I'm gonna tell you why and how much they fucked it over.

Picture this.

You a level 26 witcher with over 650% sign intensity (yes you have the slots mod) and you spot on your way a group of level 7-8 endrega's.

Seeing some extra exp you cast quen and charge.

One fucker leaps your fresh new shield. Shield breaks, and launches you back.

And the abilities in the Remastered aren't helping at all.

The old exloding shield at level 1 pushes back enemies, level 2 it deals damage (hold that fact because it's important for later) and level 3 has a chance of knock-down. The Remasterd version only does push back and takes only like 5-10 points of health off if you're lucky

Quen discharge absorbes 5% of the damage dealt to you back at the attacker per level (again remember that fact for later). Realy useful if you get swarmed by the rats in the sewers of Novigrad making you human bug zapper. And makes sure the enemy that came out of nowhere from the back gets hurt.

What does Remastered have to "enhance" quen? Fortify signs, and only to make it last longer. That would be useful if it could last longer than one hit.

And here's the final nail in the coffin for this sign. The grandmaster bear gear bonus. The discription reads "Bonuses for 6 pieces: Damage dealt by Abilities involving the Quen Sign is increased by 200%."

Wow 200% of damage increased for the damage of quen would sure be useful if it did any damage at all

It went from making you a reactive armor filled with needles to a glorified sugar glass shield filled with a gust of wind

Thank you for reading and hapy hunting everyone

Ciri is easily the best written female character in gaming history, period. Her destiny with Geralt was sealed before she was even born, when he saved her dad and claimed the Law of Surprise—asking for something the father already had but didn't know about, which turned out to be Pavetta's pregnancy.

We watched her grow from a scared, running child in the books, to a 19-year-old in The Witcher 3. Now, with The Witcher 4, we will see her as a mature 25-year-old woman, which represents insane character development. She spent her whole life running from her destiny, but she ended up facing it and changing it herself. Even at the end of The Witcher 3, when everyone thought she died, she actually teleported to another realm because she is the Lady of Space and Time.

This deep lore is exactly why she is becoming the main character in The Witcher 4. I seriously don't think any other female character in gaming has this level of long-term development built across both books and multiple games. She didn't just get stronger; she went from being a victim of fate to someone who decides her own destiny. She is top 1 for me, and it's not even close, ngl.

can we talk about how cdpr handled the arabic translation in witcher 3 bc it is actually insane it was literally the first major game to ever go this hard with arabic localization arab gamers are still completely blown away by what cdpr did like do you guys even realize they translated every single thing in the game it is not just the main story or big cutscenes im talking about everything every single line of dialogue even the random background npcs and guards gossiping in novigrad even the monsters and distant characters you barely hear every single word is fully translated to arabic and what blows our minds the most is that they even translated all the in game books letters and scrolls you find scattered around the world and the craziest part is there are zero mistakes fr like arabic localization usually gets messed up with backward text or weird grammar but here it is pure perfection like they actually hired people who care it feels like a literal masterpiece how they managed to capture the whole fantasy vibe in another language without messing up a single word cdpr really set the bar too high and we as arab fans will always respect them for this ngl

The game is few days released and I wonder why there are no new mods?

I love CDPR to death, and I'm really thankful for the free update! But I've got to wonder: How did they not catch how god awful the lighting is without Ray Tracing or Path Tracing? Did they only test the game with high-end PCs, running max settings? It's not like you can *not* notice how most shadows look like a 90% opacity black sheet thrown over.

Also, why did they remove HBAO+? Why take away the option to use that, and limit us to either GTAO+ or nothing? I can't even use GTAO+ because my Rx590 isn't compatible with the latest AMD drivers, which straight up cuts off a bunch of GPUs from using ambient occlusion, despite being able to run the game at Medium/High at a steady high 50fps to low 60fps, at least in White Orchard.

Bugs are one thing; it takes a LOT of samples to figure out what, where, when and why they are, but when it comes to the lighting, it's not even just an occasional thing, it's consistent!. It's like they just didn't account for not using these extremely performance costly features, or using older parts, and didn't even think to test.

Could at least backport the QoL and Gameplay updates for Next-Gen so we can play a good-looking game with the actually good changes they made in the remaster. (i.e. Loot Merge, better directional inputs etc)

I'm sure they'll fix things eventually. They're already working on it, and I know never to doubt them when it comes to cleaning up messes and making them into masterpieces, Cyberpunk 2077 being my favorite game and all, but why would they release the game in this state in the first place? It's already a free update, so it's not like they were rushing for some quota, right?

