New Witcher 3 Screens and Info

CD Projekt Red has released some new info regarding Witcher 3, as well as some screens that are as slick as a fat man going down a waterslide.

First the info. Our previous remunerations that Witcher 3 will be just as story heavy, if not even moreso, are ringing true as Witcher 3 will contain multiple storylines that remain independent of each other. Meaning that if Geralt decides to go down one path, new stories will take over as others go by the wayside. You know...kind of how life works. This means that Witcher 3 will need to be replayed multiple times for the player to see and interact with the entire world, and it's also -thankfully- a far shot from the tiny offshoot types of stories that games like Mass Effect have incorporated. Where every decision is nothing more than a slight variance that ultimately leads you back to the main thread.

The world will also change dramatically as Geralt interacts with it or sides with certain factions and not others, or goes on side quests. It seems like the entire game will be interlinked in some way -butterfly effect style- so your actions in one place could have reverberating effects on a land far away. Effects you won't even see until you travel there yourself.

On the technical side, Witcher 3's main story will be around 50 hours long, with an additional 50 hours available in sidequests and other gameplay mechanics. 100 hours total, and now we're getting up to Elder Scrolls times.

As expected, the screens below look fantastic and hold much of the same aesthetic as we've seen in the series in the past. Just...even prettier still. Worlds and vistas seem huge, and I'm noticing a lot more verticality this time around. CD Projeckt Red, just remember. If you show me a cliff, allow me to fall off of it. Give the world some danger.