I am not here to talk downgrade, because to me that ship has sailed. But I want to talk about something that is related to the topic. I am all about facts, and I do not like forming opinions and making decisions based on other people's opinions and speculations. I want to see the game on Ultra myself, and I want to form my own opinions based on what I saw with my own eyes.
I think the Witcher 3 will look amazing even if it does not look as good as the Sword of Destiny trailer, but I truly despise CDPR's approach to the marketing of the Witcher 3. I said a long time a go that there are grave errors in the way the game is being marketed, and I said it when everything was all good and well and Witcher was winning most anticipated game awards. The marketing initially did a really good job of creating hype and making the game a big deal, but everything was bound to come crashing down towards the end. The issue of wether the game has been downgraded or not is not plaguing these forums alone, but it has become widespread in comment sections of youtube and gaming websites such as IGN.
Some of the problems with the marketing are:
The CDPR members seemed unsure about the details of the game, and they dodged the questions by saying we don't want to spoil anything. In several instances one of the developers said something, and another developer said something totally different. They released screenshots with such astounding unparity in quality that would make even their biggest fans unsure of what to think, and yet they never cleard what platform or what settings the shots were taken from. The same goes for the gameplay footages that were released. The same confusion was present even for the gameplay that was shown at PAX, where people did not know wether it was taken from an Xbox One or a PC version of the game running at high settings. We get the answer we THINK it was PC at high settings, which is even more confusing.
This list goes on, but he final nail in the coffin for me was the GDC statement that "we are not showing the game on Ultra settings, because we want to slap the players across the face when they play the game" or in other words Wow them.
This makes zero sense. It is the most dissapointing decision especially with over 5000 posts on their own forums discussing the downgrade and some of their biggest and most loyal fans starting to doubt them. On another level it is a slap across face for us PC gamers, and I am talking a "FUCK YOU" slap. It is as if all the marketing is geared towards the consoles. We have not even seen a gameplay video with keyboard and mouse yet.
I am sorry CDPR and it hurts me to say it, but I am very dissapointed as a true fan and a PC gamer who has been with you since the release of Witcher 1.
I think the Witcher 3 will look amazing even if it does not look as good as the Sword of Destiny trailer, but I truly despise CDPR's approach to the marketing of the Witcher 3. I said a long time a go that there are grave errors in the way the game is being marketed, and I said it when everything was all good and well and Witcher was winning most anticipated game awards. The marketing initially did a really good job of creating hype and making the game a big deal, but everything was bound to come crashing down towards the end. The issue of wether the game has been downgraded or not is not plaguing these forums alone, but it has become widespread in comment sections of youtube and gaming websites such as IGN.
Some of the problems with the marketing are:
The CDPR members seemed unsure about the details of the game, and they dodged the questions by saying we don't want to spoil anything. In several instances one of the developers said something, and another developer said something totally different. They released screenshots with such astounding unparity in quality that would make even their biggest fans unsure of what to think, and yet they never cleard what platform or what settings the shots were taken from. The same goes for the gameplay footages that were released. The same confusion was present even for the gameplay that was shown at PAX, where people did not know wether it was taken from an Xbox One or a PC version of the game running at high settings. We get the answer we THINK it was PC at high settings, which is even more confusing.
This list goes on, but he final nail in the coffin for me was the GDC statement that "we are not showing the game on Ultra settings, because we want to slap the players across the face when they play the game" or in other words Wow them.
This makes zero sense. It is the most dissapointing decision especially with over 5000 posts on their own forums discussing the downgrade and some of their biggest and most loyal fans starting to doubt them. On another level it is a slap across face for us PC gamers, and I am talking a "FUCK YOU" slap. It is as if all the marketing is geared towards the consoles. We have not even seen a gameplay video with keyboard and mouse yet.
I am sorry CDPR and it hurts me to say it, but I am very dissapointed as a true fan and a PC gamer who has been with you since the release of Witcher 1.