CD Projekt is now being funded by a major publisher, Warner Bros; that's one major change. Both platforms were said to launch at high settings, but their latest video (12/5 [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtEO2xZ7BzQ#t=10]) suggests quite a downgrade for all platforms--if graphics are so important to you. It's no more a reality check than Uncharted 4's recent DEMO; and which is still absolutely gorgeous by all accounts.F-I-D-O said:Hey Buzzfeed, how are you today?pilar said:[HEADING=3]But is it enough time?[/HEADING]
Seeing as how the PC got the short end of the stick with multi-plats launch of AC UNITY's truly next gen, open world concept, I wonder just which platform is getting the most attention right now?
Most likely, there are frame-rate dips in certain areas and across all the platforms. There is so much going on in this world and so much to account for; Witcher 3's ambitions could easily make it a technical disaster.
I did some looking around as I confirmed the delay info, and it seems that most of the issues that CD Projekt has talked about come from the console ports of the game. And I don't think I'm wrong in calling it a port TO consoles, as CDP has always put PC development first. They were just happy to have it run on consoles a while ago, and those same interviews had them talking about the console version going down to 30FPS/whatever #ps it runs at. Seeing as how Witcher 2 still remains well optimized on new PC hardware, and was seemingly developed with the next level of graphic cards in mine, it'll probably LOOK fine on PC.
Now, if it goes back to playing like Witcher 1, that's another whole problem.
Also, so many problems from AC Unity seem like it was rushed to fit a yearly schedule. For the life of me, I don't know why they didn't just put out a more polished version of AC:Rogue as a cross-gen title to give people more pirates, so they would have more time for a "truly next gen experience and reinvention of Assassin's Creed" in a 2015 AC:Unity. Ubisoft seemed unwilling to delay games, while CD Projekt doesn't want to have a Witcher 1 launch again.
To be fair, this is only CDP's third game, but most of the interviews talk about how they've viewed Witcher 3 as what they've always wanted to do with the Witcher series, they just knew they weren't good enough/tech wasn't there in 2004. I doubt they'd be willing to fuck that up.
And yeah, there's probably a bunch of framerate drops. Game's was still 3 months from launch (without the delay), which is a lot of time.
Do I really have to add /tongueincheek after every joke post so that people don't keep popping in and correcting me? Or maybe I should add smileys after every single sentence like a fucking Facebook post.zinho73 said:I don't think they are aiming to perfection. The open letter is clear: they want to offer a pleasant experience. They are very respectful to their audience.CardinalPiggles said:You're gonna have to finish this game at some point CDPR. It's never gonna be perfect.
That was even riskier than pre-ordering the game!Kungfu_Teddybear said:I'm a little disappointed since I had a week booked off work for it. But I'm also glad they're taking the time they need to polish it up before releasing it so they give us the most stable product they can. If only other developers did that instead of releasing a buggy, broken mess because they know they can fix it later. *looks and Ubisoft*
Plenty of people do think this way, unfortunately. There is a lot of negativity and hate surrounding this announcement. More than I'd expect considering the many broken/rushed AAA releases we've seen lately.Gladion said:I'd rather have a half-broken game now than a finished game a few weeks later.
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I'm wondering if anybody actually ever thinks this.
VladG said:Plenty of people do think this way, unfortunately. There is a lot of negativity and hate surrounding this announcement. More than I'd expect considering the many broken/rushed AAA releases we've seen lately.Gladion said:I'd rather have a half-broken game now than a finished game a few weeks later.
I'm wondering if anybody actually ever thinks this.
Though to be fair, some of it is following on the latest trailer released that seems to be significantly lower fidelity than the first trailers, which would indicate another Aliens: Colonial Marines on the way. (haven't been paying that much attention, myself, but a lot of people seem to be complaining about it)
Though the logic of releasing a potentially broken/sub-par game even earlier in the hopes that it might, somehow, be better than if it was delayed completely escapes me. People like bringing up Duke Nukem Forever's storied past as if it is in any way similar.
If you are going to make a commentary that is not obviously ironic, condescending nor sarcastic it sure helps. Maybe it was a bit condescending but not to the point of being obvious.CardinalPiggles said:Do I really have to add /tongueincheek after every joke post so that people don't keep popping in and correcting me? Or maybe I should add smileys after every single sentence like a fucking Facebook post.zinho73 said:I don't think they are aiming to perfection. The open letter is clear: they want to offer a pleasant experience. They are very respectful to their audience.CardinalPiggles said:You're gonna have to finish this game at some point CDPR. It's never gonna be perfect.
BUT I WANT IT NOOOOOW ! So then i can ***** about how broken it is later. And demand refunds and free thing.Gladion said:I'd rather have a half-broken game now than a finished game a few weeks later.
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I'm wondering if anybody actually ever thinks this.
Honestly: on the official forums, people seem to be pretty surportive of the development team and as you've stated, horror stories are, in this case, really not warranted. At least not yet. And then there are the rumors about strategic reasons, of course.VladG said:Plenty of people do think this way, unfortunately. There is a lot of negativity and hate surrounding this announcement. More than I'd expect considering the many broken/rushed AAA releases we've seen lately.Gladion said:snip
Though to be fair, some of it is following on the latest trailer released that seems to be significantly lower fidelity than the first trailers, which would indicate another Aliens: Colonial Marines on the way. (haven't been paying that much attention, myself, but a lot of people seem to be complaining about it)
Though the logic of releasing a potentially broken/sub-par game even earlier in the hopes that it might, somehow, be better than if it was delayed completely escapes me. People like bringing up Duke Nukem Forever's storied past as if it is in any way similar.
You're right, these games couldn't be further apart; but they will be HEAVILY marketed.Charcharo said:pilar said:I havent even heard of those games (well I know of a Dark Souls 1 and 2). I dont think there is too much of a competition as they seem to be quite different games. In other words, a decent portion of Witcher fans would STILL just get Witcher 3 anyway.
That last comment is inadvertently funny to me because it's not complete.Charcharo said:Their marketing is useless in my case. I am not a rich person to play consoles.pilar said:You're right, these games couldn't be further apart; but they will be HEAVILY marketed.Charcharo said:pilar said:I havent even heard of those games (well I know of a Dark Souls 1 and 2). I dont think there is too much of a competition as they seem to be quite different games. In other words, a decent portion of Witcher fans would STILL just get Witcher 3 anyway.
It just feels like we've had about five Medieval-type AAA fantasies released in the past year and a half--and you can basically create Geralt in all of them.
Still, for me (and probably MOST of the Witcher fans), that does not matter. Witcher 3 has one GIGANTIC pro those other games do not:
It is the end of a book AND game series.