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[Daffy Duck]

Not watched either video yet, but have we seen anything that shows if us PS4 folk get the nice fog effect that was seen in one of the PC videos.

That looked sweet and would be nice if us console peasents get that too.

 

[Kinthalis]

Lol I remember that. All that worry for nothing. Whatever happened to that poster anyway?

Probably In a padded cell somewhere.

"It's not real, It's not real I tells you!!"

 

[Kinthalis]

Not watched either video yet, but have we seen anything that shows if us PS4 folk get the nice fog effect that was seen in one of the PC videos.

That looked sweet and would be nice if us console peasents get that too.

I saw fog rolling in from the river on the PS4 footage, and as far as I know the Witcher 3 isn't using Nvidia's fog tech like Batman is.

 

[Krappadizzle]

That last thread was a general thread. And Console people had to wait for whatever reason for some official Console footage.

PC gamers coming in this thread, bragging about their graphics cards and pcs is more annoying to me than people asking for some official console footage.

Dude, get over yourself. There are quite a few people with their feet in both camps and want to know which platform to buy it on. If someone is excited to play on whatever new GPU they have, let them express it. It's no different than people asking where the Xbone footage is in this thread. Get over it.

 

[EternalTruth]

The quality of the videos and gifs are bad. But if water movement is negligible. I commented on the previous page

This gif is better

Damn the water looks incredible!
The PS4 version is definitely missing some of the awesome visuals effects, and I noticed a lot of shadow/geometry pop-in on the PS4 version as well :/

 

[zufuel]

Damn the water looks incredible!
The PS4 version is defintely missing a lot awesome visuals effects, and I noticed a lot of shadow/geometry pop-in on the PS4 version as well :/

Yes , but foliage .....

xD

 

[Tovarisc]

Can anyone link to that youtube video? I'm curious to see that scene.

Where is this gif from?

It's made from this video; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94R0Ji39E68

Gopher made three videos about TW3, he was in youtuber event, and all of them are spoiler free as he discusses gameplay mechanics and such. Good watch if thirsty for gameplay information and impressions about the game.

 

[HeelPower]

The combat looks way,way better than anything the first two games offered.

After seeing this version of the game,its really astounding how much work CDPR really put into this.

Despite naysayers left and right,the game really topples what most "AAA" developers offer.

 

[orochi91]

This actually looks quite nice on the PS4.

Well done CDPR, all that worry was for naught.

 

[verbatimo]

This is difficult decision for me.

I wonder, how my pc can handle it. 770 GTX 2GB, Core i7 4770K. I'm afraid my video card is bottleneck if I'm trying to get high detail 1080p.

On the other hand PS4-version looks very good.

Help me GAF, please?

 

[Face it Tiger..]

This is difficult decision for me.

I wonder, how my pc can handle it. 770 GTX 2GB, Core i7 4770K. I'm afraid my video card is bottleneck if I'm trying to get high detail 1080p.

On the other hand PS4-version looks very good.

Help me GAF, please?

It should look better on your PC.

not too much better, as the game looks more GPU orientated.

 

[viveks86]

So what's the verdict GAF? Are people satisfied with the PS4 version? Crisis averted?

 

[Inuhanyou]

Damn the water looks incredible!
The PS4 version is defintely missing a lot awesome visuals effects, and I noticed a lot of shadow/geometry pop-in on the PS4 version as well :/

If even the PC version has noticeable pop in, i'd think the PS4 having even more so would be a matter of course.

Even so, looks great for the PS4 build. Glad to see my worries were put to rest. Now to get DF to look at it for the FPS count and load times

 

[Krappadizzle]

This is difficult decision for me.

I wonder, how my pc can handle it. 770 GTX 2GB, Core i7 4770K. I'm afraid my video card is bottleneck if I'm trying to get high detail 1080p.

On the other hand PS4-version looks very good.

Help me GAF, please?

I'd say just wait a day after release. If I had to guess though, especially with the 4770k, you'll get much better performance from a PC copy, that coupled with CDPR's history as a PC-centric developer I think you'd be better off. That said, in your case, you really can't go wrong in either choice, but you'll definitely have more future options(mods) with the PC copy, and I'm willing to bet this game will garner a ton of new fans and we'll see some great mods from them sooner than later.

