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The Witcher 3's No Fetch Quest Policy Will Return For The Witcher 4

CD Projekt is carrying its quest design philosophy from The Witcher 3 into The Witcher 4, which means no frivolous fetch quests.

www.thegamer.com

In an interview with GamesRadar+, narrative director Philipp Weber explained the lessons the team has learned from The Witcher 3 and which ones they'll be applying to The Witcher 4.

"We also know the things that The Witcher 3 was good at," Weber explained. "We can't break that. The stuff we want from a Witcher game, that people want from a Witcher game, we can't break that. We have to do that."


"A lot of the narrative lessons from The Witcher 3, we use them exactly the same way," he continued. "A lot of the rules on how to do quests that we wrote down, for, as an example, new team members on The Witcher 4. Those are the rules from The Witcher 3. Sometimes we have new things for new features, but the core stuff, it's that same philosophy we wanted."

As you may have gleaned, this includes the core philosophy of "no fetch quests" that The Witcher 3 is famous for.

 

[R3TRO]

If only more games followed that.

 

[Clintizzle]

Ubisoft be like:

 

[asdasdasdbb]

Fetch Quests aren't necessarily bad... if it's just a setup for an interesting or unique fight.

 

[adamsapple]

TW3 might not have had 'fetch' quests, but it had its fair share of filler quests all the same.

 

[Topher]

TW3 might not have had 'fetch' quests, but it had its fair share of filler quests all the same.

Some repetitive ones maybe, but I'd say the ratio of quality side quests to filler is pretty high compared to others

 

[ADiTAR]

So no dogs?

 

[Unfortunatecookie]

No fetch quests

The Witcher 3

What the hell are they talking about? Saying TW3 doesn't have fetch quests is like saying Mario Kart doesn't have karts.

 

[Hideous Snake]

Yes, build on that and even make it better if you can. The quality in Witcher 3 quests were magnificent! Repetitive ones were acceptable since the majority were absolute quality

 

[kikkis]

Only difference between fetch quest or batman vision quest is whether it has interesting story

 

[Ocean Dweller]

Ubisoft be like:

LOL

 

[Thief1987]

But there are tons of fetch quests?

 

[MoreJRPG]

But there are tons of fetch quests?

Each quest in TW3 has substance. They mean fetch quest as in "Go get NPC an apple for no reason"

 

[Donald mac Ronald]

Witcher 3 side quest was.

Npc cry.
Walk 20 metres.
Turn batman mode on
Follow trail
Kill pig.

 

[BoxFresh123]

Give me another quest like the Toussaint one where you build the statue and we're cool.

 

[lh032]

The Witcher 3's No Fetch Quest Policy Will Return For The Witcher 4

CD Projekt is carrying its quest design philosophy from The Witcher 3 into The Witcher 4, which means no frivolous fetch quests.

www.thegamer.com

Wicther quest = go here > witcher sense > next objective > then maybe some slightly interesting encounter


nothing special here lol

 

[Facism]

How about no Witcher sense missions? Because those were better lol.

 

[MagiusNecros]

Kinda funny since the main story of Witcher 3 is one of the biggest fetch quest chains ever conceived.

 

[simpatico]

Little bit high on their own supply. The only thing that separates a bad Ubi quest and a thoughtful, mature quest from TW3 is the dialog between map markers. Hate to be the cynic, but if you're playing the game and mute and skipping cutscenes the gameplay looks identical. TW3 is pretty overrated and owes a lot of it's success to timing and the rest of the market releasing doo doo. Don't get me wrong, it's not a bad game, but I want to live in a gaming landscape where TW3 can be enjoyed and talked about as the 7.5 that it is.

TW2 for life. The series has taken steps back with every instalment. Following a shockingly similar quality path to Mass Effect. You guys know what this means for 4. Should come as no surprise since all the senior Witcher people have been gone from CDPR for a long time now. Hell they don't even know how to use RED Engine without them. UE5 isn't a tactical switch, it's a necessity.

 

[The Skull]

You kidding, every two seconds for half of the Witcher 3's quests was activate Batman detective mode and follow some footsteps. It's almost unavoidable to some degree with open world quest design but stop smelling your own farts CDPR.

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

The entire quest structure for The Witcher 3 was based on inane, tiresome chores. Including the main one. I don't know how they convinced themselves that the game was anything short of a glorified grocery list.

 

[Thief1987]

Witcher 3 side quest was.

Npc cry.
Walk 20 metres.
Turn batman mode on
Follow trail
Kill pig.

90% of the main quests built on the same template

 

[Donald mac Ronald]

90% of the main quests built on the same template

Yeah I didn't find anything special about them mechanically or formula. Still, fantastically written and gets you invested .

 

[vaibhavpisal]

Witcher 3 is full of fetch quests though.

There is a way to differentiate between fetch quests and meaty side quests though. So one can easily skip them.