CD Projekt RED's Pawel Burza says, "You don’t see Geralt doing these things. He’s nimble but feels like a block in some sense."
CDPRED previously said it hadn't decided whether the sequel would follow in its predecessor's footsteps with a first-person camera.
While Cyberpunk 2077's open world is impressive, its sequel might up the ante thanks to more reactive and vivid NPC crowds.
Announced back in 2022, the studio didn't provide many details about the title, noting that it was still building the setting.
The collabs resulted in a HUD element displaying attacks for players and dialogue choices in Capcom's upcoming action RPG.
PC players with Nvidia's GeForce RTX 50-series graphics cards can enjoy new features like multi frame generation in Cyberpunk 2077.
The voice actor behind The Witcher's Geralt, Dock Cockle, said that he can't wait to see what they've done with Ciri as the game's protagonist.
The newer designers working on The Witcher 4 had previously worked on the quest "In the Eternal Fire's Shadow" for The Witcher 3.
"We're definitely pushing the quality of NPC – the way they look, their behavior – as much as possible," says game director Sebastian Kalemba.
"This was one of the first questions we found the answer to, and it's how we could create this original story, starting with The Witcher 4."
"The open world doesn’t necessarily need to be bigger and bigger and bigger," says narrative director Phillipp Weber.
Update 2.2 is yet another example of the developer's excellent post-launch support for the once-troubled first-person action RPG.
Though we don't have an explicit confirmation just yet, CD Projekt RED devs seem to have strongly suggested that The Witcher 3's beloved card game will return in its sequel.
"We're not suddenly making up stuff just because we want to. We really want to take these things seriously," says narrative director Philipp Weber.
"Yes, this game will be pretty big," per CD Projekt RED's Sebastian Kalemba. "It will be big compared to everything we’ve prepared so far."
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Jo Wyatt, who voiced Ciri in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, has been replaced by Ciara Berkeley for the upcoming The Witcher 4.
Game director Sebastian Kalemba reveals additional details on the newly revealed action RPG in an official trailer breakdown.
The next instalment in the series will maintain continuity with The Witcher 3 regardless of how your story ended in that game.