It turns out that The Witcher 3 could have ended quite differently, as one scrapped conclusion planned to see Geralt set off on a "suicide mission" which was "kind of inspired by Mass Effect 2."
This was revealed by lead writer Marcin Blacha in a recent interview with PC Gamer, who mentions that some of the "biggest changes" made to the game between its development and the final version were related to the titular Wild Hunt. Geralt was once planned to be "kind of like an insider," and "doing stuff pretending to be one of them."
