One of the best things CDPR nailed about Witcher 3, is that every side-quest feels even better than most main quests in other open world games. It really makes me feel like a real world, not some sandbox video game that you control the protagonist to collect stuff and accumulate data.

I just want to be able to jump obstacles during combat. Definitely looking forward to more for the world of The Witcher.

I wouldn't mind Geralt not being present. He had an excellent sendoff in Blood and Wine and I don't think continuing his story beyond that by including him in future games not centered on him would do him any favors.

I can't imagine a witcher game without Geralt. The voice acting in the witcher 3 was the best among all other games of that time. Geralt did contribute the most to that aspect.

I hope this game takes place before the books because at the end of The Witcher 3 the world isnt as populated with monsters as before and the need for Witcher's is nearly gone. In the book there are VERY few actual monsters in the world and the games essentially beefed up the amount for the players obviously. However a game set in the distant past would be perfect. 200 years in the past would mean Geralt wouldnt be in the game, but since Vesimir is around 380, we could see him in his prime like Geralt. Also we could still see Ciri since she can travel through time and she could be a cameo or easter egg. Then there are the monsters that have been extinct for centuries reappearing since it takes place in the past.

TLDR: don't be like cyberpunk

making the open world more reactive and interactive is really important along with open world systems. Better horse riding is a big thing as well.

I'm expecting something way before geralt something that focuses on the height of the Witchers where all the schools are prominent and accepted. That would be fantastic. Like the game takes place right when the main group got disbanded and split into 8 groups or shortly after that. It would be even cooler if they let you pick which school you are. I don't want any Geralt because it severely limits them and you shouldn't want geralt either that includes ciri

I actually appreciate them moving to UE5. That allows them to hire devs that are familiar with a more universal engine and SHOULD allow for better optimization, updates, and wider creativity.

The number one highlight about the books for me was the high-stakes, intricate sword dueling. As much as I'll enjoy the monster slaying aspects of the game, I really want to see high-speed and varied attacks and abilities against challenging human opponents.

Oh man I really wanted Witcher 3 to let me do my own investigations. That serial killer quest in Novigrad seemed to be that, giving you options to choose who you think the killer is: a monster ,a crazy man, a ritual murder etc..while most choices did not matter you still HAD to figure out who the killer was. I loved that. More content like that, I fully agree.

Geralt appears less and less as you progress through the books, and that doesn’t necessarily ruin the books. I also think the Witcher 3 was the perfect conclusion for Geralt’s story. Trying to continue it forcefully will ruin his character

I honestly don't want to play as ciri for an entire game partially because it'll either be too OP or they'll have to come up with some far fetched reason as to why she's depowered at the start, yes sections where you play as her maybe even an entire chapter, but I'd personally like to see either an old geralt or a new witcher entirely that maybe allies with school of the wolf Edit: after searching school of lynx turns out school of wolf is disbanded and when lambert n keira leave they basically find some school of cat members and found lynx, so safe to assume we will be seeing lots of familiar faces along with some new ones/ characters only previously seen in the books, I'm going to make a guess for which equipment will be the rarest/strongest in this next witcher, school of wolf/wolven witcher gear 👌

I disagree with wanting geralt in the game. His story is finished and i think a new character can be just as compelling. No point in milking Geralts likeness, maybe for a secret side mission but not as a main character.

I would think a new medallion and school means a build your own Witcher RPG. Newly mutated initiate? Create your appearance etc? I personally would like to see it built more around monsters, go deeper into the investigative stuff and contracts.

I’d like to see a situation where you go through tutorial mode, then given your medallion and sent out into the world. Depending on the school chosen, you’ll start your adventure in a different location and follow an intertwined story following a major event (like the Falka rebellion). Each school gives a completely different POV of the same events. Like, a friend of the Wolf School Witcher is an enemy to the Cat school Witcher, and is only briefly mentioned at all in the Griffin school story.

The most important thing is to let the devs take their time, Witcher New Saga will be a masterpiece just like The Witcher 3.

