One can tell you haven't play The Witcher 3. You HAVE TO ! You probably have a few years to get ready before the coming of the 4th ! Regarding this trailer, I don't get why so many people are upset. I'm the first to bitch about woke things, but I see nothing woke here, I see the Witcher atmosphere and lore, 100%.
Because this is how they act every time they think a female protagonist isn't sexy enough, and they believe its to personally spite THEM. And they are doubly stupid because Cori looks hot as hell in this trailer anyway.
You can see at the beginning of the trailer that the villager had the knife on his belt and it's the same knife he used at the end to kill the girl who was going to be sacrificed.
The monster shown in the trailer is Bauk, it comes from Yugoslav mythology (Europe) .The monster is able to sense fear, manipulate the mind and paralyze fear, making the victim an easy target. Despite its heaviness and strength, it is also agile. It can use any surface to move. As for Lynx's school, already, I explain. Well, as we know Ciri in the saga as well as W3 wore the medallion of the Cat's school - I won't spoil why, but Ciri is an alumna of the Wolf's school. So from the combination of cat and wolf we have Lynx.
People are complaining that Ciri looks different, but Geralt's face changed pretty considerably between the three original games. She looks a bit older and acts a bit differently because the game is set some years after Witcher 3, so she is not a kid anymore.
They masculinized and bloated Ciri's previously pretty face. It's for the same reason they uglified Aloy, Mary Jane, and Laura Croft. Everybody knows it.
@chronogamer7901 older, but witchers don't really age much.., she looks different too, its not the same model, they changed her bone structures, jaw & chin.. even her mouth is different.. ... Geralt looked more or less the same in the games.., in the Tw3 trailer they tried to change him (actually tried make him look hotter), but went back and stuck to his original look (Hommer Simpson mouth..), and did a great job on it; making him look better than in TW2 but still keep his trademark looks ... TW4 Ciri has clearly been UGLYFIED & MASCULINISED.., older looking or not.., and who wants to play as an old looking woman?.. Returnal? (lost 30% of potential buyers.., playing as an old lady in a Si-fi action setting?.. who's idea was it?. ofc agenda pushers..)
She was 21 in Witcher 3 not a kid, facial structure doesn't change when you age from early 20s to late 20s/early 30s. They gave her masculine facial structure/jawline. Also, Geralt's look changed for the better in each game, unlike Ciri.
i like the fact we as slavs have the Witcher game or books because that fan-fiction trash on Netflix isnt Witcher but as i said im happy we have this because Slavic folklore or/and culture is heavily underrepresented in my oppinion when it comes to game's or international books because it sure is little to nothing shown in movies or tv shows and others like that. I am not happiest fan of the Witcher when it coems to the fact that Ciri is now main character but its the most reasonable thing to do and put her as main character lets be honest Geralt story ended so good and well deserved with Witcher 3 DLC Blood & Wine. And in long run if a game series struggles to change main protagonist it usually ends in downfall
For context, Ciri is given the honorary title of “Witcher” in the Witcher ending for 3, despite not having the same skill set as Geralt. In the Witcher 4, it would seem they are retconning her to be an actual Witcher in the same vain as Geralt, and “somehow” her actual powers are gone. Which I have yet to see CDPR explain.
many years since I player w3, so she is "just" a small female then? no increased strength, speed, reflexes or endurance? How is she even gonna beat s single alghoul then?
honestly i think there will be lore for it. her elderblood makes her a target. maybe yen or geralt or someon will come up with an altered trial of the grasses that dulls the effects of her elder blood but gives her some witcher powers?
@@Belnick6666She trained with witchers and has the knowledge of monsters but she canonically didn't undergo mutations, meaning she isn't as strong, fast or tough as a witcher. It also means her metabolism doesn't work like a witcher's, so potions would be a massive no-no for her. Every pition had a high chance to kill her So a normal ghoul would be a hard fight for her, let alone a huge monster that a human couldn't stand a chance against
I'm curious as to how they'll explain (if they even will) how Ciri became an actual Witcher. Ignoring that the trial of grasses was generally only applied to boys, there should be no one left who knows how to do it so new witchers shouldn't be possible in the first place. Mind I never finished the third game so if there's an ending that explains it, I wouldn't know.
