The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

rwm24 · 15 May 2015 at 10:09

They streamed ~3 hours of it last night for their official pre-release event. You can watch the vod here: http://www.twitch.tv/amazongames/v/5038418

I'm only 90 minutes into it but the first hour with Cohhcarnage was great, they went through all sorts of stuff in a bit more detail than we've seen before.

sharpygsxr · 15 May 2015 at 10:21

What format were they playing it on?

Didnt want to watch too much so it stays fresh but the little i seen looks lovely

/edit nm answered my own question its running on PC

16mins in they bring up the options menu

Gjiir · 15 May 2015 at 10:41

rwm24 said:
They streamed ~3 hours of it last night for their official pre-release event. You can watch the vod here: http://www.twitch.tv/amazongames/v/5038418

I'm only 90 minutes into it but the first hour with Cohhcarnage was great, they went through all sorts of stuff in a bit more detail than we've seen before.

Watched the first hour last night, gonna go watch the rest now.

Been watching Cohh a lot on twitch recently with his witcher 1 and 2 playthroughs, he knows his stuff, is entertaining (and PG16 which is cool) and loves the witcher games.

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 15 May 2015 at 11:02

I was looking at some of the character animations and so on - some of the mods for Skyrim seem to be better!

I assume the game will support third party graphics mods??

opethdisciple · 15 May 2015 at 11:10

We're all complaining about downgraded graphics, but if you look at the bottom of this page, it looks like it is still going to crush systems.

Nvidia article.

My 970 is not happy about not being strong enough to run Game Works....

Maverick2332 · 15 May 2015 at 11:25

CAT-THE-FIFTH said:
I was looking at some of the character animations and so on - some of the mods for Skyrim seem to be better!

I assume the game will support third party graphics mods??

As previously discussed in the thread, yes mods will be supported.

Born_2_Kill_83 · 15 May 2015 at 11:32

Shopto have just posted my copy, might get it tomorrow????

CAT-THE-FIFTH · 15 May 2015 at 11:37

Maverick2332 said:
As previously discussed in the thread, yes mods will be supported.

Good to hear!!

opethdisciple said:
We're all complaining about downgraded graphics, but if you look at the bottom of this page, it looks like it is still going to crush systems.

Nvidia article.

My 970 is not happy about not being strong enough to run Game Works....

OFC,they will - the GTX980TI is turning up soon.

rwm24 · 15 May 2015 at 12:07

Born_2_Kill_83 said:
Shopto have just posted my copy, might get it tomorrow????

You won't be able to play it until Tuesday though. Pre-order versions need you to download a patch to unlock/play the game, which will be available to everyone on Tuesday.

kinger8938 · 15 May 2015 at 12:07

CAT-THE-FIFTH said:
Good to hear!!

OFC,they will - the GTX980TI is turning up soon.

What is gameworks? New to nvidia family and have a 970

Also that chart at the bottom, is that assumed to be 60fps i imagine?

benjii · 15 May 2015 at 12:32

Effectively, gameworks boils down to a number of graphical settings in-game that strongly favour or can only be used by Nvidia cards.

Jono8 · 15 May 2015 at 12:37

opethdisciple said:
We're all complaining about downgraded graphics, but if you look at the bottom of this page, it looks like it is still going to crush systems.

Nvidia article.

My 970 is not happy about not being strong enough to run Game Works....

Sweet..

1920x1080, Uber settings w/ GameWorks - GTX 980

Well up for some hairworks!

Pighardia · 15 May 2015 at 12:41

Btw, beware people. The game-page on GOG Galaxy has the achievements listed, and there are a lot of spoilers in there!

benjii · 15 May 2015 at 12:42

Pighardia said:
Btw, beware people. The game-page on GOG Galaxy has the achievements listed, and there are a lot of spoilers in there!

Thanks for the heads up! That's exactly the sort thing I might look at.

opethdisciple · 15 May 2015 at 12:44

kinger8938 said:
What is gameworks? New to nvidia family and have a 970

Also that chart at the bottom, is that assumed to be 60fps i imagine?

Gameworks is all the Nvidia goodies such as: Physx, HBAO, Hair Works, TXAA etc.....

As for 60fps no. I think I read a while ago, they aim for around 40fps.

My 970 G1 is hopefully not far off a stock 980 so fingers crossed should be good.

Jono8 · 15 May 2015 at 12:48

kinger8938 said:
What is gameworks? New to nvidia family and have a 970

Also that chart at the bottom, is that assumed to be 60fps i imagine?

Nvidia rep on neogaf says "The idea is 40+ in demanding moments. It isn't the final build, so I don't want to get into specifics."

kinger8938 · 15 May 2015 at 13:00

Jono8 said:
Nvidia rep on neogaf says "The idea is 40+ in demanding moments. It isn't the final build, so I don't want to get into specifics."

Thats fair thanks guys! Ill drop some settings if needs be

Would overclocking be worth doing? I have the msi 4g 970

Alexrose1uk · 15 May 2015 at 13:02

In regards to the graphics being downgraded, as I just said in the graphics cards forum thread
"Based on previous examples on Witcher 1 and 2 they might just release an Extended Edition and not charge anything for the upgrade, should they get the appropriate sales?

It wouldn't really surprise me if manpower/cash were the reason, it's not like CDPR haven't come good in that regards previously. The extended updates for Witcher 1+2 were both extensive.

We need to be realistic; Witcher 3 is extremely ambitious."

Born_2_Kill_83 · 15 May 2015 at 13:10

rwm24 said:
You won't be able to play it until Tuesday though. Pre-order versions need you to download a patch to unlock/play the game, which will be available to everyone on Tuesday.

That's as I thought thanks

Amatsubu · 15 May 2015 at 13:16

Since it's such a rarely exploited theme, here's something for those anticipating the game who are not all that familiar with Slavic folklore:

http://lilithgate.atspace.org/articles/pantheon.html

http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/sfs/

Of course it's very unlikely that all of the above have made it into the game but I bet there'll be a fair bit of direct or indirect "intertextuality", if I may use that term in the context of a videogame;p. For example, there's an old tale of ours about a king named Popiel who was forced to lock himself up in a tower and was eaten alive by mice as a punishment for his wrongdoings. Allegedly, a rough rendition of that story has found its way into the game