The Witcher Enhanced Edition

MIG-31

Source: Bluesnews
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CD Projekt RED announces plans to release The Witcher Enhanced Edition in May, offering an updated version of the highly regarded action/RPG. The enhancements come in the way of additional features, as outlined in this YouTube video where new stuff is shown off and described by the game's developers (in their native Polish, but there are English subtitles). The Press release Announcing the game is actually longer than War and Peace, so here's an excerpt:

Maciej Szcześnik, Project Manager at CD Projekt RED, spoke about the content provided in the new edition: "The Witcher Enhanced Edition will be a completely polished product, something rarely found on the PC market. Of course, it would have been best if the original edition could look that way. There were a few ways the original game didn’t quite live up to our high expectations, but now we're trying to make up for it. Work is being done on two levels: one concerns the removal of technical obstacles that hinder the player from properly using the game and thus gaining enjoyment from it. Some of those elements include the loading times, which will be reduced by 80%, the stability of the game on different PC configurations, as well as an array of smaller fixes that will increase interactivity and precision in combat. The other level consists of very important changes that are not usually found in patches. First and foremost, the English-language version will, for the most part, be completely re-done. The amount of text in that version was reduced compared to other language versions and that was said to cause a significant decrease in immersion and atmosphere. Now the English version will be as polished and atmospheric as the other language versions. Speaking of other language versions, most of them will be improved in some way. Significant changes will also be made in the German version, where we are planning to re-record the voices for many of the characters. The most important improvements concern those elements of the game that players criticized the most. For example, over 50 new supporting character models will be added, so that the player won't run into the same person too often. The inventory panel will be re-designed and improved, and some elements of the main game screen will be polished. However, one of the biggest changes that will greatly increase the player's immersion in the game world will be improvements concerning dialogue scenes. Both Geralt and non-player characters will get over 100 new animated gestures which will make their body language during conversations much more natural. Additionally, the facial animation and lip-sync system will be re-created, making the faces of the speakers now even more natural, as well. Of course, I've mentioned only the most important changes, and that's still a lot. There will be many smaller changes that will make the game more fun. I'm convinced that, thanks to those changes, The Witcher will almost be the ideal game for fans of PC role-playing."

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Zelig

Hm... seems sort of tacky, particularly since I've bought the original, and haven't even gotten around to playing it yet.

Maybe I can find someone local to buy my copy who hasn't read this news yet.

edit: Nevermind, people who already bought the game just miss out on the new box contents, they still get all the game content as a free download.

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Tipstaff

Hey Mig, the link in the last line of the first paragraph, the one that reads, "The press release announcing the game" is misdirecting to a fast link. It should be this one:

"http://www.bluesnews.com/cgi-bin/articles.pl?show=814"

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MIG-31

Thanks Tip... The WYSIWYG editer either was the culprit or Bluesnews corrected the link some time after i posted it.

The link is fixed.

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mkk

Cool. If you can keep waiting you should definitely start playing when this update is out. It's a good game already but the mentioned improvements could really help to make it a more even experience. I might play through The Witcher again in May.