The Witcher 3 followers have reacted to an official comparability clip that includes a snippet of side-by-side gameplay from the unique recreation and the upcoming remaster, with some saying the brand new model truly seems to be worse.
Within the clip, you possibly can see Geralt casting Igni on a bunch of drowners within the swamp, with a side-by-side comparability with the unique recreation and the remaster. And whereas the brand new model of the sport has a lot larger element on Geralt’s armor, together with rather more outlined water, the reflections appear to be divisive.
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— The Witcher (@thewitcher) September 23, 2026
Within the unique recreation, you possibly can see a number of the fireplace mirrored within the brackish water beneath the drowners, even when it ends in an orange-ish blur. That’d be a fairly low bar to clear with the ray tracing on provide within the remaster, however the clip does not present any reflection of the hearth in any respect. The fog can be a lot completely different within the remaster. Within the unique, there are outlined clouds of fog floating simply above the bottom, the place the remaster takes a extra atmospheric strategy to the fog within the distance.
Loads of the variations between the 2 sides of this clip comes down to the remaster utilizing ray tracing, the place the unique did not have it. Fans have had blended reactions to this clip regardless. X / Twitter person LeafusMaximus mentioned “regardless of actually including RT to the sport you managed to submit a pic with worse water reflections, worse fog results, worse armor textures in some instances (the glove he retains again in direction of the digital camera for instance), the brand new drowner simply look wetter, the outdated ones truly look scaly/mucky.” Whereas desugar_64 merely requested: “Are you certain you did not swap the footage round?”
Fortunately, for those who don’t love the brand new visible illustration, you ought to be ready to roll again to an earlier model of the construct so long as you are taking part in on PC. I am unsure if that choice will exist on consoles, however for those who actually don’t need your present set up of The Witcher 3 to get this modification, you possibly can flip off automated updates. In case you are planning on upgrading to the remaster although, it is possible for you to to carry over your save information when the sport comes out on September 29.
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