All The Witcher 3 Remastered Differences Compared to Original Game
CD PROJEKT RED has revealed a host of changes and improvements with the upcoming release of The Witcher 3 Remastered.
The Witcher 3 fans have been treated well with the surprising reveal of The Witcher 3 Remastered at Gamescom, bringing a slew of upgrades and improvements to the title for free.
Existing players won’t have to pay any additional fees to receive the benefits of The Witcher 3 Remastered, which lands as a free upgrade on September 29, and new players will be welcomed with vast improvements across all areas of the game.
If you’re keen for more details on exactly what has been revealed in The Witcher 3 Remastered so far, we’ve got a definitive breakdown.
All The Witcher 3 Remastered Differences
CD PROJEKT RED has revealed a host of changes and improvements with The Witcher 3 Remastered, ranging from significant in-game overhauls to improved UI navigation and controls.
The biggest headlines are improved visuals, enhanced combat, and upgrades to traversal, movement, mount handling, and monster behaviors, but there are other significant tweaks that will be immediately noticeable.
The Witcher 3’s Skill Tree has been overhauled significantly, while transmogrification has also been added, providing greater customization of your look, which, alongside an expanded Photo Mode, will allow you to flaunt your style.
In terms of combat, there are also brand new finishers and refined animations, which, coming alongside improvements to motion blur, ray tracing, and other technical advancements, will help the game feel modernized.
Some changes are platform-exclusive, with PlayStation 5 Pro receiving support, XBOX Play Anywhere enabled, and some Nintendo Switch 2 exclusive features coming alongside the game’s launch on the platform on September 29.
Here’s a full list of all the revealed improvements and changes in The Witcher 3 Remastered.
- Upgraded visuals
- Enhanced combat
- Improved traversal & movement
- Revamped mount handling
- Improved monster behaviors
- Skill Tree overhaul
- Transmogrification
- Expanded Photo Mode
- Additional combat finishers
- Immersive meditation
- Refind animations
- New quest tracking
- UI improvements
- Looting rework
- Refreshed motion blur
- Additional accessibility features
- Updated textures
- Foliage shading
- Modernized tutorial
- HDR improvements
- Ground truth ambient occlusion
- Improved menu navigation
- Ray tracing improvements
- Global lighting rework
- New shading model
- New tone mapper
- PlayStation 5 Pro Support
- XBOX Play Anywhere support
- Nintendo Switch 2 exclusive features
- Path tracing & ray reconstruction on PC
