GOG has really screwed up The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt: Remaster installation. It gets all the way to the end and keeps failing. I've deleted the folder and I'll try again but it seems that many people are having this issue, and seeing more than one copy of the game in their game library, but both say remastered!
Some say it's to do with Windows app control, but I have that setting off so I can't see it being that. Just going to wait and see if the second download works. (I've tried the other one in my list even… See More
though, as I said, they are both seemingly the same.)
One of my favorite games, and probably the game I've gifted to the most people.
That being said, it's been a buggy POS since day one.
On my first playthrough, I couldn't complete a few achievements, so I replayed the game multiple times. Partly for the story, of course, but also because I wanted to get those missing achievements. Some of them were just so bugged that I couldn't unlock them no matter what I did. I even replayed the game deliberately just to make sure I was doing everything required… See More
for those achievements, and still nothing.
At one point, the team told me that I had modded my game too heavily and that was probably causing the achievements to bug out.
Well, I accepted that reason and moved on.
Then they released the next-gen update. I completely wiped the game from my drive, did a fresh install of the next-gen version, and tried again.
Same story.
I even used my friend's Steam account, installed The Witcher on the exact same PC, and tried unlocking the achievement that was bugged for me. It unlocked perfectly.
So I contacted both CDPR and Steam Support, but neither of them could really help me with it.
Eventually, I just stopped trying and moved on from the game.
That said, if my PC is capable of running the new remaster, I'd definitely give it another shot. But honestly, if it's still the same bug, I'd be pisssed!
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But seeing lot of these posts complaining about various bugs and glitches.. Id rather not try the game anymore.. let it sit in my mind as a beautiful memory
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So, I tried again by downloading the other game of the same name, and yes, from the webpage instead. All that did was install the GOG launcher, which I already have. Then it downloaded the game through the launcher and the same thing happened.
Instead of deleting the game this time I opened the folder and used the CDProjektRED exe file from there and the game ran and even logged me in to their servers using my login name and details.
It seems the game works but the GOG launcher sucks.
I've put everything… See More
on ultra but needed the frame generator setting to make the framerates smooth. It looks lovely but I doubt I'll play all the way through it again. I've already finished it at least twice. lol
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Final update, after a short session just to test thing out and refamiliarize myself with the controls, no issues, at least not on the computer in the bedroom, where it wasn't installed before, don't know what happens upstairs where it was already installed. Main difference I can think of between your setup and mine is AMD vs Nvidia GPU, don't know if that have anything to do with it or even make sense but can't currently see another explanation.
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