Hell even last gen, unless you are deliberately latching on to Sony's PR fuck up of calling a pre-rendered target as real time demonstration which they later rectified, it is hard to justify that claim.
PS4 & XO could have done better & the PC version could have kept it's visuals, the time & effort to optimise & develop that original vision though for 3 platforms was just too much for CDPR, they really should have never shown that demo, really the final game looked amazing for 2015 anyway & there was no need to BS.I mean, if they wanted TW3 to run on Xbox One and PS4 they had to downgrade the game lol
Publishers and developers will always want "parity" between version, Metro Exodus is the only exception thanks to RTX.
And lol at calling TW3 ugly.
The Division was downgraded
Anthem as well
The biggest offender is Watch_Dogs
Yet games like Horizon and RDR2 look much better than Witcher 3 on console.Was the Witcher 3 downgraded? Yes, but only because it had to run on consoles.
I remember people saying it was running on PS3 & Ubisoft unlocked the magic of the Cell, good times.Watchdogs, it was the first thing shown of next gen. Even before the consoles were announced.
Lol this video always kill me
Breath of the Wild is one of my favorite games ever, but damn would this have been nice.
Yet games like Horizon and RDR2 look much better than Witcher 3 on console.
Watch_Dogs is the one that stings the most.
Watch_Dogs 1 was released this generation too.
How about you compare it to games that came out around the same timeframe.Witcher 3 is really ugly.
It can look great at times but overall its a very ugly looking game. the trees and foliage look absolutely disgusting under some lighting conditions.
the game needs the right amount of weather effects like wind, overcast conditions, massive vistas and lighting to make it look good or actually great, but i would say 50% of the time it looks fugly like in the gif posted in the OP. i played the game for almost a 100 hours so i know it doesnt always look that badthat but it does look like that a lot.
Anthem had the biggest downgrade though.
Then Dark Souls 2
Finally Watch Dogs.
Dishonarable mention goes to Naughty Dog trying to fool us into thinking the first Uncharted 4 teaser was realtime. the final game clearly doesnt look as good but their gameplay demos were on par with the final product so i cant be too harsh on them. their cutscenes came pretty close to that initial teaser.
EDIT: for comparison's sake.
Lighting and foliage quality looks a gen behind.
I for one cannot believe that the witcher 3 does not look as good as games that came out 2-3 years after it's release. One an exclusive tailor made with a specific sku in mind and the other one of the most expensive games ever made by a much larger team.Witcher 3 is really ugly.
It can look great at times but overall its a very ugly looking game. the trees and foliage look absolutely disgusting under some lighting conditions.
the game needs the right amount of weather effects like wind, overcast conditions, massive vistas and lighting to make it look good or actually great, but i would say 50% of the time it looks fugly like in the gif posted in the OP. i played the game for almost a 100 hours so i know it doesnt always look that badthat but it does look like that a lot.
Anthem had the biggest downgrade though.
Then Dark Souls 2
Finally Watch Dogs.
Dishonarable mention goes to Naughty Dog trying to fool us into thinking the first Uncharted 4 teaser was realtime. the final game clearly doesnt look as good but their gameplay demos were on par with the final product so i cant be too harsh on them. their cutscenes came pretty close to that initial teaser.
EDIT: for comparison's sake.
Lighting and foliage quality looks a gen behind.
It is insanely difficult to be annoyed by graphical changes when the dev still released one of the best looking games of all time.
Inb4 screenshots of 2014-15 games with much smaller maps than the witcher 3 are posted.How about you compare it to games that came out around the same timeframe.
Ooof. i forgot about Zelda.
Breath of the Wild is one of my favorite games ever, but damn would this have been nice.
Yet games like Horizon and RDR2 look much better than Witcher 3 on console.
Was the Witcher 3 downgraded? Yes, but only because it had to run on consoles.
It was still an absolutely gorgeous game maxed out on PC and still is to this day and it came out in 2015.
Fucking lol at people who say the game looks ugly.
