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[Guerilla Munch]

more like The Waifu 4

 

[Shubh_C63]

man. Loving the cape.

 

[Soren01]

Looks awesome and I love TW 2 and 3, I will definitely buy it... But...

A nearly 30-minute video dissecting differences between the reveal and release versions of The Witcher 3... What a sad life

 

[Little Mac]

Lttp but 60 fps with RT on base PS5?!?!



Like I want to believe it but …

 

[Hideous Snake]

This is so fucking good man. What they pulled in 2015 with Witcher 3, I believe they can go mental with 4!

 

[MrJangles]

Looks incredible. No way do I believe that is running in a base PS5 though. Looks like something nVidia would use to showcase a 5090 gpu

 

[RavenSan]

Well I'm hyped. This is 2026 at the earliest yeah?

 

[PeteBull]

Wtf is "unnecessary tech"?

AoCW is just butthurt thematrix demo, gta6 and even witcher4 look leagues above whatever sony studio devs can shit out current gen, and i dont blame him, i would be salty af too...

 

[Xtib81]

Looks out of this world. This is a game to play on next gen consoles/pc though.

 

[SakkanartSilentJealousy]

PS5 is about to get explode running this and GTA6.

 

[Zacfoldor]

Man, I can't believe they fixed the face. We, gaf, should take full credit for that. Our inquisitorious on youtube simply followed our lead. The world is healing.

 

[MatrixReloaded101]

Lttp but 60 fps with RT on base PS5?!?!



Like I want to believe it but …

Exactly, just imagine what this will look and run like on PC if they are able to do this on a base PS5.

 

[Stafford]

So it's a tech demo but is also gameplay? And this is on bass PS5. Interesting.

 

[Romulus]

Does it look better than the Witcher 3 reveal that they downgraded? I'm at work can't watch it yet.

 

[Punished Miku]

Man, I can't believe they fixed the face. We, gaf, should take full credit for that. Our inquisitorious on youtube simply followed our lead. The world is healing.

It looks exactly the same

 

[Mortisfacio]

Exactly, just imagine what this will look and run like on PC if they are able to do this on a base PS5.

I just hope if they have path tracing that I can handle it on a 4090. I didn't upgrade to the 5090.

I've been concerned of moving from Red Engine to UE5, but so far this looks promising.

 

[Romulus]

Exactly, just imagine what this will look and run like on PC if they are able to do this on a base PS5.

For me, I've noticed that it's generally very similar when a console game looks extremely good and is also on PC.

 

[MarkyG]

Predicting the usual CDPR visual downgrades on this when it releases. Of course, I'd love to be proved wrong.

 

[AJUMP23]

Finally playing as a witch in witcher.

Looks nice.

 

[rodrigolfp]

It looks exactly the same

 

[Skitso]

Tech wise looks amazing, but I'm not fond of the new art style. It somehow doesn't look nearly as real of a place as Velen in W3.

 

[Cyborg]

Lttp but 60 fps with RT on base PS5?!?!



Like I want to believe it but …

Dont do this to yourself, if it was possible others would have done it!

 

[Stafford]

I have no doubts it's gonna be amazing, but will it look like this on base consoles at 60fps? Isn't UE5 known for framerate issues and what not? We'll see.

The wait is gonna be hell though.

 

[Negotiator101]

This looks better than GTA6 and it's 60fps on base PS5.

Absolutely unbelievable breakthrough.

No

 

[Melfice7]

tech demo? fuck out of here, you people never learn

 

[Mortisfacio]

Predicting the usual CDPR visual downgrades on this when it releases. Of course, I'd love to be proved wrong.

Other than Witcher 3, is it "usual" for CDPR? CyberPunk looked better on release than it did in the 2018 gameplay trailer.

 

[coolmast3r]

Kinda weird of them to emphasize this running at 60fps on base PS5 (which is a ridiculous claim on its own) while the stream itself is 30fps. Like, you're bragging about 60fps in a tech demo, yet not showing the receipts... I will be not surprised whatsoever if those 60fps are in reality just 30 with framegen, even on PS5 Pro.

