The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Remastered Patch Adds Bloom Toggles on Console and Larger Lighting Changes

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Remastered just got a significant patch to tweak the presentation of CD Projekt’s RPG epic.

Despite the remaster offering a host of improvements over the base game — visually and mechanically — not everyone was happy with how it turned out. Some fans across Reddit and social media complained about its heavy bloom effects, which created a washed out look and removed many of the original game’s stark shadows. Tonally, it felt meaningfully different, and the overdone bloom made it difficult to appreciate other graphical improvements.

“I started the training part at the beginning of the game [and] I noticed that the blooming effects are jacked all the way up which causes the image to look washed out and makes everything look too bright in the environment,” one Reddit poster said. …