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CDPR: There Will Be No Downgrade For The Witcher 3
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Alcoholikaust
Member
fuck, i have to upgrade my pc
Been crying myself to sleep saying this for weeks now.
CDPR can do no wrong-
You setting yourself up for dissapointment if you think PS4, XB1 and non-monster PCs will look like the gifs.
You know, I was willing to understand why you'd think the game never looked good, and all you've come up with is a post of an even crazier person.
Most games tend to look bad in screenshots unless they're 100% bullshots like Ubisoft likes to put out. I am not worried about The Witcher 3 at all - it looked great at the Xbox One press conference and that was running on an XONE. I have no doubts that it will end up looking even better on the PS4 once it releases.
GreatestHits
Member
I would actually have faith in CDPR, as absurd as it seems to have those gifs running on an XB1
Moon_frogger
Member
Haha.
bigboss370
Member
why? the quality is pretty much witcher 2 level graphics, but now with open world scale. the new consoles can't do that?
Pretty much this. Wouldn't surprise me if the end result is 900p for PS4 and same for xbone (for parity's sake). With that resolution other aspects may not have to be sacrificed to a great extent compared to PC port. As long as it looks like TW2 on medium-high settings on PC, it would be a big win for consoles.
Prophet Steve
Member
The Xbox 360 version of The Witcher 2 was already pretty great. I think it could look about as good on the PS4 and Xbox One as the things we've seen. I'm not sure, but I think the E3 footage was on the Xbox One.
Surface of Me
I'm not an NPC. And neither are we.
You need glasses if you think it is Witcher 2 just on a larger scale.
You should go back and play Witcher 2 if you think the graphics are the same.
Prophet Steve
Member
Canis lupus
Member
Ok, saying it never looked good was exaggerating because those carefully selected 2 second gameplay gif snippets are nice, I should have said it never looked as amazing like every CDPR fan made you believe. Shadow of Mordor and DAI too look nice, Witcher 3 was supposed to make them look last gen but it doesn't look that better so it'd be nuts if W3 went below that graphical threshold.
You must be imagining things.
indigo-cyclops
Member
I love the one reference image of Geralt on the horse. It looks bad because of the motion blur. That's why the trees and LOD in the distance look blurry. Yikes.
I have the 360 version and I agree that it's a great looking title given what the PC version looks like in comparison. With that in mind, if they can have TW3 running looking like TW2 did on 360 with better AA, less object and shadow pop-in (and higher resolution), it ought to look much better.
http://a.pomf.se/bhyyws.webm
http://a.pomf.se/zzmajw.webm
http://a.pomf.se/drkaqk.webm
They're also still going around showing off SoD stuff even as recently as Igromir... I'd like to hope they're not just showing shit off that won't actually make it into the game, but I guess sometimes "tech demo" type stuff does get cut...
I'd like to hope though that if this stuff exists and is already implemented in-game, there's no purpose as to why they'd cut it from the PC version even if it has to be scaled back for Consoles.
http://a.pomf.se/zzmajw.webm
http://a.pomf.se/drkaqk.webm
They're also still going around showing off SoD stuff even as recently as Igromir... I'd like to hope they're not just showing shit off that won't actually make it into the game, but I guess sometimes "tech demo" type stuff does get cut...
I'd like to hope though that if this stuff exists and is already implemented in-game, there's no purpose as to why they'd cut it from the PC version even if it has to be scaled back for Consoles.
krypt0nian
Banned
Where the fuck do these people come from?
GreatestHits
Member
OmegaTreeFish
Banned
Just finished the witcher 2 on Saturday and this looks a lot nicer. There are parts of witcher 2 that look pretty great but a lot of bits that don't as well.
The animation and details on things like peoples faces are clearly improved.
What are they going to call it when comparing the console versions to the PC version?
Ensuring both platform owners enjoy the same product. They are on good terms w/ MS and iirc one of their upper management/programming dept. personnel prefers xbone for development (given they're coming from developing for xb360).
I have no doubt that they'll look identical and perform the same.
Dredd97
Member
Nothing, you know very well the PC version will be better than the xb1/ps4 version.. Your just trying to be flippant...
Ricky Ricardo
Member
Was never concerned in the first place and W3 is still in my top 3 most anticipated for 2015
Raven77
Member
I would agree with you in a way. I don't think the game ever dropped my jaw. It looks really good though, I just don't think that it looks revolutionary-good.
Personally, I think Dragon Age 3 looks a touch better, but that's probably because I like the creativity of the environments and the overall look more. It has a more painterly look to it, which I prefer.
This guy gets it.
The question is what hardware will be required for it to look better.
I don't know how out of date my GTX670 is and if I should rather get the PS4 version.
jim2point0
Banned
I can't think of anything from TW2 that looks as good as this.
If they don't downgrade that area, I'll be amazed. It looks too good.
Dictator93
Member
*Unless you play on console and have been thinking the media released previously represents console quality settings.
ScepticMatt
Member
where are those from? GDC?
Igromir, (Although probably has been shown off at other conferences) ended a couple of days ago.
Yea I think I would have preferred them just stay silent.
Now if the game doesn't match previous footage quality they'll be under even heavier fire. Ubisoft did the same thing, to try and make out that there "was no downgrade" and when there very obviously was it caused the even larger outrage and frustration.
bigboss370
Member
maybe you guys forgot how freaking good witcher 2 actually looks (turn off the bloom)...
i think its the scenery that is getting to you, its quite impressive. but as far as actual graphics quality goes, yeah witcher 2 looks as good. geralt's character model here certainly isn't any better. the openess of the enviroment and all the trees are nice, but again when you look at actual texture work or quality witcher 2 is there.
Sinfamy
Member
It was honestly a legitimate question :c
To their credit, they didn't decide to just release an unfinished game, they didn't wait until last minute to delay and they are not hiding the game behind yet another DRM platform.
It's like some have "Witcher 3 is terrible" and "100 reasons why HL3 is a fail" posts typed out a long time ago, now their cursors are just hovering over the "Post new thread" and "Reply to thread" buttons, awaiting launch dates.
Until I see proof otherwise, I'm confident CDPR will do their best to take advantage of the hardware progress since W2 but more importantly, I'm confident they'll deliver a proper sequel for the Witcher franchise.
It's like some have "Witcher 3 is terrible" and "100 reasons why HL3 is a fail" posts typed out a long time ago, now their cursors are just hovering over the "Post new thread" and "Reply to thread" buttons, awaiting launch dates.
Until I see proof otherwise, I'm confident CDPR will do their best to take advantage of the hardware progress since W2 but more importantly, I'm confident they'll deliver a proper sequel for the Witcher franchise.
Surface of Me
I'm not an NPC. And neither are we.
You're just talking nonsense now, the faces along show a good jump above the W2.
Megapsycho
Banned
It's not happening. Witcher 1 can be run no problem on any PC in the last 8 years, so you have no excuse there.