14 DAY TRIAL // The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, the upcoming medieval fantasy role-playing game from Polish studio CD Projekt Red will push new consoles like the PS4 and Xbox One to new heights in terms of performance, while keeping the whole thing open to veterans of the series as well as newcomers.
The Witcher 3 is the third title in CD Projekt Red's Witcher series, which in turn is based on the novels written by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski.
The new game is set to debut later this year for the PC, PS4, and Xbox One platforms, and the studio is quite confident in the massive scope of the RPG, not to mention the amount of things it can achieve on the new consoles.
According to CD Projekt Red, the PS4 and Xbox One have allowed its team to constantly expand all the different systems in the game, instead of limiting and slimming them down.
"Bigger levels, more detailed graphics, physics, superior lighting, more NPCs – you name it," the studio told The Examiner about what the new consoles allow it to do. "And we use all that to power the lives of hundreds of characters that constitute The Witcher 3’s story. In a nutshell, the more power you give us, the better we can use it to keep you in your seat with your eyes wide open."
"We’re totally focused on expanding everything rather than slimming things down. Aside from quick-time events, we’ve tried to iterate and enhance almost everything to make it better than in the previous parts. Be it the combat mechanics, methods of travel or the gigantic world the game is set in."
What's more, the studio also emphasized that The Witcher 3 would be accessible to all sorts of players, ranging from those who went through the first two games but also those who are newcomers to the whole franchise and to the adventures of its protagonist, Geralt of Rivia.
"For now, I can assure you that old-time fans will see a lot of winks in their direction. That obviously doesn’t mean that you won’t have fun if you decide to hop in and play The Witcher 3 without playing the previous parts – we’ve managed to drive the plot in such a way that first-time gamers will see The Witcher 3 as a standalone story and veterans will treat it as a natural continuation of what happened before."
The Witcher 3 is set to debut later this year for the PC, PS4, and Xbox One. Unfortunately, no exact release date is known.