Although The Witcher 3 now stands the test of time as one of the best RPGs ever created, it doesn't boast such a simple origin story. CD Projekt Red had to try, and then try again.
And again, apparently. Lead quest designer Paweł Sasko recalls as much in a new online post commemorating the conception of The Witcher 3. "It's February 2012," he begins.
"A former factory in Warsaw. Red brick, wooden folding chairs, the smell of an old building that has been a hundred things before. Around 80 of us, the team that just shipped The Witcher 2. The lights dim." That's when The Witcher 3 was born.