The Witcher 2 - new incredible screenshots**56k Beware**

[QUOTE="lawlessx"]you guys should really ignore the one hater in the thread that didn't even know what witcher 2's combat looked like until recently.GeneralShowzer

[QUOTE="haberman13"]

[QUOTE="GeneralShowzer"] It's a multi-platform engine, and CD Projekt has confirmed that not only it runs, but it looks the same on consoles. This isn't the game to brag PC power with. Try Shogun 2 or Crysis 2. GeneralShowzer

I'm just saying, consoles are really awful now that they are so old, so I would expect serious aliasing and a removal of bump mapping to make it work ... but you are right, it COULD work. I just don't think they will make it work, because it would seriously downgrade the quality of the game to play on a lolsole.

[QUOTE="lawlessx"]you guys should really ignore the one hater in the thread that didn't even know what witcher 2's combat looked like until recently.GeneralShowzer

Go to class and come back and you're still hating.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVoytJ9sXqk

Either they changed the game completely in a few weeks or those screenshots are laughably altered.

GeneralShowzer

[QUOTE="GeneralShowzer"]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVoytJ9sXqk

Either they changed the game completely in a few weeks or those screenshots are laughably altered.

SAGE_OF_FIRE

[QUOTE="SAGE_OF_FIRE"][QUOTE="GeneralShowzer"]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVoytJ9sXqk

Either they changed the game completely in a few weeks or those screenshots are laughably altered.

GeneralShowzer

Don't care about the graphical difference between DA 2 and The Witcher 2, all I care about is will I have enough money for both games.

[QUOTE="GeneralShowzer"][QUOTE="SAGE_OF_FIRE"] That's an old build as mentioned. KevinButlerVP

I predict 8.0

(Not made by me)

What does the thre... stand for? More like, it's mud-face.GeneralShowzer

DA2 just looks awful. I'm sure the actual game will be good though.

What does the thre... stand for?GeneralShowzer

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[QUOTE="tenaka2"]

[QUOTE="padaporra"]

The Witcher 2 looks better, but Dragon Age 2 will be a far better game.

GeneralShowzer

Really? I thought they turned Dragon Age to into a button mash, kinda like Gauntlet but without the multiplayer.

[QUOTE="GeneralShowzer"]

[QUOTE="tenaka2"]

Really? I thought they turned Dragon Age to into a button mash, kinda like Gauntlet but without the multiplayer.

SAGE_OF_FIRE

I need to get the first one :shock:

Is Shani in the game. I don't like Triss.

Looks about as good as Two Worlds 2 does.

GeneralShowzer

for the last year or so i have considered witcher 2 as a preview of what next gen console games may look like.

Riverwolf007

[QUOTE="SAGE_OF_FIRE"][QUOTE="GeneralShowzer"] The Witcher 2 actually is a button masher. DA II can still be played traditionally.

GeneralShowzer

[QUOTE="GeneralShowzer"][QUOTE="SAGE_OF_FIRE"][QUOTE="GeneralShowzer"] The Witcher 2 actually is a button masher. DA II can still be played traditionally.

SAGE_OF_FIRE

Well, it's my opinion that it wasn't.

And most of the reviewers found it refreshing.

There, this is an open world RPG too.

[QUOTE="GeneralShowzer"]

Is Shani in the game. I don't like Triss.

Looks about as good as Two Worlds 2 does.

Elann2008

[QUOTE="Elann2008"][QUOTE="GeneralShowzer"]

Is Shani in the game. I don't like Triss.

Looks about as good as Two Worlds 2 does.

GeneralShowzer

What...console focus? The UI? So what.

[QUOTE="GeneralShowzer"][QUOTE="Elann2008"] Come on General, are you serious mate? As good as Two Worlds 2? I haven't seen a game this gen that even comes close to The Witcher 2. On topic. The Witcher 2 looks amazing. I don't think I've ever seen a game improve over its predecessor as much as this game, within a 5 year period. I'm speechless.ChubbyGuy40

What...console focus? The UI? So what.

Looks amazing wish I had £1000 lying around to spend on a pc.

There, it looks about the same as those game-play videos.

[QUOTE="ChubbyGuy40"]

[QUOTE="GeneralShowzer"] It's good that it's using a new engine, but i don't like the console focus.GeneralShowzer

What...console focus? The UI? So what.

that looks better than crysis for sure. great art design as well.

The Witcher had a unique and interesting combat system . The Witcher 2 looks like the previous console RPG that was out.GeneralShowzer

The Witcher 2 combat system is functionally the same as The Witcher's combat system... The only difference is that it is more fluid and less clunky.

Animations have improved, Switching between stances is far quicker, dodging and blocking is now better integrated, magic use is now more complete...

The combat isn't different from The Witcher 1, but it is made faster and more fluid(more in the direction that CDProjeckt had wanted all along).

So either you don't have a clue what you are talking about or you WANT the clunkier, slower combat that CDProjeckt never actually intended/envisioned...

Give It To Me.

[QUOTE="GeneralShowzer"]The Witcher had a unique and interesting combat system . The Witcher 2 looks like the previous console RPG that was out.KingsMessenger

The Witcher 2 combat system is functionally the same as The Witcher's combat system... The only difference is that it is more fluid and less clunky.

Animations have improved, Switching between stances is far quicker, dodging and blocking is now better integrated, magic use is now more complete...

