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Hello there! This morning, Alex and I recorded (or "taped" as Oliver likes to say!) a mini Direct where we share our impressions of that Witcher demo as seen at Unreal Fest yesterday. That video is coming shortly, but what was pretty cool was seeing Epic release a 225Mbs video encode to press. While we can't share a 22.5GB file, we can re-encode it with maximal quality in mind and now, it's available here for your viewing pleasure.

Downloads: https://www.digitalfoundry.net/the-witcher-4-demo-on-unreal-engine-56

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The Witcher 4 Unreal Engine 5 Tech Demo

This is the Witcher 4 Unreal Engine 5.6 demo, but actually just a preview of the downloads available to DF Supporters.

Comments

Kitty Raven

Interesting… thank you Oliver.

Filip

So much misinformation about this online. And that CRIMINALLY AWFUL IGN decimated 1080p/30 video with millions of views is literally causing physical distress to my body 😩. Looking forward to your debunking!

RL

I really wish Epic would give the full quality file to us.

Peter

Nice! Will put this on the 4k oled screen and enjoy!! Looking forward to your discussion

Special Agent Cooper

No joke, IGN is hurting the reputation of both consoles and developers. Many edgelords in the YouTube comments not understanding video compression, saying "Well it's a PS5 game, of course the resolution is trash"

Esesel & Benefulthedoggo

wow it looks a lot better. its still a relatively soft image but for running on PS5 at 60 fps its amazing

Peter

Watching the high Res asset actually makes the PS5 @ 60 claim more believable (not that they would lie of course). It looks amazing, but you can also see the compromises. Much better than a lot of the YT uploads

Peter

Be curious to know if ign have approached DF at all regards video upload quality (I assume not...😁)

Darren Torpey

I was so hoping you'd put this out for us -- can't wait to present it on our (4K OLED) TV with my gal and our friends. Thank you; it's gorgeous! 🙌🏻️

Bill de hÓra

❤️ thanks for this, and wanted to say, the DF reaction post over on yt was absorbing.

Titus

This probably gets asked a lot, but why are there both H264 and HEVC downloads? Isn't the latter enough?

Stephen Heim

I'm guessing for compatibility and preference. Try being an inspiring AV1 consumer and finding content in that container for viewing.

Titus

but who can't play HEVC in the year of our lord 2025?

MittenFacedLass

There's plenty of devices. For certain fine detail, H264 is still superior as well at times, IMO.

digitalfoundry

It's not really. Generally speaking, the h.264 files have better picture quality.

steve gibson

i joined this patreon specifically for this download but this link is just taking me to the DF patreon home page.

steve gibson

You fined a work around for this? I’m pulling my hair out

SAMKHALATYAN

Hi, I joined your patreon to be able to downoad the uncompressed video, can you please share a link to that instead of Youtube crap?