Originally posted by Astner
When did they promise pre-rendered graphics? I don't think any gamer concerned with graphics expected the game to look as it did in the engine footage.
Huh?
Who's talking about pre-rendered graphics? I'm talking about the E3 trailer from 2013, that showed Geralt and various other characters in the world. Geralt especially walking towards a town that looks a fair bit better than it does now.
So that's either gameplay, or pre-rendered masquerading as gameplay. I don't see how either is necessarily a good thing.
Like I said though, I'm sure the game will be/is good. I do plan to buy it. I just don't like it when stuff like this happens.
Originally posted by -Pr-
Huh?Who's talking about pre-rendered graphics? I'm talking about the E3 trailer from 2013, that showed Geralt and various other characters in the world. Geralt especially walking towards a town that looks a fair bit better than it does now.
So that's either gameplay, or pre-rendered masquerading as gameplay. I don't see how either is necessarily a good thing.
Pro tip: If a promotional trailer features landscapes or cinematic angles it's made in-engine. Especially if the trailer is released years before the game.
That said, the colors of the retail version are pretty bad. So I'll have to get a mod to fix that.
Originally posted by -Pr-
Huh?Who's talking about pre-rendered graphics? I'm talking about the E3 trailer from 2013, that showed Geralt and various other characters in the world. Geralt especially walking towards a town that looks a fair bit better than it does now.
So that's either gameplay, or pre-rendered masquerading as gameplay. I don't see how either is necessarily a good thing.
Like I said though, I'm sure the game will be/is good. I do plan to buy it. I just don't like it when stuff like this happens.
I'll have to take a look at this when I get home because my internet, monitor, and computer at work are all subpar. 🙁
Originally posted by -Pr-
Huh?Who's talking about pre-rendered graphics? I'm talking about the E3 trailer from 2013, that showed Geralt and various other characters in the world. Geralt especially walking towards a town that looks a fair bit better than it does now.
So that's either gameplay, or pre-rendered masquerading as gameplay. I don't see how either is necessarily a good thing.
Like I said though, I'm sure the game will be/is good. I do plan to buy it. I just don't like it when stuff like this happens.
That was gameplay. They scaled back the graphics after that, unfortunately. Most likely to get the game to run on consoles.
Still a very nice looking game.
Originally posted by dadudemon
This review makes me feel optimistic.Tell me, do you think it will give me an "Open-World RPG boner" a la Fallout: New Vegas?
I've not played New Vegas, but the game is less sandbox-y than many are expecting, I think. It's not like Skyrim where you're just thrown into a world and basically can just go do what you want. Like I said it's very much like Red Dead Redemption in that new zones kinda open up as you go through the main story. Don't go in expecting Skyrim's level of freedom.
That said the main game world is enormous and there is a lot of freedom. Once you get past the starter zone (which can take upwards of 10 hours if you do everything in it) and you get to the main area there's an overwhelming amount of content. Sidequests, various treasure to find, things like that.
It's very good. I also like the combat a lot. You'll probably like it.
And I'm playing on the PS4. Obviously it doesn't look like a highend PC, but it's a very pretty game. The character models look great, particularly the faces, which are among the most expressive I've ever seen in a game.
Originally posted by -Pr-
Huh?Who's talking about pre-rendered graphics? I'm talking about the E3 trailer from 2013, that showed Geralt and various other characters in the world. Geralt especially walking towards a town that looks a fair bit better than it does now.
So that's either gameplay, or pre-rendered masquerading as gameplay. I don't see how either is necessarily a good thing.
Like I said though, I'm sure the game will be/is good. I do plan to buy it. I just don't like it when stuff like this happens.
Games not as good looking as they were at E3? Say it isn't so -_-
Originally posted by BackFire
That was gameplay. They scaled back the graphics after that, unfortunately. Most likely to get the game to run on consoles.Still a very nice looking game.
Probably, and/or they dialed it down to ensure a consistent framerate on a decent rig (not extreme high end).
But I find this all kind of funny. People complain that graphics are not everything and clearly Witcher 3 falls into that category with the insane amount of quality content but criticise when the game could of been better looking.
They also criticise when a game like Crysis comes out and almost impossible to play on extreme.....
