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[Gilrond-i-Virdan]

I'm not sure if we are talking about the same map. The one I saw had clear "Kaer Morhen" marked on it.

 

[shawn_kh]

There is no Kaer Morhen on that map...or do you mean "The Morhen Eye" on the far north-east? It can't be Kaer Morhen because that's ridiculously far away from Novigrad aka a few hundred kilometers or so...maybe it's an artistic trick of the REDS to get it on the same artwork map but it's definitely not a valid sign for the size of the map. And then again the name isn't really right. Why "The Morhen Eye"?

If you want to know how big the region is, take the distance between Novigrad and Oxenfurt. The region goes south for about three of that distances starting in Novigrad. You're not even in Gors Velen by that measurement. And Oxenfurt is pretty much the most eastern part of the map so it's impossible that Vizima would be part of it (not even talking about Kaer Morhen)...

This is what I originally thought.
But I stared at the map Gamestar released for 15 minutes and it seemed like that CDPR has tweaked the original map of the universe in order to make Kaer Morhen and Vizima a continuous part of the map, and they are both clearly labeled and drawn. It's as if they have shrunken the original map and the locations are much closer to each other.
I am still scratching my head, brother.

 

[Gilrond-i-Virdan]

This is what I originally thought.
But I stared at the map Gamestar released for 15 minutes and it seemed like that CDPR has tweaked the original map of the universe in order to make Kaer Morhen and Vizima a continuous part of the map, and they are both clearly labeled and drawn. It's as if they have shrunken the original map and the locations are much closer to each other.
I am still scratching my head, brother.

I think it's a mess, it doesn't match the world map and only adds confusion. So let's wait for the official information.

 

[Scholdarr.452]

This is what I originally thought.
But I stared at the map Gamestar released for 15 minutes and it seemed like that CDPR has tweaked the original map of the universe in order to make Kaer Morhen and Vizima a continuous part of the map, and they are both clearly labeled and drawn. It's as if they have shrunken the original map and the locations are much closer to each other.
I am still scratching my head, brother.

Neither Kaer Morhen nor Vizima are visible on the map...

 

[Gilrond-i-Virdan]

Neither Kaer Morhen nor Vizima are visible on the map...

The one on Neogaf had it.

 

[Scholdarr.452]

If you really want, run "Gamestar Witcher 3 map" in any image search.

LOL, I have the magazine in PDF right before me.

It's 100% impossible that Vizima or Kaer Morhen are on that map (at least if "The Morhen Eye" isn't "Kaer Morhen").

 

[Gilrond-i-Virdan]

LOL, I have the magazine in PDF right before me.

So, someone could edit it, who knows. That's why I don't really trust any of that without official confirmation. It all can as well be a prank.

 

[Scholdarr.452]

Wow. ok, you're right and I'm wrong, sorry. Apparently someone managed to get the "full" world map. The one in the magazine is actually kind of hidden behind other screens at the borders...

But anyway, even in this map, Vizima and Kaer Morhen are seperated from the Novigrad region. And the distances, especially to Kaer Morhen and Skellige are really totally off/broken. Seems like it's just done for the artwork. Imho the Novigrad region is still limited to everything north-east of Gors Velen and south-west of Oxenfurt.


I acutally liked the world map much more before I see the full thing. Now it kind of sucks hard.

 

[shawn_kh]

I acutally liked the world map much more before I see the full thing. Now it kind of sucks hard.

I have to disagree with the last part.
I actually want Kaer Morhen and Vizima to be part of the map, but I think it is unlikely.

 

[mxYELLOW]

I've highlighted the locations shown at the artwork worldmap from Gamestar from a real scaled map that we are aware of. The Gamestar worldmap makes it look like all these locations are next to each other but they aren't. That is just an artwork and not the in-game map. We may see Skellige/Vizima/Kaer Morhen in fog of war whenever we're in Novigrad region or something like that to show that they are separate, we don't know.

IMO they just need to be presented in a single map for reference and not to be confused as a continuous open map. As you can see from the Gamestar map there are mountain ranges that separates Novigrad region to Kaer Morhen and a deep trench-like landscape to Vizima. You get the idea.

 

[arkhenon]

That's not the map of the game world, it's just an artistic representation of all the near areas in my opinion. As far as I know it has been confirmed that Vizima will be in part of the prologue (and only the palace at that), and Kaer Morhen will be a region that is completely explorable, but again accessed via a loading screen. The area that @Scholdarr.452 showed originally still stands for Novigrad+NML map, as far as I know.

 

[Gilrond-i-Virdan]

That looks way too small to me. And it's supposed to be larger than Skyrim? Something is off. Where did you get the idea to only mark those squares?

 

[Scholdarr.452]

I've made a sketch of how I think CDPR "composed" the map:

View attachment 11636

 

[mxYELLOW]

Kaer Morhen will be a region that is completely explorable, but again accessed via a loading screen

Yes, because it is a separate and a far away region.

 

[Asmodean778]

I searched around the last few pages, and I couldn't find this posted yet. Hopefully not a repost. Not to scale, but I thought it was cool =)
Edit: removed, Not allowed to post it, apparently..

 

[Gilrond-i-Virdan]

@Asmodean778 : Mods asked not to post it here. Anyway, that map is totally not proportional.

 

[sp3tan]

LOL, I have the magazine in PDF right before me.

It's 100% impossible that Vizima or Kaer Morhen are on that map (at least if "The Morhen Eye" isn't "Kaer Morhen").

There is a map on the official Witcher subreddit. The map shown on the magazine(i got it aswell) is also shown on reddit with Kaer Morhen and Vizima.

 

[Scholdarr.452]

There is a map on the official Witcher subreddit. The map shown on the magazine(i got it aswell) is also shown on reddit with Kaer Morhen and Vizima.

Dude, that's old news. Read my latest posts.

 

[Asmodean778]

@Asmodean778 : Mods asked not to post it here. Anyway, that map is totally not proportional.

Well, that would explain why I didn't see it, then. Didn't know it wasn't allowed. I've removed it, then. Thanks for the head's up.

 

[mxYELLOW]

That looks way too small to me. And it's supposed to be larger than Skyrim? Something is off. Where did you get the idea to only mark those squares?

That is not small if you take realistic scaling into consideration, remember that that is a continent.