The Witcher 3 may notionally be about helping Ciri defeat The Wild Hunt, but real heads know CD Projekt’s RPG is really about mending Geralt’s fractured relationship with Yennefer with the help of a stuffed unicorn. Navigating the love triangle between Geralt, Triss and Yen was a big part of CDP’s 2015′ masterpiece, so naturally fans are curious about what role, if any, romance will play in The Blood of Dawnwalker, the new game from The Witcher 3’s director and lead quest designer, the brothers Konrad and Mateusz TomaskiewiczIndeed, this question was posed directly to Rebel Wolves creative director Mateusz Tomaskiewicz this week. In an interview during the New Game + Expo, Tomaskiewicz was asked by streamer Luality if romance will feature in The Blood of Dawnwalker.Tomaskiewicz’s response was a definitive “Yes, of course!” though sadly he didn’t elaborate much further: “There are romance options, yes. We didn’t delve deep into with whom yet, and I’ll leave that for the future to talk about. However, yes, you can expect to build relationships with characters.”Tomaskiewicz did talk about relationships in The Blood of Dawnwalker in a different way, however. His discussion with Luality focusses mainly on one of your main enemies in the game—Brencis, a vampire who has built a quasi-religious cult of personality around himself. Tomaskiewicz says that Rebel Wolves want Brencis to be an “active antagonist”, one players will feel responding to your actions over the course of their adventure.”In a lot of games, the antagonists are out there…
