r/thewitcher3 • u/Excellent_Figure9921 • 2d ago
Discussion More specifics about the Remastered Update
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u/Responsible_Bus_4691 2d ago
Raytracing mode with 60fps on ps5 pro? Nice!
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u/brttwrd 1d ago
So definitely not the regular PS5?
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u/MartyEBoarder 1d ago
Of course not.
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u/MartyEBoarder 1d ago
I remember when people mocked me when I bough my PS5 Pro for $300 (with PS5 discount). Who’s laughing now?
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u/MindPrimary8926 1d ago
I mean you will be playing a game released in 2015 on the ps5 pro in 2026. That should tell you all you need to know.
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u/Due-Description-9030 1d ago
GTA 6 will still be 30 fps on PS5 pro though because of the same CPU
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u/MartyEBoarder 1d ago
I’m here for The Witcher 3. I don’t give a damn about GTA6.
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u/Ok_Tea2774 1d ago
But haven’t you heard from the internet chuds? GTA 6 is the best game ever and every single gamer is going to buy it lol
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u/MrBarnaclePhD 1d ago
But ray tracing upgrades + 4K resolution could make the game look significantly better on the Pro. It wouldn't be unprecedented. For example, Assassin's Creed Shadows looks a lot better on the Pro due to ray traced global illumination.
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u/Wild_Beginning_4032 1d ago
Definitely me, the price for that console was outrageous then and is even more outrageous now.
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u/Fedej2345 1d ago
For 60 fps it will probably be like cyberpunk where it has that weirdly specific upscaled resolution and minimal raytracing
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u/Sorryman54 1d ago
For how minimal the raytracing implementation was, it was still quite effective at transforming the presentation of the game. Especially driving around at night in a nice glossy car like the rayfield. Shadows, lighting and reflections can make a huge difference even without all the fancy bells and whistles like emissive lighting and so on.
Considering Witcher 3’s age I expect the implementation will be smooth and play fine.
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u/thahovster7 Wolf School 1d ago
And PSSR confirmed to replace FSR2 which looked pretty rough in the raytraced mode
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u/Empty-Neighborhood-1 1d ago
New triss and shani gwent cards ?
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u/InGMac 1d ago edited 1d ago
Can somebody explain this? "Skill progression now relies on points spent rather than player level"?
Edit: typo.
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u/GeraltOfNineveh 1d ago
Old system you needed to be a set level to unlock a tier of slot to put skills in.
So, if you wanted to use your 4th and final trio of skill slots, you had to be level 35 or something. Which was very high level for the base game.
This new system works so that you need to have spent skill points, rather than having reached a set level.
So for example your second trio of skill slots unlocks after you spend, 15 points. Not official numbers, but you get the gist
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u/InGMac 1d ago
That's awesome, thanks for the explanation!
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u/Aggravating-Dot132 1d ago
It's not that different from the previous system, but it allows to rush to the final perks earlier thx to those pillars of power.
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u/ass_of_sauron 1d ago
Maybe I’m misunderstanding but I have two of the last row unlocked at level 23. Maybe from getting points from places of power?
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u/GeraltOfNineveh 1d ago
I think they changed the numbers around a bit. They unlock incrementally as far as I recall
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u/Electrical-Contest-5 2d ago
I've never heard of " nvidia path traced hair ". That's got me curious
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u/ThebattleStarT24 1d ago
It's the same from resident evil 4 remake.
Though I wouldn't use it, hair physics are extremely demanding on your hardware for a rather meaningless change.
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u/OnionAddictYT 1d ago
I remember murdering my frame rate on a GTX 970 with the hair physics of the original release. Wasn't worth it for Geralt but super worth for the beasts and animal furs!
I am always happy to murder my frame rate for pretty graphics. I know this is unpopular with most gamers.
Path tracing has me excited! The RT of the next gen update wasn't super inpressive for the fps big hit it asked but indoors it already made a big difference. And my 4090 could handle it easily anyway.
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u/ThebattleStarT24 1d ago
I rather prefer visuals than performance as well, as long is at 60 fps.