Witcher 4 on Unreal Engine 5, with photorealistic graphics.... gimme gimme 😈

Some of the best things about Cyberpunk's first person was when you were OUTSIDE of combat, the entire game was built to take most of that perspective and they delivered, the game felt much more immersive than it would without it Cyberpunk DOES NOT work without third person (Plus, Cyberpunk's side quests are actually amazing and get mixed along with the main quest, the more Ubisoft-like stuff are the gigs and NCPD scans, and they are very clearly separated from the game's actual side-quests and are obviously gameplay-focused)

Personally I think for Geralt and most of the main characters from the first three Witcher games it is time to move to more of a side/supporting character role. The setting is interesting enough we don't need to constantly rely on Geralt as the main character. Ciri maybe, but with her additional powers I somewhat feel like I'd rather just have just a new Witcher where we can have a learning the powers and skills stage again, which would also work with introducing a new cast.

I just hope it lives up to the huge hype it’s going to rightfully get. The Witcher 3 wasn’t perfect but for me it was still right up with the greatest games I ever played. I enjoyed every second of being in the world and I spent a couple hundred thousand seconds in it lol I don’t need perfect, I just need a great story and an immersive, detailed world. I’d love to see Geralt back in a prequel setting with a world more full of monsters. I think that would be fantastic. I loved the monster contracts in the last game. I didn’t think there were nearly enough of them though

*_Timestamps_* 0:00 Start 0:24 10. Doesn't run terrible on last gen (Another Cyberpunk 2077 situation) 2:12 9. Don't need a beast PC to run it. 4:59 8. Don't make console exclusive content 6:25 7. Don't remove Geralt (but we could play as someone else) 8:21 6. Don't Cyberpunk'd it on launch 10:08 5. Don't do microtransactions, DLC & NFT (like Ubisoft) 11:15 4. Don't lock it in first-person (like Cyberounk 2077) 12:49 3. Don't have boring side-content (again, like Cyberpunk 2077) 14:40 2. Don't do The Witcher 3 again. 16:38 1. Don't lie 18:31 Bonus: Don't include poop jokes.

There needs to be more candles to ignite.

After reading the books, and I've been obsessed with Witcher 2 and 3, literally thousands of hours played together, for me there is no Witcher without Geralt, i feel that he is the center of the Witcher Universe, I don't want him in the next Witcher as a protagonist, But I really want to see him with a cameo, or some memories about him, people(NPC's) talking about him, he's one of my favorite fictional characters ever

It's probably going to be a make-your-own Witcher type of thing. I heard the Lynx school thing didn't exist in the books so that's a telling hint already. I think Geralt and Co. should have their rightful rest rather than risk sh*tty original writing to extend stuff that's past the story that the books told. It would be interesting to experience the world after Geralt and Co. have left their mark on it and the changes they've left on it. It would be a great starting point as we players experience this beloved world past what the books showed us, and we'll be experiencing it all together as if reading an all new book. I just hope they don't f*ck it up. Bioware messed up when they decided to move to a different engine for a new game and then realizing that engine couldn't do RPG the way they wanted it to. I hope CDPR don't have the same experience. I also hope it's not some online multiplayer sh*t.

Witcher 3 was always my favorite game, it feels like it will be near impossible to create a protagonist that I'll like as much as Geralt. I don't think we need appearance/gender changes here, a character never feels as good if they have changeable features. People should know how they look and act. I disagree with the detective mode stuff, I enjoyed it a lot and I hope they keep it . I also never hated Witcher 3's combat as much as other people seem to, it got the job done, the skill tree could be a bit more diverse for some more varying builds but overall it was okay. I also don't want a first person mode, in a perfect world I know people want it, but just having ONLY a 3rd person mode seems to just work much better, although skyrim does 3rd/1st person okay-ish? The best way for them to go I'd say is showing us a new set of characters, possibly set before Witcher 1, would allow for many more monsters to be in the world, and just a nice fresh story. Just hope they don't try too many new things.