The combat isn't different from The Witcher 1, but it is made faster and more fluid(more in the direction that CDProjeckt had wanted all along).

So either you don't have a clue what you are talking about or you WANT the clunkier, slower combat that CDProjeckt never actually intended/envisioned...

It's not similar combat, but better.

It's entirely different combat, taken ideas from different places for a different control scheme.

This is what happens when devs make games for the only real platform, and not stripped down pcs circa 2004htekemerald

[QUOTE="htekemerald"]This is what happens when devs make games for the only real platform, and not stripped down pcs circa 2004GeneralShowzer

oh my...they look beautiful!

[QUOTE="htekemerald"]This is what happens when devs make games for the only real platform, and not stripped down pcs circa 2004GeneralShowzer

Except it is, and you're POed at nothing because they said they designed the UI with consoles in mind.

So what? Within a month there'll be plenty of UI mods you can choose from. Or better yet, just don't buy it.

It looks like the previous console RPG. The combat. There is no group stance anymore :? I really don't see the similarities.

It's not similar combat, but better.

It's entirely different combat, taken ideas from different places for a different control scheme.

GeneralShowzer

Wait? so your argument is that the removal of the group stances makes it consolized? Visually it is different, but that is because they VASTLY improved the animations... FUNCTIONALLY it works pretty much the same way that The Witcher did... It is based on rhythm and combination of the different elements of combat(two stances, magic, alchemy, etc.) Have you seriously spent the last however many pages bashing the game because it LOOKS visually different because of the BETTER animation, completely oblivious to the fact that the game is PLAYED the same as it was before(with the exception of the removal of the group stance)????!!!

[QUOTE="htekemerald"]This is what happens when devs make games for the only real platform, and not stripped down pcs circa 2004GeneralShowzer

[QUOTE="GeneralShowzer"][QUOTE="htekemerald"]This is what happens when devs make games for the only real platform, and not stripped down pcs circa 2004i5750at4Ghz

[QUOTE="GeneralShowzer"]

It looks like the previous console RPG. The combat. There is no group stance anymore :? I really don't see the similarities.

It's not similar combat, but better.

It's entirely different combat, taken ideas from different places for a different control scheme.

KingsMessenger

Wait? so your argument is that the removal of the group stances makes it consolized? Visually it is different, but that is because they VASTLY improved the animations... FUNCTIONALLY it works pretty much the same way that The Witcher did... It is based on rhythm and combination of the different elements of combat(two stances, magic, alchemy, etc.) Have you seriously spent the last however many pages bashing the game because it LOOKS visually different because of the BETTER animation, completely oblivious to the fact that the game is PLAYED the same as it was before(with the exception of the removal of the group stance)????!!!

[QUOTE="GeneralShowzer"][QUOTE="haberman13"]

And console gamers think this will be out on the lolsoles.

Unless the lolsoles can magically become non-crappy cheap PCs from 6 years ago I don't see how it can happen.

haberman13

I'm just saying, consoles are really awful now that they are so old, so I would expect serious aliasing and a removal of bump mapping to make it work ... but you are right, it COULD work. I just don't think they will make it work, because it would seriously downgrade the quality of the game to play on a lolsole.

Crysis 2 has already proven to run terribly on the consoles, no need to attack those shoddy mini-PCs for that game.

Red Dead Redemption had some pretty beautiful environments and characters for a console game, with great lighting and shadow effects. And in my opinion, Red Dead is fairly close (except in resolution) to this, so I think CD Projekt could make it happen.

[QUOTE="haberman13"]

[QUOTE="GeneralShowzer"] It's a multi-platform engine, and CD Projekt has confirmed that not only it runs, but it looks the same on consoles. This isn't the game to brag PC power with. Try Shogun 2 or Crysis 2. ChiefFreeman

I'm just saying, consoles are really awful now that they are so old, so I would expect serious aliasing and a removal of bump mapping to make it work ... but you are right, it COULD work. I just don't think they will make it work, because it would seriously downgrade the quality of the game to play on a lolsole.

Crysis 2 has already proven to run terribly on the consoles, no need to attack those shoddy mini-PCs for that game.

Red Dead Redemption had some pretty beautiful environments and characters for a console game, with great lighting and shadow effects. And in my opinion, Red Dead is fairly close (except in resolution) to this, so I think CD Projekt could make it happen.

The problem is we still haven't seen the complete combat system in action, with normal weapons, final balance and God Mode turned off. I hope the game will be as challenging as Gothic and Risen.

The problem is we still haven't seen the complete combat system in action, with normal weapons, final balance and God Mode turned off. I hope the game will be as challenging as Gothic and Risen.

RyuRanVII

Risen's combat system took me awhile to figure out and i hope to god it will be the same for witcher 2.

There's more than enough proof really. DA II will be more of a PC game, at least it's getting a different UI. Might as well get Batman AC, because that's more "PC" than the Demon Souls wanabee .

[QUOTE="RyuRanVII"]

The problem is we still haven't seen the complete combat system in action, with normal weapons, final balance and God Mode turned off. I hope the game will be as challenging as Gothic and Risen.

lawlessx

Risen's combat system took me awhile to figure out and i hope to god it will be the same for witcher 2.

There's more than enough proof really. DA II will be more of a PC game, at least it's getting a different UI. Might as well get Batman AC, because that's more of a true PC game .GeneralShowzer

nothing you have posted is proof since we have yet to see a console version running