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Witcher 3 ‘Xbox’ footage is from the PC build

With the Witcher 3: Wild Hunt set to release worldwide in just under a month's time, many people are keen to get every glimpse of it that they can. With more than eight minutes of footage posted up on the Xbox One channel on Youtube, everyone's  a winner, but it's worth noting that the reason it looks so good, is because it's from the PC version of the game.

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I think Geralt just smelt some bulls***

It seems unlikely that this is any sort of deliberate deception, as Microsoft mentions in the video's description that that's what's being shown, but you would imagine Xbox footage would be shown on the Xbox channel. Still, it's not entirely uncommon for companies to use footage from the PC version to help sell a game, since it invariably is the best platform for showcasing graphical effects. [yframe url='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrXxdy9Qgpk']

Whatever the intention, the footage shows our protagonist, Geralt the Witcher, travelling through the countryside during the prologue portion of the game. As a way of introducing questing and Geralt's gravelly voice, he meets a man who has had some trouble with a menacing beast at a nearby swamp, which supposedly ate his horse. Since the man didn't see it happen, you'd be right to be sceptical.

If you'd rather wait until the final game is released to find out just what took the man's horse, perhaps skip over this clip after the first minute or so, but for those that don't care about some minor spoilers, plough on in and enjoy the high resolution, high frame rate version of the upcoming RPG.

KitGuru Says: I'm still planning to finish up the first Witcher and take a stab at the second before I have a go at this one. I have enough time to get that done, right?

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10 comments

  1. The second witcher game took me 17hours, i done the story mode with some others quests

  2. You should try the second path, they’re both pretty interesting.

  3. @Jon Martindale, you don’t know what you are missing! Get to it and finish Wicther 1, then move on to Witcher 2 and play both paths.

  4. Yeah, it’s not exactly the longest RPG out there, but if you actually
    explore and do all of the quests, it comes to ~25-30 hours. The developers did a speedrun of The Witcher 3 in 25 hours, which I find hard to believe, but I guess I’ll find out next month.

  5. I can’t wait for silly console gamers to go but wah wah my game not look like this why I have dat next gen consolz wah wah, at which which point I’ll get some popcorn and laugh loudly

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  7. sod off with your copy paste marketing scam flagged

  8. How do i play the second path?

  9. At the end of Chapter One you have to choose between helping the Elves free the prisoners or helping Roche take down the local big shot. You get a different story depending on which one you pick. A couple of quests remain the same though.

  10. “I’m still planning to finish up the first Witcher and take a stab at the second before I have a go at this one. I have enough time to get that done, right?”

    Lol, not if you are a completionist