The economic crisis in the country will not end soon, but powerful computer Now it costs several average salaries. That is why we publish various useful materials especially for you, where we offer reasonable savings on the choice of components, conduct educational master classes on correct setting demanding games for weak PCs and much more.
By the way, today, May 31, 2016, a new large-scale addition for The Witcher 3 called “Blood and Wine” was released. Are you already looking forward to how you will pass it?
First, let's remember system requirements for The Witcher 3.
Minimum system requirements for The Witcher 3
Operating system: Windows 8.1 64 Bit, Windows 8 64 Bit, Windows 7 64 Bit Service Pack 1, Windows Vista 64 Bit Service Pack 2
CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K @ 3.3 GHz / AMD Phenom II X4 940 @ 3.0 GHz
RAM capacity: 6 GB
Video card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 2 GB / AMD Radeon HD 7870 2 GB
Sound card:
40 GB
So, here is the computer configuration necessary to run The Witcher 3. Having a PC that doesn’t even meet the “minimum requirements”, you don’t even have to try to run the game. As the many years of experience of the author of this article show, in such cases, at any graphics settings, FPS will not rise above 20 units, and the gameplay will turn into a kind of “slideshow”.
If this, unfortunately, applies to you, then you can try one of the cloud gaming services. Among Russian speakers, the largest this moment is Playkey.
Recommended system requirements for The Witcher 3
Operating system: Windows 8.1 64 Bit, Windows 8 64 Bit, Windows 7 64 Bit Service Pack 1
CPU: Intel Core i5 3770 @ 3.4 GHz / AMD FX-8350 @ 4 GHz
RAM capacity: 8 GB
Video card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 4 GB / AMD Radeon R9 290 4 GB
Sound card: 100% DirectX 10 compatible
Free hard disk space: 40 GB
If you have a computer similar in configuration to the recommended system requirements, then you should run The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt at least on high settings and in FullHD resolution (1920x1080 pixels). However, it is not a fact that the game will produce a stable 60 FPS with all the “beauties” turned on. Therefore, it will also be useful for you to know which graphics options you can sacrifice so that both beauty and frame rate do not suffer.
This material will be most useful to those who are between the minimum and recommended requirements. That is, those who have a processor more powerful than the AMD Phenom II X4 940, but weaker than the Intel Core i5 3770, and a video card more powerful than the AMD Radeon HD 7870, but weaker than the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770 4 GB, and so on.
Setting up The Witcher 3 graphics
The following lists all the image settings in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Some of them affect performance more, some less, and some have no effect at all. We tried to briefly describe the essence of each of these parameters, as well as give advice on optimizing them.
NVIDIA HairWorks
very high.
Roughly speaking, NVIDIA HairWorks is an analogue of TressFX from AMD. The latter was first used in the 2013 game Tomb Raider. Both technologies are designed to make the behavior of characters' hair, as well as the fur of various furry animals and monsters, more realistic. And both technologies are quite power hungry. When enabled, you can lose up to 20 frames per GeForce video cards and up to 30 on Radeon, especially in dynamic scenes. So just turn off this option completely and move on.
NVIDIA HBAO+ Background Shading
Performance Impact: low.
In its own way essence of NVIDIA HBAO+ is an evolution of SSAO technology. In another way, SSAO is sometimes also called background occlusion. Thanks to it, highly detailed objects can be thrown at themselves, as well as at each other. If the older and more primitive SSAO works straightforwardly: simply throwing additional shadows wherever possible, then HBAO+ is more subtle: it removes the so-called overshadowing effect, cleaning up everything unnecessary.
As for performance, surprisingly, this parameter does not affect it much. Usually no more than 4-5 frames are lost. You can try turning on HBAO+, or, as a last resort, leave SSAO.
Smoothing
Performance Impact: average.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt uses CD Projekt RED's proprietary anti-aliasing technique. Its operating principle is somewhat similar to FXAA, but with some improvements, such as more effectively removing “ladders” along the edges of objects while the camera is moving.
If your computer is even slightly more powerful than the minimum required configuration, then leave this setting enabled. Without it, the picture looks much worse. You can always sacrifice something more resource-intensive.
