{"id":76020,"date":"2015-05-24T10:00:11","date_gmt":"2015-05-24T08:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=76020"},"modified":"2015-05-25T12:30:47","modified_gmt":"2015-05-25T10:30:47","slug":"multi-platform-or-not-the-witcher-3-is-the-ps4s-best-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/76020-multi-platform-or-not-the-witcher-3-is-the-ps4s-best-game","title":{"rendered":"Multi-platform or not, The Witcher 3 is the PS4&#8217;s best game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt released for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One on 19 May, and has already earned titles like \u201cGame of the year contender\u201d, and \u201cBest RPG in years\u201d from critics.<\/p>\n<p>The game revolves around Witcher\u00a0\u2013\u00a0a monster-hunter for hire \u2013 Geralt, set in the open-world environment of the\u00a0Northern Realms.<\/p>\n<p>Players control Geralt as he fights monsters, slays enemies, and beds beautiful women while exploring the land.<\/p>\n<p>The RPG received high scores from almost all international gaming publications, and at the time of writing was sitting at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metacritic.com\/game\/playstation-4\/the-witcher-3-wild-hunt\">92 on Metacritic<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 based on reviews of the PS4 version.<\/p>\n<p>Ranked the fourth best PS4 game of all time on the critic list, The Witcher 3 tops the all-time PS4 User Score rankings <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.metacritic.com\/game\/playstation-4\/the-witcher-3-wild-hunt\/user-reviews\">with a 9<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Below is a summary of the scores The Witcher 3 earned on PS4.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>GameSpot \u2013 10\/10<\/li>\n<li>IGN \u2013 9.3\/10<\/li>\n<li>Game Informer \u2013 9.75\/10<\/li>\n<li>Kotaku \u2013 Yes, must play<\/li>\n<li>Metro \u2013 9\/10<\/li>\n<li>Telegraph \u2013 5\/5<\/li>\n<li>Destructoid \u2013 8\/10<\/li>\n<li>Eurogamer \u2013 Essential, must buy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As Eurogamer stated: \u201cA majestic, earthy open-world adventure with great integrity and personality, this is the best role-playing game in years.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">What about the PC and Xbox One version?<\/h3>\n<p>At the time of writing, Metacritic had noted one PC review of the game, and no reviews for the Xbox One.<\/p>\n<p>While the story and thrust of the game will remain the same across platforms, the performance and visuals will differ.<\/p>\n<p>PC owners who bought new Nvidia GeForce GTX graphics cards in recent months were given a free copy of the game with their purchase, and Nvidia has stated the PC version gives the best visual experience.<\/p>\n<p>The video below shows Nvidia\u2019s GameWorks API in action in The Witcher.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Md4Hmgtl8q0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The system required to play in high settings\u00a0may be out of reach for many PC gamers, though. The recommended PC specs for the game are detailed below.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>OS: 64-bit Windows 7 or 64-bit Windows 8 (8.1)<\/li>\n<li>Processor: Intel Core i7 3770 3.4 GHz\/AMD AMD FX-8350 4GHz<\/li>\n<li>RAM: 8GB<\/li>\n<li>GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 770\/AMD Radeon R9 290<\/li>\n<li>Hard Drive: 35GB<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>PS4 vs Xbox One<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On the console front, Eurogamer\u2019s <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/digitalfoundry-2015-witcher-3-wild-hunt-performance-analysis\">Digital Foundry<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>looked at the performance difference of the title on\u00a0the PS4 and Xbox One.<\/p>\n<p>They noted that the PS4\u2019s superior 1080p resolution \u2013 Xbox One outputs 900p, both at 30fps \u2013 puts it ahead, combined with the console\u2019s ability to render \u201csmoother passages of play\u201d compared the the Xbox One<\/p>\n<p>The video below shows The Witcher 3\u2019s\u00a0performance on the the two consoles.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tkB8gpPzMkw\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">South African pricing<\/h3>\n<p>The table below details local pricing for The Witcher 3, if you are interested in buying it.<\/p>\n<div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\" style=\"width: 100%;\" border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"7\">\n<thead>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #002440; font-weight: bold; color: #fff;\">\n<th>Retailer<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>PC<\/strong><\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>PS4<\/strong><\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Xbox One<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>CNA<\/td>\n<td><strong>R499<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>R699<\/td>\n<td>R699<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Takealot<\/td>\n<td><strong>R499<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>R745<\/td>\n<td>R745<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Raru<\/td>\n<td>R515<\/td>\n<td>R711<\/td>\n<td>R711<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>BT Games<\/td>\n<td>R525<\/td>\n<td>R699<\/td>\n<td>R699<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Loot<\/td>\n<td>R529<\/td>\n<td>R713<\/td>\n<td>R713<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>AWX<\/td>\n<td>R575<\/td>\n<td>R795<\/td>\n<td>R795<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Makro<\/td>\n<td>N\/A<\/td>\n<td><strong>R689<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>R689<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<p>This article originally appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/gaming\/126890-the-witcher-3-wild-hunt-best-playstation-4-game-ever.html\" target=\"_blank\">MyBroadband<\/a> and is republished with permission.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More The Witcher 3 news<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/75838-the-best-the-witcher-3-steam-user-reviews.html\">The best The Witcher 3 Steam user reviews<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/75682-ready-the-witcher-3s-hairworks-debacle-gpu-parity-is-rather-silly.html\">The Witcher 3\u2019s HairWorks debacle: GPU parity is rather silly<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/75508-the-cost-of-running-the-witcher-3-at-ultra.html\">The cost of running The Witcher 3 at Ultra is high<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Like it or not, CD Projekt RED have produced a better title on PS4 than most of Sony&#8217;s first-party developers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":76024,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[2122,3180,15397,1239,8679,1853,2155,10065],"class_list":["post-76020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-features","tag-cd-projekt-red","tag-feature","tag-pc","tag-playstation-4","tag-pricing","tag-playstation4","tag-the-witcher-3","tag-xbox-one"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76020"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76020\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76078,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76020\/revisions\/76078"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}