We must clarify that we played without the patch day one , which is supposed to fix and improve a few things, such as performance, but we have to talk about what we tested, and we can not make a faith act. The truth do not expect miracles in terms of performance improvement, at least not for now, since there seems to be something simple to fix, considering that are downloaded from framerate sometimes very serious. If when the game is launched and we test with the patch one day a substantial improvement in performance occur, we will be the first to tell you about it and celebrate it.
Then you have other graphical defects that bother much less compared to what the framerate , as certain problems with loading of textures, the quality of these sometimes leaves a bit to be desired, or antialiasing discreet. And upgradable details such as facial expressions and animations in general. We have also encountered a few bugs and glitches visual, classics such as ambitious games (because they are not exclusive to Ubisoft or Bethesda), but we have similar anecdotal and have not reached us bitter experience or prevent Progress on a mission.
Other technical aspect also tarnishes the overall result are the long load times , sometimes more than a minute and a half each time departure-loads, and some small loads between cinematics, hindering the pace of the narrative. During the rest of the game as you explore the scene, either indoors or outdoors, no load times, you perform quick trip only when necessary to move between the three main regions. These may seem like many drawbacks for a game that we insist, it is very nice and we love how it looks, but we do not know if excessive ambition has played tricks on him, at least in the version of PS4 which is what we tested.
The sound does an outstanding manner , with a great soundtrack , with music and beautiful folk choirs will feel like a glove to the atmosphere, to be epic melodies they know when he plays, and environmental, relaxing and almost mystical in parts of scan. The only downside is that it is slightly varied, and that are missing more compositions, as sometimes you spend many hours in a single location, listening too often the same tune. The dubbing in English is very good, especially commendable considering the huge number of lines of dialogue that includes all audio.
A problem that does not mean every time we are in a game, and here comes a really extreme concern, for example in the descriptions of the objects, the glossary of characters and animals, or books that are a source of letter lowercase. They seem to think we all played half a meter from the screen, and in a 32-inch TV, two or three meters away, you have to force a lot of sight, we hope to solve a problem, because there will be many complaints to respect.
A colossal game
If one of the greatest successes can have a game that is to transport us to a fantasy world in which losing track of time and forget about reality for tens of hours, living incredible adventures and meeting fascinating characters, The Witcher 3 succeeds like few others, and has the ability to absorb you only get the big games. Exemplary in many aspects, such as its network of missions and the great decisions and consequences system, only one improved gameplay in certain aspects, and a technical section that leaves a little to be desired in console him away from that perfection than many expected.
Perhaps the expectations that have been generated around it are too high, and may more than one this will play a trick and disappointed, but if you like RPGs open world, and ultimately the adventures in capital , you’re here waiting for a game with more than 100 hours of entertainment of great quality, that will not stop surprising you from the beginning to the end, and again set the bar very high in the genre.