Glow
Performance Impact: low.
Daylighting, torches, fires and the like look much less natural if this option is turned off. And “Glow” consumes few resources. Therefore, turn it off only as a last resort.
Blur
Performance Impact: very low.
“Blur,” as you might guess, blurs the background environment while the character moves. This adds some visual dynamism to the picture. If in the first games where it was used (at least The Witcher 2), the drop in FPS could be quite significant, but now even during action scenes only a couple of frames are lost. Another question is that not everyone likes this effect. Therefore, you can customize this option to your taste.
Chromatic aberration
Performance Impact: very low.
“Chromatic aberration” is simply a filter that creates a lens-like effect on an image, like some fashion photographs. When enabled, less than one frame is lost, so you can experiment and leave this setting as you like.
Depth of field
Performance Impact: low (in open areas), medium (in cities).
This option will be useful for those who do not have enough powerful system to run The Witcher 3 in 4K (3840x2160). Only with this resolution, even distant environmental objects have full detail. But the gradually aging Full HD (1920×1080) standard, unfortunately, cannot boast of this. To hide some of the “inconsistency” of a picture, the effect of depth of field has long been used. When it is turned on, everything that is on the horizon line in relation to the player character is covered with a slight semblance of fog. However, many consider this effect to be more of a cinematic property of the image.
If your computer barely meets the minimum requirements, then it is better to turn off “Depth of Field”, since in some situations FPS can sag quite seriously (up to 10-12 frames). If you are the owner of a quite powerful “machine”, then you can turn it on to your taste - not everyone likes this effect.
Detailing
Performance Impact: low.
A slightly clumsily named parameter. It’s very strange, but “Detail” in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt has nothing to do with the elaboration of the geometry of three-dimensional objects. Answers this setting for the visibility range of blood splashes during battles.
Such effects consume few resources, so you can leave this option enabled.
Plant visibility range
Performance Impact: medium (in cities), high (in open areas).
The name of this option does not accurately reflect its essence. It is rather not “Range”, but “Density” of plants or even “Vegetation Quality”. At long distances, with the maximum “Plant visibility range” value, there will be a lot of different trees and shrubs, and forests near the horizon will become denser. And at medium and close range they will all also have high degree detailing. In addition, “Plant visibility range” affects the density of the grass, as well as the quality of shading of all greenery in the game.
In most cases, this parameter seriously slows down the game, so if you are reading this text, you are unlikely to be able to afford settings higher than “Medium quality” and “Medium drawing distance”. It’s better to set something less demanding to maximum.
Grass density
Performance Impact: average.
Makes the grass cover, as well as the density of ears in cultivated fields, even more saturated. The setting is in addition to the previous one. It consumes quite a lot of resources, but the effect is barely noticeable. Therefore, in most cases it is better to leave this option disabled.
Rays
Performance Impact: very low.
Another parameter that has become undemanding relatively recently. In The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt it is simply called "Rays", but in other games it is often called "God Rays" or "God Rays". This is a very beautiful effect that gives the picture a special charm, thanks to the golden light passing through the branches of plants or through window openings into a dark room.
As mentioned above, “Rays” have virtually no effect on the number of FPS. So don't deprive yourself of visual aesthetics and leave this option enabled.
Number of characters processed
Performance Impact: high (theoretically).
With the “Number of processed characters” a rather interesting situation emerges. With the “Low” value, the number of people (as well as various e people) around us is limited to 75 units, with “Medium” – 100 units, with “High” – 130 units, and with “Maximum” – 150 units. However, in the game it is very difficult to find a place or get into a situation where at least the above-mentioned 75 from the minimum option will be located next to the player’s character at the same time. Even walking around Novigrad, we will be among a much smaller crowd no matter the settings.
In theory, this parameter should have a high impact on performance. It is possible, of course, that in the “Blood and Wine” expansion released today, there may well be situations suitable for it. Therefore, we recommend that you set the minimum value for the “Number of processed characters” just in case.
