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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 antisthenes »

Tade0 wrote: post #21

> Now we know that it's a ground-up remake of the game that introduced Geralt of Rivia to Witcher fans outside of Poland. I was always of the impression that it was Witcher III that achieved this. I'm Polish so I genuinely don't know. Were the previous two installments popular outside of Poland?

Witch 2 definitely was. Witcher 1...maybe? I thought it was a pretty mediocre game, so I doubt it was really that popular anywhere outside of Poland.

What's impressive is how much better each sequel was compared to the previous game. It was a giant leap in both graphics and gameplay from 1 to 2 and 2 to 3.

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

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Post by wnevets »

Tade0 wrote: post #21

> Now we know that it's a ground-up remake of the game that introduced Geralt of Rivia to Witcher fans outside of Poland. I was always of the impression that it was Witcher III that achieved this. I'm Polish so I genuinely don't know. Were the previous two installments popular outside of Poland?

> I'm Polish so I genuinely don't know. Were the previous two installments popular outside of Poland?

Not as much as the 3rd one but popular enough to get two sequels.

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

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Post by dkersten »

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.

I was a fan of the game, but the engines limitations did hurt it in my opinion and the combat was its weakest aspect. The story, characters, world and quests were its strong points. So I’m greatly looking forward to this remake, if it provides all the original content with less jankyness and smoother combat.

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

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Post by _the_inflator »

danschuller wrote: post #100

Remakes make business sense. Every game is a risk. A portfolio of products that includes remakes reduces that risk. A game that was previously popular is easier to remaster than trying to make some new that's less tested. There are always brand new gamers to introduce to your IP as well as existing gamers who may have missed or want to replay earlier games. If you're a mature studio it's almost irresponsible to not d…

I agree with you. And it is still hard to get it wright in order to be sold.

If you want to stand up to competition, you need a cash cow. I don't blame any independent studio to do just that. They have to balance risks.

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

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Post by rowanG077 »

Tade0 wrote: post #21

> Now we know that it's a ground-up remake of the game that introduced Geralt of Rivia to Witcher fans outside of Poland. I was always of the impression that it was Witcher III that achieved this. I'm Polish so I genuinely don't know. Were the previous two installments popular outside of Poland?

Witcher 1 was pretty niche but I played it as a 15 year old rpg fan and liked it a lot. It wasn't as well known mainstream as mass effect but most gamers surely at least heard of it.

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

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Post by agilob »

988747 wrote: post #76
agilob wrote: post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They couldn't deliver 1 good project CP77, but now committing to 5 at around the same time? You said: >Its a third party studio doing the remake, CDPR probably won't be diverting many internal resources away from their existing in-house projects for this. but the link claims: >On Tuesday, CD Projekt Red announced five all-new games currently in development at the studio Their stock price is near 5 year low, how can t…

> Their stock price is near 5 year low, how can they afford it? Stock price has nothing to do with how much money CDPR has in their bank accounts. Stock trading is basically a public opinion poll on the future of the company, but not a penny from those trades actually goes to company accounts.

and if a company is trading low, their trust is also low, am I wrong? They would will need to trick people into giving them money upfront (preorders?) or borrow from 3rd party to cover a product that will sell and bring cash.

nevertheless, I didn't mean they can't fund it because of low stock price, they got lots of free money from Polish government development fund, but CDPR delivered only 4 big games and only 2 were big hits, The Witcher and The Witcher 3. CP77 sold in many copies, I have one too, but I'm not buying them unless they prove it's worth the price. They completely lost my trust and employees with internal knowledge, who were committed to make Witchers a success story.

Previously delivering 2 (or 3) good games, having stock prices high during that time, getting free money from development fund vs now stock price low, trust in company and their quality dropped, 5 projects in progress? Aren't they shooting too high?

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

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Post by AdrianB1 »

Tade0 wrote: post #21

> Now we know that it's a ground-up remake of the game that introduced Geralt of Rivia to Witcher fans outside of Poland. I was always of the impression that it was Witcher III that achieved this. I'm Polish so I genuinely don't know. Were the previous two installments popular outside of Poland?

Yes, they were very popular in some circles. My preferred Witcher games are, in order, 3 then 1 then 2. I vividly remember Witcher 1 for one very difficult battle in the first part and some yellow fields later on. In Witcher 2 the combat system was not that pleasant for me, so I did not play too much even if I bought it. For Witcher 3 I waited a couple of years after I bought it to play it, waiting for a new GPU that was good enough to play on highest detail level.

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

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Post by [deleted] »

nvrspyx wrote: post #94
impulser_ wrote: post #82

People complaining about this being a remake, but I'm assuming they made the remake as a way for their developers to get use to Unreal 5 before making Witcher 4 which is also built using Unreal 5. Easier to build a game you already know in a new game engine than to create a completely new game. Especially if you don't want the game to be filled with bugs. CD has always used in an house game engine for their games.

I don't think that holds if you read the first paragraph of the article. Fool's Theory, a separate studio, is doing the remake in UE5; not CDPR. With that said, this will allow Fool's Theory to help as a support studio for Witcher 4 after the remake since they'll be using the same toolset.

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

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Post by mortenjorck »

nvrspyx wrote: post #94
impulser_ wrote: post #82

People complaining about this being a remake, but I'm assuming they made the remake as a way for their developers to get use to Unreal 5 before making Witcher 4 which is also built using Unreal 5. Easier to build a game you already know in a new game engine than to create a completely new game. Especially if you don't want the game to be filled with bugs. CD has always used in an house game engine for their games.

I don't think that holds if you read the first paragraph of the article. Fool's Theory, a separate studio, is doing the remake in UE5; not CDPR. With that said, this will allow Fool's Theory to help as a support studio for Witcher 4 after the remake since they'll be using the same toolset.

Exactly; while CDPR and Fool's Theory will be working on different games, they'll be able to share resources extensively given the common platform. I wouldn't be surprised if they divide up work on a lot of the Witcher-specific extensions to Unreal's scripting, AI, and so on.
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