The Witcher 3 Remastered Launches Today Bringing Updated Visuals and Game Mechanics to the Game Originally Released in 2015

[Peter_Brosdahl]

CD PROJEKT RED has released The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered, a new version of the 2015 game that has been overhauled with updated visuals and many other changes. Rather than just doing some touch-ups to its graphics, CDPR worked with legendary modder Halk Hogan once again to update many of the game’s visuals, […]

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[GodisanAtheist]

Looks like this directly upgrades the complete edition copy I have in Steam instead of creating a new entry. I hope that whatever remastering has been done can be deactivated and players can play the game in either of it's prior states (the rerelease with DX12/RT we got a few years ago, or even the OG DX11 version).

So long as everything can be reverted, I say play ball.

 

[DrezKill]

I wasn't gonna bother to mess around with this until the new expansion comes out next year, but after reading the full update notes, I gotta say I'm kinda curious: https://www.thewitcher.com/au/en/news/52041/see-whats-new-in-the-witcher-3-wild-hunt-remastered
For someone like me who went through the original game and both expansions long before the game even got the next-gen update (the previous major overhaul), reading about the changes in the remaster makes it seems like almost a whole new game. I'd have to start a new file and play everything all over again just to see and really appreciate all the changes. Good gawd man, CDPR never f*ck around, do they?

I hope that whatever remastering has been done can be deactivated and players can play the game in either of it's prior states (the rerelease with DX12/RT we got a few years ago, or even the OG DX11 version).

So long as everything can be reverted, I say play ball.

 

[igor_kavinski]

They could easily charge for this update since it looks non-trivial and must've taken considerable man hours. A sign that the company isn't inherently evil.

 

[Grimlakin]

A sign that the company wants the good will of gamers for when they release an 100 dollar title.

 

[Ranulfo]

They could easily charge for this update since it looks non-trivial and must've taken considerable man hours. A sign that the company isn't inherently evil.

They could also be smart enough to not make it annoying to figure out what version is what in the game launcher.

 

[Peter_Brosdahl]

They could easily charge for this update since it looks non-trivial and must've taken considerable man hours. A sign that the company isn't inherently evil.

Huge fan of CDPR and I've easily put in around 1000 hours, combined for all 3 games but mostly this one plus another 100-200 for CP2077. However, still concerned over the stories regarding working conditions for CP2077 but don't know enough for sure to draw a real conclusion. Otherwise they've impressed time and again since my first introduction to them with the 2nd game which also happened to be my last store-bought physical game.

They could also be smart enough to not make it annoying to figure out what version is what in the game launcher.

Agreed but at least the option is there in Steam. I still have to check GOG and see if the same is true. Maybe we'll get luckly and it'll arrive in an update after enough folks ask for it.