PhysX
Performance Impact: low (GeForce), medium or low (Radeon, depending on CPU power).
Everything is simple here. If you can boast of not the oldest video chip from NVIDIA, but ideally also have enough powerful processor from Intel, then the physical effects in the game will be maximum quality and work quickly. Moreover, this parameter cannot be configured.
If Radeon is responsible for graphics on your computer, then physical model a more primitive one will be used, and the main processor will calculate it, which can quite significantly impact performance.
Shadow quality
Performance Impact: high.
The higher the value is set (“Low”, “Medium”, “High” or “Maximum”), the better the shadows will be and appear at a greater distance. If the option is set to minimum, then while galloping on Roach (especially through thickets), shadows will grow right in front of the nose.
We recommend that you set the value to “Low” if your PC is weak enough, otherwise you can try “High”. The maximum is still hardly available to the readers of this article due to its gluttony, and there is practically no difference between “Medium” and “Low”.
Sharpness
Performance Impact: very low.
A fairly standard post-processing effect that makes the image clearer. The number of frames is practically not lost, so you can configure it as you like.
Ground surface quality
Performance Impact: very low (in practice), average (in theory).
Another strange parameter that was never properly implemented even after all the updates. Perhaps the situation will change with the release of today's addition (if so, be sure to tell us in the comments). The essence of "Earth Surface Quality" is... the quality of the earth's surface. That is, tessellation is applied to the geometry of the earth's surface, due to which its detail should be visually increased, such as more voluminous cobblestones on the pavement, hummocks and other unevenness in the landscape.
You can experiment with this option yourself, or, as a last resort, just turn it off.
Texture quality
Performance Impact: low.
Since The Witcher 3 is, by definition, a fairly demanding game, such a trifle as the quality of textures does not have much impact on performance. Therefore, you can safely set it to a high value. The only clarification is that ultra settings are intended for graphics cards with at least 4 GB of video memory. This will not make the picture any clearer than at high settings. It’s just that more data will be loaded into the additional amount of memory so that there are no ugly texture loads when moving quickly on a horse.
Vignetting
Performance Impact: very low.
If you turn on Vignetting, darkening will appear in the corners of the screen. Which looks quite interesting and cinematic. This effect has virtually no effect on performance, so you can customize it as you wish.
Water quality
Performance Impact: very low.
In fact, in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt you cannot change the quality of water rendering. And this option only regulates the elaboration of additional effects on the surface of puddles, lakes, rivers and other bodies of water. If you turn on the maximum “Water Quality” settings, the FPS indicator will hardly change at all. The boat with Geralt will begin to sway realistically, and if he dives into a body of water, beautiful ripples will appear around him.
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is the final part of the trilogy of adventures of the witcher Geralt. The game takes place a short period of time after the events of the second part. Nilfgaard has successfully conquered Temeria and plans to subjugate the rest of the northern lands. Meanwhile, the famous witcher Geralt of Rivia and his wise mentor Vesemir are on the trail of the missing sorceress Yennefer, who is also the White Wolf’s longtime lover. An adventure-filled game world, a brilliant plot, an excellent combat system, stunning pictures, non-linearity and a cozy atmosphere await you.
Genre and gameplay
A role-playing game in a large-scale fantasy world, Witcher 3: Wild Hunt was released for PC, PS4 and Xbox One on May 19, 2015, and is the continuation and completion of the trilogy about Geralt of Rivia.
With the release of Witcher 3 CD Project, it set new standards for the genre and received worldwide recognition and love from fans. When creating the game, the author of the Witcher novel series, Andrzej Sapkowski, advised the developers.
The studio engine REDengine 3 pleases with high-quality multi-platform graphics and dynamic weather changes. For the first time in the series, high-poly models of the main characters, detailed models and animations of monsters were created. Nvidia technologies are used to create grass, shadows from objects, hair, wool and fabric.
Background of the game world
Witcher 3 is the first game in the series with a completely open world, its action takes place in the Northern Kingdoms, during the third invasion of the Nilfgaardian Empire. The game area of Witcher 3 is 30 times larger than that of Witcher 2, and the player can use a horse, Roach, to move around.
