Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Announced
By Joseph Christ on February 5th, 2013 (11 comments)
It seems like just a few short weeks ago that we found ourselves drooling like rabid animals at the CGI trailer for CD Projekt Red's Cyberpunk 2077, and now -just as the last vestiges of drool have wormed their way back into our mouthes- they have gone and announced The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.
The final in The Witcher series, The Wild Hunt seems to be continuing Projekt Red's track record of creating a deep and mature RPG experience, but this time with a completely open world. “Imagine playing a dark fantasy game with the same great nonlinear story as in the previous Witcher titles, but now told in a world you can explore freely with no artificial boundaries.” said Adam Badowski , head of the studio. “The war-ravaged world is so huge that to reach further places you will need to ride a horse or sail a boat to get there.”
So sailing is in. CONFIRMED.
Badowski is also promising the Witcher 3 to feature enhanced controls, a completely explorable open world, beast tracking/hunting and more of those core RPG mechanics we have grown to love -and now appropriately expect- in the series.
And if you think that perhaps, just maybe, this whole 'last game' talk is just nonsense in order to fuel the hype-train, according to Badowski this is really the final story of Geralt. "People may ask if this is really going to be the last Witcher game. Yes, it is. Why? Because we believe that we should end the series on a high note. Technology has progressed to where we can finally tell the story the way we want, with the visuals we want, in the world we imagined. This will be the ultimate fantasy RPG experience, and while we're hardly out of stories to tell, we believe it's time for us to look to new worlds and new horizons to keep pushing the boundaries of what we can create."
The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt will be released in 2014 on “all all high-end platforms.” Which is the closest anyone will ever get to saying 'next-gen systems' for now.
A video teaser was also released and is available below.
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Joseph Christ
Joseph Christ is the Reviews Editor and a Podcast Personality at 4Player. Specializing in reviews, editorials, drinking, and saying inappropriate things about gaming franchises that are beloved by millions, his satirical and sometimes edgy style offsets a more serious and penetrating substance lurking below the surface. He is also the host of the Cocktail Time Podcast. You'll follow his Twitter if you know what's good for you.
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As soon as I can do it, instant pre-order on GOG.com. Yes. Absolutely.
Link / ReplyI just hope I'll have a system to play this on.
Link / ReplyThhhee butonns on thiss keyybboarrd arrre sticcky
Link / ReplySign up for the preorder notice at: http://thewitcher.com/preorder
Link / ReplySold! I'll get a system to play this on. As long as it's not the Wii. ;)
Link / ReplyWii U, I should say, Heh.
Link / ReplyGotta start saving now so I can have a system to run Witcher 3 on. I haven't been this excited for a game since I heard about The Last Guardian all those years ago...
Link / ReplyI've never played a Witcher game. I have 2 on Steam, not sure about 1, but everyone seems to be hyping them up SO much. Some of what Witcher 3 has to offer sounds interesting. I guess I'll have to play 1 and 2 before it comes out.
Link / ReplyYou don't really need to play 1. 1 Is mostly a Fanservice galore for people who read the books, everything is a reference, everything is a book character with a different name or gender. Story is not that great because they are trying so hard to make this references work together. It is a good game, but Witcher 2 is far better and you really don't miss a lot by skipping 1. Saying that, I'm so excited for this game, one of the few games I'll actually preorder, and play to completion as soon as possible. I love this series and CDProjekt are awesome developers.
Link / ReplyI would recommend playing the first one, but if you decide you won't for whatever reason, just read like a summary.
Link / ReplyI agree with playing the first game - it's a bit dated, and it is tedious at some points (a lot of "fetch quests" involved and a lot of the common weak enemies piled into the areas you need to gather quest items). However - the story and characters are superb, the choices are incredibly good, and if you play and understand the story and characters in the first game then it makes the intro to The Witcher 2 a lot less confusing. You honestly could probably get by on just reading a summary of the story but you will miss out on a lot of attachment to the choices you made which sort of helps define how you want Geralt (the main character) to behave in the second game (e.g. Siding with Squirrels, your understanding and response to everything political in Temeria, etc...) It sets the tone for the series and you watch the ideologies behind your choices evolve between games.
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