And that might be a good thing. I know it has been said to death but I really think this obsession about graphics is killing the so-called AAA games industry. It requires so much money to push them even further that editors need to sell millions of copies, are afraid to take any risk, and we end up with the same bland crap ad nauseam. So I am happy that CD Projekt paid writers in order to deliver solid stories and quests rather than putting all their ressources into making the best looking game ever (I just wish they would have been more straightforward about it but whatever).
This graphical course to armaments seems to be following an asymptotic curve. And it shouldn't be what this game is about anyway. The first Witcher game was great because of its storytelling, its rpg experience. It was pretty, not technologically so, but thanks to a tasteful artistic direction. Eye candy in TW2 and TW3 are good yes, I enjoy them, but they're not why I love those games. And what other game am I excited for this year? No Man's Sky. For that's the kind of "technological" advance we should be looking forward to, IMHO.
Sorry about the outburst, I had to vent it out.