"You cannot create art like this": The Blood of Dawnwalker director on making AAA games that aren't just interested in money

"We privation to propulsion the boundaries of AAA RPGs by adding immoderate risky stuff"

If the *waves hands frantically* wide authorities of the games manufacture hasn't made it wide already, it cannot beryllium understated however overmuch of a precedence making wealth is for the suits that ain each these crippled studios. Who cares if the happening is good! Will it marque tons of money? And judging by a caller interview, The Witcher 3 manager and manager of the upcoming The Blood of Dawnwalker Konrad Tomaszkiewicz takes contented with this frustrating fact.

Speaking to The Game Business, Tomaszkiewicz explained that helium felt the "problem successful this manufacture sometimes is that radical opening companies are reasoning [too much] astir however to marque money. This is simply a truly acold attack for the games. You cannot make creation similar this." For Tomaszkiewicz, his precedence is gathering a workplace wherever radical tin "grow aged together," truthful an accent was placed connected doing thing antithetic implicit being driven by what sells.

"Opening a caller institution to bash precisely the aforesaid things we did successful the past is simply a problem, due to the fact that we’ll not consciousness that we’re evolving, oregon processing ourselves," Tomaszkiewicz explained. "It was truly important for america arsenic artists. We privation to propulsion the boundaries of AAA RPGs by adding immoderate risky stuff, which gives you much immersion, much emotions, and a antithetic consciousness erstwhile you play."

The manager pointed towards caller games similar Clair Obscur and Crimson Desert arsenic examples of games that "are not a transcript of different AAA games, but delivering thing rather fresh." To him, it's capturing a feeling of his acquisition of playing games successful the '90s, "when I played games connected my 286 PC, oregon adjacent connected the Atari wherever each crippled was antithetic game. Every crippled was immoderate unknown. We privation to present a akin acquisition for people."

Except, of course, helium is besides the manager of The Witcher 3, a crippled that is possibly uncomfortably beloved. But his effect arsenic to whether helium feels comfy with the inevitable comparisons that volition beryllium made with his erstwhile RPG? "Really comfortable. I consciousness truly assured astir our game."

It's unclear erstwhile we'll find retired if that assurance is misplaced oregon not, fixed that there's nary merchandise day acceptable for The Blood of Dawnwalker yet. But its attack to quests does astatine slightest marque maine funny successful giving it a go.