I see how they were able to get the game to look so good and perform good at the same time. They don't only stream textures and objects, but also shadows (which is very computationally intensive)! Nice optimisation strategy!
Gophers video was the most informative so far I felt.
The lack of loading makes it seem all the more open/connected, unlike Skyrim and most other open world games.
Also from the videos I've watched the weather and "wind" effects REALLY stand out, kudos to whoever worked on those.
The way the wind can actually be "powerful" and not just your usual "slight breeze with trees gently swaying" but also violent hard winds that look to be harshly bending the trees and things looks amazing.
The lack of loading makes it seem all the more open/connected, unlike Skyrim and most other open world games.
Also from the videos I've watched the weather and "wind" effects REALLY stand out, kudos to whoever worked on those.
The way the wind can actually be "powerful" and not just your usual "slight breeze with trees gently swaying" but also violent hard winds that look to be harshly bending the trees and things looks amazing.
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Just one question. Is it confirmed that you can turn off points of interest markers on the map? Because those kill the exploration for me.
I heard you can, but please don't take my word for it ^^
where? I only saw it once.
yeah, that's probably right. it just seems like a very weird bug.
Yes i'm pretty sure i read it was possible to turn off everything
Well, imo there is a difference between "Ubisoft style" and "being exactly like a Ubisoft world full of filler". Due to the internet people often misinterpret or overinterpret other people's post based on their own perception of both the actual discussion and the person talking about it - and of course because often comments aren't as exhaustive and explaining as they would be in a real time discussion. So we read what we want to read and we understand what we want to understand.
And that is exactly the point. Instead trying to draw parallels with the worst thing you can imagine, just be more tempered and exact. Throwing out terms like "Ubisoft style" or "Skyrim style" just makes it more difficult for people to interpret exactly what you mean.
You can. The HUD is way more customizable than I expected. You can see in Gopher's video a few of the things you can toggle.
Edit: You can see it here.
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Nice.
If it is possible, could you post all options (gameplay) you can turn on/off for PC and Console?
I think they had just pressed something on the keyboard which would change prompts to KB/M and then pressed something on controller to change it back.
So I watched Gopher, Angry Joe part before dwarf quest, PietSmiet and ImAnderZEL and some glimpses of polish and german videos.
Everything looks great, good job CDPRED !
And PietSmiet is alot of combat (vs Wyvern, viking bandits, wolves) and some light spoilers for side quest about bandits.
If I have to nitpick than there is 2 little things I noticed:
in Gopher vid Geralt slices Drowner from up right to down left, the result half sliced drowner, but the cut is other way around.
Joe vid while sailing boat if often going under water.
Everything looks great, good job CDPRED !
I can add to that: in Angry Joe you can find. Full game of Gwent, obiviously Joe lost, cause he's a dumbass
And PietSmiet is alot of combat (vs Wyvern, viking bandits, wolves) and some light spoilers for side quest about bandits.
If I have to nitpick than there is 2 little things I noticed:
in Gopher vid Geralt slices Drowner from up right to down left, the result half sliced drowner, but the cut is other way around.
Joe vid while sailing boat if often going under water.
You can see a whole lot of things that you can turn off, including "Undiscovered POIs on Minimap", in Gopher's video. It's pretty neat.
Been on this forum for a while and I have written countless positive posts and yes post with constructive criticism about the game. Then I write a post that first praises what I see in the videos and a few points I don't like. People then take out only the negative and quote only that. Naturally I respond to why that is and then people start talking about how my posts and meaningless and nitpicking. Thank you for that!
Maybe the problem isn't at my end or Scholdars for that matter but that some tend to only focus on the negative in posts and simply can't handle criticism.
And maybe you and others should ask yourself if the issues some people rises are big issues for them while other issues are small. I could glance over this thread and others and find issues people complain about that I have not interest in but I son't go around calling them meaningless or nitpicking. No I get that those issues are concerns they have about the game. If I disagree I will answer why that is but I would never tell them they are nitpicking or meaningless.
I think you are just being rude.
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I think in his comments on the page he clarifies that he did use K+M and it seemed fine. However, CDPR requested he use controller for the preview since they felt it would create a better impression.
So hopefully they're just being cautious and are really making sure and optimising right up until the end.
Someone else suggested it was because Microsoft asked them to tell people to use Xbox controllers.....
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Oh, I didn't you notice that he showed almost all of it. It would great to know what you can customize on console though or if it is the same.