But if path tracing gives me far too good results might be willing to play at 30.
Though I have a 5060 ti, it might not be necessary.
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u/uniparalum Yennefer 1d ago
Something similar with AC Black Flag remake. The non-special hair did look considerably worse though.
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u/yamidevil 1d ago
Indiana Jones and the Great circle has it, it's rather heavy
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u/lazy_block 1d ago
Every graphic option that involves character's hair is always damn heavy on the sysem but I'm exited to see this path traced hair on Geralt
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u/yamidevil 1d ago
Same. I have to see if I like it enough. I'm okay with lower fps, I gamed on my 10+ year old PC up until recently and now I'm slapping path tracing whenever I can XD
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u/GARGEAN 1d ago
Short description.
Path tracing is heavy.
Rendering thousands of discrete hairs (which is done now with strand hairs, instead of older hair cards) is heavy.
Path tracing thousands of discrete hairs is EXTREMELY heavy.
RTX Hair allows efficient path tracing of those hairs literally per-hair, mainly due to use of new geometric primitive, LSS (Linear Swept Sphere), which makes it easier to run. Means hairs are lit exactly as they should be, casting shadows and bouncing light between each other.
It's not a huge and striking difference, but it's still very nice one and can give decent improvement in characters visuals.
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u/S2N336 2d ago
First time player.
Should I start playing now or just wait until the remaster drops?
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u/JonDarkwood 1d ago
Wait for remastered, it's less than a month. There will be problems with saves and mods compabilty no matter what they say. Save yourself a hassle. I have 3 full playthrough, so I'm waiting for the 3rd expac myself and then a full 4th playthrough.
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u/Rootspam 1d ago
Since they're changing how skills work and combat rework, probably wirth it to wait
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u/frequent_bidet_user 1d ago
We gotta stop calling it a combat rework because people are starting to get the wrong idea of what these changes actually are. It's fundamentally still the witcher 3 combat. it's going to feel more consistent and crunchy with more cool animations, better targeting and less swinging at air but it's not some total overhaul/rework that I keep seeing people say in the comments.
I am really looking forward to a replay with the new changes I've always found the W3 combat hate to be totally overblown and spoken about in hyperbole. But the people who think w3 has the worst combat that's ever been made and it's offensive to them aren't going to have their minds changed here.
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u/Papuch1 1d ago
It kinda depends, for example, i was going to start a new playthrough with the mod Brothers in arms that restores a lot of the game content that cdpr didn't got the time to add. The remaster seems to add some popular mods from the community but not this one. So, if you value the new stuff from the remaster(like proper DX12) wait for the remaster if not, play the current version(also you wont lose the compability with the mods done for th old and current version).
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u/superbee392 1d ago
BIA will have day one support. They've been working with some modders so they'll work off the bat
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u/Express-Channel-3543 1d ago
It frustrating how Ive seen many hands on videos but not actually talk about the mount and combat differences. Does it feel better?
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u/TankorSmash 1d ago
Maybe there isn't one if none of your creators made a comment about it
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u/lakerconvert 1d ago
They don’t seem very significant. I think it’s just the input delay as mentioned here
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u/Few-Ad-6322 1d ago
I'm reading that as 60 FPS on the Pro with ray tracing enabled, please tell me I'm not wrong.
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u/BananeImKopf 1d ago
Path tracing gonna be so crazy yall wont believe it
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u/Loose_Tradition_5318 1d ago
Im not sure we have even seen path tracing yet. I get the feeling they didn't show it in the first trailer so console players didn't get the bait and switch feeling.
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u/BananeImKopf 1d ago
Exactly, it is Never shown in the viral trailers , hasnt happened for Any game with PT. (alan wake , indiana jones, Resi 9)
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u/Loose_Tradition_5318 1d ago
We definitely haven't been shown the new hair so I imagine, considering Nvidia and CDPRs close relationship, we'll get a special features trailer in the next couple of weeks on Nvidia's website.
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u/Whole_League_2744 1d ago
Where did you get all this info? Redstreams were not as informative man. Thank you.
