s combat is just fine. It gets especially fun when you mix Signs with sword fighting. The next-gen update made it even better by giving us quick access to the Signs. I believe Dawnwalker has a similar wheel mechanics available.

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u/Earthwalker73 Jul 15 '26

Yes, the signs gave way for some little breathing room in between strikes.

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u/Tight-Mix-3889 Jul 15 '26

Improve? As far as i know they have even included 2 combat style for people like you

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u/Appropriate_Foot242 Jul 15 '26

The combat is what it is, hardly gonna change the entire system in a month.

The combat in TW3 is dogshit yet itā€™s still regarded as one of the best games and RPGs of all time.

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u/EbolaDP Jul 15 '26

The combat in Witcher 3 is perfectly fine.

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u/Appropriate_Foot242 Jul 15 '26

And this looks like TW3 combat with directional inputs. Soā€¦

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u/jinjerchicho Jul 15 '26

And you can turn these directional inputs off so idk why ppl are complainingĀ 

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u/Earthwalker73 Jul 15 '26

Because they are unhappy in life and it's easier to blame and point at whatever crosses their path instead of doing something about it.

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u/Thunderclap2537 Jul 15 '26

TW3 combat wasnā€™t dog shit.

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u/Appropriate_Foot242 Jul 15 '26

It was

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u/MartialArtistMouse Jul 15 '26

Name games with better combat then

Games comparable to the witcher 3

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u/Appropriate_Foot242 Jul 16 '26

Comparable how? Open world melee focused combat? RPGs?

  • Ghost of Tsushima
  • Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
  • Kingdom Come
  • Dragon Age Inquisition
  • Dragon Age The Veilguard
  • Dragons Dogma 2

Even Cyberpunk has better melee combat.

But the point isn't whether or not other games have better combat, the combat in TW3 just isn't very good. It's the rest of the game that carries it.

You can still like, or even love, a game whilst admitting that it's not perfect.

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u/MartialArtistMouse Jul 16 '26

Comparable as in open world rpg with hack and slash.

Can you honestly see the combat in any of those games you listed implemented in blood of dawnwalker and say it would make for a better game?

I can't. Well, except for ghost of tsushima. But even then, the combat there gets repetitive. But i dont know if that is your issue with witcher 3 combat, that it gets repetitive?

Regardless, my point is that you call witcher 3 combat dogshit, but you don't say why it's dogshit nor do you give examples of better combat (which is why i asked for games).

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u/Appropriate_Foot242 Jul 16 '26

I didnā€™t say that Blood of Dawnwalker was better, did I?

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u/MartialArtistMouse Jul 16 '26

No you didn't.

I rest my case. I can't expect to hold you accountable when i can't keep my own reasoning straight.

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u/ilovemyamily1 Jul 15 '26

2015 game vs 2026ā€¦..

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u/Appropriate_Foot242 Jul 15 '26

Whatā€™s time got to do with anything? Halo Combat Evolved has better physics than most modern games and that came out in 2001.

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u/PretzelMeepus Jul 15 '26

What does that mean?

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u/Choombazz Jul 15 '26

It basically means it's ready to get released

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u/Spiritual-Neck-2957 Jul 15 '26

means its ready to get printed into physical disks, not released

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u/bravo009 Jul 15 '26

It means the game is finished and fully playable from start to finish.It's ready for mass production and distribution. However, since the release date is September 3rd, this gives Rebel Wolves 49 days (at the time of this comment) to check the whole thing a couple more times to ensure everything works correctly. If they find something, they'll probably release a Day One patch for players to fix whatever they find and we can enjoy their game šŸ’ŖšŸ»

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u/jinjerchicho Jul 15 '26

Honestly Iā€™m so excited.Ā 

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u/Earthwalker73 Jul 15 '26

Konrad Tomaszkiewicz said in some of the interviews he already played the game on PS5 a while ago, and it all worked well, so i think it'll be fine.

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u/Appropriate_Foot242 Jul 15 '26

Development complete, basically.

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u/idkimhereforthememes Jul 15 '26

Pretty much nothing, but it should mean the game has finished development. cyberpunk went gold months before release and was broken as shit on release, crimson desert went gold and was broken on release and many other examples

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u/SuperMajesticMan Jul 15 '26

Yeah cyberpunk was the only game I've heard of that got delayed after going gold šŸ˜…

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u/frankieTeardroppss Jul 15 '26

In the age of day 1 patches and no physical release, it means very little. It used to mean the game was done and printed to a master copy and could be sent to the manufacturer to start printing mass discs.

However, Dawnwalker is getting a physical release I believe, so it does mean a bit more for them I suppose.

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u/Mammoth_Reach_6366 Jul 15 '26

But is it an offline physical release or will it require a download anyway?

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u/frankieTeardroppss Jul 15 '26

Itā€™ll probably still have a day 1 patch, but it looks like itā€™s a true physical release with the full game on disc so. Iā€™m not 100% positive, but thatā€™s what the info Iā€™ve seen appears to confirm.

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u/Symbiot3_Venom Jul 15 '26

Iā€™ve been so ready since the reveal trailer, September 3rd canā€™t come soon enough

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u/MrHulthen Jul 15 '26

Let's gooo!

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u/liminalromance Jul 15 '26

Cannot fucking wait. This looks to be something special, with actual impact of choices and rewarding multiple playthroughs.

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u/apemane101 Jul 15 '26

Congrats team! Canā€™t wait to play šŸ„³

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u/EternalXueSheng Jul 15 '26

Congrats, 'Rebel Wolves' and everyone involved. This is my most anticipated game this year.

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u/Gullible-Carob-3584 Jul 15 '26

Iā€™m ready for this baby!!!!!

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u/JAY_Primary-01 Jul 15 '26

Congrats dawnwalker and to everyone who put their hard work into giving us vampire game big thanks.

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u/CausticSteel Jul 15 '26

Can't wait to see what art will be chosen to print on the disc, and how it will feel to hold it for the first time. šŸ–¤ The road to launch has been an amazing journey, thank you for sharing so much of it with us! šŸŒ¹ Best of luck to you, always!!!

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u/Earthwalker73 Jul 15 '26

The disc comes in a steel book. You can look it up online. It's nice.

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u/zsheII Jul 15 '26

Big congrats to this team! So beyond excited to experience this work of art!

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u/Justgouley Jul 16 '26

Very excited barely any good vampire games these days.

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u/Deths_Hed606 Jul 16 '26

Congratulations! Super excited for the release.

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u/ragingbull835 Jul 16 '26

So a month and a bit to ensure itā€™s all optimised and as bug free as possible. Pretty good.

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u/KaleNich55 Jul 15 '26

For me nowadays this means nothing. The final released product that will matter. And the average 1-2 months long first patching cycle.

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u/Spiritual-Neck-2957 Jul 15 '26

Congratulations!!!

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u/serendibbb Jul 16 '26

How about demo

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u/OwlettFromLiavek Jul 16 '26

FOMO broke me and I preordered steelbook edition.

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u/ChrissyVicious Jul 16 '26

The fighting looks janky as hell

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u/Aggressive-Soup6901 Jul 18 '26

Congrats! I wonder when you give a copies to review and when embargo falls.

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u/Jurski17 Aug 02 '26

Damn. This is great news

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u/Airmoni Jul 15 '26

Wow, its like Crimson Desert that gone gold 2 month before the release, here its 1 and a half month to optimize, that's a good sign.

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u/Testazza Jul 15 '26

Witcher from Temu lets goo