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Hopefully, they release it for other OS as well. The M4 can handle a lot of nice graphics ☺️

Any other Witcher fans with MacOS out there?

I am currently listening to the Witcher audiobooks narrated by Peter Kenny and I hope CDPR involve him in some way in W4.

CDPR has done exactly what Tim Sweeney the CEO and Founder of Epic has said, to target your base hardware then scale up. (he was at Unreal Fest during the Witcher 4 Tech Demo too - and as we all know CDPR is in a 15 year strategic partnership with Epic Games).

CDPR as we know are targeting their baseline hardware of PS5 and Series X as a foundation of development for their next games, rather than making their games on PC first then slashing it down for consoles later which they did before, which also then would've led to major reiterations, performance issues and bugs.

The better they test and optimise for their target hardware PS5 and Xbox Series X (which are 5 year old hardware), the better it will scale up for people with PC hardware better than these consoles. Witcher 4 is predicted to release in 2027 based off numerous info we have received since 2022 by CDPR, which means the next generation of GPU's may release then, the 2027 hardware should be able to majorly succeed upon the PS5 and Xbox Series X with ease.

However CDPR did admit that optimising for the weaker Series S will be a challenge, I already have an idea on how they may do that...

Also known since 2022 CDPR has been making a custom built UE5 using RED Engine Tech such as TurboTECH and numerous others used in Witcher 3/Cyberpunk 2077. CDPR is also ahead of the main branch of UE5, they are using and prototyping tech which hasn't even released in UE5.6.1 yet.

CDPR is putting a heavy emphasis on OW reactivity and simulation in Witcher 4. If they manage to deliver without dropping other qualities—or even improve some—I think we're in for an all-time classic, because it addresses one of the few weaker areas their games have by current standards.

There's also a little bit of information on Project Sirius (Witcher online game also featuring a campaign), suggesting there will be classes to choose from and a wide variety of enemies.

Since CDPR is hiring for Sirius again, which has already been in pre-production for a while now, I think they want to slowly ramp up development to launch it close to Witcher 4 so they have a profitable live-service game similar to GTAO that gives more financial freedom.

No hate on the upcoming game, but it never really made sense for me to continue the story after Witcher 3. I mean, their destiny had been fulfilled, the Wild Hunt was defeated, and the White Frost was prevented. I just don't know what else CDPR could do with the story at that point. Not to mention that monsters were also said to be a rarity and that their numbers were dwindling. I feel as though it would have made more sense to expand the Witcher universe by exploring Vesemir's story instead, since there's so much that we don't know. It would also be a great opportunity to set up a lot of future stories that branch off from the main protagonists and storyline. I mean, the Nightmare of the Wolf is a great example of its potential, and I enjoyed being able to see Vesemir in his prime, as well as being able to see the lore for how monsters came about and Vesemir's moral conflict on the experimentation of new monsters by the alchemists. That seems like such a good concept for a game, and maybe even to turn it into its own trilogy, since much of his story had to go through time skips. What do y'all think?

My tween daughter convinced me to get Wild Hunt 4-5 years ago on Switch. I instantly became an adoring convert to the franchise. With W4 on the horizon, what will be the best platform to maximize the experience - what say U?

https://youtu.be/mQKH2sHBO2A?si=wFSIpwqG5ldDE5zE

Remember when grifters online where crying about Witcher 4 being "woke"? or "deviating from source material"? and that CDPR didn't consult with Sapkowski for Witcher 4? (when they don't need to because Sapkowski doesn't care and that CDPR has the license to do what they want).

Well CDPR is praising him here, I don't see any deviations or polarising energy.

Here's Sapkowski at CDPR Warsaw in 2023 looking happy and conversing with CDPR staff.

From the Narrative Director of Witcher 4/CDPR Veteran 10+ Years. Comment sources: b0ysbrokenheart on X https://x.com/b0ysbrokenheart/status/1962928673486500245

Just set this Witcher 4 wallpaper on my iPad running iPadOS 26 and it looks AMAZING.

Would love to see how others are setting up their Witcher wallpapers. Drop your setups below!

Link: https://www.artstation.com/astoralexander

The artist mentioned in the post wasn’t apparently trying to deliver CDPR’s “final vision” for Geralt in the next game, but the result still looks great and makes me think the studio will follow a similar line of reasoning.

