The launch of a game or the announcement of great sales results can be great opportunities to ask developers about their projects and plans for the future. Because ‘The Witcher’ has recently celebrated both of these occasions, naturally it’s our turn to share some thoughts about the past, present and future.

Today we would like to present you two interviews with Michal Kicinski, recently completed by EDGE (English) and GAMESTAR (German), as well as one article on DTF (Russian).

Below you can find some quotes from them:

“In an environment where PC gaming appears to be in an uphill battle against accessible consoles, wonky system requirements and--gasp--piracy, Poland-based CD Projekt's development debut, the PC RPG The Witcher, has been able to sell 1 million copies worldwide in the 12 months since its release.”

“In effect, development of The Witcher was like drafting a love note dedicated to single-player PC RPG fans. Yes, they are out there, and there are enough that they shouldn't be ignored.”

“As for the future of The Witcher, CD Projekt "wouldn't be very smart," according to Kicinski, if it didn't revisit the universe. An announcement is possible in the near future.”

i am certainly one of those lovers of single-player RPGs and i thank CDProjekt for giving me what i so badly wanted in a game :)

and when (not if!) The Witcher 2 appears, i'll be buying it for sure :)

""We tried to treat people well, and they've treated us well," said Kacinski, revealing CD Projekt's shocking, forward-thinking strategy." This is something that moast publishers and developers forget. The suport and the respect that CDP Team is showing to the community is present even on this forum.

Wise words

Community is one of the factors which made Witcher so special!
There is no single day without new fan arts, adventures, fan music/fiction etcetera
Our community is more unique than we have ever imagine! :teeth:

But you know what – we are still hungry for more

Just stay tuned

More is to come  :teeth:

It is brave. Brave, and smart. This whole idea of constructing a game for the masses results in a lack of originality in game design and it floods the market with generic, cookie-cutter games. The safe option would be to try and hit as many target markets as you can to try and generate the largest possible return on investment. This mindset is resulting in games that are a cipher of another game that came before it.

That's a big part of The Witcher's charm - it's not trying to be some generic cash cow. As a gamer, as a fantasy fan and as a geek, delving further into the game really shows just how much care, passion and attention to detail went into crafting the gaming experience. It really shows, and it's nice to be here on the other side of the screen to the devs and see the quality and in turn, feel respected as a gamer.

It's nice to know somebody out there knows how to create games for gamers :)

Agreed :) The support RED show this forum is remarkable. Either that, or they're luring us here with the game and secretly recruiting soldiers to fight in the coming zombie apoocalypse. In which case, they are to be commended for their foresight and proactivity in dealing with the zombie threat. Either way, much respect :)

So anyway, great interviews, thanks for bringing them to our attention. Epic wooties be due to Michal Kicinski for being a champion and sharing his insights on the gaming community. I find that stuff fascinating :)

Lovely_psycho, you've just said everything that I wanted to say and said it well.

And of course they know how to create games for gamers and lovers of fantasy novels -- they ARE gamers and lovers of fantasy novels.  Who decided that the suits should be in charge at most companies, I don't know, but the suits don't know anything about how to satisfy geeks and gamers.

This makes me feel very special. That my character and personal tastes are recognized by a company.

This was the first feeling i got from the moment i bought the game, opened it, and found inside the two boxes and the awesome manual. It continued even stronger, when i installed the game and found myself staring at the (breath-taking) beautiful designed main menu. And it grew only bigger and bigger as i was playing the game.
Now, with the Enhanced Edition, i feel that every one of the CDPROJECT members is a friend.   :wave:

For myself and my husband, both of us single-player PC-RPG fans for years and years, I want to thank all of the developers of this wonderful game.  Everytime I play it, I see something or learn something new and have a wonderful time doing so. 

Thanks to you and this wonderful community.

Happy Halloween!

FAM

"In effect, development of The Witcher was like drafting a love note dedicated to single-player PC RPG fans."

Guys?  It worked.  We love you back!

I to I'm in to Single player RPG's I hate MMO's like WOW and have told alot a friends to get The Witcher and they did and they too have love this game great story and game play.