Is it me or does this game look really bad?

[Conan]

I am not trying to troll here, but on max settings I was surprised at the graphics. Didn't games like Fallout 3 and Bioshock come out around this time? They might be showing age now but they still look nice. I feel like The Witcher was from 2001 or something, as a PC exclusive I'm surprised that it can not even get close to Crysis in terms of graphics.

[Chunkarock]

Shouldn't be surprising considering that this is the very first videogame ever made by a start up development company. Good thing that after the success of this game, they spent their sales on better tech and talented people that produced The Witcher 2 and 3 which are graphical benchmarks in their own right.

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http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=450179372
maybe you are playing a different game or your pc is really bad

[Ogami]

Originally posted by nosuchname:

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=450179372
maybe you are playing a different game or your pc is really bad

Yeah, THAT screen is not from Witcher 1. Totally different UI and Geralt has a beard so its most likely 3. Just finished Witcher 1 a few days ago and that game looks nowhere near as good as that. But it has a few nice locations if you install the "Rise of the White Wolf" Fanmod from Nexus that overhauls a lot of the textures.

From my playtrough:
http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/532894242463251456/DDEC2934327AC82476AAA413F29EA6CEC1E9B5F7/

http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/532894242461258291/EE67D2F1095333F97A2EF0855905F33B9CE97AE8/

http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/536271140848912592/27C6DAB15664A5894DC2B81BCF28E6F39AE76202/

http://images.akamai.steamusercontent.com/ugc/536271140848913911/2AC20170026B56346F05BA72CB760BF3070B3EE5/

[Chunkarock]

Originally posted by nosuchname:

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=450179372
maybe you are playing a different game or your pc is really bad

Haha! You must be confusing The Witcher 1 forum with The Witcher 3 forum!

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Originally posted by Centurio:

Originally posted by nosuchname:

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=450179372
maybe you are playing a different game or your pc is really bad

Haha! You must be confusing The Witcher 1 forum with The Witcher 3 forum!

ohh sorry, dont know how I got here

[CyborgHobbit]

Max settings in the game only gets you a fraction of the way there. Go into your graphics card's control panel and override "recommended" or "game preference" settings with whatever the max options are. I noticed a big difference.

[CrumbleCat]

I'm pretty sure OP is some 16 year old troll. Games from 2001 looks nowhere near as good as Witcher 1.

The game also looks more attractive with some mods and a sweetFX. Especially the sweetFX.

[Conan]

Thanks for the mod/tweak suggestions, I'll look into that.

Originally posted by MasterCrumble:

I'm pretty sure OP is some 16 year old troll. Games from 2001 looks nowhere near as good as Witcher 1.

The game also looks more attractive with some mods and a sweetFX. Especially the sweetFX.

I'm really not trolling, and I just said it looked like it could be from 2001, not that games from 2001 look better. I'm not saying the game is bad, I bought it and look forward to playing it this weekend when I got time, just surprised at the graphics. Of course there is more to a good game than graphics and that is why I am sure it will be enjoyable.

[CrumbleCat]

Well good! Oh and fallout 3 and bioshock 1 also has terrible textures these days. :P

I'm using this sweetFX, if you want a link. http://sfx.thelazy.net/games/preset/143/

Dump it into the system folder and turn it on/off with F12.

[Conan]

Originally posted by MasterCrumble:

Well good! Oh and fallout 3 and bioshock 1 also has terrible textures these days. :P

I'm using this sweetFX, if you want a link. http://sfx.thelazy.net/games/preset/143/

Dump it into the system folder and turn it on/off with F12.

Yeah thanks, I'll take a look! =)

[nenet]

Originally posted by Centurio:

Shouldn't be surprising considering that this is the very first videogame ever made by a start up development company. Good thing that after the success of this game, they spent their sales on better tech and talented people that produced The Witcher 2 and 3 which are graphical benchmarks in their own right.

After success with first game they prioritize graphical technologies over visual composition. That's why Witcher 1 will always be my favorite by far.

[Deadbubble]

Game might look aged texture wise, but its actually very nice looking aesthetically speaking.

[InvaderKay]

I find the game looks pretty awesome for how old it is! I always laugh, though, when characters are zoomed in on during conversation. Their faces look so dead to everything around them. XD

[Jernau Morat Gurgeh]

Hi Conan, try this guide, hope it helps.

[Tomu]

Old discussion but this game indeed look bad after playing Mass Effect which is just as old.