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Anna Koselke

The Witcher 1 Remake made CD Projekt Red realize the "true impact" of not recording its old work: "We had little to no technical knowledge preserved from that time"

The Witcher 1 Geralt fighting an enemy with sword.

It's no secret that CD Projekt Red is working on a remake of The Witcher, the studio's first RPG centering around sword-wielding Geralt and his wild adventures as a monster killer – but it hasn't exactly been an easy road to go down for the studio.

GamesRadar+ recently had the opportunity to attend Digital Dragons, and it's during this event that lead technical writer Jarosław Ruciński goes over how difficult working on The Witcher remake has been – and it's all thanks to a lack of documentation from the production of the 2007 original.

"The true impact of our everyday documentation culture hit us in 2022 when we announced to the world that we want to make a Witcher remake," he begins.

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