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[Dictator93]

That disappearing tree in the beginning of this gif :/

That is the camera clip plain so objects don't obstruct your view. Not an LOD thing.

 

[Steez]

I'm no expert, but the colors seems a little off here?

If by off you mean amazing. I always loved the more stylized skybox in the Witcher games. Gives off this semi-otherworldly vibe.

 

[kpaadet]

Looks great. Now hopefully it'll hold up for the Xbox One version as well.

Spoiler

What was the point of that marketing deal?

Exclusive unboxing video.

 

[Lifejumper]

Was it 900 or 1080p? Looks great nonetheless.

 

[R3TRODYCE]

Not bad.

 

[DOWN]

 

[jurec84]

Looks amazing, pre-order redeemed!

 

[KooopaKid]

Excellent. It looks very good (based on that YT footage).

 

[flipswitch]

If by off you mean amazing. I always loved the more stylized skybox in the Witcher games. Gives off this semi-otherworldly vibe.

Just like your avatar.

 

[Muzicfreq]

I don't think that's the case at all. It looks like they're making sure trees/foliage in the foreground aren't blocking your view.

Have you guys not watched any videos at all? This is a feature, not a glitch. It's intentional.

They could alter the transparency like I have seen in other games before unless how it's rendered doesn't allow that.

 

[Loakum]

Apologies, you are indeed rational. Still there will be others that only focus on those tiny issues and totally miss the incredible game in front of them, which I find kind of sad.

It's actually impressive to see the trees swaying in the wind, horseback riding, and the level of graphical detail. Not to mention the lighting is amazing. Especially for a game of it's size. Yeah, I'm pretty amazed.

 

[Dredd97]

Comparing the two they seem very close... but that silky 60 FPS framerate on PC, definitley adds to the feeling of atmosphere, IMHO.

your not wrong sir, but I'm going to stick with the ps4 version and pick this up on pc in the future

 

[DOWN]

Was it 900 or 1080p? Looks great nonetheless.

1080 on PS4

 

[SaberEdge]

See, guys, everything turned out ok.

Seriously, I'm surprised how good the PS4 version looks and runs. Most open world games I've played on console have inconsistent framerates. This looks pretty solid.

 

[DieH@rd]

That disappearing tree in the beginning of this gif :/

Aggressive occlusion culling. Devs of Witcher showcased it before, and said that this is the crucial way how they managed to optimize game to run so well
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPm3NXWcEec

In the perfect world, user should never be aware that this is happening [only invisible objects are removed], but bugs in this system could wreck real chaos really fast.

 

[Rosur]

There's not way my GTX 650 Ti is going to be able to run this, right?
I really need to upgrade ;_;

yea as think 660 is the min and getting a 970 gets a free copy of this. So it's what I'm thinking of upgrading to atm.

 

[Alcoholikaust]

Looking sexy as hell

 

[dragonelite]

Was it 900 or 1080p? Looks great nonetheless.

Ps4 is 1080p and X1 900p.
Looks good hope the X1 does the same bit but on 900p..

 

[StrongBlackVine]

Was it 900 or 1080p? Looks great nonetheless.

PS4 version is native 1080p.

 

[misho8723]

I might be the only one slightly disappointed in the aesthetic of the Witcher 3 forests so far.

I know we are just seeing a small slice of the world, and I know open world vs. zones but after having re-played parts of Witcher 2 recently, the aesthetic and personality of the forests in this game can't quite live up to Flotsam Forest.

However the fact I actually have an open world Witcher trumps that one minor complaint!

Well there are normal looking forests in the Witcher world too, you know I can show you pictures of the forests around my house and I can say that they look like that gif forest

 

[SpaceHorror]

Whew.

I knew CDPR could pull it off.

Not regretting my PS4 preorder at all. It's fuckin' gorgeous.

 

[majin_pol]

I'm no expert, but the colors seems a little off here?

acctually we have that kind of sundown colors here in Poland, not every time but still

 

[Blimblim]

Youtube sucks, need direct download. Come on Gamersyde make it happen

We will ask, as always, but I wouldn't count on it.

 

[Mr Rivuz]

What a huge disappointment.


No Kinga

The game looks awesome. My only concern was about the framerate, but it looks pretty smooth in this clips. Can't wait to play this game.

 

[Vincent Grayson]

Ps4 is 1080p and X1 900p.
Looks good hope the X1 does the same bit but on 900p..

I could swear they said all the assets and such are the same on both, just rendered at a slightly lower resolution on XBO. Whether there will be any measurable performance difference we likely won't know until a DF article.

 

[Loakum]

Looks like they have a set number of trees allowed to be rendered and when it reaches the limit it gets rid of other ones... though being that close to the camera is a bit jarring

That's minor, but just look at the level of detail, from every inch of the scenery. This is an open world 200 hour plus game. How they manage to keep the framerate this steady is a feat on to itself. I can't lie to being very impressed!

