Posted June 16, 2014
I thought this would be an interesting slice of Witcher history for people here :)
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-06-16-the-witcher-game-that-never-was?utm_source=eurogamer&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=net-daily
TL:DR
It wasn't made by CD Projekt Red - in fact it didn't have anything to do with CD Projekt - but it was being made in Poland.
It was being made by Adrian Chmielarz, the developer best known for leading People Can Fly and Bulletstorm. Long before the PCF days he worked at another studio that he co-founded with a school friend - a studio called Metropolis. And it's here that in 1996 and 1997 - six years before developer CD Projekt Red was founded - a game called The Witcher was being made.
But what if? What if Metropolis had run with The Witcher series and CD Projekt hadn't? Well, Chmielarz mulls, then CD Projekt Red probably wouldn't exist. "For me it doesn't matter that we didn't make The Witcher at Metropolis, but for CD Projekt it matters that they took this brand and turned it into gold.
"It's almost a good thing that we didn't do it."
With The Witcher 3, CD Projekt Red has a chance to crown a decade of work and the first part of its history - its becoming. What 150 people there are making - and they have a lot left to do - will feel, Chmielarz believes, like the work of a thousand. And if CD Projekt Red delivers what he expects the studio to, then "they enter the Premiership for good".
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-06-16-the-witcher-game-that-never-was?utm_source=eurogamer&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=net-daily
TL:DR
It wasn't made by CD Projekt Red - in fact it didn't have anything to do with CD Projekt - but it was being made in Poland.
It was being made by Adrian Chmielarz, the developer best known for leading People Can Fly and Bulletstorm. Long before the PCF days he worked at another studio that he co-founded with a school friend - a studio called Metropolis. And it's here that in 1996 and 1997 - six years before developer CD Projekt Red was founded - a game called The Witcher was being made.
But what if? What if Metropolis had run with The Witcher series and CD Projekt hadn't? Well, Chmielarz mulls, then CD Projekt Red probably wouldn't exist. "For me it doesn't matter that we didn't make The Witcher at Metropolis, but for CD Projekt it matters that they took this brand and turned it into gold.
"It's almost a good thing that we didn't do it."
With The Witcher 3, CD Projekt Red has a chance to crown a decade of work and the first part of its history - its becoming. What 150 people there are making - and they have a lot left to do - will feel, Chmielarz believes, like the work of a thousand. And if CD Projekt Red delivers what he expects the studio to, then "they enter the Premiership for good".
Post edited June 16, 2014 by F1ach
