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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (2014, PC/NextGen): Game Informer March 2013 [Updated OP]
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SolidsnackooFoxhound
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Of course, I'm not disregarding Poland's culture in the past. I'm talking about the present. There's not really a whole lot of worthwhile things going on right now here.
StreetsAhead
Member
So this game is over a year out, its renderer isn't done yet but they say it will provide amazing advancements, the current shots look average in parts (unless console version, lol) and it's going to be even bigger than the last game?
Colour me more than a little skeptical, but hopeful.
Colour me more than a little skeptical, but hopeful.
Their current build look better than any RPG game so...
the current renderer looks like TW2 which wasn't average.
It looks like Witcher 2 in an open world, I would not call that average.
Lee Chaolan
Member
Yay, I now know one game to get for my ps/xwhatever system xD
just checked every screen out of interest.
Every screen had shadows except the one on the sea with moody weather and no sun.
StreetsAhead
Member
I said parts look average. Some of the textures (man sits on a beam), foilage sprites (mountains in the background), and effects (is that sprite blood?) look that way to me. Overall, it does look good. I also hope that some of the feeling that all the elements aren't blending perfectly is the result of the renderer - to me some of those sheep pop out.
I know, but the people post them, hence wtf as in wtf you doing.
You really did say "average in parts", guess I was blinded by fanboyism.
Where do you shadows in this one?
http://images.eurogamer.net/2013/ar..._2.jpg.jpg/EG11/thumbnail/782x438/normalize/1
I hope linking Eurogamer is OK?
Yeah, good this is next-gen otherwise it would be on 5 discs
Trickster
Member
Compared to watch dogs I'd say it look's average. Of course they've said themselves that the game will look significantly better one it's done, so I'm optimistic.
dampflokfreund
Banned
My wishes for a Witcher 3 PC version:
-Use native 64 Bit client with full Quad Core and more than 4 GB RAM support
-Optimize it for several Multi GPU technologies like Crossfire, SLI and AMD Dual Graphics (APU+GPU in Laptops)
-Use DX11 features and engine (like fully customizable tessellation etc.)
-multiple Anti-Aliasing technologys (like SMAA (high,medium,low), MLAA, FXAA (high,medium,low), SSAA, MSAA,Ubersampling etc.)
-Anisotropic Filtering
-Direct Computing
-Use native 64 Bit client with full Quad Core and more than 4 GB RAM support
-Optimize it for several Multi GPU technologies like Crossfire, SLI and AMD Dual Graphics (APU+GPU in Laptops)
-Use DX11 features and engine (like fully customizable tessellation etc.)
-multiple Anti-Aliasing technologys (like SMAA (high,medium,low), MLAA, FXAA (high,medium,low), SSAA, MSAA,Ubersampling etc.)
-Anisotropic Filtering
-Direct Computing
j0hnny_385
Member
CitizenKaneClapping.gif
I want this too, so my Haswell upgrade later this year justifies itself.
Jay Shadow
Member
Game Informer updated their cover story hub with a dev video interview
Thanks for noticing. We have a lot of videos to post over the next month. The first is a fairly dry overview of their goals for the game.
Sentenza
Member
Same. Everything they are claiming in that interview is quite hype-inducing.
This is a real nice start.
water_wendi
Water is not wet!
ill be happy if dice poker is fixed. It completely sucks in TW2.
Sentenza
Member
It sucked in TW1 too. I wish they would replace it with medieval Pazaak.
Man can't believe I sometimes forget Zooey Deschanel is mah waifu. So purrty.
So, why you posted here, exactly?
chaosblade
Unconfirmed Member
What did they change from TW1? Just the likelyhood of getting different rolls?
I just hated that a full house beats a straight. Full houses are easy to get, I had tons of them throughout the game. One, single straight, and wouldn't you know that I lost with it. Fuck you, Foltest, I bet my ass on that 6-high straight roll and you win with a full friggin' house.
water_wendi
Water is not wet!
i thought it was great in TW1. The changes made to it in TW2 made it slow and cumbersome. The only complaint i had with TW1 dice poker was AI.
You have to "throw" the dice via mouse gesture. Oh and the detail on the dice was very ornate but that made it difficult to distinguish at a glance.
Yeah, AI was specifically what I was thinking that made it suck in TW1.
Personally I'm not a fan of minigames in general, though I'm all for them being in The Witcher series since for some reason they always felt thematically relevant.
Just watched the video, and man, the CDPR devs are adorable...
I really like their take on criticism because it doesn't feel fake like with Bioware and DAII and because they realize that fans aren't out to get them, so very nice.
I'm not so happy with them dropping a bit on the political intrigue aspect of the games. That was my favorite thing of TW2, feeling like nobody cares if you're following the conversations and having to make my own politics web in my head based on dialogue and codex.
I really like their take on criticism because it doesn't feel fake like with Bioware and DAII and because they realize that fans aren't out to get them, so very nice.
I'm not so happy with them dropping a bit on the political intrigue aspect of the games. That was my favorite thing of TW2, feeling like nobody cares if you're following the conversations and having to make my own politics web in my head based on dialogue and codex.
Sentenza
Member
Where's Reanimator?
Jibbajabbawockky
Member
I get the impression that political stuff will still be there, it just won't be the primary focus of the game. TW2 was all about the Assassins of Kings whereas TW3 is Wild Hunt. I'm guessing the personal story of Geralt and those close to him, his amnesia and the Wild Hunt will be the main storyline while any political wrangling will be secondary. Geralt will get involved in that political stuff to help further his own personal goals. Whereas it seemed like in TW2, Geralt was often the guy being ordered around and told what to do amidst all the political shenanigans and trying to clear his name/ find Letho.
Yeah that's my impression as well, and I don't like it so much
It made The Witcher games feel unique, I really remember about Aedirn and Nilfgaard and Temeria in ways I don't in other games, because TW2 forced me to use my head to connect the dots. It immersed me in the world in a way I think almost no other RPG ever did, so really I always felt was a big triumph on CDPR's part.
CDPR also manages the codex way better than Bioware (not to diss on Bioware, I do appreciate their effort, but be it their more clinical style of writing or just their universes not being as interesting, I can never bother to read their codexes (?)), they don't just infodump everything and let you sort it out, it just slowly gets bigger as you progress and helps you fill the gaps and learn more about the world and the key characters. In many cases, it also helps to remind you who's doing who and why and that's also very good since it can be a bit hard to follow sometimes.
Making the story a bit more personal is not gonna necessarily destroy all of that (and if a CDPR dev is reading this know I have full faith on y'all, but reassurance is always appreciated
) but it's my favorite thing about TW2, so if you asked me what I want I'd answer I want the politics expanded even more rather than being set back to the background.
Sentenza
Member
Lesbomancy?
Complistic
Member
I want to post the triss magically undressing gif, but I think it might be bannable.
Psychoward
Banned
Wait what part are you talking about? From what I remember the end of chapter 2 at least for Roche's path was fine.
The one and only time I was so amused by something at just the right time to make me laugh and spit coffee out.
My favorite magic
dampflokfreund
Banned
Do you think, light sources like torches, windows, etc. will now be able to draw dynamic shadows?
Sentenza
Member
I don't know how reliable their sources can be, but I found this news mildly amusing:
http://thenexusnews.com/the-witcher-3-announcement-intimidates-ea-bioware-and-dragon-age-iii/853568/
http://thenexusnews.com/the-witcher-3-announcement-intimidates-ea-bioware-and-dragon-age-iii/853568/