New Witcher 3 expansion announced, set to launch in 2027 for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series

MarkDarkness · Sunday at 12:43 AM

raxadian said:
Oh you sweet summer child.

If the AI slop doesn't crashes first 90% of that Chinese ram will go for making more AI slop.

Fair enough, but the attack on RAM itself needs to go down by the simple fact that enterprises need to stop bleeding so much money. https://www.reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/comments/1thfd53/what_is_the_point_of_moe_models_beyond_being/

Demand might go to CPUs.

raxadian · Sunday at 1:08 AM

MarkDarkness said:
Fair enough, but the attack on RAM itself needs to go down by the simple fact that enterprises need to stop bleeding so much money. https://www.reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/comments/1thfd53/what_is_the_point_of_moe_models_beyond_being/

Demand might go to CPUs.

Unfortunately contracts have already been made and signed so they have to buy the Ram already ordered or risks
lawsuits. That's why even the most positive estimates say Ram prices won't go down for at least a year if not more.

Lofuuzi · Sunday at 7:58 AM

Mamma Mia!

isoboy · Sunday at 8:24 PM

I bought and played this at release on pc. I own all the expansions. I'm a little bit into the first exp and the same on the second one. Re-installed it and will be picking it up from my ten year old savegame. Modded it with what I wanted. This time I'm playing an offline version in case they decide to update the game and mess up my saves and/or mods. I'll be playing this again sometime later.

such · Wednesday at 4:42 PM

raxadian said:
I think this game is already big enough. Is that hard to make The Witcher 4 already?

Different teams/studios working concurrently on different projects. And one of those studios is also remaking the 1st game, in UE. There's more projects in the pipe for CDPR, also a new IP. This expansion is sort of the answer to development taking eons, plus fishing for some easy positive W3 PR. I'm down for more Red Engine games. CDPR+UE won't be pretty. I mean, it will be when they get over the "game does not function" part half a decade later, and mostly because people upgrade their GPUs.

raxadian · Wednesday at 5:09 PM

such said:
Different teams/studios working concurrently on different projects. And one of those studios is also remaking the 1st game, in UE. There's more projects in the pipe for CDPR, also a new IP. This expansion is sort of the answer to development taking eons, plus fishing for some easy positive W3 PR. I'm down for more Red Engine games. CDPR+UE won't be pretty. I mean, it will be when they get over the "game does not function" part half a decade later, and mostly because people upgrade their GPUs.

While I admit the first game has not aged well I got it for free with Gog Galaxy and I am not interested on buying a remake. I did buy the second game however.

The Third game? Eh gotta finish the first two first before I buy it otherwise it is wasting money.

such · Wednesday at 11:00 PM

raxadian said:
Eh gotta finish the first two first before I buy it otherwise it is wasting money.

Not really. You'll get more out of 3 if you read the books vs playing 1 & 2. I do like 2, though.

raxadian · 2026-06-04T03:48:17+0100

such said:
Not really. You'll get more out of 3 if you read the books vs playing 1 & 2. I do like 2, though.

Isn't books Gerald a completely different person from the games one?

such · 2026-06-04T12:22:09+0100

raxadian said:
Isn't books Gerald a completely different person from the games one?

Well, the point is the game is still treating all of Sapkowski's writing as canon. You'll get more out knowing Emhyr from the novels than you will out of knowing the entirety of what happened in W2, basically.

As to Geralt that's up for debate, and depends on your definition of "completely". I'd say if you're approaching the novels having played the games first he'll be close enough, but if you read the stories and novels before playing the game the differences will feel more prominent. People saying Geralt is completely different typically have been re-reading Sapkowski for many years, sometimes literal decades. You'll notice all the subtleties if you're that invested in those stories.

I think it's still close enough considering that CDPR is a team of writers interpreting a character not created by them, and in a different medium. Differences are a natural consequence of just that. Another factor is the clear targeting of a mass western audience with this adaptation which is entirely not a thing in Sapkowski.

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