The world is divided into regions of different landscapes and development, inhabited by different nationalities. There are 15 full-fledged states and more than 20 principalities and free cities, which, depending on the actions of the player, will unite to fight back or will be conquered. The design of the settlements is reminiscent of medieval Eastern Europe, but there are buildings of the Scandinavian type.
The rest of the game world offers entire mountains and valleys, fields and forests, rivers and lakes, caves and underground vaults for exploration. There are swamps and “dead places” where monsters usually live. The Witcher 3 bestiary is extremely diverse; on the player’s path he will encounter not only robbers and wild animals, but also vampires, ghosts, ogres, earth elementals, griffins, succubi and other monsters.
The game world is filled with many events, random or not, programmed as close as possible to reality, so that traveling through it is interesting.
Key characters
- Geralt of Rivia is a wandering monster hunter (witcher), wields two swords in battle, fights skillfully, uses magic signs and potions to improve his characteristics. Constantly finds himself in the center of important events.
- Triss is a sorceress, Geralt's lover and Yennefer's friend, well known from previous games in the series. In the third part, her role of support for Geralt during his long wanderings did not change.
- Yennefer is a sorceress with whom Geralt is in love, but mutual feelings cannot balance the different characters of the lovers. Geralt had been looking for her for a long time, but she first appeared in the third part.
- Ciri is a young witcher who was trained by Geralt, but not completely. Pursued by the "Wild Hunt" due to the characteristics of her true origin. Is key to the plot.
Plot
“Wild Hunt” is not just put in the title of the game - it is a detachment of elite ghostly horsemen from another dimension, the dying world of elves, who are trying to move to the world of people. It is led by the elven king Eredin, who is ready to open the portal at any cost, for which he kidnaps people who can lead him to Ciri. The antagonist doesn’t even realize that Geralt is comparable to him in strength and ingenuity.
At the same time, the Nilfgaard Empire absorbs the Northern Kingdoms one after another. The player can choose one of the sides in the conflict in order to contribute to the political structure of the game world by participating in battles and sieges. At the same time, Emperor Emhyr orders Geralt to find and save Ciri.
Unlike other role-playing games, the mechanics of Witcher 3 allow the player to not accept secondary quests; events will develop regardless of whether Geralt participated in them or not. Each story quest offers several development options that affect the ending of the game. The writers worked out the story and dialogues as carefully as possible, and added many cut scenes.
The secondary quests set the bar, as most of them are well designed and very different from the standard open-world “kill” and “fetch” quests. The plot can be completed quickly in 40 hours, as it should be in 50. The same amount will be spent on exploring the game world and secondary tasks.
Single player game
The combat system has been completely redesigned so that Geralt can fight more opponents at the same time. There is no system of connections and combinations of strikes; the player must simply strike at the right time, defend and counterattack, dodge and take cover. The mechanics of silver and steel swords have not changed, but an alternative has been added - bombs and a crossbow.
The system of five magic signs has been improved, now they can be used both in battle and in everyday life. To complete quests, you often have to use your “witcher sense” and interact with the game world. Beasts and monsters got strong and weak sides, you need to know the latter in order to quickly deal with them.
Alchemy has become more complicated, but by drinking potions, Geralt gains special abilities, increases his characteristics or damage against certain enemies. The maximum character level is 70, but varies depending on the difficulty of the game. As before, Geralt can improve his talents by choosing a specialization and corresponding skills.
Important Features
- Numerous, well-developed love scenes.
- The player's actions lead the world to 1 of 36 possible final states.
- Very high replayability, both story and gameplay. The game can be played three times in completely different ways.
- Witcher 3 got 16 free add-ons with game content and 2 large story additions - and.
- You can import saves from the PC version of Witcher 2 so that the decisions you make will be reflected in the passage of the third part. This will affect the state of the world, the presence of minor characters and quests.
Gamers from all over the world, which is not available to all companies. Today, in the bowels of the studio, work is in full swing on the final part of the story of the witcher Geralt - The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. What is this project? Read our preview.
