Though there’s never been a dearth of mods forThe Witcher 3, its modding scene has truly come into its own as of late, even beforethe official mod kitcame out. WhereasEternal HuntrevampsThe Witcher 3‘s gameplay, Custom Player Characters lets you make your own Geralt.
Actually, the Custom Player Characters mod forThe Witcher 3is even more impressive than that, as it not merely an opportunity to add new beard and hairstyles to Geralt. Instead, this mod delivers a full-featured character creation menu that wouldn’t be completely out of place in a mainline Bethesda Softworks RPG. Not only are female characters now on the menu forThe Witcher 3, then, as impressive as that sounds, but you’re able to also play the game as a propersorceress.
The Witcher 3: Custom Player Characters is one of the most comprehensive Witcher mods we’ve seen yet
Developed by a modder known as nikich340, Custom Player Characters is nothing short of transformative. As the trailer featured above shows, the feature list iswaymore comprehensive than the mod’s title might have you believe:
Granted, the mod’s UI simply reusesThe Witcher 3‘s dialogue interface to provide options to the player, which might look somewhat disappointing at a glance. With just a tiny bit of getting used to it, though, it becomes plainly obvious that nikich340 has produced a ridiculously powerful and feature-rich mod that can re-contextualize the entireWitchergameplay experience, if you want it to do so.
A mod this powerful is, naturally, somewhat complicated to install. The whole process shouldn’t betooproblematic if you’re even remotely familiar with modding on PC, but nikich340 warns that Custom Player Characters stores its datawithinThe Witcher 3‘s game saves. In other words, uninstallation is going to be problematic should you ever need to get rid of the mod. Thankfully, Custom Player Characters comes with a one-click option to revert back to vanilla Geralt, if things get too broken to continue.
With mods such as Eternal Hunt, Custom Player Characters, andthe recently ported oldWitchergame maps, it’s clear thatThe Witcher 3has silently become a true modding powerhouse, years after its release. Who knows what might be coming next, then.
