6. Feature A More Original Main Storyline
Its pretty much a trope of video game fantasy worlds that the main quest has to fit into one of several uninspiring cliches; slay a dragon, save the princess or in the case of Witcher 3, defeat some faceless dudes wearing ornate suits of spiked armour. In fairness to The Witcher 3, the storyline is much more small-scale and personal than your typical high-fantasy game, and the excellently-written characters prevent it from becoming too much of a slog to get through. However, while there are moral choices along the way, the unambiguously dark nature of the game's main antagonists, the Wild Hunt, means that the storyline still feels like the typically dualistic battle of good against evil that pervades fantasy games. Geralt is a morally ambiguous loner who is loyal to the few people he really cares for, but the main Witcher storylines have always veered towards depicting him as pretty clean-cut good guy. In The Witcher 4, if we're sticking with him, itd be interesting to explore Geralts dark side. Seeing as the game would almost certainly take place before the events of The Witcher 3, it could be set in the time when a young Geralt was training to become a Witcher. This would give the opportunity to show a more violent, reckless side to the character that would reveal that he wasn't always the wry, unshakeable ronin that he becomes later.
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