The Witcher 3 may have one of the best quests in RPG history, but it drove Geralt actor Doug Cockle completely "bonkers": "I hated running up and down that hill"
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Ashley Bardhan
2026-02-19
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Many The Witcher 3 fans consider its Bloody Baron quest to be not only one of the most narratively astounding of the whole fantasy franchise, but also one of the most satisfying quests in general across all RPGs. But Geralt's veteran voice actor Doug Cockle is not one of those fans.
"It was before I had access to, or before I discovered the ability to, fast travel in the world," Cockle continues to say about completing the Bloody Baron questline. "I was just riding my freaking horse up and down that hill, and you have to leave [your horse] Roach at some point, and then you're just running up the hill."
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Where's Kate Bush with an assist when you need her? "It was just up and down, up and down, up and down. It drove me crazy," Cockle says. "I hated running up and down that hill."
Really internalizing the challenge of the hill, discarding all metaphor, Cockle reflects and decides that Velen actually does only rank at number five because it was a bad place for Geralt's feet.
"His pedometer was just, like, off the charts," he says. "His legs are sore."
"That is extremely stupid design": The Witcher 1 story lead, frustrated playing the epilogue he largely designed, says "I got only myself to blame for everything that's happening here."
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Feb 19, 08:52 PM
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Feb 19, 06:42 PM
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