It's no wonder company's treat gamers like nothing more cash cows they can line up for the milking. Look at what E.A did to Dungeon Keeper. Square Enix with Final Fantasy.....
And here CDPR, who pour their heart into something they are legitimately passionate about (And it SHOWS) for us to enjoy... And what happens. 1 thing doesn't turn out as first intended (1 bad thing out of the countless positives which make this game special and unique to all the other souless trash produced out there just to make a buck from you)
And it's fans and buyers can't appreciate that they are on to a good thing enough to put that to 1 side and enjoy the amazing game and cut CDPR some well deserved slack for their years of hard work.
And it's not even like the game looks bad anyway.
And people really need to stop comparing this game to games of much lesser scope.
"Well CRYSIS... Yada yada yada"
Crysis? .... Really!? lol.
And you wonder why most of these companys couldn't give a flying about you and your wants as a gamer?
It's a 2 way street you know. You want certain things, then you're going to have to learn when to compromise and know when to fight and when to let things go
I could go on but I think I've made my point.
Sorry if the post seems inflammatory but I had to vent at the sheer lack of perspective.
Anyway I'm going back to enjoy the game for what it is, and not protest for what it isn't.
Hey man, I love the game and I'm sure most other people love it too. I think the game looks great, it is not ugly by any stretch of the imagination, we just expected it to be on par with the likes of GTA V, Assassin's Creed and Dragon Age. Most probably expected it to look better. The foilage and tesselation just doesn't look very good and this is something that's been in PC games for years now. We wanted them to put time and effort in producing higher quality assets for the PC version, I think it's evident that they didn't and just plastered Nvidia Hairworks on top of a game with console settings. There is virtually no difference between low and ultra on a couple of settings. The game is basically one size fits all, that only changes when you add hairworks or you don't.
Look, I applaug CDPR for making this game and respect the hell out of them and all that, but you have to admit they didn't put a lot of effort into the PC version. It's unfortunate, but you know it's true.
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Have you people noticed that tw3 art style isn't even trying to be photorealistic, they changed it after 2013 (you know those "alpha footage" labels are there for a reason so people know that anything can change, thing that you seem to have forgotten) for more stylized look. (which I think was a right decision).
So complaining about lack of photorealism is bit weird. World may not be photorealistic but my god is it beautiful, I haven't taken so much screenshots in any other game. Gta style is more photorealistic but at the same time it looks dull, boring and static. World is so dynamic (all those trees in the wind, all peasants with daily routines etc. etc.) that playing anything else after that feels static and fake.
Graphics have changed and I wouldn't want 2013 look back, however 35 min trailer looked already lot like this but better, and not making changes after that is something CDPR lied about and I would have expected more honesty from them. But this is whole different thing that claiming this game looks worse than original crysis. There might be some missing blood effects on water or those infamous corner stones but when it comes to big picture I don't think any game comes even close to visual output this game offers.
GTA V is anything but a static world as you put it, the reason people keep using it as a comparison is because it is so vast, it isn't as big as the Witcher 3, but it does have almost as much going on. I think the main reason people are upset is things that clearly could be fixed (Foilage, Tesselation, Particle and Fog effects) are not and it's because they didn't put the time in. Even if they are performance heavy we as PC gamers want the option, otherwise what's the point, let's all buy PS4 and play the exact same experience.
Screenshots, and opinions aside, just take a look at the graphic settings menu, does it look like an expansive PC settings menu to you? There isn't even an option for MSAA.