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[ironcreed]

New Nvidia trailer showing off some new creatures designs. Hairworks looks so fuckin good... so pissed I don't have a rig that can handle it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Md4Hmgtl8q0

You would think that those with nice rigs would be loving this. You don't realize the difference until you see a comparison like this. Looks amazing.

 

[Sai]

... Is EatChildren drunk? D:

 

[styl3s]

from the hour or so i played i can confirm 100% in this exclusive post

- can't kill or stab or punch or main children
- can punch geese
- climb a house
- jump off the roof of the house and die
- jump off cliff ledges and die
- jump off the kaer morhen
- yennefer's nice butt
- wear no pants (but medieval undies)
- no pants in cutscenes
- locked door on windmill fuck where is the key uuuuuuughhhhh
- run away from a bear
- run away from wolves
- footprints in sand
- found a sword
- found some boots
- combat is good but don't be a button mashing scrublord

alright, alright, alright.

Is there any other animals you can punch? chickens? goats?

 

[lowhighkang_LHK]

So as there been a consensus reached on which choices made based on the witcher 2 give the best experience in switcher 3?

 

[Reckless Onion]

- combat is good but don't be a button mashing scrublord

How is the combat exactly, are there combo's? can you elaborate a bit more?

 

[MrRoflWaffles]

... Is EatChildren drunk? D:

Drunk.. with power.

Goose ploughing power.

 

[EatChildren]

Did combat take any cues from the rebalance mod?

Yes, in my opinion. I think the mistake some people will make is going into it expecting a total overhaul of The Witcher 2, or treating it like a character action game, or exactly like Bloodborne. Positioning, movement, and timing attacks is still very important. But the hit targeting is sooo much better than The Witcher 2, and the flow of animations/functions feels a lot smoother and natural.

 

[hemo memo]

Some of the sidequests are glitchy.

Anybody had one where you have to save a guy locked in a cage, except he stands outside the cage and there's no key to be found on the whole little isle he's on...?

Same here, searched the area looking for the key then I decide to just leave it for later.

 

[Zakalwe]

So as there been a consensus reached on which choices made based on the witcher 2 give the best experience in switcher 3?

I doubt it this early on, also there's no way of knowing if your own tastes will align with the consensus.

I wouldn't worry for your first play through, you can always run the game again with different choices later.

 

[Branson]

I haven't been this excited for a game in a while.

 

[Akiyama_AE]

8 hours to go peeps lets go lets go!

 

[Newman96]

Baron quest spoiler

Spoiler

The Botchling, nope nope nope nope nope

 

[EatChildren]

... Is EatChildren drunk? D:

I wish.

alright, alright, alright.

Is there any other animals you can punch? chickens? goats?

I found cows but I could only stab them. If you de-equip your swords you could probably punch them. I also stabbed a deer.

How is the combat exactly, are there combo's? can you elaborate a bit more?

It's like The Witcher 2 with the much of the FCR 2.0 mod, tighter/more seamless flow between animations and functions (eg: attacks, blocks, rolls), but still heavily based around positioning and careful play. There's a short dodge step and a long roll. Having come off a Witcher 2 replay recently I actually fooled myself a few times by attacking and thinking Geralt would automatically roll towards and attack the target, but he didn't; he swung the sword as is and didn't lose his position.

Some combo moves might fuck that up but standard attacks are very straight forward.

 

[Steve Youngblood]

Did combat take any cues from the rebalance mod?

Why are you wasting his time with such inane questions like this when there are still more questions about which animals can and can't be hit to be answered?

 

[Mendrox]

So as there been a consensus reached on which choices made based on the witcher 2 give the best experience in switcher 3?

Well I could spoiler you one choice...

 

[Raptor]

Yes, in my opinion. I think the mistake some people will make is going into it expecting a total overhaul of The Witcher 2, or treating it like a character action game, or exactly like Bloodborne. Positioning, movement, and timing attacks is still very important. But the hit targeting is sooo much better than The Witcher 2, and the flow of animations/functions feels a lot smoother and natural.

You playing on PS4 right?

Can you please if you are allowed confirm no stuttering or nothign severe as headache inducing stuttering?

Thanks

 

[Jo Shishido's Cheeks]

Same here, searched the area looking for the key then I decide to just leave it for later.

Yeah I just left it too after a few re-loads but it's eating away at me mannnn :'(

 

[Reckless Onion]

I wish.



I found cows but I could only stab them. If you de-equip your swords you could probably punch them. I also stabbed a deer.



It's like The Witcher 2 with the much of the FCR 2.0 mod, tighter/more seamless flow between animations and functions (eg: attacks, blocks, rolls), but still heavily based around positioning and careful play. There's a short dodge step and a long roll. Having come off a Witcher 2 replay recently I actually fooled myself a few times by attacking and thinking Geralt would automatically roll towards and attack the target, but he didn't; he swung the sword as is and didn't lose his position.

