The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt lead quest designer recalls the moment he suggested that one character be killed off, says the team's reaction was 'wide eyes and silence' — 'The weight of it is exactly what the act needs'

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  • The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt lead quest designer Paweł Sasko says his suggestion to kill off a certain character shocked the team
  • Sasko argued that "the weight" of the scene was exactly what the act needed
  • He says the team ran into many technical difficulties during the Battle of Kaer Morhen questline

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt lead quest designer Paweł Sasko has revealed that he shocked the development team into silence when he originally suggested killing off a certain character.

Spoilers ahead for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt has just celebrated its 11th anniversary, and to commemorate the occasion, Sasko, who is also the Cyberpunk 2077 sequel associate game director, took to X/Twitter to reminisce on the challenges of writing for the 2015 Game of the Year winner.

After running through the process of writing his first outline for the Bloody Baron quest, Family...

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