Jakub Rokosz, the CEO of Fool’s Theory, recently stated in an interview that the studio plans to remove things in the upcoming remake of The Witcher 1 that are “simply bad, outdated, or unnecessarily convoluted.”
Fool’s Theory is a studio of CD Projekt Red veterans, many of whom were involved in the development of the original game (although notably Rokosz was not involved until The Witcher 2), and this remake may be a chance to correct and update some of the regrets from the title that started the award-winning fantasy gaming series.
Changes to The Witcher Remake
The quote from Rokosz comes from a recent interview with Edge. The idea that a number of things will be removed from the 2007 game doesn’t exactly come as a shock. Many games from that era suffer from dated mechanics that feel frustrating to revisit today, and the original Witcher is certainly no exception. The game does maintain a cult following, but many fans going back to discover the older titles for the first time after the amazing success of The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt hasn’t found the first game to be nearly as enjoyable an experience between its awkward combat system and oftentimes sluggish traversal.
Rokosz never directly states which things from the original Witcher are planned for removal, but he does say that while some dated features are not coming back, the studio will simultaneously highlight “the parts that are great, should be retained, or are direct key pillars that can’t be discarded.”
The Witcher Remake won’t be coming out until after the release of The Witcher 4, which still has no set release window.
