As the direct successor to the monumental The Witcher 3, which is one of the highest rated titles in the current era of gaming, CD Projekt RED’s upcoming The Witcher 4 clearly has a lot to live up to, even putting it mildly. And the devs are well aware of the almost insurmountable expectations that’s riding on their upcoming title, according to Philipp Weber, the Narrative director in The Witcher 4. In a recent interview with Gamesradar, he was asked how do the developers aim to top The Witcher 3 with their upcoming Action RPG, to which Weber Replied, “I’m like, ‘Yeah, how are we going to do that?'”
Reflecting on the massive number of accolades and review ratings that The Witcher 3 has enjoyed, Weber stated “I don’t see video games as mathematical.”
He explained, “I think the way we want to do justice to the legacy of The Witcher 3 is to take the philosophy we had during The Witcher 3 – how to make a game, how to really care about these things, how to tell stories – and keep that philosophy. At the same time, there are new questions we want to answer, because this is supposed to feel like a true sequel, not just redoing what we did before. And I think it’s really trying to have that healthy mix of really moving forward and also trying out some new things, but doing justice to what was there, not trying to beat it.
Weber confirmed that with The Witcher 4, their goal as developers is to make sure that “some people will really love The Witcher 4, and hopefully those should be the people that love The Witcher 3, because the philosophy we had – how we make games, how we make quests, what The Witcher means to us – it’s the same one.“
The Witcher 4 currently doesn’t have a release date and is not expected before 2027 at least, but CD Projekt have showcased a tech demo featuring several graphical and gameplay-related features that’s going to make their ways to the final game. And even if you’re not a fan of the series, you should still watch it cause it shows The Witcher 4 is all set to push the boundaries of videogames as we know it, in more ways than one.
