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    New Witcher 2 trailer.

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by shinakuma9, Jan 30, 2012.

  1. shinakuma9

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    This is meant to promote the upcoming 360 version but hot damn this was ridiculously epic.

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    i don't believe Xbox 360 can render this thing real-time. but yes, E.P.I.C. :)
     
    darxide_sorcerer, Jan 30, 2012
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    That big dude is quite fleet of foot.
     
    HTWingNut, Jan 30, 2012
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  4. Mitlov

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    Yeah, athletic or no, jumping out of the way of an arrow in flight on a boat that is coming apart is...well, it's Matrix stuff. But who am I to complain about unrealistic reflexes in a trailer that also involves, y'know, magic?
     
    Mitlov, Jan 30, 2012
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  5. Lieto

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    it looks so fun while the game itself is so linear, it hurts.
    I was disgusted when i was basically 100 to 0ing killer of kings on full hp and then BAM-KINEMATICS he strikes me once and i drop.
    I d rather go to a movie if i wanted to watch something i dont control.
     
    Lieto, Jan 30, 2012
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  6. Syberia

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    I haven't gotten around to this yet, but it's on my list. Along with Witcher 1, still. And Skyrim, and Dead Space 1 & 2, and Arkham City, and... ... ... ...
     
    Syberia, Jan 30, 2012
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  7. Cloudfire

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    Never played Witcher 1 but that was epic :)
    I`m in the same boat as you Siberia. Have tons of games I haven`t played yet :p
     
    Cloudfire, Jan 30, 2012
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  8. long2905

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    He is a witcher so he does know some magic and a whole lot of other stuff :D (possibly spoiler)
     
    long2905, Jan 30, 2012
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  9. trvelbug

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    epic game.
    id honestly play it again than do skyrim.
     
    trvelbug, Jan 30, 2012
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  10. Syberia

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    I used to star in awesome video game trailers where I do all sorts of matrix stuff. Then I took an arrow to the knee.
     
    Syberia, Jan 30, 2012
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    I'm wondering how they're going to be able to code this for the 360 seeing as it's brought high end systems to their knees.
     
    GamingACU, Jan 30, 2012
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    To be perfectly fair - The Witcher 2 is quite pretty even on lower-end settings. Plus I get the feeling that it's not all that well-coded, so when they're bringing it to a common platform, they'll probably be able to squeeze a little more performance outta it...
     
    MrFong, Jan 30, 2012
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  13. Kevin

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    CDPR has already said that the 360 version is equivalent to the PC version on the lowest available graphic settings. It probably won't be a full 1280x720p or steady 30fps either.

    That said, the fact that they got it ported down to such a modest system at all is worthy of praise. In the end it's good that so many more gamers will be exposed to such a great game. hopefully 360 owners buy enough copies to make the extra work worth it.
     
    Kevin, Jan 30, 2012
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    And a port to ps3, and expansion packs or better yet the 3rd entry :d
     
    long2905, Jan 30, 2012
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    my friend is playing it again on the new difficulty where supposedly theres new quests/gear

    im probably going to hold off on witcher 2 till the enhanced edition arrives.
     
    aintz, Jan 30, 2012
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    I run it on minimum settings with a 540M and it's still gorgeous.
     
    Mitlov, Jan 30, 2012
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    you don't type "possibly spoiler" after the spoiler :p

    and nah it's not really a spoiler.
     
    andros_forever, Jan 30, 2012
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    maxheap caparison horus :)

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    epic...

    10char
     
    maxheap, Jan 30, 2012
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    excellent , i was wondering how that guy died :)
     
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  20. shinakuma9

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    Here is some footage on the 360.
    I don't know about you guys but this looks FREAKING AMAZING for it running on the 360. Holy crap.

    width='640' height="360"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4oMt-jCYgb0?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4oMt-jCYgb0?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width='640' height="360" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object>
     
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  21. wkcecil

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    I really cant wait to play this game.
     
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  22. lozanogo

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    Looks amazing ... I hope CD Projekt Red will also enhance our PC editions ... for free like they did with The Witcher? I certainly hope so :D
     
    lozanogo, Jan 31, 2012
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    Grabbed patch 2.1 yet? If you haven't, there's a lot more content compared to the retail release. The game has likely been overshadowed by Skyrim this late in the day however.
     
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    Is it a recent patch? I haven't played TW2 in a while, but also never seen Steam doing some update to the game. Thanks and I'll check it out.
     
    lozanogo, Jan 31, 2012
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    Man ... I really gotta finish this game .... Got to Chapter 2 and stopped due to distractions (of multiple games) .... But was loving the ride!
     
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    Tw2 on high settings is how skyrim will look with the best graphics mods. And high isn't the highest setting yet.
    Also they do dragons much better than skyrim.

    Sent from my samsung galaxy s2 using tapatalk
     
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    Still need to finish TW1 until I can play TW2...too many games to play catch up on and so little time. I still want to get into the Mass Effect series too...
     
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    This is how game development should work. The game is originally developed on the highest level of hardware (PC at this point in time) and then once it's optimized send it to the consoles. That way both worlds squeeze as much product as they can out of the game and PC gamers aren't left with terrible ports.
     
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    QFT +1

    Absolutely positively! Seems to make sense to me. PC's will always have an edge on consoles so why not develop for the most powerful platform and optimize it for the less capable systems.
     
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