CD Projekt Red opened their SDCC 2014 Panel with the announcement of a roughly 30-minute live demonstration of brand new gameplay.
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CD Projekt Red is confident in the transition from its in-house Red Engine to Unreal Engine 5 for the next Witcher game.
My main concern with UE5, is that some developers have resorted to very low resolutions in order to enable the advanced feature set of this engine and sustain the frame rate.
In open world games, especially those with excellent graphics, we cant realistically expect 60fps from consoles (PS5 pro set aside as we do not know exactly how performant it will be) without huge compromises.
Thus the new Witcher game will probably require more powerful consoles to experience it the way the developers intended and in that sense, it reminds me of Cyberpunk situation.
It was released in current gen systems albeit in dire state (even PS4 Pro and Xbox One X suffered) requiring next generation consoles to achieve a desirable (and still not ideal) result.
I am quietly confident that they are going to make one hell of a jaw dropping witcher considering what they achieved with cyberpunk, i reckon they will bring a new level of what can be expected from ue5 BUT i reckon it will be a ps6/rtx 5090 game.
The next Witcher game will still be an RPG but players can expect new things as CD Projekt Red want to push boundaries and discover new ways of storytelling.
Bethesda seems like a studio that is "stuck in the same spot". Development wise. Glad CDPR are wary of that element in game design.
This game looks absolutely BEAUTIFUL! I think I will enjoy this more than I did Skyrim, hate to say it.
This game seems too good to be true. Seriously, all this work for maybe 16 million consoles...and pc I think. I really hope they make money. They deserve it. This couldnt hav been cheap.
Ok...now for the game itself. I really hope difficulty hasnt been nerfed. I actually thought the witcher 2 was too easy by the end and everyone complained that it was too hard. I also worry about open world. I will be VERY disappointed if it scales like Skyrim. I just hope that everything has a difficulty and if u get ur a $$ handed to u, u get stronger and go back.
Also, I hope there is legitimate endgame content like Dragons Dogma...maybe really hard rare monsters etc. Or dungeons with high end gear. I just dont want this to ever end lol.