The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (Polish: Wiedźmin 3: Dziki Gon) is an upcoming action role-playing video game set in an open world environment, that is currently in development by Polish video game developer CD Projekt RED.^[6] It is scheduled to be released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One on May 19, 2015.^[7] The game is still not officially confirmed for Linux or Mac OS, however it may be possible that the game will be released on these platforms at a later time.^[8] The game will be the third in the series, preceded by The Witcher and The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, which are based on the series of fantasy novels of the same title by the Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski, b

Gameplay

CD Projekt RED has said that it is not necessary to have played the previous games to fully enjoy Wild Hunt.^[9] While similar to the previous Witcher games, Wild Hunt has improved on several aspects from past games. Combat revolves around an action role-playing game system combined with the use of magic. The fighting system has been completely revamped.^[9] Wild Hunt introduces some new mechanics, such as witcher-sense, combat on horseback, and at sea, swimming underwater, and using a crossbow. Additionally, Geralt can now jump, climb, and vault over smaller obstacles. The climbing mechanics have been described as "not exactly" like Assassin's Creed, but more "similar to what we have in Uncharted."^[10] Item creation and potion brewing still remains as in previous games, but has been modified from The Witcher 2. There are 10 witcher signs, 5 original ones, each having an alternative form along with the original ones. The setting is more than "30 times larger" than previous Witcher games,^[11][12] requiring players to use a sailboat to some locations and ride by horseback to others. However, fast travelling around the areas of known locations are also possible.^[13] The Witcher 3 has been described as "20% bigger than The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim".^[14]
Each action the player does will affect the world; every quest has a plethora of options on how to complete it, and every outcome is different each time. CD Projekt RED anticipates approximately 100 hours for the completion of the game,^[15] 50 of them belonging to side quests, and 50 belonging to the main story line.^[15]
The game features a dynamic day and night system, realistic AI, responsive and dynamic environments. The day and night cycle will influence some monsters and their powers, similar to how a werewolf would gain powers during the night of a full moon.
Ciri, an exceptional swordfighter with mythical powers, will be a playable character for part of the game.^[16]
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