In late 2022, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt obtained a reasonably strong next-gen (extra like current-gen now) replace at no further value for house owners of the bottom recreation on PS4, Xbox One, and PC. In fact, the PC launch acquired the largest visible enhancements, however that hasn’t stopped modders (now with entry to the complete modding instruments) from iterating even additional on the sport’s textures, meshes, and whatnot. Now, Halk Hogan’s ‘The Witcher 3 HD Reworked Venture NextGen Version’ is taking issues to the following stage.
Based on the creator, the mod (which has been within the works for fairly a while now) “improves and reworks an enormous quantity of recreation belongings (textures, fashions, supplies and extra), and the variety of these modifications may be counted in hundreds.” Trying on the full obtain measurement, which nears 12GB, they undoubtedly ain’t exaggerating. And in case you want CD Projekt Pink’s stamp of approval, right here you go.
Whereas we love wacky mods similar to Geralt the Centaur, on the finish of the day, most folk want to play the absolute best model of a contemporary open-world basic. With 2011’s The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim nonetheless extraordinarily alive and receiving implausible mods every single day, you’ll be able to wager that CD Projekt Pink’s RPG masterpiece (IMO) can be getting spectacular mods, lore-friendly or not, for years to return.
Earlier than taking a correct have a look at the mod web page in case your PC is as much as the duty, we extremely suggest watching not less than a little bit of the in depth 15-minute video uploaded by Halk Hogan a number of days in the past, which matches over a number of modifications to fashions, textures, and belongings of all types:
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As you’ll be able to see, the mod does 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. On condition that The Witcher 3’s official current-gen replace added ray tracing and a variety of cutting-edge graphical enhancements, it all the time felt bizarre that extra primary components 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 ‘substitute’ mod, it must be appropriate with modifications that have an effect on different components of the sport. In reality, it even works with the older model of the sport and supposedly has a minimal hit on FPS so long as you could have the additional video reminiscence accessible, so this one is not like an excellent demanding ENB preset.
Even should you’re caught with the console model of the sport, a brand new playthrough to rejoice its tenth anniversary subsequent yr (sure, sorry to be the bearer of devastating information) appears ideally suited, as the following Witcher has simply entered full-scale manufacturing, which suggests it is nonetheless years away.
