We don’t know anything about how, or whether, the game’s content will change.
We don’t know how far CDPR is willing to go.
I wanted to know what he thought about the remake and whether he’s doing any work for it.
Cockle, remember, is the voice of Geralt in every main Witcher game.
It’s him you hear in The Witcher 1.
So if CDPR wants to re-record or expand that performance, it’s Cockle they will need to call.
“I know as much as you do about this at the moment,” he says.
I don’t know."
And the more convinced I am that re-recording the performances is precisely what CDPR will do.
There are a few reasons why.
Likewise, John Schwab wasn’t Dandelion until The Witcher 2.
This is because production between the two games completely changed.
Cockle himself almost missed out on being Geralt in The Witcher 2.
And this will confuse people and jar.
Not only were the technological capabilities different back then, the whole profession of video game voice acting was.
And CDPR was new and inexperienced - The Witcher 1 was its first game.
I didn’t have a director per se on Witcher 1, I was directed by the developers.
“And I think there’s a combination of factors in there.
So I was always pushing that envelope a little bit.
To suddenly rewind that progress, and then present it in a new shell, would be strange.
In gaming terms, that was aeons ago.
But how far are they willing to go?
And although The Witcher 1 is an old game, it’s not a small one.
It once took 100 people five long years to make.
Fool’s Theory isn’t a large studio, either.
I count 59 employees listed onits website.
How many more CD Projekt Red will add on top of that, I don’t know.
Can such a team cope with the breadth of potential changes we’re talking about?
This isn’t the only Witcher game CDPR has in development too, remember.
Today, CDPR is a huge company doing a lot of things.
It is no longer a 100-person team proving it can make an RPG.
Now, there are expectations, and The Witcher 1 remake will have to meet them.
