The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt announced for 2014

While I like this franchise I'd be a little more excited if this was Dragon's Dogma they were talkinga bout. :) I just picked that game up like a week ago and man it really was a refreshing game. Would be so great if they brought the sequel to the PC and expanded the scope. What they have is pretty great but it's obvious it wasn't a big budget project. Far as an RPG goes though Dogma is one of the most enjoyable I've played in a long time, counting skyrim.

Aside from the graphics though the main advantage Skyrim has over it is simply the scope and scale. Skyrim is a monster of a game that you can easily sink 100 hours into and still not do everything. Update the graphics on Dogma, expand the world and quest pallet and build on what they already have as a foundation and you'd easily have a triple contender.

That said as far as witcher 3 goes, I'm looking forward to seeing how they do the open world. Having a big open game world is great but it's only great if there are great things to do there. I loved Skryim, in comparison to Dragon's Dogma it's super huge but I actually had more fun in Dragon's Dogma mainly b/c the monsters and combat are just much more engaging.

EPIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

If I buy a new hihg-end PC rig this year (2013), what.s the chances that a high-end game such as the Witcher 3 will still work fine on my computer?

I imagine so, but I don't have a feel for how fast the requirements for these games are going up.

Looking forward to the Witcher 3

witcher 2 is one of the most briliant games of this generation. I have high hopes for W3. Hope i'm not disapointed.

Witcher 2 had the best opening cinematics of any game in this gen of consoles I've ever seen. Plus, the writing was hilarious! Looking forward to finding out if W3 does the same.

Blah......

Sign me up...

People saying that graphically it isn't next gen.

They say in the news that the game is using the old rendered, explaining why it looks so much like TW2.

Don't underestimate the effect it will have on the end result. What we need is some more screenshot with all the bells on (even though it is still WIP). But thanks CDprojekt for taking the risk of publishing an early footage of the game, even though they know a lot of people will just look at a picture or two and start complaining.

i saw the pictures on eurogamer, really honestly i couldnt call it a next-gen game, no element of next-gen i observed

Witcher 2 was extremely demanding and now they are using a new engine....which means $6000 for a new gaming rig :/....

First parts looks like console ports(always crap) with unplayable controls.

I Dont like any witcher part, very bad optimized, very bad controls in combats, in everything, 2nd reason kill game for me, if they make standard rpg controls this game will be more popular then now , alchemy is crap and super boring with so crap controls takes forever to do something, devs dont make same craps like first parts!

Hopefully I'll have a god-tier gaming PC by the time this comes out!

Im still pissed off that there was no PS3 release of the Witcher 2, played the first one on the PC awesome game. so yeah there would have to be an awful lack of options for me to give it a chance, yeah I can hold a grudge that bad.

I am looking forward to it,i am a big fan of the series.

I've never played any of the games bc I don't have an XBox or gaming PC, but I have always wanted to play this series. Looking forward to a PS4 release!

Hy Gamespot . They are not taking inspiration from Skyrim at all . They mentioned that just because of the size .

Open World Witcher? Sounds good to Herrick.

Seriously. Great. News. Just take my money now. CDPR is, and has been, one of THE best dev houses ever. Amazing games, fantastic policies on DRM through GOG, and pushing the envelope in what is considered "mature". Thank God they don't belong to EA.

Looks like I will be giving CD Projekt Red some money in the near future. They do have my respect.

Hope they keep their high quality standards and (if I remember it right) no DLC policy.

I analyzed the picture and came with a small conclusion: The war is still on, Geralt is traveling with another witcher((might be some one else but that person on the white horse has a silver blade and the gloves look similar to an armor piece that Geralt used in the first game)). And plus I can bet my last gold coin that Geralt named his horse * roach*.

'high-end platforms' which basically equates to the 720 and PS4 right?

I've always wanted to play the Witcher games but with me being a PS3 gamer i've missed out on the first two. Hopefully they'll do something similar to Mass Effect and make the first installments available, otherwise I doubt i'll be buying it. Won't have a clue what's going on!

You know a game is a day 1 purchase when CDPR is behind it :). Can't wait.

