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A brand-new look at the highly anticipated The Witcher 4 was shown off, at Epic's State of Unreal showcase. First, a two-minute trailer shows what are claimed to be in-engine graphics for a cutscene on a standard PlayStation 5 console. Then, it transitions to actual gameplay, giving a glimpse of a special tech demo build of the game that runs at 60fps.

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CD Projekt Red goes into detail of what aspects of Unreal Engine allow for such high fidelity graphics and smooth gameplay. Nanite Foliage is a feature that can supposedly render landscapes in incredible detail, without compromising load times or performance.

Check out this Unreal Engine 5.6 tech demo for The Witcher 4, running on PlayStation 5 with raytracing. This Witcher 4 tech demo shows off the new Fast Geometry Streaming Plugin to load open-worlds faster, and we see how UE 5.6 handles busy scenes full for high-fidelity character models and visual effects like ML Deformer. Additionally, we see Nanite Foliage in action, which provides a memory-efficient way to achieve high density (and fidelity) foliage, slated for release on UE 5.7.​

 

[shaunj66]

Wow! CDPR impressing gamers yet again! The game will definitely look like that on release. They'd never intentionally mislead us!

 

[JayPea]

That was incredible, but we've been here before with a visual downgrade to a Witcher game after an impressive tech demo. If they can pull that off, and I doubt they can, then we're in for something very special, indeed. Now, where did I stash my kilo of Hopium? Let the chalice blaze...

 

[RyanTheArchivist]

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A brand-new look at the highly anticipated The Witcher 4 was shown off, at Epic's State of Unreal showcase. First, a two-minute trailer shows what are claimed to be in-engine graphics for a cutscene on a standard PlayStation 5 console. Then, it transitions to actual gameplay, giving a glimpse of a special tech demo build of the game that runs at 60fps.

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CD Projekt Red goes into detail of what aspects of Unreal Engine allow for such high fidelity graphics and smooth gameplay. Nanite Foliage is a feature that can supposedly render landscapes in incredible detail, without compromising load times or performance.

Welp Unreal 5 was the first mistake. I've yet to see a game on that engine that actually runs well on anything but top of the line hardware + DLSS

 

[The Catboy]

Can't wait for the buggy mess that won't even remotely look as good as they claim!

 

[LoggerMan]

I think CDPR accidentally bottled lightning with Witcher 3. If you look at all their games before and since, it's obvious they don't know how they made Witcher 3 so great or even why it was so great. They accidentally made a near perfect game.

 

[eduall]

I prefer less realism and more fun and accessible games...

 

[ftjiso]

incoming watch dogs 1 downgrade moment near release

 

[SecureBoot]

Looks great. They earned a lot of good will back after what they've done to cyberpunk but let's see if they get it right the first time here

 

[shaunj66]

UPDATE 4:28pm UK: CD Projekt Red has confirmed to Eurogamer the demonstration in the Unreal livestream was a tech demo played live and running at 60fps on a base PS5, although this isn't meant to represent a final version of The Witcher 4.

From Eurogamer

So in other words this tech demo is just that. A tech demo. Not representative of the final game. Pointless.

 

[ChibiMofo]

I prefer less realism and more fun and accessible games...

I have great news for you! 99% of all games ever made fall into the latter category. Grab some emulators and play a few thousand of them over the coming years and the rest of us will enjoy our unfun and inaccessible but realistic games.

I'll be waiting a year or so for a bug-free Switch 2 port that I can take with me on the go to be released. Just like Cyberpunk and even the impossible port of The Witcher 3 to original Switch.

 

[Retrojunkies]

It'll look and run this good in 2077!

 

[DragonBoy]

Wow! CDPR impressing gamers yet again! The game will definitely look like that on release. They'd never intentionally mislead us!

I was also angry and frustrated like everyone with the whole Cyberpunk situation, but Witcher 3 did deliver an amazing expirience and the Cyberpunk Youtube video you're showcasing here is not in game graphics and game-play like the Witcher 4 demo.

 

[Freqman]

can't wait to see how much of a homage to equity and social justice this game is going to be.

 

[NotUsingAnAltAccount]

I don't care that much about graphics, just please, may the horse not spawn on roofs and I'll be happy.

 

[Deleted member 753700]

From Eurogamer

So in other words this tech demo is just that. A tech demo. Not representative of the final game. Pointless.

Gotta build the hypetrain regardless of the actual game stage

 

[console]

I would love to play The Witcher 4 game on my PS5 or PC when it come out next year 2026 - 2027.

That's why I love all The Witcher games from GOG website where I bought them. I always avoid Steam for reasons due to DRM problems or something like that.

I can't wait to play The Witcher 4 and what look like maybe more awesome than old series of games. We should find out what's go on!

Cheers!

 

[NostalgicMillennial]

This is definitely a sandboxed demo concept.

I mean look at the whole horse thing.

This is not a game. Sure the PS5 is powering it, but it's not a game

 

[Viri]

After Witcher 3 and Cyber Punk, I have 0 faith in them. I don't care what people say, Cyberpunk 2077 is still a bad game imo. They were both buggy pieces of shit, and Cyberpunk was unforgivable.

I still have my unopened PS4 boxed copy of Cyberpunk 2077, because Gamestop gave it to me for free, because I bought a controller. I don't even own a PS4.

 

[splaca]

It's a shame to see another company ditching their in-house engine.