The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
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Developer(s) | CD Projekt RED |
Writer(s) | Sebastian Stępień, Marcin Blacha |
Series | The Witcher |
Engine | REDengine 3 |
Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4[1] |
Release | 2014 |
Genre(s) | Action role-playing, hack and slash |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is an upcoming action role-playing video game currently being developed by CD Projekt RED and officially announced on February 5, 2013.[2]
The game will be the third in the series, which is based on the book series of the same name by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski. The Witcher 3 is set "In an open world 30 times larger" than the previous games, featuring the return of protagonist Geralt.[3]
REDengine 3
The Witcher 3 features the new REDengine 3 game engine. REDengine 3, developed by CD Projekt RED, is a new state-of-the-art game engine designed specifically for nonlinear RPGs set in vast open-world environments.[4]
REDengine 3 improves significantly upon prior RPGs in a number of ways. REDengine 3 is a new technology, utilizing the 64-bit precision of modern personal computing.[4] REDengine 3 produces better quality visuals via high dynamic range rendering with the 64-bit precision.[4]
Additionally REDengine 3 allows for a complex nonlinear story line that previous game engines could not create except by sacrificing visual detail.[4] Prior to REDengine game engine, RPG developers utilized game engines that force trade-offs during development.[4] Either developers could create a vast, graphically detailed visual environment at the expense of telling a simplified linear story or they could create a complex nonlinear story at the expense of creating a limited visual environment.[4]
REDengine helps to eliminate many of the game development trade-offs previous developers faced, allowing The Witcher 3 developers to create "an open environment with a complex, multi-thread story."[4] As in the prior two Witcher games, players are presented with a complex story featuring multiple choices bearing associated consequences. But REDengine allows for a complex story line without sacrificing visual detail.[4]
Consequently, The Witcher 3 features no loading screens, providing players a vast visual environment that allows players to freely explore and roam.[4] Without loading screens, the new REDengine 3 game engine further enhances and improves upon the concept of open-world gameplay that similar games, such as The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, currently offer.[3]
REDengine 2 (internal name)[4] was the game engine for The Witcher 2, and the REDengine 3 game engine takes computer graphics in The Witcher 3 several leaps farther, as follows. REDengine 3 creates more life-like visuals — better graphics, better lighting effects, better in-depth views.[4] The Witcher 3 will feature new facial and body movements described as "movie quality,"[4] plus living ecosystems that react to player choices,[4] all set in a more realistic open-world environment. The visuals are described as "superior picture quality."[4] More realistic and precise lighting no longer suffer from reduced contrast ratio.[4] REDengine 3 has a flexible renderer prepared for deferred or forward+ rendering pipelines.[4] The result is a wide array of cinematic effects, including bokeh depth-of-view, color grading and flares associated with multiple lighting.[4] The high performance terrain system layers varying material which can be easily blended and uses tessellation to produce superior visual detail.[4]
References
- ^ Yin-Poole, Wesley (February 21, 2013). "The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt confirmed for PlayStation 4 in 2014". Eurogamer.net. Retrieved February 22, 2013.
- ^ "The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt announced". CD Projekt Red Community.
- ^ a b "March Cover Revealed: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt". Game Informer. February 4, 2013. Retrieved February 22, 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "CDPRED: "RED Engine 3 is a revolution in RPGs"". IGN Entertainment, Inc. 1 February 2013. Retrieved 25 March 2013.
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- Fantasy video games set in the Middle Ages
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- PlayStation 4 games
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- Video games based on novels
- Video games developed in Poland
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