What happened to "Draw distance"?

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justiceiro on 14 March 2014

There is a genre that is the king on draw distance, not matter the generation:

Just now wicher seems to manage to provide a vision at a mountain.

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VXIII on 14 March 2014

:)

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chapset on 14 March 2014

I haven't notice the problem you are talking about OP

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SvennoJ on 14 March 2014

We're still a long way off from where you can use a scope or binoculars and get a decent view.
With 1080p not only better textures are important but also a longer draw distance. So far we just get a few low res landmarks and bare features in the distance.

Just cause 2 is still the best for long distance imo, not perfect but very impressive.

Skyrim sucks in comparison

And Far cry 3 isn't much better

Climbing on top of a mountain for an incredible view usually ends in disappointment.

2050?

On consoles Ni No Kuni is pretty good, low res and simple graphics help

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daredevil.shark on 14 March 2014

SvennoJ said:

We're still a long way off from where you can use a scope or binoculars and get a decent view.
With 1080p not only better textures are important but also a longer draw distance. So far we just get a few low res landmarks and bare features in the distance.

Just cause 2 is still the best for long distance imo, not perfect but very impressive.

Only just cause 2 is impressive in that regard.

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daredevil.shark on 14 March 2014

VXIII said:

:)

I am hoping the final game will retain the quality of E3 trailer.

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Mystro-Sama on 14 March 2014

Dark Souls. Everything you saw was a part of the game.

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fps_d0minat0r on 14 March 2014

Those witcher screens must be from a very high end PC.
I could bet anything that PS4/X1 and mid range PC's will not have that much detail on the objects that far in the background.