The Witcher 4’s New Designers Learned How to Design Quests With The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Developer CD Projekt RED has revealed that it started training its staff for the themes and style in upcoming title The Witcher 4 by having them design a quest for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. The quest, titled In the Eternal Fire’s Shadow, was added to The Witcher 3 through the update that also brought it to PS5 and Xbox Series X/S.
The Witcher 4‘s narrative designer Philipp Weber took to social media platform X to talk about this, revealing that new designers and writers worked on the quest alongside a senior quest designer that had been with the studio since the first game.
“2 years ago we released a new quest for The Witcher 3,” posted Weber. “New designers and writers worked on it preparing for The Witcher 4, together with one of our most senior quest designers, who is with us since The Witcher 1. All in all, it was the perfect start to getting back into the vibe.”
In the Eternal Fire’s Shadow involves protagonist exploring a cave that was previously used to keep plague victims quarantined by a local church. The quest features a few themes, as well as a horror-styled atmosphere. As is usually the case for quests in The Witcher 3, there are also plenty of plot twists to encounter.
Development on The Witcher 4 had gone into full swing back in November. The game was officially unveiled with a trailer during The Game Awards back in December, and will feature Ciri as its main protagonist. Geralt is also going to be present in the game in some capacity, albeit more details haven’t yet been revealed.
The reveal that Ciri would be the new protagonist was quite controversial, leading the studio to release its own statement on the matter where it reiterated that the game will not be breaking the canon set by the works of Andrzej Sapkowski. The studio has also announced that the role of Ciri has been recast, with Jo Wyatt, who voiced the character in The Witcher 3, will not be returning to reprise her role.
When it comes to combat, Ciri will apparently play differently from
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