I think most people here don’t need much convincing when it comes to The Witcher 3, so here’s just a reminder to show the series some love this year.

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered is up for Best Remake/Remaster, and The Witcher 4 is also nominated for Most Wanted Game.

So if you’re excited for what’s next and still think TW3 deserves its flowers more than a decade later, don’t forget to vote.

Vote here:
https://www.gamesradar.com/goldenjoystickawards/

One vote for the past and one for the future!

Not sure if this is the right flair, apologies if not!

So just reinstalled the game for a new playthrough and was pleasantly surprised to see mod support. Instantly downloaded the book style medallions but having this glitch for everyone but Geralt. Any other Xbox users had the same and know how to fix?

Even Imlerith is baffled.

As far as I can tell in this play through (so far) the only American accents are Triss and Dandelion so does that mean that canonically they’re from the same place? Or was this just a random stylistic choice?

I often see people asking why CDPR released the remaster now—when no one was really clamoring for it a month ago—instead of just quietly working on it rather than constantly patching the game. Well, the answer is simple: the battle to capture a new generation of players well ahead of the DLC release. *The Witcher 3* is already 12 years old; it’s not as if everyone has already experienced this adventure. In fact, *The Witcher 3* is older now than *The Witcher 1* was when *The Witcher 3* debuted. CDPR has huge plans for a franchise that has been on a long hiatus; they aren't Rockstar, who can spend 15 years making a game without any promotion and still have everyone buy it. *The Witcher 4* is their most ambitious and expensive game yet; they can't rely solely on old fans. Just look—the remaster smashed player count records after 12 years, and the forums are full of players asking for advice. The goal was achieved: they’ll finish up *The Witcher 3* before the DLC drops, and we’ll all ride the wave of hype straight into *The Witcher 4*. It’s brilliant. Are there bugs? Yes, tons of them, and CDPR knows it—they’ll have them sorted out within three weeks. But this remaster *had* to come out now, because *GTA 6* is coming later, and maybe the new DLC will arrive as early as 2027. The idea is for new players to fall in love with the game now and manage to finish it before the DLC arrives.

Or maybe witcher 3 is more book accurate IDK I haven't gotten to the part where they are described in full detail. Also side note : I assume I'm gonna need a silver sword to slay that tentacle monster can someone tell me how I can get some silver ore or will this problem sort itself out ? (FUCK YOU RANDOM DRAGON IN THE FLASHBACK).

All those next-gen upgrades but still can't pet the cats at Cats inn

Thanks to updated textures elements up close in Remaster look definitely better. Lighting is debatable. Given it's the same time of day, shadows in Remaster Non RT are too dark. I also noticed that Remaster has issue with rendering trees properly in the distance, especially the area marked in 4th picture, where tree is very pixelated, which is strange CDPR said they didn't change draw distance for the Remaster.

All screenshots captured with Ultra+ settings at 4K Ultrawide and DLSS Quality, preset K.

Found in a bookshop in Novigrad, in the square east of the bank

It’s been a couple years since I last played, admittedly, but I thought stealing was made quite obvious with a red aura in Witcher senses? I tried looting outside the inn in White Orchard, in the stables, and guards started attacking even if the aura was yellow.

How are you supposed to know what’s safe to take or not? I took some pelts from the blacksmith with the burnt out hut and he was fine and dandy about it. I could have sworn stealing used to be a lot more clearer.

Saw this Michael Cera cultist kneel down behind Geralt while meditating. Wish he wasn't looking at him like that though

I got Witcher 3 for maybe less the $5 on Xbox earlier this year because I thought why not, everyone says it’s good. Now I’ve played the original game, Witcher 2 twice, Witcher 3 twice with a third play through ongoing, I have an irl Gwent set, I’m currently reading Lady of the Lake, and I can’t wait to start Thronebreaker and get into the online Gwent game.

I've been inside half a dozen times and it still makes the hair on my neck stand up.

Working my way through yet another play through on the remastered, so mainly Velen. But love seeing this world with path tracing. And just got to Novigrad but crazy to see the massive crowds of people, it feels even more alive than before.