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[puebla]

I planned on upgrading my gpu for this but now I think I'll just go ahead and build a whole new rig.

 

[Kinthalis]

Well, SMAA is not that good on movement. Probably it's fine for this game, that has a slow pace, except when you're riding.

They should be able to add a temporal filter as well. MSAA doesn't do much for temproal aliasing anyway... well maybe at 8X, but that's a gargantuan load on the GPU, moreover, MSAA isn't going to do anything about texture or transparency aliasing - the foilage would all be jaggy.

 

[TheD]

 

[SpacePirate Ridley]

HOLY MOTHER OF FUCK JENEFFER AND CIRI FINALLY CONFIRMED
YEEEEEEES FOR ALL THAT IS HOLY YEEEEEEEEEES

This is going to be one of the most amazing rpg's ever.
If you are fan of the books this is going to be the wildest ride ever.

Thank you CD Projeckt, you are the best.

 

[Lasthope106]

In terms of story, the Witcher 1 is the first in the story right? I thought the 2nd was a prequel.

Witcher 2 is a sequel, but they are pretty much self-contained stories. If you play W1 and then W2, your save file from the first will be used on the Witcher 2 to give you some starting goodies, and some of dialogue choices will reflect what you did on the first game.

 

[Krusenstern]

Rumour was that it ran at 30-45 FPS at Ultra on a 780 Ti with 8xMSAA.

If this is true... Oh my god. My 780 Ti is getting so wet right now.

It's probably still unoptimized, so I wouldn't worry. I also don't understand why so many in this thread think they will need three Titans to run this game.
CDPR develops first and foremost on PC. They optimized Witcher 2 quite well, so I will not expect any less from CDPR.

Of course I would need to replace my 660Ti too come release, but I don't expect this game to require a monstrous setup for early 2015 standards.

 

[fresquito]

Ofcourse not.That's why CDP should clear up what kind of hardware this trailer ran on.

Okay, thanks for the reply. I think it's pretty clear this is PC hardware. If you're advertising your game, you will use the best hardware at hand. You don't advertise a game running on PS4 hardware and don't clearly state it's PS4 hardware.

 

[Xamdou]

Witcher 2 is a sequel, but they are pretty much self-contained stories. If you play W1 and then W2, your save file from the first will be used on the Witcher 2 to give you some starting goodies, and some of dialogue choices will reflect what you did on the first game.

I see, thanks for the clarification!

 

[Lasthope106]

It's probably still unoptimized, so I wouldn't worry. I also don't understand why so many in this thread think they will need three Titans to run this game.
CDPR develops first and foremost on PC. They optimized Witcher 2 quite well, so I will not expect any less from CDPR.

Of course I would need to replace my 660Ti too come release, but I don't expect this game to require a monstrous setup for early 2015 standards.

But, but... I want to run this game with ubersampling turned on at 60+ fps!

 

[Ceebs]

In terms of story, the Witcher 1 is the first in the story right? I thought the 2nd was a prequel.

The Witcher 2 picks up several months or so after the first game. The first game however picks up after the books.

Edit: And beat

 

[SpacePirate Ridley]

Also Vesemir, Eskel and Lambert at the start of the trailer. Aw yisss.
Fanservice all through my veins.

 

[Dawg]

It's probably still unoptimized, so I wouldn't worry. I also don't understand why so many in this thread think they will need three Titans to run this game.
CDPR develops first and foremost on PC. They optimized Witcher 2 quite well, so I will not expect any less from CDPR.

Of course I would need to replace my 660Ti too come release, but I don't expect this game to require a monstrous setup for early 2015 standards.

This is true. I remember talking to one of the devs waaaaaaay back at gamescom, joking that the system requirements would probably blow my pc away.

But then he said that optimization is actually a really big deal for them. They want as many people as possible enjoying some of their best graphics. Sure, there will be settings for people with crazy setups like 3 titans but then again so did TW2 with uber sampling etc.

My brother ran The Witcher 2 on a GTX 560 and it still looked incredible with very decent fps.

 

[SmartBase]

I just hope they have some sort of primer for those who don't read Polish since only a few of the books are translated.

 

[benzy]

Rumour was that it ran at 30-45 FPS at Ultra on a 780 Ti with 8xMSAA.

