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It looks alot better than I thought it would on Switch but still leagues behind the PS4 or PC, yet having a game like the Witcher 3 on a portable is insane.



Barkley said:
think-man said:

I can get it for free and still won't be downloading it. I think they could have gotten more juice out of it, look at what was achieved with Zelda.

Uh. Sounds like you want them to change the art style. From a technical standpoint Witcher 3 is leagues ahead of BOTW.

Not even a contest. I own Witcher 3 on Ps4 Pro and while i dont particularly like the game ( too clunky/no climbing mechanics) its blows BoTW away on a technical level (obviously). Actually playing the game though BoTW > Witcher 3



think-man said:
Barkley said:

It is down to art style though, It's easier to make Zelda look better because it's art style is less technically demanding. It's a poor comparison to make when trying to determine if the Witcher 3 port could have been any better than it actually is. How good Zelda looks is irrelevant.

It doesn't have to be Zelda then, even Warframe looks much better on the switch than this, with far more things going on. I'm saying that it doesn't look like they tried very hard. There's no reason the cutscenes need to look so bad, the switch can definitely pull out better graphics than that. 

I don't think they could've done much more with a game having that big of an open world and that art style - very reason why I wrote in that thread after the port was reavealed about going with different art style as better solution (though more expensive), cause inevitably this are results of "simply" downporting it.



HoloDust said:
think-man said:

It doesn't have to be Zelda then, even Warframe looks much better on the switch than this, with far more things going on. I'm saying that it doesn't look like they tried very hard. There's no reason the cutscenes need to look so bad, the switch can definitely pull out better graphics than that. 

I don't think they could've done much more with a game having that big of an open world and that art style - very reason why I wrote in that thread after the port was reavealed about going with different art style as better solution (though more expensive), cause inevitably this are results of "simply" downporting it.

Yes, a port cannot be judged on what other games look like on the system. Is the Switch capable of better looking games than this Witcher 3 Port? Probably. Can Witcher 3 on Switch look better? Probably not.

Pointing to other games, that run on completely different engines, and saying they look better doesn't mean that this port could have looked better. It's a port, not a new game, they have to work with what they have.



Radek said:
HoloDust said:

I don't think they could've done much more with a game having that big of an open world and that art style - very reason why I wrote in that thread after the port was reavealed about going with different art style as better solution (though more expensive), cause inevitably this are results of "simply" downporting it.

In my opinion it looks just barely enough to still resemble the game on stronger consoles, it's so much better effort than this lazy FF XV pocket edition port and Cloud version of Assassin's Creed Odyssey.

Well, FFXV pocket is not really the same game as FFXV, more like mobile version of it (with chibis and everything else simplified). As for AC:OD, my guess would be that Ubi had interest in Stadia, since they like to support new platforms...and honestly, I think AC:O (either Origins or Odyssey) might be harder to port than TW3.



curl-6 said:
HoloDust said:

Yeah, not the only one.

While I think what they've managed to pull off is a feat in its own, I find this approach to porting such a terrible practice.

I know there are people around here who haven't played the game that are excited for this port, but, if you have the option, do yourself a favour and play it somewhere else if you're really interested in the game.

Some folks might want to play it in handheld form though.

As someone who only plays docked and has this pre-ordered, I'm fine with how it looks. I've thoroughly enjoyed games that looked worse.

You are the definition of a fanboy, you buy third party games on switch that cost  60$+ when you can buy vastly better versions on other consoles for 10$-20$. it's pathetic really. you only play docked, no reason to limit yourself from vastly better graphics, frame rate and cheaper games just because you have a hard on for nintendo, plus there are great exclusives, and way more thirdparty games to choose from, sorry just can't understand fanboys like you.



I got this on my ps4pro and its my favorite game on my ps4 by far and I still look forward to this on switch. I think the game play demo by cdprojekt looks much better than i expected. stange it also looks better than the trailer. Maybe the trailer is an older build?

Last edited by Baddman - on 20 August 2019

I already have it on ps4, but this looks better than I expected, i might double dip on this.



Alright you PS4 pro players talking shit go to another thread. My PC pisses all over your console.

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Last edited by think-man - on 21 August 2019

The game looks great and actually runs pretty solid too. I watched the digital foundry breakdown, and it was made all the more impressive when they did the side by side comparisons. This port is amazing. Absolutely amazing. Were there concessions made? Absolutely. But, all things considered, it looks to have the world completely intact. If it's not your cup of tea, that's fair. Move along. They obviously made this port for the people that want it. I'll be getting this on cart, it will be nice to actually have a complete edition without a huge day 1 download. Good going cdpr and the developer that helped them do the port(cant remember the name). They did a hell of a job.