http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/08/23/eyes-on-the-witcher-3-wild-hunt/#more-166162
'There’s every reason for scepticism at this early, hype-manufacturing stage, but what we saw at Gamescom this year suggests that The Witcher 3 could be the most important mainstream game of 2014. "
Big.
"While the main story will spill through the game in a certain direction, the entire game space – an archipelago of islands and a chunk of the North Kingdoms of The Witcher’s world – will be open for the first moments of the game. Explore, say CDP, and damn right, says I."
"It was at this point in the presentation that I think I Tweeted “holy shit” or similar, because I could see where CDP were going with this."
"Anyway, I should mention at this point some of the remarkable atmospherics that were in play on the screen during this session. There was a storm blowing, and the entire forest, every bough and blade of grass, was being battered by the bad weather. The lighting and audio, too, suggested that this was a place tainted by evil, and once the monster was inevitably slain, the oppressive feel of the forest began to lift, the storm subsiding and the sinister effects dissipating into dappled sun and falling leaves."
THIS sounds very cool.
"As The Witcher left to continue his quest, a voiceover revealed something even darker was to befall the village once he had departed. The Witcher 3 is going to be a deep and dark tale, said CDP, full of difficult decisions not just for Geralt, but for the other people living in his world."
Oh, god. As if I didn't agonize over enough of the decisions in W1 and W2..
'If they can then, well, we’ll not simply have watched a development studio coming of age, we’ll have seen them established as one of the most important studios working in games today.
And it’s not every week that I get to type that."
Aand...then they'll make Cyberpunk. Oh, happy life.
I think Wisdom will be VERY happy about the wasteland and open world options. Yes I do.