14 DAY TRIAL // The Witcher 3; Wild Hunt is the final title in the series and much of its focus will be on Geralt and the way he deals with the most important event of his past, but the development team at CD Projekt says monster hunting will also receive a lot of attention.
Andrzej Kwiatkowski, a designer working at the studio, tells Examiner that the job description for the main character is not linked to solving complex quests but to the simple killing of monsters who people have no other means to dispose of.
The monster hunting in The Witcher 3 is mainly a side activity, but the team wants players to feel like working as Geralt is one of the most satisfying things they can do.
The developer states, “As you know, the world of The Witcher is filled with different creatures, some of them being really dangerous and in a totally different league than most warriors that would want to challenge them. Geralt can find these monsters on his own or get contracted to kill them by other characters.”
Early demos of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt featured a look at a complex quest chain focused on a village and the creature that plagued it, which could turn out in a variety of ways based on the choices gamers make and the trust they are ready to place in their fellow humans.
Kwiatkowski adds, “Each monster has its own story that enroots it in the environment it lives in, and some are even worshiped as local deities. If you find such a monster, the first thing you need to do is to determine what kind of beast it is. Then, after carefully examining it, its habits and so on, you determine its weak points.”
Each monster will offer a different type of combat challenge, forcing gamers to choose the required items and focus on a certain subset of Geralt’s powers.
Once a kill is made, the trophy obtained can be redeemed for various types of rewards, some of them capable of significantly enhancing their power.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt will be launched on the PC, the Xbox One from Microsoft and the PlayStation 4 before the end of the year.
For the first time in the series gamers will be able to explore an entirely open world, which is many times bigger than that seen in the second title in the series.