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[SnowDrops]

I literally just commented on it on the other thread. Sorry to burst your bubble twice

What thread is that if I may ask, and please don't tell me its the downgrade-thread because I'm so not going there, it ruins my mood everytime I take a sneakpeak in there :/

Anyway, DSR it is then. Im going to play the hell out of this game anyways, so yeah

 

[Lurgan1337]

So you can actually find clues in a room for example by search around and not using witcher senses? A quest for example had the player investigate the room. There was a rug on the floor that when you use witcher senses Geralt mentions something and then an "X" opos up and you find out there is a small room beneath.

My question is, if I am thorough and investigate the room without witcher senses, will "X" pop up and enable me to find the secret room? Or are you required to use witcher senses to find it?

I think Geralt just says that rug feels off to him, suggesting player using senses.

 

[valkyre]

I think Geralt just says that rug feels off to him, suggesting player using senses.

And my guess is you cant open the hatch beneath the rug if you dont use the senses right? If that is the case then it pretty much forces you to use it.

 

[viveks86]

What thread is that if I may ask, and please don't tell me its the downgrade-thread because I'm so not going there, it ruins my mood everytime I take a sneakpeak in there :/

Anyway, DSR it is then. Im going to play the hell out of this game anyways, so yeah

Sorry to break it to you again, but it was the downgrade thread

Strike 3!

I'm out!

(Surprisingly, we are actually discussing tech instead of flinging crap at each other. Must be because rest of the US is sleeping. I probably should too)

 

[SnowDrops]

Sorry to break it to you again, but it was the downgrade thread

Strike 3!

I'm out!

(Surprisingly, we are actually discussing tech instead of flinging crap at each other. Must be because rest of the US is sleeping. I probably should too)

Thanks, I might risk it then, but as soon as someone's gonna post a .gif I'm outta there

 

[the_batman]

yep, and it is very good at being open world rpg. The game feels very simillar to RDR very often.

woah, that sounds promising.

 

[Lurgan1337]

And my guess is you cant open the hatch beneath the rug if you dont use the senses right? If that is the case then it pretty much forces you to use it.

yep, I'm sure of it. but than again I'm stupid Russian who slept like 3 hours.

 

[Lurgan1337]

woah, that sounds promising.

yep I even relived my favourite Morrowind moment there. Some baron invited Geralt for investigation and trying to find clues I looked that baron and guards looked other ways and just stole all the silverware from the cabinets lol. I was desperate

and you can't just steal everything you'd like. I dunno what would happen if you do tho.

 

[valkyre]

yep, I'm sure of it. but than again I'm stupid Russian who slept like 3 hours.

nah, its probably like you say it. Well as long as you are not forced to use it all the time, without missing stuff, I'm good.

 

[hemo memo]

There's good amount of strategy to the card game

 

[Kenzodielocke]

Watching a stream right now, loading screens after death are like 30-45 seconds long.

Lurgan1337 and idonteven can you confirm long loading screens after death ?

 

[Altairre]

yep, and it is very good at being open world rpg. The game feels very simillar to RDR very often.

RDR is one of the only open world games where I didn't feel that narrative and the open world style collide which is often a huge problem (Inquisition is a prime example of that). It's overall my favorite one until now. I hope W3 can reach similar heights.

 

[Lurgan1337]

Watching a stream right now, loading screens after death are like 30-45 seconds long.

Lurgan1337 and idonteven can you confirm long loading screens after death ?

that's true. did contract killing Cockatrix - died like 4 times. during loadings switched TV channels and browsed some web.

I also didn't notice any real auto-saves. Basicly you can run around killing stuff for hour doing small quests and have zero saves. I always save game manually every 10mins. Feels like old games. There are 8 save slots AFAIR

 

[hemo memo]

that's true. did contract killing Cockatrix - died like 4 times. during loadings switched TV channels and browsed some web.

I also didn't notice any real auto-saves. Basicly you can run around killing stuff for hour doing small quests and have zero saves. I always save game manually every 10mins. Feels like old games. There are 8 save slots AFAIR

Its always saves for me after finishing a quest but you're right, no auto-save in the wild you need to go to a fast travel point or enter a village for auto-save. (Notification at the start tells you to save often in the wild so you don't loss progress).

 

[idonteven]

Watching a stream right now, loading screens after death are like 30-45 seconds long.