I dunno, it just always seemed to me like Ciri was more powerful than a witcher. I was always under the impression that the mutations took place as the first step when the candidate is young. Because you needed the mutations in order to even have a chance at surviving the later trials. But that's even IF you can survive being mutated. We see Geralt training her without her having to go through the mutations, because of how powerful she is and he's trying to focus her abilites. Why would she need the mutations? So instead of going forward with this idea that she's the first non-mutated witcher, because she doesn't need it, they just made her physically bigger, a brute, and must have went through the mutations because witcher. Seems very Galadrial in RoP type of thing to do. It's also like if in Arkham Knight a very young Kara Zor-El is being trained by Bruce to try and focus her powers. Then in a sequel it's revealed that Kara took Gold Kryponite so she could be Bruce's successor as Batwoman.
From what I remember of the books I read (I read a few and didn't really care for the series though), the reason she was initially seperated from Gerhalt was because Yennifer or Triss (I don't remember which) pointed out that women are substantially different than men and nobody really know what the mutations would do to a woman and it would probably kill or cripple Ciri.
So I read a few of the books and haven't played the games, but the reason she was seperated from Gerhalt is partially because nobody had any idea what would happen if they turned a woman into a witcher and it would probably kill or cripple her.
Haven't read the books but from I gathered the Wild Hunt was also after her and she decided to run away somewhere where she wouldn't endanger anybody else
Well, I would say to read the books is a must for you, Metatron :) I am currently looking forward to czech translation of the new book from Mr Sapkowskij.
Its a natural continuation, it would be either Ciri or a custom character. She uses Geralt's steel sword as well. The fact she turned into witcher is a little stupid and pointless but just like people complain about it now,they would had if she didn't as well because they would miss the potion/sign system. Also the complains about she "changed" is dumb,she aged, witcher 4 and 3 are literally years apart. I don't understand how people demand with a straight face that she still looks 20.
Agreed. I am sure the alchemy and the fast reflexes played a big part in the decision to mutate Ciri in the first place. They wanted a witcher in their witcher game.
Ciri as protagonist is fine but breaking the lore and turn her into a witcher when she was powerful before? Why? Also i fear they'll reduce RPG even more and didn't show any gameplay.
All of the Witcher reveal trailers have been cinematics. This follows that trend. I don't see any reason to believe that they are reducing RPG mechanics.
Geez you complainer. No gameplay because production has only just started. What do you expect? I bet you didn’t freak out when the GTA 6 trailer dropped. And how are they breaking the lore? The game director explained that they will showcase how she passed the Trials of the Grasses. The reason she passes them is simple: Ciri is special. When in the books she drinks the water of Brokylon it doesn’t affect her, while even Geralt, immune to poisons, gets hallucinations. Her passing the trials is absolutely within lore rights. She has the Elder Blood and isn’t an ordinary woman.
Yep that's my biggest issue with it. She never needed to become a full witcher. She was already superior. Her becoming a witcher and using witcher tactics is a downgrade over her natural powers.
CDPR invested heavily in DEI between the development cycles of Cyberpunk and Witcher 4. I wouldn't get your hopes up. This isn't the same studio that made the previous Witcher games, just as BioWare, Blizzard, etc are husks of their former selves.
You read DEI and you already know what sort of deranged person you're dealing with. "CDPR invested in DEI" is schizoposting at its finest. And the writers who made the previous Witcher games are still at the studio. Hope that helps.
My thoughts on the Witcher 4 is that Ciri being the next protagonist feels like the next logical step. Unfortunately for me, I only like Ciri because Geralt likes Ciri. I will probably skip Witcher 4 unless I hear it is crazy good and has a lot of stuff I would really like beyond what I expect from a Witcher 3 sequel.
it's amusing to see the anty-woke mob complaining about things without even looking at how the game will handle the switch to witcher for Ciri, but never complained about far sillier things in previous Witcher games, like women running trough fields in high heels? They should put on some high heels, try to sprint through broken terrain, and see how many seconds they last before needing an ambulance.
