I hope so too. I'm not someone that was particularly fond of TW2s combat, I didnt hate it as much as some folks do but it was obvious that there was a lot of inexperience baked into it. Reading various interviews, videos, and impressions I've raised my expectation from "little better than Tw2" to "Hey this could be pretty decent".
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Witcher 3 gameplay from YouTubers from CDPR event
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I hope so too. I'm not someone that was particularly fond of TW2s combat, I didnt hate it as much as some folks do but it was obvious that there was a lot of inexperience baked into it. Reading various interviews, videos, and impressions I've raised my expectation from "little better than Tw2" to "Hey this could be pretty decent".
Summer Haze
Banned
I believe the health meter is contextual.
I wish more devs would realise that we don't need to see our health at all times. Contextual HUDs are the best.I'm pretty sure the button guide is there to introduce new people to the game. There is a way to make the hud smaller on a slider from the looks of SS's. Not sure you can specific certain aspects, though. It's just nice they included an option to remove all hud elements or make some of the situational (i.e. health bar only displays during combat).
I believe the health meter is contextual.
What he said, lol.
Watchdog's HUD was awful. Look at the positioning of the mini-map.
Why?
If you really look, you can almost make out some gameplay beneath all of that HUD.
I'll quote myself from a few pages back. My main concern is that while the HUD is customizable and the mini map can be turned off, there is no alternative means to enjoy the game properly like other games do like the radar blips of GTA or the waypoint markers of Assassins Creed and skyrim.
All these games can be almost 100% enjoyed without the minimap hindering your screen and take so much space. (I also find it extremely ugly in design) W3 doesnt seem to incorporate a viable minimalistic way to find your bearings towards your next objective or marker. Which is a tad dissappointing considering all the options there are there in the first place.
Anyway here is my original post:
If you really look, you can almost make out some gameplay beneath all of that HUD.
Good thing there is toggles and such for most of HUD elements
The irony being that Witcher secretly has the superior HUD thanks to all the customization options. It can be as clean or as "COD-ified" as you want it to be.
Good thing there is toggles and such for most of HUD elements
Thing is that by disabling completely the map the game becomes a mess in term of navigation and you'll have to pretty much pause to the world map to find your bearings. I agree I hate maps and I toggle them off all the time, as long as there is a way to have an idea where I am going. There are tons of ways this can be incorporated without the use of a mini map like i described above, but W3 seems that it doesnt do any of that...
FunkyLounge
Member
Good thing there is toggles and such for most of HUD elements
Yeah, I was pretty pleased to see that. HUD customization like this is an amazing feature
edit: especially the HORSE STAMINA huge text and bar is really obnoxious in my opinion. I am glad they realize that not everybody wants to see that
New video about the skill tree and leveling up in TW3 from Remigiusz Maciaszek (in Polish)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL3U7dJq9zk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL3U7dJq9zk
BigTnaples
Todd Howard's Secret GAF Account
The foliage only lacks shadows when the sun is in a position where is it casting nearly none.
In most of the videos the vegetation is covered in shadows and illumination.
The way the light is interacting with the foliage looks the same as the "Volume Based Translucency" from the Nvidia Tech Demo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SpPqXdzl7g
And it is stunning.
hobblygobbly
Member
If you understand German I recommend you watch Rocket Beans' one, it's pretty gut.
Perfo
Thirteen flew over the cuckoo's nest
Oh god I never saw this before. The funny thing is that Bloodborne's world is one of the complex I've seen in ages (level-design wise) and it's so easy to navigate without a single minimap or even map. Fucking masterpiece. I hate minimaps and maps btw.
I actually like how Skyrim/Fallout does it. I like how it just tells you that in a certain direction there's something interesting but it doesn't say exactly where, just in what direction. It tends to get me exploring a lot more (oooh, looks like something interesting is over there, I wanna know what it is. Oh, and look, there's something in that direction, gotta check that out sometimes).
