The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt opening cinematic, The Trail

In relatively short order, The Witcher franchise has become one of those role-playing adventure games that people wait to arrive with intense anticipation. The trailers, even these purely cinematic ones, do nothing but feed that intensity.

In The Trail, we're told, we see the foreshadowing story for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. It delivers a peek into the witchers Geralt of Rivia and his mentor Vesemir as they pursue Geralt's lost love: Yennefer of Vengerberg.

The Hunt hits Feb. 24 on PlayStation 4, Windows PC and Xbox One. For more on how the team behind The Witcher conquered Poland check out our in-depth feature.

Now sit back and soak it in.