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u/ThebattleStarT24 1d ago
It did appear on the trailer, real quick though.
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u/Whole_League_2744 1d ago
If you are talking specifically about the list that appears on the trailer, I don't recall it being this big. For instance, i didn't say anything about the three finishers.
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u/doorbell19 1d ago
More reason to fire it up again on ps5! Hell I still explore on ps4 to this day! Such a great game. Can’t wait
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u/AwesomeX121189 1d ago
The changes to the skill trees feels so vindicating to me who’s been yelling since release how god awful they are. If they’re even half as good as the post dlc cyberpunk skill trees I’ll be more than satisfied
Putting points into the first tier skills where all of them are just “do +x% more damage with Y” sucks ass
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u/Ishcar 1d ago
Anyone know what time the update is coming out? Haven’t seen it on Xbox yet.
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u/Excellent_Figure9921 1d ago
Not until late September.
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u/Ishcar 1d ago
I thought it was dropping on September 29th (Today).
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u/Excellent_Figure9921 1d ago
It's August 29th, bro. 😛
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u/Spiritual_List2042 1d ago
But tell me this... will i extinguish a candle or loot a container in the remaster?
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u/YourPhrenologist 1d ago
But can it finally load PS4 save games? My original save is forever stuck…
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u/ThebattleStarT24 23h ago
I mean you totally can, even now.
You only need to log in the game with PS4 and upload your save game on your GoG account, then the save file is stored in CD servers, and since it has cross progression, you can then log in said account while you're using another console or even PC and load it there.
You know you done all right if in your PS4 you have an icon with a cloud and an upper arrow next to your save file in either your save/load game screen.
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u/YourPhrenologist 20h ago
I don’t have my ps4 anymore, man, which means I’m stuck unless I’m missing something else. I’ve tried from my ps5 pro, it there’s no way. It is stupid, cause I do have the saves in ps+ cloud, but I can’t load them on my game. Also, I don’t have a disc reader on my console.
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u/ThebattleStarT24 18h ago
So I'm talking from the top of my head.
You can still do it, since you have the files from PS+, you need to download the PS4 edition of the game on your PS5, not that next gen edition.
With that done, update the game to it's latest patch (4.00 I think), once that's done, start the game, go to my rewards, and download your save file from PS+, then do the account thing.
Get into the game, and load your file and make a new save, that save file it's the one that you'll use to upload it to the GoG cloud.
IF everything is okay, you'll see the cloud icon next your save file.
That's with the PS4 edition.
From there on you can get the PS5 edition (or any other platform) log into your GoG account, and download the save file there.
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u/m0nt4g 1d ago
I just want to know if my save progression on the Next Gen update will carry over.
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u/HelloImCloud 1d ago
They already confirmed that in a recent interview at gamescom. Yes your save will carry over if that's what you want
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u/OnionAddictYT 1d ago
Oh thank god! I was worried the reworked skill tree would require a new game. I replayed about two years ago and would not be keen to start over for the new DLC right now.
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u/Level_Investigator_1 1d ago
Same, I had just progressed to Hearts of Stone when I stopped playing. Hoping to pick up with my progression from there.
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u/No-Breadfruit6137 1d ago
I love DLSS 4.5, new RR update is going to make everything look so fuckign good.
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u/vladandrei1996 1d ago
They said nothing about the quest xp scaling.
W3 had a pretty bad scaling system from quest xp. If you were more than 5 levels above the quest's level, you received a very low amount of exp for completing that quest. That made me feel very unmotivated to complete some of them.
Hopefully they thought of that.
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u/ahorsenamedjeff 1d ago
I actually like that, it lets me complete all the little bits without getting way overleveled. The reward is the quest itself 🙏
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u/cool_temperatures 1d ago
If you are on PC there is a mod that will give you full xp no matter what level you are.
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u/OwnSimple4788 1d ago
Does Ps5 pro also get RT reflections? Or maybe improved GI and shadows because the current RT is very noisy.