Some combo moves might fuck that up but standard attacks are very straight forward.

Sounds good! thanks

 

[hemo memo]

Yeah I just left it too after a few re-loads but it's eating away at me mannnn :'(

I don't think it a glitch, maybe you find the key later in the game.

 

[paulorsjr]

Taken, thank you!

 

[EatChildren]

Why are you wasting his time with such inane questions like this when there are still more questions about which animals can and can't be hit to be answered?

my full animal report

- punched a goose
- stabbed a cow
- ran from some wolves
- then stabbed the wolves
- ran from a bear because it was big and scary
- stabbed a deer
- saw some fish

You playing on PS4 right?

Can you please if you are allowed confirm no stuttering or nothign severe as headache inducing stuttering?

Thanks

The build I was fucking around with was on PS4, retail code, but I did most of my playing before applying the patch. Framerate pre-patch really wasn't very good in my opinion. Played briefly with the patch applied and it seemed better. I'll be playing on PC when it unlocks tomorrow.

 

[AkuMifune]

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt |OT| 8 Hours Until Game Releases, OT Will Still Be Loading

Can't wait!

 

[Primethius]

I wish.



I found cows but I could only stab them. If you de-equip your swords you could probably punch them. I also stabbed a deer.



It's like The Witcher 2 with the much of the FCR 2.0 mod, tighter/more seamless flow between animations and functions (eg: attacks, blocks, rolls), but still heavily based around positioning and careful play. There's a short dodge step and a long roll. Having come off a Witcher 2 replay recently I actually fooled myself a few times by attacking and thinking Geralt would automatically roll towards and attack the target, but he didn't; he swung the sword as is and didn't lose his position.

Some combo moves might fuck that up but standard attacks are very straight forward.

Damn, that sounds good. Seems to have alleviated many of my issues with TW2.

The wait is unbearable.

 

[Philippo]

Is the frame-rate on PS4 at least on par with Unity? I could handle that, so if it's better than that it's 100% playable for me.

Same goes for the combat, i expected it to be equal to TW2 one, so if it's tighter, more refined, i couldn't ask more.

 

[Daximuss]

The first bit of the free Witcher 3 DLC will be available when the game launches.
https://twitter.com/marcin360/status/600302805254045696

 

[Darryl M R]

According to that white little triangle on the top right it seems like the Day 1 patch has already been downloaded. Well done! We can start right away!

How do I ensure I have downloaded the patch before the game unlocks?

 

[Raptor]

my full animal report

- punched a goose
- stabbed a cow
- ran from some wolves
- then stabbed the wolves
- ran from a bear because it was big and scary
- stabbed a deer
- saw some fish



The build I was fucking around with was on PS4, retail code, but I did most of my playing before applying the patch. Framerate pre-patch really wasn't very good in my opinion. Played briefly with the patch applied and it seemed better. I'll be playing on PC when it unlocks tomorrow.

Thanks.

 

[Skellig Gra]

I have this on order, didn't play 1 or 2. What am I in for GAF?

 

[Parad0x]

The wait is too long...

 

[hemo memo]

How's the card game?

Good. deeper and better than I expected for an optional card game and very fun.

 

[Akiyama_AE]

my full animal report

- punched a goose
- stabbed a cow
- ran from some wolves
- then stabbed the wolves
- ran from a bear because it was big and scary
- stabbed a deer
- saw some fish



The build I was fucking around with was on PS4, retail code, but I did most of my playing before applying the patch. Framerate pre-patch really wasn't very good in my opinion. Played briefly with the patch applied and it seemed better. I'll be playing on PC when it unlocks tomorrow.

Gotta hit some chickens to see If they snitch like in Skyrim lol

 

[Zakalwe]

For PC players who have preloaded via GoG:

Is it faster to DL via the Galaxy client or the manual file list? The client doesn't show the DL speed so I'm not sure if it's maxing out my connection, any way for me to check that?

 

[viveks86]

HNNNNNG!

 

[Forkball]

from the hour or so i played i can confirm 100% in this exclusive post

- can't kill or stab or punch or main children
- can punch geese
- climb a house
- jump off the roof of the house and die
- jump off cliff ledges and die
- jump off the kaer morhen
- yennefer's nice butt
- wear no pants (but medieval undies)
- no pants in cutscenes
- locked door on windmill fuck where is the key uuuuuuughhhhh
- run away from a bear
- run away from wolves
- footprints in sand
- found a sword
- found some boots
- combat is good but don't be a button mashing scrublord

Tell me more about Yennifer's butt. Can I see some Xbone vs. PS4 screens?

 

[SomTervo]

You playing on PS4 right?

Can you please if you are allowed confirm no stuttering or nothign severe as headache inducing stuttering?

Thanks

I'm playing on PS4 - local store broke street date - and the performance is really, really nice.

