I think you're right but the actual box is pretty big as well, close to that size.
Witcher 3 gameplay from YouTubers from CDPR event
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I think you're right but the actual box is pretty big as well, close to that size.
And the things you listed are only a small part of what makes a world feel big or small.
Which ultimately means that map comparisons are absolutely useless. 100%. I just don't understand why people keep doing them.
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It's the actual box size. The angle makes it look huge, but you can get a good sense of it watching Major Nelson move around it here:
http://youtu.be/H59wkusd5WU
Mostly on console, I don't remember many games having extensive patches that fixed bugs recently on PC. I just remember the Dying Light one that reduced draw distance by half.
About the framerate in the video with Hairworks
Thank god, I have a 1440p monitor, this is insanely good news for me.
Oh please. Your comparison makes whole of Novigrad smaller than the runway in GTA 5.
LOL
lordfuzzybutt
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Gog.
it's GOG, you just enter the code on their site and link your GOG acc.
Awesome, thanks.
Which is about right when exploring on foot and on horseback. If you watch the 35 min gameplay on Gamersyde, it takes about 40-60 seconds for the player to cross about 1/3 of the total height of the city whilst walking slowly on horseback...
Considering everyone who's played some of Witcher 3 says Novigrad is probably the biggest city they've ever encountered in a game... yeah that comparison can't be right.
Sorry, but how dense can people be? Just look at the 30min gameplay video where Geralt arrives at the city of Novigrad and rides up to the river and turns right. It's not that long distance and it's about halfway through the city from south to north.
TheStruggler
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was there any footage recently released?
Biggest RPG city maybe. That, or the are delusional...
Summer Haze
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Is it me or is there no CA in any of these gameplay shots? I remembering seeing it in a few older shots. They either removed it, or give us the option to remove it in the options. If it's the latter then I hope that applies to consoles too. CA has absolutely no place in a game like this imo.
Nobody has said that. They HAVE said it is one of the largest cities in an open world RPG, which really isn't hard. Still, the city is a fraction the size of Los Santos from GTA V or Paris from AC Unity. If you expect it to be bigger then prepare to be disappointed.
I would say about 1/3 the way across from north to South if you include the Temple Isle part at the top of the city, but yes. The city is not THAT large by any means. If you were driving across it in a car from GTA for example, it would take about 15 seconds to cross the entire city
You can turn it off/on in the options
No it's still there. Look at that screenshot with the Hairworks wolves for example. There is an ability to turn it off on PC, I hope there is one on consoles as well for your sake as no one should be playing with that mess of an effect on
More than 300 buildings in Novigrad is pretty fucking huge for an RPG.. no one said it's big as AC cities or GTA cities, but it's still really big
jim2point0
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Since when did video games have a way of standardizing the size of a kilometer...?
Summer Haze
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No it's still there. Look at that screenshot with the Hairworks wolves for example. There is an ability to turn it off on PC, I hope there is one on consoles as well for your sake as no one should be playing with that mess of an effect on
Man, I really hope so too. I fucking despise the effect in 99% of games it's used in.
They don't need to be standardized.
All that matters is that you have some type of measuring stick to compare scales. Time to walk through an area seems like a plausible comparison.
Nobody has said that. They HAVE said it is one of the largest cities in an open world RPG, which really isn't hard. Still, the city is a fraction the size of Los Santos from GTA V or Paris from AC Unity. If you expect it to be bigger then prepare to be disappointed.
I would say about 1/3 the way across from north to South if you include the Temple Isle part at the top of the city, but yes. The city is not THAT large by any means. If you were driving across it in a car from GTA for example, it would take about 15 seconds to cross the entire city
Yeah, you are right. It's amazing how delusional some people are. So many here seems to have completely unrealistic expectations about the Witcher's map size. It's large, sure, but no where close to being so absurdly huge that Novigrad would be the size of Lost Santos or similar. There's gonna be a lot of disappointed gamers when the game is released. Not because the map is small, mind, but because of the completely overblown expectations.
Turin Turambar
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I think only one youtuber said that... and who knows if he only has played games like Fallout, Skryim or Mass Effect.
They don't say that. They say it is the biggest city in an RPG.
I think all of this is quite reasonable, especially pre-release protection put in place. I wonder how soon some people take this to claim that CDPR/GOG is using DRM when they said they wouldn't.
viveks86
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The sense of size and space are actually going to be quite similar given their respective modes of transportation. The only disappointed gamers are going to be those who played all of GTA on foot. Basically nobody. So let's not blow up the significance of this comparison beyond a technical curiosity.
I for one did not expect his feet to look smooth.
martino
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And you are on the other extreme with your pic comparison...
MR ARCADE FOREVER
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Any news regarding PS4 footage?
Vincent Grayson
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I strongly suspect that his comparison will turn out to be the most apt.
But also, these comparisons are dumb and people need to just get the fuck over this whole dick-measuring contest re: world map sizes.
Just that it is due this week.
Fiery Phoenix
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Supposed to be sometime this week. I doubt we're getting anything today, however.
MR ARCADE FOREVER
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Yeah hopefully we get to see it this week I can't wait to see it running on PS4
martino
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Yeah it sure is more accure than the other
Fiery Phoenix
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We were apparently supposed to get Xbox footage last Friday but that never happened.
Denton
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They never promised that.
Source?
All i've read was that developer post on the CDPR forums saying PS4 is this week.
MR ARCADE FOREVER
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That stinks we are days away from launch and no official footage of your platform of choice... Why would they taking so long to show it!?
cripterion
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In terms of scale, I know some people think the game is really huge but just take a look at the angryjoe footage : it doesn't take long to reach his waypoin even though it seemed far at first glance on the map.
As long as the content is there it should be a pretty awesome experience.
As long as the content is there it should be a pretty awesome experience.
Fiery Phoenix
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My 'source' is comments made in this thread, hence the word 'apparently'. I don't think it was posted on their official forums which is why I'm not sure if it's true.
I believe initially the devs said "in the coming days" which led people to think it would be out last week. Then later they specifically said "next week".
https://twitter.com/MilezZx/status/593179475824791552
Yeah, as far as I know they said that they would show both console footage "in the coming days", but they didn't.
Although they will show PS4 footage this week, no mentioning of XONE footage.
macfoshizzle
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Well I played it and seen the entire map which they showcased it on the entire wall. I still don't know what u mean by 3 separate sections of the map and being linear. It is just one map. And you are missing a lot of the southern land mass as well as south east where vizma is. South of vizma is where white orchard is located. East portion of the map where that canal leads to are some mountainous area with a huge waterfall. Not to mention also north east and the mountain region up north.
The world is split into three open world parts you need to fast travel between. (Skellige Islands, Novigrad/no mans land and White Orchard) This is a known fact.
You must have misunderstood something, as Vizima for example is not part of the open world map, but a separate location you can only access via quick travel. Here's the official map of the game for reference: (Novigrad/No mans land is the large map, Skellige islands is the second large open world location you need to fast travel to get there. White Orchard is the lower right small map that is also a separate location you need to fast travel to get to)
I haven't been keeping up with the whole map stuff too much, but isn't Novigrad a city? And I recall watching a video where the developers rode on a horse right into Novigrad without any loading screens. Has that changed?