The First 10 Minutes: The Witcher 2

Driftwood
Thursday, May 19, 2011 | 9:15 AM
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First 10 minutes PC

When The Witcher was released something like 4 years ago, it kind of took everyone by surprise. Being both immersive and interesting, this RPG soon became one of the best in the genre for many fans. Neddless to say The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings was highly-anticipated, especially since the first images and videos revealed how ambitious it was tech-wise. So you can see it for yourself, here are the first 10 minutes of the game captured in 1080p and 30 fps (high specs).
Update 3: Part 4 is now up, showing more action gameplay.

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Commented on 2011-05-17 17:42:25

When will Gamersyde's review be up driftwood?

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Driftwood

Commented on 2011-05-17 17:44:30 In reply to omniscient

Posted by omniscient

When will Gamersyde's review be up driftwood?

Never unfortunately.

Given the time necessary to be able to review such a game (and the fact that we got our copy today), we can't do much except proposing some more videos. :(

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PT_G4MER

Commented on 2011-05-17 17:48:36

Thanks for the vids Drift ;)

Keep 'em coming

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Driftwood

Commented on 2011-05-17 17:52:00 In reply to PT_G4MER

Posted by PT_G4MER

Thanks for the vids Drift ;)

Keep 'em coming

The second is 1.2gig, it will take some time. :/

But I will, even if I have to make them shorter. ^^

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Doom_Bringer

Commented on 2011-05-17 17:59:23

This is the first game i am gonna pick once I get my first paycheck next month. I can't wait man! This game looks way too good

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Xeviant

Commented on 2011-05-17 18:06:46

Thanks a lot drift...i'm waiting to upgrade my comp before i pick this up, but this is providing motivation.

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Driftwood

Commented on 2011-05-17 18:10:16

Sneak peek at what you will see in the next video (to come a lot later given my upload rate -_-):

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mykmarian

Commented on 2011-05-17 18:49:54

Nice one driftwood and they know how to start a Game ;P

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INDIGO

Commented on 2011-05-17 18:55:16

That image is pretty NSFW.

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Driftwood

Commented on 2011-05-17 18:56:59 In reply to INDIGO

Posted by INDIGO

That image is pretty NSFW.

In France we'd say NSFDSK these days.

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Anvil

Commented on 2011-05-17 19:39:39

Would love to see some later parts of the game.

+ this is a european site, we aren't afraid of boobies over here ;)

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catfish

Commented on 2011-05-17 20:46:08

Thanks driftwood. What specs does your computer have?

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Driftwood

Commented on 2011-05-17 20:51:37 In reply to catfish

Posted by catfish

Thanks driftwood. What specs does your computer have?

i5 3.2ghz
RAM 4 gigs
win 7 64bits
geforce gtx 570

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catfish

Commented on 2011-05-17 21:21:30

Surely you should be able to play it on ultra then?

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Driftwood

Commented on 2011-05-17 21:39:13 In reply to catfish

Posted by catfish

Surely you should be able to play it on ultra then?

Well, while capturing with fraps no way. And even when not capturing, with the ubersampling option ON, I had 15-20 fps. -_-'

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Megido

Commented on 2011-05-17 23:48:39

Don't know what the bottle neck is with my computer, but i can't run it well on the higher settings in 1080 and i've got a i7 quad that goes up to 2.7-something ghz, 6 gigs of ram and a GTX 460M with 1.5 gigs of ram. Is it the GPU that fucks me over maybe?

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rayy

Commented on 2011-05-18 01:50:34 In reply to INDIGO

Posted by INDIGO

That image is pretty NSFW.

LOL yeah, I was on my work today, and I open Gamersyde front page. When I saw the pic of Triss naked and Geralt touching her ass, I immediately start scrolling down as fast as I could.

lol

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Xeviant

Commented on 2011-05-18 02:18:07

@megido It likely is your GPU, you have the M model, which if i'm not mistaken is their mobility model. From what i've seen, they just don't have the performance of a standard card, despite oodles of vram.

P.S. I miss france.

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catfish

Commented on 2011-05-18 04:56:57 In reply to Driftwood

Posted by Driftwood

Well, while capturing with fraps no way. And even when not capturing, with the ubersampling option ON, I had 15-20 fps. -_-'

Heh, I didn't say uber hehe...yeah, I think that is a killer...i am sure I would get literally 0.1 fps on my old laptop. Lucky I am getting a new one that is pretty powerful, just not quite as powerful as your pc

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rezehnder

Commented on 2011-05-18 09:33:14

ok, now where is the 3rd part? :)

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pZonaKo

Commented on 2011-05-18 11:08:38

Hi, i've been playing about 30 minutes. I've noticed that the frame rate is not stable...

My specs are:
Intel Core i7 975 Extreme @4.2Ghz
6Gb DDR3 @ 1759Mhz
GeForce GTX 295
ASUS Rampage II Extreme
ANTEC 1200W Power Supply

The frame rate "jumps" between 25 and 60 (VSync On) with no special situation or graphic charge, just "jumps"

The settings are PC_High; with overwrite of AA and AF using nVidia control panel

¿Suggestions?

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Anvil

Commented on 2011-05-18 11:25:32

lol, is that an xbox button in the first picture of the second part? ^^

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krisq

Commented on 2011-05-18 11:30:45 In reply to Anvil

Posted by Anvil

lol, is that an xbox button in the first picture of the second part? ^^

You can connect x360 controller to the PC, can't you?

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pZonaKo

Commented on 2011-05-18 11:30:50 In reply to Anvil

Posted by Anvil

lol, is that an xbox button in the first picture of the second part? ^^

Yes, you can connect the wired Xbox controller and works better than keypad & mouse :)

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