The thing we want all : some rounds of GWENT !!!!

I fundamentally have no issue with Geralt not being the main character. The problem I will have is that Geralt is extremely important to the story, and he's an incredibly made character and it's going to be incredibly hard to seamlessly replace him organically and not feel jarring. The replacement would 100% need to be just as likeable, but almost more so because people are not keen to change their mind on who they want as the protagonist, so just being as good as geralt is not enough. It would need to be exceptional

The lynx medallion being covered in snow is interesting. I wonder what land the game will primarily take place in.

I and I think a lot of people would like for geralt to be "left out" of the new games or at least only have a very minor role cause the Witcher 3 ended with such a good ending for geralt and after blood and wine he should just live out his life in toussaint and he should just go in peace... I actually hope it's set before the main story of tw 1,2,3 or maybe even before the books, in the golden age of witchers

11:56 in vampire the masquerade bloodlines they have a good system where melee is third person and it switches to first person when you draw a gun which I think worked tremendously

Geralt is one of the best characters of videogames. I still remember one of his phrases in the Witcher 3 that made me smile... "damn you're ugly".

Well I found many cyberpunk sidequests quite interesting, there was a guy with a robotic problem in between his legs, a monk that nearly got forced to get implants, races, a random maniac killing bodyguards while shopping and so on

I think one of the points with side quests IMO is the series and lore or Witcher is so much bigger then cyberpunk so you can take these little stories and hints from all the series of the books and make them into side quests, plus with maybe abit of input from the author that would of helped with W3 compared to CP

I would love to see a Witcher game based far before Geralts story. Like 100-200 after the convergence of spheres when all these now extinct creatures were still around. Maybe even do something like cyberpunk where you have a set name but the freedom to create the cosmetics and possibly have a few main quest lines to give you infamous scars as you go.

On god... I am having my 8th re-run on the Witcher 3 right now... After finishing Elden ring and getting everything... Wanted to refresh and there's nothing better than the good ol' Witcher 3 for me ... It still amazes me of how much there is, that's even yet to be seen. Omg it's awesome. Please don't ruin it... Wishing CDPR all the best... I'd wait 10 years for it, gladly.

Love the idea of creating our own witcher, deciding which school to follow and then having a chaotic event take place and the game starts.

Its just concerning how most of the members from the witcher series left so were leaving it up to new members who may or may not know how and what made witcher great on a ground level. Like, i know i shouldnt compare, but elden ring literally managed to keep its best core qualities from previous titles and shove it into an open world and still make it rich and extremely full of tiny little details that add to the main story like the witcher 3.

Interesting comments on the handholding and puzzle solving. I woulda have agreed with you 6 months ago, but after playing Elden Ring my tune has changed. There’s definitely a fine line, but I’d much rather be told exactly where to no next rather than plopped into a vast expanse with no direction whatsoever. Either way I am buzzing for this game. Witcher 3 is my favourite game of all time and I just hope that this new one can deliver!

I wouldn't mind of he wasn't the main character, but I would like him in it at a great capacity, I would hope there would be more time sensitive quests, like if a monster is harassing a a village this monster can wreck the village if you don't act quick enough, although monsters were fierce. for instance I like when Detlaff gave a three day deadline. If monsters destroy places that you can get items making it more difficult. Also a higher chance of loot payout. Because getting gear that won't help especially after fighting a difficult monster although it makes sense that it would have armor that doesn't help as it wouldn't have helped the poor dude who was possibly hired before who most likely would have been wearing it.

I'm like 90% sure that most people commenting on here have already voiced the same thoughts as me, so I'll add this. A dedicated walk/run button would be nice. Sometimes in a game like the Witcher 3 you just wanna strole through a town while hearing your equipment shuffle amongst the rest of the city sounds. Like rdr2. I tried walking in the recent AC games but running frantically always feels more natural and it takes away from the bustle of the cities. Idk this isn't particularly huge on my list but it would be a nice little adage.

