I disagree entirely! 30s at full gallop on a horse doesn't get him very far at all. On foot it would take twice as long as well. It looks gigantic to me, and as others have said it's about quality not quantity
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I disagree entirely! 30s at full gallop on a horse doesn't get him very far at all. On foot it would take twice as long as well. It looks gigantic to me, and as others have said it's about quality not quantity
1 ) the witcher 3 map is bigger then skyrims
2 ) in one video he said it would take 15-20 mins to get from one point of the map to another on horse and full speed which from what we could see wasn't from edge to edge
3 ) they thought to necessary to put in fast travel should tell you that the world is very large
I do wonder if people watched the whole video until the end, where the map zooms out as it's a little misleading if you don't as the section of the map shown is around a 1/3 of the full map. It also says at the end that it doesn't include other areas.
They've already said it's bigger than Skyrim...more than enough then.
They've already said it's bigger than Skyrim...more than enough then.
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I almost did the same, was watching it then thought "Well, that's cack, it's smaller than most modern RPG's". Then suddenly it zoomed out.
As long as it's like Dragon Age: Inquisitions map which I personally found really, really well designed. Then I'm happy.
If an R9 290 is expected to achieve only 30 frames on high, then my modest R9 280X isn't going to fare very well. It seems anything lower than a GTX 970 is likely to produce a less than stellar experience. As good as the game looks, I'm not going throw more money at my PC. I'd rather play something that is optimized specifically for the hardware. I'm sure the PS4 version will strike a good balance. Like it or not, console owners are the target audience.
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Got my SC GTX980 the other day just for this, can't wait now.
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With this title, for a change, I beg to differ. Your 280x is old, basically a 7000 series card, it's 2015 and game of the year, upgrade or play at 20fps, or join the console gamers how the developers didn't intend you played it.
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had an email today from kinguin telling my key that i preordered in january wont activate on steam as it was described at the time. That's that cancelled then!
now im off to look for the cheapest steam key
now im off to look for the cheapest steam key
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Don't blame you if you don't mind playing a version that will look/play no where near as good. Up to you really
Out of all the games we have, this is really the only one I would NEVER touch on a console.Don't blame you if you don't mind playing a version that will look/play no where near as good. Up to you really
I'd like to see Digital Foundry's comparison, especially if their recent GTA V analysis is anything to go by. The PS4 fared surprisingly well! There is no denying the technical superiority of the PC platform, however.
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Rockstar were never ever going to push a PC version to be that much better, sure they did make the game slightly better but they could have pushed it so much more. Then again the PC version does have 4k support as well. Not the same as the devs behind Witcher 3 who will push the PC as far as they can.
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Don't blame you if you don't mind playing a version that will look/play no where near as good. Up to you really
Obviously the PC is the number 1 place to play this series but i am doubting my hardwares capabilities and am wondering if a 970 in my rig would push this game enough to warrent upgrading to one, or just settle for the couch and PS4 version and leave my pc as it is for now
I wouldn't say so. The map looks more than big enough to provide a fun experience without traversing the world becoming really tedious. Just take a look at GTA 5 or Just Cause 2 (especially the latter) - big-arse maps with not that much content.
You practically can't enter any buildings in Los Santos and 3/4 of the map is taken up by countryside which doesn't add anything significant to the gameplay besides looking pretty. It's a great game and I have a great time just driving about but the map could've been done a lot better. There should have been two cities and more stuff to do, then it would have been ideal IMO.
I really hope Witcher 3 does this right.
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urgghhh but now im really thinking about it
seeing as nVidia are giving the game away with cards atm. i only game at 1080p so surely a 970 will be spot on? especially over my 6950s alone or in crossfire
urgghhh but now im really thinking about it
seeing as nVidia are giving the game away with cards atm. i only game at 1080p so surely a 970 will be spot on? especially over my 6950s alone or in crossfire
The game will definitely be playable but I doubt we'll be able to max it with a 970, even at 1080p and without MSAA. Allegedly, the game had a nasty disposition of occasionally dropping into 30fps territories on the test rig which was a 4790k/980 combo.
The 970 is still a nice card but I thought it'd be enough to nearly max games at 1080p for some time to come and it's just not. No doubt it'll offer a significant performance boost over your 6950 but, unless you're really itching for an upgrade, I would wait till W3 releases to see how it performs.
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Yeah thats true! Tbh money wise i will probably just be strong and go with it on console for now
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970 should have better graphic settings then the console version, 980 gtx is the recommended card. Sure it wont max it out but the 970 should make it look/run better then the console versions.
I think if the 970 struggles with W3, then the 980 won't fare much better as there really isn't that much of a gap between them performance wise apart from the 970's hobbled VRAM. As I've said, the test system dropped to 30fps at times and the game wasn't even running on ultra. I wonder if it's really that demanding or the optimisiation is just utter rubbish.
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Until it is sitting on my SSD so I can see it I am not interested in any test systems or what people claim.
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Well i went and got it, £24 on kinguin for a GOG key. I hope i can get it to run half decent on my r9 280 4gig ram on a AMD FX(tm)-4100 Quad-Core Processor at 4ghz. I can get a gtx 970 but i think the cpu is gonna bottle neck it a bit