If this is true... Oh my god. My 780 Ti is getting so wet right now.

Is that 780 ti considerably stronger than the ps4 GPU? If the ps4 can pull this off at 1080p with at least 2xMSAA it'll be a looker for me. My PC sucks ass.

 

[STILLethal]

But, but... I want to run this game with ubersampling turned on at 60+ fps!

bu...but i want to run it @ 4k 120fps. 3 titans it is I guess :/

 

[-Deimos]

I just hope they have some sort of primer for those who don't read Polish since only a few of the books are translated.

How many of the books aren't translated? I need to catch up on the story.

 

[Respawn]

I wonder if they will show the console versions before release.

Isn't this PS4

Spoiler

forgive me gaf

 

[erawsd]

I just hope they have some sort of primer for those who don't read Polish since only a few of the books are translated.

My guess is thats what that " Witcher Compendium" that comes with every game is for.

 

[gribbles]

HOLY MOTHER OF FUCK JENEFFER AND CIRI FINALLY CONFIRMED

Yep, and it only took them 3 games to do it.

 

[Derp]

It's probably still unoptimized, so I wouldn't worry. I also don't understand why so many in this thread think they will need three Titans to run this game.
CDPR develops first and foremost on PC. They optimized Witcher 2 quite well, so I will not expect any less from CDPR.

Of course I would need to replace my 660Ti too come release, but I don't expect this game to require a monstrous setup for early 2015 standards.

I know. I'm not worried, I'm saying it's a good thing. They invest a lot of time into optimisation which I value a lot.

And I also agree that many people are overestimating the hardware required to run this game. Optimisation goes a long way, guys. This isn't Ubisoft Keiv and one of their shitty ports. This is CDPR, the god of all gaming companies.

I love you CDPR.

 

[Le-mo]

God damn. Now that's how you make a trailer. Can't wait.

 

[TheD]

How many of the books aren't translated? I need to catch up on the story.

And is there any bad translations to look out for?

 

[CyberPunked]

Well, CDP better come out and clear that up.

If PS4 can't support these visuals then they should state that.

Why? This is what it looks like on the primary platform. I think people take it as a given that PC devs will develop for high end hardware, and consoles don't fit into that, so they have to scale things down for them.

 

[Jay Shadow]

I just hope they have some sort of primer for those who don't read Polish since only a few of the books are translated.

The game comes with a Compendium to catch people up on important events and people in the world.

How many of the books aren't translated? I need to catch up on the story.

One more is supposed to come out at the end of this month, so that leaves 2 in the series, and one collection of short stories untranslated. All of them have fan translations in the community section of the game forums though.

 

[Sinatar]

Geralt of Swagia.

 

[Clawww]

gaddamn

 

[Mass Effect]

The wait for this game will be long.

 

[SmartBase]

How many of the books aren't translated? I need to catch up on the story.

The one after Time of Contempt is the newest translated book IIRC.

And is there any bad translations to look out for?

Honestly the ones I've read were as if they were scribed by a native English speaker. I can't speak for fan translations and would rather stay away from them.

My guess is thats what that " Witcher Compendium" that comes with every game is for.

I hope they have a slick intro like in the Enhanced Edition of the second game, but that would do nicely as well.

 

[Krusenstern]

Geralt of Swagia.

Is it just me or does he look even younger than during Witcher 2?

Doesn't look as old and tattered as his previous designs.

 

[CyberPunked]

Isn't this PS4

Spoiler

forgive me gaf

 

[Derp]

Why? This is what it looks like on the primary platform.

^This.
CDPR prioritises PC. They're the lord and saviour of the master race.

 

[Varna]

God damn. I will certainly be building a new PC in 2015.

 

[SugarDave]

I've just been looking up details on the books. Can anyone who has read them tell me if I've got this right?

The Last Wish and Sword of Destiny are short story compilations that act as introductions which should be read first.

Then there's (in order) Blood of Elves, Time of Contempt, Baptism of Fire, Swallow's Tower and Lady of the Lake that act as the connected "saga" set after the short story collections.

Sword of Destiny and the final two novels have yet to be translated into English but there are apparently fan translations online that are very good. Then when I'm done, the games take place after all of the books, correct?

