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ZeroHora, do games w The Witcher 4 | Gameplay Tech Demo
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Only relevant thing from this is to see Skellige, prettiest part from TW3

Ashtear,

This is in Kovir.

ZeroHora,
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Good to know. Another cool nordic region.

thisismyname,

Skellige is celtic, not nordic. Think Ireland/Scotland rather than Norway/Sweden.

ZeroHora,
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But Skellige is known for the drakkar(longships), that’s nordic no?

thisismyname,

Aye, but also Celtic because of Nordic influence.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Up_Helly_Aa

If you click this link and scroll down to the gallery you can see what are essentially Viking longships but in a Celtic nation.

Celtic and Nordic cultures have a lot of similarities because of geographic proximity but they’re also distinctly their own.

ZeroHora,
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TIL

cyberfae,
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Skellige is a combination of Celtic/Scottish and Viking culture

UlrikHD,
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It’s a mix, even if the names are more celtic, the culture is inspired by norse culture. CDPR initially considered having the people of Skellige speak Norwegian.

RampantParanoia2365,

Skellige was very clearly heavily Nordic inspired. Ragh nahr Roog?

thisismyname,

The Scottish Hebrides have changed hands between Celtic, Norse, and later Scots ownership multiple times. The area has a smorgasbord of cultural influences.

Skellige is similar, it’s Celtic with a huge slathering of Nordic, but still ultimately Celtic at the end of the day.

argh_another_username, do games w The Witcher 4 - Cinematic Trailer | State of Unreal 2025

(Note: I don’t read anything from games I play, I like to keep the suspense) I’d love for this to be set after Ciri going into the Avalac’h’s portal. That’s considered a bad ending for TW3 but we don’t exactly know what happened and if she would eventually make it back.

Coelacanth,
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Ciri enters the portal in all endings.

argh_another_username,

I don’t remember anymore. Even the one that she becomes a princess? But you know, I’m talking the one that she doesn’t come back.

Coelacanth, (edited )
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Yes, she always goes through the portal. It’s what happens after that varies. She either becomes a Witcher (looks like that will be the canon ending considering Witcher 4), becomes an empress or she doesn’t come back. In the latter ending it’s implied (but left up for debate) that she dies. It’s also very heavily implied that Geralt dies in that one.

teft, do games w The Witcher 4 | Gameplay Tech Demo
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What does it matter what it was running on? This looks pre rendered and anything pre rendered will look good even on a potato. Case in point Blizzard’s old pre renders in warcraft and diablo.

Don’t get me wrong, i’m excited for new witcher, just be realistic on the requirements. I’d rather not have another cyberpunk ps4 fiasco.

simple,

It’s running in real time.

Hadriscus,

Well it is so you know you’re going to get something similar if you own a ps5

Ashtear, do games w The Witcher 4 | Gameplay Tech Demo

Ugh, I can already tell this is my deadline for my getting a GPU upgrade.

Hopefully the switch to a third-party engine means I won’t have to wait a year after release like I did with CP2077. I imagine this game has to be super important to Epic.

CosmoNova, do games w The Witcher 4 | Gameplay Tech Demo

Well damn I know it’s just footage of a tech demo so there is a lot that can happen still and Ciri was definitely not controlled live (as they tried to make us believe if you watched the full event. Like seriously, who’s going to believe you when you slice up a horse and voxelize trees? Holding the controller on stage was just corny, sorry guys) BUT it looks amazing! I especially loved how they showcased some of the technical details. I really didn’t think it would impress me this much because they showed way more about a game that’s probably years away from release than I ever anticipated. And again, a lot can still happen and go wrong but I would lie if I said I wasn’t hyped already. Mission accomplished I guess.

darkkite,

parts of the demo could be player controlled

Sylvartas,

That’s not unbelievable. If the trees voxelization thing is just a visualisation mode in the engine, it’s stupidly easy to “ship” it into a dev build and activate it with a shortcut. Hell the nanite visualisation thing they showed on foliage before that one is exactly that, and iirc enabled by default in dev, you just need to toggle a cvar to see it.

Source : have worked on UE5 games

CosmoNova,

The presentation looks too fluid. I don‘t see any room or reason to use a controller live on stage there other than to pretend. The entire thing looks scripted through and through so why would you even make Ciri controlled live there? Feel free to send me time codes where the camera itself actually looks like it‘s controlled by the guy behind the pult, though. I can‘t see anything. It looks like a normal tech demo with preselected inputs to me and I see no reason why they would give the guy control over anything.

Astigma, (edited ) do games w The Witcher 4 | Gameplay Tech Demo
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  • duchess,

    Calling it a „tech Demo“ already made their initial intention pretty clear: this is not the game, this is some tech we‘ll be using.

    Drbreen,

    But here’s the thing. People will interpret it that way, lose their shit and empty their wallets the moment they can based on media like this.

    duchess,

    So they should omit the tech demo because people can’t read? Nah. And what was wrong with the Witcher 3‘s launch? Is this about the color grading again?

