Witcher 3 gameplay from YouTubers from CDPR event
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RageWaffles
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I'm thinking the same. Very interested in seeing the PS4 footage, though.
Yes your setup is still infinitely better than consoles.
Surface of Me
I'm not an NPC. And neither are we.
Got this bad boy preloaded on my X1. Not only is The Witcher 2 a favorite of mine, but I've been ITCHIN for an RPG to play on my X1 and the wait will soon be over.
THE HYPE IS REAL
THE HYPE IS REAL
Denton
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I have slightly worse setup and I run all nextgen games twice as well as PS4 does.
FunkyLounge
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Absolutely!
Two new brazilian gameplay videos by Controle Dois:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeKWyeBr3Kc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEDWoiA4u6o
and Witcher 3 - Inventory, Crafting and Legendary Items by Remigiusz Maciaszek (in Polish):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcYsN5ZHyHY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeKWyeBr3Kc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEDWoiA4u6o
and Witcher 3 - Inventory, Crafting and Legendary Items by Remigiusz Maciaszek (in Polish):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcYsN5ZHyHY
Nobody really knows until it comes out. It definitely looks promising, but it's impossible to judge some things from the relatively small amount of footage we have.
On another note, the landscapes in this game are stunning. I loved the video of Geralt on a high peak in the Skellige islands.
Turin Turambar
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Nobody really knows until it comes out. It definitely looks promising, but it's impossible to judge some things from the relatively small amount of footage we have.
On another note, the landscapes in this game are stunning. I loved the video of Geralt on a high peak in the Skellige islands.
Lots of game devs say the old line of "do you see the far away mountain? In our game you can go up there!", I think that short video shows how at least CDP weren't lying.
Yep. Hope they go with the trend of including one. As a sidenote, because of your avatar I imagine that everything that you say, you say while being deeply upset and shocked.
Amazing, you hear me? AMAZING
I would have loved for it on D1, i doubt i'll pick up the game once finished just to take some cool photos...
Lots of game devs say the old line of "do you see the far away mountain? In our game you can go up there!", I think that short video shows how at least CDP weren't lying.
Yeah, seeing scenery like that and realizing I can actually go walk through those valleys and climb those peaks is incredibly exciting.
I saw someone asking about his specs, so decided I might as well 
Although I have the game pre-ordered on Xbox One, I would prefer it on my laptop. However, I think it might be even below min specs?
Intel Core i7 2630-QM
RAM 8GB
GeForce GTX 580M 2GB GDDR5
What do you guys think - will it run the game? If yes, will it look much worse than on Xbox One?
Although I have the game pre-ordered on Xbox One, I would prefer it on my laptop. However, I think it might be even below min specs?
Intel Core i7 2630-QM
RAM 8GB
GeForce GTX 580M 2GB GDDR5
What do you guys think - will it run the game? If yes, will it look much worse than on Xbox One?
Amazing, you hear me? AMAZING
I would have loved for it on D1, i doubt i'll pick up the game once finished just to take some cool photos...
I hear ya
And I agree.I hear ya
I agree as well. Photo modes should just become standard in games, in my opinion. Especially games with outstanding visuals. A lot of people love to take screenshots and to have more control over the process. I know I do.
Well, I suppose watching a let's play of it would be the best way, you'd see all the interactions, dialogue, side quests etc. There's also a "movie" version of the game on Youtube with all the gameplay segments cut. There are also short summaries around NeoGAF (eatchildren's thread, couple of more older ones I seem to recall), though those are pretty short so they're probably better for people who have played the game and just want a reminder on what's happened.
This guy has let's plays of TW2: https://www.youtube.com/user/ChristopherOdd
This one has the movie version: https://www.youtube.com/user/Medy89
I don't think it's physically possible to recap the events of the earlier games and/or books and NOT spoil them lol, but if I misunderstood you, here's a recap video from the community thread's OP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlvkjMYcryI
Like I said, spoils probably everything prior TW3 (and personally I have a hard time understanding the guy's accent soooo there could be better recap videos around)
Gravemind IV
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So, I finally gave in and preordered the game. However, I am quite the noob when it comes the Witcher series. I have seen gameplay from the Witcher 2 and I have a slight grasp of the general storyline.
I actually wanted to pick up the books, but due to the last month of thesis and somebody spoiling some large segments, I decided to refrain from it.
Anyway, I have heard that the Witcher 3 will be quite accessible for newcomers in terms of story. So, I probably wouldn't be surprised if there's an expansive encyclopedia that gives exposition on what's happened and who are the main players. But what should I really know beforehand? Is there like a great video that recaps the events but doesn't spoiler everything to hell and back?
I actually wanted to pick up the books, but due to the last month of thesis and somebody spoiling some large segments, I decided to refrain from it.
Anyway, I have heard that the Witcher 3 will be quite accessible for newcomers in terms of story. So, I probably wouldn't be surprised if there's an expansive encyclopedia that gives exposition on what's happened and who are the main players. But what should I really know beforehand? Is there like a great video that recaps the events but doesn't spoiler everything to hell and back?
