The most radical difference is the equipment/cloth/armor quality really. Witcher 2 was already outstanding in that regard, and Witcher 3 improved on it further.
Makes clothing and armor in every other RPG I've ever seen look crudely painted on.
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New The Witcher 3 Gameplay
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Makes clothing and armor in every other RPG I've ever seen look crudely painted on.
Edwards_Omatic
Member
Haven't read the thread so apologies if this is being repeated but, some parts look stunning, some look... well not awful but pretty bad.
The architectural assets in particular aren't exactly pretty. Really simply geometry, flat crappy textures and obvious UV seams. Eugh.
Forest areas on the other hand, they're very impressive.
The architectural assets in particular aren't exactly pretty. Really simply geometry, flat crappy textures and obvious UV seams. Eugh.
Forest areas on the other hand, they're very impressive.
MR ARCADE FOREVER
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Hey guys totally of topic but I M buying a 4k TV soon and even though no games will be running at that resolution, will I see any improvements on the picture displayed on the TV?
Infinite_Daremo
Member
Has anywhere commented on the controller layout?
I'm imagining its similar to Witcher 2's control scheme.
I'm imagining its similar to Witcher 2's control scheme.
ScepticMatt
Member
But LOTS of compression artifacts, ugh.
The youtube video looked better...
RoadHazard
Gold Member
Yeah, a lot of stuff seems a bit hastily thrown together. Which I guess isn't really all that surprising given a team this small (comparatively) trying to make a game this expansive. The best-looking stuff here might look better than DA:I, but the latter seems to have a more even level of visual quality and polish (from what I've played of it so far at least).
The Shogun
Banned
I really hope a 780ti can get Ultra at 1080p and at least 30fps
Watched the whole video. Game looks amazing. Maybe not absolute best graphics ever, but still amazing. The characters up close during dialogue look really good, especially considering their animation is automatic and not mocapped or hand-animated. It's a clear step-up from Witcher 2 or Mass Effect dialogue animation. When it comes out Witcher 3 will probably be the best-looking RPG.
Yeah the effects don't seem as lavish as say, the VGX 2013 trailer. Everything does look flatter and definitely not as sharp. Unity on ultra will probably come out on top as far as open-world graphics go. Personally I'm still impressed by how this game looks. As I said in another thread though, I feel like part of the reason people have these expectations is because of how far ahead of the pack Witcher 2 was, but people forget that in 2011 it was one of like two games that targeted 2011 PC tech while everything else was targeting consoles. It was a unique situation. CDPR's competition has caught up since then. Art direction is still amazing too. I just hope my 760 2GB can salvage something out of this at 1080p and the lowest AA setting.
Yeah the effects don't seem as lavish as say, the VGX 2013 trailer. Everything does look flatter and definitely not as sharp. Unity on ultra will probably come out on top as far as open-world graphics go. Personally I'm still impressed by how this game looks. As I said in another thread though, I feel like part of the reason people have these expectations is because of how far ahead of the pack Witcher 2 was, but people forget that in 2011 it was one of like two games that targeted 2011 PC tech while everything else was targeting consoles. It was a unique situation. CDPR's competition has caught up since then. Art direction is still amazing too. I just hope my 760 2GB can salvage something out of this at 1080p and the lowest AA setting.
Deified Data
Banned
PTSD from Morrowind?
ChawlieTheFair
pip pip cheerio you slags!
I really hope PC controls are up to snuff. After DA:I, I have no trust in anything anymore.
This is CDPR, not Bioware. I'm not worried.
Kiru
Member
Yeah they do have compression artifacts, but are you seriously thinking you get better shots at the same scenes from that youtube video ? lol
dragonelite
Member
So is there a download dont want that youtube compression?
RoadHazard
Gold Member
...but the gamepad controls in TW2 on PC were pretty bad. Which is perhaps not what you're talking about. But still.
ChawlieTheFair
pip pip cheerio you slags!
Man Bioware also made DA:O and DA2, at the very least they had competent PC controls.
Same reason they weren't allowing preview attendees in the major cities: "It's not optimized yet."
Deified Data
Banned
Both control methods were bad for different reasons. I'm finding that I occasionally have to switch between them depending on the task. Namely gamepad for difficult combat and kb/M for everything else.
I guess Witchers do full body shaves.
Game looks great. Looks like it will have dynamic weather and day/night cycle, which is very exciting.
