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Is anyone on Era picking up The Witcher 3 on Switch next week?
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I doubt I ever will because my PC runs it at a mix of high/max settings at 1440p ~90 FPS but I am going to watch everything Digital Foundry makes on this port.
even if this was miraculously 4k 120fps my backlog can't take a 2nd 125 hour playthrough of the witcher 3 right now.
i might pick it up later if there's a lull in releases
i might pick it up later if there's a lull in releases
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Maybe if it goes on sale on the eShop, but I'm not super interested in it at the moment. I've got enough to play over the next few months.
I'm definitely interested, but I'm only 30% of the way into DQXIS and think I'll grab Ni No Kuni before Witcher, so I'll get it somewhere down the line but not at launch.
Daily Amazon charts really don't mean much. What could be telling is how it performs in the monthly chart throughout the month.
Thanks, but I'm aware of this. Those hourly charts are not completely meaningless so shortly before a release though...
still not finish with dragon quest but I will after or after Pokémon
I love dragon quest and thought 11 was a middling affair.
I'm really, really tempted to. It's one of my favorite games but I've never played Blood and Wine, I've finished the main campaign once at launch and then a second time earlier this year, but by the time I finished the main story and Hearts of Stone I was feeling a little burnt out. I sold my Xbox since then and the Switch is currently my only system.
I'm debating getting it just to play through Blood and Wine but I'm really on the fence. It looks, way, way better than I would have expected... but it still looks pretty rough.
I don't generally like JRPGs (Persona being the notable exception and even then they're not my favorite games, I didn't even finish 4 and 5 was a slog in some parts). I decided to give DQ11 a shot after watching the Tim Rogers review on YouTube and I've completely fallen in love with it.
I'm debating getting it just to play through Blood and Wine but I'm really on the fence. It looks, way, way better than I would have expected... but it still looks pretty rough.
I don't generally like JRPGs (Persona being the notable exception and even then they're not my favorite games, I didn't even finish 4 and 5 was a slog in some parts). I decided to give DQ11 a shot after watching the Tim Rogers review on YouTube and I've completely fallen in love with it.
I won't but surely I will try to convinve my friend, who only has a switch, to get it (or at least to get it by november).
I've already bought the game three times.
Once at launch, for PS4.
Later when I saw it on sale on PC, complete edition.
Later when I saw it on sale on Xbox, complete edition.
I've found with the subsequent purchases that I just completely lose motivation to progress further into the game after I finish the opening area, some 5 or so hours in. I went hard with the PS4 version at its launch and beat it within a month if it coming out, but I never played either of the DLCs, which is something I keep telling myself I'm going to do with my repurchases, but nah, not this time.
I'm kinda growing less and less confident in the bulk of AAA ports to Switch, too, and poor initial impressions of Dead Cells, Bloodstained, and River City Girls have all kind of soured me on indies, too, so I'm feeling more and more inclined to just stick to exclusives on the Switch. Witcher 3's technical record doesn't inspire a ton of confidence in the full fat Witcher 3 Switch experience, even if the recent showcases have been varied areas of the game and pretty positive takeaways, so I think I'm out, but maybe if the price gets incredibly low (like $10) I might feel swayed.
Once at launch, for PS4.
Later when I saw it on sale on PC, complete edition.
Later when I saw it on sale on Xbox, complete edition.
I've found with the subsequent purchases that I just completely lose motivation to progress further into the game after I finish the opening area, some 5 or so hours in. I went hard with the PS4 version at its launch and beat it within a month if it coming out, but I never played either of the DLCs, which is something I keep telling myself I'm going to do with my repurchases, but nah, not this time.
I'm kinda growing less and less confident in the bulk of AAA ports to Switch, too, and poor initial impressions of Dead Cells, Bloodstained, and River City Girls have all kind of soured me on indies, too, so I'm feeling more and more inclined to just stick to exclusives on the Switch. Witcher 3's technical record doesn't inspire a ton of confidence in the full fat Witcher 3 Switch experience, even if the recent showcases have been varied areas of the game and pretty positive takeaways, so I think I'm out, but maybe if the price gets incredibly low (like $10) I might feel swayed.
