The Witcher 3 Remastered is impressing fans all over again following CD Projekt Red's new patch targeting the revamped RPG's visuals and more.
In case you missed it, The Witcher 3 Remastered saw the release of patch 5.01 yesterday – an update that does everything from fix boats moving "uncontrollably" to adding Bloom, Light Shafts, and Depth of Field as options to the game's settings on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. You may not think much of those if you're on PC, but console users are practically convinced they're playing something different with how much of a difference there is. The PC tweaks are nothing to scoff at, either. Over on Reddit, one player explains how they were "worried that the update wouldn't solve my problems with the game," but it turned out better than they thought: "I didn't expect it will look this good." Comments show fellow fans agree, with an especially amusing reply saying, "Mine is so improved that I've been just slowly moving around on my horse too just taking in the scenery." Valid, honestly.
CDPR released an update for The Witcher 3 Remastered that massively improves the visuals.
They fixed the brightness and color tonemapping and the shadows look way punchier now.
It honestly looks like a proper remaster now. https://t.co/6BdMgPQZA5October 8, 2026
Other threads elsewhere echo this sentiment, with a side-by-side comparison on Twitter showing how much better The Witcher 3 Remastered looks after patch 5.01. "CDPR released an update for The Witcher 3 Remastered that massively improves the visuals," it reads. "They fixed the brightness and color tonemapping and the shadows look way punchier now. It honestly looks like a proper remaster now."
The top response is similar: "That's so good!!! The remaster really felt off to me compared to the beautiful contrast of the original game." Put simply, patch 5.01 is finally putting the "Remastered" in The Witcher 3 Remastered – and retaining the original RPG's beauty to boot. As another post comparing the post-update game states, colors "are now far more accurate to the intended art style" than they were prior to the patch.
And, honestly, I'm in agreement here. Sure, it's already the top-scoring game of 2026 on Metacritic – but there's always room for improvement, and CD Projekt Red knows it.
The Witcher 3 Remastered leads to new Steam player peak of nearly 140,000 as CD Projekt Red celebrates its 11-year-old RPG's resurgence: "Much love."
دوای ئەوەی ساڵانێک لەگەڵ سەریدا لە هەوری کایە خەیاڵییە جیاوازەکاندا بەسەر برد، ئانا لە زانکۆی ئەدینبۆرگ ئەدەبیاتی ئینگلیزی و پاشان مێژووی سەدەی ناوەڕاستی خوێند، دواتر وەک نووسەرێک پسپۆڕی لە دیزاینی گێڕانەوە و ڕۆژنامەگەری یارییە ڤیدیۆییەکان. لە دوای خوێندنی پۆست گریجوەیتەوە بۆ بڵاوکراوە جۆراوجۆرەکان نووسیویەتی، لەوانە Dexerto، Fanbyte، GameSpot، IGN، PCGamesN و زۆر شتی تر. کاتێک کە بە شپرزەییەوە هەوڵی پێکهێنانی وشەکان نادات بۆ ڕستەی یەکگرتوو، ڕەنگە خەونی ڕۆژانەی ئەوە ببینێت کە ببێتە درۆیدێکی پڕ لە پەری و هاوڕێیەتی هەموو ئاژەڵێک بکات یان هەزار (زیاتر) کاتژمێر بەسەر دەبات لە تێپەڕاندنی ئەندەردارک لە دەروازەی باڵدور ٣. ئەگەر لە کۆمپیوتەرەکەی دوور بکەوێتەوە، هەمیشە ئانا دەبینیت کە کتێبێکی خەیاڵی و کۆنسۆلی یاری ڤیدیۆیی دەستی لە جۆرێک و... تاماگۆتچی یان دوو کەس لە دەستدایە.
سەرچاوەی فەرمی بە زمانی ئینگلیزی: https://www.gamesradar.com/games/the-witcher/the-witcher-3-remastereds-new-patch-has-fans-convinced-theyre-playing-a-different-rpg-altogether-with-how-massively-improved-its-visuals-are
