'The Blood Of Dawnwalker' Is A New Game From Former Witcher Devs - Luke Reacts

[@lucientownes868]

Even the music sounds Witcher-esque

[@JH-fp1lw]

1 of the 2 main composers from witcher 3 is doing the music for this game

[@edkraken7011]

@@JH-fp1lw what a great news

[@haurg7418]

All the directors worked on The Witcher 3 so yeah...

[@-gohu-]

it's basically slavic folk music, it's gonna sound similar.

[@noctoi]

@ I think this is something a lot of the content creators who are reviewing this presentation are missing - It's not *just* the fact that it's the "same dev team" as the early witcher games... it's the same time period in the same setting that's not medieval England or America. The music and scenery and monsters are particular to that one region, so they WILL sound and look similar, it's not the games specifically it's the place and time that are feeling familiar. These games have a distinct cultural 'canvas' so the defining features stand out.

[@jk2357]

It's great to see such a response to this game. Lots of developers that form their own studios struggle to get attention, but this is really clicking with people.

[@Tuntira]

I'm really hoping that they succeed! More studios with strong developers is never a bad thing!

[@Nosho-fc5xm]

That cinematic looked absolutely insane, it was always going to get attention. Cool looking, likable protagonist too.

[@Howler452]

Lovely bit of visual storytelling: the bald vampire appears to be carrying a Roman era weapon, probably a gladius, which could be a good indicator of how old the vampire is.

[@noctoi]

Third person dark fantasy sandbox game, with a situational (main quest driven) day/night cycle, hunger mechanics and repercussions for drinking AND not drinking (they mentioned it could overcome you and you might accidentally eat someone while entering dialogue!) and the ability to be a white knight/grey/totally evil character? I'm *really* curious about this one!! Can't wait to see the full gameplay trailer. I'm loving that there are games coming out from the OG devs of the franchises I used to love. Feels like I'm getting to play those old favourite games for the first time all over again. So here for it.

[@HCforLife1]

They also have mentioned that magic will work differently in the game. Like some sort of true x-files black-magic (their words). Can't wait for this

[@tomk8350]

Wow your description of the game sounds very intriguing. Definitely keeping an eye on this one.

[@noctoi]

@ How did I miss that?! I've been concentrating so hard on "ooh!! Vampire!!!" that I totally missed the mention of magic! Damn it now I'm more impatient for the full gameplay reveal! 😅

[@NBAdux]

There have been countless games made by dev teams made of ex devs of another studio, every single one who was once praised. Not a single one of those games were successful.

[@LORDMLEP]

@@NBAdux yeah not every single one though. you know how many of those are from the dev teams of previous games but it’s almost none of the same people. if you actually look into to it. you will see that

[@rebellious_red7123]

I’m excited to keep an eye on this game moving forward as it checks so many boxes for me.

[@michellestr8998]

oh yeah.

[@rebellious_red7123]

@michellestr8998 yeah

[@alexanderforbes1452]

This game sounds like my thing, and I mean MY THING, like, I can not wait for this thing. I'm sold, the vibes are absolutely insane and I'm just remembering thinking "man it would be cool to play as Rhegis" while playing the bit where he and Detlaff are just wrecking fully armored soldiers. My goodness, I'm blushing. It's not every day that a game you wish existed somehow gets announced.

[@kastlerock01]

One interest of note for Vamp Lovers… in this title I believe they stated to turn someone into a bloodsucker they pull a tooth and sink it into their victims heart.

[@jamesstewart8377]

This game looks amazing. Story alone makes me want it.

[@Isaac-hm5ef]

This whole trailer reminded me of The Witcher 3 trailer. You can absolutely tell the lineage is there.

[@Tuntira]

Reminds me of that monsters trailer where Geralt kills those guys that were trying to hang that woman!

[@drinnerd8532]

A SCABBARD!!! I SEE A SWORD IN A SCABBARD!! I'm sold.

[@Bakemer94]

Now, will we be able to clean our sword before re-sheathing is the question...

