Yeah, I've now seen enough variety in the foliage to be sure that the downgrade claims were a load of bunk. And we've really only scratched the surface of the breath of environments that will be in the full game.
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Witcher 3 gameplay from YouTubers from CDPR event
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Yeah, I've now seen enough variety in the foliage to be sure that the downgrade claims were a load of bunk. And we've really only scratched the surface of the breath of environments that will be in the full game.
Buggy Loop
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My mistake on the scale of the game then 
Sorry for this little confusion.
Sorry for this little confusion.maestrillo
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What about the graphics options? Any image?
Summer Haze
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SpacePirate Ridley
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Outside of procedurally generated games, is this the biggest handcrafted world ever in a video game?
Peoples nitpicking little details for the graphics dont quite grasp the size of this monster i think.
This is Witcher 3 map vs GTA V in the top right corner.
With, from what i see, all interiors of every buildings modeled with no loadings.. Its a technical marvel.
This is exactly the same shit as in the Mario Kart 8 Mute City vs FZero X Mute City comparison. The scales are totally wrong. You people are so gulluible.
Scale man, how does it work.
Lots and lots of fine detail. This is exactly the type of fine detail that will look fantastic in person, but gets destroyed by compression.
That is almost hard to believe! Skyrim was huge and left me very satisfied with it.
Are we sure they're not counting water in there ? From that map video, it doesn't look that big. We will see.
The Albatross
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Quoting this because I'm so sick of irrelevant map comparisons.
Their marketing has been unbelievably good with this. There's an amazing trickle of information and videos and stories on different websites.
I am pretty sure it is included, but it is still explorable. Regardless, landmass alone in the game is 3.5 times the size of Skyrim.
Darryl M R
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Out of the list of videos, which one is the best if you could only watch one at the moment?
Reluctant-Hero
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Watched Gopher's video.
Mother of god...my GTX 970 purchase over the weekend has already been justified.
Mother of god...my GTX 970 purchase over the weekend has already been justified.
I bet it does include water since it can be fully explored. Horse speed also seems much faster than Skyrim, so thatll have some impact as well.
Reluctant-Hero
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Pietsmieth (in german ) or Gopher.
loaf of bread
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Guys, 1km in another game doesn't equal 1km in Witcher 3. Scale exists.
Darryl M R
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Thank you; I will check it out right now.
All of them - if you use mute.
Yuuuuuupppp
1.21Gigawatts
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Does any footage show Novigrad?
None that I've seen so far.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
WordsintheWater
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Only watched a few minutes because I don't want to be spoiled, but this looks so damn good, gonna consume a lot of my hours once it drops. I have a question though, can you mess with the opacity on the HUD, it's just too in your face and takes up a good amount of the screen.
I believe they could only play on the prologue area White Orchid and on the Skellige islands
Written preview of the XboxOne version:
http://www.lazygamer.net/hands-on-2/the-witcher-3-wild-hunt-preview-witching-hour/
1.21Gigawatts
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ok.
Skellige Islands seemed awesome.
This is my favorite part:
https://youtu.be/ALGJGDRnHT0?t=14m57s
Spoiler alert: High level moster.
Yep, and to think I had a hard time just leaving The Hinterlands in Dragon Age: Inquisition. I can't imagine how long I will spend in this area.
No, I feel the same and I can't wait to see how the gam turns out.
In the AJ video. I don't remember when.
Sounds pretty damn amazing for 'the worst' version. I think I will be more than happy on PS4 and expect that those playing on the Xbox One will be pleased all the same.
how much of that is water ?
NYCmetsfan
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I wasn't interested in this game a few weeks ago. The marketing as got me, probably gonna preorder this at best buy.
A good bit, I would imagine. But it is still explorable with things to do. Regardless, it is still another huge area on top of one that is already larger than Skyrim as well. And it's mainly land.
Here, around 2 and half minutes in you can see the map and all of the areas you can sail to. This is just the Skellige Isles.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALGJGDRnHT0
SprachBrooks
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Uploaded in 720p? So disappointing, does no favours for the game in addition to the already existing compression.
Well it looks like they were not lying about being able to run ultra at 60 fps on a 980. Just wondering, can you guys handle 60 fps with drops like this video or would you turn some settings down? I just hope its not like a lot of other open world games where you can get 60fps but there are drops that you can't get rid of no matter how much shit you turn down.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
I'll be interested to see how they recap the series for newcomers unfamiliar with the last two games. Politically it's not a big deal, and the state of the world and its core political themes could be quickly summarised and set up. Nilfgaard Empire invades the Northern Kingdoms. ~fin
But that's never been a massive focus of the series. Well, it has, but as a kind of unavoidable backdrop. Geralt's personal mission, what he's learned about his identity, developing the Wild Hunt, and what they're doing takes a bit more. The Witcher 2 in particular is like a full on prequel to Wild Hunt, setting up practically everything.
I'm surprised CDPR hasn't commissioned a proper stylised recap video yet covering these topics. New fans will be unaware that The Witcher 2 establishes the Wild Hunt as
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But that's never been a massive focus of the series. Well, it has, but as a kind of unavoidable backdrop. Geralt's personal mission, what he's learned about his identity, developing the Wild Hunt, and what they're doing takes a bit more. The Witcher 2 in particular is like a full on prequel to Wild Hunt, setting up practically everything.
I'm surprised CDPR hasn't commissioned a proper stylised recap video yet covering these topics. New fans will be unaware that The Witcher 2 establishes the Wild Hunt as
alternate dimensional travelling beings that Geralt once sold his soul to to save Yennefer, road in army with, and somehow escaped, now hunted, likely due to their desire to acquire Ciri. Meanwhile Yennefer too has amnesia
EmptySpace
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will finish the novels, build a pc after skylake launches and play this game. what a long wait.
maestrillo
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Think that nvidia has to release their drivers to improve the performance. So the performance will be better than this videos
Snapshot King
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I'm sure it'll actually be pretty easy, and most of this'll take the place of explaining to Vesemir (who's been absent since Witcher 1) what Geralts been up to. Also, the events of Witcher 1 are borderline sidestory, considering that plot is entirely wrapped up and the only thing of real note happens in the post credits scene.
-Stryder-
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LOL, perfect! I love that game so much.
Jay Shadow
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My one concern on Cyberpunk is CDPR having to come up with a brand new combat system since that hasn't been one of their strong points. Everything else should be pretty awesome.
CarbonFire
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They've come a long way from the Witcher 1, so there's still hope they can come up with something interesting for Cyberpunk.