“We look better,” The Witcher 2 dev calls out Dragon Age 2’s graphics

I was chatting with Tomas Gop (senior producer on The Witcher 2) last week while CD Projekt was in town to show off a new slice of its action-RPG. When the demo was done, I asked him directly: “How would you distinguish your game from Dragon Age 2?” Here’s what he said. [Evan Lahti]

[LunaticBrandon]

The game looks better thank most games coming out this year.

[morganfell]

And it has it under the hood as well. I have been through The Witcher and experienced 3 of the endings. Best RPG I have ever played. The Witcher 2 will more than triple the number of endings to 16.

[ATiElite]

16 endings, that's a lot of play throughs!

[RedDead]

Best RPG you ever played? I must play this game...

[nycrekid]

It's one of the best fantasy RPGs ever made the first one.

[Motion]

Yeah, I do believe this statement entirely. The first Witcher looks much better than DAO, from what I remember. The second doing the same is no surprise to me.

[Xfanboy]

- http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[Wakka_]

The Witcher 2 will be better than Dragon Age 2 overall, just like how Witcher 1 was way better than DA:O.

[SonyPS360]

What do you base this on?

Your opinion doesn't count by the way.

[Motion]

Based on graphics, gameplay and story I'd assume :)

I mean, that is the general way to look at a game's overall worth. What would you base it on? Sales? :p

[LMS]

The easiest way to avoid any concern is to buy both, which I will, but if I had to choose, my cash would be going to the witcher 2 no doubt!

[SonyPS360]

Or you could do the sensible thing and see if's good before dropping money on it.

[Kon]

I think Dragon Age don't need to rely on graphics to be a good game. DA1 was an horrible game(graphically talking) but it was an amazing RPG. Well, i will be getting both games.

[KillingAllFanboys]

Ohh great a graphics war, can we just be friends....lol

[R_aVe_N]

To tell the truth I am looking forward to The Witcher 2 a lot more than Dragon Age 2. When I compared the first two games The Witcher won hands down. I really loved that game. I thought Dragon Age was average at best.

[Gamefan12]

i just hope they combine the skill tree for silver and steel swords , because WTF they are both swords but you have to train the same skills twice

[SonyPS360]

You don't play better, sell as well, score as high, or have nearly as many people still playing your game.

But at least it looks a little bit nicer.

[atticus14]

your opinion doesn't count by the way

[plb]

I concur with the dev. I just saw some vids posted of witcher 2 and da2 and witcher 2 rapes it..I don't care though because I'll buy both anyway.

[Newtype]

You can sex a lot of people in the Witcher.

[bobrea]

I think both games are going to be awesome, I can't wait for them. I don't care which one looks better.

[EditorAtGNG]

I've managed to complete Dragon Age Origins with 3 different characters, and I payed no attention to the weird animations and ugly graphical engine (it wasn't that ugly but it wouldn't win any beauty contest let me tell ya). As for the Witcher, well, the voice acting and the combat were the points where it lost me completely. If we compare Bioware's storytelling and dialog to that of the Witcher, who do you think is better? The combat was weird as well. Three different stances (which is kinda insightful) but awful one button spam tactics...

Overall, I'll be getting Dragon Age 2 first since, well, no matter how great Witcher 2 looks, it seems the combat remained unchanged. Ugh.

[Motion]

Well, in regards to PC (I didn't play DAO on consoles), while similar games, DAO was more tactical while the Witcher has more of an action RPG combat system. I think both systems are good in their own right, but I still prefer the Witcher.

[TheColbertinator]

Seeing as how Dragon Age 2 will be gimped for the console masses I can already tell The Witcher 2 will be ahead of DA2 in terms of graphics by miles.

[Tommykrem]

Care, you play worse :P
...I think.

[Vesemir]

Have you guys watched the witcher 2 presentation on gamespot ?? Geralt's movements looks ridiculous, robotic and lifeless while in The Witcher 1 Geralt's moves were just like from a real sword master.

Everyone is complaining about it in CDPR forums, you should check it out.

http://tw2.thewitcher.com/f...

