This is very basic and not a good comparison (both screens are from YT videos), and it't not meant for technical comparison, but if only for the change in art style it's interesting to see them - the battle against the werewolf from the 35 minute demo vs. the final version in XboxOne version
So CDPR said that the ultra setting would be a slap in your face long ago, and also that they wouldn't show ultra settings until release day. Then on release day according to some journalists put out a patch that adds a higher setting quality to the game in a way making prev ultra = current very high, and thus a new "Ultra" level... I don't believe in coincidences, was this all planned? hmmm... Can't wait to see the new quality first hand 
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So CDPR said that the ultra setting would be a slap in your face long ago, and also that they wouldn't show ultra settings until release day. Then on release day according to some journalists put out a patch that adds a higher setting quality to the game in a way making prev ultra = current very high, and thus a new "Ultra" level... I don't believe in coincidences, was this all planned? hmmm... Can't wait to see the new quality first hand
who said that? what journalists?
I suspected something like this since last year even, that the whole game they are showing is mostly a "cover up", agreeing with their usual console parity statements, all for PR, and that the true max settings would just "secretly" get added into the game by release.
The infamous line : "ultra setting would be a slap in your face" was used by Damien Monnier in PAX this year if I remember correctly
I think he meant where I saw the new settings added part... I can't recall offhand sorry, if I find it I'll post but have little time free before play time...
Wasn´t there a thread commenting about the new Ultra settings and old ultra being a step below?
Found one of them I was thinking about from another thread PC benchmark one... http://forums.cdprojektred.com/threads/36244-PC-specs-and-benchmarks-DISCUSSION
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Here are the scenes from VGX trailer on Ultra settings. I think it looks pretty similar other than some photo effects
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Here are the scenes from VGX trailer on Ultra settings. I think it looks pretty similar other than some photo effects
The downgrade is over 9000 and you know it.
I mean the game is awesome but graphically it doesn't look as awesome as in the in-game VGX trailer (even if you are playing on Ultra and 4K).
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Some Screenshot throuhout the game, It's beautiful!
It's beautiful, even the downgrade. Some tweaks but not the .ini file.
http://imgur.com/a/FgH3n
It's beautiful, even the downgrade. Some tweaks but not the .ini file.
http://imgur.com/a/FgH3n
I've come to the conclusion that reason why CDPR delayed the game 6 months ago was to completely scrub the game of the "Ultra" and "Very High" settings in order to conform to Sony and Microsoft's Parity requirements. Normally they could have just removed those two options, but after the sh*t storm against Ubisoft for the Watch Dogs downgrade, CDPR decided to remove any and all trace of those high quality assets, and reconfigure the detail settings to be spread out across the now much more limited graphic variations. In 25 years of PC gaming I've never seen such a tiny difference between "Low" and "Ultra". In fact, "Ultra" and "High" use the exact same texture quality and that the difference is purely due to texture filtering levels. Which explains why there isn't any anisotropic filtering options in the menu.
This theory is also bolstered by the fact that CDPR announced 6 months ago that the game would be 40gb+ in size, and after the delay the resulting game is only 24gb.
There is absolutely no other logical explanation that I can come up with to explain this. If anyone can come up with a better one that factors in the clear downgrade in detail, reduction in install size, and the almost non-existent differences between graphics settings , i'd love to hear it.
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Wait... I came up with a second theory that can either replace or possibly add to the parity explanation. The assets could have been removed because CDPR wants to use them for an upcoming "Enhanced Edition" like we saw with previous Witcher games. Now that I think about it, they probably both go hand-in-hand.
This theory is also bolstered by the fact that CDPR announced 6 months ago that the game would be 40gb+ in size, and after the delay the resulting game is only 24gb.
There is absolutely no other logical explanation that I can come up with to explain this. If anyone can come up with a better one that factors in the clear downgrade in detail, reduction in install size, and the almost non-existent differences between graphics settings , i'd love to hear it.
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Wait... I came up with a second theory that can either replace or possibly add to the parity explanation. The assets could have been removed because CDPR wants to use them for an upcoming "Enhanced Edition" like we saw with previous Witcher games. Now that I think about it, they probably both go hand-in-hand.
What are your tweaks?
Few shots with color tweaks, (ReShade/SweetFX - more info here)...
*click on image for bigger picture link
*click on image for bigger picture link
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Here are pics from the SweetFX/Reshade preset that I'm using found below
https://sfx.thelazy.net/games/preset/3733/
https://sfx.thelazy.net/games/preset/3733/
Not sure if this was posted anywhere already. Eurogamer published a lot of TW3 concept art. I liked Triss with loose hair
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the moon landing was fake...... our world is ruled by lizard creatures wearing human skins...... Craaaaabpeople craaaaabpeople craaaaabpeople....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykWPyaqbebo