While the other armor was impressive and imposing, it also looked a bit ridiculous and impractical. The new armor also transitions better from the one shown in the animated cutscenes in W2.
Witcher 3 gameplay from YouTubers from CDPR event
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While the other armor was impressive and imposing, it also looked a bit ridiculous and impractical. The new armor also transitions better from the one shown in the animated cutscenes in W2.
Kiru
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Yep. Also for bonus: The King of the Wild Hunt in
W1:
W2:
W3 (with Minions):
ndawgdrake
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I will be playing this game on (hopefully) medium on a 6970 so hand clipping, hair works and foliage fidelity is the least of my worries right now.
I know those feels bro.
the head looked so goodGotta admit, from a compositional perspective I definitely preferred the look of the original scene over how it is now, along with the King of the Wild Hunt's armour.
BUT WHAT CAN YOU DO EXCEPT COMPLAIN ON THE INTERNET
Hmmm... the fire looks better in that older trailer, and I like my night real dark
but the new armor of Eredin looks better now in my opinion.. the older one looks more detailed, but the new one looks more practical and more "normal".. the older design looked just "too much".. trying too hard to be a badass 
looks closer to how he is described in booksHe has this Sauron meets Skeletor look going on. It works.
Dictator93
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Beyond aesthetics, an obvious reason why they changed the armour design is because arm animations (swinging a sword, moving the shoulders to a tpose) would cause the paldrons to intersect with his head.
I Eat Thumbtacks
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Your 760 may not make the game look like it does in these videos, but it should at least look better than the console versions.
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I made these:
From this great quality, non-English vid:
Sweet. Thanks man.
CyberPunked
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I normally hate downgrade brigades... but seeing this just makes me a bit concerned:
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MichaelFassbender
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I guess we'll find out how much so as soon as we cross swords with the bastard.
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Man, they must have played some earlier build, becasue even though the game looks great, there are bugs and animation problems that I have never seen in other videos before.. like people appearing 1m in front of Geralt and that kid with that sword sticking out of his ass and such
In regards to the King of the Wild Hunt, I'd assume that:
The canon choice at the end of the Witcher 1 is that you hand over Jacques de Aldesberg to the King? Otherwise, the alternate option is that you kill the King of the Wild Hunt, but then he wouldn't be making an appearance in Witcher 3.
plasmawave
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That's not even his final form.
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Man, they must have played some earlier build, becasue even though the game looks great, there are bugs and animation problems that I have never seen in other videos before.. like people appearing 1m in front of Geralt and that kid with that sword sticking out of his ass and such
The Youtube event was indeed playing an unfinished build. The visitors were told of known bugs and optimization needs in the build and many had been fixed or were in the process of being fixed at the time, but the newer build was not played at the even and the game hadn't gone gold yet anyway as far as I gathered.
Audioboxer
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10-15 minutes? What is this sorcery. I thought 45 seconds was the GAF average.
Maybe it's just mine
EatChildren
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The King of the Wild Hunt only manifested in wraith form back in the first game, from memory. So he wasn't truly defeated.
Yeah, I'm hoping for that too. I hope there is a lot of stuff that can be tweaked in the config files. I have a gsync monitor so I'm not locked into the 30fps vs 60fps dichotomy, and this would allow me to turn up some additional settings without too much of an impact on the smoothness of the game. I just want to find the sweet spot for my tastes.
Mad Season
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I don't understand is the foliage constant blowing in every scene?
The wraiths of Nordlings wither below his feets and others are unspoken upon witness. Eredin has no many forms. The harbinger of war is known.
Sadly I think him an imposter what with fake ribcage and all
Yeah, I know.. I saw them I think all by now, but they didn't had this kind of bugs and problems.. the only I saw was the water in Angry Joe's video, but other than that nothing.. people weren't just popping out like in this video from that german guy..
So alghouls from TW1 are back
They looked like this in TW1
And now in TW3 they are looking like this
Samir Sedlar
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I kinda like each and every version of him, in TW1 he looked a bit 'Cthulhu' like, then in TW2 he became more grounded, and in TW3 he has both the mystical and grounding look.
Also this one looks pretty darn good
I wonder how many Lieutenant the King of the Wild Hunt will have.
Baldwin_the_First
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I kinda like each and every version of him, in TW1 he looked a bit 'Cthulhu' like, then in TW2 he became more grounded, and in TW3 he has both the mystical and grounding look.
Also this one looks pretty darn good
I wonder how many Lieutenant the King of the Wild Hunt will have.
Isn't the 2nd from the left the old version trailer of the King? His new version is way better imo. He looks odd as hell on this.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Yeah, the new version is a lot more practical. Though I do miss the bizarre, otherwordly look of the original.
At least the update makes for good cosplay.
At least the update makes for good cosplay.
