Really? PC version will offer no upgrades outside of resolution and possible AA?Mr_Brit said:It's confirmed not to look better on PC.
Really? PC version will offer no upgrades outside of resolution and possible AA?Mr_Brit said:It's confirmed not to look better on PC.
Darklord said:Whoa, whoa, whoa, hold the phone. You people are saying a PC exclusive looks better than a game designed for consoles and PC? Get the fuck outta here!
If The Witcher 2's quests are sterile, I'd hate to apply that same grading criteria to the quests in Oblivion which were uninspired fetch quests for the most part, lacking any semblance of choice or consequence. Thankfully, working on a Fallout game meant that Bethesda at least showed improvement where quests are concerned, and I'm hoping Skyrim's quest design is improved further.UnblessedSoul said:The witcher 2 is complete shit, yes it has nice graphics but gameplay, quests everything else is sterile, stop being butthurt cause they've decided to switch to platforms that actually make them money
Yes, Todd Howard confirmed it.Kenak said:Really? PC version will offer no upgrades outside of resolution and possible AA?
DennisK4 said:The game is coming out on PC and so it will get judged as a PC game.
The choice to develop for the lowest common denominator instead of for PC and then downgrading, is all on Betsheda.
There is no excuse.
Kenak said:Really? PC version will offer no upgrades outside of resolution and possible AA?
Xenon said:Whaa? You sure have a weird way of showing it
I don't really see the issue considering the plethora of mods available for Oblivion and Morrowind. Those people who care about their eye candy can still have it. I'm just surprised they decided not to make use of the platform a little bit at the very least.LastWindow said:So disappointing.
No?DOO13ER said:Happy now? For fuck's sake.
im going to bet that the game does look better on PC. Bethesda isnt going to say that the PC version is better otherwise it would send some console people into orbit.Mr_Brit said:It's confirmed not to look better on PC.
It will obviously look a lot better on PC just because of the increased resolution and AA alone.water_wendi said:im going to bet that the game does look better on PC. Bethesda isnt going to say that the PC version is better otherwise it would send some console people into orbit.
DennisK4 said:It will obviously look a lot better on PC just because of the increased resolution and AA alone.
But apart from that apparently not.
So mod it?DennisK4 said:It will obviously look a lot better on PC just because of the increased resolution and AA alone.
But apart from that apparently not.
DennisK4 said:It will obviously look a lot better on PC just because of the increased resolution and AA alone.
But apart from that apparently not.
Pretty sad that Bethesda has built the game around the idea that "We can cut corners because people will just mod it into the game it was supposed to be"Darkman M said:Mods will save us.
Unicorn said:Shitty on our part because we have to wait 6 months later to actually play the game as it was meant to on the PC platform.
Darkman M said:Mods will save us.
Wait, what?UnblessedSoul said:The witcher 2 is complete shit, yes it has nice graphics but gameplay, quests everything else is sterile, stop being butthurt cause they've decided to switch to platforms that actually make them money
DennisK4 said:Scale obviously matters but the budget for The Witcher 2 was tiny and still it blows away the graphics of every other RPG.
North American RPG developers (I am looking at you Bioware and Betsheda) need to shape up.
For Gods sake, even a RPG with a truly tiny budget like Two Worlds II blows lazy NA devs away!
Kenak said:But the above screen shots are not on the PC, which is what you guys are comparing to the Witcher 2.
Sure, that makes a lot of sense. This sort of brings us back full circle though: why compare a game designed to take advantage of modern PC hardware to a game being designed to try and squeeze as much power as possible from 6-year old hardware? Did Dennis really expect Skyrim, an XBOX 360 title, to surpass The Witcher 2, one of the best looking PC games ever released? If it's bitching over the game not being superior on the PC, I feel it should have taken place back when it was announced. Not when they're showing off screen shots for the 360 version which look spectacular given the scope of the game and the hardware it's running on.Solo said:True, but lets be honest here: the 360 is the lead platform and Bethesda isn't going to put any extra effort into the PC version. As was the case with Oblivion, Skyrim will be a great PC game - a year after release that is, once the mod community has brought in better textures and effects, fixed the gameplay, etc. I fully expect day one PC Skyrim to be only marginally superior (mostly with respect to framerate, AA and res) to day one 360 Skyrim.
If there's anything new, I'll update the OP. If there's any big news, it'll probably have its own topic. :lolGhaleonEB said:I keep coming in hoping to see new stuffz.
E3, hurry the fuck up already.
Yeah, they won't put any extra effort into it. From a business standpoint, it makes more than sense. It even makes sense from a creative standpoint, as they have more time to work on content, gameplay and the general "feel" of the world. Which, to me, is more important than being able to count every hair on the ass of my horse. Maybe that's just me.Solo said:True, but lets be honest here: the 360 is the lead platform and Bethesda isn't going to put any extra effort into the PC version. As was the case with Oblivion, Skyrim will be a great PC game - a year after release that is, once the mod community has brought in better textures and effects, fixed the gameplay, etc. I fully expect day one PC Skyrim to be only marginally superior (mostly with respect to framerate, AA and res) to day one 360 Skyrim.
GhaleonEB said:I keep coming in hoping to see new stuffz.
