The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
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Netflix show is pretty terrible, especially its second season (although the first is also bad as an adaptation). Books are awesome and so are the games.
I read the books three times, first time when I was 13, so yeah I have some idea..
8 books in total, first two are made of short stories and serve as prequels to the novel saga, which has 5 books. Then there is one extra book that takes place in between two of the short stories, but should really be read last due to its epilogue.
Games take place few years after the last novel book.
I didn't read the books in english though, so cannot vouch for the quality of translation.
I would find the show decent - like 6/10 - if I never read the books. But it was supposed to adapt them, and does horrible job of it - to the point where Henry Cavill, huge Witcher book/game fan, decided to leave the project. And no wonder.
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It was released as a trailer for the game before it was released, but it actually makes story sense only after finishing Blood and Wine and takes place after it.
It really is brilliant. I get chills every time I watch it. I wish the books were adapted by CDP in this quality, in CGI, with voice actors from the games playing their characters.
Not like that netflix abomination.
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That is so weird given how vastly more linear RDR2 is compared to Witcher 3.
Can confirm the RT shadows are fixed and performance is better on both CPU and GPU.
In Novigrad (CPU) I no longer drop to 40s and 30s with RT enabled, it mostly keeps 60.
In a dense forest (GPU) I can now use DLSS balanced instead of performance and still keep 60.
Impressed tbh, I did not expect them to get this ancient version of the engine to run well with RT.
In Novigrad (CPU) I no longer drop to 40s and 30s with RT enabled, it mostly keeps 60.
In a dense forest (GPU) I can now use DLSS balanced instead of performance and still keep 60.
Impressed tbh, I did not expect them to get this ancient version of the engine to run well with RT.
There are so many great quests one could write a book about them.
Hunting Ice Troll in Undvik
Throwing baby into an oven
Carnal Sins
Bloody Baron
Talking Roach
Entirety of Hearts of Stone
Drinking at Kaer Morhen
..I could go on.
That is actually a kind of disadvantage to have such great, memorable quests, because I want to replay Witcher 3 but I still remember too much of it despite last playing it 7 years ago in 2016.
Hunting Ice Troll in Undvik
Throwing baby into an oven
Carnal Sins
Bloody Baron
Talking Roach
Entirety of Hearts of Stone
Drinking at Kaer Morhen
..I could go on.
That is actually a kind of disadvantage to have such great, memorable quests, because I want to replay Witcher 3 but I still remember too much of it despite last playing it 7 years ago in 2016.
Those are not sidequests and you should have disabled displaying of them on the map in the menu.
Actual sidequests are much more interesting and worth experiencing, as is the game (and the two brilliant expansions).
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I tried the HalkHogan HD Texture pack, all 12GB.
My framerate died. It needs more than 16GB RAM so in Novigrad, my RAM gets filled up and then framerate goes into 40s. Oh well, textures already look good in the base enhanced version.
My framerate died. It needs more than 16GB RAM so in Novigrad, my RAM gets filled up and then framerate goes into 40s. Oh well, textures already look good in the base enhanced version.
Because the exploration feels more natural and fun when you stumble upon things by exploring instead of running from marker to marker like in ubisoft game, and it lets you focus more on actual sidequests.
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