University of Warsaw students create a map of the witcher’s continent
A group of students from the University of Warsaw in Poland create a map of the continent from The Witcher, complete with scales, a legend and more.
Video games, especially role-playing games, often have huge worlds with hundreds of hours of content to explore and iconic locations that linger in a player’s memory long after a game is over. From fans lovingly creating homages to maps of fantasy worlds, to creating game-inspired maps of real-world locations, video game worlds often inspire the most creative members of a fanbase to share odes. breathtaking to their favorite franchises. Recently, a group of Polish students revealed their own interpretation of the witcherunnamed continent.
The continent that hosts CD Projekt Red’s hugely popular RPG series is huge, spanning thousands of miles for players to explore and experience the adventures of the iconic Geralt of Rivia. the witcherThe home continent of offers a wide variety of environments, ranging from the bustling cities of Lyria and Vizima to the vast Blue Mountains to the east. Today, a group of university students from the Polish University of Warsaw recently unveiled a painstakingly crafted map of the witcheris a huge world.
The official Twitter account of the witcher shared the detailed description of the game world on Thursday, showing the continent-wide recreation. The creation looks like a real map, with a legend containing different symbols for cities of different sizes and a full hypsometric color scale for the elevation of the world from the witcher. The map even comes with a distance scale in miles and kilometers, allowing interested fans to quickly discern the distance between the island archipelago of Skellige and the Hengfors League to the north and more.
the witcherThe world of has often been praised for its breadth and the depth of traditions surrounding its people and its history. The Witcher 3 is often considered a flagship title for open-world gaming and is often considered one of the greatest games of its genre. The franchise’s popularity stemming from a series of Polish novels has seen multiple adaptations over the years, including an animated film and a live-action series created by Netflix.
While the critical acclaim behind past titles and the popularity of Netflix adaptations have helped keep the witcherthe widespread appeal of, the main series held on thanks to the success of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt during the last years. The Witcher 3 is slated to get a next-gen release on PS5 and Xbox Series X in the second quarter of 2022, and it saw a port to Switch in October 2019, four years after its initial release. While The Witcher 3 may have ended the story of Geralt of Rivia, CD Projekt Red surely has a lot in store for the future of its flagship franchise.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is available now for PC, PS4, Xbox One and Switch. A PS5/Xbox Series X/S version is currently in development.
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