Witcher 3 Dev Explains How Ultra Realistic NPCs Created Weird Problems: ‘Women Were Just Dropping Their Babies Left And Right’

Kotaku | 20.08.2026 03:13
CD Projekt Red’s commitment to realism helped make The Witcher 3 one of the most immersive open-world RPGs of its decade. That commitment also led to some funny problems during development, when the studio was trying to get the NPCs to respond to Geralt in ways that seemed authentic and natural. One of them was mothers repeatedly dropping their babies any time the monster hunter barged into their house.