Game preview
Once again we return to Geralt of Rivia, also known as Gwynbleidd, which means "White Wolf" in the language of the elders. The third part promises to present a rich and fascinating story, hitherto unknown to players. In this part of the series, the witcher will have to cope with the invasion of the Nilfgaardian Empire - a huge state located in the south of the continent, the power and scope of whose territories are truly stunning, the mercilessness is terrifying, and the prosperity of the courtiers calls for depressing envy. However, Nilfgaard will not be the only one to become a dark force bringing pain, death and destruction. Geralt will finally be able to come face to face with the demons of the mythical Wild Hunt, mentioned more than once in the pages of stories, as well as in previous parts of the games in the series.
As before, the developers promise to please gamers with an abundance of uncertain decisions that cannot be divided into “black” and white,” right and wrong. The world surrounding the White Wolf is filled with callous halftones and forgotten benefactors. There is no good and evil, right and wrong ideals. Everything , what drives most characters is momentary gain and unbridled selfishness. All decisions made by the player during the course of the narrative will find their direct reflection on the development of history, which in one way or another will affect the final state of the world around him. For whom will Geralt become good conversationalist Whose heart will be pierced by hatred and whose life will be touched by his decisive gaze depends on you. Particularly impressive is the stated number of endings to which one of the selected travel paths will lead - there are as many as 36 of them!
An equally important element contributing to the growth of the project’s popularity should be open world. Now we will be able to travel not only on our own two feet, but also on horseback on a thoroughbred stallion across endless expanses filled with small villages, swamps, large cities and mountain peaks. Geralt will even be able to find himself at the helm of a frail boat plowing through the stormy bosom of the ocean. The game will boast not only the main storyline, which plans to stretch over an impressive 50 hours, but also a colossal number of less cumbersome stories. As the developers themselves assure, secondary quests will amaze players with their diversity and originality, which promise to last another 30-50 hours.
At the same time, the newly created ability to hunt a variety of monsters can become another trump card in the sleeves of the 3rd Witcher. All the strange animals that catch the eye of the hero can easily become his trophy. Add to this list interesting mini-games, collecting, crafting and detailed study of the world, after which you will definitely understand that in such a huge world with a specific ecosystem, everyone will find something to their liking.
Over the past years, the game's combat system has matured noticeably, reaching its apogee by the 3rd part. As before, for each new battle we will have to carefully prepare in advance, in which a variety of potions and traps will help us. Thanks to all the innovations, battles will become even more thoughtful and spectacular, although they will not be as unfriendly as they were in the second part, where mastering the “combat” was extremely difficult for all beginners.
The Witcher 3 - system requirements
Our heroine promises to be one of the most excellent games in the history of the industry in terms of visual components. Of course, to accomplish such a complex task, the developers had to work hard, significantly modifying the RED Engine. Nevertheless, at the gameplay presentations the game pleased with its beauty, without upsetting demanding fans. Today there are no officially published system requirements, however, there are analytical reports against which you can determine the minimum system requirements of Witcher 3.
- OS: Windows 7 (x64).
- CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo 3.0 Ghz or AMD equivalent.
- RAM: 4 Gb.
- Video card: GeForce GT 240 |
- DirectX 11.
- Winchester: 18 Gb.
As you can see, the requirements are not too exorbitant, which is good news. Of course, closer to the game's release, requirements may jump sharply. However, you can also hope for excellent optimization of the engine, which will allow you to not apply the system requirements of a top-end PC to The Witcher 3. Let's move on to the recommended requirements.
To play on high levels graphics settings, you will need a more powerful machine. In principle, the requirements indicated on one of the Western sites look extremely implausible for such a beautiful game. However, here's what was presented:
- OS: Windows 7 (x64).
- CPU: Intel Core i5-680 | AMD Phenom 9950B.
- RAM: 6 Gb.
- Video card: or equivalent from AMD.
- DirectX 11.
- Winchester: 18 GB.
The main complaints can go to the video card. If a processor and RAM of this class are still able to cope with such a significant amount of processed information, then, in our opinion, a video card will be needed much better. For high settings Most likely, a GTX 560 or an analogue from AMD with 1 Gb GDDR 5 memory on board will be ideal. Let's move on to the requirements for ultra settings.
