Witcher 2: Xbox 360 vs PC Screenshot Comparison

GB: "Check out this screenshot comparison between the PC and the Xbox 360 version of Witcher 2.
The images above are from the Xbox 360 version and the ones below are from the PC version. Please use the back-next buttons to navigate through the screens. Apologies for our ancient gallery system the new one will be better."

[rabidpancakeburglar]

I don't really care too much how it compares against the pc version in looks, I just want it to run well.

[BlackTar187]

me 2 i can't wait to play it

[DualConsoleOwner]

But who cares. at least console owners gets to play this game as well.

[starchild]

Definitely. It will still be the same game.

The PC version unsurprisingly looks better. It has higher resolution textures, more advanced lighting, better post processing effects and, of course, can run at much higher resolutions, framerates, and anti-aliasing levels.

Nevertheless, the game looks great on the 360 and will still offer the same basic gameplay experience.

[captain-obvious]

PC looks better ofcourse
but not too bad for the 360 TBH

looks really good

[RankFTW]

Yeah the 360 has done really well with this game. I've got it on PC so won't be picking it up but glad alot more people will get a chance to play it.

[likedamaster]

The game scales well, from the screenshots I think they did a great job on the port. Congrats, they look very similar.

[awi5951]

Oh man fox news is just waiting to make a big fake deal out of this. I hope the supreme court game law ruling comes before this comes out so everyone can tell fox news to suck it.

[ATiElite]

I think CD Projeckt Red did a fine job on the 360 version. Would I be wrong to say maybe now a 360 game can challenge Uncharted 2 and 3 for the graphics crown. That's still up for debate as I still need to see real-time rendering.

Anyway Consolers are getting one hell of a game as the European Developers continue to pump out all the best games.

Wish this game was DX11 but it's still gorgeous even on a low end PC.

[trollpolice]

awwww not available on PS3 boo hoo...

[gillri]

impressed, very good for 6 year old hardware

considering the difference in specs I expected the PC version to look alot better, or the 360 version to look alot worse

[xPhearR3dx]

Agreed, especially in this picture.

http://gamingbolt.com/wp-co...

The texture work looks better on PC, but the draw distance looks a little better on 360. Overall though they look damn close.

[kevnb]

depth of field is on for the pc screenshot.

[OpenGL]

The draw distance isn't better, the PC version is using a high quality depth of field effect.

[Kamikaze135]

That depth of field effect can be disabled on the PC..nice try, lol.

[Fishy Fingers]

It would if seen running side by side, just the resolution difference on its own(not shown in comparisons) would make a big difference to image clarity.

They'll get the most out of the hardware that they can though, expect it'll be one of the best looking 360 games this year, impressive when you consider the scope.

[Mr Patriot]

Agree

[ct03]

Yes, they always do these tests at 720p. Scale the 360 version up to 1080p like every 1080p display does and compare against native 1080p.

[Chucky2003]

its nothing impressive,the thing is they created a great engine that even on a lower setting the game looks great

[Breadisgood]

And that's not impressive?

[no_more_trolling]

he just cant admit something can look good on the 360

he would prefer to eat shit first lol

[Breadisgood]

Same here, I was pleasantly surprised.

[BeastlyRig]

It will look at least good on 360.

[Organization XII]

And actually the PC screenshots doesn't look as near as good on my PC. I'm not sure if the screens were taken with the ultra spec, plus the 1080p resolution really makes the difference!

[caboose32]

Yea I agree, it looked a bit better when I was playing it on my computer.

[Darkfocus]

they have no SSAO onin these screenshots plus there low res and they have the textures on high not ultra for the PC version...

[kuroukage]

They'll never take proper pictures when comparing it to PC. They don't want to shame console.

[Fishy Fingers]

Doesnt stack up 'too' badly here, although of course the PC screens are being gimped by resolution.

Whatever the result, your still going to end up with a gorgeous 360 game (when compared to other console titles) thats one of the best RPG this year.

[MinusTheBear]

That and it seems like they're running the PC on low settings.