If they don't improve that shit, this game is going to be the joke of the year.

The battle system is looking like a generic hacking and slash game too, with QTES !

[Tikicobra]

Color me excited. 16 endings and amazing graphics? Not a bad deal.

[mobijoker]

Five great rpgs to look forward to-
DA2
Witcher 2
Skyrim
ME3
Deus Ex
I don't care about graphics because mods can later fix that.I gave 4 playthroughs in DA0 and 3 in witcher.I just have only one complain about witcher-it has a very small mod community.But this time around,with the buzz surrounding it,i can see loads of mods coming.

[Darkfiber]

Dragon Age 2 looks like crap. I'm not seeing the HUGE graphical improvement over the first. It looks pretty much exactly like the first, but with smoother animations. Not saying the game will be bad though, but it really doesn't look like anything special. The improvements might be big from the first to the second on console though I guess, but on PC they don't like that different. Even the first Witcher looked better than Dragon Age 2.

[EditorAtGNG]

... yeah, because everyone played the original Dragon Age because of the graphics, right? Right?

[Darkfiber]

Exactly!

But, yeah no. I loved the first Dragon Age but it was ugly as fuck, and the second isn't that big of an improvement. It looks more comic-booky than the first, stylistically, but character models look pretty much the same. Seems to be a severe lack of details in the environments though, from what I've seen about the game.

[TABSF]

The Witcher 2 will destroy Dragon Age 2

The Witcher 2 PC Exclusive
Dragon Age 2 Multiplatform

[Raider69]

well actually you sr are wrong, because the engine that powers the Witcher 2 was made with consoles in mind!And the Witcher 2 is not PC exclusive,check the web and the latest statements from CD-P!Of course PC is the ultimate version,im not even questioning that!

http://www.pcgameshardware....

[Vesemir]

You're naive arent you ?? The Witcher 2 UI is console based, with scroll down lists.

The game's being produced with consoles in mind.

[TABSF]

That is why there is no console version foreseeable future.

"because the engine that powers the Witcher 2 was made with consoles in mind!" and "You're naive arent you ?? The Witcher 2 UI is console based"

Yeah and games like Halo Reach and Uncharted 2 are made on PCs.

@ FasterThanFTL

This could be one of the best RPGs in year and a strong challenger to Skyrim.
Day one for me on Steam.

[F4sterTh4nFTL]

...so that quality games like these keep being made for PC only.

[ATiElite]

I totally agree, Me and Mr. Death will be going door to door dragging those that violate such a glorious game to HELL!!

But fear not Two Worlds II sold like 2 million PC units and it has ZERO DRM!! The Witcher 2 is an automatic buy NO DEMO needed, go buy The Witcher to see whats coming.

[Orochi]

Actually I was going to buy this game legally, but just because you made this nerd comment, I'm going to ilegally download it.

I wanna see you and mr. death here at my door draggin me to hell, though I think the chances I'll send you to hell are higher with my shotgun in your mouth.

[evrfighter]

I'm on the same boat as orochi. Apologize and I may reconsider.

[MWH]

Pirates came from Hell so going back there is like going back home. buy this game if you can fellows.

[lelo2play]

Since the Witcher was a better game then Dragon Age... i not only expect Witcher 2 to look better then Dragon Age 2, but be a better game all together.

[jack_burt0n]

seeing as guild wars 1 looks better than DA2 on 360 thats not really what you should be bragging about.

[Kran]

Why the heck are the two games fighting each other? The Witcher 2 doesnt even come out until May, so theres really no competition between the two besides flame wars

[PandaJenkins]

Witcher 2 looks better, but I am getting both anyway :). 2 of my most anticipated games this year.

[Tex117]

I wish they would get a good team to port this to the consoles :(

[Lazyeye79]

Thats a no brainer. Of course the Witcher 2 looks better isn't it PC only?

[theroadtoruin]

dragon age's graphics are laughable, looks like something from 2004.

[XxPURExX]

Cant wait 4 TW2 and DA2 both will b awesome