Posted on: March 23, 2023

Uli_68

Games: 8 Reviews: 1

The Witcher 3 Next-Gen Update needs work

I purchased a new PC to play the "next-gen" version but unfortunately the game is unplayable as of now (ver. 4.02). Running the game in 1440p (DLSS ultra performance) with RT enabled initially gives me about 30-40 fps. The game looks fantastisc but with continuos playtime of 10 to 20 minutes the framerate goes down to 20 and even 10 fps in some areas, which renders the game unplayable for me. Also I experienced stutter, audio sync problems and low CPU utilization of 10 to 20% on my my i7-12700F, which doesn't seem right. I followed the tech-support's troubleshoting guide but I couldn't solve the issues. Looks like this "next-gen" is only meant for the latest gen of high-end Nvidia graphic cards costing $900 upwards. Hopefully the devs will further improve the performance with Raytracing on mid-range GPUs like the RTX 3070. If so I will update this review to 5 stars.

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Posted on: March 16, 2023

Rewinder4747

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Games: 136 Reviews: 10

Next Gen Update still busted as of 4.02

Shadows flicker randomly and half the time I try to load a saved game, the frame rate drops by 50% or more and I have to restart the whole game to fix it. Raytracing effects have an insanely heavy effect on performance, but I wouldn't mind quite as much if I could actually play the game.

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Posted on: March 31, 2024

Victor_Bittencourt

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Games: 8 Reviews: 1

The Game Is Great, but Next Gen Sucks!

I played this game in the past with the same computer I had previously, and I never had any problems, the game is incredible. However, with this "new generation" patch this game is buggier than ever! It never crashed in the old version, but in this one, it crashes every day during loading! Extremely sad, because I wanted to play the new missions, but they are making my task very difficult!

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Posted on: August 24, 2023

Thorgrim2

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Games: 29 Reviews: 3

Best game I've ever played. Or...

Best game I've ever played so why the 2 stars, you might ask. Because since the next gen update it's not a game that crashes sometimes (which game doesn't), but this is a crash that sometimes looks like a game. 50-60 fps, everything is good, then boom. Crash. Wanna switch to another application? No problem. Crash. Although I like the game and I like the changes the next gen version brought, the amount of crashes make it useless. If it's not on a 90% sale I don't recommend to buy it.

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Posted on: March 19, 2025

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Games: 0 Reviews: 1

Great Game but Slippery slope into DRM

Content locked behind Red Launcher login . IK it's just a few rewards that are extras but seeing the slew of content being put on GOG like no man;s sky and absolver which have heavily DRMd content even for Single player stuff and then this . One must wonder what GOG is thinking .

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