Originally posted by Astner
No. That is pre-rendered graphics.Pro tip: If a promotional trailer features landscapes or cinematic angles it's made in-engine. Especially if the trailer is released years before the game.
That said, the colors of the retail version are pretty bad. So I'll have to get a mod to fix that.
I was talking about the literal parts with the over the shoulder view of geralt. That's gameplay imo.
Originally posted by BackFire
That was gameplay. They scaled back the graphics after that, unfortunately. Most likely to get the game to run on consoles.Still a very nice looking game.
That was pretty much the reason, from what I've read.
Originally posted by dadudemon
I'll have to take a look at this when I get home because my internet, monitor, and computer at work are all subpar. 🙁
😂 np.
Originally posted by Smasandian
Probably, and/or they dialed it down to ensure a consistent framerate on a decent rig (not extreme high end).But I find this all kind of funny. People complain that graphics are not everything and clearly Witcher 3 falls into that category with the insane amount of quality content but criticise when the game could of been better looking.
They also criticise when a game like Crysis comes out and almost impossible to play on extreme.....
I wouldn't mind the graphics being as they are now, if that was what we'd been presented with from the start, but imo we weren't.
It's not a huge complaint, and won't spoil the enjoyment of the game too much, but it's still worrying to see stuff being held back/downscaled.
Originally posted by Branlor SwiftI am talking trash whereas you stated majority opinions are objective facts. Big no no. It's different what I did and what you did.
And there's the concession.Ignore all the important parts and pretend you got distracted by a sentence each paragraph until hopefully the other person doesn't notice you're severing ties with previous controversial statements. Classic quan. Worth much more than you not responding. Seeing you literally wilt and fold your post around my suggestions.
Anyway with that concession out of the way the only thing you were capable of adding.
Your opinion is garbage. I'm sure everyone from every forum can attest to that. I don't think anyone has ever stumbled onto one of your posts and thought "Gee that guy sure knows anything at all about that topic he's talking about."
Your ego is bigger than this whole forum on the other hand. Which makes your only arguments centered in opinions only an easier pill for you to swallow. As we can see here, you can always fall back on "He's not right, my opinion is my opinion, his opinion sucks." The damage control you do for yourself is something else.Also I win. You lose
With that being said, what if Witcher 3 was better than Dragon Age in your opinion? Would you admit it?
I liked witcher 2 a lot better than dragon age 2 so please don't say I just blindly go with what I preciously loved. I prefer Thedas and Witcher while amazing doesn't do it for me like Thedas.
I will let you know what I think of wild hunt once I get deep into the game.
Originally posted by -Pr-
I was talking about the literal parts with the over the shoulder view of geralt. That's gameplay imo.
I mean. Do you honestly believe that they had the game rendered for two years before it came out?
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/dragon-age-dev-praises-witcher-3/1100-6427465/
Rivals getting along.
Originally posted by AstnerI prefer the high fantasy and the lore of Dragon Age but Witcher is still pretty damn excellent.
Dragon Age is a bit too high fantasy for me. I've always preferred the Witcher's more realistic take on world building, particularly the politics. It's very similar to A Game of Thrones but with more action and less drama.
Originally posted by Astner
It would be a lot more time-consuming to render it than it would to just animate it in engine. The idea with the over the should view is to give the players an idea of how they plan to render.I mean. Do you honestly believe that they had the game rendered for two years before it came out?
Confirmation that it was gameplay: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-05-19-cd-projekt-red-tackles-the-witcher-3-graphics-downgrade-issue-head-on
Unfortunately the build just wasn't as stable as they wanted it to be.
"If you're looking at the development process," Iwinski begins, "we do a certain build for a tradeshow and you pack it, it works, it looks amazing. And you are extremely far away from completing the game. Then you put it in the open-world, regardless of the platform, and it's like 'oh shit, it doesn't really work'. We've already showed it, now we have to make it work. And then we try to make it work on a huge scale. This is the nature of games development."It was captured PC footage, not pre-rendered, Badowski confirms, but a lot had to change. "I cannot argue - if people see changes, we cannot argue," Adam Badowski says, "but there are complex technical reasons behind it.