 

[lmbotiva]

i never played W1 but i did finish 2, can anyone explain that trailer to me please, because i feel it was all based on what happened on W1

 

[BigTnaples]

Really though, someone needs to tweet some devs and figure out if the PS4 version will have next gen fur on wolves, bears, beasts and coats. Or if Nvidia is going to cock block the consoles.

 

[Sentenza]

Is it just me or does he look even younger than during Witcher 2?

Doesn't look as old and tattered as his previous designs.

I don't think he looks particularly younger; nor older, for all that matters.
He just looks like made with a slightly different art style, but that's pretty much it.

 

[mercenar1e]

Really though, someone needs to tweet some devs and figure out if the PS4 version will have next gen fur on wolves, bears, beasts and coats. Or if Nvidia is going to cock block the consoles.

its Nvidia PhysX fur simulation.. you figure it out.

 

[Jay Shadow]

I've just been looking up details on the books. Can anyone who has read them tell me if I've got this right?

The Last Wish and Sword of Destiny are short story compilations that act as introductions which should be read first.

Then there's (in order) Blood of Elves, Time of Contempt, Baptism of Fire, Swallow's Tower and Lady of the Lake that act as the connected "saga" set after the short story collections.

Sword of Destiny and the final two novels have yet to be translated into English but there are apparently fan translations online that are very good. Then when I'm done, the games take place after all of the books, correct?

Yup, you got it all correct.

 

[Jdnathan11]

Holy smokes! O:

 

[Krusenstern]

If any german fellas (who should be sleeping by now, lol) are interested into the books, they're all officially translated into german.

 

[CyberPunked]

Really though, someone needs to tweet some devs and figure out if the PS4 version will have next gen fur on wolves, bears, beasts and coats. Or if Nvidia is going to cock block the consoles.

I don't think the console's hardware will be able to afford the processing power it would take tbh.

 

[names2hard4you]

Just saw the trailer for this. The gameplay bits look glorious, I lice the draw distance in those shots. February couldn't come any faster.

 

[Sinatar]

Is it just me or does he look even younger than during Witcher 2?

Doesn't look as old and tattered as his previous designs.

He still looks pretty grizzled. I think some stuff in the trailer is from flashbacks, so that might account for him looking a bit younger.

 

[TheD]

Really though, someone needs to tweet some devs and figure out if the PS4 version will have next gen fur on wolves, bears, beasts and coats. Or if Nvidia is going to cock block the consoles.

I highly doubt Nvidia is going to write an OpenCL version of Physx.

 

[HeelPower]

Why? This is what it looks like on the primary platform. I think people take it as a given that PC devs will develop for high end hardware, and consoles don't fit into that, so they have to scale things down for them.

Okay, thanks for the reply. I think it's pretty clear this is PC hardware. If you're advertising your game, you will use the best hardware at hand. You don't advertise a game running on PS4 hardware and don't clearly state it's PS4 hardware.

Personally I don't mind.

I am getting the game on PS4 eitherway.

 

[DrFunkatronic]

Yess...

 

[R_thanatos]

Saw the trailer 1 hour ago.

i needed 1 hour to calm down so i could write that i'm excite

This game....


THIS GAME

BE STILL MY HEART

 

[Gattsu25]

He still looks pretty grizzled. I think some stuff in the trailer is from flashbacks, so that might account for him looking a bit younger.

The game looks amazing. This GIF looks amazing. That trailer? Yeah

Preordered.

 

[dmr87]

Is that 780 ti considerably stronger than the ps4 GPU? If the ps4 can pull this off at 1080p with at least 2xMSAA it'll be a looker for me. My PC sucks ass.

I think it's a scaled down version of the 7870 GPU, correct me if I'm wrong.

Here's two quick benchmarks at 1440p.

 

[Jonboy]

My lord, that was incredible. February seems so far.

HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO BOY

I guess I should try out the Witcher 1/2, but I only have a crappy laptop to play it on

Kind of in the same situation. Would really like to play the 1st two games. Then again...we keep hearing this E3 is going to have a ton of remasters. Would be really awesome if 1 and 2 were among them (doubtful...but I'm hoping).