I think CDPR should take this chance to learn from great open worlds that followed TW3, like RDR2 and Elden Ring

I'd love for the new game to include the characters from Way of the Witcher Gwent expansion. I would absolutely love to play as Gezras of Leyda or Erland of Larvik... You'd choose one and play the story, with each school's character having different abilities.

For witcher contracts they should have you try to do the detective work to figure out what the creature is like check stuff off in the bestiary, you could think it was a water hag that killed the people but it was actually a grave hag so having the black blood could’ve helped in the fight

My gosh I cannot wait for this game. I've been craving more Witcher content since I played tw3 back in 2016. I've read every book, watched the Netflix show and stuff. I just need more.

I dont want to make my own character. Make one for me and have it be well written. Thats all i ask

Wild Hunt is my all time favorite game. Give me more Witcher. Am a huge CD Projekt Red fan. I do think they learned alot from this launch. Bring it on.

I recently started reading the books. The part where Lambert teaches Ciri to target certain arteries of a humanoid enemy, I think can be interpreted well in a game. Instead (or in addition to) the current critical hit mechanic where it is chance based, a revamped system where we could wait for the right moment, and target certain limbs or organs of the enemy, could be interesting. Each monster type would have different critical spots. It would be up to the player to read the bestiary, and take advantage of that information. Hitting those spots would cause different types of weaknesses. But, that might need more closer or first person camera, and some kind of cursor system to select the spots at right time during the combat. And yes investigation system needs a revamp too. I found AC Unity's investigation side missions to be pretty good. You talk to different people, collect evidences, but the character voice over doesn't tell you anything. At the end it is up to the player whom to accuse of the crime. In withcer some missions make you scratch your head, but Geralt's voice lines makes things quite obvious most of the time.

witcher 3 to this day is still one of the best RPGs ever made. I'm so ready for this!

Totally agree on your #3. I can still remember the time when I choose whether or not to kill the Werewolf that was looking for his lover. Man, things like that makes a side content, not a side content.

I would love to play as Geralt's apprentice like we start off as a kid,complete the witcher trials and become a witcher.

What I want in Witcher 4 is being able to fall from more the 2 meters without dying.

Let Geralt have his rest. At most I hope he gets a cameo side quest. Give us someone completely new. I can see why people would say the investigation sections were hand-holdy. . . but they are my least liked aspect of the general game. Part of the reason being I can't track the darn red footprints, if nothing else let us visually struggling people change the color to something more contrasting.

A create your own Witcher would be amazing. I love all the characters from the Witcher trilogy but it’s time to put them too rest and revamp the series. It would be pretty cool to see an older Ciri or Geralt in the game as side characters or even just references to them.

The best Witcher 4 will be when I am a Witcher. Build my own character with adventures that are totally different from the main characters, but interconnected, and with new content continuing the Witcher 3 story. My dream is to be able to travel to many different worlds, add new powers, new items, new potions and even recruit companions to form a witcher brotherhood.

Love Geralt and would love to play as him again, but would be kinda cool if you could make your own Witcher in the fourth. Give you some range with making your Witcher more like you want them to be. Decide gender and stuff. And maybe our character would have Geralt as mentor or something. He could be our Vesemir.

I understand how important Geralt is, but I hope they can develop a whole new badass protagonist. Either with an all new witcher, or they can dig into the past when the Trial of the Grasses was still known.

Having Ciri as the player character in the next witcher would be such a huge mistake for so many reasons. Hopefully it's just a completely new Geralt story

How come nobody ever mentions the problem of "giving an arm and a leg for a silver sword only to sell it later for a nickel " ?

I don’t mind create a character in certain games, but I want that as far as possible from Witcher. Part of what made the games so great is the story and character reactions are tailor made for Geralt - not just the jokes about his name, but mentioning a lot about his description and other elements of his personality. Far too many RPGs have blank slate create a character protagonists, and it’s simply not possible to have as intimate or real feeling story.

