The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Martini1991 · 17 May 2015 at 11:55

Those are some crap walls.
It just looks very Witcher 2 to me. Which is nothing "bad". But I was expecting something else.

Heisenberg · 17 May 2015 at 11:59

trickycurve said:
I thought CDPR already came out with their supposed reason for this downgrade?

Essentially it boiled down to consoles not being powerful enough and them not having the resources or time (read: not laziness) to develop two or three graphically different versions of the game.

Money doesn't grow on trees and we can't know if they were strapped for cash or low on man-power, so I don't blame them per se. The only thing I don't like about the situation is that they didn't admit it straight away.

I think the game still looks good and I'll definitely have a thoroughly good time playing it.

It was allegedly a CDPR source that said it but never confirmed who he was. I believe with the consoles being pretty much PC's, they could have made the PC version with all the bells and whistles and dialled down the settings for consoles. Two reasons for this not being the case would be either, they were paid to keep parity with all 3 versions, or they couldn't make the game look as good with the time available.

Both valid excuses imo. What sticks in my throat, is the lying about it all.

Kerplunk · 17 May 2015 at 12:01

No CDkeys pre-load yet?

Heisenberg · 17 May 2015 at 12:03

rwm24 said:
PCGames, a German pc mag said that there is no more pc-embargo so they are now streaming the PC version: http://www.twitch.tv/gamestarde/

Downgrade or not, it looks pretty awesome.

Watching that on my phone and it looks like it's running at a terrible frame rate.

rwm24 · 17 May 2015 at 12:10

Heisenberg said:
Watching that on my phone and it looks like it's running at a terrible frame rate.

I think that's your phone unable to play back the 1080p video.

It's a little stuttery for me on my laptop (with on-board gpu), but I can't be bothered to go upstairs and try it on my desktop

MatsyLR · 17 May 2015 at 12:13

rwm24 said:
I think that's your phone unable to play back the 1080p video.

It's a little stuttery for me on my laptop (with on-board gpu), but I can't be bothered to go upstairs and try it on my desktop

Nah its the same on my computer.
They either have a bad connection or a terrible GPU.

ValiantUK91 · 17 May 2015 at 12:13

Heisenberg said:
Watching that on my phone and it looks like it's running at a terrible frame rate.

Same here had to turn it off was annoying me with all the stuttering

FinglisHobbit · 17 May 2015 at 12:17

The video is stuttery for me too. Its most likely just the stream. The game does look pretty. Much like Dragon Age I guess.

Neil King · 17 May 2015 at 12:23

Wow the frame rate on that stream is atrocious with occasional freezing too, must have a terrible PC.

rwm24 · 17 May 2015 at 12:56

158 Screenshots with an R9 290X. Ultra settings, without hairworks. This is still the "unfinished" version and I think the PC might get a big day one patch.

http://www.pcgameshardware.de/The-W...itcher-3-Screenshots-1159185/galerie/2374590/

New youtube video of PC version (published today):

Unfortunately it's only 720p and has youtube compression.

MatsyLR · 17 May 2015 at 13:01

That pop in while hes riding on horse is terrible.

opethdisciple · 17 May 2015 at 13:13

Kerplunk said:
No CDkeys pre-load yet?

I emailed them, and they said 'available a day before release'.

StriderX · 17 May 2015 at 13:18

Hopefully mods/settings will be present to change pop-in distance?

Kelt · 17 May 2015 at 13:21

MatsyLR said:
That pop in while hes riding on horse is terrible.

Here's hoping the day one patch will fix it, but I'm not holding my breath.

rwm24 · 17 May 2015 at 13:25

Another PC (Ultra) vs PS4 comparison has appeared:

ValiantUK91 · 17 May 2015 at 13:27

I think it still looks good I just think the colours are abit to bright Ide prefer them abit darker, but thats my opinion and obviously others will have different.

Ive just started playing witcher 2 again to get me ready for this

Heisenberg · 17 May 2015 at 13:34

rwm24 said:
I think that's your phone unable to play back the 1080p video.

It's a little stuttery for me on my laptop (with on-board gpu), but I can't be bothered to go upstairs and try it on my desktop

I don't have a Nokia 3210

Neil79 · 17 May 2015 at 13:36

http://www.gamestar.de/videos/specials,20/witcher-3-grafik-downgrade-analyse,82708.html

From another site..

View distance is (way) worse
less/no Tesselation (Pause at 3:11, edge of wall for example)
way worse sky
lower LOD
low res textures in final PC build compared to trailer
Insinde buildings way worse lightning
worse water, again no tesselation
and ofc. way worse fire[/list:u]

The commentator says the final PC-version is a lot closer to the PS4 version then the trailers of 2014 and theres no way that could be changed with a day 1 patch.

StriderX · 17 May 2015 at 13:41

Anyone else getting slightly tired of the graphics crowd?

Honestly, it doesn't matter what system you play on, there's always this senseless debate, be glad we at least have the ability to change the graphics (including palette) to our liking.

Witcher1979 · 17 May 2015 at 13:43

StriderX said:
Anyone else getting slightly tired of the graphics crowd?

Honestly, it doesn't matter what system you play on, there's always this senseless debate, be glad we at least have the ability to change the graphics (including palette) to our liking.

Just ignore them m8, seems most have nothing better to do LOL. Some people take gaming far to seriously it is freaking unreal. I am just happy the game is made and if the first 2 are anything to go by the story/gameplay will be freaking amazing.