LOS ANGELES (AP) – “The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt” isn’t shying away from its name.
With quests involving topless sorceresses, supernatural fetuses and missing frying pans, the third installment of the role-playing saga is expected to be the wildest yet for Polish video game developer CD Projekt RED.
The latest edition of the video game franchise based on Polish writer Andrzej Sapkowski’s fantasy book series unflinchingly begins with a horse decapitation.
“It’s a medieval world,” said Marcin Iwinski, co-founder and CEO of Warsaw, Poland-based CD Projekt RED. “It’s nothing strange. There are people dying on battlefields, and there are animals dying on battlefields. It’s just a way to show the world of ‘The Witcher’ as it was described in the books. I actually see a lot of similarities between ‘The Witcher’ and ‘Game of Thrones.'”
It’s true both fantasy franchises are mercilessly brutal, as well as morally ambiguous and unapologetically adult.