The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Song of the Past Every effort will be made to maintain one of the distinctive features of CD Projekt RED role-playing games, which is that the player’s choices are reflected in the continuation of the story. exist VideoGamesChronicle InterviewFool Theory creative visual director Karolina Kuzua-Rokosz confirmed that the new expansion will take into account whether players have Have you completed Blood and Wine?the last major expansion pack was released in 2016.
However, there is no need to deal with the previous content before starting a new adventure. “From a practical perspective, players will be able to start Song of the Past immediately After completing the main story. Therefore there is no need to complete the extension. ” explained Kuzua-Rokosz.
But from a chronological perspective, Hearts of Stone Incident Blood and Wine remains before the new story. Therefore, “Song of the Past” will continue to tell the story of Geralt after the protagonist plans to retire, but is involved in the incident again due to the help of his friends.
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Players’ previous experiences still have an impact. “We will continue the story based on whether the player completes the second expansion. We keep this in mind in the story, dialogue, consequences, etc.,” the developers predict. It has not yet been detailed what they will be All variationsbut references to past events and varying consequences have been confirmed.
One of the goals of Songs from the Past is also to learn more about some of the known characters. Kuzua-Rokosz said the idea for the project came from CD Projekt RED’s proposal and hopes Tell new stories related to known charactersshowing aspects that had not previously found enough space.
“We’ve always wanted to know more about the people who were important to Geralt. It’s not that we want to draw firm conclusions, but we believe there’s still something to be said about Geralt,” he explained. Of the characters with more space, first there will be Maulancolo. In fact, CD Projekt RED has emphasized that the new expansion will allow us to deepen the relationship between him and Geralt, which has always been in the background compared to the relationship between protagonist Ciri and other main characters.
“This made Geralt say something he wouldn’t have said. Sometimes he’s the voice of reason, sometimes he’s the comedic element. But it was important for us to show the depth of the characters and their friendship,” explains Paweł Sasko. “This is something we never really had room to show in The Witcher 3 and its expansion packs.”
The Witcher 3: Song of the Past will be previewed on PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and Nintendo Switch 2 in 2027.