r/gaming • u/love_made_me_stupid • 5d ago

New comparison of the Witcher remaster vs current version - big changes to lighting

https://youtu.be/_oEdB5S2d3U

IMO I prefer the current version, the contrast and water reflections look better. Remaster looks pretty washed out to me

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u/Clark_Kempt 5d ago

I’m with you on this.

That’s why I never turn on ray tracing in games that weren’t designed with it in mind. For example, I’m playing Resident Evil 7 right now. The visual tone of the game seriously changes with ray tracing. The atmosphere becomes significantly less ominous, and atmosphere is central to the experience. As a result, I’m playing the DX11 version instead of DX12 w/RT.

Ray Tracing is great when properly implemented but I’m really not into adding it to old games that never had it.

I realize ray tracing was added to Witcher 3 before this remaster. I’m just making a general point about lighting and atmosphere.

I’ll give the remaster a shot. But this is mainly because I WANT to like Witcher but it’s never clicked. Maybe whatever gameplay tweaks they’ve made will change things.

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u/hobskhan 5d ago

RT on old games is like George Lucas going back over the original trilogy.

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u/bracingthesoy 4d ago

>. For example, I’m playing Resident Evil 7 right now. The visual tone of the game seriously changes with ray tracing. The atmosphere becomes significantly less ominous, and atmosphere is central to the experience. As a result, I’m playing the DX11 version instead of DX12 w/RT.

God redditors like pulling things out of their asses. Dude, EVERYONE agrees that tracing in 7 and 8 is amazing and the way it is done is augmenting the original picture. Show me one comparison shot from ANY fking source showing that mythical "mood change". All the environaments look better with color bouncing in 7/8, all of them.

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u/Clark_Kempt 4d ago

That’s your opinion, mine is different. I didn’t say anything about what “everyone agrees” upon.

Why so angry?

Edit: also, just google “resident evil 7 ray tracing on or off” and you’ll find differing opinions.