Would definitely like to see new lore explaining that the magus guild has been secretly building back up witcher schools thanks to triss explaining to them how the trial of grasses works during her experience breaking avallac's curse. Would also love character creation especially if cdpr brings in the different schools they've made lore for. But hey, I can only dream and I'd really love for cdpr to take their time and let this project cook to perfection so that way it's not a cyberpunk mess.

The real question, will PS5's and Xbox Series X' be available for the masses when the Witcher 4 launches in 2030?

I would have loved a game where you can play as vesemir when he was younger. I don't think it's going to happen because of the lynx medallion but we can always hope.

Although I really like playing as Geralt, I'm hoping that Witcher 4 would have a character creation and you get to play as your own witcher.

Dumped 200 hours into cyberpunk on a base ps4 and despite the hate I loved my experience. Very much looking forward to whatever they put out next.

It wasn't just CD PR that hyped CyberPunk to the moon. It was also all the internet blogs/KZfaq channels that were constantly posting their own theories and content to generate clicks - Gameranx included. While CD PR has a fair amount of blame for the botched launch, I wish games media in general would stop speculating and posting about stuff years before a game is released.

Playing as Ciri would be interesting. Like, why wouldn’t we just teleport to another place when I am low on health? Or why would I walk there…? I’m Ciri

The only thing I want in witcher 4 is for it to be released when it's DONE. Not because management wants a nice bonus that year.

The Lynx school was started by Eskeil and Lambert after Vesimir died. Years after this, the new continent was being explored and settled. This continent still had a lot of monsters. So I image, we will be a young Witcher from the Lynx school, and exploring this new continent.

One thing I absolutely loved about TW3 was the soundtrack. Sounds of skellige 👌

Both BF2042(frostbite) and CP2077(RED5) proves that developing and maintaining an in-house engine is costly and hard, especially during the pandemic. Moving to UE5 could mean that more time and energy can be shifted towards actual game developments rather than building the tools for devs. Also it would be easier to recruit talents who are familiar with UE5 because it is a widely available engine, unlike frostbite or RED.

Also, the Witcher 3 to me had the best side quest of all time right up there with Skyrim ! Most the time I side quest had a feel of main quest so I never felt like I was wasting my time on useless quest ! I really hope they take there time in this one and give us a better Witcher 3 !

I wonder if they'll pull Jedi Academy style and have you build your own witcher and your character interacts with all the pre-established characters from the previous 3 games

Love your work guys! Congrats on 7 freaking million!!!!!!!🔥

The good news is that the combat style witchers use with all the pirouette’s and flips basically guarantees a 3rd person perspective

I've never understood what people's problem is that Cyberpunk has an fpp/fps view. I'm glad it turned out that way. Because of hacking and the use of firearms, it is a much more obvious and better choice than third person.

I think next The Witcher game will be a more player's choice game. Character creation, more consecuences in your actions, etc

I think the number 1 debated wanted/unwanted aspect for W4 is a customizable character. That would definitely hurt the cinematic and narrative story. However, starting fresh on a new saga with a witcher who is you is very attractive. Though it is a little ambitious particularly with a new unfamiliar engine.

I think CD Projekt RED should start to research and study for a VR version for the witcher series. I really want to grab a silver sword and fight with monsters trying to hit the weak spots, using oils potions and so on, it would be great even if they make witcher 3 VR without any new story. I don't think it's possible with VR tools being popular today.

I actually don't think I want the story to be centered around Geralt. Maybe to have some sidequest or dlc with him in a form of flashback or something, but his story ended perfectly. His story ran since Last Wish until Blood and Wine, about 25 years. We can't keep milking his character, or we will kind of defy the whole point of that peaceful ending in B&W.

I knew there would be. The last game was far too successful for them to drop the series as a whole. However I do hope they go with a New protagonist. Ciri would be cool, but I feel like her storytelling would be more limited in scope she's already an established character with tons of history. Personally I just hope the new protag is likable and we are visited by all our old favorites. Particularly, I'd love geralt to show up, but in the most minor way ever. Like he's chillin In a tavern or playing Gwent. That's all.

