The Witcher: Enhanced Edition

CD Projekt RED announced today The Witcher: Enhanced Edition, which will be released in May.

Behold some changes:

Loading times reduced by 80%.

Improved inventory:
o Filtering of alchemy ingredients by content,
o Auto-sorting of items in satchel,
o Special slot area for sorting alchemy ingredients in satchel

Character differentiation mechanism (effectively generating
approximately 50 new character appearances).
 Look-at feature (characters look at Geralt, deepening player
immersion).

100 new gesture animations in dialogues and cut-scenes, giving
more natural feel of conversations with NPCs.
 Improved facial expressions.

And many others, including two mods and a mod editor.

The mods and the editor will be available to download in march, the rest is coming in may.

More about this, including the full list, here: http://www.thewitcher.com/resources/upload/img/news/2008/02/Enhanced%20Edition%20fact%20sheet.pdf

If they release this as a patch, I am pretty screwed. I have the french version, mod will conflict with my game :\

But I have to say that it's a pretty nice update O_O. On Valve level if it's free.

It's not an update:

CD Projekt RED is pleased to announce that in May of this year, a completely new and improved version of The Witcher will appear in stores.

This is from the official site.

The two mods and the editor are downloads, though, but also an integral part of this edition.

So I guess those who bought the game already are screwed...

If it's running at expansion/budget prices, then I think this is cool. I didn't actually get to finish the game because all my saves were deleted (not a patch issue, it just happened) so I need to go back and replay the whole game at some point.

Playing a better version of the game would appeal to me. But if it runs at full retail price, then it's just exploititive unless there's a lot more content. Maybe an additional Act serving as an expansion. With the reduced price, it would be good incentive for old and new players to buy it.

I guess I have mixed feelings.

If they release this as a patch, I am pretty screwed. I have the french version, mod will conflict with my game :\

But I have to say that it's a pretty nice update O_O. On Valve level if it's free.

Franko_3

It will be available in all language versions, so don't worry. All new content from Enhanced Edition will be downloadable, so everybody who had already purchased the game will have it for free.

[QUOTE="Franko_3"]

If they release this as a patch, I am pretty screwed. I have the french version, mod will conflict with my game :\

But I have to say that it's a pretty nice update O_O. On Valve level if it's free.

brysiu

It will be available in all language versions, so don't worry. All new content from Enhanced Edition will be downloadable, so everybody who had already purchased the game will have it for free.

sweet, thanks for the info.

No dialogue fixes for North American version? *sigh*foxhound_fox

Ummm, isn't that the English translation?

Ummm, isn't that the English translation? Baranga

Great News :)

Agreed, seems like some of these improvments (esp. the inventory changes) really should be made available in a patch. Gooeykat

Haven't played all that much of that game, since I knew a patch would fix some of the problems. I'm glad I waited.

This is great, if it's a free download. If not, CD Project will be added to the list of "money hungry companies" PC-gamers are so keen on hating.

sounds like a way better version.

~ gives my copy of the Witcher the same look an abusive husband gives his wife after a 12 pack of Natural Ice~

Sounds awesome! :D

It's not an update:

CD Projekt RED is pleased to announce that in May of this year, a completely new and improved version of The Witcher will appear in stores.

This is from the official site.

The two mods and the editor are downloads, though, but also an integral part of this edition.

So I guess those who bought the game already are screwed...

Baranga

Doh! :shock:

It will be available in all language versions, so don't worry. All new content from Enhanced Edition will be downloadable, so everybody who had already purchased the game will have it for free.brysiu

Whoohoo!! 8)

That would really be the main factor in my excitement, I don't want to have to re-purchase the entire game (I have the UK version).

[QUOTE="Franko_3"]

If they release this as a patch, I am pretty screwed. I have the french version, mod will conflict with my game :

But I have to say that it's a pretty nice update O_O. On Valve level if it's free.

brysiu

It will be available in all language versions, so don't worry. All new content from Enhanced Edition will be downloadable, so everybody who had already purchased the game will have it for free.

Now that's good to hear, but load times have already been greatly improved, and now they're gonna up it to 80% better?! I guess it's to make the initial load time shorter.

sounds like a way better version.

~ gives my copy of the Witcher the same look an abusive husband gives his wife after a 12 pack of Natural Ice~

smerlus

lol...

O_M_F_G. I was so waiting for that **** Its what fans of the game allways asked for, finally it all comes in a great big packge =]

So there special announcement is that I have to buy a new version of the game so I can enjoy the game without severe issues the game shipped with? Like the vista bug and other things they could have avoided? Mod tools and a new couple hour adventure is bull, if they don't release a patch with the new fixes I will never buy another game from them again. I'll even go out of my way and make sure most people that rely on me for information about good pc games know about how horrible this is.EndersAres

No, all the new content will be available for free to anyone that has already bought the game.

No, all the new content will be available for free to anyone that has already bought the game.

