On Could 21, developer CD Projekt Crimson released the long-awaited Redkit, an official modding device for The Witcher 3. The brand new device offers the group new freedom to develop large content material for the sport. Solely a day later, individuals are already making nice use of Redkit, with one modder recreating the authentic Witcher recreation within The Witcher 3.
Merely referred to as The Witcher 1 Maps, it was uploaded to Nexus Mods by AngryCatster solely seven hours after CD Projekt Crimson introduced the discharge of the Redkit. The mod lets gamers run round fantastically rendered recreations of a number of areas from the unique 2007 title, that now get pleasure from The Witcher 3’s attractive textures and lighting. The precise maps included are Vizima Dike, Temple Quarter, Commerce Quarter, and Previous Vizima.
Along with recreating them within The Witcher 3, AngryCatster additionally mixed them into one seamless stage, which means gamers don’t should encounter the pesky loading screens that plagued the unique. No NPCs are populating the maps, and AngryCatster admits there are some points (like fixed falling out of bounds) but it surely’s an exquisite scenic tour by nostalgic areas, and in addition reveals simply how a lot the group can do with Redkit. The device will assist the group create large DLC-sized mods for the sport, assume the likes of the Fallout London mission.
It’s additionally an excellent proof of idea for what a contemporary remake of The Witcher 1 may seem like, and it simply so occurs that CD Projekt Crimson is planning on doing simply that. In partnership with developer Idiot’s Principle, a Witcher 1 remake is at present in improvement utilizing Unreal Engine 5. Whereas that mission continues to be a methods away, AngryCatster’s mod is a style of what’s to come back.
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