The Witcher (4th game)

[Ocean H]

https://twitter.com/witchergame/stat...45110722326529

https://thewitcher.com/en/news/42167/a-new-saga-begins

[Zivouhr]

Witcher 3 was a solid, fun game. Hopefully CDPR focuses in and puts 100% of their heart and effort into this one, unlike their broken disaster last game, Cyberpunk on PS4 and PS5 (crashing game).

The open world was fun to explore, combat was easy to get used to but basic, and generally great visuals. The update improved the game by stabilizing the wobbling camera every time Geralt walked over a bump on the ground. Thank you for that, as I no longer feel dizzy playing the game when just walking.

Cool dungeons, towns, monsters, forests, and lots of outfits/armor to upgrade to.

I only wish CDPR would clean up their inventory menus. They're usually a mess to sort through.

Will wait for real gamer reviews before buying Witcher 4, when it's ready by 2026 is my guess.

[Warm Gun]

Will it finally have good controls and efficient animations? Honestly, I preferred Witcher 2 for story. More political intrigue. Third turned boring as it became about saving the world.

[Steelmaker]

Cannot wait but please GOD do not make this game "woke"! That's my only concern. I want it to be every bit as chock full of violence and debauchery as the last game was!

[Havok83]

So when is the Witcher 3 coming to PS5?

[Steelmaker]

Originally Posted by Havok83

So when is the Witcher 3 coming to PS5?

Supposed to be this year but no exact date has been given.

[gundamcero]

Originally Posted by Havok83

So when is the Witcher 3 coming to PS5?

No release date yet but it's coming.

[darkness2918]

I loved The Witcher 2 & 3 so this will absolutely be a day 1 buy.

[Todd Smith]

Nice! Witcher 3 is a top 5 all time game for me so I have high hopes for this new game.

[Weeb_Unleashed]

I'll stay wary after the chaotic release of Cyberpunk 2077.

But it could be good as long as they stay true to the soul of Witcher 3 and hopefully they avoid any inspiration from the Netflix adaptation.
While the Witcher 3 looks good, they obviously need to polish the gameplay and graphics to be slightly more modern, which I'm convinced they will manage.

[Hatter]

Originally Posted by Warm Gun

Will it finally have good controls and efficient animations? Honestly, I preferred Witcher 2 for story. More political intrigue. Third turned boring as it became about saving the world.

They are switching to Unreal Engine 5 for this game so graphics and animations wise it should be top notch.

[coolguy25]

I'm so tired of the open world formula. Fetch quests and using your senses to track somebody or creature.

They really need a new formula. After Horizon Forbidden West I am completely burned out on this open world maps and gameplay everyone uses now.

[Warm Gun]

Originally Posted by coolguy25

I'm so tired of the open world formula. Fetch quests and using your senses to track somebody or creature.

They really need a new formula. After Horizon Forbidden West I am completely burned out on this open world maps and gameplay everyone uses now.

Liked Breath of the Wild for not structuring everything around linear quests with map markers, tiring amounts of dialogue, special senses and all that AAA stuff. Mostly felt free to explore my sandbox. But yeah, tired of most of the open world games too. Would much rather make a linear game if I had the tens of millions of dollars to do what these companies do, because it's super difficult to design a big open world game where almost every space is interesting and still have the story flow organically.

[Zivouhr]

Originally Posted by Hatter

They are switching to Unreal Engine 5 for this game so graphics and animations wise it should be top notch.

That is hopeful news. Go with a graphics/gameplay engine that is truly established and not a broken hunk of junk like Cyberpunk; with its flawed game design/engine, for AAA developer CDPR.

Unreal 5 will give them a much needed headstart and ease the development process by a lot hopefully.

Originally Posted by coolguy25

I'm so tired of the open world formula. Fetch quests and using your senses to track somebody or creature.

They really need a new formula. After Horizon Forbidden West I am completely burned out on this open world maps and gameplay everyone uses now.

As far as open world, I just shut off all of the map markers for all of the side quests and just figure out what to do next by exploring. I just go into options, shut off the icons, and now it's a free form open world exploration game. I now find quests as I explore and walk into them by pure accident.

Like in the real world, different locations will always hold different characters/stories and objectives to consider. I don't know how else that can be structured. That's the nature of open world games, as levels are to linear stage based games.

[gundamcero]

Good decision to switch to Unreal 5. Will allow for easier development and recruiting of engineers to help with the project. It is always tough when using your own in house engine. Especially with the turn over of staff.

[tcripe]

When we expecting this to release? 2026 at the earliest?

[gundamcero]

Originally Posted by tcripe

When we expecting this to release? 2026 at the earliest?

2025 at the earliest if full production is ramping up now and they are hiring new talent.

Longer they take the better though. Which they will to avoid ever going through what happened on Cyberpunk.

[NARMAK]

Loved Witcher 3. Still waiting for the free upgrade before playing the DLCs but if they can actually learn from the mistakes of Cyberpunk 2077, and go back more in line with Witcher 3, i'd love to jump back into the world.

I actually would love some remake of the first two just so we can have a proper series on next gen to play the entire story through.

[Talal86]

Apparently this is not The Witcher 4, it’s The Witcher Saga, whatever that means

[Steelmaker]

Originally Posted by Talal86

Apparently this is not The Witcher 4, it’s The Witcher Saga, whatever that means

That's what concerns me. I'm afraid this is going to be "Woke Witcher".

Actually what I hope is that CDPR will allow us to create our own Witcher. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed playing as Geralt of Rivia and following his story but when it comes to RPG's I'd much rather create my own character.