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[–] TheColonel@reddthat.com 6 points 7 hours ago

Developers on suicide watch.

[–] net00@lemm.ee 26 points 14 hours 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.

[–] HowManyNimons@lemmy.world 9 points 11 hours ago

...and be $15 on gog.com

[–] epicsninja@lemmy.world 0 points 8 hours ago

If only that was what Cyberpunk actually got.

[–] kingblaaak@lemmy.world 6 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

so more gwent distractions i hope

[–] storcholus@feddit.org 2 points 4 hours ago

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

[–] ouch@lemmy.world 8 points 17 hours 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.

[–] Damage@feddit.it 5 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

Don't underestimate the importance of playing snowballs

[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 12 points 20 hours ago

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

[–] FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org 13 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

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

[–] BlackLaZoR@fedia.io 14 points 20 hours ago

Expect minimum requirements = 5070ti,

5090 recommended for 60 fps with DLSS

[–] moody@lemmings.world 3 points 18 hours ago (4 children)

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

[–] FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org 13 points 18 hours 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.

[–] UndercoverUlrikHD@programming.dev 6 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours 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.

[–] seejur@lemmy.world 4 points 12 hours 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.

[–] HowManyNimons@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago

They should go back to the NWN engine.

[–] DrDystopia@lemy.lol 8 points 18 hours ago

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

[–] GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 3 points 18 hours ago

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

[–] Damage@feddit.it 2 points 14 hours ago

Pshh, UE5 when the FreeDoom engine exists

[–] De_Narm@lemmy.world 3 points 19 hours 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.

[–] Berny23@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours 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.

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 6 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] De_Narm@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

I sure hope so, I got quite burned on the last big budget game I've played years after the hype. God of War 2018 felt like a culmination of every wrong with gaming at that time (outside of mtx) and AAA games only got worse from there.

[–] NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world 3 points 18 hours ago

I will say, i didn't think the main story was that strong. But the huge amount of amazing side quests more than made up for it.

[–] currycourier@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Out of curiosity, what didn't you like about God of War 2018?

[–] De_Narm@lemmy.world 3 points 18 hours ago

I went into detail here. In short, nothing was actually engaging. Combat, puzzles and traversal all felt shallow.

[–] darkkite@lemmy.ml 2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] stevedice@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 hours ago

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

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