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Witcher 3 mod reveals melting faces and detachable heads

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By Christopher Livingston published 28 May 2015

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I'll stop the game and melt with you

I'll stop the game and melt with you

I recently installed a mod for The Witcher 3 that adds a free camera, allowing you to untether yourself from Geralt and fly around. Naturally, I wanted to spy on NPCs to see what they were up to when I wasn't standing in front of them, so I took Geralt to the edge of town, activated the free camera, and flew back.

What I found was... disturbing. I'd expected the level of detail of characters to drop when you're not physically in their vicinity. But not like this. NOT LIKE THIS.

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Warming up

Warming up

I've heard sitting too close to the TV will hurt your eyes, but I didn't know sitting a too close to the fire would melt your face.

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Page 2 of 10
Open your mind

Open your mind

Quaid... Quaid... start the reactor. Free... Mars...

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Still smilin'

Still smilin'

I was an adventurer like you until I took a hot frying pan to the face.

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Something's fishy

Something's fishy

I once caught a fish this big! Then my head fell off.

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Page 5 of 10
Tobacco kills

Tobacco kills

An anti-smoking campaign if I ever saw one.

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Page 6 of 10
I hate this kid

I hate this kid

Nothing stops this kid from singing "It's raining, it's pouring." Not even his skull breaking in half and sticking out of his back.

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Page 7 of 10
Lookout

Lookout

"Great, I've been assigned watch duty with Headless Pete again. See anything on your side? No? Quelle surprise."

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Page 8 of 10
Beat that rug... somehow

Beat that rug... somehow

I'd give my left arm for a better job. And my right arm. And my neck flesh!

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Page 9 of 10
Best of both worlds

Best of both worlds

This guy couldn't decide if he wanted his head to fall off or his face to melt, so he did both. Kudos! I respect an NPC who refuses to compromise.

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Christopher Livingston
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Chris started playing PC games in the 1980s, started writing about them in the early 2000s, and (finally) started getting paid to write about them in the late 2000s. Following a few years as a regular freelancer, PC Gamer hired him in 2014, probably so he'd stop emailing them asking for more work. Chris has a love-hate relationship with survival games and an unhealthy fascination with the inner lives of NPCs. He's also a fan of offbeat simulation games, mods, and ignoring storylines in RPGs so he can make up his own.

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