Sorry to go off-topic, but that e3 2005 trailer was the king of all bullshot/downgrade/false-advertisement blunders. I said it mostly as a joke because its a very dead horse at this point, but it would absolutely be worth mentioning.Hell even last gen, unless you are deliberately latching on to Sony's PR fuck up of calling a pre-rendered target as real time demonstration which they later rectified, it is hard to justify that claim.
This would be a good argument if we hadn't actually seen the game pre-downgrade.A 2017 game developed for one platform looks better than a 2015 multiplatform game.
The most expensive 2018 game made thanks to over 1000 people and a high budget is better than a 2015 game.
Woaw
The Wii U is capable of rendering those graphics. It literally was in that tech demo. BOTW is using tons of modern technology. Some of which is even in that demo above. Said technology is just being used to run an open word instead of a single room.And lets not forget about the so called realtime tech demo that made everyone think Wii U was capable of these graphics.
Sorry to go off-topic, but that e3 2005 trailer was the king of all bullshot/downgrade/false-advertisement blunders. I said it mostly as a joke because its a very dead horse at this point, but it would absolutely be worth mentioning.
So because it looks great it's not a downgrade anymore? That's the most stupid thing I've heard today.
Was the Witcher 3 downgraded? Yes, but only because it had to run on consoles.
This would be a good argument if we hadn't actually seen the game pre-downgrade.
You would think as hardcore as this forum is , people would know how development process changes with each road block and year. You would also think context would be crucial to understanding these comparisons , thats just common senseI for one cannot believe that the witcher 3 does not look as good as games that came out 2-3 years after it's release. One an exclusive tailor made with a specific sku in mind and the other one of the most expensive games ever made by a much larger team.
It is insanely difficult to be annoyed by graphical changes when the dev still released one of the best looking games of all time.
Inb4 screenshots of 2014-15 games with much smaller maps than the witcher 3 are posted.
Wow, I'll have to check that out. Thanks!There is a NoClip documentary on the making of Horizon Zero Dawn where GG rep talks about the witnessing the blunder unfold as they helplessly watched from Netherlands during E3. Yea, it was a real screw up.
I thought The Messenger was gonna be 16-bit all throughout but at points it was 8-bit. Disappointing.
They literally admitted that it would've been too expensive and time consuming for them to work with that version of the renderer. And no, it's highly likely that TW3 would've still been surpassed visually by games coming out years later. People always talk about the super quick glimpses we saw in those trailers, but never about the screenshots from when that time period:This would be a good argument if we hadn't actually seen the game pre-downgrade
Common sense tends to fly out the window when PRETTY PRETTY SHINY SHINY -----> PRETTY PRETTY SHINY.You would think as hardcore as this forum is , people would know how development process changes with each road block and year. You would also think context would be crucial to understanding these comparisons , thats just common sense
There was nothing so-called about that demo being real-time, you could interact with it.And lets not forget about the so called realtime tech demo that made everyone think Wii U was capable of these graphics.
I'm not saying it looks ugly, but the PC version doesn't run anything close to the gifs in the OP, sorry.Was the Witcher 3 downgraded? Yes, but only because it had to run on consoles.
It was still an absolutely gorgeous game maxed out on PC and still is to this day and it came out in 2015.
Fucking lol at people who say the game looks ugly.
How about you compare it to games that came out around the same timeframe.
I for one cannot believe that the witcher 3 does not look as good as games that came out 2-3 years after it's release.
Never forget! Never forgive! /s
I'm not saying it looks ugly, but the PC version doesn't run anything close to the gifs in the OP, sorry.
They literally admitted that it would've been too expensive and time consuming for them to work with that version of the renderer. And no, it's highly likely that TW3 would've still been surpassed visually by games coming out years later. People always talk about the super quick glimpses we saw in those trailers, but never about the screenshots from when that time period:
It still wouldn't have looked as good as Horizon or Red Dead
Common sense tends to fly out the window when PRETTY PRETTY SHINY SHINY -----> PRETTY PRETTY SHINY