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[–] [email protected] 36 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I'll just wait for the Witcher 4 patch 2.0, which will release after 3 years from the original release date and will actually contain the advertised game.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

...and be $15 on gog.com

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Cool, can't wait for the stutter, as per every other UE5 slop to come out

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago

Expect minimum requirements = 5070ti,

5090 recommended for 60 fps with DLSS

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (5 children)

I don't know get why they would make it with UE5 when they have their own in-house engine.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago

Others answered but it's easier/cheaper for them to use a vendor's engine. It makes sense.

What sucks is that UE seems to almost have a monopoly on engine leasing. I wish there were more options. Having all games use the same engine is putting too many eggs in the same basket.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

They ended RedEngine with Cyberpunk 2077, too much work. Everything going forward will be UE.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

They claimed that it was expensive and was part of the reason for cyberpunk's turbulent launch.

It's a real shame though, most UE5 runs awful it seems, and are still limited by single thread performance, unlike RED Engine which scales far better with more CPU cores.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Tbh RED engine also has its plethora of problems, missing features, and makes it harder to onboard new team members (need to train on new engine instead of basically every single dev having experience with unity or unreal).

Not that unreal is perfect by any shots.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

It's hard work to maintain and develop your own engine.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago

Fantastic news. I loved Witcher 3, we will see how good 4 is.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

so more gwent distractions i hope

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I hope they don't change the Gwent gameplay. The mobile version sucked

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

Developers on suicide watch.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I should probably get around to continuing Witcher 3. I just have a mental issue with quests and choices blocking other quests that I just end up reading the wiki. Help me.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Don't underestimate the importance of playing snowballs

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Just in time for me to actually play Witcher 3, I'm starting this weekend. I wasn't big on Witcher 2 and just never got around to 3 until now.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (6 children)

Oh you're in for a treat. The side quests in Witcher 3 are legendary. I love everything about that game.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It is still my favorite game ever, regarding story, world-building, characters, music, graphics, quests and overall gameplay.

But it's a bit weak on combat mechanics, there I prefer Elden Ring and Dark Souls 3.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

if you're on pc. get the friendly ui mod and try to hide the mini map and use 3d ~~maps~~ marker instead. immersion is so much better

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

This. I spent 84% of my first playthrough looking at the minimap.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Pshh, UE5 when the FreeDoom engine exists

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