With The Witcher 3 on all our minds as the RPG's new expansion (no, not DLC, y'all), Songs of the Past, is underway, former CD Projekt Red developers remain as hopeful as we do that it'll prove to be well-done.
Speaking with GamesRadar+ in a recent interview at Summer Game Fest, Rebel Wolves – the team made up of CD Projekt Red veterans currently working on vampire RPG The Blood of Dawnwalker – CEO Konrad Tomaszkiewicz shares his thoughts on Songs of the Past. It's an interesting statement for sure, seeing as Tomaszkiewicz approaches his words as someone who worked on The Witcher 3 and its two previous expansions.
"I've never played The Witcher games as a player," admits the dev. "Because, when you work on the first Witcher, second Witcher, third Witcher, both expansions," it's not the same as it is for normal fans.
"I was the developer playing it all the time," as Tomaszkiewicz puts it. "I couldn't play The Witcher 3 right now, even from the start, because I saw it too many times." Honestly, I get it – it must've been tiring to even consider.
When it comes to Songs of the Past, though, things are a bit different. Tomaszkiewicz didn't work on it himself, after all, so he finally gets to approach it as a player rather than a dev – and, in turn, he hopes the expansion is good… just like the rest of us do.
"I hope this expansion will be good," he says. "I will play it [for the] first time as a player. And I only have one request… how to say it politely… to do it good."
Again, I'd wager the majority of the community feels that way right now, too. CD Projekt Red has been hyping the expansion up as well, making it all the more exciting – for us fans and former devs of The Witcher 3, apparently.
We are discussing a title that's not just one of (if not the) best Witcher games, but one of the best RPGs to date, so it's unsurprising that expectations are high. For what it's worth, I'm thinking it'll deliver, personally.
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