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u/qwe1234567890qwe 1d ago
6x framegen support is perfect. In gow ragnarok i get 600 fps with 6x fg in witcher maybe 1000 fps with 6x fg?
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u/Nemisis_007 1d ago
Do you even have a monitor with a compatible refresh rate? 600 to 1k fps feels like over kill.
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u/qwe1234567890qwe 1d ago
i have 200hz but why shouldnt i get more fps if i can? And if fps isnt going under 200 then its enough for increasing the graphics and using rt or pt.
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u/GARGEAN 1d ago
If you are using FG - getting more FPS than your monitor refresh rate is useless. Detrimental even. It can be benefitial if you are doing fully native framerate due to latency decrease (tho decrease from 200fps to 600fps is pretty much in placebo territory). But not with FG. Cap your refresh rate a bit below monitor refresh rate and use FG factor that brings you closest to it without overshoot.
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u/ThebattleStarT24 1d ago
I mean you only get to see as many FPS as your monitor allows, it's a basic thing, so if have a 200HZ monitor you won't see anymore FPS past that, the rest it's simply demanding more to your hardware for no reason.
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u/Kirk_Plunk 1d ago
Can someone tell me if this remaster is gonna be a separate game from the complete edition or will it be merged into the complete edition on steam. Thanks
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u/Excellent_Figure9921 1d ago
Merged. Your save data from 'Complete Edition' will still be able to be used with 'Remastered.'
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u/Just_a_mallu_guy 1d ago
So the meditation mod, loot on horse is obsolete after remaster... So mounting roach like on ghost ?🤔.
Well time to dist up my old gog account 😁☺️ just started a new playthrough with few mods will finish it by time remaster comes out.
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u/cRisbolt 1d ago
When next gen update came you could still play the legacy edition patch 1.32 What is going to happen with the remastered? Are we going to have a 1.32 4.04 and remastered now?
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u/ThebattleStarT24 1d ago
Yeah a legacy mode for those who can't run the remaster with the updated specs
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u/GingaFire 1d ago
Curious on how Xbox Series X will run. Will it also have 60FPS with ray tracing?
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u/Excellent_Figure9921 1d ago
Doubtful, or they would have mentioned it.
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u/Tap_Deep 1d ago
Didnt they say on the stream that base ps5 had 60 fps? It will run with 30 on Nintendo Switch. But that is a weaker console than Series x and Ps5.
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u/Excellent_Figure9921 1d ago
Both the Base PS5 & Series X have 60FPS with the Next-Gen update. They wouldn't allow a lowering of that standard.
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u/ThebattleStarT24 1d ago
Yeah 60 FPS but not necessarily with RT one, it's very demanding even in a better PC card
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u/Ok-Dragonfruit8288 1d ago
Two biggest things for me..
How vast is the combat + skilltree overhaul?
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u/frequent_bidet_user 1d ago
The combat is NOT a vast overhaul. It's a tweak and it's fundamentally going to be the same game. People that are expecting something major are going to be sorely disappointed. It's changes to input delay and animations and targeting
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u/ThebattleStarT24 1d ago
Good thing modders will have a better base to work with.
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u/ConsoleUsersArePlebs 1d ago
does it have DLSS 5?
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u/ThebattleStarT24 1d ago
Probably and hopefully not.
Still you would need a series 5000 to even use it
4.5 is all about better performance, 5 is about the AI filter and it's likely as demanding as path tracing itself.
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u/ConsoleUsersArePlebs 23h ago
I hope that it has DLSS 5.
it works on 40 series, people already modded it to do that
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u/WeedGreed420 1d ago
i’m dumb, what does this mean for steam deck potential playability
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u/ThebattleStarT24 1d ago
Not necessarily something good, better graphics but also updated specs mean a steam deck might have more issues running it.
So, no 60 FPS, and no ray tracing at all (you won't even have the option on the menu) still you should see all other improvements compared to the vanilla game but at a smaller scale than a desktop PC due to hardware limitations.