CarbonFire
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God I hope so too. But I'm confident it'll be able to handle it.
Unless Ultra really does look just like the original, pre-downgrade reveal.
Looks like it has been downgraded to make the the disparity between PC and consoles not so noticeable. I find the "ultra settings aren't ready yet" explanation rather dubious in that regard. I hate to use the "P" word, but the devs have said themselves they're going for a game with wide appeal. On the plus side the system requirements for console-quality graphics will be quite forgiving.
And if that is the final running animation I will be disappointed. I don't mind a few bad combat animations, but a player is going to be looking at Geralt running 80% of the time, so it had better be a top priority to make it look good.
I will still play the game. But this thread has tempered a lot of expectations. People are realising that this isn't going to be some kind of sacred event. It's just a video game.
And if that is the final running animation I will be disappointed. I don't mind a few bad combat animations, but a player is going to be looking at Geralt running 80% of the time, so it had better be a top priority to make it look good.
I will still play the game. But this thread has tempered a lot of expectations. People are realising that this isn't going to be some kind of sacred event. It's just a video game.
Come on, it won't look like this on your PC/Console. Looks blurry, probably a screenshot taken directly from the youtube video.
Jay Shadow
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Freedom = $1.05
Banned
What did they say there that was negative? what i got from that was "we're trying to make a great game that is accessible"
accessible ≠ shallow or simple.
played through W2 this year with a 360 controller and it felt fine outside of a weird bug where the camera would swing when i would exit a building. dunno if it was the same at launch but i had 0 qualms with using a controller.
Gully State
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Isn't there a twitch event at 11AM PST today?
Kiru
Member
There's one in a minute.
ArchedThunder
Banned
Game looks amazing, the jogging and running animations are a bit stiff, but not terrible. Pop-in is a bit distracting, but no where near as bad as say MGSV. It boggles my mind that nobody has come up with a great LOD solution yet, it's either pop-in or obvious fade-in.
Stratosphere
Member
Do you all expect a 970 can run this at Ultra settings?
i know, but when devs say that things like, most of the times its simple/shallow .
daninthemix
Member
Would love to get involved with this, but I literally couldn't make it through the tutorial of Witcher 2.
Kiru
Member
Yep. Meh.
They already said that the same system they were running would be able to run ultra, even though it was only playing at high during the event, and that used a 980. That said, that isn't a bearing on what else could be capable of doing it. Specs are yet to come
GavinUK86
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"Smooth as butter" (Techbuffalo) & "fluid" (Gamestar) are the choices of the day compared to the consoles, so I'd imagine a significantly higher framerate
paolo11
Member
Oh damn, really? You're sure about this?
Hmmm....
Am I correct to say that SLI 980GTX will not run this game on 60fps Ultra settings?
RoadHazard
Gold Member
It didn't annoy that, for example, the game has a radial menu for selecting signs and stuff, but you can't actually use it as a proper radial menu? Meaning, you can't just point the analog stick to the thing you want like one would imagine to be the whole point of such a menu system, but instead have to move the selection step by step to get there. Utterly idiotic. I ended up just using the D-pad for that, was faster.
And Geralt's movement feels very digital even though you're using an analog stick to control him, like your inputs are just translated to WASD input. Not very nice.
So no, I did not think that game had particularly good controller support. I learned to live with it, and I enjoyed the game, but yeah.
Freedom = $1.05
Banned
i've seen what bad and nonexistant controller support on the PC looks and feels like. The witcher 2 struck me at its worst as serviceable and completely functional compared to the other nightmares i've encountered over the years.
cliff racers
feeling triggered tbh. also djenge frett top bounty hunter, lel.
looked pretty good, very excited for it. this is the kind of game I love, an open world RPG. I love the atmosphere and the style. what about the story though? I haven't finished Witcher 2 yet, should I finish it?
also, do we know how big the world is? compared to skyrim for example? oh yeah the mountain bit reminded me of Skyrim, which is no bad thing.
feeling triggered tbh. also djenge frett top bounty hunter, lel.
looked pretty good, very excited for it. this is the kind of game I love, an open world RPG. I love the atmosphere and the style. what about the story though? I haven't finished Witcher 2 yet, should I finish it?
also, do we know how big the world is? compared to skyrim for example? oh yeah the mountain bit reminded me of Skyrim, which is no bad thing.