<Tr> <Th> Genre (s) </Th> <Td> Action role - playing </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Mode (s) </Th> <Td> Single - player </Td> </Tr> <P> The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is a 2015 action role - playing video game developed and published by CD Projekt . Based on The Witcher series of fantasy novels by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski, it is the sequel to the 2011 game The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings . Played in an open world with a third - person perspective, players control protagonist Geralt of Rivia, a monster hunter known as a Witcher, who is looking for his missing adopted daughter on the run from the Wild Hunt: an otherworldly force determined to capture and use her powers . Players battle the game's many dangers with weapons and magic, interact with non-player characters, and complete main - story and side quests to acquire experience points and gold, which are used to increase Geralt's abilities and purchase equipment . Its central story has several endings, determined by the player's choices at certain points in the game . </P> <P> Development began in 2011 and lasted for three - and - a-half years, of which over two - and - a-half years were devoted to voice recording . The writing was infused with real - life aspects like moral ambiguity in a deliberate attempt to avoid simplification, impart authenticity, and reflect Sapkowski's novels . Europe was the basis of the game's open world, with Poland, Amsterdam, and Scandinavia as its primary inspirations . REDengine 3 enabled the developer to create a complex story without compromising the game world, whose size was enlarged by PlayStation 4 and Xbox One technology . The music was primarily composed by Marcin Przybyłowicz and performed in Germany by the Brandenburg State Orchestra . </P>

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