How much downgrade will be applied in final game /v/ ?
>>319529123
Honestly, despite some of the base engine downgrades that CDPR had to do for consoles, the downgrade meme isn't as bad as people make out.
Picture fucking related. Game looks fucking amazing and the first DLC, Heart of Stone is DLC done right.
>tfw I can't get stable frame rate at max.
What setting has the biggest performance hit? I'm only just fluttering blow 60fps in Novigrad.
It's okay when CDPR does it.
>>319531303
more trees in the second picture.
>>319529580
yeah HoS was flawless
>final game
Final game is already out, this is just the expansion you dumb fuck
>>319529580
It's still the best looking game that isn't corridor linear shit rendering one room but it did take a sizable hit
>>319529580
Iris was such a qt
W3 - 9/10
W3:HoS - 10/10
I'm hyped.
![maxresdefault[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/Leo66tm.jpg "maxresdefault[1].jpg")
>>319532461
I'm hard as stone for her
>>319531303
Couldn't that be fixed by tweaking the draw distance or something, and getting rid of the Silent Hill fog?
>>319533673
Yes
http://www.nexusmods.com/witcher3/mods/657/?
>>319529123
>>319529154
Fuck that looks comfy. This is DLC done right imo, 25 bucks for two expansions making it 30 hrs for a game that has a shitton of content to begin with.
Also doesn't really look all the bullshottery, look at the trees and textures in the background.
>>319529123
Wonder if we can climb that mountain. hope so
>>319529123
>>319529154
Looks like Oblivion on roids aka still looks like shit and nothing like what we were promised before the downgrade.
>>319531303
Is that max settings? Is there no way to make it look like the top pic?
>>319534904
Mods maybe
I find it funny that most of the kids complaining about the downgrade probably can't run the "downgraded" witcher 3 on ultra anyway,
>>319535219
because its a bad port
>>319529123
Now that looks almost real.
>>319535219
I have a 1500mhz oc'ed 980ti and can barely keep it at 60fps. There is no way we would have been able to max it with a single card.
It'd be the new Crysis.
Even so Witcher 3 is the best looking game out. It's distractingly detailed riding through a forest.
>>319529123
Aren't these paintings or concept art. There is no way these are in engine renders.
>>319535691
Look at the LoD in the background terrain and the LoD for buildings.
It's an in-engine or in-game render.
>>319535598
But i run a 980ti aswell and i can get a stable 60fps at 3k? I don't understand how others struggle with this game.
I know it won't look like that but it will be gorgeous anyway. All HoS locations were amazing.
>>319535598
I can run 1080p Ultra at 60fps on a single 980. I very rarely get drops.
>>319535825
3k?? I play at 1440p. I call bs.
You play with everything maxed?
>>319535219
why is that a problem? they could have allowed players the option to use to original graphics, that way they couldnt say it was a downgrade, but that your pc cannot run it. they scrapped progress just so that 1% that could run the game the way they wanted couldnt and it really makes no sense when pc gamers have plenty of options to tweak settings.
also why the fuck dont consoles have options to tweak? it would make even more sense there
>>319536001
hairworks off and game performs flawlessly, when will reputation finally catch up to gameworks
Meanwhile tressFX performs exceptionally on any hardware.
>>319536123
They would have to spend 1000 hours more to make it even barely work, it is sadly not just a stwich on/off thing
>>319536123
>also why the fuck dont consoles have options to tweak?
Because their hardware will actually melt? And i am not even joking here.
>>319536001
Everything maxed or on except motion blur and vignette because i hate both of those. running the game and OS off SSDs and a 6700k OC'd helps a lot too.
>>319536398
Ya. I keep hairworks off
I wonder how that pixel density impacts graphic fidelity.
