As part of Epic Games' recent Unreal Engine 5 showcase, The Witcher and Cyberpunk 2077 developer CD Projekt Red spoke on the subject of working with the technically impressive game-building software. Just in case you don't already know, the Polish company is using Unreal Engine 5 to make the next Witcher title, which was officially announced a couple of weeks back.
CDPR says that it wants to make something "extraordinary" alongside Epic Games, and that it won't stop iterating on the groundwork that Unreal Engine 5 provides. Indeed, a key selling point of the engine is that it's apparently very easy to create large, detailed, and realistic environments — something that will no doubt be of use to CDPR when it comes to shaping the new Witcher's (supposedly) open world.
CDPR's partnership with Epic Games is an interesting one. Previously, the developer had relied on its own REDengine for the creation of its games, but the incredibly rough launch of Cyberpunk 2077 served to highlight the aging engine's faults. Hopefully, with the help of Unreal Engine 5, CDPR can push the bar again — just like it did with The Witcher 3 in 2015.
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It’s going to be hard to trust these guys again when the hype machine undoubtedly revs up here.
Man do I hope this game is as good as it could be.
Less talk, more doing please. Even if it takes a while to do those things.
If they want to make something "extraordinary" with UE5... then don't take shortcuts. Take your time. Treat your staff well. The talent of the team should do the rest.
Please CDPR... don't F this up.
Whenever I see a witcher 3 thumbnail,I always think it's about a release date of the ps5 version lol.
The witcher 3 complete edition looks amazing on my ps4 pro.so imagine how good the witcher 4 will look .word up son
Lets hope “extraordinary” means ‘not a completely broken, content lacking, failed on promise s***show’
Oh, good, a new CDPR game. The PS8 remaster should be great!
My guess is they had a lot of trouble adapting Red Engine for consoles, since it was made primarily for PC, hence the problems Cyberpunk had.
UE5 will definitely help in this regard.
Furthermore, they will have help this time modifying/adapting the engine, it won't be solely on their back. Here's hoping it will help them concentrate much more on the game itself this time (than on the engine), and the result will be a new masterpiece to surpass even The Witcher 3.
I hope they keep the new game at least as engaging and interesting as the 2015 game, and they don't fill it up with needless quests and collectables.
And that they don't expand the map too much only for the sake of being bigger than the previous game, and fill it up with meaningless stuff. Don't take ANY inspiration from Ubisoft's Open World formula!
We don't need a bigger map we need a better game! Something Ubisoft doesn't seem to understand even to this day.
Looking forward to it. Enjoying Witcher 3. Started playing it for the first time quite recently. What a masterpiece.
It still holds up very well after all these years, eager to see what the next-gen patch will bring to the table.
I think CDPR's best talents are in their writing and original characters departments.
The Witcher 3 is my favorite game of all time! Please don’t mess this up!
I'm genuinely confused why they don't just stfu for a while and let the game speak for itself when it's nearing release?
Why don't they just learn from their stupid mistakes?
It's that stupid kid from school that lies and brags to everyone about how he's got the next big thing, gets found out that he's a liar, comes back the next day bragging about another big thing he got
@AhmadSumadi Same! Please, CDPR, take your time and don't release the game until it's ready!
I hope these guys and gals can deliver. They have a lot to prove with this
Did they not learn? Don’t be saying stuff like that years from release dude
This is great news, they can focus on making the game and not have to worry about performance and engine issues. This should be a great game if they can just focus on finishing it and not talking about it every 5 seconds.
@Shinnok789 I agree with everything you said after “my guess”
That sounds great and all, but will still wait for console reviews before buying...
Oh not this again, just make the game first. Cannot deal with them overselling again. Please people, don’t pre-order. They made a mint of Cyberpunk despite the backlash because so many pre-ordered. We need to let them earn our trust back. Wait for reviews and avoid any pre-release shows they put on their YouTube channel.
CDPR: We've learned a lot from the Cyberpunk debacle.
Also CDPR: Let's tell everyone how extraordinary our next game will be before we have even started making it.
For those saying CDPR should learn from there mistakes and shut up, this is a marketing push by Epic for Unreal as I see it. Who knows, perhaps CDPR are obligated to do some videos like this.
Hopefully in Witcher 4 is a battle royale with all the equipment and characters are NFT's.
I wouldn’t use too much hype and try to regain trust with true facts if I was CDPR although I understand that for them cyberpunk was an mixed experience and not only a catastrophe as they destroyed their reputation, yes, but they nonetheless made a bunch of real money for a mediocre game
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