    Drbreen,

    I’m not blaming CDPR on that fact but the user.

    PhAzE,

    They’ve come out and said specifically this is a tech demo in the world of the Witcher 4 but its not actually witcher 4 the game. As in, they’re showing off the new tech, like foliage nanite.

    secret300, do games w The Witcher 4 - Cinematic Trailer | State of Unreal 2025

    Can’t wait to see how bad this launch is. I love watching YouTube videos about big budget games that turn out horrible

    Strider, do games w The History of 3D Gaming - [The History of Video Games]

    Hm, sad to see he just skipped over voodoo2 (3dfx) 3d glasses prior to Nvidia…

    nostalgicgamerz, (edited )

    Oh no…in hate it when I miss things like that. are you telling me 3DFX supported stereoscopic 3D??..

    Strider, (edited )

    Yes, I had 2 monster3d* voodoo 2 cards and could play sort of most 3dfx games with shutter* glasses in more or less good 3d.

    (* I am pretty sure but it’s been a long time)

    It was draining like most 3d implementations but the novelty wore off rather quickly too.

    I was trying to find some stuff to link but was mostly unsuccessful but I’ll give it another go.

    It might have been that wicked3d stuff:

    stereo3d.com/h3d.htm

    nostalgicgamerz,

    Oh no no no no damnit! Now I feel bad ;___;

    I definitely would have covered that!

    Strider,

    No, don’t, nothing is ever complete. If it really was that wicked3d, it’s very niche and surprising I even had it 😁.

    nostalgicgamerz,

    Damn that is totally… wicked

    Pun intended

    Lojcs, do games w The Witcher 4 | Gameplay Tech Demo

    Surely digital foundry will find improvements but to me this doesn’t look that different than witcher 3. Better animations and hair looks better I think? Never noticed lod transitions myself. The promise of increaaed interactivity means nothing in a trailer neither. I only hope it has better multi core performance especially with ray tracing

    SpacetimeMachine,

    Have you gone and looked at what W3 looks like recently? It’s not a bad looking game by any stretch but this still looks significantly better imo. The vegetation density definitely looks way better, as well as the lighting.

    Lojcs,

    I’ve been playing it the last week

    JiveTurkey,

    I’ve been replaying W3 and I agree. This looks quite a bit better in terms of foliage density and character detail. W3 still looks great though.

    RampantParanoia2365,

    I’m sorry, but you are blind, if you feel this way.

    HeartyOfGlass, do games w The Witcher 4 - Cinematic Trailer | State of Unreal 2025

    I expect this will follow the same pattern as their previous games -

    1. the hype cycle will get fans frothing at the mouth
    2. the launch will be delayed several times because "we want it to be PERFECT for our fans"
    3. the actual launch will still be Bethesda-levels of buggy
    4. Over the first ~year after release the game is slowly patched to be playable

    It’s weird seeing it happen again and again.

    Remember, folks - 2+ years after launch you’ll be able to purchase the original game + the half-dozen DLCs for a nickel.

    anakin78z, do games w The Witcher 4 - Cinematic Trailer | State of Unreal 2025
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    Huh, I don’t really get the trailer. Is that guy from the previous games? Or is he just a random monster victim. What’s the significance of salt? Why would the coin have her fooled?

    Sorry if I’m ignorant to common lore.

    nyctre, (edited )

    Most of the people that appear in Witcher trailers are just random victims or passer-bys.

    This video was split into 2, in the other half we learn that the merchant told ciri that he was transporting salt. And that was a chest full of coins.

    So just a stupid IGN decision, not your fault nor some lore that you’re unaware of.

    anakin78z,
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    Oh, thank you! I’ll have to find the 2nd half. It did seem rather short on its own for a trailer!

    RedStrider, do games w Garfield Kart 2 – All You Can Drift – Teaser
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    why

    Kolanaki,
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    LunarLoony, do games w Garfield Kart 2 – All You Can Drift – Teaser
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    But this is the third Garfield Kart…

    FilthyHands, do games w Cyber Knights: Flashpoint, squad tactics heist RPG, is now fully launched on Steam!
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    Congratulations! I love all your games and especially your dedication. Looking forward to try out 1.0. Keep up the great work.

    ampersandrew, do games w Cyber Knights: Flashpoint, squad tactics heist RPG, is now fully launched on Steam!
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    Now that it’s launched, might you be interested in a GOG version? I’ve got this game on my radar, but I won’t be able to get around to it at least until I finish a few other long games I’m working through.

    TreseBrothers,

    It’s tough to say; we’re a small studio so every extra platform we support adds a lot of extra overhead to our process. We’ve looked at GOG a few times in the past for our previous games but couldn’t justify it. We’ll look again for Cyber Knights when we have the bandwidth to consider it, but for now we’re just focused on Steam (Windows/Mac/Linux), our planned mobile ports, and potential console ports.

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