err WTF? 99.99% of games ever made are not made up to the standards you set for CDPR. There are some exception they are known as benchmark games. You are cheated and lied to because the witcher 3 isn't a benchmark game?
I can't believe you are still a CDPR customer I mean how dare they build a game that an average PC user can use oh wait they didn't... You need an above average system but not a bleeding edge system.. Wow you live in your own "special" world. The lies CDPR told you are incredible how do you soldier through. i am so glad CDPR never lied to me. But then i know what "in development" means and I never expected this game to be a benchmark game. I am so glad I have reasonable expectations.
Now now, no need to be sarcastic. It's not like the VGX trailer was "in-game footage"
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or that the draw distance has showcased a notable decline (or, even asset reduction, *GASP*) ,
https://imgur.com/a/K3uFC (With admitted cherry-pickings, IMO)
or that "We'd be able to achieve the same graphics quality as the 2013 SoD and 2014 VGX trailers".
They set it up themselves, which is why people got upset. I'm just surprised that they let so much slide, if they talked about things to people, people would've been fine.
I won't cancel my pre-order, because I keep my promises, and well, I do appreciate the effort CDPR put over the past 3 years.
I even know that with a little colour correction/saturation reduction, the game looks very close to what's been expected (2014 quest gameplay footage, with the tree spirit), but the assets have definitely suffered a degrade in quality (and lighting has not hit the par as the same demo footage on the foliage, specifically grass). The pirouettes promised are not present, replaced with the same ugly roll from the Witcher 2, and the blood in the water, and smoke particles have been decimated, and the draw distance+distant assets are a far cry from what we came to expect.
There is also the issue of the controls being suboptimal for PC (keybinding overall will solve it, but the Jump+Roll in one button reminds me of Monster Hunter, smells of consolization):
What I have issues with is the lack of coming clean. After all it's one thing to hide and wait for someone else to expose you, and another thing to tell the people straight up, basically any trust I have in the company has been broken (as it has been for many others, notably those who are in the midst of the Min/Max thread). Put all that on top of the streaming/early patch release fiasco, and you should see a clearer picture into why a lot of others in the community felt shafted.
All they had to do was apologize if the fidelity couldn't be reached, or show proof that the same fidelity can be reached, and people would've been fine, hell, I wouldn't have wasted your time with empty threats and melodrama on the level of a tele-novella.
