The Witcher 4 is the next highly anticipated game coming from CD Projekt Red, and this week, fans got an early look at the game through a tech demo that the studio showed off. It’s important to note that this is just a tech demo, so while the footage is impressive, CDPR has confirmed that things are subject to change.
Meaning, visuals may not look exactly like how they do in the tech demo. Why is this important to keep in mind? It’s simple, so you aren’t going into the game’s launch with unrealistic expectations of how things will actually look. That being said, the tech demo does show off some very impressive visuals. It’s even more impressive when you learn that the footage is of the game running on PS5, and not some super high-end PC with the absolute best hardware available.
The Witcher 4 tech demo was running on a base PS5
This is perhaps the wildest part about what was shown. The footage is shown running on a base PS5, not a PS5 Pro. This probably gives players hope that the game is going to look absolutely amazing when it launches. However, it’s important to keep expectations in check.
A tech demo is just that. A tech demo. It’s meant to showcase what CDPR can do with the engine, and the studio even says it was a showcase of how far they could take things, and more specifically, how much it can optimize the game. Even in Sony’s official screenshots on the PlayStation Blog post, the images are labeled as “not actual gameplay.”
That doesn’t mean the game won’t look amazing. Or that the footage in the demo wasn’t impressive. It does mean that fans shouldn’t expect the game to look exactly like the tech demo footage. Regardless, if you haven’t seen it yet, it’s worth a watch.
According to CDPR, the demo visuals are what the studio is aiming for with the finished product. Specifically, it says that the “style, direction, and fidelity” in the demo are what the studio is trying to achieve with the final game. So there you have it. The tech demo looks great, and here’s hoping the game comes close to what the demo represented.
