CD Projekt RED’s lead PR manager has announced that the highly anticipated next-gen update for The Witcher 3 will release in the second half of 2021. This update will, among other things, add real-time ray tracing effects to the game.
The Witcher 3 Next-Gen will feature a range of visual and technical improvements — including ray tracing and faster loading times. These improvements will be present across the base game, both expansions, and all extra content.
Now in case you want to replay the game but can’t wait until then, you can go ahead and install some mods. While these mods do not bring any Ray Tracing effects, they can significantly improve the game’s graphics.
The Witcher 3 HD Reworked Project 12.0 is a must-have for all The Witcher 3 fans. This mod overhauls most of the game’s textures, and we highly recommend it.
On the other hand, this mod adds over 125 new enemies, 36 new weapons & 26 armor sets. There is also another overhaul mod that improves the textures of all animals.
Lastly, you can find here a list of 50 mods for CDPR’s RPG.
Stay tuned for more!
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They should just grab the best rated QoL mods and incorporate it on the game.
I hope this update is as well optimised as Cyberpunk 2077.
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I guess they will just add RT and thats it?
I mean the game shouldn’t become less optimized then it already is.
So worth the wait, I held on playing W3 until the time was right. And in a few days my new PC will arrive which sports an RTX 3070, it’s gonna be a blast to play this game that I heard so much good about.
Did you order a pre-built/OEM or a custom built PC which comes with an RTX 3070 card ? Which company/brand is it ?
You must be lucky enough if you get one of these RTX 30 series GPUs though. I’m still stuck with my AMD RX 480 GPU. lol.
Bruh, I’m stuck with my Vega 64 which uses a pro suite. Nice card, wanted to move on long ago so I removed the water cooling after I recieved it for a RMA. Been waiting to upgrade to a 6800 XT. It’s safe to say, that will never Happen. Sad part is people are believing all this nonsense excuse, when none of these sweatshops went into lockdown. Buttom Line, they don’t care who they sell the cards to, as long as they are being sold.
My woman has friends on her instagram, that are all flexing 3070’s, truth is, they are rich Asians that don’t give a damn. They are playing 2-3x & doesn’t care. They know where/how to get one they’ll pay any amount. I didn’t know the Asians were this bad for dropping money like that, but she being Chinese know this & explained it to me quite well. They just doesn’t give a damn when it comes to msrp/price/principle. When someone is still living at home, all they do is burn through money like nothing.
Hey bud, that really sucks when someone pays a high premium for a product which shouldn’t be costing that much.
I can understand you. I’m on the same boat, but I’m starting to think there are peeps who are damn rich, and they don’t give a damn about what others might think, so they shell out as much cash as they want.
The average/budget gamer is the victim here. I think as long as people are willing to pay a premium price, companies won’t stop releasing any product, be it a GPU, CPU, or a PC game.
Vega 64 is still a good GPU btw.
Man, I envy you. And while the main story (Wild Hunt) is great, and you should take your time with it as much as possible, you have not seen game design brilliance until you play both DLC’s, HoS and B&W. Personally I think you should start right away. You can mod in a ton of HQ textures and stuff over at Nexus if you want.
game design brilliance¿? dont get me wrong, i think HoS is among the best CDPR ever made…but in terms of design the expansions are more of the same gameplay wise (nothing wrong with having more of something good)
HoS’s writing is brilliant, absolutely yes. From start to finish its probably one of the most memorable games with some of the most incredible characters I’ve ever played. And Toussaint is literally like visiting the _______ (won’t spoil it for him), and the writing in that DLC is equally brilliant. Not to mention the new side quests in both, which you know since you’ve played them, are on par with most games main story quests. Writing, visuals, new enemies and skills. More of the same? OK.
Yes, is more of the same…and BaW felt like a downgrade after HoS in terms of writing and story for me.
You are just a dumb fanboy.