[@seripah8852]

This comment resonates with me so much. I'm a sucker for attention to details and for the longest time it's one of the things that really turned me off on MMOs. The lack of scabbards that is.

[@theninjamaster67]

​@@Bakemer94 Would be cool if it's an automatic thing like Ghost of Tsushima where Jin Sakai flicks the blood off then sheaths his sword. Maybe it's just a me thing but I was never a big fan of how detailed Red Dead 2 got with it's gun maintenance n stuff cause it just felt like busy work and I play games to relax not have something that feels like a second job.

[@Bakemer94]

@theninjamaster67 100% agree. I love Jins sword flick. Little details like that are amazing. And yeah I think they went just a little too far with the realism for RDR2

[@ralphh796]

High hopes for this one

[@dionsmith2405]

As a witcher/Cd projekt Red fan we're FEASTING! Between the witcher 4, the new witcher animation on netflix with Doug Cockle voicing geralt and the blood of the dawnwalker we could get the most witcher/witcher like content we've had in years! (Yes ik the new game isnt set in the same universe but if it plays anything like the witcher games i think it will be great)

[@Grandtemplar305]

Yesirr

[@GlibberigeGap]

Don't forget the Witcher 1 remake!

[@Grandtemplar305]

@@GlibberigeGap can’t forget bout that now 🔥🔥

[@AhmadWahelsa]

Them Slavic gamers are having renaissance right now, if we include not just Witcher related media like Stalker 2, Dying Light The Beast, and Kingdom Come 2

[@popepimpler3467]

@@AhmadWahelsa I’m hoping the beast will actually be good unlike dl2 being shit in all aspects except for parkour and even then it was underwhelming.

[@kylesullivan3336]

“Things will be different now… for all of you.” “The world needs what it fears.” True. The status quo is shit games and the games industry seems to fear good games tailored to gamers. Feels a little bit like a shot across the bow to the games industry.

[@dewaalvandercolff251]

This is one of the best trailers I've seen in a while. I'm excited to see the full gameplay reveal

[@Bakemer94]

Something's rising and it aint the Shield Hero

[@miszkaa1987]

just remember that polish "sz" and "cz" are pronounced like "sh" and "ch" in english and these names won't be a problem :P

[@Krystalmyth]

I've seen this trailer like 15 times already, not even joking. The authenticity... the genuine sincerity in every second of it. I haven't had this feeling from a trailer in so long.

[@BillyBob-l8z]

@@Krystalmyth same watched it this morning and all throughout the day it looks so good

[@BeardedMugiwara]

I don't care how cool a cinematic trailer is all i care about is gameplay.

[@Railmesenz]

I second this!

[@Penemues]

There’s a gameplay preview at the end of the trailer tho?

[@BMWCEO]

It will be good

[@kastlerock01]

Definitely conveys the atmosphere.

[@Grandtemplar305]

An a story to talk about

[@kovandarkwing6175]

The impression this trailer left on my face was the desired impression I never got when I watched The Witcher 4 trailer.

[@Owen-sx4jj]

Yup

[@OhHesCracked]

Exactly bro thank you!

[@kevins1005]

Do you know why ? Because everyone’s tired of playing as a girl boss.

[@نونيم-ي4ح]

Yep because the director is the same director of the Witcher 3.

[@NBAdux]

​@@نونيم-ي4حthe Witcher 3 had multiple directors. This is just 1, the rest are still working closely with the Witcher 4.

[@oz314]

The people involved in the witcher have always delivered, glad to be excited about game we know nothing about again, it's been a while.

[@pepsiman4418]

To be 100% fair rebel wolves was formed in 2022 meaning it’s likely comprised of devs who messed up cyberpunk? And the ones who did phantom liberty are still at CDPR. I hope this is not an issue though I’m hoping for the best

[@elijahshmijah]

I’m extremely excited for this. I know by now we’ve all learned to be smart, don’t preorder, don’t get hopes up, all that jazz… But this could be a willing exception, ya know 😂

[@DeadUponAll]

Can’t wait to preorder when preorders go live, when I saw vampires, I was sold.

