Witcher 3 downgrade arguments in here and nowhere else

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Couple screenshots of the PC version everything maxed out: (R290x, 1440p w/o hairworks)

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UnrealEck

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If only we had a way of using a DualShock 4 on a computer.
(Miles is a level designer on the game) sorry Miles, I just found this a bit funny.
 

Derp

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I was thinking more along the lines of 'I don't actually know because I don't have a proper means of comparing yet'.
From what I saw of the stream you're using to compare doesn't even have HBAO enabled.
I wasn't using the stream to compare. I was using the comparison video (in which HBAO was apparently on) to compare. Sorry again, but there's barely a difference.
 

nOoblet16

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December 2014:
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PC Ultra:
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The grass sprites themselves seem to be identical, but the resolution seems to be much lower.

Not really, the 2014 picture is sharpened immensely from a downsampled screenshot while the PC ultra picture you posted was from a twitch stream and hence very blurry.

If anything the difference is in the terrain as there's less rock but it makes sense for that particular terrain to not have bulging rocks that could hurt people who use it everyday.
 

UnrealEck

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I wasn't using the stream to compare. I was using the comparison video (in which HBAO was apparently on) to compare. Sorry again, but there's barely a difference.

Which video is that? Why are you apologising to me? There's no need to be sorry, you aren't one of the guys from CD Projekt who said there's no downgrade'.
 

Ridesh

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So what's the excuse of the day? Different time of day? Different season? PS4 vs PC? Ultra uber quality not yet shown? Bugs? Magical day 1 patch not yet released?
 

UnrealEck

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I'm saying sorry in sympathy because you're expecting something that doesn't exist.

Ahh I see. No need. It's underwhelming, as I've outlined numerous times in this thread (so no, I'm not expecting something that doesn't exist), but I'm not that down in the dumps since I'll still be playing the best version of the game even with these unfortunate downgrades.
 

stabiliser

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I watched the german stream and I noticed it there. Apparently they have the day one Patch installed. The Gras looked a lot finer in that section, compression aside.

They do NOT have the day one patch, they said they will get it on monday. Some people here go out of their way to misinform others... getting really ridiculous.
 

H4r4kiri

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They do NOT have the day one patch, they said they will get it on monday. Some people here go out of their way to misinform others... getting really ridiculous.

Okay sorry. I did watch it from the beginning and a other Gafer said this was the case. I will edit it. Do not want to spread false information :)
 

Jonm1010

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Funfact: They even use screens from 2013/2014 for the installation screen ;)

Honestly that is pretty fucking disgusting.

i guess the picture of what exactly that vetted insider was speaking about last year is pretty clear now. CDPR and their marketing department completely lied about the visuals of this game. Literally up until the point you actually boot up the game the first time.
 

skonvolt

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December 2014:
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PC Ultra:
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The grass sprites themselves seem to be identical, but the resolution seems to be much lower.

despite the colors and the shadows and the distance, and assuming that are both maxed out the big difference is the wood pillar that is far more reliable in the first one
 

Jonm1010

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Is the day one patch like the new "it is different seasons/time of day/color palette change" argument that people who can't come to terms with the level of CDPR's deception are using to rationalize now?
 

Derp

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They do NOT have the day one patch, they said they will get it on monday. Some people here go out of their way to misinform others... getting really ridiculous.
Don't accuse people of going out of there way misinform others when you have no idea what the context was. Someone in the twitch stream asked if the footage is with the day one patch, the moderator literally replied with "yes, it has the patch". I then posted here saying that the stream mod said the footage had the day one patch. Apparently I'm going out of my way to misinform others? The only ridiculous thing here is your assumption.
 

UnrealEck

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I found this an interesting read. Not sure of its legitimacy.

A lot of the footage including the debut gameplay trailer was done when the consoles were not even out and we only had an idea of the specifications of the system. This landed itself into problem territory when we realized the next-generation systems could not simply meet our graphical output to the desirable level of quality that we needed. There were several options: build three different builds or consolidate to the nearest denominator, which is what we did. We took the specifications of the lowest performing throughput system which I don’t care to mention here at all to avoid that discussion, and worked our way up from there.
 
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Queen of Hunting

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dat ms marketing there will probs be an enhanced version down the line but will probs charge for it lol

ala dark souls 2
 
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