I actually cost at 70fps typically
>>319536493
it doesn't really have to be. they could default to settings. most people who dont want to tweak settings wont. they wont even open the settings window at all anyways. i helped build my cousins pc, i know it could handle it but i still walked in on him playing call of duty on a 1920x1080 monitor in 1280x728. nothing would change for anyone not interested in changing their graphics quality for more fps or whatnot
>>319536575
what do you mean? when i say tweak, i mean make games less demanding. being able to turn off special effects or turn off trees, etc
>>319536685
>it runs fine maxed if i turn things down
that's not what maxed means
>>319531303
>not removing the blue frog
Doing that actually improves the framerate a bit.
>>319536398
TressFX runs like shit on Nvidia. Instant 20 frames dropped.
>>319529123
>>319529154
The first pic is a promo bullshot but the second one is legit.
>>319529123
they were still reusing pre-downgrade bullshots to promote hearts of stone a couple months back and games "journalism" didn't bother to call them out for it. instead they got an industry award.
>>319536825
god what an ugly fucking game
>>319529123
>>319529154
15th century venice?
>>319529580
victorian england?
wtf happened to CDPR's production designers?
Is Witcher 3 the most beautiful game ever made?
>>319537210
Those are from completely different continents.
>>319537234
It can be. but sometimes it can look fucking horrendous. it's certainly got a weird flow visually. there are other games out there that are better looking on a constant level. but when TW3 shines, it really shines.
>>319537314
the game is supposed to be late medieval poland
>>319537372
the game is fantasy medieval they can do whatever they want
>>319537337
proof witcher fans are more retarded than sonyggers
>>319537210
>15th century venice?
Blood & Wine takes place in Toussaint, a fairytales land kind of place where people are always feasting and none of the other kingdoms takes seriously because they're to sily.
>victorian england?
It's just woman wearing a gown.
>>319536943
770 ran it fine at 1440p in tombraider it even kept game in mid 50s
>>319536809
>it doesn't really have to be
And i am telling you it is harder than it seems. They used some crazy hardware to render it, it was in engine sure but compute load was unbelievable, like voxel lighting that nvidia showed.
To make it even barely work everywhere in the world would take a lot of time and even basic optimization for every freaking location in the game multiple times. They'd be done by 2017 at best just implementing that lighting.
>>319537234
The scale and the draw distance makes the world look gigantic. You can see Novigrad from the other side of the map.
>>319537234
That's fucking disgusting. Did you mod it? Literally worse than vanilla.
>>319537372
Not at all.
>>319537508
I'm pretty sure that's the original when its storming
>>319537508
It's probably the day and night cycle/weather system, the game could look completely different at different time of the day.
>>319537372
That's Temeria, everything else is different. Look how Oxenfurt differs from Novigrad. Change is subtle but there. And Toussaunt is much far away to the south.
>>319537449
>And I am telling you..
I thought you were talking about simply having settings on console games. I agree right now most people wouldn't be able to play it as it was but like Crysis that probably wont be the case in a couple of years. I am simply saying it makes no sense to downgrade your game when you can instead have the option to play it as it originally was. Removing the original graphics takes even more manpower and doesn't please vocal autists (like myself) yet doesn't actually do anything not accomplishable before the downgrade
>>319529154
looks like Tuscany
>>319537050
What's the prettiest game of the year according to you?
>>319537903
not him but literally every AAA budget release this year aside from fallout 4 looks better than the witcher.
take your pick.
>>319537903
MGSV
Am I the only one who does not like like how it storms for 2 days in a row? Gets depressing. Intended effect most likely.
Also Vizima outskirts song was the best song. They need to mod that in.
>>319537903
Not him but easily SW Battlefront 2. That game is gorgeous.
>>319537903
GTA 5 looks far better
>>319537234
wind's howling...
>>319537981
I bet the asspain from loosing GOTY still lingers like a hemorrhoid
>>319538095
looks like rain...
>>319538103
I don't think MGSV deserved GOTY but I agree with him it looks better
>>319529123
this castle very much reminds me of Neuschwanstein, which also is close to mountains and a lake
>>319538418
obvious bullshot is obvious
>>319538728
its just like real life anon
>>319538418
What game? Looks much better
>>319539147
Mist
>>319538195
apart from the very first forest area in Africa nothing in MGSV looked even decent
>>319538986
nah look at those shitty trees 6/10 at best
>>319539147
it's called Battleground Bavaria: Chink Invasion
>>319539147
It's the new GTA: Bayern
Has /v/ stopped shitting on Witcher 3 yet?
