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People love to say CDPR's PR strategy is weird and their silence is bad, but I don't know any other AAA developer that answers questions and concerns as much and as quickly.

Uh, "fencing and movie combat" are definitely not the only two alternatives...

His point was never that fencing is realistic, he was just saying that their footwork isn't that far from what Geralt does -- and there's nothing unrealistic about moving away fast and in balance from your enemy.

Good post. Pre-release gameplay videos very rarely show how the combat is at its best, because for some reason those demoing it usually aren't even too good at playing the game, or they have some other reason for playing "weirdly", such as creating space to show-off plenty of signs, etc. But...

Anyway, if someone is really fast and strong, his dodges would look jerky like that.

This is generally the case in SoM, but there are exceptions -- enough of these exceptions and combat gets hard in that game as well. For example, some enemies you can't attack head on or you get punished for it (you take damage and, worse, your combo counter goes back to 0), some enemies you...

I don't see anyone asking for an exact clone. Also, I think your Batman and Geralt analogy doesn't work very well. Geralt has at LEAST as big an advantage against "normal thugs" as Batman does -- Batman is just human, Geralt isn't. And again, nobody is advocating for a combat system where you...

It isn't just about reflexes, it's also about actually seeing the attack and responding properly. That is what combat SHOULD be like, and what "real combat" is like. That doesn't mean tactics and strategy are any less important: you just make it suitably hard to block and see attacks from many...

You only play games to see people in bizarre clothes..?

Have you played SoM? If you disable those overhead markers, the combat can get difficult, and you can fail. Some enemies you can't block, only dodge, there are missiles, and enemies you can't just button smash to death because they're immune to frontal attacks and so on. It's not the most...

That's a false dichotomy.

And it certainly didn't feel like controlling a very skilled fighter, like Geralt should be.

The best thing by far about it is how smooth things are. Transitioning from blocks to attacks to executions.. and all in different positions.

Difficulty is easy to adjust, and SoM combat can get hard enough when fighting different kinds of enemies.

I hope the combat will resemble Shadow of Mordor. It has a pretty good, engaging combat system that makes you feel like a swordmaster.

Yet you seem very invested in this whole thing. "Oh man, it only looks amazing, as opposed to fantastic, I'm not touching this thing!"

LOL -- come on. Even if we get these "downgraded" graphics in the final product, the game still looks head and shoulders above anything else comparable on the market. Yet it's a "deal breaker"? That's funny.

And those facts don't mean the game has been downgraded, yet you seem to think it's a fact. There is no downgrade from trailer quality to gameplay quality. There is a downgrade from trailer quality to a 8-9 month from release build demo gameplay for the public.

I know it doesn't look as good as the VGX trailer did. So what? I asked you to prove that the game has been downgraded, not that the latest demo isn't quite as high quality as an older trailer (which would most likely use a newer build, since it doesn't have to run smoothly for 35 minutes at a...

Prove that the game has been downgraded.