As someone who just recently got the platinum for Cyberpunk, it's really sad how forgettable the fixers were. Definitely hope they get back in touch with their side content creation.

1.weight limit 2.broke sellers that cant buy your stuff 3 unordered side quests

TLDR: we dont want all thing that went wrong in cyberpunk in the witcher

Thank you for covering this because soo many people still don't know that we're finally getting a new Witcher game.

I dont want a marketing campaign like Cyberpunk. Fakes demos and promises, night city wires, youtubers in the game (huge red flag) and selling ton of crap before the game releases (chairs, coffee cups, shirts, mousepads,etc)

What I hope is a witcher game but in modern context. Not Cyber Punk setting, but a "supernatural" setting would be great. Imagine, a witcher hunting monsters and ghost in modern times using guns and swords.

99% of the people I've seen complain about the combat just spam the roll button,quen and auto combo's. If you master the timing of dodge and parry mixed in with signs, swords and bombs it's super fluid and really fun!

I want to create my own Witcher that would be amazing

We don't want fall DMG for 2 feet height

One thing I would like to see this time around would be some if not protection from cheats at least a code that if you mess with cheats your character turns red or something. Something so legitimizes real runs without cheats, that left a bit of sour taste in my mouth in Witcher 3 is probably my only gripe with the game. Still, the best game for me but that one thing would be appreciated. It just takes so much away when you can have a max character and there is no way to say if you just typed a few lines of text or got it by achieving it. I don't see people maintaining that aspect and I think its important and could be solved fairly easily as I give example before or in some other way. So if you would mak it like I wrote it would work because even if you can have a command to remove color after you cheat it you would just become colored again because it would come after you put that command in any way since you are using command and thats the idea. Who knows meybe it would be cool for players that want to have some different color to their character than normal to put in some commands on purpose to get that tint.

A Witcher open world RPG, with character customization, being able to choose what school you want to train under, and stat building would be absolutely insane.

I’d honestly like to be able to make my own Witcher, and start from the very bottom to make my name legend. Maybe Ciri will play more of a mentor/teacher role as Geralt and Yen did to her. It’d also be cool if the next Witcher also lets you pick different paths, like perhaps being a sorcerer/ess in this new possibly more open Witcher school.

I agree that the combat needs to be improved but I love the investigation you need to do before ultimately fighting the monster or completing the quest so I would love for it to stay. great video other that that.

I'd really like to see some Fable/KotOR-style gameplay mechanics comeback when you can be good or bad on a deeper level. When you can use certain skills, abilities, and gear if you're good or evil enough. When you have more than 2 obvious choices. When the NPCs react depending on your reputation. Something like that.

Did you realize that locked third person perspective can cause nausea in some people? Best case would be to use adjustable perspective, both options of first person and third person. If a game is console exclusive, it completely alienates a large customer base. In extreme cases, the customer base will begin to completely disregard the existence of a company or product line.

I just want a Witcher game where we make our own Witcher. That’s all

Im gonna be honest I would prefer a completely new Witcher game without Geralt appearing at all. His story is over, so I'd like to play as a completely different witcher this time around

I just want whoever we control to have a better chance of survival when falling from a height of 5 feet than Geralt did.

Having a story line where the player becomes a new Witcher. We are a child and get put through the Trials and Mutations. I know in the Witcher world the ability to create new Witchers was lost. But it would be a cool concept to incorporate. They could go pretty far with it too, have the player fully customizable. Maybe Geralt as our Guide. Having our own unique characters and potentially our own "builds" (more combat based, spell based, potions etc) could allow them to delve into a Multiplayer mode- maybe more like a Destiny world, where you can play along side others in the community to take down contracts and decide Wars maybe. But allow us to switch between multiplayer and Solo seamlessly. Because we don't want a Fallout 77 issue... could go on forever but can't wait for my favorite franchise to be expanded.