[drosera1]

What's more important is that these aren't Xbox 360 screens and this site is lying. Some of the scenes are from near the middle of the game, i highly doubt they played that far on the console. These are clearly a comparison between PC low settings and PC medium settings, how can nobody see this?

[awi5951]

dude witcher isnt that long if you follow the main story and dont do side missions

[Arnon]

You've obviously never played The Witcher 2. Two of the screenshots are from the prologue of the game, and the other two are from chapter 1.

[fluffydelusions]

Looks good to me. Hopefully it runs well also.

[Zinc]

While I think it looks decent even on the 360, I can clearly see differences in quality on the PC side. If you look at those comparison pictures, you can see less detail on the buildings and textures, as well as lighting effects that are simply missing from the Xbox version.

But hey, at least people who would not have gotten to try it out will now get a chance to.

I've been playing on my PC and it's been a great experience.

[_LarZen_]

Dont see any reason to invest in hardware to run this on my computer when it look's so good on the X360.

Let's just hope the framerate is acceptable.

[kevnb]

it looks like low on 360, with a possible resolution drop. It doesnt take much to run it like that on pc.

[BlackKnight]

Possible resolution drop? 1080P is standard on PC computers these days, Id be surprised if its native 720P for the console.

[kevnb]

ya im thinking well below 720p, game is very gpu bound. On a typical 42 inch screen the game will be pretty ugly, but atleast playable I suppose.

[theonlylolking]

Not as good as these games graphics

http://images.bit-tech.net/...

http://www.play-mag.co.uk/w...

http://www.play-mag.co.uk/w...

[kevnb]

uncharted 2 pre-rendered scenes dont count. Plus the pc version of withcer 2 competes with pre-rendered unhcharted 2, which says alot.

[baodeus]

@theonlyloking

So u comparing witcher 2 (an dam wide open RPG games) to a corridor linear games like UC3, not to even mention prerecorded cutscene vs in gameplay shot?

I can see at least some logical comparison with Crysis 1 (open and it was a beast/still a beast).

U can't be serious.

[Arnon]

From what I remember, all of Uncharted 2's cutscenes weren't even running on the PS3's hardware, and were being streamed off the disc. I have no doubt it's the same for Uncharted 3.

[ferelinstincts]

The Xbox 360 version looks surprisingly good. We all knew the PC version was going to look the best but I actually thought that the 360 version would look worse than it actually does in order to meet performance requirements.

With the exception of added detail, depth of field, and lighting, the 360 version actually looks pretty similar to its PC counter-part. :)

[pr0digyZA]

Thats the way they designed the engine. the developers have said from the get go that they didn't create the highest graphics they could achieve on PC, because they knew from the beginning that it needed to work on consoles. They said in their engine commentary video that they could have pushed it a lot further.

[kevnb]

I also want to see it running in motion, because thats where the 360 version is really going to suffer especially in areas with foliage.

[awi5951]

@kevnb

No it wont 360 is made to do open world games well and has better streaming than ps3. Most games on 360 run on unreal that has bad popin a custom graphics engine on 360 for open world games will do fine. Look at games like crack down where the whole city is drawn with no load times where i can snipe my friend in real time in the city across the bay thats miles away.

[Darkfocus]

crack down looks like a steaming pile of crap though. here look this is what foliage looks like in TW2

http://steamcommunity.com/i...

all those screens except the earliest ones where taken on mid spec with bloom off and they still look better than the ones posted in this article...

[OC_MurphysLaw]

Ok...Witcher 2 looks good..not PC stunning great ...but solid good on 360. Now they just need to prove that it will run smoothly on the 360 and this will definitely be a nice game for 360 owners.

Edit: LOL..I love that I get disagrees on basically stating the truth. Game looks good so far on the 360 based on that, they make sure it runs smooth...it will be a nice game for 360 owners. Whats to disagree with?

[KillerPwned]

Looks really nice i am surprised honestly. I have it for PC and it is just one of the most gorgeous games i have laid eyes on yet. I`m running it on max settings i did not try ubersampling yet.

A game like this PC version will be the better one but this seems to be shaping up very well on the 360 CDPROJEKT is amazing developer.

