Witcher 3 Next Gen Delayed(hold the surprised gasps!)

[Hertzian56]

Big surprise I know but TW3 "next gen" is delayed indefinitely. It's just a refresh and integrating new tech, how hard is that for a megastudio? It looks amazing as is to me but I realize it could look better, have things like RT and DLSS etc I think it's mainly for consoles but afaik will include a pc release. Mods have probably done a lot for the 2015 release, especially if you look close at times it has some fugly textures but doesn't take much away imo. I only have a couple of small QOL mods for the game. I'm not sure about the pricing but I would imagine they would want full price for it which seems not quite right.

 

https://www.dsogaming.com/news/the-witcher-3-next-gen-has-been-indefinitely-delayed/

[ratchetnclank]

It was a free update. It's delayed due to saber interactive working on the update originally but the team working on it is based in Russia and obviously with the war on ukraine and sanctions they can no longer work on it so CDPR will need to pick it up.

 

I believe Halk Hogon who worked on the HD texture mod pack was also involved. His texture upgrades are great and i'm sure the update will look good when it eventually arrives.

 

I can wait for the update, it will give me another excuse for another run through at some point.

[hfm]

RT would really improve Witcher 3. It wasn't like they didn't do a great job to start with though. RT would just take it to another level, while also affording them the benefit of not having to hack light sources and diffusion reflection, illumination etc. Hopefully they can get the project started back up again soon.

[Hertzian56]

https://www.dsogaming.com/news/the-witcher-3-next-gen-releases-in-q4-2022-full-content-revealed/

 

Q4 this year.

[jaybee83]

Q4 is not too bad, just in time for nextgen cpus and gpus 😛 should be interesting! 

[ryan]

jesus I havent even really played the original W3..but this might be the way to play it hopefully its a major overhaul not just a texture pack, as we already have that

[Reciever]

Are those texture packs true to form or more in the likeness of whoever made them? 

[ryan]

they are a bit of both, alot of thought went into them... i'd say yes they are true to form moreso than just higher resolution

[cylix]

Its coming, now i can continue the adventure 😁

 

 

[jaybee83]

On 11/24/2022 at 10:09 PM, cylix said:

Its coming, now i can continue the adventure 😁

 

 

 

looks quite impressive! ashamed to say ive never played that game, but heard tons of good stuff 🙂 funny to see that theyre implementing stuff inspired by the tv show, which in turn was inspired by the game series 😄 coming full circle haha

[Reciever]

26 minutes ago, jaybee83 said:

 

looks quite impressive! ashamed to say ive never played that game, but heard tons of good stuff 🙂 funny to see that theyre implementing stuff inspired by the tv show, which in turn was inspired by the game series 😄 coming full circle haha

No idea if that would be perceived as a good idea, considering the show is basically falling apart due to allegedly bad writing. 

 

I watched the first season some time ago and when I went back to look at the next seasons I guess it was poorly received? Bunch of drama I guess.

[serpro69]

13 hours ago, jaybee83 said:

funny to see that theyre implementing stuff inspired by the tv show, which in turn was inspired by the game series 😄 coming full circle haha

 

Haven't played the game either :/ although heard many great things about it. But I always thought that the show was based on the books, not the game. 

 

13 hours ago, Reciever said:

No idea if that would be perceived as a good idea, considering the show is basically falling apart due to allegedly bad writing. 

 

I watched the first season some time ago and when I went back to look at the next seasons I guess it was poorly received? Bunch of drama I guess.

 

Was it poorly received? I think liked second season even better than first. And ratings for the second season seem just a little worse than the first.

[Reciever]

3 hours ago, serpro69 said:

 

Haven't played the game either :/ although heard many great things about it. But I always thought that the show was based on the books, not the game. 

 

 

Was it poorly received? I think liked second season even better than first. And ratings for the second season seem just a little worse than the first.

 

Well end result was losing Henry Cavill who refused to re sign due to the writers not liking the IP as a whole. 

[Hertzian56]

Well I saw this today which is supposed to be a comparison, over at dsog. There's one that is different xbox versions too maybe a bit more even of a comparison.

 

 

 

 

https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/the-witcher-3-next-gen-update-vs-original-early-graphics-comparison/

[jaybee83]

8 hours ago, serpro69 said:

 

Haven't played the game either 😕although heard many great things about it. But I always thought that the show was based on the books, not the game. 

 

 

Was it poorly received? I think liked second season even better than first. And ratings for the second season seem just a little worse than the first.

 

oooh i forgot about the books, ure totally right!

 

5 hours ago, Reciever said:

 

Well end result was losing Henry Cavill who refused to re sign due to the writers not liking the IP as a whole. 

 

they lost Cavill? oh snap, smth mustve gone terribly wrong then. have they found a replacement yet? big shoes to fill, to say the least...

[Reciever]

2 hours ago, jaybee83 said:

 

oooh i forgot about the books, ure totally right!

 

 

they lost Cavill? oh snap, smth mustve gone terribly wrong then. have they found a replacement yet? big shoes to fill, to say the least...

