Vampire Antagonist Will Screech at You, and Yes, You Can Still Get a Love Interest in This New Witcher-Inspired Game

The Blood of Dawnwalker won't let you romance a unicorn—but it will let you romance someone, and make a vampire scream 'I TOLD YOU NOT TO HURT MY LITTLE MONSTERS!'

Mateusz Tomaskiewicz confirmed romance options in The Blood of Dawnwalker:

"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."

Antagonist design inspiration comes from a different approach:

"In a lot of games, the antagonists are out there to be defeated... In this game, what we wanted to do was have Brencis react to your actions as you complete different activities throughout the valley."

Tomaskiewicz explained the reactive antagonist system:

"If you undermine Brencis, you will gain notoriety. The more notorious you are, the more edicts Brencis will pass in order to thwart you."

This dynamic system "twists and change[s] the general open world gameplay" by making the antagonist a living response to player choices.

The game is "due out sometime this year" from Rebel Wolves, the team behind The Witcher 3.