On PC, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt can import a Witcher 2 save file to “impact your playthrough” of the third entry, but on consoles CD Projekt Red is taking a different approach. In a roundtable interview Level Designer Miles Tost said The Witcher 3 will look to simulate world states based on decisions taken in an in-game conversation.
“The way how it works is that the game on the consoles will ask you whether you want to simulate a specific state of the world, coming from previous games,” Tost explained. “If you choose ‘yes,’ then you will get a special conversation at one part of the game – I don’t want to spoil where it happens.”
It’s basically a conversation with a character and the conversation is about the adventures of Geralt of Rivia. And you can basically deny or confirm whatever the character has heard of”