Lurgan1337 and idonteven can you confirm long loading screens after death ?

yeah really long loading screens but you dont die that much so i can kinda live with it

 

[SolidChamp]

Guys i want to buy this so bad but Batman is coming out in a month and I'm not sure I'll be able to finish this game until than, and i have to buy Batman day 1. Anyone else with this dilema?

Nope. I've decided I don't need Batman day 1 because of the season pass bullshit. I'll wait for GOTY edition and be happy playing this until MGSV comes out.

 

[Sanctuary]

some more screens,really looks like a painting sometimes

This has been said more than a few times now and I'm just not seeing it. Smeared/flat/blurred textures is just code now for "painterly".
That second shot is pretty nice though in general.

 

[Jonnax]

Watching a stream right now, loading screens after death are like 30-45 seconds long.

Lurgan1337 and idonteven can you confirm long loading screens after death ?

Oh wow. I think I'm going to play on the easiest difficulty then.

 

[valkyre]

yeah really long loading screens but you dont die that much so i can kinda live with it

With the version you have now. Simply navigating the world, are there framedrops, or do they happen only when in combat or in areas with lots of npcs? I mean while navigating in the wilderness is the framerate rock solid?

 

[bombshell]

This has been said more than a few times now and I'm just not seeing it. Smeared/flat/blurred textures is just code now for "painterly".

They are Share button captures = heavily compressed.

 

[aember]

This has been said more than a few times now and I'm just not seeing it. Smeared/flat/blurred textures is just code now for "painterly".
That second shot is pretty nice though in general.

Maybe it looks fancy when in-game, stuff is moving, harder to notice textures, aliasing and whatnot.

I always think my GTAV screenshots look like ugly sin, but then I go back to the game and suddenly it's all fancy.

 

[Lurgan1337]

Maybe it looks fancy when in-game, stuff is moving, harder to notice textures, aliasing and whatnot.

I always think my GTAV screenshots look like ugly sin, but then I go back to the game and suddenly it's all fancy.

yep. that's totally on point. I like my graphics like any sane person. But I would not force myself to find shitty texture here and make an awful jpeg just to shitstorm on /v/

 

[idonteven]

With the version you have now. Simply navigating the world, are there framedrops, or do they happen only when in combat or in areas with lots of npcs? I mean while navigating in the wilderness is the framerate rock solid?

yeah the framerate is good,sometimes it derps in combat but not a lot

 

[Sanctuary]

Maybe it looks fancy when in-game, stuff is moving, harder to notice textures, aliasing and whatnot.

I always think my GTAV screenshots look like ugly sin, but then I go back to the game and suddenly it's all fancy.

Dark Souls had some relatively ugly textures in many places, which made the game seem really ugly in screenshots sometimes, but this rarely mattered in game. In the game, you don't just stand still, staring at bland textures and it looked way better in motion. Plus, much of the bad textures were covered up by the shadows that were everywhere.

Of course, you also had people posting 4k shots that almost no one really played the game at, focusing on the higher detailed character models and acting as though all of the world textures came anywhere close to matching that (which it almost never did most of the time).

 

[Lurgan1337]

oh yeah. another thing I lol'd at with rough wooden animations. Doors and gates are afraid of Geralt. They do not open gently with your extended arm. Instead it feels like Geralt makes them wake up and open instantly. I totally laugh at it cuz I like open them gates in videogames and here its almost comicly fun.

 

[Linius]

yeah really long loading screens but you dont die that much so i can kinda live with it

"You don't die that much". You think it will be the same for new players to the series?

 

[Sanctuary]

oh yeah. another thing I lol'd at with rough wooden animations. Doors and gates are afraid of Geralt. They do not open gently with your extended arm. Instead it feels like Geralt makes them wake up and open instantly. I totally laugh at it cuz I like open them gates in videogames and here its almost comicly fun.

https://youtu.be/5GdUbl0YbSA?t=600

 

[idonteven]

"You don't die that much". You think it will be the same for new players to the series?

i am new once you get used to how to dodge and roll its not super hard


if anyone wants pics of certain things just ask

 

[valkyre]

THis is from Tidux and allegedly includes the day one patch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heKu1AnhpL4

 

[Linius]

i am new once you get used to how to dodge and roll its not super hard


if anyone wants pics of certain things just ask

Let's hope for the best then. Long loading times always scare me a bit, kind of annoying to go trough if it happens a lot.

 

[Blade30]

i am new once you get used to how to dodge and roll its not super hard


if anyone wants pics of certain things just ask

Stormy weather would be great.