 

[gocubs]

Here another ps4 gameplay footage from poland

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_dvkGwwny0

Love how dark it looks in the dense forest as it should with all the trees blocking all the sun light out.

 

[PLASTICA-MAN]

Everything looks nice even the hair and the fur on the animals and coats. Kudos to CDProjekt !

 

[boskee]

Can someone make a gif of Geralt setting that barrel on fire and the explosion?

https://youtu.be/k_dvkGwwny0?t=284

 

[qa_engineer]

Dat youtube compresion...
Anyway, looks really decent.

haha. REALLY decent = pretty good

 

[Bloodrage]

Yeah definitely buying on PS4.

 

[DarkLordMalik]

and

Can someone make a gif of Geralt setting that barrel on fire and the explosion?

https://youtu.be/k_dvkGwwny0?t=284

 

[SaberEdge]

Aggressive occlusion culling. Devs of Witcher showcased it before, and said that this is the crucial way how they managed to optimize game to run so well
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPm3NXWcEec

Actually, that's something completely different. The culling occurs on objects that are occluded (i.e. behind some other object and not visible). The fading out of objects between Geralt and the camera is not occlusion culling. It's simply done because of the density of foliage in the game and the devs wanted our view to be obstructed as little as possible.

 

[robertsan21]

We will ask, as always, but I wouldn't count on it.

Cool! hopefully this will happen, youtube is so bad.

 

[icecold1983]

even by youtube standards this is a fucking god awful upload. other than the much worse popin, the quality is too low to even bother trying to compare to the pc videos.

 

[Ostinatto]

acctually we have that kind of sundown colors here in Poland, not every time but still

Noice !!!

 

[mejin]

Really great job from CDPR. Already pre-ordered mine.

 

[Messofanego]

Aggressive occlusion culling. Devs of Witcher showcased it before, and said that this is the crucial way how they managed to optimize game to run so well
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPm3NXWcEec

In the perfect world, user should never be aware that this is happening [only invisible objects are removed], but bugs in this system could wreck real chaos really fast.

Cool, didn't know about occlusion stuff in games.

 

[Kinthalis]

Aggressive occlusion culling. Devs of Witcher showcased it before, and said that this is the crucial way how they managed to optimize game to run so well
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPm3NXWcEec

In the perfect world, user should never be aware that this is happening [only invisible objects are removed], but bugs in this system could wreck real chaos really fast.

Thats not occlusion culling. That is deliberate rem9val of the object blocking your view.

Occlusion culling is when geometry being blocked by other geometry isnt being worked on by the engine And wasting resources.

 

[Jedi2016]

Given how the PC version would look under similar compression, I have to say it looks about the same to me. Hopefully we'll have a Gamersyde video soon we can nitpick better.

UI looks better than it did in those leaked offscreen shots, not cluttering up the middle of the screen so much.

 

[ScepticMatt]

I think it looks great, short LOD distance nonwithstanding.

His hair doesn't always look that ... white, does it? Or am I thinking that up?

It was gray in Witcher 2, but it should be white because he is a "Albino" due to his mutations.
So actually his eyebrows should be white as well.

 

[Majukun]

taking in consideration the youtube compression..i don't see that much of a difference with the pc version...but probably is just that i don't really care about graphics so I'm not used to analyzing it..anyway my 970 is ready

 

[Grimgrillz]

I could swear they said all the assets and such are the same on both, just rendered at a slightly lower resolution on XBO. Whether there will be any measurable performance difference we likely won't know until a DF article.

I think much will be made of this way before DF gets a hold of it. Think GTA grass debate on steroids.

 

[bombshell]

YES.gif

All worries about the console version gone. I'll be jumping on that PS4 pre-order digital discount.

 

[Bl@de]

- Everything looks great except the noticable low grass shadow distance when riding
- Damn I want to play it in polish now. The ambient chatter fits perfectly Kurwa here, kurwa there, feels like home. German version will probably only have German/English audio But don't really want to import.

 

[Vincent Grayson]

I think much will be made of this way before DF gets a hold of it. Think GTA grass debate on steroids.

You think? I can't imagine there will be many people with access to both pre-launch, especially if rumors of PS4 copies being the only ones sent out for review are true.

 

[Tom Penny]

Framerate looked good. I'm impressed.

 

[icecold1983]

watched the poland video, compression isnt nearly as bad. looks like the pc version with worse lod basically. so much for the hyped ultra settings

 

[Jonm1010]

Well there are normal looking forests in the Witcher world too, you know I can show you pictures of the forests around my house and I can say that they look like that gif forest

Its not just the huge towering trees. It was the personality of Flotsam. The fallen branches with moss and plants growing over them, the dead trees, roots growing through and over rocks, puddles accumulating in small areas. It just gave off that atmosphere of a living breathing forest.

Its an open world game, I understand that level of craftsmanship is unrealistic. It was just a passing reflection.

 

[Hanmik]

lol -.. this reminds me of the old movies were the swordfights had people sticking swords under the arms to emulate the actual penetration.. this looks so wrong.