Lord Carnarvon
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I still don't know why I keep reading this...a rumor that came too early.
See you next year.
See you next year.
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Witcher 3 rumors: 900p PS4/720p Xbone, 30fps, equals minimal settings of PC
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SlickShoesRUCrazy
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but directx12 and the dgpu!!!! xbox one will be the definitive version!
Sentenza
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That would be exactly why options to scale down detail and image quality are in place.
Well it would since we have so many cross gen games. The 360 could handle the Witcher 2 just fine though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5giXgNCh3z8
Even assuming the data is accurate the game is close to a year away. It's a truly pointless article, really.
They have quite a while to work on it still, but it wouldn't surprise me If they're finding they've bitten off more than the PS4/XBO can chew.
LithiumSpade
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This. One of the best ports of the entire last generation, seriously impressive optimisation. I'm not worried.
There is no reason that this information should put anyone off the PC version, 8x MSAA is hugely intensive in deferred renderers.
Yeah, there's definitely an audience for that! I don't necessarily mean "absurd" in a negative connotation, just in a "christ it's crazy" way.
That 780 Ti performance sounds perfectly acceptable. If true, that's the level my shiny new 780 GHz Edition will perform at with the game; turn down MSAA to 2x or 4x, maybe a few lighting effects down to high and bam, my 780 should get a perfect workout with this game while still giving me my beloved 60 fps. A game actually built to take advantage of my machine sounds great, bring it on CDPR.
Sounds like the smart thing.
Yeah, you could probably strip enough effects out of Infamous: Second Son to get it to run on a PS3, what's your point?
Second Son would look like Infamous 2 on PS3. Witcher 2 looks like Witcher 2 on 360.
Prophet Steve
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Oh no please, not anything like Crysis.
Crysis looks great, and is holding up for a long time, but good lord, can the game be an non-optimized piece of shit.
FeiRR
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The Russian website is not the source. They quote this http://www.kdramastars.com/articles/19164/20140408/witcher-3-pc-max-settings.htm
and this quotes some profile on Facebook I wasn't even able to find.
and this quotes some profile on Facebook I wasn't even able to find.
Zombie James
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Turn off that hideous looking over-sharpening filter (if it's part of the game and not just PR destroying screenshots) and get some performance back.
The asset quality of the PC version of The Witcher 2 would translate over to the PS4 just fine without looking very dated, was my point.
The Witcher 2 was essentially a small taste of "next-gen" gaming for PC gamers back in 2011. The fact that they managed to slim it down enough to fit it on a last-gen console is irrelevant.
Yep. The only remotely impressive thing about the game we've seen so far was that "Next-gen fur" presentation (which, afaik, won't even be in the game anymore). I honestly could not tell the difference between the rest of the footage we've seen and TW2.
tinfoilhatman
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Steam Machines cannot come soon enough...............
Cizeta-Moroder
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There's optimized and there's unoptimized, nothing in between, no such thing as demanding for a reason, and the crystal ball that is the PS4's output resolution can tell us the sounds of it.
i dont think people are comprehending that hte reason why crysis held up for a long time is becaus the graphics were so fukking good that the hardware couldnt keep up.
the reason why xbone/ps4 version is gimped is because the witcher 3 is a PC game and PC's are alerady a generation ahead of these next gen consoles
The Witcher 2.
CassidyIzABeast
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Looking at the gameplay trailer from last E3 that sounds about right.
metalmachine
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God I hope so.
MechaBowser
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Essentially. It's way too early for this to be finalized.
People are kidding themselves by saying this looks barely better than Witcher 2. Have you seen what that game looks like on max details, it beats the living shit out of any current PS4 game and could easily be ported to the console and look the bit too.
This rumour is hilarious though, the game is not due until next year, optimisation is the last thing they will focus on.
This rumour is hilarious though, the game is not due until next year, optimisation is the last thing they will focus on.
To be honest, the PC version of The Witcher 2 maxed out looks like it could have at least been a PS4 launch game. The game's asset quality was kind of ridiculous back in 2011. I even think it'd be a good idea to release it on PS4 and Xbox One.
GHG
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The Witcher 2 is still a very good looking game. Maxed out on the PC it looks as good if not better than 90% of next gen games.
People are vastly overestimating the power of the next gen consoles.
The witcher 3 also happens to be an open world game with a fully dynamic lighting system. Until we see how minimal setting on the PC looks we cannot judge whether the game is "unoptimised" or label the devs "lazy".
With all the bitching and moaning in this thread they should just cancel the console ports altogether then some of you can go cry in a corner somewhere.
Seriously...
People are vastly overestimating the power of the next gen consoles.
The witcher 3 also happens to be an open world game with a fully dynamic lighting system. Until we see how minimal setting on the PC looks we cannot judge whether the game is "unoptimised" or label the devs "lazy".
With all the bitching and moaning in this thread they should just cancel the console ports altogether then some of you can go cry in a corner somewhere.
Seriously...
I saw it in person at E3 and have to completely disagree. It was miles ahead of TW2, and everything else at the show.
Sentenza
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If you're trying to make a point, you're failing badly, as far as I'm concerned.
The game looked stunning and it run reasonably well even on the ancient PC where I played it the first time (E6550 2,3ghz, 2 GB RAM, GTX460).
It runs smooth like silk in any scenario on my new one.
ItAintEasyBeinCheesy
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Sounds reasonable with the supposed scale of the whole thing.
CPU-wise the consoles are rather lacking, but it's just flat-out wrong to say current PC GPUs are a full generational leap ahead of what's in the PS4. Better, certainly, but not THAT much better.
Sounds like the next gen consoles are lagging behind $600+ cards that can barely run the game and are about as powerful as upper-mid range cards from near the end of last gen.
Sounds about right.
I mean.... is this when it first came out? Because I remember people complaining that it ran poorly on many high-end setups. It sure as hell ran like garbage on mine.
I'm not siding with the other guy, I'm just saying that it's not unbelievable to think that the Witcher 3 will run on minimal settings for consoles. It's not unbelievable to think that it will run on medium settings for most machines.
Sentenza
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Here's a hint: ubersampling wasn't a mandatory feature.
Yeah. People that say the game barely looks better than TW2 either have eyesight problems or don't remember well what TW2 looks (and animates) like.
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Dragonborn
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Didn't the devs claim that working with the X1 was super easy or something. Let's hope they hit 1080 or they're going to have to eat those words (correct me if I'm wrong, I may be thinking of another dev)
Prophet Steve
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Crysis had the advantage of being a PC exclusive game and Crytek wanted to go all out with that. It isn't only that the hardware could not keep up with the graphics. It runs worse than Crysis 2, and even though I bought a decent graphics card about five years after it released I still could not run the game as well as I have would wanted.
Considering The Witcher 2 ugly, expecting them to not optimize their game and considering them lazy. That is one hell of a bad post.