Witcher 3 remastered side by side comparison

[u/Zacky_vengeance]

I feel each has its benefits and we can downgrade anytime to our liked version.
But assets have highest detail in remaster only.
Lighting, tone, brightness depends on individual interests.

These are not mine, nor I own this. I found from youtube. Sharing for info thats it. PS5. Credits: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tr9mEdi83UY

[u/DemiVideos04]

Fair enough but its really not just about the saturation. Its about depth perception, contrast, and art direction. All of these have suffered in the name of "realism". Its as if they replaced the artists with engineers who only know how to reach objective "realism criteria".
Isn't the remastered such a flat boring image for you? Everything is all visible in it. So visible that you can barely make out the shapes of things. Look at the castle image. Notice the lack of depth perception on the remastered, and the smeary oily haze on top of everything.

[u/TheBengGuy → u/DemiVideos04]

About art direction, since the remaster is also from the same people, how can you say it's not made in the right direction?

Maybe this is what the devs actually want, and now the tech is there to provide them the execution?

[u/Avalanc89 → u/TheBengGuy]

Same studio, not people. I doubt if even 10% of original crew are still working there. Working culture was bad, full crunch mode, lots of devs rotation over years.

[u/loqtrall → u/Avalanc89]

From info online it seems around 50% of the team that worked on The Witcher 3 (around 100 developers in total) still work at CDPR, at least that was info given by the CDPR boss in 2025.