Op...Opp..Opp...opp.....OpppP...oooPP...OOOpppp....Open World!

For newbies , The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt is a perfect title name . Wild Hunt is not a verb here , it doesn't mean going out in open world and hunt wild animals (LOL) . Wild Hunt is noun , it is the name of spectral riders that come from another world and abduct young humans and only few people believe this . Most of the people in The Witcher universe believes it to be myth . Geralt had encountered Wild Hunt many times in the past but it's all mystery for him because of his Amnesia . According to Enhanced Edition of TW 2 (Chapter 3 , Iorveth's path , Cynthia the nilfgaardian sorceress) Geralt was one of the riders of the Wild Hunt . The title Wild Hunt means that everything will be revealed about The Wild Hunt in The Witcher 3 .

So witcher is copying Skyrim why not Skyrim is now an iconic RPG of gaming world ...

Yes!! yes!! yes!!

Awesome! I just hope the game doesn't turn out to be like Skyrim, i mean Skyrim is good but get's boring without the mods...

No rush CD Projekt RED! Take your time! I really "LOVE" this game.

@col2774 Nowhere did they mention taking any inspiration from Skyrim. They just said it would be a bigger game than Skyrim.

this news made my day , I recently finished last part, really enjoyed it and looking forward to 3rd installment now. thumbs up for CD Projekt.

sounds good, can't say i have too much problems with the talent tree and the inventory. once i got used to it, it went pretty smoothly. a little thought and preparation before rushing into battle is all that's needed. i do like micro managing and open worlds, don't like the being herded into acts. the w1 was better that way than w2 and longer. getting the best of these two games would make my gaming year of 2014/15. i am prepared to wait for good game!

Anyone else still loling about the ridiculous amount of videos that will be posted on youtube, going from one end to the map to the other?

OMG!!!! ORGASMS!!!! Thought, 20% bigger than skyrim is BIG!!! I have a life, I don't want to spend 200 hours on a game again!!! I just hope they will enhance every aspect of the game... as in more weapons, armors and also choice to build Gerhalt in different class styles... I love playing all RPGs as spellcasters, but in witcher games you can't be a spellcaster only... magic is more of a support to a swordplay...
And I hope they won't allow too much changes at Gerhalt make up screen... this isn't TES or dragon age...

All together, great news... and 2014 isn't that far away...

If this comes to the PS3 or 4 or whatever, oh christ. It's going to make me miss out on other games but it will be worth it.

Glad to hear there's a third game coming, Really enjoyed the past two installments

Why are they making this the last one?

Still great to see it is on the way!

According to witcher forums the game takes place 8 months after the end of the witcher 2 . Which makes you to think about AA title that CDPR said will be released in 2013 . Could that be expansion that will bridge the gap between TW 2 and TW 3 .? Traveling from Loc Muine to Nilfgaardian border .?

It begins......

You would think more people would support this developer. Only 4 million sales for the Witcher series is sad for core gaming.

My favourite series of all times. This is almost as good as winning the Lotto (almost).

The Witcher's 2 graphics were pretty amazing when it came out, now they want to improve it in the Witcher 3 with even more detail? I'm telling you this game might go into history.

The game's strength is built on its tight progression and storytelling.

I don't want them to make this anything like Skyrim, it doesn't need an open-ended world, "customization" or extra stuffing.

(god, I'm tired of people talking about skyrim, that easy, empty sterile gameworld couldn't be any more overrated)

What it needs is greater length. Witcher 2 would be perfect if it wasn't so short.

The last thing I want them to do is make this game more generic. Just make the game longer. Take the uniqueness & strengths of Witcher 2 and build on them, don't try to "broaden the appeal". I trust them to get this right.

Interesting, the Witcher 2 lacked customization and exploration but it's story, visuals and combat were amazing, combine that with what Skyrim does best and you've got a masterpiece imo, (not that skyrim wasn't monumental in its self).

First Dragon Age and now the Witcher taking inspiration from TES, I wonder if these teams can handle such large projects?

Does anybody knows how can I get the screens shot for this article? The one before you click on to read this article?