I'm 30 hours in on PC and loving the shit out of it, especially with HD textures and some QoL mods.
So, nah. I'm not gonna restart to have a worse experience.
Definitely a cool curiosity though, looking forward to seeing footage
So, nah. I'm not gonna restart to have a worse experience.
Definitely a cool curiosity though, looking forward to seeing footage
not haters, just stating facts. For me personally i dont play non nintendo tripple a games on switch either, not if they are available else where.
Wait, River City Girls had issues on Switch?
I have various Triple A games on my Steam library, and can't wait to play them on Switch just because it's my prefered method to play. And I don't think they're stating facts when they so boldly proclaim that this game shouldn't be played on the Switch. I'm going to play it on that system just to spite them.
Severe slowdown after the opening area in almost every area of the game. Bad enough to drop or ignore inputs a lot of the time.
I also had two crashes, one wasn't a big deal, the other occurred literally as I got the animation startup for beating a boss I had been struggling with for an hour.
I straight up uninstalled the game right after that happened. My girlfriend was having such a good time that SHE bought the PS4 version and we played through and beat that version without any issues -- no slowdown, no crashes.
Considering Wayforward was also involved with Bloodstained, could their staff be running into optimization issues? Strange, considering their Wii U output never had this problem.
I still don't have River City Girls but I might think of picking it up later. Hopefully it would be patched by then.
To bring it back to Witcher 3 on Switch, I forgot who was handling but I believe it's Saber Interactive. Going to bre bringing my impressions of the game once it's out.
That'd be my best theory, too -- I honestly didn't see anything about RCG that suggested that the Switch would have any issues running it well so it was pretty surprising and disappointing. I do hope they can patch that version up in the future because it is a fun and very replayable beat-em-up title when it works, but my experience was mostly frustrating and straight-up rage-inducing with its launch state. I can't imagine that RCG in particular CAN'T be optimized to run well on Switch, there's nothing on the front end that suggests complex engine problems under the hood, at least.
Could be RAM thrashing but hopefully it shouldn't be long for such issues to be sorted out. I recall Sonic Mania having similar issues at launch, but then the team went over the code and fixed the issues about a month in. I think Dead Cells also got an optimization patch as well too.
I'd suspect "The Switcher 3" will get a Day 1 patch providing even further optimization/bug fixing. I'm just glad that everything's in the gamecard.
No, I already have two versions I haven't played much that I can play when I want instead of paying full price for a lesser version on Switch.
The art style in Dragon Quest XI is so radically different though and easier to replicate on the Switch without downgrading too much, The Witcher 3 is a whole new ball game.
As long as it isn't too compromised it should be just as enjoyable.
I'm playing Dragon Quest XI instead, might look into it next year when it's on sale but The Witcher's combat has never really appealed to me. I want to play through Pillars of Eternity and Divinity II first anyway, amongst others.
Having said that, I pretty much exclusively play RPGs and while fidelity is nice I've got no time for long ones that require you to be tethered to a screen any more. I'd like to pick it up just to see how it runs, I'm not particularly bothered by lower frame rates etc.
Having said that, I pretty much exclusively play RPGs and while fidelity is nice I've got no time for long ones that require you to be tethered to a screen any more. I'd like to pick it up just to see how it runs, I'm not particularly bothered by lower frame rates etc.
You're way too invested in trying to defend this port, for who knows what reason. Just let it go. Neither of the first posts you quoted did anything near "boldly proclaim that it shouldn't be played on Switch", they both literally said that they wouldn't play it on there. You can't possibly be surprised that a lot of people consider it a lesser port when most visual(and I'd imagine performance) aspects are downgrades from all of the other versions right? A lot of people don't give a shit about portability.
Why do people title threads like this? What do you expect the answer to be, no? Not one person on Era is going to pick up The Witcher 3 on Switch next week?
Anyway, I'm getting it because I love the game and find it mind-boggling that they've released a handheld version as true to the game as this.
Anyway, I'm getting it because I love the game and find it mind-boggling that they've released a handheld version as true to the game as this.
