{"id":1040131,"date":"2026-09-03T03:56:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-03T03:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1040131\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T03:56:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T03:56:15","slug":"the-witcher-3-remastered-isnt-pulling-punches-when-we-think-about-this-remaster-its-almost-like-a-2-0-overhaul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1040131\/","title":{"rendered":"The Witcher 3 Remastered Isn’t Pulling Punches: ‘When We Think About This Remaster, It’s Almost Like A 2.0 Overhaul’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fans of The Witcher 3<\/a> will never say no to a new, improved version of it, especially one that doesn\u2019t reset save data or trophy and achievement progress<\/a>. But the recently announced remaster is way more than just another visual touch-up. Everything from horseback riding to the photo mode is getting tweaked<\/a>. Dozens of new features are being added<\/a>. To get an idea of the scope, CD Projekt Red suggests thinking of it as The Witcher 3 2.0.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you look at The Witcher 3 and the opinions of players and press, gameplay is what was criticized most\u2014it\u2019s the aspect that is most outdated,\u201d Pawe\u0142 Sasko told Kotaku at Gamescom 2026<\/a>. \u201cThat\u2019s the main thing we wanted to fix.\u201d<\/p>\n

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When you look at The Witcher 3 and the opinions of players and press, gameplay is what was criticized most\u2014it\u2019s the aspect that is most outdated. That\u2019s the main thing we wanted to fix. Having worked on update 2.0 for Cyberpunk, when we think about this remaster, it\u2019s almost like a 2.0 overhaul [for The Witcher 3]. We applied the same design principles to RedEngine 3 that we learned from RedEngine 4 on Cyberpunk. We analyzed what annoyed people most\u2014like exploration, Geralt\u2019s movement controls, and the lack of finisher [attacks]. That has all been addressed, and it makes the biggest difference in how the game feels to play.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

What made Cyberpunk 2077\u2018s Phantom Liberty Expansion feel like a brand-new version of the game wasn\u2019t just performance improvements and quality-of-life tweaks, it was the overhauling of core systems that streamlined clunky gameplay and made combat a lot more engaging. The last major upgrade The Witcher 3 received was mainly a visual boost to take advantage of more powerful consoles. Everything coming in the remaster, meanwhile, is aimed at making more fundamental improvements to the overall experience, including new features coming with the Songs of the Past expansion next year.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the base game, different builds shared too many passive skills,\u201d Sasko pointed out. \u201cNow, we\u2019ve added many more active abilities rather than just passives, making the combat much more interactive. You will feel your choices immediately in combat with new moves and synergies.\u00a0We are also adding new tools, like the iron chain. The chain was mentioned multiple times in the books and was featured in famous scenes like the Witcher 1 CGI intro, so I\u2019m glad we can finally bring that dynamic element into the combat.\u201d<\/p>\n

As with Cyberpunk 2077\u2019s 2.0 overhaul, most of the underlying enhancements and changes coming to The Witcher 3 will be part of the free remastered version upgrade in October. Normally, it would be a pain to have to re-learn combat mechanics and skill trees from scratch. With The Witcher 3, I\u2019m looking forward to it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fans of The Witcher 3 will never say no to a new, improved version of it, especially one…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1040132,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7],"tags":[50024,56732,416247,40087,158,353359,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-1040131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-cd-projekt-red","tag-cyberpunk-2077","tag-remaster","tag-rpg","tag-technology","tag-the-witcher-3","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117205099399115666","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1040131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1040131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1040131\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1040132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1040131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1040131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1040131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}