The Witcher 3: Next-gen update causes problems, fans are angry

Recently, the long-awaited next-gen update for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt made its debut, with the help of which the role-playing game neatly dressed up becomes. But at least what the PC version As far as the update is concerned, the great euphoria of many players is now met with frustration among a growing number of other users. It Complaints and criticism are piling up. We summarize everything for you.

Shitstorm on Steam

Anyone taking a closer look at reviews of The Witcher 3 (buy now €27.37 ) throws on Steam should quickly recognize what is at stake. Nearly a quarter of reviews written in the past 24 hours turn out negative. It is striking that they are almost exclusively based on technical problems related to the next-gen update. The equally disappointed and angry fans report, among other things severe performance drops since installing the update, even though they have a powerful graphics card. Even at lower resolutions such as 1080p, they have to contend with severe stuttering.

But they are not the only problems: Browsing the latest user reviews on the Steam product page is additionally fraught with complications associated with DirectX 12 to read. Some fans even report that complete crash of the role-playing game, there is also talk of involuntary slow-motion interludes. Emotions are correspondingly heated.

What do the developers say about this?

So far there is no official Statement by CD Projekt RED on this subject whether there is one quick hot fix is therefore not foreseeable. The developers should certainly not ignore the current problems that the next-gen update of The Witcher 3 is currently causing for many players.