cripterion
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Well people can see that on release and with the inevitable Digital Foundry article.
Seriously, every thread about the Witcher and there's like +10 posts whining about not seeing console footage or how it runs on PS4.
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - New screenshots
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Well people can see that on release and with the inevitable Digital Foundry article.
Seriously, every thread about the Witcher and there's like +10 posts whining about not seeing console footage or how it runs on PS4.
Reviews will be going out a week in advance of release. I'm sure a lot of those will be console versions.
When they first revealed TW3 I believe they didn't have a distributor and publisher lined up. I'm sure a large part of the reveal was demonstrated initial interest and finalizing publishing agreements. They pretty much used a different publisher for each region. I think they are really trying to unshackle themselves from the whims of a single overhead publisher that may muscle them when putting out sequels and renewing deals. It's similar to what From Software does.
Well, TW3 was at the stage that need a whole bunch of programmers polishing up that last bits. Presumably 2077 still had the engine devs working on the Red engine, and other pre-dev and alpha people laying things out. Particularly the people that wouldn't be able to make the final push for TW3.
It being on "ice" temporarily really doesn't push it out a few years all of a sudden. Maybe 6 months or something. If we still have to wait longer its time that we would have spent waiting anyways.
Xaero Gravity
NEXT LEVEL lame™
Good, hopefully that puts a lot of worries to rest. If the 360 version of The Witcher 3 is anything to go by, XB1 and PS4 owners have nothing to worry about.
cripterion
Member
See my post above.
Besides we're less than a month away from release and previews, footage and screenshots keep coming. No doubt you'll see the game running on PS4. We've already been told it's incoming and you have journalists saying it looks good and runs relatively fine.
SuperGamer
Member
True. Real-time global illumination is very difficult to pull off in open-world games. FFXV and ACU both have their fair share of issues with it. CD Projekt may have made the right choice leaving it out of TW3.
jim2point0
Banned
Comes up in every thread. The HUD will be fully customizable, and we'll be able to completely remove it.
The Witcher 2 had a hotkey set to turn it on and off. I can see that making a return in this game as well. If not, a HUD toggle mod should be pretty easy.
Tell me about it. That gif isn't even that special. I mean, it looks good, but in terms of its technical makeup it's not doing anything that we haven't seen in other places in the game.
I honestly think some people are just very poor at judging graphical quality when it involves different art/location and different lighting conditions. This seems to really throw a lot of people off.
Not sure if posted already but Gamestar has released a new preview today. They are saying they played the full version as the first media outlet world wide.
They also confirmed again that the game ran at Ultra/60 fps + Hairworks on a Intel i7-4790, 16 GB RAM and a 980.
They also confirmed again that the game ran at Ultra/60 fps + Hairworks on a Intel i7-4790, 16 GB RAM and a 980.
dragonelite
Member
Dang can't wait for this game to unlock on my xbox one.
Will double dip once intel releases skylake so i can assemble a new pc build.
Will double dip once intel releases skylake so i can assemble a new pc build.
I thought those games were both prebaked GI? ACU definitely does. I think Fable Legends is the only open world game with actual real time GI.
Beeblebrox
Member
I just want to turn off almost 75% of that HUD.
Yeah, I realized what a dunce I was being and used Google to find out for myself. I'll be playing on PS4, so hopefully the control scheme allows for the toggle, if that is indeed implemented. With the system being dynamic though, I doubt it will be much of a problem for me regardless.
Thanks for answering a lazy man's query!
What in the world
Probably a lot getting mistranslated as superlatives, but it still sounds like they are knocking it out of the park with this one.
No, there are that many superlatives in there in the original German.
I don't put much stock in previews, but they were clearly very impressed.
You mean you don't need to be told what time it is and whether or not the sky is clear? Just gonna make observations yourself, huh? Pfffft....
Beeblebrox
Member
Sorry, I'm blind sometimes :|
But still, they really went overboard with some elements of it. I know they're targeting bigger audience than ever, but do people really want to look at UI elements that remind them which buttons to use for fast and strong attacks?
As I said in this post - I'm blind sometimes, so it looks like I could use a big-ass
(a bit hyperbolic, I know)
Vire
Member
Preview: The Witcher 3 cures cancer.
Primethius
Banned
Yea, god forbid console owners want some console footage so that they can adjust expectations accordingly.
