The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered launched without spending a dime earlier this week, and has since been topic to debate over whether or not its visible modifications have been for the higher. One side that has routinely dominated the dialog is how overly brilliant the remaster makes the sport look, and it is evident developer CD Projekt Pink agrees that it went too far.
A patch for Xbox Collection X|S, PlayStation 5, and the Xbox Play Anyplace model of the sport on PC has been launched that makes “numerous lighting changes” throughout the sport, amongst different issues. CD Projekt Pink detailed the patch on social media, stating that the group is engaged on one other hotfix for PC that may deal with a save recreation concern that quite a few gamers have reported. The transient patch notes could be discovered under.
- Fastened a difficulty the place DLSS was unavailable within the Xbox Play Anyplace model of the sport on PC
- Made numerous lighting changes, together with fixing some interiors that appeared too darkish
- Made numerous different changes to make sure parity with the PC model
The patch is not being launched for different PC variations as a result of it is doubtless that the repair facilities across the recreation’s bloom setting. It is one which PC gamers have instructed turning off to regain some distinction within the recreation’s picture, however one which wasn’t accessible for gamers on consoles. A special hotfix launched on October 1 has a barely completely different checklist of notes:
- Fastened a difficulty the place the sport could not be saved or loaded if the trail to the Paperwork folder contained particular characters.
- Fastened a difficulty the place voiceover audio might turn out to be considerably quieter than different in-game audio after navigating by the pause menu tabs.
- Made numerous visible changes in Velen, together with tweaks to Bloom, vegetation lighting, saturation, and Path Tracing lighting.
- Reverted a change that triggered important efficiency and visible points with HairWorks enabled for some customers.
- Fastened a difficulty the place advertising and marketing telemetry settings weren’t saved correctly.
- Fastened a difficulty the place it wasn’t potential to launch the Basic (1.32) model of the sport.
This patch would not introduce a toggle, however doubtless toggles it off for all console gamers. In the event you’re taking part in on Nintendo Change 2, nonetheless, you will not be capable to profit from the repair simply but.
The bloom setting would not repair the whole lot although. Gamers have nonetheless taken concern with the sport’s HDR implementation, path tracing visible presentation, and general system efficiency on PC. CD Projekt Pink hasn’t but commented on whether or not it’s planning to make modifications to these areas, however this patch does point out that they’re conscious of essentially the most obvious points gamers are dealing with.
The Witcher 3 Remastered launched as a free replace for all variations of the sport, introducing enhanced character animations, world element, improved fight and role-playing programs, and extra. An enlargement for the 11 yr previous recreation, Songs of the Previous, is scheduled to launch in 2027 and can tie into the occasions of the The Witcher 4, which is at the moment in growth.