Someone should ask CDPR if they have any plans.
On another note, the landscapes in this game are stunning. I loved the video of Geralt on a high peak in the Skellige islands.
From which video is this from?
I saw someone asking about his specs, so decided I might as well
Although I have the game pre-ordered on Xbox One, I would prefer it on my laptop. However, I think it might be even below min specs?
Intel Core i7 2630-QM
RAM 8GB
GeForce GTX 580M 2GB GDDR5
What do you guys think - will it run the game? If yes, will it look much worse than on Xbox One?
A single GTX 580m? That's a bit worse than a PS4, so basically Xbone levels more or less.
I'm a little confused about the 'open world' nature of the game. A couple of these videos suggested that it's not one big map, but rather a few separate open areas which you travel between automatically, rather than literally traversing the landscape between these areas.
So is it not fully open world like e.g. Skyrim?
So is it not fully open world like e.g. Skyrim?
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flower bush too turnt
look like Jesus trying to vacuum that bush right out the ground lmao
balance it with shameless beauty gif quote
look like Jesus trying to vacuum that bush right out the ground lmao
balance it with shameless beauty gif quote
Valley
Yes and no.
Game has several huge areas, e.g.Novigrad + No Man's Land is one such huge area, that you enter through loading screen. You can't travel in real time from e.g. No Man's Land to Skellige Islands [another huge area], but you fast travel there through loading screen.
Once in area you won't have any loading screens while exploring it and doing things there. Areas are fully open world design, go anywhere you want to as long you manage to stay alive as monsters don't scale. Also areas themselves are huge and will take quite a bit time to explore fully.
Witcher 3 seems to be very big RPG with very large open world areas.
Well, it is and isn't. The whole game world is split in two separate main areas but they both are about the size of the whole map of Skyrim. The areas are geographically so far away from each other that the quick travel system is required and makes sense there.
Then there's several other smaller open world maps like the tutorial area that has 5 - 10 hours of gameplay.
Pretty sure I've seen it asked on the forums and they said there's no photomode at launch, nor do they have it planned. However they said they've seen a number of people request it, so the appropriate devs have been alerted and we might see it eventually.
I made the gif from this video: https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=983502925017929&id=218425811525648&_rdr
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Anyone know if the yellow on the map is the quest zone? Or is this one of those specific mission-tailored maps separate from the open world and the yellow is the map boundary?New screenshot:
It's a quest zone, you can see the circle on the map on different gameplay videos.
I'm not totally sure, but in another video I watched, the yellow area on the map was the quest zone where Geralt would use his witcher senses to search for clues within that area related to the current quest.
Gravemind IV
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Man, I am anxious as to what the console graphics are going to look like (XB1 specifically). I have heard that the previews are quite good, and I am no aficionado by any means, but it's probably going to look great regardless. I loved DA:I's world too, with one of my only nitpicks (albeit very minor one) was that some effects like the ones on fire spells were kinda blurry I suppose?
Still anxious though, having such a huge landscape without any loading screens, something's gotta give probably.
Still anxious though, having such a huge landscape without any loading screens, something's gotta give probably.
Pretty sure these zones are kind of the areas where you find the object or enemies you are looking for, no boundaries.
Kenzodielocke
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Yeah, it's not like in Far Cry 4 where the mission fails when you leave a specific area.
EatChildren
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EDIT: Yeah, the yellow circles are just "your objective is in here somewhere" zones.
There is one. It doesn't fit the known regions in the two main open worlds, so like White Orchard it's probably an additional area that is unlocked as the story progresses.
It could be the Korath desert, from the Witcherverse. Or somewhere weird.
There is one. It doesn't fit the known regions in the two main open worlds, so like White Orchard it's probably an additional area that is unlocked as the story progresses.
It could be the Korath desert, from the Witcherverse. Or somewhere weird.
E-Cat
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Wilderness
It looks so organic! Only Kingdom Come(s) close.
The fog and the cloud are Nvidia effects, though. Very very very likely not on console versions, even if on AMD cards
Gopher was on Co-Optional Podcast and one of the topics they talked about was Witcher 3; https://youtu.be/ZwTK0Tjk9PQ?t=1482
A lots, but it's anyones guess how accurate comparisons they are as we don't have 100% accurate numbers from TW3.
Didn't even notice before you pointed that out. I guess that says a lot about how much I care for such small IQ "effects" like leafs casting shadows.
A lots, but it's anyones guess how accurate comparisons they are as we don't have 100% accurate numbers from TW3.
Didn't even notice before you pointed that out. I guess that says a lot about how much I care for such small IQ "effects" like leafs casting shadows.
Reckless Onion
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Are there any comparisons made to other open world maps?
Smaller vegetation still not casting any shadows.New screenshot:
I really don't think it ever will. At best we can hope that they've just not shown anything with HBAO+ active, and that it'll work on the smaller vegetation.
Alcoholikaust
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it's 52 sq miles roughly a little bigger than GTAV game world