[peeps]

I'll most likely pick the game up for cheap on PC, perhaps in a future steam deal... Can you use a controller on the PC version though? It just seems that this is more of an action RPG and so a contoller would suit it more

[KillerPwned]

Yeah you can use a controller but try keyboard first.It really is not that hard and i feel like the game is more suited to keyboard and mouse.

[kingdoms]

Couldn't tell which was which until I read the description. The last pic gives it away due to the main character model yet at times the console version looks better.

[HuGi]

If you played it on MAX. Will probably be best looking console game this year.

[kingdoms]

Well that or forza 4 and tomb raider for next year.

[peeps]

Looks very impressive. Obviously the PC version is better but the 360 looks to be doing a good job at keeping up, it's certainly a good looking game on the 360.

The big question though will be how well it runs. There's no point having a gorgeous game if it chugs along

[despair]

hmm the PC screens they have here aren't even close to how good it looks on my system and I can only run the game on high settings and 1080p, much less highest, plus I don't know anyone who would play on PC with that resolution, I mean if you can run the game then you most likely have a higher res monitor and the capabilities to run it at its native resolution.

[TheBrit]

absolutely picking this up - looks excellent all things considering.

[hano]

I'm playing it on PC, but the 360 pics look really good. Looks like it is better optimized than the PC version since the game only runs well on my rig with two AMD5770 in crossfire on med-high settings.

Looks like they tuned off Depth of Field, SSAO and Bloom, so kind off like low-med PC settings, but the game looks good that way. If they can get it to run at respectable frame rate then this is great for 360 owners.

[R_aVe_N]

People must have some really shitty PC's if they can not run this game... It run wonderfully on my PC and Laptop(really cheap). It does look decent on the 360 as well, but what really matters is how it runs. We have been burned before with pretty games that run like shit.

[xtremegamerage]

Looks quite good.

Depth of field,bloom,some lighting missing.

[no_more_trolling]

looks good
give the 6 year old hardware its props

[JohnCarpenter]

In pic 4 you can see the difference very clear: Geralds oponent is more fat cause the pc has more horsepower.

[jacksons98]

Seems dumb to get it on 360. It's not like videocards are expensive

[Series_IIa]

My GTX 590 was £500...

Spare change really.

[Darkfocus]

a 6870 is $190 and it'll max it at 1080p bar ubersampling...

[no_more_trolling]

why do u care?
everybody doesnt have gamning rigs

chill out and shut up
how would it be dumb to get it on the 360?

[guigsy]

Look great considering it was developed specifically for the PC. Hopefully the framerate holds up.

[Kahvipannu]

Actually they made the engine consoles in mind, so they could had pushed the hardware more if they would stayed PC only.. But the game looks gorgeus, amazing on X0 too i see.

[IAML36I0N]

Lets see, any current game running on high-end gaming rig using latest technology VS multi year old console hardware; of course it's gonna look better on PC...some of these articles boggle the mind.

I'm just happy CD Project Red decided too release on the 360, perhaps for the PS3.

[Kahvipannu]

Thankfully they didn't compare it to PC's high-settings, but damn.. It looks pretty damn good on X0 too. Nevertheless, this is propably going to be one of the best games this gen, so graphics don't matter that much.

Going to pick this one up too later this summer once I get my new PC build up, and finish Witcher1, which is amazing too by the way^^

[Noctis106]

The Xbox360 version will be at least 2-Disc!

[Neko_Mega]

PC Vs 360? PC kicks 360's butt no matter what.

Like what someone said, all that really matters if it runs good.

[IronyTaken]

Ummm there is no proof that those are 360 screenshots.

It is most likely PC low vs PC high settings.

[likedamaster]

Very little trolling on this one, if at all. I'm quite pleased.

[AngelicIceDiamond]

The Xbox Version looks absolutely fantastic surprised me I was gonna click on the link expecting all these downgraded visuals thank god that's not the case though.

But if I can just point out something without harming anyone. ScreenShot 3 on the right side of the screen where you see the bricks it looks higher resolution on the Xbox?

"The Images above are from the Xbox 360 version and the ones below are from the PC version."

Just in case anyone gets confused.

[vandal GAB]

Fantastic beautiful game, best game of 2011 so far!