[@Mordeusz2K]

14th century in Europe, so before The Age of Discovery and long range ships. I bet Kotaku already has something to say about this.

[@JH-fp1lw]

Like what?

[@hee-yoonkang1466]

@@JH-fp1lw no black ppl

[@pepsiman4418]

@@JH-fp1lwNothing, or something who knows. This guy is just another culture war weirdo. Like damn just let those clickbaiting articles fade into obscurity and let’s pray all games are good 🙏

[@rpgadventurer32]

Nobody cares about what these activists have to say. This is set in 14th century Eastern Europe in the Carpathian mountains and they will present an authentic medieval Eastern European setting exactly like what Warhorse studios do.

[@ТАДАМ-ю4ж]

@@JH-fp1lw like where is BLACK PEOPLE? WHERE IS ASIAN??? (c) Kotaku

[@constantin6802]

Am gonna call it...GOTY for when it launches

[@marklo6283]

Very possible chance

[@ravenheartwraith]

so this is like a Medieval Blade... looks cool so far!

[@chance757]

was waiting for you to talk about this! witcher 3 is my favorite game of all time and to see a spiritual successor on the way? sign me TF up!

[@Sweetzluf]

I am super excited to learn more of this game. Can't wait for gameplay reveal. This and Witcher 4. We eating good in 2027 or whenever they releasing.

[@rpgadventurer32]

The Witcher 4 has plenty of red flags around it. Temper your expectations. The true creative force of the Witcher 3 are the devs that left CDPR and created Revel Wolves and are now the ones developing this new Blood Of The Dawnwalker game. This Vampire centric game will be the true spiritual sequel to the Witcher 3 in every aspect.

[@Meowtro]

@@rpgadventurer32 what red flags.

[@yatharthrai4658]

​@@rpgadventurer32Lmao. So a CGI trailer of a completely new studio is more of a sure shot than the studio which gave us Phantom Liberty last year? Ok.

[@crestFall1]

​@@rpgadventurer32How do you have so much unfounded confidence despite everything we know so far being conceptual, not applied. Just calm down till this summer for some gameplay, even if it's likely to not give a full grasp of the game

[@sirrebralpalsy6542]

@@Meowtro Ciri taking the bogpill, to name one

[@spectre2178]

If I had to use two words to describe my first reaction to this trailer: dangerously moist would be an understatement

[@papaslimshady357]

Piotr Musial is the music composer for this game, he composed the Blood and Wine DLC for the Witcher 3

[@justaquietpeacefuldance]

"Your girl" looks interesting, that looked GREAT.

[@kityhawk2000]

Sounds like a medieval version of Blade.

[@HCforLife1]

Blade was modern version of some vampire-child stories from old times.

[@rpgadventurer32]

More like a combination of the Witcher and Nosferatu.

[@Meowtro]

Which is a pretty cool setting ngl.

[@shadcast]

The cinematic, the music (especially at the title), the gameplay look & feel all oozed with Witcher in the best way. Felt like what Witcher 3 would’ve looked like in UE5. The cinematic seemed to have given us a look at all the different builds, brute/tank, rogue/fast, magic, balanced. I LOVED THIS! Dude, I’m so excited for something I didn’t know existed or that I wanted just yesterday.

[@masterwizardham7655]

I love this channel man, happy your back from vacation (glad you took it and hope you enjoyed the time off)

[@omok2]

Im stoked for this, and Witcher 4.

[@playforfun8212]

I’ll definitely keep an eye out for this!

[@riccardobutler9583]

Definitely grabbed my attention.

[@Conqueror25]

Where's the "I guess what I'm trying to say" Netflix dialogue

[@adelcipher5617]

Finally a good modern vampire game?? Oh VTM Bloodlines style game I've missed you (at this point I doubt we'll see VTM Bloodlines 2 or at least a decent version of it)

[@lor.d.vinsmoke3584]

The time constrain in quests is also what worries me, but other than that i am all for it. I already decide to join brencis and wondering what's that gonna be like

[@Anwell100]

Same. I'm not really a fan of having a time limit when I am playing open world rpgs. Other than that, I am intrigued.