>>319539226
the mansion area looked alright aswell
so when are they going to make the expansions free? too poor to afford them
>>319531303
>>319534791
I'm thinking this is why we haven't seen any Cyberpunk 2077 screenshots yet.
>>319539452
me personally, yes. its an above average game which doesn't force drm down throats. im glad its had success
>>319531220
Grass/foilage distance
>>319529123
>downdgraded as hell
>still better looking than FO4 on Max setting
>>319539452
Nah. We need to wait till Cyberpunk comes out. Then everybody will say that Witcher was amazing and Cyberpunk is shit.
>>319539663
Smart move, the downgrade sucks but i understand why they did it. i don't understand why they lied about it and continue to do so until they are blue in the face, but i get the actual downgrade. Game still looks ace.
Cyberpunk will look amazing im sure of it, cant wait to play some bladerunner goodness.
>>319539663
Don't worry man, it will look like Borderlands 2 so CDPR can release it on the Wii U, NX, PC, PS3, Xbox 360, PS2, Ouya, Xbox, PS4, Xbox One and the Neo Geo for MAXIMUM SHEKELS.
And it will have the complexity of Peter Molineux Godus.
>>319531303
>It's okay when CDPR does it.
>Minor graphics down grade
>Over delivered in expansions, free DLC for months, extra quests, characters, story and everything else
You people have nothing to reach but that won't stop you from trying will it? Never give up the dream, be you.
>>319538418
>very much reminds me of Neuschwanstein
literally babby's first castle
>>319540060
Can you blame them really? They've been hyping Fallout 4 and MGSV for years, and nowthey've both turned out to be huge disappointments. They have to vent their anger somewhere.
>>319540354
Post some patrician castles then?
>>319539963
Bottom pic feels more right you know...
>not playing modded Witcher 3
>>319529123
That is an artistic vision for the game
>>319529154
that is an actual in game screenshot
don't be a nigger and confuse the two
>>319534791
God dammit anon you're retarded. Does someone have a screenshot of unmodded oblivion?
>>319540354
Mont Saint-Michel is superior andnot a castle
>>319540524
What mods are worth using, I've got :
All Quest Objectives on Map
Colored Map Markers
No Automatic Camera Centering (doesn't work)
>>319540486
>>319540752
there are terrain texture mods now, too, like this:
http://www.nexusmods.com/witcher3/mods/1021/?
>>319540354
it's the closest you'll get to a fairytale castle though, because they guy that had it built was crazy
>>319541186
Also happens to be in an awesome location.
>>319540939
>http://www.nexusmods.com/witcher3/mods/1021/?
Initially I didn't notice that large a difference from the pics.
I'll check it out, thanks. Turbo lighting releases soon as well.
What I don't get about the praise with The Witcher 3 is the shitload of fetch quests it has, like it's trying to be a MMO when it's not.
I don't like going all over the place just to help some poor sod with a couple of bandits, but then if I don't, I'll be under leveled as fuck for some other quests/areas.
I played 10 hours of it, and just uninstalled. I loved Witcher 2 because the quests were decently done, and I wasn't under the level of nearly every quest I got from a town. Plus it ran a whole shitload better. Maybe it's because I haven't pirated W3 since its release, but my LORD did it run horribly for me, even on a 750ti. Which isn't the most amazing card, but it's pretty damn good.
I can see how it won GOTY comparing it to other shitty releases this year, but, it wasn't that amazing. The combat always felt floaty. The only thing that I liked was the Story(so far of what I got into it), and the exploration. The quests, the combat, the graphics, the optimization were all horrible.
>>319542908
My problem was the opposite, I barely did any quests but just by exploring I became overleveled and main quest was too easy
