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35 Minutes of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
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lowhighkang_LHK
Member
Ubisoft did fucking horrible with Watch Dogs. Sure, they had the option to have extra graphical settings, but my goodness even my friends time machine of a PC couldn't get them all running at a decent framerate.
All of the ultra settings have not been implemented yet.
This is PC version :
http://www.geforce.com/whats-new/articles/gamescom-2014-witcher-3-gameworks
Unoptimized build explains the framerate drops and pop-in.
I had no issues doing just that. All it takes is tweaking.
Reminds of AC4 in a way. Plenty of people claimed the game was unplayable without looking at options like D3DOverrider which introduces triple-buffering in lieu of the native double buffering.
It made my game really smooth at near maximum settings.
Watch Dogs ran well for me, nothing to complain about.
They said they just started optimizing and they have about six months left.
It's the PC version. Already confirmed by one of the team member.
I wouldnt bet on it... Novigrad was shown in E3 and framerate/stuttering/pop in was still there along with a huge amount of screen tearing which is now gone thankfully.
And yes it was confirmed to be running on PC.
XBOX version, whenver shown was running pretty good i would say. Sure framerate dipped but not like this.
Atraveller
Banned
It does, the road signs serve as the fast travel spots I think.
I see. Hopefully they put enough effort in to make the console versions look this good.
To me, this seems pretty good for the consoles then, if it's close to the quality of 37 min demo without the extra ultra features, which I think it will be. I'll be playing this on PC, but if I were forced to play on Xbone I wouldn't be too upset.
Jay Shadow
Member
They use fast travel in this video.
I think the consoles can handle the level of fidelity on display, aside from some heavy hitters (fur, hair, Physx and some others).
Lord of Castamere
Member
Staring next year dry summers will no longer be an issue the break will be a relief. Like a sandwich break during a day long masturbation session.
Gen.Grievous
Member
This game will be amazing. The whole witcher world and lore is great and the only thing missing from the previous titles was a sense of scale. Seems like this one will be ticking all the boxes in that regard.
Linearskillz
Member
Watched this twice already. I need this game in my life. It's my most anticipated game releasing in the near future.
Dragon1893
Member
I'm afraid of what this game will do to my life.
Wind's Howling
Member
That horseback ride into the city was truly a sight to behold.
TheSpaceBetween
Member
No one has a problem with you basically being a little errand boy throughout the whole video (I don't mind it but I hear people complain about this sort of thing all the time)?
Game looks great, but I've never played a Witcher game before and I know nothing of the books. Also, it seems to be coming out around the same time as two other huge open world games, Batman AK and Bloodborne. I get burned out if I play too many in too short a time.
Game looks great, but I've never played a Witcher game before and I know nothing of the books. Also, it seems to be coming out around the same time as two other huge open world games, Batman AK and Bloodborne. I get burned out if I play too many in too short a time.
My thoughts exactly.
Vulcano's assistant
Banned
The story incentives haven been so intriguing that it has balanced the errand boy aspect of the series since the first game. Or at least that's the way I see it. You know you are doing stuff for others all the time, but you still are dying to see what is that they send you to kill/collect.
ComputerMKII
Banned
I see it as it is standard for this kind of genre. And I'd be curious how else you'd give extra stuff to do besides the main quest? Which, I do want side quests because sometimes it is nice to take a break and do something different from the main story. This is a big reason I like open world games/RPGs because it allows you to vary your gameplay so you're not stuck doing one thing all the time.
Eh, its a typical videogame quest. I hope that there is more variety (CDPR has said there def is) but its also not something I'll get up in arms about.
family_guy
Member
Pay someone to run hdmi cable through your walls.
Well, that's what witchers do. They are hired monster-killers.
Or get a decent wireless hdmi sender. I have a gigaview 821, cost me £250. It works. Crystal clear 1080p, no lag, no dropouts. Goes from my pc upstairs to my lounge downstairs where my Projector is hooked up.
Atraveller
Banned
Or the cheaper way: carry your PC up.
BigTnaples
Todd Howard's Secret GAF Account
Do we know what version this is?
Downloading the torrent now.
Downloading the torrent now.
When people say this, what they really are voicing is a desire for a strategy game or a game that has no identifiable plot or abstract goals like Minecraft. Now, if you're talking about criticism pertaining to how well a game disguises the errands, that is a different conversation.
Another way to answer your question is that Witchers are mercenaries for hire.
Well, Oxenfurt is there..and maybe Gors Velen
UnrealEck
Member
Nvidia's HairWorks can be seen in this demo and the older demo from GamesCom where the player fought the wolves. You can see the effect on the severed head hanging from Geralt's horse.
They've said that it is the "biggest city", which would suggest that there are smaller cities.
Refreshment.01
Member
How does CD Project Red manages this level of quality? Most interesting stuff in the horizon so far.
In the place of a big publisher or manufacturer would buy them or guarantee exclusivity in some way.
In the place of a big publisher or manufacturer would buy them or guarantee exclusivity in some way.
FloweryMarston
Member
I just want to hug everyone at CD pro, what a promising project man. Looks amazing
Sentenza
Member
I actually wish RPGs could stop going for "multiple cities" sincea single detailed one is already more than they can chew usually.
You inevitably will end with a lot of places that have 5-6 relevant NPCs at most and barely any intricacy or interaction.
I mean, Gothic 2 had just a relatively small town, Khorinos, and I have a hard time remembering any other RPG who topped the amount of content they packed into that one in cities that were supposed to be far bigger.
Maybe just Ultima VII 10 years before, but it was an entirely different level of complexity, technology-wise.
Aaanyway, the game looks incredible. Literally: it's hard to believe what they are trying to accomplish here.
We are used to RPGs that focus on doing well one thing ignoring others. Some have a big world, some a detailed one; some let you roam and give you freedom, some offer you a strong narrative and spectacular presentation...
This game is trying to do EVERYTHING. And gods, I hope it will succeed.
The part of the video where he dives to find an alternate path under the water almost made me scream of satisfaction. It was just a small segment, but that's how always imagined my perfect "adventure and exploration game".
Oxenfurt is definitely there.
Refreshment.01
Member
Ahhhhhh... but you see this is exacctly the right way to make a fetch quest. Just look at how well desguised it was, how it advanced the plot and how well interweaved with the themes and world of the Witcher universe.
Not to mention how much feedback, flavor and texture of the game world the player is getting.
Now compare that to the Tad Tone fetch quest, the counter example of how not to do a quest of this type.
sublimit
Banned
I assume these are towns that appeared in the previous games? In any case that's great. I love exploring (HD) towns.
I didn't noticed them say that,thanks for pointing that out.
CD Projekt Red are eastern european developers, so costs are lower. Secondly, they were founded as an in-house development team for cdp.pl (nee CDProjekt) which operates a physical game publishing business and gog.com.
Their market capitalisation currently stands at $500 million, so you can get control stock for a meter $251 million
DimmuBurgerKing
Member
Looks pretty amazing. I stopped watching after the first 15 minutes because I felt like it was spoiling a little more than I wanted, but I saw enough of the exploration and combat to be hella excited for both aspects of it