RazorGR

That's cool I guess. Honestly I don't really know why I was upset about it. I like The Witcher but I would never want to play it again. It's just too damn long and it starts out way too slow even for an rpg. Eh by the time it comes out it won't matter anyways, bad timing with Mass Effect and Age of Conan coming out. Unless Conan turns out to be a bust which is very likely and ME is only a 30 hour game. Hmm.

[QUOTE="_tr"]"Fans that have already bought the game need not worry, however, because the new content and improvements will be available to them in the form of a downloadable update" for free http://www.thewitcher.com/forum/index.php?topic=10550.0[/QUOTE]

Good News

~drops the Natural Ice beer, grabs the phone out of The Witchers hand and explains that sometimes I love the game so much that I get a little crazy sometimes~

~drops the Natural Ice beer, grabs the phone out of The Witchers hand and explains that sometimes I love the game so much that I get a little crazy sometimes~

Hahaha...

The Witcher can not... go out ... ever... again. (Raw)

If it's running at expansion/budget prices, then I think this is cool. I didn't actually get to finish the game because all my saves were deleted (not a patch issue, it just happened) so I need to go back and replay the whole game at some point.

Playing a better version of the game would appeal to me. But if it runs at full retail price, then it's just exploititive unless there's a lot more content. Maybe an additional Act serving as an expansion. With the reduced price, it would be good incentive for old and new players to buy it.

I guess I have mixed feelings.

mfsa

"Would you kindly" read the GS preview of this enhanced edition.

It says that it includes the enhanced game but also the soundtrack, a 50 page short story and a making of DVD.

I'm pretty sure it will be full priced which is probably justified...

I am in the middle of chapter 2. So far I don't have any issues with loading times (installed 1.2) or the game crashing. For people who finished the game....

should I wait for this new patch to be out? (I am also in the middle of Bioshock, COD4 and WIC)

When is it out , in March or in May?

It's not an update:

CD Projekt RED is pleased to announce that in May of this year, a completely new and improved version of The Witcher will appear in stores.

This is from the official site.

The two mods and the editor are downloads, though, but also an integral part of this edition.

So I guess those who bought the game already are screwed...

Baranga

Thats a pretty big spit in the face for everyone thats already bought the game for top dollar if they don't release the updates in a patch.

80% of the load times reduced? Thats a HUGE difference and its sounding like they released the game just a bit to early ;)

When is it out , in March or in May? MotherRussia

In March you can download the mod editor and "price of neutraility" mod... in May you get another mod and the in-game improvments

Awesome, I havent gotten it yet because I havent gotten my new PC yet. This is really good news.TheGTAvaccine

Make sure to pick this game up when you get your new PC, its a fantastic game :)

I pretty much hated The Witcher. An enhanced edition can't make a bad game good. For those of you who enjoyed it I would like to know what you liked about it cause it was so incredibly bland when I played it I was actually in shock to see how well it sold.MadExponent

Because you hated the game it doesnt means that other people will hate it... and because you hate it, it doesn't mean it's a bad game (and vice-versa)... this are only personal subjective opinions...

[QUOTE="MadExponent"]I pretty much hated The Witcher. An enhanced edition can't make a bad game good. For those of you who enjoyed it I would like to know what you liked about it cause it was so incredibly bland when I played it I was actually in shock to see how well it sold.herezjarchus

Because you hated the game it doesnt means that other people will hate it... and because you hate it, it doesn't mean it's a bad game (and vice-versa)... this are only personal subjective opinions...

Compared to other games I play it seemed like it was not quite done and lacked polish. That really annoyed me. That and the control scheme and gameplay mechanics just felt wrong. I know that there are people that like the game, but compared to the games that I like this one rated low enough to be considered abysmal. I literally found nothing interesting in the game. I just want to know what it is about this game that people like specifically so that I can have a better understanding of why it sold well.

[QUOTE="herezjarchus"]

[QUOTE="MadExponent"]I pretty much hated The Witcher. An enhanced edition can't make a bad game good. For those of you who enjoyed it I would like to know what you liked about it cause it was so incredibly bland when I played it I was actually in shock to see how well it sold.MadExponent

Because you hated the game it doesnt means that other people will hate it... and because you hate it, it doesn't mean it's a bad game (and vice-versa)... this are only personal subjective opinions...

Compared to other games I play it seemed like it was not quite done and lacked polish. That really annoyed me. That and the control scheme and gameplay mechanics just felt wrong. I know that there are people that like the game, but compared to the games that I like this one rated low enough to be considered abysmal. I literally found nothing interesting in the game. I just want to know what it is about this game that people like specifically so that I can have a better understanding of why it sold well.

Everyone have theirs opinions, i liked the game and this is my subjective opinion, you have your own... but the point of my post was that: my (or yours) opinions not necessary have to be everyones opinion...

ps. Sorry for my English

I pretty much hated The Witcher. An enhanced edition can't make a bad game good. For those of you who enjoyed it I would like to know what you liked about it cause it was so incredibly bland when I played it I was actually in shock to see how well it sold.MadExponent

The Witcher, Bland? That's funny coming from someone playing Guild Wars.