The Witcher 4 Is Now CD Projekt Red's Main Focus as Work Wraps Up on Cyberpunk 2077

"More importantly, when do you think it'll actually release?"
I hope when it's ready

Good news! See as how The Witcher III is my favorite video game this is very interesting! Wonder if they'll continue Geralt's story or go the new wave and make Ciri the main?

@AhmadSumadi I will be shocked if you don't play as Ciri.

@mariomaster96 Not before the PS6 comes out. It will be a crossgen game for PS5/PS6.

@AhmadSumadi It's been pretty much confirmed that Geralt won't be the main character, so it'll be a new take on the franchise.

Personally I hope Ciri isn't the new lead. As much as I like her in TW3, I'm not sure I'd want her to be the main character. I think a clean break would be most interesting, for both players and CDPR. Maybe let us make our own Witcher, like V in Cyberpunk?

Glad CDPR saw Cyberpunk 2077 through to the end and delivered mostly on the vision it wanted. This reminds me, I still need to get Phantom Liberty.

I guess now it's time to look to the future.

I hope that the company learned its lesson from Cyberpunk and this new Witcher releases in a much more polished state.

@ShogunRok Ciri and Geralt get captured, and are sent to the future. Ciri is locked away in an expensive phone and is forced to answer questions from peasants for eternity. Geralt is cast in season 4 of declining TV show, can he still save it? Meanwhile, you play as Roach, tasked to retrieve both of them from the future. Maybe you will make some mistakes and you can only bring back one. Who will it be?

I look forward to it being PlayStation exclusive seeing as Xbox will be 3rd party by then. 🤤

@ShogunRok I'd like to not play as Ciri. But only because her powers are limited and hot Witcher powers. I don't want a created character because I always feel the story gets deeper with an actual character and not a generic created one. I love when other characters say "Geralt", or "Kratos", or "Nate" and not some arbitrary moniker they call the created character.

@ShogunRok This is exactly what I would want from Witcher 4. Geralt's story is over and Ciri has way too much power to make for an interesting and grounded RPG main character. I would love to create a custom character and select a school, similar to selecting a class architype, in other RPGs.

@AhmadSumadi I think you have your cake and eat it too. CDPR could very easily have a named character, but allow for build and appearance variety (like "V" in CP2077).

The Last of Us Part III, Death Stranding 2, Judas, and now the Witcher 4 are my most anticipated games right now!

So wait, no more.expansion packs for cyberpunk? I thought there was at least 2 or 3 expansion packs planned or was it just the one?

Weren't they working on a remake of the first game as well

lol yes, THANK YOU, @mariomaster96. I want all devs to release their game when it’s ready. And publishers to let them.

@Areus This would be great. I love part 3 and have never played anything prior to it.

I have had the Witcher III on my backlog for years. I hear it’s great. Is it as great as everyone says? Should I stop everything and play it now?

…Asking in the comments section of an article about the Witcher on an enthusiasts’ website so I can get an unbiased opinion.

@koverby Not sure how much sarcasm is in that question, but... incredibly biased opinion alert:

Yeah, if you like dark fantasy RPGs, then this is a must-play. No need to worry about Witcher 1 and 2, though. I started with 3 and it's my favorite game. If you do take the plunge, my recommendation is to take it slow. The game is just dripping with atmosphere and subtle story-telling in the environments. Got me hooked so badly that I went and read a bunch of the original books (which are treated as backstory for the game).

@Areus They outsourced that to another studio.

@wildcat_kickz

Thank you. The question was very sincere. But after I typed it, I thought about where I am asking the question and added the second part.

It sounds like my kind of game honestly.

CD Projekt is an amazing studio and the Witcher series improves drastically with each iteration. I don't think we can yet fathom the scope of The Witcher 4. Also, each expansion pack for The Witcher 3 is better than most other full games. Full stop.

@Octane This is a day one buy.

@AhmadSumadi Yeah actually being an existing character like Geralt does tend to ground the whole game, can make it more immersive in a way.

@wildcat_kickz Exactly my thoughts, there's so much CDPR could do in terms of creating a new main character, especially from an RPG perspective.

Right that's it. Time for another Witcher 3 playthrough. Cheers Robert.

My main issue with Witcher 3 and even Cyberpunk is that the gameplay always feels floaty for some reason(Especially with Geralt running into walls with the defualt movement option) so I hope that with CDPR switching engines this will make the movement of Witcher 4 feel much more heavy.

@Blofse they did previously say there were at least two expansions planned but after the game turned out to be the mess it was they limited it to just one and blamed it on the fact that they're moving to developing on unreal engine 5.
And still charged 40 for phantom liberty lol, the balls on em eh

@koverby Glad you're thinking about diving in! All hyperbole aside, it's a really special game and I think the plaudits are well deserved. Even 8 years on, it holds up remarkably well (especially with the current gen update).

Hopefully this is a next-gen only game.

@Cherip-the-Ripper I'll wait for it to be £5 like cyberpunk was then!

@Mauzuri If you dislike the site then why are you here?

@ShogunRok Boo! People want ciri.

I'd be shocked if this game releases in a satisfactory state and doesn't take a year to be ready.

@MrMagic What a silly comment even if joking, Microsoft (now including Activision) makes more revenue from games then Sony

Can anyone who's played them tell me a good reason why The Witcher 1 & 2 aren't on PS yet?

MAKE IT TURN BASED. After BG3 I have zero desire to play action rpg anymore.

Just make UE5 make sense and integrate well. It doesn’t have to have all the features. Make the controls snappy and responsive. 40fps+ please.

@PinderSchloss The Witcher is more of a point and click game. Where some games can be translated to controller, I can't picture the original game working on a joystick. I mean, it could, but it'd probably require a full-on overhaul of the game's mechanics.

As for The Witcher 2, I wouldn't know.

@AhmadSumadi Who wouldn't want to play as a character with hot Witcher powers? (I can see it's a typo, but I couldn't resist.)

More seriously, I find "empty vessel" characters (like you see in a lot of JRPGs) to be really bland and immersion-breaking. I don't think player-created characters specifically are the issue itself, but rather adjacent to the issue. I do see where you're coming from, though.
And ironically, a defined character like Geralt- just with the ability for me to make choices and shape his approach to different situations- can actually put me in the game a lot more effectively than those empty vessel types.

@durxll123 Don't be silly it would ruin the Witcher , baldurs Gate 3 is great but it's turn based combat & mechanics do NOT fit in the Witcher world 🙄😂

Aren't they also working on a remake of Witcher 1? I'd like to see the first two remade down the line at some point, Witcher 3 was fantastic and I hope 4 does well when it comes out. Hopefully no more launch catastrophes after Cyberpunk lol.

@CAKESPECTRE999 Oh yeah, how do you figure.