Yeah it's pretty cringeworthy. This trailer seems aimed at a wider audience than those already familiar with the Witcher world.

Yes. The animation on Yennifer casting that kickass churning earth spell thing was super wonky. Its almost like they didn't mocap the whole thing! At least get some video or something from real sorceresses casting real spells from the real world for comparison.

But srsly. I've no idea where you are seeing all this animation fail. It looks fine to me. I've also got no idea how you can criticise the plot of a game from its trailer.

Disclaimer: I am a human with 26 years of experience being around other, animated humans. Although, in fairness I have never witnessed either a horse being beheaded on the charge with a single swipe of a zweihander (I should also mention I have never witnesses a horse at any velocity being beheaded with anything), or any witches, mounted or otherwise (at least to my knowledge), but at neither of those points in the trailer did I think, "Wow, that's so unrealistic". I suppose the reason is that when I clicked on a video which was quite apparent as a trailer for a videogame, I may have prepared myself by suspending some of my disbelief.

ps. I am hyped for this game. The first 2/3 of the Witcher 2 were great.

I bought Witcher 1 and 2, but just can't get into either of them, I think it's the combat system, it just doesn't feel smooth to me. It's almost as if they wanted to do something different for the sake of it being different. Nothing wrong with the games though, they do seem excellent, it's just personal preference I think.

It's not an uncanny valley issue here. It's poor animation. Specifically the animation of the characters. The character artists made stylized looking character (keeping with the feel of the witcher) while the animators didn't feel as though they had it together on this one. Additionally composition of the shots lead to poor pacing as a whole.

The game however will be awesome. I really enjoyed the second one and I could care less what the cutscenes look like.

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Funnily enough, of all the games you could have chosen, I would argue The Witcher 2 had a storyline that was almost too complex for its own good, to the point that keeping up with the happenings of all the characters and factions took serious effort.

I don't think you ever played The Witcher games...

CGI is getting better, but still this is extremely deep in the uncanny valey.

I'm very impressed with how interactive and alive they've made the world feel. The level of graphical detail here is reminiscent of The Witcher 2. The combat, while more action RPG than tactical isometric like Origins still looks like it has depth, but just more leans towards the Dark Souls variety with circle strafing to avoid enemy maneuvers and targeting specific boss weak points.

Guess we'll have to see how it turns out, but given how much they've willing to show and the fact that Bioware have proven they always deliver on the plot/storyline I'm pretty optimistic, even after what happened with DA:2.

I love this game. Witcher 2 was fantastic. I think Witcher 3 is going to usurp Skyrim.

This is supposedly laced with Witcher 3 Easter eggs if anyone wants to fish them out.

All I got from this is Witcher 3 announcement on Feb 5th.

Let me first say, I'm happy to see this. Any push on getting 3D gaming into the hands of more people is a good thing. However...

From their website: Resolution: 1280x800 (640x800 per eye)

Hmm, this is why I went with the Asus 1920x1080 Lightboost monitor over the Sony OLED head mounted display (added benefit: the monitor's a lot less dorky). While I hear the black levels on the OLED are incredible, it's a 720p display.. and I've read owners already regretting the "low rez" of the unit.

3D may not be everyone's bag for movies, but it's great for immersive gaming. Titles like Skyrim and Witcher 2 are freaking awesome in 3D.. but that low a rez is hard to go back to unless the unit's cheap(ish). At least with the monitor it serves well for gaming and everything else, and if a game doesn't work in 3D you get the 120hz, which is really nice for fluid gaming. These head units use 60hz per eye because there's no nead to flip between two images.. each eye gets it's own.

I'll be interested to hear how the huge FOV affects the experience though.

And for anyone getting into stereo gaming with an NVIDIA set up, this web site's invaluable. Someone figured out how to modify shaders in just about any game, and the community here modifies games to make them close to perfect in 3D, even some that were unplayable...

http://helixmod.wikispot.org/gamelist

edit-Alright, just read this in their FAQ

"While it’s true that the developer kit uses a relatively low-resolution screen (1280x800), we promise it delivers a compelling, immersive 3D experience. And to be clear, we plan on improving the resolution of the screen for the consumer version. Stay tuned for more details!"

>> ^solecist:

go back to reviewing shit console games and i'll start laughing again.


Awww, did someone say bad things about a game you like? Awwww, diddums.

The Witcher is an amazing game.

...but I'd never play it on a console. PC Elitism FTW.

I am so psyched for this. 2010 was a great year for gaming. 2011 seems to be another one in a row:

Portal 2
Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Mass Effect 3
Uncharted 3
Duke Nukem Forever
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Crysis 2
Brink
The Witcher 2
Diablo 3
Rage
L.A. Noire
Gears of War 3
The Last Guardian
Journey
Stacking