But I think for these kind of games exploration is the most fun part for me so I like things that tend to encourage me to explore and want to see what's over that next hill. For some reason it not telling me where exactly makes it more exciting than knowing exactly where on the map it is.
doniewhalberg
Member
Trying to avoid the videos because hey, I'm going to buy the game anyway, but can anyone confirm if any of the videos dip into the game's graphic settings for a look? I want to see the line-up of options ha.
Primethius
Banned
First of all, I mentioned the my problems early on with the foliage so I guess you can partially credit me for the derail?
Second, I didn't suggest that TW3 didn't have the "best-in-class" foliage. I said it was sub-par compared to the quality of the rest of the game and stands out.
Third, I called them "2d" because in many of the videos I saw, the grass and bushes seemed to be facing the players despite the camera changing and others times or maybe that's because the grass/brushes looked very flat in general. I don't mean to use that term in technical way because I'm not even sure what that term would mean technically.
So yes, I stick by what I said. The foliage looks sub-par within the context of TW3 graphical framework. That's why I brought up TW2.
FunkyLounge
Member
I am having a real multicultural mindfuck here, this is the first time I have been interested in something only described in Polish. I am from Czech Republic, so our languages come from the same place, but are very different. I understand every third word, but am trying to get as much out of it as I can. It feels bizarre, this is my first attempt to really understand something spoken in native Polish. Of course the first attempt would be video game related, what did I even think. Thanks for the link
Oh, I thought you meant reinstalling all your software after doing the hardware upgrade.
Thats exactly what I want for Witcher 3 to implement when I switch off the map! Thats the proper way of disabling and customizing your HUD when it comes to a huge open world game.
This NO MAP - YES MAP thing is pretty much forcing the player to have the mini map on, or otherwise to be ready to pause the game every 5 mins or so...
Give us a marker, a certain direction at least of where our next objective is. A waypoint. Something that will properly replace the need for a mini map. There are many ways that this can be done a lot of games have used different methods and all work nicely. I surely hope that CD Project can try and provide such a way to enjoy the game's visuals without compromising/hindering gameplay.
And another new video (this time it's Russian) by This is Что-то:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaxVenrsNlw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaxVenrsNlw
His Majesty
Banned
I really don't like the system used in Skyrim. It shows visual indicators on your compass before you even see them in the world. That is not exploration for me. Exploration is seeing a landmark in the distance and being invited to explore the surrounding areas. It should be spontaneous, not follow the arrow.
This could be fixed easily with a quick map button or something. Just hit whatever button it's mapped to, it pops up in a window while gameplay keeps going in the background, get a general lay of the land, hit it again and you're right back.
Summer Haze
Banned
I get what you're saying, and the option would be great, but I'd still rather do this than have anything on my screen at all. I'm weird like that.
Actually,I think I'd use on-screen waypoint markers that you activate manually, as long as they faded after a few seconds.
As I said, there are tons of ways to implement a way to get rid of the mini map while the player is still able to find his bearrings and know where he is going.
Either use floating waypoint/markers/indicator that show just the direction of your objective or one of the other many ways games have used in the past. And they could even toggle the thing on/off with the click of a button or a combination of buttons if the control scheme is filled up.
I honestly believe that the ON/OFF thing the way it is now is not helping much. On the one hand when you have the map ON you cringe if you are bothered like me with stuff wasting screen space, on the other hand with the map OFF you are blind and I am certain a lot of quests that have either time limitations or chases etc will become very annoying, forcing the player to pause very often.
There are several ways. CDP needs only to incorporate one of them.
doniewhalberg
Member
Slightly off topic but as this thread is super active right now: are the two expansions coming later set after the main plot or will they plot in *during* the adventure narratively?
spankmepink
Banned
It's nice having a company that is honest about the game and not hiding it from the press or consumers until release day.
No offense, but did you even read the paragraph you're referring to? It states the same thing I did, with the exception of using "stutter" for what is commonly known as "microstutter".
Screen tearing = Drawn frame being out of sync with output of the monitor. The picture is "split" across the screen, showing normally 2-3 different frames at the same time.
"GPUs render frames at varying rates. As the GPU seeks to synchronize with the monitor, persistent tearing occurs."
Microstutter, referred as "stutter" for understandability = Inconsistent drawtime of the frames, causing the image to feel sluggish even if the framerate is high and stable.