I love the Witcher Novels, and i liked Witcher 3 i own the previous ones not played them, and i like the idea of playing Ciri i think she's quite pretty and a badass wishlisted
The only thing that annoys me about playing as Ciri is that they have canonized one of the endings of Witcher 3. I know it's a common practice but I find it annoying.
There is a strong possibility that all the endings will be canon. They all happened, just one after the other. The ending where Ciri supposedly dies happens one week after she enters the tower, the ending where she becomes a Witcher is a week after that, and the Empress ending happens a few months later. It's possible that all three endings occurred independently. If that's true, now they have to find a way for Ciri to be bored or disappointed in ruling Nilfgaard, since she's a Witcher again in The Witcher 4.
They actually denied that any ending will be decanonized, the only thing they "changed" is that ciri doesn't actually die in the bad ending (which was always up to interpretation) how they account for your chosen ending is yet to be seen though
Shocking. Shocking! You barely having played Witcher 3. W2 felt very for-console in its design. W1 I personally liked better. But W3 is gamer mekka. (Including the expansions, of course.)
Asmongold is a mouth breather and anyone that thinks hes smart is in the double digits i q. Lmao hes wrong about 95% of the topics he discusses @@scythelord
When you compare it to the Witcher 3 trailers it kind of sucked. Ciri just acting like a female Geralt and chugging potions is really weird too. I do like that they're not going with character creator bullshit.
i like the drama junkies in the comments .... Ciri is ugly, DEI, talent left , braking lore ........ fyi witcher game broke lore since witcher 1 but yeah.
Seems to me the anti woke mob is jumping the shark on this one. All so ready to destroy this game before it ever arrives. What I saw was an awesome trailer to what could be a game of the year, providing they do avoid the dei stuff, and if what the devs said post trailer is true then gamers fears may well be for naught. Grow up people and give the game a chance. As for a female protagonist, well, neither my wife or I could care less as long as the game is good.
There's only two things I actually am not so much a fan of. The first is that she is actually a full witcher. The whole point is that she was not a witcher, just trained like one and she had her power from her bloodline that made up for the lack of mutations and made her MORE powerful. The second thing I'm not a fan of, is that she's not got the same voice actress clearly. Never like when voice actors change. Perhaps it is this recasting that has her face looking so different, but it could also be just CDPR doing what they've always done and changing character faces around. Honestly the only face that didn't see major changes through the Witcher games was Eskel. Geralt changed a ton between 1 2 and 3. Triss changed between 1 and 2 and was mostly the same in 3.
The lore in the games is non canon, meaning they change to "gamefy" the story. From what we know so far it seems Ciri had the mutations in the school of the Lynx (her medallion on the trailer), wich was founded by Lambert and Keira Metz. Being Keira interested in diseases and biologic stuff, probably they researched the experiments of the School of the Cat (the only school where girls did the trials even though most of them died) and perfected them to be less life threatening. We can only speculate the reason for Ciri do the mutations besides the fact that she wants it, there are some very plausible explanations, like she doesn't want to risk have children (her child can be the destroyer of worlds, or simply go through the hardships she had), or she was going crazy (the last humans to have the elder blood powers have gone mad because of it, the mutations may be a way to reduce the overall effects of her blood, weakening her original powers in the process too). Also, about the voice actress, unfortunetly the one from TW3 passed away some time ago, so they had to get a new one. But considering Ciri is older and is drinking toxic potions now, her voice changing kind of makes sense too.
