The Witcher 4’s Open World Will be “Deeper and More Immersive”

“The open world doesn’t necessarily need to be bigger and bigger and bigger, but the open world can be deeper and more immersive, more systematic,” he said.

More specifically, speaking in a recent interview with VGC, narrative director Phillipp Weber talk about how CD Projekt RED is prioritizing crafting a “deeper and more immersive” open world rather than one that is bigger than The Witcher 3’s map.

“It’s more about the ambition of having really complex and immersive things going on and not necessarily the actual size.