I'm rather curious to know what Witcher fans in particular think about the studio's shift to Cyberpunk.
First, I just need to say that I love medieval histories. No matter if those are movies, books, animes, comics or tv series, that always has been my favorite fiction genre. The Lord of the Rings movies being the biggest guilty for that for me. That said, It is also true that I always has found difficult to find a "ONE" game to rule all... I mean..., to really show all the potencial I see on the genre.
Even confess, that I played some very awful games, just because I was caught by a trailer of a cool world.
It was back on 2011 that I bought a games magazine, and there was 2 rpg's on focus: Skyrim and The Witcher 2 for Xbox. Immediatly, I started searching about then; on Skyrim, I felt a let down with the FPV and the apparently low focus on the history. The Witcher on the contrary, makes me more and more interested as I found It also has books, comics, a tv series, a film... all things that I like, with one big medieval theme!? That was a dream coming true.
But I prefered to keep cautions, so I went for trailers, gameplays, reviews, more gameplays (even caught some spoilers)..., and finally I did pre-order the Enhanced Edition. Meanwhile, waiting for the arrival, I started to read the books and see the serie. On the first, also finding all things that I like on the genre, like monsters, adventure, romance
, some mysteries and, better, a world which keeps a good balance between the great adventure and the dark/moral questions. Better for me than, for example, Game of Thrones.
Sooner, I already had finished TW2 three times In less than a month... Not just he was as good as I tought, but even better. The history, the variation of monsters - some really fun, like the trolls, others big and dangerous like the Kayran... - , the possiblity of doing my own history, making a decision and getting a consequence..., the characters... I love the juvenile but smart of Triss's personality, the good but "problematic" best friend Dandelion, Geralt which I first found interesting by the "lonely warrior" image, but then become fascinated by his past and how he tries to keep neutrality, even if inside he is boiling to do something, sometimes.
A single Witcher, a "freak and a monster", with much more decency, honor and compassion than 90% of the entire North. The little details.., and the amazing job of CD Projekt to, not just make a good history, but a awesome game.
More, there is a phrase about TW2, that even today I remember and which also explains why I like the franchise - There, you can be able to fight a horde of monsters, then go chat with your friend and then just go walk in the forest, with a few drops of rain falling and a beautiful song till you discover a lost garden among the trees. It is not just the fight, It is not just the visuals or the medieval settings, not even just the characters, romance, the memorable encounters or the epic soundtrack, but all that put together that makes The Witcher so good.
But, as I said, I love the medieval fiction more than any other, and I think that never will change, but It doesn't mean that I don't pay attention to others.. And If there is a thing that I learned by playing a lot of bad games, Is that the history and the good work itself makes all the diference, so of course I am more than happy to give Cyberpunk a try, because CD Projekt proved me many times that they can do a great work, which deserve to be noticed.
And what I look of The Witcher on Cyberpunk!? Is the amazing histories, the choices and their consequences for us to handle. A great world, full of interesting characters, places and opportunities to make a truly memorable adventure..., and I trust they will give us that.