[@lostnemesis]

It's a great trailer I'm halfway through it on my own because I figured it would be faster than waiting for Luke to get through it. I understand Mr monster man comment, because the vibe this gives me from the vampires is what I've seen The Witcher community complain about with ciri, Most of the community who played Witcher aren't upset by how she looks they were upset at the fact that she was not using her elder blood powers. Meanwhile of this you have speed blitzing vampires just eviscerating everything and popping people like zits turning into mist. If that is some of the stuff you can do in the game if you're playing a vampire then holy God it will be awesome, just like with Witcher they really need to make it to where you can use the elder blood Powers because if you can't and you're just doing The Witcher shit people will be pissed.

[@Septim777]

It's hilarious that none of the western bloggers can't spell Polish names, they are Tomashkevich Brothers.

[@bad_narek1419]

@@Septim777 I'm working with Brits and the way they mispronounce my name after 1,5 year of working together is just disrespectful and annoying...

[@haurg7418]

@@bad_narek1419 Honestly, some polish names are too hard.

[@bad_narek1419]

@haurg7418 they're not, if you're working with a person it's just good manners. I don't mispronounce their names.

[@haurg7418]

@@bad_narek1419 They are especially the ones with "czs" but i get it making mistakes few times is ok, doing it constantly is bad.

[@ku8adop]

Yeah for some reason people spell Spanish French German Italian names totally fine but never do it in Polish…

[@tristanlamarque1043]

I can’t wait for this game, I’ve been waiting so long for another vampire game

[@blamblamx2078]

It definitely looks very interesting so far. Will be looking out for it this summer.

[@JH-fp1lw]

There is no bright yellow paint on the side of the steeple he's standing on in the gameplay teaser. 0/10 unplayable

[@ImShelly.]

I've never been super into vampires, but this game looks exciting. Mainly because it's from the Witcher crew, but also because I'm a huge fan of the medieval setting. I've been playing a lot of KCD recently too lol

[@Bakemer94]

Majora's mask was the best time management, race against the clock game ever. If they can emulate even a fraction of what I felt playing that game, we are in for a phenomenal experience.

[@mattfodey5153]

Welcome back Luke!

[@fearlesshawk92]

Ahhh yes, the Endurance. Get building Luke

[@RazielDeTam]

Atmosphere looks great

[@susancollins3971]

This is absolutely my kind of game. Very excited to see more of this game. I played Vampyr several times for different outcomes and it was a very good game. This game I love the trailer they showed and the tone of the game. I definitely do see many things that remind me of witcher 3.

[@denisrivarola2387]

Thank YOU for bringin' up the purple hud, purple clothes, magic, purple EVERYTHING in screwed games nowadays

[@IamYasha10]

I think there might be multiple ways of "feeding" in the game like humans, animals, blood bags, etc and the "quality" of blood also differs obviously fresh human blood is the best. Basically you have to manage/monitor your hunger as to not randomly kill your best friend. lol.

[@cameronstrife1659]

Omg yes please looks like an amazing story so far

[@Hanfosha11223]

"A SCEPTICAL LOOK" why so sceptical

[@Meowtro]

It has potential for sure. But we've seen so many of these new studios with "veteran" teams and bigs names behind them put out some pretty mediocre or even bad games that just flop and don't go anywhere. Interested but not hyped yet. Looking forward to seeing more. Really need to know more about this timer mechanic because generally not a fan of that kind of game.

[@zachariasaylor2680]

If they want us to play the games over and over make them groundbreaking. It’s simple. Can’t feed us slop then be like “ah man why aren’t you guys hungry” I’m on my 11th play through on rdr2 and there is only 4 total endings. But the game is so great. That you can somewhat control the flow and tone. Already knowing the story makes it nice. Knowing when to ease on the gas and make certain portions of the game stretch out. But yet the story is the same but it never gets tiresome. But truly I think the beauty of rdr2 is you could technically make it through the entire story your way. Aside from cannon events. If you want to hunt for hours and craft all the satchels you can. If you want to completely ignore that and go through the game with base line everything you can. It never locks you behind a level system or upgrade tree to progress. It’s very organic in that sense.