 

[Alpende]

I'm impressed by the visuals, can't wait to play this!

 

[Denton]

This is difficult decision for me.

I wonder, how my pc can handle it. 770 GTX 2GB, Core i7 4770K. I'm afraid my video card is bottleneck if I'm trying to get high detail 1080p.

On the other hand PS4-version looks very good.

Help me GAF, please?

You will be close to 60fps at PS4-like settings. I wouldn't stress it out.

 

[Vincent4756]

Only thing that seems to be standing out to me is his hair. Like it looks awesome but it seems like it doesn't move based on the direction of the wind like some of the earlier PC videos.

Also because compression is so bad I can't really tell but it also looks like the water shader was pared down a good amount for the console.

Only thing I probably won't see until the game comes out is the actual cloth physics, which I hope the ps4 is able to do some what close to the PC version.

Either way I'm pretty happy with the results. Only 12 more days.

 

[Wagram]

Just beasted my way to a GTX 980 for Witcher 3, but this footage looks fantastic for PS4.

 

[Wind's Howling]

Just as awesome as I expected it to be. I am not expecting some of the advanced water, particle and cloth physics but this looks like it might be one of the best looking free roaming games on the PS4 when it releases.

 

[blackjaw]

Can't wait, thank god for Amazon release day delivery!

 

[zufuel]

 

[MR ARCADE FOREVER]

The only thing I didn't like is the water. It looks like there was an oil spill

 

[KyleCross]

Glad it looks good. My GeForce GTX 645 and i5-4430 wouldn't handle this game at all (can't even max Witcher 2, can Witcher 1 but even that I don't get 60fps when I do) so console is my only choice.

 

[BFIB]

I have Witcher1/2 on Steam that I bought ages ago.

Do I have to play them to play Witcher 3? I'd like to pick this up for either PS4 or my XBone which hasn't seen much action lately, but I have never played 1 or 2.

 

[Fjordson]

I was worried it'd be a trainwrec, but that seems pretty solid. Well done CDPR.

 

[Sai]

I have Witcher1/2 on Steam that I bought ages ago.

Do I have to play them to play Witcher 3? I'd like to pick this up for either PS4 or my XBone which hasn't seen much action lately, but I have never played 1 or 2.

You don't have to play the first two. CDPR says that first-time players will be given a decent recap of the important events that preceded Wild Hunt. And while the consequences of the choices made in the first two games will be pretty negligible, you'll be given the opportunity early on in the game to address some of them without importing a save through a special, optional dialogue early on in the game.

I'm personally going through the first two just to get a better impression of how certain aspects of the gameplay have advanced before diving into Wild Hunt.

 

[HORRORSHØW]

did not know bamco was publishing it

 

[MR ARCADE FOREVER]

I have Witcher1/2 on Steam that I bought ages ago.

Do I have to play them to play Witcher 3? I'd like to pick this up for either PS4 or my XBone which hasn't seen much action lately, but I have never played 1 or 2.

Yes. At the beginning of the The Witcher 3 you will be prompted to a test asking questions about the previous games. If you fail you won't be able to start the game. I highly recommend playing both games and reading all story books about the Witcher's world.

Spoiler

(I am kidding my friend there will be a summary of the previous games at the begging of the story so don't worry about missing out!)

 

[Nzyme32]

I have Witcher1/2 on Steam that I bought ages ago.

Do I have to play them to play Witcher 3? I'd like to pick this up for either PS4 or my XBone which hasn't seen much action lately, but I have never played 1 or 2.

They have an in-game way of explaining the Witcher 1 + 2 story lines and a way for you to engage the important choices that happened in them should you have played them and want similar choices

 

[Jay Shadow]

did not know bamco was publishing it

Different publishers in different regions. Bamco publishes the game in Europe.

 

[5taquitos]

Loving how this looks, now I just need to decide when to get it

Spoiler

I still have to start Bloodborne

 

[Boston]

Can someone tell me if my Laptop will run this better than my XBOX1?

