A New Game is launched Don’t expect The Witcher 4 to look exactly like its big showcase when it launches, as CD Projekt is “not guaranteeing that this will appear unchanged” in the full RPG is launched.
Don’t expect The Witcher 4 to look exactly like its big showcase when it launches, as CD Projekt is “not guaranteeing that this will appear unchanged” in the full RPGnew features
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Don’t expect The Witcher 4 to look exactly like its big showcase when it launches, as CD Projekt is “not guaranteeing that this will appear unchanged” in the full RPG new features
The Witcher 4 devs are still fighting the good fight about what exactly a tech demo means when compared to the final game, which means they’re “not guaranteeing that this will appear unchanged” and that the full RPG will look like what we’ve seen so far.
Speaking with GamesRadar+, engineering production manager Jan Hermanowicz explains that what we saw during The Witcher 4’s big State of Unreal unveiling “is a technological demo and not an actual game, or gameplay.” The region that The Witcher 4 is set in – the northerly nation of Kovir – “will appear in the game,” and the tech demo is based on “actual assets from CD Projekt Red,” but that doesn’t mean that the finished game will necessarily use those same assets.
One thing Hermanowicz does point out, however, is that “the art style and the visual direction” remains distinct. Referring to The Witcher 4 reveal trailer from The Game Awards 2024, he suggests that eagle-eyed players should have noticed “some resemblance” with the Unreal demo. There’s a slight difference, “but they are sharing the same character and the same style and direction.” That direction is CDPR’s “current approach,” but since Hermanowicz also notes that The Witcher 4 is still very early in development, that approach could still change.