Occasional very brief stutters. But on the whole it's bloody great.

I was getting very uncanny 'true classic' vibes in the first hour or two. Like it was supplanting Ocarina of Time in a oner. Won't do this for everyone, but this is some real shit right here, guys.

AMA.

Is the frame-rate on PS4 at least on par with Unity? I could handle that, so if it's better than that it's 100% playable for me.

Same goes for the combat, i expected it to be equal to TW2 one, so if it's tighter, more refined, i couldn't ask more.

It's incomparable. I loved Unity, but comparing Unity and TW3 is like chalk and cheese. TW3 is a very polished, fully functioning game. Like 90% there. Every half hour or so you'll come across something which isn't ideal, but for me (about 7 hours in) it's very smooth, looks great, and very polished. A joy to play. The movement and everything is top class.

Also best horseriding since Shadow of the Colossus. Not quite as perfectly horse-like, but a damn sight greater than Red Dead Redemption.

TBH, The Witcher 3 is giving me what I always wanted from Red Dead. The first area alone is most of the size of RDR's frontier. And there are at least 3 other areas which are all bigger..

 

[Majukun]

so..gog servers are already down...

 

[air jordans for dogs]

When does the game unlock for 'stralians on PC?

 

[BumRush]

from the hour or so i played i can confirm 100% in this exclusive post

- can't kill or stab or punch or main children
- can punch geese
- climb a house
- jump off the roof of the house and die
- jump off cliff ledges and die
- jump off the kaer morhen
- yennefer's nice butt
- wear no pants (but medieval undies)
- no pants in cutscenes
- locked door on windmill fuck where is the key uuuuuuughhhhh
- run away from a bear
- run away from wolves
- footprints in sand
- found a sword
- found some boots
- combat is good but don't be a button mashing scrublord

Great impressions, lol.

How's the difficulty (normal) compared to a, say, Souls game?

 

[lordfuzzybutt]

HNNNNNG!

FUCK, why does the damn game unlock at 2am. FUCKING FUCK.

At least I took the day off work.

 

[woober]

HNNNNNG!

Oh my god. 290x, please don't blame me for burning you with ultra and hairworks.

 

[cslesce]

viveks86

ps4?

 

[indigo-cyclops]

Nearing halfway done with work...so close

 

[Lunar15]

HNNNNNG!

That looks far better than some of the earlier screenshots of the same place. Not 2013 levels, and perhaps not 2014 either, but it does have some of the details I noted as missing in the PS4 screenshots.

 

[bombshell]

Is the frame-rate on PS4 at least on par with Unity? I could handle that, so if it's better than that it's 100% playable for me.

Same goes for the combat, i expected it to be equal to TW2 one, so if it's tighter, more refined, i couldn't ask more.

It's nowhere near Unity level bad. There's only some minor framerate drops when action gets heavy.

 

[EatChildren]

Tell me more about Yennifer's butt. Can I see some Xbone vs. PS4 screens?

It was delicious. I didn't get to see some Xbutt.

Great impressions, lol.

How's the difficulty (normal) compared to a, say, Souls game?

As I was just kinda fucking around I started on normal and definitely will be playing a notch above. Normal is nothing close to Souls, room for error even against 3 - 4 drowners was decent.

 

[ufo8mycat]

For anyone playing on PS4, are the framerate/pacing issues bad enough to suggest waiting for another pitch in the near future? I'm having a hard time deciding what I want to do. I don't mind some slight framerate drops, but stuttering from framepacing issues will drive me mad.

I have been playing for the past 3 hours and have not noticed any frame rate or frame pacing issues. It's really smooth. Then again, I never noticed the frame pacing issues in Bloodborne. I guess I am not that sensitive to frame rate issues.

One of the most immersive worlds. It is amazing so far.

I think I am going to stick to Blood and Broken Bones as far as difficulty. Blood arch was just a bit too hard. Then again once I get use to the combat that may change.

 

[Majukun]

is it possible to download the day one patch before the game is unlocked?

 

[ScepticMatt]

Even youtubers/streamers who got it early were only getting X1 and PS4 code. CDPR have kept PC very tightly guarded for the most part.

Not true, some Streamers like AngryJoe and DansGame and PC reviewers like PCGH have gotten the PC version with 1.02 patch.

 

[EatChildren]

vivek's shot is tweaked PC. This is another, with shit like foliage, shadow, etc rendering distances tweaked beyond ultra.

 

[Raptor]

I'm playing on PS4 - local store broke street date - and the performance is really, really nice.

Occasional very brief stutters. But on the whole it's bloody great.

I was getting very uncanny 'true classic' vibes in the first hour or two. Like it was supplanting Ocarina of Time in a oner. Won't do this for everyone, but this is some real shit right here, guys.

AMA.

Ok this sounds good enough, thanks!