E3, hurry the fuck up already.
You don't have to wait very long.Blue Ninja said:Geoff Keighly tweeted a picture of a work in progress Skyrim billboard near the convention center. Can't wait to see it finished.
Blue Ninja said:Final bump for this thread:
"Elder Scrolls fans can expect new Skyrim information in the July issue of PlayStation The Official Magazine. The issue is already going out to subscribers and you can look for it on newsstands beginning June 7th. Until then, Dovahkiin challenges you to a staring contest. Ready . go!"
I (or whoever else is first) will make a new thread once the info hits the interwebs.
There'll definitely be a demo, though probably not on one of the main stages like they did with Fallout 3. I think we'll either get some G4/IGN/Gamespot demos, or a gameplay video Bethesda released themselves, like they did with Oblivion and Fallout 3.Lakitu said:Bigger and better than Oblivion.
I like the sound of that.
Anyway, do we know what they're going to show at E3? I assume there will be a demo?
More alive than a stone.Better Than Oblivion
Blue Ninja said:There'll definitely be a demo, though probably not on one of the main stages like they did with Fallout 3. I think we'll either get some G4/IGN/Gamespot demos, or a gameplay video Bethesda released themselves, like they did with Oblivion and Fallout 3.
Oh, and I've got a few nuggets for you guys from PC Gamer:
- The higher you go in the world, the worse the weather can become.
- Rivers in dungeons are a "natural way" to 'lead' players to certain spots.
- There's a "Chain Lightning"-spell.
- The city with the windmill we saw in the trailer (and in the above screenshot) is Solitude, a city that sides with the Empire during the civil war. The oldest, "Pure Nord" city is Windhelm.
- There are rabbits in the game. Small, fluffy, peaceful rabbits. And you can kill them.
Solo said:One area where Skyrim will best The Witcher 2 is the soundtrack. Don't get me wrong - The Witcher 2 has great music. But Jeremy Soule is going to fucking destroy it with Skyrim, I can feel it.
Solo said:One area where Skyrim will best The Witcher 2 is the soundtrack. Don't get me wrong - The Witcher 2 has great music. But Jeremy Soule is going to fucking destroy it with Skyrim, I can feel it.
Blue Ninja said:There'll definitely be a demo, though probably not on one of the main stages like they did with Fallout 3. I think we'll either get some G4/IGN/Gamespot demos, or a gameplay video Bethesda released themselves, like they did with Oblivion and Fallout 3.
Oh, and I've got a few nuggets for you guys from PC Gamer:
- The higher you go in the world, the worse the weather can become.
- Rivers in dungeons are a "natural way" to 'lead' players to certain spots.
- There's a "Chain Lightning"-spell.
- The city with the windmill we saw in the trailer (and in the above screenshot) is Solitude, a city that sides with the Empire during the civil war. The oldest, "Pure Nord" city is Windhelm.
- There are rabbits in the game. Small, fluffy, peaceful rabbits. And you can kill them.
Blue Ninja said:There'll definitely be a demo, though probably not on one of the main stages like they did with Fallout 3. I think we'll either get some G4/IGN/Gamespot demos, or a gameplay video Bethesda released themselves, like they did with Oblivion and Fallout 3.
Oh, and I've got a few nuggets for you guys from PC Gamer:
- The higher you go in the world, the worse the weather can become.
- Rivers in dungeons are a "natural way" to 'lead' players to certain spots.
- There's a "Chain Lightning"-spell.
- The city with the windmill we saw in the trailer (and in the above screenshot) is Solitude, a city that sides with the Empire during the civil war. The oldest, "Pure Nord" city is Windhelm.
- There are rabbits in the game. Small, fluffy, peaceful rabbits. And you can kill them.
Lakitu said:Thanks for the info. Solitude is by the coast isn't it?
Damn, I cannot wait. And I will leave the rabbits be. I want to have some as pets. And mammoths.
Skyrim's the northern province. It won't all be ice and snow, but tropical? Nope. There's a tundra region, scandinavia-like forests and such, but all these regions have one thing in common: it's very. freaking. cold. :lolokenny said:Have they talked about the split between snowy and normal (tropical? :/) regions? Are there seasons?
Skyrim's music seems a bit more 'somber' in tone, too. Maybe has to do with the whole 'end of the world'-thing.bengraven said:That said, I would say the music for each game will likely fit that game. Melodic, haunting music for Witcher, epic, chanting war music for Skyrim.
Blue Ninja said:Skyrim's the northern province. It won't all be ice and snow, but tropical? Nope. There's a tundra region, scandinavia-like forests and such, but all these regions have one thing in common: it's very. freaking. cold. :lol
Lakitu said:Thanks for the info. Solitude is by the coast isn't it?
Damn, I cannot wait. And I will leave the rabbits be. I want to have some as pets. And mammoths.
One could hope, but I doubt it. Jeremy Soule in previous Elder Scrolls games has done mostly crappy ambient music, not the kind of music anyone would actually listen to outside of the game. The few non-ambient songs were good, though.Solo said:One area where Skyrim will best The Witcher 2 is the soundtrack. Don't get me wrong - The Witcher 2 has great music. But Jeremy Soule is going to fucking destroy it with Skyrim, I can feel it.