"Stuttering since the GPU might render frames at rates other than once every 1/60 sec."
Stutter, as normally referred in terms of PC performance = Complete stop of the video, likely caused by an issue in memory usage.
For stutter, see AngryJoes video @ around 39:54, and it stutters a lot in that particular area. I can't be bothered to watch the whole video again, but I remember them actually mentioning it while saying it's fixed in the latest build.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJpWBMH9EtQ
Please explain how my 144hz screen has anything to do with stutter, which ironically I never encounter no matter the framerate of the game. There is literally no difference in playing 60fps in 60hz or 144hz, except for a slight screen tearing.
It simply just refreshes the same frame 2 or 3 times, instead of once, but the time your eyes see the frame is not changed in any way.
We dont know yet. Since you can continue playing after the credits rolls, I suppose it could go either way.
I believe the health meter is contextual.
Easy/Cheap advertisement. They believe their game is great and from everything they have released, it seems to be accurate.
I had quick glance at descriptions of expansions, as they are more or less all we have to go with, and they don't give hints where they are placed in the narrative. I guess they will be separate adventures for higher level characters.
Also;
Cameos from previous Witcher games happening for characters that didn't get into core Witcher 3?
Quick recap since this is new info I think:
- like in previous games there are 3 main skill trees, plus 1 smaller "utility" tree with only 10 skills which are supposed to be much better than other skills (I took a quick look and it really seems to be the case, there's a skill for example that gives you +25% crit chance and +5% damage from light attacks from every piece of light equipment you wear)
- abilities have to be "equipped" into slots, so you can use only up to 12 skills/abilities at the given time, depending on your level; you get all 12 slots fairly quickly
- there are 4 mutagens slots
- mutagens boost skills from the corresponding category (red mutagens boost sword abilities, blue boost signs, green boost alchemy), but only if they are equipped in slots next to each other
- full alchemy is a competent build, but the guy didn't go into detail this time
Thanks for the break down, zone. What is the forth mutagen?
The only mutagens mentioned are red, blue and green (swords, signs, alchemy)
Thanks. Would love to see some actual XboxOne footage too, but I guess there's a reason why it's all "hush-hush".
Just watching it at the moment
Rocketbeans > all
best youtube and twitch channel if you can understand german
edit: ah nice witcher 3 with german audio, first time i can hear it
Here is Lazy Gamer talking about the Xbox One version, but no footage. They did say it was amazing, though.
http://www.lazygamer.net/video/the-witcher-3-wild-hunt-video-preview/
Primethius
Banned
As I said, there are tons of ways to implement a way to get rid of the mini map while the player is still able to find his bearrings and know where he is going.
Either use floating waypoint/markers/indicator that show just the direction of your objective or one of the other many ways games have used in the past. And they could even toggle the thing on/off with the click of a button or a combination of buttons if the control scheme is filled up.
I honestly believe that the ON/OFF thing the way it is now is not helping much. On the one hand when you have the map ON you cringe if you are bothered like me with stuff wasting screen space, on the other hand with the map OFF you are blind and I am certain a lot of quests that have either time limitations or chases etc will become very annoying, forcing the player to pause very often.
There are several ways. CDP needs only to incorporate one of them.
The game supports modding, so it looks like you will find your answer there.
Personally, I don't like the Skyrim arrow. It kills any desire for me to go explore, since it's always sitting there reminding me about the objective.
And for what it's worth, the devs said there will be aural indicators for quests in case you turn off your minimap (people shouting for help, noises, etc.) So you won't be completely lost.
More from Angry Joe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T02mPSFRuV8
Wait… It's the exact same footage. Don't know why it's reuploaded.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T02mPSFRuV8
Wait… It's the exact same footage. Don't know why it's reuploaded.
ScepticMatt
Member
It's the same video as before but with much worse compression and the colors are totally off (for now?)
Edit: Either it's a backup channel or it's stolen content.
BigTnaples
Todd Howard's Secret GAF Account
Is part II of the Gopher vid due out today?
Looks like someone just stole the AJ video and reposted it.