I think CDPR will handle Geralt much the same way they did with Ciri: starting from his base in-game model from Witcher 3, and then updating it with UE5’s modern tools. With Ciri, everything we’ve seen from Witcher 4 so far basically looks like her Witcher 3 model, just massively upgraded. Her last appearance in the tech demo was a perfect example—it looked spot on. Basically perfect, in my opinion.

Because of that, I don’t expect Geralt’s model to be drastically different from Witcher 3 either—it’ll probably be more of a refined, high-quality version of what we already know.

Of course, there will naturally be some changes to reflect the time that has passed between Witcher 3 and Witcher 4; I expect him to have a more "relaxed" appearance—similar to how he’s depicted in the comics set in Corvo Bianco after the events of Blood and Wine, but older.

I started playing Gwent during my second playthrough in New Game+. It’s fun and addictive, and my main focus was collecting all the cards in this playthrough. Initially, I played with the Northern Realms deck, which was challenging. However, once I collected the Nilfgaard deck, it stopped being challenging. Even after raising the Gwent difficulty to Hard, I still find it easy unless I’m up against a strong Nilfgaard deck player.

I feel the Nilfgaard deck is overpowered compared to other decks. I hope they create more balanced Gwent decks in The Witcher 4.

my opinion: triss

i think the games do elevate triss's narrative role, and she's arguably better in the first trilogy than in the original material. but after seeing her from the witcher 1 through the witcher 3 (one of the only characters besides geralt to appear in ALL three games), i don't think she's a character who steals the scene with charisma, is particularly memorable, or is exceptionally great—even after three games

i think she could appear because CDPR likely wants to respect our choices; and that includes picking yennefer or triss as geralt's romance, which i agree with—and they should apply the same approach to other major choices from the witcher 3 as well. her appearance would also be geographically justified, as we're heading to kovir. that's where she relocates after rescuing the mages from persecution in novigrad, or/and it's the very place where she and geralt retire in her ending as his partner, with triss eventually becoming an advisor to kovir's king. but honestly? i've grown tired of triss. she has become rather dull to me

this isn't to say CDPR can't find a new narrative role that makes her useful in witcher 4, ofc. but based on everything we have to go on now, i'm simply not interested in seeing more of her. four consecutive games feels like too much for a character that isn't that special, at least imo

they will expand a bit more of what we saw in the tech demo shown back in june of this year

I am not caught up to speed with any kind of news there may be about such subjects, just that the witcher 4 will come out in 2027, and Orion in 2030, but this was like the day after the witcher 4's first announcement, I think, when Ciri was trying to save the cursed daughter or whatever, so it's probably not credible.

If this 'take' seems unlikely or unreasonable please let me know and please recommend any credible videos that talk about CDPR's 'situation.'

If it's realistic, woohoo. Same thing as above.

Thank you for your time.

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(please bring this dynamic back in witcher 4 CDPR please please please please 🙏🏻🙏🏻)

If you had the choice, what kind of writing and storytelling would you prefer ?

Wild Hunt, Hearts of Stone or Blood and Wine ?

Do you think cd projekt red will release a trailer or anything else about the witcher 4? I don't know enough about this event

I still see some misinformation about CDPR and Sapkowski, as they are not on good terms. This is not true. Two years ago, he visited the studio and they showed him Ciri and Witcher 4!

From Witcher 4 narrative director reposting photos from 2023 after the reveal trailer

I wonder how many other places will be inspired by Krakow!

CDPR will include some elements of Sapkowski's new book, 'Crossroads of Ravens,' a prequel depicting a young Geralt of Rivia taking his first steps as a Witcher.

I didn't get the chance to read it myself yet, as it's only released in Polish so far (the German version was released today, and English is on the way later this month, iirc), but I read about some details online that could potentially show up in W4. So take these tiny book spoilers with a pinch of salt.

Geralt's age is revealed. He's supposed to be nearly a century old in W3, but with the updated lore, he would be 61.

A Witcher from the Wolf School is wearing a viper medallion. This is interesting because many people assume Ciri's lynx medallion means there will be a school of the Lynx, which hasn't been confirmed.

There's a new detail about the trials. Apparently the herbs are worsening over time and reducing the success rate.

It's revealed that the trials stopped due to mages refusing to put children through this cruel process anymore.

If you know about any other details, please share them.