The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt announced for 2014

@ggregd For a story driven game it's actually very non-linear. At a point the story branches, which then changes the entire second half of the game, depending on your choices (including locations visited, quests completed, characters interacted with, and story parts revealed)... so, yea, don't write it of as linear just yet!

@PcGamer4Ever1 You can always read the books

@PcGamer4Ever1 It is better this way. You remember that game when it was at its best.

@PcGamer4Ever1 Oh well at least the story will get a closure. As a close reader and fan of the witcher series i got to admit the cd projekt writers did a really good script to concude the story that begun in witcher 1. They took an already interesting story and made it even better. It was a huge gamble and it paid off. That shows that companys who dont work out with only potential profit but rather as true fans can achieve a lot in this modern gaming world.

@M-S-M-S TW2 was pirated 4 to 1. I doubt they trust PC gamers that much now. Low chances for no dumbing down. Not impossible but certainly not that likely to happen.

@M-S-M-S The problem is not the consoles, the problem is this "Adapt to new Audiences" process in which each and every franchise is going through...

In most cases it's sad, because we like our games the way they were. But sometimes it can get you to like some franchises you didn't before. For instance I hated every resident evil that came after 4 (even though 4 already had its formula mixed, it had a flavor of horror and survival). Now I never liked Devil May Cry, I hate the japanese sense of humor, can't stand it. And I decided to give this new DmC a try, it's a solid action game, the japanese nonsense-B-movie stuff is gone, I really like it and Fans of the originals have bashed it...

My point is, you can't please everyone, and that's exactly what they (publisher pushing developers) are trying to do...

Although I've experienced good changes, I hated the ones to series I loved...

@M-S-M-S Totally agree . I posted the exact same comment on their announcement page at witcher forums and it's first comment of that article as well . My comment is posted there name Umair2012 .

@innominatus2 Emperor is interested in Geralt because enhanced edition of the witcher 2 reveals that Geralt was also the rider of the wild hunt yet he survived . To get Geralt to solve conjunction of spheres theory they'll use people close to Geralt including Ciri . So yes that girl can be Ciri grown up .

@20years @PcGamer4Ever1 For **** sake it's real .

@PcGamer4Ever1

They just officially announced that they're working on the game. Most likely we can expect an awesome trailer & gameplay footage at this years' E3.
I don't want them to waste time on hyping this game up à la EA-style so I won't complain if they don't release news about it every week. I'll just be smiling, knowing they will deliver a game worthy for a god!

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2013/02/05/witcher-3-wild-hunt-teaser-trailer.aspx

Here it is . The teaser trailer .

@godzillavskong

Does it matter as long as the focus is PC first?

@godzillavskong PC and MAC are confirmed , may be steam box . Can't say for xbox 720 or Ps4 . May be 2015 release for next gen . Any ways happy that they are focused on PC right now and hope that Linux users will also get love this time .

@GunEye size isn't everything, DD(one of my favorite RPGS of this gen) was big but empty it felt more like GTA without cars, you'll run for 5 - 10 min before finding anything intersting, TES solves this issue by making the world condenced ad packed with content, I hope that's what the witcher 3 will do....

@GunEye

If you use Skyrim or even Oblivions' Fast Travel the world feels alot smaller than Morrowind did which also had some Fast Travel but not to EVERY point on the map you visited. Personally I tend to avoid using it since it makes the world (and experience) that much smaller for me. But to each his own I guess.