 

[thatJohann]

THis is from Tidux and allegedly includes the day one patch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heKu1AnhpL4

I still think that's the day zero patch for reviews. Day 1 patch is on May 19

 

[Lurgan1337]

https://youtu.be/5GdUbl0YbSA?t=600

I'm at work atm and youtube is blocked. is there a compilation of doors being opened?

 

[valkyre]

I still think that's the day zero patch for reviews. Day 1 patch is on May 19

Really I cant tell anymore. This whole day 0 , day 1 patch seems non conclusive...

I wish you are right though.

 

[Sanctuary]

I'm at work atm and youtube is blocked. is there a compilation of doors being opened?

Nah, it's combat gameplay from Bound by Flame, which is eerily reminiscent of the combat footage shown in TW2/TW3 and lacks any feedback on the hits.

 

[idonteven]

it's hard to take picture's of stormy weather

some more screens

 

[SpokkX]

THis is from Tidux and allegedly includes the day one patch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=heKu1AnhpL4

A fight in the swamp would be interesting to see. That seemed to drop frames quite a bit in the reviews i watched

 

[Lurgan1337]

Nah, it's combat gameplay from Bound by Flame, which is eerily reminiscent of the combat footage shown in TW2/TW3 and lacks any feedback on the hits.

oh well... W3 is far better than W2 so far in terms of combat feel. But as I mentioned earlier - I do not feel any real weight in combat. I get that witchers have super-human reflexes and move fast as wind, but it often looks like cheesy low-budget movie with many stupid non-practical poses and strikes. Btw I like dismemberment and gore a lot - but it does not seem real to me when Geralt cuts men in half diagonaly. May be I just like Berserk too much, but I can't imagine cuting man in half with such swift blows.

 

[Javin98]

it's hard to take picture's of stormy weather

some more screens

Great shots, man. This game really looks better than I thought it would on PS4. Loving those light shafts, though I'm guessing they're not volumetric.

 

[d9b]

I still think that's the day zero patch for reviews. Day 1 patch is on May 19

Patch v 1.01 was released yesterday once pre-loading started in certain regions on PSN.

 

[Hendrick's]

Great shots, man. This game really looks better than I thought it would on PS4. Loving those light shafts, though I'm guessing they're not volumetric.

If you have to guess, then it doesn't really matter.

 

[thatJohann]

Patch v 1.01 was released yesterday once pre-loading started in certain regions on PSN.

V 1.01 does not mean day 1 patch

Day 1 patch could be v 1.02

Hell I've gotten games that on day 1 have a patch v 1.03

So the version number isn't necessarily correlated to day 1. Day 1 is May 19

 

[valkyre]

V 1.01 does not mean day 1 patch

Day 1 patch could be v 1.02

Hell I've gotten games that on day 1 have a patch v 1.03

So the version number isn't necessarily correlated to day 1. Day 1 is May 19

A certain tweet by tidus though that had a reply from a CDP dev as well, pretty much was talking about day 1 patch being available now. Cant find the tweet but it gave me the impression that this was indeed the performance patch.

 

[Blade30]

it's hard to take picture's of stormy weather

some more screens

It looks great either way. How often does the weather change though?

 

[idonteven]

It looks great either way. How often does the weather change though?

a lot,you can see it coming tho.was riding with my horse in a sunny area and in the distance i saw lightning and dark clouds

 

[Xaero Gravity]

Tend to disagree, Bloodborne looks really good if you compare it to the PS4 Version of The Witcher 3.

Art wise I agree, but from a technical standpoint I don't think they're anywhere close. I mean, Bloodborne's scale is much smaller and the NPCs don't even have moving mouths.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

Art wise I agree, but from a technical standpoint I don't think they're anywhere close. I mean, Bloodborne's scale is much smaller and the NPCs don't even have moving mouths.

And load times are just as bad.

 

[Xaero Gravity]

And load times are just as bad.

I wonder how long until people defend the load times and say it's just a punishment for dying.

 

[Blade30]

a lot,you can see it coming tho.was riding with my horse in a sunny area and in the distance i saw lightning and dark clouds

:trying to stay calm and wait until I can play it:

That sounds great, iirc there was a scene in Gophers video showing that storm in the distance.

 

[thatJohann]

A certain tweet by tidus though that had a reply from a CDP dev as well, pretty much was talking about day 1 patch being available now. Cant find the tweet but it gave me the impression that this was indeed the performance patch.

If that's the case then bummer. But I'm sure they will further optimize and patch a AAA game like this