[@Ronuk1996]

RDR2 is amazing for sure you should check out Kingdom Come 2.

[@jabloneynophony1875]

We're all just starved for a good vampire game.

[@Adam-xk1xn]

“We decided to create our own studio and run it on our own terms. Chief among them: the team comes first, always. Happy people make great games - games players want and deserve. Yes, it’s as simple as that” From the Rebel Wolves website. Seems like a nice way to say they didn’t like being overworked at CDPR

[@crestFall1]

It kinda does actually

[@Gamer4Life-sw2gu]

Been waiting to hear your take in this…..define looks interesting

[@15nitsuga]

I like the time sensitivity idea. It always felt a tad silly in Fallout 4, where I must save my son. Yet you can do everything except that. Not that you were forced to but the urgency of the kidnapping goes away almost immediately upon leaving the vault, thus harming the story. But idk I look forward to finding out more plus gameplay!

[@jlstruyde]

Its not a 30 day time limit as in it as a ongoing clock that ends if you dont finish in time... the quests you complete pushes the clock forward... so before finishing a quest you have all the time in the world to explore n etc... i feel like most games do this already...

[@squallthegriever]

Its like a witcher, assassin creed and some infamous, put together based on those 3 seconds of gameplay.

[@urquijom1]

I’m not into them having rows of jagged teeth instead of the traditional fangs but overall looks pretty cool.

[@MisterMonsterMan]

This game gives me more of a "The Witcher" feeling than The Witcher 4 trailer did.

[@Saulgoodman94]

No you just thought that comment would get a lot of interactions 😂 chill

[@reginaldmcgrady]

😂😂​@@Saulgoodman94

[@kanglongshankz3313]

I agree

[@isviewer]

Do you hate women? Lol

[@kityhawk2000]

Sure it did.... if by "The Witcher" you mean "Vampire the Masquerade" or "Vampyre"

[@honilock577]

People didn't get motion sick in Hobbit, they got sick at what was on screen

[@DIOBrando-ij2bp]

The thing with The Hobbit running at 48 FPS is that movies aren’t video games. It’s not the same thing. Movies aren’t motion, they’re still images running at 24FPS to give the illusion of motion. The 48FPS movie doesn’t look as good as 24FPS, maybe one day they’ll do a high frame rate movie and it’ll look good, but I think it’ll have to be way higher than 48, probably won’t be cost effective, and it still won’t look as good as 24 (and the lower frame rate they sometime do action scenes in) does.

[@tatemessmer4936]

These are the devs that designed and coded the core systems for both W3 and Cyberpunk. While the claims that ALL the talent left CD Project Red, all of the important people did leave though. WHen you check game credits all of the systems and software developers are the ones making up the new studio. Oh and you can easily tell that the world and armor designers are here lol.

[@TevyaSmolka]

Looks really awesome and badass to me in my opinion

[@killznize]

I don't like the time limit because I'm one of those fuckers who explores everything explorable and completes all the secondary missions before touching the main mission.

[@lucasbelmonte2832]

The time is only effected when doing main quests, no side quests or exploring

[@killznize]

@lucasbelmonte2832 That sounds better, kinda weird tho.

[@G5_Edits]

Im sold

[@ProfessorChaos2050]

It looks interesting i'm looking forward to seeing more game play.

[@creepy_assassin6234]

If this does well, get ready for a vampire assassins creed

[@alexmin4752]

UE5 allows small teams to make AAA level of graphics and scope, but optimisation will suck. Buy a 5090 if you wanna play it.

[@alderoth01]

Looks pretty cool. Hopefully it works when released lol.

[@Dekarowski25]

I wonder where is that Vampire Boss from. His sword looks like a roman blade.