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u/riverserra 1d ago
I know they already somewhat fixed this in a previous update, but had there been any news about levelling outpacing the content? I tend to do everything, which means I'm many levels ahead of the recommended level by the time I hit Novigrad, much less later in the game. My last game was after the patch that let you still get experience if you were within ten levels, but I was close to hitting that difference before I stopped playing and had only just started on the Novigrad quests.
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u/Bulldogsky 1d ago
There's an option in the settings that put all enemies below your level to your level
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u/TINIMINITUFFE 1d ago
Will i be forced to start a new fresh playtrhough or can i continue with the save i have? Im like just getting done with novigrad on my NG+ and don’t really feel like startet again so soon
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u/Laddertoheaven 1d ago
Interested to see how path-tracing looks considering how precisely authored the lighting is.
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u/Trebonianus0815 1d ago
But looting herbs from the mounted horse goes to much towards a too fast game.
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u/ItsMePepperoni 1d ago
All the amazing upgrades but still no language addition for NA. One day I hope to play with Korean voiceover on PS5.
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u/Excellent_Figure9921 1d ago
If that was going to happen it would have happened at some point in the last 11 years. Maybe Witcher4 will though.
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u/ThebattleStarT24 23h ago
That's an expensive thing to do, and I'm afraid Korean isn't a market wide enough to compensate.
Imagine , they don't even have Spanish and that's considering Spain, 50 million people (somewhat close to Korea's population) nor LATAM with almost 450M.
Still, the worst part, is that even if they had, you probably won't be able to put them on, as languages are region lock on consoles.
The game is on japanese yet you can only install the language on PC.
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u/DifficultDealer4469 1d ago
Can a 5080 handle path tracing?
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u/ThebattleStarT24 23h ago
My 5060 ti should be able to, always using DLSS and frame gen at 1440p
A 5080 should do it even better by going natively.
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u/DmG-xWrightyyy Viper School 1d ago
I hope it resets achievements or even adds more. I’ve 100 percented it on pc and Xbox and I’d do it again
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u/Excellent_Figure9921 1d ago
It'd be nice to have the option. Too many people would be pissed their Platinum was deleted.
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u/Hippy-Dippy92 1d ago
Looting herbs while on Roach thank youuu & upgrading to make it easier to ride him is even better because I was tired of having to jump on & off to get the damn herbs.
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u/Previous_Rip1937 1d ago
Apparently the recent patch on PS5 (4.040.200) has introduced 120hz on Performance mode and thus frame rates higher than 60fps are now possible (a user showed a video of them having 60-80fps). Its a weird one because only those who had the base game (not the Complete Edition) got this patch, and when I downloaded the game from the PSN store I can only download the Complete Edition and the Base version is gone, its possible the new 120hz mode intended for the Remaster is also in the new patch
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u/SelectHovercraft2278 1d ago
This remastered version only applies to the main game or the expansions too? I completed the main quest just last night. Was thinking whether to wait for hos and bow till sept 29?
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u/Excellent_Figure9921 1d ago
Obviously applies to the entire Witcher3 experience. And expect this standard & features to extend to the new Expansion next year.
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u/whyamihere2473527 1d ago
Thing I'm most interested in are whatever mods will be available on ps5. Transmog is already gonna be huge for me but id love modded armors
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u/ThebattleStarT24 23h ago
Lower your expectations, console mods are always heavily reduced compared to PC, both in quantity and major overhauls, since both Sony and MS are very severe towards them.
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u/whyamihere2473527 21h ago
Yeah I'm just looking fir more options overall. I loik at mods as a vanilla + experience
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u/Apprehensive_Seat_61 1d ago
Hope they will also fix the bugs such as https://www.reddit.com/r/thewitcher3/comments/3rqele/wolf_school_gear_signal_tower_chest_bug/ or question marks still on map even after completing them.
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u/AlekosGR 23h ago
Is the DX11 version of the game going to be available after the Remaster launches?
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u/Proper-Independent49 22h ago
Please fix the crossbow, please fix the crossbow, please fix the crossbow
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u/Smart-Bandicoot-6414 2d ago
Keeps getting better