Breathe Easy, There Will Be No Loading Times In The Witcher 3

The Witcher 3 is probably the biggest Open-World RPG of this generation. That begs the question, can so much information be loaded onto the memory quickly enough so that we can have a smooth experience? And if not, how frequently will we see loading screens? Good news fellow gamers, the answer is NONE.

In an interview, Jonas Mattson, Senior Environment Artist at CD Projekt Red for The Witcher 3, said, "No, there's no loading times. Only when you actually start the game, when you die and load the game or when you fast travel. That fast travel loading time depends on ow far you have to travel , of course. If you travel just a little bit, it's a really short loading time."

"One of the goals we had was to keep the experience as fluid as possible. When you play, you don't want to have the loading screen because it takes you out of the game for a bit. We wanted to make sure that it was as smooth as possible, one big experience. For us, that was really important. I think we achieved that because, as you said, going in and out of a building, there's no loading time. Nothing. It just creates this really nice experience."

So there wont't be any time wasted on loading screens when you enter/exit a building or go into battle with huge monsters or or start new missions or even when you visit a new area! The only time your screen will make you wait is when you fast travel or die and restart a checkpoint. If it is indeed as the developer says and it actually works, this just might be a revolution in gameplay experience.

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Though we got to see a lot of 'wow' footage of the game on PCs, footage from the consoles is extremely scarce. Non-existent in fact. To that, the developer assured us that it is coming soon. It had 'rushed footage from the consoles once and it didn't properly translate how the game looked', so this time it wants to make sure that the game looks and feels the way it is actually supposed to.

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt releases on May 19 on XBox One, PlayStation 4 and PC.

Here's a sneak-peek into its epicness on ultra setting running at 1080p/60FPS on a PC.