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CD Projekt is remaking the first Witcher game in Unreal Engine 5

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Re: CD Projekt is remaking the first Witcher game in Unreal Engine 5

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Post by jason-phillips »

As someone playing through Witcher 3 on a Steam Deck for the first time, to say that I'm wildly excited about this is not an understatement. Witcher 2 currently appears to be a no-go on the Deck and I'd love to play the rest of the games in the series.

Re: CD Projekt is remaking the first Witcher game in Unreal Engine 5

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Post by Aethella »

jason-phillips wrote: post #3

As someone playing through Witcher 3 on a Steam Deck for the first time, to say that I'm wildly excited about this is not an understatement. Witcher 2 currently appears to be a no-go on the Deck and I'd love to play the rest of the games in the series.

Witcher 2 also runs perfectly fine on the Deck. You just need to switch to Proton-GE rather than default version.

Re: CD Projekt is remaking the first Witcher game in Unreal Engine 5

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Post by COGlory »

Aethella wrote: post #4
jason-phillips wrote: post #3

As someone playing through Witcher 3 on a Steam Deck for the first time, to say that I'm wildly excited about this is not an understatement. Witcher 2 currently appears to be a no-go on the Deck and I'd love to play the rest of the games in the series.

Witcher 2 also runs perfectly fine on the Deck. You just need to switch to Proton-GE rather than default version.

There's also a native version, right?

Re: CD Projekt is remaking the first Witcher game in Unreal Engine 5

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Post by 4pkjai »

I don't know why, this makes me a bit sad. You can sort of feel a game engine when you're playing a game. The GTA trilogy lost a lot when they did their remastering project with a different engine. Although I'm sure it can be done well.

StarCraft remastered was done really well, but I believe they built on top of their existing engine.

Re: CD Projekt is remaking the first Witcher game in Unreal Engine 5

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Post by yieldcrv »

I couldn't get myself to play the first 2 Witcher games due to the dated mechanics but I watched other people stream their play throughs at the time.

> [removed] the playing cards players can earn that depict pinup art of Geralt's various sexual partners. The system has been criticized over the years for treating women's bodies as a reward for player progression.

This pin-up card collection of your sex partners was edgy in 2007 and 2011 as well. Its not like it was an especially unenlightened age of days bygone. The Pin-Up card system is definitely what put it on the map. Its really funny that CD Project [may] opt to launder its reputation now to reach a broader audience after only getting on the map for being absurd and over the top. I'm not advocating for anything, only observing.

The lesson broadcasted is that you have to do "degrading" and shocking things like that to stand out at all. Kind of like how many individuals get started in many industries to support themselves.

Re: CD Projekt is remaking the first Witcher game in Unreal Engine 5

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Post by dragontamer »

4pkjai wrote: post #6

I don't know why, this makes me a bit sad. You can sort of feel a game engine when you're playing a game. The GTA trilogy lost a lot when they did their remastering project with a different engine. Although I'm sure it can be done well. StarCraft remastered was done really well, but I believe they built on top of their existing engine.

As someone who played a few hours of the 1st Witcher Game... Good.

No one seems to care about Witcher 1's engine, because it was hot garbage. Any engine (even an off-the-shelf one like Unreal5) will be grossly superior to the trash that the original game was.

This remake can have slow, barely workable controls and pretty bad graphics and still be far better than the original game.

They really just need the Witcher 1 remade so that people have an entry point into the story. The actual "gameplay" from the original will _NOT_ be missed. IMO anyway.

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