Since patch 1.08 the Finisher Animations DLC simply doesn't work. We (me and people with similar issues) tried to uninstall it, reinstall it, do various things but the only animations that show up are the default vanilla ones. Any ideas how to fix it? CDProjekt was notified about this issue on their forums but so far they did absolutely nothing to fix it.

Any ideas? Some people on official Witcher 3 forums also have this issue. I love the new animations and it really sucks that they don't work now.

Just performed some tests - every time a DLC finisher is about to play Geralt just stands there with his sword for a second and then the enemy just falls down. Normal, default finishers still activate normally. What the hell?!

be patient

edit: actually i'm pretty sure i just saw a dlc animation play out correctly on 1.08.2. The animation where Geralt cuts off an arm (and nothing else) is part of the DLC, right

not that this necessarily helps.

I've loaded a save prior to 1.08 patch (I think it was 1.03) and I was getting all the DLC finishers normally. But then after few minutes of playing on this old save the bug returned and I couldn't perform the new DLC finishers anymore. It's really weird, this bug kinda "degrades" the game over time and the dlc finishers just disappear after few minutes.

I think 1.08.2, even the .1 itself, is broken, Those things you mentioned about Geralt just standing during battle, not responding to input, and suddenly the enemy falls down dead. Does that to me, even standard finisher., with or without the New Finisher installed. And I'm also getting lower frame rates. I've never had my frame rates dipped down to lower 30's before 1.08. I may just have to reinstall the game, since I still have the original release installer and previous patches.

"Hello there,

We're aware that some users might experience issue like this, however we're still not able to reproduce it in our studio. We're investigating the issue.
You can try turning off 'Automatic finishers feature' to see if it helps."

Been emailing CDPR about this. For my case it happens in standard and NG+, after installing 1.08, with or without automatic finishers, and I've also observed what fjdgshdkeavd is describing.

same for me. stock finishers work. new ones don't. I tried reinstalling without success. Since 1.08

"Hello,

Thanks for the feedback, we're already on it!"

Got this email the other day, a fix shouldn't be long

Just tried to play the game today to see if the finisher bug was fixed. Nope, still the same problem occurs. Whenever a new finisher animation is supposed to activate, Geralt just stands still and the enemy falls down. Would be nice if this was fixed soon.