The Witcher IV - Gameplay and Engine

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Couchpotato spotted two new videos about The Witcher IV:

Eurogamer: The Witcher 4: Gameplay, Tech, Locations and More!

Unreal Engine: Livestream 2, Day 2 | Unreal Fest 2025

-> The Road to 60 fps in The Witcher 4 Unreal Engine 5 Tech Demo

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[mercy]

Highly doubt this demo ran on a PS5.

 

[Dolby]

yeah next gen rpg like cyberpunk was hehehe if only... well at least it looks good

 

[JDR13]

well at least it looks good

That's just a tech demo. The game will look nothing like it!

 

[Dolby]

That's just a tech demo. The game will look nothing like it!

if it looks half as good it's enough for me. I'm more intrested in exploration - quests and other core rpg elements anyway.

 

[JDR13]

if it looks half as good it's enough for me. I'm more intrested in exploration - quests and other core rpg elements anyway.

I was just poking fun at others who are more skeptical. I actually do think it will look something close to that.

 

[Dolby]

I was just poking fun at others who are more skeptical. I actually do think it will look something close to that.

Well tech demos are one thing yes but i'm sure they will make it pretty like you say cos that sales the most copies, the forests look amazing.

But i do think that demo would be more or less the same even if that guy didn't have a controller heh cos i'm sure it was scripted, so that part where they show his controller was a bit cringy to watch.

 

[JDR13]

But i do think that demo would be more or less the same even if that guy didn't have a controller hahaha cos most of it was scripted if not all, so that part where they show his controller was a bit cringy to watch.

The gameplay portions were clearly not scripted. Though there wasn't much gameplay to speak of.

 

[Dolby]

The gameplay portions were clearly not scripted. Though there wasn't much gameplay to speak of.

How would we know? He can be pressing whatever and no one would know and like you said there isn't much of it even if it's not scripted.

Anyway the important thing is that it runs in realtime and i bet they would never fake that no matter what they use to run it after all they are trying to sell the engine.

You can see flaws in rendering, too many to fake all of them there are lots of good breakdowns on youtube with people that know alot about unreal and they all say it runs in real time and i would agree.

If it's on PS5 or not well that's a diffrent topic i guess, not that i care one way or the other.

 

[JDR13]

How would we know? He can be pressing whatever and no one would know and like you said there isn't much of it even if it's not scripted.

I think you answer your own question here...

and i bet they would never fake that no matter what they use to run it after all they are trying to sell the engine.

Exactly. It wouldn't make sense for them to lie. Besides, it's not as if those graphics are unrealistically mind-blowing anyways. It looked great, but there have been recent trailers from other developers that look better from a purely visual standpoint.