The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt represented a massive step forward for developer CD Projekt Red. Its predecessor, The Witcher 2, was a great role-playing game in its own right, but the Polish studio’s ambition had not been sated. In the years that followed the release of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim in 2011, there was a gap in the market for another huge fantasy RPG, especially when current-gen consoles arrived in 2013. And, with genre veteran BioWare unable to fully capitalise on this opportunity with the somewhat divisive Dragon Age: Inquisition in 2014, the stage was well and truly set for the return of the White Wolf.
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