Maximum system requirements
Finally, the last section with the requirements that will be required to run The Witcher 3 on maximum settings graphics. As for the OS, then optimal choice there will be Windows 7 or 8. But with the processor, you’ll probably have to guess. If you look at the recently released next-gen projects (AC: Unity, MGS V), you can assume that the game will require Intel 8 Gb of RAM, which should be more than enough. Finally, the strongest complaints will be directed at the video card. Most likely, for ultra settings the game will ask for a Ti or Radeon R9 290x. These are the ones
Release date and pre-order bonuses
Most recently, the release date of the new part of the saga of Geralt’s wanderings was February 24, 2015. However, as the developers themselves admitted, they somewhat overestimated their strength, and therefore, in order to release a high-quality and optimized product, the release was postponed again. Now Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, The release date (we have already indicated the system requirements above) is set for May 19, 2015.
At the same time, if you pre-order the game, you will find a lot of exciting bonuses and surprises, including free copy the cult Neverwinter Nights, the comic book The Witcher House: of Glass, an exclusive soundtrack, a digital art book and many other nice things that CD Project so generously gives to its customers. Let us also remind you that closer to the release the system will be officially published. The requirements Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. And we can only wait for one of the most ambitious games of 2015 in the RPG genre.
Finally
"The Witcher 3" is the only RPG that can so beautifully and excitingly convey the atmosphere of Slavic fantasy, so close to our players. The fact that CD Project continues to develop and implement its most amazing ideas gives hope that there are still game makers who make full-fledged and extremely interesting projects for which it is not necessary to buy dozens of DLC. Game The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, with its release date, system requirements and preview above, is definitely worth your wait. We wait,
A game " The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt"from CD PROJEKT RED is very much loved by millions of players around the world. More than 100,000 reviews have been left on Steam alone, of which 96-97% are positive. And this is not surprising, since the game is actually just gorgeous.
One of its significant (but not main) advantages is the graphics. The game was released in 2015 and still looks great. But this also gives rise to some minus - solid system requirements. Now they don’t seem so terrible, after all, several years have passed, but even now not everyone’s computer will be able to run the game without lags.
Below are the official system requirements, but it is worth considering that with a computer configuration as in the recommended requirements, you are unlikely to be able to play at maximum graphics settings.
System requirements
Are common:
- Operating system 64-bit Windows 7, 8.1 or 10
- Disk space: 35 GB
Minimum:
- Processor Intel Core i5-2550K or AMD Phenom II X4 940
- RAM 6 GB
- Video card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 or AMD Radeon HD 7870
- Processor Intel Core i7-3770 or AMD FX-8350
- RAM 8 GB
- Video card: NVIDIA GTX 770 2 GB or AMD Radeon R9 290
Almost a year before the release of The Witcher 3, system requirements for the game were announced.
The head of Project Red recommended saving up some money for new, more powerful hardware for their computers, because for comfortable gaming on large monitors with high quality graphics, most gamers will have to fork out the cash.
Let's figure out whether the system requirements for The Witcher 3 are really so high, and quickly evaluate the technical breakthrough that the developers promised to make.
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Chasing the pupil
War broke out again between the two kingdoms, magicians, sorcerers and all the like were outlawed.
Geralt had a dream that he, his pupil Ciri and Yennefer were fighting the Wild Hunt. The latter take Ciri and hide.
The Witcher in Vesemir begins the search for Yennefer, who will help get on the trail of the horsemen. And then the emperor instructs Geralt to do what he is already doing.
More space
Finally, Sapkowski's world became open, the hero broke free from boring castles, limited and directed paths.
The world has become one, but we will have to discover and study it consistently and step by step.
You can get to any of the islands at any time, even at the very beginning of the game, the main thing is that you have enough strength to exterminate the local inhabitants. Access is restricted only to places where the plot will lead.
Getting to know locations mainly always occurs through additional quests or travel.
