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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