Just happy The Witcher 3's back in the news

Geralt gives a thumbs up. — (Image credit: CD Projekt Red)

Geralt thumbs up — (Image credit: CD Projekt)

The Witcher 3 was the game that made me realize my college laptop was not going to cut it anymore. It was such a good game, I didn't terribly mind playing it at 1920x1200, 20-30 fps, but I knew I wanted to do it justice with more horsepower. The summer after my first playthrough, I built a GTX 1080-powered desktop, and I've refused to live a life without a gaming desktop in it ever since.

It's a real testament to the game's tech and art that it still looks so good, and has taken multiple graphical retrofits so well. I am once again, however, quietly mourning CD Projekt's decision to trade its proprietary RED engine for Unreal.

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Ted has been thinking about PC games and bothering anyone who would listen with his thoughts on them ever since he booted up his sister's copy of Neverwinter Nights on the family computer. He is obsessed with all things CRPG and CRPG-adjacent, but has also covered esports, modding, and rare game collecting. When he's not playing or writing about games, you can find Ted lifting weights on his back porch. You can follow Ted on Bluesky.