 

The issue right now is that its strayed quite far from the source material, which is I guess is Cavil's main sticking point. By all outward appearances it appears to be that Cavil's disdain is writers open disdain for the IP and character choices that betray their personality and individual goals. The Director has also publicly stated something along the likes of not wanting to be locked in to the source material.

 

They picked up Liam Hemsworth to fill the role.

 

Honestly I am surprised the Witcher TV series happened at all, and with Cavil I thought it was a good fit. Cant seem to have nice things though.

[cylix]

I think Cavill also  went away because hes got the superman job again. Big screen money from dc🙂

 

No time to play Gerald

[Reciever]

5 minutes ago, cylix said:

I think Cavill also  went away because hes got the superman job again. Big screen money from dc🙂

 

No time to play Gerald

I'm on the fence about that being the case. Ian mckellan did both lord of the rings and xmen. 

 

That being said I hope they have a better writing team for the dccu this go around. 

[jaybee83]

On 11/28/2022 at 1:21 AM, Reciever said:

 

The issue right now is that its strayed quite far from the source material, which is I guess is Cavil's main sticking point. By all outward appearances it appears to be that Cavil's disdain is writers open disdain for the IP and character choices that betray their personality and individual goals. The Director has also publicly stated something along the likes of not wanting to be locked in to the source material.

 

They picked up Liam Hemsworth to fill the role.

 

Honestly I am surprised the Witcher TV series happened at all, and with Cavil I thought it was a good fit. Cant seem to have nice things though.

 

Liam Hemsworth! well of course, u gotta switch out one mountain of muscle with another lol. plus lucky they got another big name to sign on such a short notice i guess.

 

On 11/28/2022 at 3:12 AM, cylix said:

I think Cavill also  went away because hes got the superman job again. Big screen money from dc🙂

 

No time to play Gerald

 

oh really? nice, im glad hes continuing with Superman, hes actually a reaaaaally good placement for Supes imho. any new superman movies planned? or another team up i.e. justice league?

 

On 11/28/2022 at 3:19 AM, Reciever said:

I'm on the fence about that being the case. Ian mckellan did both lord of the rings and xmen. 

 

That being said I hope they have a better writing team for the dccu this go around. 

 

ikr @writing team. although i must say the Snyder cut was a revelation, was super skeptical at first whether it would make such a difference. geez, night and day, completely different movie! and that in a good way.

[cylix]

@jaybee83

You have to see Black Adam, dont want to spoil it. Only if you want to😃

[jaybee83]

17 hours ago, cylix said:

@jaybee83

You have to see Black Adam, dont want to spoil it. Only if you want to😃

already did bud, and i must say both me and my lady were veeeery disappointed... flat story, flat characters, i really expected more.... 😞 

[cylix]

8 minutes ago, jaybee83 said:

already did bud, and i must say both me and my lady were veeeery disappointed... flat story, flat characters, i really expected more.... 😞 

Yeah was not that good, but i like it better then the last marvel movies, the last thor movie was a trainwreck..  Anyway after the spoiler at the end i think next superman movie will involve black adam

[jaybee83]

On 11/30/2022 at 8:26 PM, cylix said:

Yeah was not that good, but i like it better then the last marvel movies, the last thor movie was a trainwreck..  Anyway after the spoiler at the end i think next superman movie will involve black adam

LOL i actually got more excited about the superman cameo in the end than the rest of the movie hahaha

 

i actually liiked Love & Thunder 😄 but i thought that Ragnarok before it was a total trainwreck hahaha

 

in any case, soooo happy than Henry Cavill is back to being Superman 🙂 

[Hertzian56]

https://www.dsogaming.com/news/the-witcher-3-next-gen-is-another-cyberpunk-2077-buggy-mess-at-launch/

https://www.dsogaming.com/videotrailer-news/behold-the-pc-version-of-the-witcher-3-next-gen-with-all-of-its-ray-tracing-effects/

 

 

[Etern4l]

On 11/28/2022 at 12:21 AM, Reciever said:

 

The issue right now is that its strayed quite far from the source material, which is I guess is Cavil's main sticking point. By all outward appearances it appears to be that Cavil's disdain is writers open disdain for the IP and character choices that betray their personality and individual goals. The Director has also publicly stated something along the likes of not wanting to be locked in to the source material.

 

They picked up Liam Hemsworth to fill the role.

 

Honestly I am surprised the Witcher TV series happened at all, and with Cavil I thought it was a good fit. Cant seem to have nice things though.

 

I thought they show has been fine, mostly thanks to core characters being cast and acted well enough, although I also don't understand why they didn't just follow the source material verbatim instead of trying to reinvent the wheel. They are not far off, but things seem a bit out of order. No way someone not familiar with the source material would be able to completely follow the story as it was intended (although to be fair the timeline is already a bit convoluted in the books, perhaps the writers got confused lol). Some aspects of the Witcher character seem to be completely missing AFAIR. He is basically an outcast, a dying breed, and tends to be mocked/insulted or deeply feared whenever he shows up among the male general public, whereas with Cavill in the role they made him more of an generally adored stud...  I am worried Liam Hemsworth will struggle to introduce that extra depth to the character, fingers crossed though.