The Witcher 3 isn’t a real RPG. Just a hack and slash.
find it odd they are putting time in to this when Cyberpunk really
needs all hands on deck still. But at the same time if they are busting
their a## to give a better Witcher 3 and have Cyberpunk in a forgivable
No Man’s Sky state by the end of this year to win back some hearts and
fix their image then good on them.
So it’s the game that was originally showed before we got the console downgrade we never saw coming?
Echoing what Juan said I too seriously doubt it will look like the 2014 demo. Not only the lighting was downgraded (which they could negate with raytraced lighting) but also volumetric and particle effects, in some instances assets were “optimized” like that infamous Novigrad wall corner. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/c9139c6d208fe39cfa6579dde1476706d429499c75b3b4029e4e07cadd29f2ed.jpg
Don’t forget how cool the water waved ether as well as the cloth physics from the sails.
Yeah they will be keeping the same textures but the texture mod John mentioned fixes that.
To be fair the release version does have more grass but its just placed on a rock for whatever reason.
Depends on how much it’s simply a matter of flipping a switch on.
Doubt it, is gonna be the same with some raytracing effects, hopefully that includes global ilumination.
At the time they showed the demos raytracing wasnt a thing yet.
with some mods it could end up looking like the teaser shots
People keep saying this since the original release date…is not gonna happen (doesnt mean we cant get a better looking game with this update)
I’ve been planning on playing the game again when this releases, hope it’s more than just RT.
Tried to get into a second run like 4 times but everytime it fails due to remembering too much of the first 25% of the story.
Hard to get excited when these changes will only apply to 30xx cards.
RTX is in 2000 series cards.
Any worthwhile looking raytracing halves the framerate on any Turing GPU which renders it useless.
Need that DLSS.
I’m hoping for a 3080 Ti
No.. It is supported, case closed.
What in the hell are you talking about?
Can’t wait. I hope the changes are worth it.
Need to know if it will be a new version of the game, or a separate game alongside.
I’m guessing the latter since modding is so huge with this game already.
I don’t trust CDPR to release this in a working state at all. Cyberpunk is an absolute joke, and I expect another broken mess with this.
What the hell is a H2?
When they say it like that you could safely bet the end of the year as the earliest. If they were confident about the date they would announce which in case of CDPR doesn’t even work given two Witcher 3 delays and three CP2077 delays.
First sentence.
2nd half
Excellent work by the team.
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You won’t leave him alone will you? haha, man it’s funny to watch you 2.
Nope….until he…what ever that is starts behaving like a human being…Excellent! yes?
You can still play the original with hundreds of mods. Releasing this wont change that regardless.
You dont know that. Every update on that game broke the mods in some way…so expecting the same is nothing crazy.
Unless they make a separate “next gen” version like Metro Exodus did.
Exactly. The current game version is 1.32. And there are 3 versions, across Steam and GOG, and incorporating the GOTY editions with DLCs included.
Will this be a separate game? Or 1.33? Big questions to answer.
Diidn’t they confirm the Next-Gen-Update will be a different game, on steam? Like Sleeping Dogs, Dead Island, Dark Siders.
Besides they could do the whole Blizzard thing when the original Warcraft 3 is replaced with that Reforged mess.
That would be an stupid move, the kind that current CDPR could make.
Cash grab…precisely! after all they did loose a lot with Soypunk,gota milk those dimwits
I already have the original(bought years ago on a Steam sale) and I don’t care about this “next-gen” release I’m just saying I hope the soyf4gs at CD Klkejekt don’t brake the original game with this useless update.
Jews = white.
I find it odd they are putting time in to this when Cyberpunk really needs all hands on deck still. But at the same time if they are busting their a*s to give a better Witcher 3 and have Cyberpunk in a forgivable No Man’s Sky state by the end of this year to win back some hearts and fix their image then good on them.
after this release cd projekt rekt fanboys be like, ”thank you thank you cdpr you are the best developer such an amazing graphics wow the improvement” lol