Maybe he confused with Witcher 1.
What other games are we all playing?
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That 2.7Gb patch last night seems to have done the job...without changing a thing in my settings, running the benchmark produced an average over all of 57FPS (highest 75, lowest 37) previously, the average was 38FPS across the board with the lowest count dipping to 25.Haha. I don't know why, perhaps the characters look a bit stiff, and yes, coming from the recently played AC O&O, the first scenes were a bit underwhelming.
I'm also waiting for Steam. Perhaps it'll improve stabiloty and optimization-wise... Also I do use Steam Link, aability to easily launch from the couch is imprtant.
I played RDR1, and given it was a masterpiece, I expect to be blown away. R* rocks!
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Wow thats trash, is that on pc? I thought it was supposed to be better than console.
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Better lighting and shading, and better character animations (this guy also uses the word 'stiff' for the swimming animations) in AC Odyssey - and I din't even went into watching it all. To me the cutscene-animations were a bit underwhelming. I'm not saying AC is superior, but this aspect is important to me and it made Witcher 3 first impression look aged.
I'm not saying Witcher 3 isn't a bad game, simply saying it didn't click during the first few mins. Intro and first few mins of gameplay dump a lot of information, and the tutorial fighting scene already shows 4-5 different spells in what appears to be a fairly complex combat system.
I am usually playing open world single player games to relax, when possible just casually on the couch with a controller - Witcher 3 seems to a be a bit more demanding.
Perhaps it will be different if I give it another go, but hey, we are all different and enjoying different things... right?
Not really better...just more settings and options to faff about with at the end of the day. Besides, AC Odyssey is a port from Xbox to PC, it was released on consoles first with the PC port being released later.
Witcher 3 has added hi-res textures on PC as opposed to Xbox (I've played both versions of both games)...where the PC versions usually shine is in the ability to mod everything...not so much in the AC titles but certainly Witcher 3. AC Odyssey looks just as good on my one X as it does on my PC...higher resolutions on PC of course, but otherwise much of a sameness....remembering the Witcher 3 came out 4 years ago in 2015 which is an indicator of how good the game still is in comparison with recent releases like Odyssey. The Witcher on PC as compared to Xbox however...I'm running over 75 mods currently including the 4K texture pack making it a bit 'different' from the Xbox version.
Screenies of AC-O and Witcher 3 from PC. For me, the difference is frame rates at 4K resolutions...AC-O struggling at around 30-ish..Witcher 3 at a steady across the board 60+.
Ooo...Yen and Triss in 4K. Makes me want to go playing the Witcher all over again
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Right..and if you DID watch it all...the video goes on to say the Witcher 3 basically wins at everything else, Textures, Environments, better models for the horses and animals (including animations) Better interior lighting, Audio, Story...
So you are entitled to your opinion..that's cool.
But you are wrong if you say it's aged badly.
It came out in 2015...4 years before AC odyssey and it STILL not only holds up but surpasses AC in many areas.
So saying its aged badly is not merely " an opinion." -It's an incorrect statement.
Just saying.
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I'm also waiting for Steam. Perhaps it'll improve stabiloty and optimization-wise... Also I do use Steam Link, aability to easily launch from the couch is imprtant.
I played RDR1, and given it was a masterpiece, I expect to be blown away. R* rocks!
My advice: don't bother waiting for Steam.
I was doing this, then it occurred to me that if it's like GTA V (and it will be), launching it from Steam will simply run the R* launcher. Wherever you buy it from, it'll always do that. You can't get out of installing it if you want to play the game. And it's pretty unobtrusive to be fair.
And you want to play the game.
Seriously, it's fantastic. I have it also on PS4 Pro, but it just feels so much better with mouse & keyboard & in 4K.
Disco Elysium.
I found out last night that it's possible to complete* the game in a few minutes. That was interesting.
*By "complete" I mean "utterly fail in a game-ending fashion"
I found out last night that it's possible to complete* the game in a few minutes. That was interesting.
*By "complete" I mean "utterly fail in a game-ending fashion"
The older i get (now 36) the more appealing a game like DE feels to me.
I might pick it up..one question though..
Does it feel satisfying to play and if so, in what way?
You're a mere youngster!
TBH I didn't play it again after that as I couldn't be bothered to go through a lot of choices again. I'll have another go in the next couple of days. I only had a limited amount of time to play yesterday. It looks absolutely gorgeous. Didn't get far enough to explore a lot of the mechanics, including combat. It is, though, the closest computer game to a pen & paper RPG that I have played, with a lot of stat checks & dice rolls.
I can't really give much of a recommendation yet but even the small amount that I have played has been very cleverly (and densely) written with a lot of care put into it.
i don't feel young at all..
Ok cool. I might watch a few reviews on it.
What I've seen and heard of it so far has sparked an interest.
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As an increasingly decrepit 47 year old, let me simply say that Disco Elysium is brilliant.
In terms of what is satisfying: the story, and the fact that you can really play it any way you like. Dialog choices in most RPGs claim this, but really the options they give you are only to drive you down to the choice that you have no choice in anyway - not much actually changes in terms of how the game plays out.
In DE, that's not the case. It's the closest I've experienced to "real" RP in an RPG. You have a chance to say something to someone during a conversation - once you choose something else - you can't then go back and say the other thing. The moment has gone. And the game outcome has changed accordingly. Trust me, this is a good thing. You want to experience what would happen if you told your side-kick to F-off when you had the chance? Replay it & RP differently next time.
Best (original) game this year IMO.
It's the absolute opposite of open-world. I'm really bored of excessively huge open-world games.
EDIT: Death Stranding is definitely not on my list.
In fairness..Death Stranding is anything but your typical open-world game though.
In either case - as a gamer, i don't care what genre..as long as it's good and respects my time.
So, an internet stranger tells me that my perception of a games' graphics based on aged animation/lighting model is invalid because of high res textures - and I supposed to 'look silly'.
Well mate, I have bad news for you: it doesn't work like that. Learn to read first.
My advice: don't bother waiting for Steam.
I was doing this, then it occurred to me that if it's like GTA V (and it will be), launching it from Steam will simply run the R* launcher. Wherever you buy it from, it'll always do that. You can't get out of installing it if you want to play the game. And it's pretty unobtrusive to be fair.
And you want to play the game.
I was led to believe that if I import it to Steam later, it will launch the launcher only which is then inconvenient via Steam Link... I will look into it, as otherwise I can't wait.
So if I do buy it on Steam, will I need to use Steam to launch it, or can I bypass Steam and use Rockstar's launcher directly like ED used to allow?
Based on currently available info, yes you would need Steam to launch it if you buy from Steam.
Reason I say that is that whilst my R* launcher picks up the fact that I have GTA V installed, it won't let me launch it directly. The 'play' button literally says "Play On Steam".
I expect RDR2 will be the same.
Well for this reason I'm leaning on buying it from Rockstar. Their launcher is just that, right? I'm not installing an entirely different store like the Epic store.
Does Rockstar do Black Friday sales? I rarely ever pay full price for games, especially when I already own them on a different platform.