Here’s What’s New In The Witcher 3 Remastered

When you boot up The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered for the first time, you’ll see a few new items on the menu: Combat Training, Mods, Patch Highlights, and–depending on the platform–Console Features. Patch Highlights is exactly that. Judging by the trailer developer CD Projekt Red released last month, there are dozens of new additions and changes, but here are the highlights as listed in the menu: Upgraded visuals and performance: Everything from NPCs you'll meet on your journey to the bushes along the side of the road has received a facelift. Additionally, the lighting has been reworked to be more realistic, and path tracing has been added to the PC version. If you want to see how the visuals stack up to the 2022 update, we have a graphics comparison you can watch. Reimagined skill system: CD Projekt Red has taken a pass at the skill system in order to bring more refined progression with greater flexibility. Expanded photo mode: Photo mode has been overhauled to include more settings, poses, frames, and filters. You can also place other character models in the frame. Improved combat: CD Projekt Red has touched up the combat by adding more finishers and tweaking the dynamic came…