The Witcher 3

[Gusington]

I'm just looking to see how open this new Witcher is.

[JudgeDredd]

I'll try and get back to you on the open world thing.

As for "washed out" - Skyrim wasn't as bad as I had remembered in my head - but it's not as colourful and alive as Witcher 3

[Gusington]

^You are a tantalizing temptress. Stop teasing.

[Pete Dero]

Was it just me? I thought Skyrim had a washed out look to it.

Maybe I just forget - I'll fire it up and look at it again - I don't want to cause anyone to go over the edge  ;D

Correct, but most people (including me) install over a 100 mods to change the look and feel of the game.

[JudgeDredd]

It's running a hell of a lot smoother than shown in these videos.

[JudgeDredd]

[ross_ntu]

I'm playing on PS4, and it seems more like Skyrim to me in terms of open worlded-ness.  I have hit the edge of the world a couple of times, and I am not sure what will happen when I leave the area I am in (first area where you get to have some freedom). 

Here is a video of the map being traversed from end to end.

http://youtu.be/_XXOofl2cXE

I am enjoying it quite a bit so far-the PS4 version feels like iit slows  down a little, although I probably wouldn't have noticed if the internet hadn't been awash with stories about PS4 performance prior to release.  Thanks a lot Internet. 

[Grim.Reaper]

New PC Patch Out:

•Improves stability in gameplay and the UI
•Improves performance especially in cutscenes and gameplay
•Fixes grass and foliage popping that could occur after density parameters were changed
•Improves Nvidia Hairworks performance
•Boosted texture anisotropy sampling to 16x on Ultra preset
•Sharpen Post-process settings extended from Off/On to Off/Low/High
•Blood particles will now properly appear after killing enemies on the water
•Corrects a bug where player was able to shoot bolts at friendly NPCs
•Improves menu handling
•Corrects an issue with Stamina regeneration while sprinting
•Fixes a cursor lock issue that sometimes occcured when scrolling the map
•Generally improves world map focus
•Improves input responsiveness when using keyboard
•Corrects some missing translations in the UI
•Corrects an issue in dialogue selections
•Rostan Muggs is back
•Minor SFX improvements

[Jarhead0331]

I'm having fairly consistent CTDs. Not fun. Game is pretty much unplayable at this point.

[Arctic Blast]

I'm just looking to see how open this new Witcher is.

I think it's adorable that you're pretending that you won't just buy this.  :)

[Gusington]

This is for real. I couldn't get into the 2nd one because of the combat...and there is the performance and price to think of.

[Pete Dero]

This is for real. I couldn't get into the 2nd one because of the combat...and there is the performance and price to think of.

The game should run fine on older quad core pc's.   My system should be on or below the minimum requirement (i5-2500k and 6950HD card) and i can put almost everything on ultra (only view distance=medium and hairworks off) while getting 30+ FPS.
Greenmangaming still has a 27% sale going on.

[Kushan]

This has probably been asked before but I'm too lazy to go through the entire thread, what's the combat like? I really didn't like the combat in 1 And quit only a few hours in. I own 2 but never played it.

[JudgeDredd]

Akin to Batman I would think. Similar view, similar movements etc. I like the little "skills" you can use - little bits of sorcery - like fire damage or containment...influence

I'm enjoying the game very much - but be aware - I am often like that with a new game - ask me in a couple of weeks.

[Jarhead0331]

I find the combat is not as good as it is in combat. Unless I am doing something wrong, I have trouble dealing with multiple attackers at once. I always end up taking a lot of damage. Perhaps I need to level up more first before I take on multiple opponents? If I am able to move around a lot, I can manage three to four, but if they get me closed up, forget about it. There does not seem to be a harmonious flow from attack to defense.