I'm curious on how it'll be the reception, and if it'll be decent maybe one day I'll pick it up, but it never interested me and I even have a PS4.
It happens EVERY switch port related thread. Switch can never win on graphics department.
Funny thing you don't see same inferior talk if the game is released on XB1, PS4 and PC when the console versions are "inferior" compared to PC.
The problem with The Witcher 3 is the timing. All of us in the this thread have bought at least one full price and somehow lengthy game since June on Switch and many are gearing up for Pokémon in a month. The Witcher 3, just like Dragon Quest XIs and Divinity 2 kinda were released almost arbitrarily inbetween. Given the insane release schedule these last 100 days, it's no surprise many of us want to favour the freshest and most exclusive content.
Of course, I am assuming that ERA actually wants to buy Pokémon, maybe I am wrong.
Of course, I am assuming that ERA actually wants to buy Pokémon, maybe I am wrong.
yes because it is interesting from a technical perspective and witcher 3 can be played multiple times. i will make different choices this time around.
Draw distance looks disgusting*; going from 1440p 100+fps on a 2080 to the Switch version, i'm curious to see how it looks and plays on Switch, so i'm picking it up.
*It looks the same LOD as DQ11 which i've been playing a lot of on Switch, where it only really renders what's in-front of you in open places.
*It looks the same LOD as DQ11 which i've been playing a lot of on Switch, where it only really renders what's in-front of you in open places.
The lesser version is the one that I don't play; thus, the one in my PC right now.
I personally have shit to do in life, and it doesn't include being tethered to a couch for 100+ hours.
We all know that the switch version will run at a lower resolution, with some cutbacks here and there (and honestly not that much). But it's still the full game, and the sale experience overall. Being able to play it on long intercontinental flights, or in the hotel room with the dock, or at lunch time, or at home the few times it's possible, make it the best version for a good proportion of us.
Calling a game "lesser" in that context really doesn't make sense.
I personally have shit to do in life, and it doesn't include being tethered to a couch for 100+ hours.
We all know that the switch version will run at a lower resolution, with some cutbacks here and there (and honestly not that much). But it's still the full game, and the sale experience overall. Being able to play it on long intercontinental flights, or in the hotel room with the dock, or at lunch time, or at home the few times it's possible, make it the best version for a good proportion of us.
Calling a game "lesser" in that context really doesn't make sense.
I will have it giftd to me as a belated birthday present from my boyfriend. Since I don't own a pc or a PS4 or an XBOX, this is the only way I could play this game. I'm super hyped. I can play it while I cook, too, that's a plus.
I'm just scared that I can't figure out the controls or something ^^
I'm just scared that I can't figure out the controls or something ^^
The thing for me is, yes, I've already played it on PS4 (although not the expansion) but I never completed it - I just didn't have the time to sit down in front of the telly and play it. What I'm finding with my Switch Lite is that I'm picking the thing up quite often to squeeze in 10/15 minute sessions. On the commute, before I go to bed, a couple of hours on a longer train journey yesterday, on the bog. It's really changed how I play.
And I can't imagine Witcher 3 portable, that's very exciting to me. I'm still excited by handheld versions of my favourite games. I'm finding the smaller screen on Lite is really flattering for lots of games so I'm very interested to see if it's a mitigating factor on the 540p resolution.
And I can't imagine Witcher 3 portable, that's very exciting to me. I'm still excited by handheld versions of my favourite games. I'm finding the smaller screen on Lite is really flattering for lots of games so I'm very interested to see if it's a mitigating factor on the 540p resolution.
This - I have the game on. PS4 but struggle to get main TV screen time so have never really got that far in it
Also have a 400GB card in my switch that filled up over a year ago, however with quick downloads and Nintendo's smart archiving and easy selection find installing games as needed no problem - but games of this size have a large impact obviously
However any.large game where it's ALL on the cart is a no brainier for me tbh (Very few big name ports have managed this) as I've wanted to give the game proper Dedicated time a long time, having just finished act 1 of DQXI I should be ready for it in the next week or 2 also :)