Sorry, I'm blind sometimes :|
But still, they really went overboard with some elements of it. I know they're targeting bigger audience than ever, but do people really want to look at UI elements that remind them which buttons to use for fast and strong attacks?
As I said in this post - I'm blind sometimes, so it looks like I could use a big-assUI icon that tells me the weather's clear and sunny... slapped on the very sky it's describing(a bit hyperbolic, I know)
Yeah, the controller buttons look real dumb but I guess there is somebody out there who needs it since they are so context heavy. Luckily everything can be toggled, some parts can be scaled, and resource/item frames can be set to hide when youre not in combat.
SuperGamer
Member
FFXV uses real-time global illumination, while ACU uses pre-baked GI (I meant just FFXV with my real-time GI comment). I didn't realize Fable Legends also uses real-time GI though.
Well, damn, that's good news if they're confirming it a second time. It should run just fine for me, in that case, on my gtx 970 and gsync monitor. I don't need to be hitting 60fps all the time for it to remain perfectly smooth.
lol, what does that even mean?
Crossing Eden
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ACU has atmosphere simulation. So clouds cast shadows and heavily affect the lighting in both interiors and exteriors. There is a really good time lapse video that shows it.
Their potential customers on Linux don't even know if they'll ever get the game at all. I know that's a small number compared to PS4, but after playing The Witcher 2 on Linux, I'd appreciate at least a definitive yes or no from CDPR. I know the game was part of the SteamOS sale on steam, but CDPR never mentioned a Linux version and hasn't answered any questions about this at all.
Projectjustice
Banned
What's the released date for this game?
Sorry, I'm blind sometimes :|
But still, they really went overboard with some elements of it. I know they're targeting bigger audience than ever, but do people really want to look at UI elements that remind them which buttons to use for fast and strong attacks?
As I said in this post - I'm blind sometimes, so it looks like I could use a big-assUI icon that tells me the weather's clear and sunny... slapped on the very sky it's describing(a bit hyperbolic, I know)
I was actually agreeing with you. I'm glad there will be options, because most of the HUD includes information I'd rather not see. I don't need text identifying an ogre with one eye as a cyclops, or any other superfluous info the HUD loves to provide. My level of enjoyment in a game like this depends very much the level of immersion I experience. So yeah, minimal info on screen is my preference.
May 19th, get hyped!
It means, not all settings are set to Ultra, some are set to High.. what else
My point was, how would we even know the difference if they don't point out what is what. lol
Memento Mori
Member
My new GTX 970 arrived today and I've discovered I somehow bought it from seemingly the only retailer in the world which doesn't give out a free Witcher 3 code.
Projectjustice
Banned
I am, this game is gonna save me money. I won't be buying anything for a long time and I won't be going out at all. Just home and this game!
All those games use precomputed global illumination to one degree or another. It doesn't work the binary way many people imagine, where global illumination is either "baked" or not baked. There are a lot of different techniques and implementations but they all currently use precomputed data in one form or another (i.e light probes etc.), as far as I'm aware. Perhaps The Tomorrow Children can be considered to be using a truly dynamic real-time global illumination.
In any case, it's not like a game that ostensibly has "global illumination" is automatically going to have better or more convincing lighting than a game without it. The HDR image based lighting with physically based properties in The Witcher 3 is looking really good, for example, and may look subjectively better than many games that purportedly use "global illumination".
Xaero Gravity
NEXT LEVEL lame™
Excellent.Info for PS4 users:
dragonelite
Member
Excellent.
weren't there press folks that have an embargo that ends next Monday?
Yeah, but I thought they played on PC. Will there be console footage as well?
cripterion
Member
And it is coming. Does hammering requests in every single thread make it come faster? Granted devs probably read Neogaf too but c'mon... Some people wanna see Ultra settings, others probaly wanna see the game run on Medium or Low settings but they ain't getting none either.
You already know it will run at 1080P/30fps on PS4 and 900P/30fps on Xbox One. And from the journalist impressions the game looks good.
BigTnaples
Todd Howard's Secret GAF Account
Hell yes.
My second 970 FTW Edition is on the way.
i7 3770k
SLI 970 FTW
16GB Ram
I should be in good shape. I would really love to hit 4K at 30fps, but I guess we will see. 1440p should be doable at least.
Internet 101: complaining about other people complaining never solves the problem.
cripterion
Member
I know... I'm just saying how it is and per the latest dev tweet seems PS4 owners will be satisfied.