ASUS Laptop G53SX-DH71

Intel Core i7 2670QM (2.20GHz)
12GB Memory
750GB HDD
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit

 

[codhand]

i would hope so

 

[Codiox]

Can someone tell me if my Laptop will run this better than my XBOX1?

ASUS Laptop G53SX-DH71

Intel Core i7 2670QM (2.20GHz)
12GB Memory
750GB HDD
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit

I would not even try it with this thing.

Spoiler

(sitting in the same boat)

 

[ViciousDS]

Can someone tell me if my Laptop will run this better than my XBOX1?

ASUS Laptop G53SX-DH71

Intel Core i7 2670QM (2.20GHz)
12GB Memory
750GB HDD
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit

it would run well (low - med settings) in 1366x768 (1360 x 768 variant) according to the benchmarks on that card.....but the xbox one version runs at a higher resolution.....so I'm going to say probably not.

Mobile cards are just not great, plus the driver support for mobile is trash

 

[Vulcano's assistant]

Can someone tell me if my Laptop will run this better than my XBOX1?

ASUS Laptop G53SX-DH71

Intel Core i7 2670QM (2.20GHz)
12GB Memory
750GB HDD
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M
Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit

It will not.

 

[BFIB]

Yes. At the beginning of the The Witcher 3 you will be prompted to a test asking questions about the previous games. If you fail you won't be able to start the game. I highly recommend playing both games and reading all story books about the Witcher's world.

Spoiler

(I am kidding my friend there will be a summary of the previous games at the begging of the story so don't worry about missing out!)

Ha, thanks for the answers. Think I may have to pick this up, it looks great.

 

[ironcreed]

Blood effects are the only effects I care about as visual feedback, and they're intact as hell!

 

[Mr E.]

Totally new to this series. Is this like Skyrim, Oblivian? Which I love.

 

[BrickArmour]

Take Skyrim, add in a bunch of mature content, go third person and remove loading times, take away character customization. BAM! Witcher 3.

 

[Hollow]

Looks great but the youtube compression is strong.

Wish we got some Gamerysde footage.

 

[Virdix]

Damn you Amazon for delivering my CE on the 20th... less than 2 weeks and then I can finally play and peruse Ebay for the damned cloth map that's exclusive to the Xbone CE.

 

[Micerider]

Take Skyrim, add in a bunch of mature content, go third person and remove loading times, take away character customization. BAM! Witcher 3.

Also, your character has an actual personality

 

[Mr E.]

Take Skyrim, add in a bunch of mature content, go third person and remove loading times, take away character customization. BAM! Witcher 3.

The same but different. Sounds good.

 

[Denton]

Totally new to this series. Is this like Skyrim, Oblivian? Which I love.

Much better than either, judging by quality of Witcher 1 and especially 2.

 

[AndyD]

This is difficult decision for me.

I wonder, how my pc can handle it. 770 GTX 2GB, Core i7 4770K. I'm afraid my video card is bottleneck if I'm trying to get high detail 1080p.

On the other hand PS4-version looks very good.

Help me GAF, please?

Im in a similar boat with a 3570k and a 7950 3GB video card. Hoping for a solid 1080p performance.

 

[AgentOtaku]

aaaaand i'm officially preordering today (^____^)

Gonna have to take a break with Dark Souls 2.

 

[Mifec]

The same but different. Sounds good.

Add better quest design too.

 

[boskee]

Different publishers in different regions. Bamco publishes the game in Europe.

Wrong. Single publisher worldwide (CD projekt Red), different distributors in different regions.

 

[Crossing Eden]

Take Skyrim, add in a bunch of mature content, go third person and remove loading times, take away character customization. BAM! Witcher 3.

Then add next gen animation where enemies actually react to being hit and look natural instead of looking like super janky edited mocap,

and hair physics and cloth physics, add PBR for materials and skin, add a plot where your decisions actually matter, fill that plot with characters who aren't just mannequins awkwardly staying at you, add cutscenes, add in an incredibly dense but open world, and maybe you have the witcher 3.