Depending on the number of tasks completed, the picture of the world will differ, and its attitude towards the protagonist.
World
In the gaming world, you cannot find two identical situations or people with similar characters. Everything, without exception, is created by hand.
The hero meets people from different classes, mostly, of course, the mob, but each of them has so many stories, grief and experience behind them that anyone would envy. And every person is unique.
The first minutes of the game fascinate and surprise with the landscapes: everything around is blooming, turning green, the grass is swaying in the wind, the kids are chasing fish in the pond, but on the other hand, the poor people are experiencing all the hardships of the war.
And so on every island and islet.
Due attention is paid to the smallest details in the game, which makes it as diverse as possible. This forces you to take the Roach or run on foot to your destination, rather than use fast movement.
Butterfly Effect
For everything Geralt does, sooner or later he will have to answer or taste the consequences of his actions and decisions.
I decided to protect a poor woman from thieves - tonight they or their comrades will be waiting for the witcher in the darkest alley, I took the merchant at his word and did not take a deposit - he might cheat, he helped a merchant who was attacked by robbers - you get a discount.
Nobody will give you a choice between good and evil., here there is a choice between evil and great evil, although better options are present, but there is never a single believer.
Someone will take up arms, especially in matters of national importance.
Battles and fights
The usual fist fights in taverns and behind them remained the same, only the opponents were much more severe.
The combat system as a whole has undergone few changes - there are weak and strong blows, but the entertainment value of the battles has increased by an order of magnitude: cutting opponents and monsters in half, delivering a series of blows, cutting off limbs and spectacular finishing moves in slo-mo mode.
The role of signs in battles on high difficulty is more significant than before. It is easier to put an enemy with a shield into a state of torpor or set it on fire, and then deal a series of blows.
If the enemy is surrounded, a kinetic strike will help break through the cordon, scattering those nearby.
Witcher Sense – a new skill that will allow you to quickly find evidence, objects and restore pictures of the not-distant past.
Skills
Alchemy allows you to create potions and bombs, most of which will only take up slots on easy difficulty. All of them, if you have recipes, can be improved.
Rare components will have to be looked for in dangerous places, although you can purchase them from an alchemist living in the wilderness.
Searching for drawings for creating and upgrading armor- a separate and long adventure in The Witcher 3, which is very generously rewarded, provided that all elements are discovered on time, and not 5 levels late.
Magic pedestals standing all over the world add skill points, which are spent on upgrading skills. They are also given when moving to a new level.
A certain number of levels unlocks additional skill slots. No matter how leveled up Geralt is, a limited range of skills will be active.
To use weapons and armor, you need to reach a certain level and upgrade the specified skills to the required values. Geralt can give weapons and armor new life by enchanting them, which will increase attack, defense or give special properties (the likelihood of setting the enemy on fire).
When playing as Ciri, the gamer will not have a skill window, inventory, or any skills other than rapid health regeneration, especially outside of battle, and the skill of teleportation (behind the back of evil spirits) within sight.
Technical implementation
The developers put a lot of effort into drawing each element. The architecture in all cities is quite different, and you can’t find copies of houses at all.
Traveling from one island to another it seems that every time you find yourself in new world, everything is so different.
This also applies to nature. Project Red has never had more realistic grass and forests.
The animation of the movements of people and the like is surprising in quality due to the use of motion capture technologies. This is especially noticeable during conversations.
By the facial expressions of the interlocutor you can understand how he assesses the situation. Children's faces are ruddy, while old people's faces are covered with grooves and wrinkles.
People look incredibly beautiful in the light of candles when, for example, Geralt is alone with Yennefer.
Ciri's bright cosmetics, slowly bleeding from her face due to the intensity of the next battle with the Wild Hunt, attracts even more.
PC Configuration
System requirements for the game The Witcher 3 are at the level of most quality games 2015.
Even before the release, a list of hardware components appeared on the developer’s website, thanks to which gamers will be able to appreciate all the beauties and delights of the latest game about a white-haired monster hunter.
Minimum Requirements
To run and play at least some games at low settings, the following PC configuration is recommended (although the game will run on weaker computers):
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