 

[vpance]

CDPR turned a new leaf with UE5, I see no reason to fake this. Believe bros.

 

[Punished Miku]

They literally said its the same.

 

[Baemono]

That was just a misunderstanding. What they said was "It runs, surprisingly, well..."

 

[Idleyes]

No clip cloaks are definitely next gen. I've made it yawl! I'm in the next Gen! I'm not dead yet! Wooot!

 

[Esppiral]

Bullshit

 

[ElFenomeno]

GTFO with your bullshit CDPR. And these were 1 year before release, not 3.

 

[Pagusas]

Cool Witcher stuff, but I want to know is Epic saying anything about improving traversal/shader comp stuttering? All these new cool features of the engine mean nothing if they arent fixing the broken shit.

 

[simpatico]

Why are you talking out of your ass?

If it's distinguishable it will be the first UE5 game with photorealistic-ish art style to do so

 

[DragonNCM]

Grate gameplay....full 2 seconds...

 

[vpance]

I have no doubts it's gonna be amazing, but will it look like this on base consoles at 60fps? Isn't UE5 known for framerate issues and what not? We'll see.

The wait is gonna be hell though.

They doubled the perf for lumen.

If we remember way back with the first UE5 tech demos it was running like 1440p 30fps. So yeah it seems doable.

 

[Little Mac]

Dont do this to yourself, if it was possible others would have done it!

 

[Matt_Fox]

All this gameplay... will be lost in jpg compression...

...like tears in rain.

 

[MayauMiao]

Yikes the graphics looks like a true next gen game it was insane.

Still one really have to be careful when it comes to tech demos like what happened to Cyberpunk.

 

[GnomeChimpsky]

Gaddamn, Ciri is hot AF. Crisis averted!

 

[Stafford]

They


They doubled the perf for lumen.

If we remember way back with the first UE5 tech demos it was running like 1440p 30fps. So yeah it seems doable.

Bro, I want to believe but I'm definitely keeping my expectations in check. A game looking like this, with so many characters at one point too and at 60fps on base consoles? Nah.

But if they do achieve it, let's fucking go.

 

[demigod]

Man, I can't believe they fixed the face. We, gaf, should take full credit for that. Our inquisitorious on youtube simply followed our lead. The world is healing.

Anyone know how the purple forum is dealing with this news?

 

[rodrigolfp]

They literally said its the same.

They literally lied then.

News  Post in thread 'First Look at The Witcher 4 Tech Demo'

Jun 3, 2025

There's no way they kept the same Ciri model — she looks way better here.

Yet another whiny incel victory?

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[Represent.]

Foliage is extremely hard to render. Especially a dense forest with this insane level of detail. This is unprecedented.

Im not even sure it has better looking Foliage than Assasins Creed: Shadows

 

[rofif]

Reminder... ac shadows looks like that without shitty UE5. no lod changes visible here at all.
Voxel trees sound like a waste of resources. video looks low res (but it's not even ps5 pro footage)

It's last chance for ue5 to impress me. It needs to look AT LEAST better than ac shadows on pro

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[Stafford]

Would be one hell of a next gen launch game though. But then again, CDPR said 2027 at the earliest.

 

[MatrixReloaded101]

I just hope if they have path tracing that I can handle it on a 4090. I didn't upgrade to the 5090.

I've been concerned of moving from Red Engine to UE5, but so far this looks promising.

I hope it has path tracing also but I don't see why a 4090 wouldn't be able to handle it, especially with DLSS.

For me, I've noticed that it's generally very similar when a console game looks extremely good and is also on PC.

No, the PC version will have more features to enhance everything, like I doubt it will be a native 4k at 60 FPS on console even with the PS5 pro plus on PC you can use mods to further improve things.

 

[Madflavor]

Can't wait for Crowbcat's demolition of this absurd attempt at hype generation, just like he did with CP.

Lost major respect for that dude after how he handled his RE4R video. That was a man behind the curtain moment for me.

 

[Tomi]

Wooow
This will earn billions
My god...