Bruh Witcher 4 is at the very earliest a launch title for next gen almost certainly later than that. They’ve burnt through pretty much the author had left for them to work with which means way more time building more characters lore and the quaily that brand is now associated with and they’re making a cyberpunk sequel + remaking Witcher 1 (now ESG approved) at the same time. I imagine School of the Linx which is the games working title is slated first but they won’t move most dev till about a year out. I am guessing 4 year away if they intend to maintain the brand image they worked so hard to obtain through Witcher 3.

But as to if it will have gwent I highly doubt it. Most people who would somewhat know anything about it seem to indicate they’re going far back in time 2-300 years from Witcher 1-3 or as I’ve heard it most said “when the witchers were out the height of their power.” So idk if they can make it sense with that framework and they’d need a whole new deck of characters no one would even know.

I’ve heard many postulations on how they could take it. Some want an elden ring style character creator but I think that would fit this game type very poorly. Best idea I’ve seen put forth yet is the Linx school was big but somehow got lost to time and we just inhabit the new main character there. I think their choice of Linx is indicative too at least of their preferred armor and fighting style since it’s a bit of mix between a wolf and a cat. Most likely the two most popular Witcher sets in 3 unless you got manticore in blood and wine. Viper absolutely nuked everything prior to their first euphoria nerf then the next gen update essentially made maniticore hybrid euphoria/aard build objectively the meta best build. Game is built to play and have fun however ya want though.

This post was edited on 4/9/24 at 8:01 am