In late 2022, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt obtained a reasonably strong next-gen (extra like current-gen now) replace at no additional value for house owners of the bottom recreation on PS4, Xbox One, and PC. After all, the PC launch obtained the largest visible enhancements, however that hasn’t stopped modders (now with entry to the total modding instruments) from iterating even additional on the sport’s textures, meshes, and whatnot. Now, Halk Hogan‘s ‘The Witcher 3 HD Reworked Undertaking NextGen Version‘ is taking issues to the following degree.
Based on the writer, the mod (which has been within the works for fairly a while now) “improves and reworks an enormous quantity of recreation property (textures, fashions, supplies and extra), and the variety of these modifications will be counted in hundreds.” Trying on the full obtain dimension, which nears 12GB, they undoubtedly ain’t exaggerating. And in case you want CD Projekt Purple’s stamp of approval, right here you go.
Whereas we love wacky mods corresponding to Geralt the Centaur, on the finish of the day, most folk favor to play the very best model of a contemporary open-world basic. With 2011’s The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim nonetheless extraordinarily alive and receiving incredible mods every single day, you may wager that CD Projekt Purple’s RPG masterpiece (IMO) will probably be getting spectacular mods, lore-friendly or not, for years to return.
Earlier than taking a correct take a look at the mod web page in case your PC is as much as the duty, we extremely suggest watching at the very least a little bit of the in depth 15-minute video uploaded by Halk Hogan a couple of days in the past, which works over a number of modifications to fashions, textures, and property of all kinds:
As you may see, the mod would not simply make objects crispier. The surroundings geometry seems to be noticeably extra detailed throughout the board, with even the LOD particulars receiving marked enhancements. Provided that The Witcher 3’s official current-gen replace added ray tracing and quite a few cutting-edge graphical enhancements, it at all times felt bizarre that extra fundamental parts of the presentation weren’t touched-up.
Because of Halk Hogan’s mod, the entire thing seems to be extra cohesive, and because it seems to be a easy ‘alternative’ mod, it ought to be appropriate with modifications that have an effect on different elements of the sport. The truth is, it even works with the older model of the sport and supposedly has a minimal hit on FPS so long as you might have the additional video reminiscence out there, so this one is not like a brilliant demanding ENB preset.
Even when you’re caught with the console model of the sport, a brand new playthrough to rejoice its tenth anniversary subsequent 12 months (sure, sorry to be the bearer of devastating information) appears very best, as the following Witcher has simply entered full-scale manufacturing, which suggests it is nonetheless years away.