The Witcher 3 turns 10 later this yr, and in a current interview, the voice of Geralt of Rivia himself Doug Cockle has mirrored on why he thinks the sport has endured for therefore lengthy.
I do know it will most likely make numerous you realise how previous you’re if you hear the phrases “The Witcher 3 is sort of 10 years previous”, and consider you me, I really feel the identical, however it’s an unlucky truth of life. The sport has continued to be very talked-about over this previous decade, and even when a sequel is lastly on the way in which, I think about it will proceed to be beloved by many. Now, in a current interview with GamesRadar, voice of long-time protagonist Geralt, Doug Cockle, has shared why he thinks the discharge of The Witcher 3 was such an enormous deal, in addition to why it is nonetheless so fashionable now all these years later.
“It was a milestone in sport improvement for every kind of causes: the standard of the animation; the standard of the gameplay; the visuals; the sound design; the storytelling; the writing,” Cockle defined. “All of it was so superb when it first got here out, and it continues to be superb.” He additionally suppose that it is continued success is partly right down to the truth that not a lot else has matched its high quality within the intervening years, saying, “I believe there are only a few video games which have come out since which have approached that stage of immersive storytelling that [The Witcher 3] achieved in 2015 when it first got here out.”
Plus, there’s the truth that it is “additionally the sport that introduced the books to a wider viewers,” Cockle says, “so this complete great new fantasy world grew to become out there to individuals who had no concept it existed earlier than. It’s such a wealthy and great world. I believe that was an enormous a part of what made it then – and nonetheless makes it – essential and iconic.”
Clearly Cockle’s efficiency as Geralty has been an enormous a part of the enchantment of the character too, and even when he will not be the protagonist in The Witcher 4, he’s no less than very enthusiastic about Ciri taking the reins (even when he will not say precisely why).