Baldwin_the_First
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I'm not into cosplay, but that looks cool as hell. Really well made too.
This is the most active W3 thread so I'll ask here: never played a Witcher game before and don't have a ton of time to play games, but love RPGs. Hoe "open world" is the Witcher series? Is it possible to see the entire story I'm 30 hours or so, or are we looking at more like 100?
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
For Wild Hunt, 30 - 40 hours sounds accurate for the main campaign. CDPR stated one of their testers managed to finish it in 25. To see all quests/stories (as in, optional stuff too) you're looking at ~100 hours.
That's the thing, I was describing the deed I couldn't finish as a comparison to current hype level
Upon reflection, I should have sought a better analogy to begin with so I'll try to balance now:
You are right, it is a game but it is an extremely appealing game to me, it's lore just sits well with me. More than with others, I admit. I was also more tolerant of the issues both games (obviously) had. Need I say more than "Yrden, trap it with Yrden!"
Been gaming since mid 80's, after early lessons, I became somewhat hype immune, on average I get hyped 5 times per decade. This is one of those times. Witcher 3 is bound to be the equivalent of Game of Thrones.
There is no way in hell I could be bothered with switching ISP's now yet I would still bet my account it's at least a 9/10 game. Honestly, it wouldn't even be that much of a loss, GAF often digests even most specific info without my input already.
Among those lucky enough to try it, there are few seasoned RPG connoisseurs appearing to really like the game. One of the most impressive characteristics that became obvious from watching the videos is letting the player off the leash. From the hours of footage I already watched, the game has an abundance of content. Skinny games, especially those that are skinny even with DLC's, tend to funnel players via scripted events which in turn causes players to experience everything that's in the game in one playthrough. Not much meat left after the DLC griffins pick their share so all of it has to be presented. Unlike so with W3.
One can go through the game without taking a boat ride. Not meeting harpies during the ride. Not finding out that the boat has implemented physics. Or that when the harpies start flapping their wings while clawing the boat, there is an immediate impact on how the boat behaves. The game has so much content, detailed content at that...
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Nah, not that bad. That video is using Hairworks and the game was running on a single gtx 980 and was still playable. I only have a gtx 970 but I still might get away with using Hairworks because I have a gsync monitor and even if my framerate swings between like 35fps and 55fps it will still feel quite smooth.
Higher framerates still have advantages even with gsync in the form of better controller response and improved temporal resolution (how clear things are in motion), so I do try for the highest framerates I can get while still maintaining the graphics and fidelity that I prefer. Still, it's a huge improvement not having to worry about stutter, screen tear or added input lag.
Xaero Gravity
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Thank you, that sounds perfect.
I understand where he's coming from, but I don't feel the same way. It would be nice if they could get Hairworks hair to look a little more dirty and messy, but I still greatly prefer the look, the dynamic movement and the reduced clipping of TressFX/Hairworks type hair.
Now, it's true that the Witcher 3 does have some pretty nice custom dynamic hair implemented by the developers even when not using Hairworks, but I still think Hairworks looks a lot better. Geralt's hair in particular looks pretty nice with just the base custom method, but I think the monsters' hair looks much better with Hairworks. I've noticed a pretty big difference on the wolves, griffins, horse, etc.
But whether I use it or not will come down to its worth vs performance cost.
SpacePirate Ridley
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Dat Vilgefortz conversation in Time of Contempt.
RadioHammer500
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how much customization do we have in terms of geralt's hair?
loaf of bread
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The Wild Hunt basically being
just elves under the armor is pretty anticlimactic. Would be much cooler if they were some sort of wraiths or something.
Hmmm... the fire looks better in that older trailer, and I like my night real dark
Yeah, they definitely made some pretty big changes to this scene. I, too, prefer the look of the fire in the earlier build. The whole scene is brighter now, but I liked how the fire contrasted with the darkness before. In fact, whether this scene has technically been downgraded or not, I liked the way it looked before more than the way it looks now.
Iastfan112
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Spoiler this, if you haven't read the books this is a pretty big reveal.
LurkerPrime
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Those Hair Physics wolves look so cool. A sort of goofy-cool.
There's an in-game barber, so a half-dozen or so hairstyles will be available - that is, if it's anything like the Witcher 2.
You would have to spoiler it yourself since you quoted it, FYI.
There's an in-game barber, so a half-dozen or so hairstyles will be available - that is, if it's anything like the Witcher 2.
You would have to spoiler it yourself since you quoted it, FYI.
ndawgdrake
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FYI: Gopher did a Q and A podcast earlier today.
Not too many new details after listening to it so far, but he does flesh out his experience from playing it.
Not too many new details after listening to it so far, but he does flesh out his experience from playing it.
It would be a good idea to cover this with the spoiler tags so that it isn't ruined for other people. That's really terrible to spoil stuff for people.
It was in the second game as well though.