[@Wayne-B]

I wanna see more gameplay, but could be amazing

[@Megaphy]

The time constraint reminds me a lot of Pathologic 2. Luke needs to check that one out!

[@OhHesCracked]

This is where the CDPR talent went lol

[@TheAnonLee]

I still need to see gameplay before i’m willing to get excited, otherwise it looks cool but i just need more.

[@LukeNineK]

Devs making their own studios is similar to the singer of a band going off and making a solo album

[@pepsiman4418]

Ngl many devs tried this and flopped so PLS GOD MAKE THIS GOOD 😔🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@LukeNineK]

@@pepsiman4418 they seem super proud of the game and story from the reveal stream. The only issue I can see is the time limit mechanic but we will just have to see how that pans out. I am hoping for a setting to disable it so I can do as much as possible in 1 run. I'm the kind of player that does every side quest available before the next story quest

[@pepsiman4418]

@@LukeNineK Yeah sadly it seems like a multiple playthrough kind of game to get everything, might turn into a bit of a slog D:

[@jamiemanning4944]

​@pepsiman4418 I mean you don't have to get everything. And to be fair for any larger game I think it almost always turns into at least a little bit of a slog to see and do everything.

[@pepsiman4418]

@@jamiemanning4944 i NEED 1zillion percent completion >:((

[@jk2357]

If anyone hasn't played Vampyr (as Luke recommends), it is worth getting DXVK as a plugin. Running it in Vulkan turned the experience from a mess into a smooth experience.

[@headshot531]

this is how hyped i expected to be with the w4 trailer OMG AHHH. i love witcher i love cirin ive read the books… but i never wanted to play as her personally. i wanted to play someone new, someone i created. im sure w4 will be good (ima come back later) but this looks promising.

[@TheeChalk]

I see a lot of people complaining about the character. Lads just give it time, I first thought Geralt was a boring old dude when I first saw him at 14 years old. Trust me, these guys know how cook, you will grow on this character.

[@rpgadventurer32]

The guy just starts his journey as a young man, but the story and his background are all very interesting.

[@RageQTT]

I'm really worried about the 30 days and 30 nights thing. Not really a big fan of time limits when it comes to big open rpg games, I like to play through them mostly that 1 time and try to experience all of the side quests and other content. If they are expecting people to play through the game multiple times in order to fully experience the game then that's a big bummer. I gotta get more info about that system before getting hyped.

[@lucasbelmonte2832]

It's only effected by the main quest, so side quest/ exploration don't make time go forward. I think your choices and waht you do will decide how quickly time moves forward

[@Icyhandss]

it gives a Regis vibe hehehehe 🔥 they have t cover regis spinoff lol, if Regis is a known dawnwalker and a backstory of him

[@poethefallen1333]

The real Witcher sequell, if the quest director is involved then it's a blind buy for me. Quests is what made Witcher 3 my favorite game of all time.

[@MickeyTwoShoes]

I watch this trailer more than the witcher 4 trailer 🔥💯

[@BigHugoSuave]

Reminds me of Midnight Mass, I love it.

[@mikeparradise9333]

Ngl, im 10x more excited for this than for Witcher 4 lol

[@extreme_primus6884]

i feel like they worked on blood and wine liked it and decided if they left whey would make a vmapire game

[@TechnoWarfareGaming]

If the game has been in development for 2 years, it'll probably come out 2-4 years from now.

[@RenegadeVash]

the name Rebel wolves is defiantly throwing shade at CDPR

[@i.r.raharjo8706]

Basically Blade + Witcher? LFG!!!!!

[@francistein8409]

Baldcula was badass!!

[@joshuadavis2175]

Witcher 5 before witcher 4 is bonkers

[@Zantsmith]

Thank God. A good game on the horizon.

[@ayeshas7828]

it's like a cake every layer is more delicious

[@owencoopersfx]

Looks dope. I for one am welcoming to a new non-cringe vampire game. Hopefully the gameplay is just as cool.

[@Breezy8486]

It looks like it could be fire

[@machineferret3359]

This looks freiken awesome!