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

Re:CD Projekt is remaking the first Witcher game in Unreal E... by entropicdrifter on Thursday October 27, 2022 @02:37PM (#33361991)

Not the person you're replying to, but the original Witcher felt fine to me too, but I'm a lifelong PC gamer and the interface/controls reminded me of older PC-only CRPGs like Summoner or even Neverwinter Nights. I love those games, but in terms of their control schemes they do feel clunky compared to the more visceral controller-optimized and streamlined Action RPG controls of The Witcher 2 and 3.

In other words, the first Witcher game is in more of a niche genre with significantly less mainstream appeal in terms of gameplay and UI.

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Re:CD Projekt is remaking the first Witcher game in Unreal E... by skocznymroczny on Thursday October 27, 2022 @03:07PM (#33362462)

It was based on the Neverwinter Nights 2 engine, so the similarities to NWN are expected. Actually, from my perspective, combat in W1 was a big improvement over the turn based click and pray combat of NWN.

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Re:CD Projekt is remaking the first Witcher game in Unreal E... by verst on Thursday October 27, 2022 @04:00PM (#33363204)

I liked Neverwinter Nights 2 -- so no wonder I liked playing The Witcher 1. I think I played on a very underpowered laptop back then (as a college student), so if the engine was sluggish I probably attributed that to gaming on a laptop :D

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