I think that the wave of woke stuff and Western attacks on sexuality in gaming has fried people's brains, because now they're seeing shadows of that stuff in every corner even when there are none. Pray tell, how are the Witcher devs playing into the uglification of games when their trailer starts off with a naked woman bathing? Convincing people that this Ciri still looks like a top model might be hard due to their self-delusion, but at least consider the naked peasant woman. The trailer starts off trying to make think of the things that characterized the Witcher series, which are an eastern European medieval setting, bathtubs because of that meme with Witcher 3, an Igni sign and, of course, a naked lady, because the Witcher series has been filled with sexual elements. Can someone explain me this? I know some people were too busy looking for the one frame where Ciri dares to frown as she fight a 3 meter monsters who wants to eat her guts to make a snarky thumbnail, but surely you didn't miss the whole first part? What did you think the "woke" developers were trying to tell when they put a healthy amount of sideboob right as the trailer started? This kind of stuff only helps ridiculing legitimate concerns with gaming. If that godawful Intergalactic trailer got any legs to stand on right now, is exactly by making it sound like they got targeted like the Witcher trailer did, except that Ciri is Ciri and that obnoxious baldhead is not.
Well true partly. People are very defensive now because we have seen everything we loved turned into slop. CPR have also gone full DEI, and released a stinker of a game with their last offering. So they really have a lot do to win people back. Lots of staff have left and they clearly don't have the talent to create authentic material. So its not looking good. I think this is why people are a bit upset. As for me, my bet is this game will suck.
@@Macheako Exactly lol. And yeah, wouldn't say this trailer bothered me personally as I am not that into Witcher. I will not buy it unless it really starts to redeem itself which is unlikely. But definitely I can see how it bothers other people. Also plenty of woke apologists or trolls using these lines all the time now.
I saw nothing dei in this trailer unless being a strong woman is somehow forbidden in the gaming world. Oh, I forgot, us guys must have juggle factor, SARC.
@@TheWandererTiles Man, sorry if I sound blunt, but what youtuber put that opinion in your head? CDPR writes up some blurb about inclusivity in some random place on their website and does some partnership aimed at women, which is nothing strange for a lor of working places in tech, and suddenly we got from that to "they have gone FULL woke". Just like sexualization it can't just be a little sexualized, no, everything is now hypersexualization, and for the same reason you can never go a little woke, or do some stuff that's related to inclusivity but that's about it, because if you don't describe things in the most hyperbolic, alarmist way possible you don't get views on youtube anymore. Nothing happened at CDPR. They had some standard bureaucratic crap that doesn't matter and everyone in the industry does, from the company you think are based to those you think are evil, and had some employees coming and going as always. Based on barely nothing at all you bought into the idea that they are in the situation as Bioware. You remember Anita Sarkeesian? Remember how faulty her stuff was because, when you start off with a strongly ideological worldview and try to analyze things, your ideology will color everything you see and you will find confirmations for your beliefs everywhere, even where there's nothing? You think that's something that only ever happens to feminists and people you dislike, or could that happen even to someone who has the "right" opinions?
They had all these possibilities and they literally decided to go with the most basic and annyoing character for no reason. They could make a story from Zerikania, Ofier, Nilfgaard... from the golden age of Witchers where you choose your own school and create your won witcher. But no. None of that. We have boring predictable girlboss instead. Not to mention her powers. Where did that go?
Spot on. Females cannot become a Witcher because they cannot take the potions effects. We all knew that would be the first thing they attack. So predictable.
@@khal7702 You simpletons have this one "argument" and that's it, don't you? "iT wAS iN bOoKs" That's not an argument against anything. That's just stating the fact that she WAS the main character but why in the hell she needs to be in everything else? The world is so unique, so wast and all we are gonna get is yet again one singular story line with overused characters? F*ck that.
Ciri is the most basic character? She's by far the most developed character in this universe besides Geralt, because the books are equally about her as they are about him. How is choosing her as the next protagonist after Geralt's story is finished done 'by no reason'? She was the most obvious choice.
Pass, CDPR converted fully to DEI ideology, lost most of the talent that made witcher and cyberpunk and they just ignored previous games and books lore.
I read all the books so, naturally, I hate this. It is a discrace that they were allowed to call it Witcher. I won't be playing. The last TV season was shite enough to last me a lifetime. One love from Scotland. 💙 🦁 🏴
I am so glad to see fellow intelligent humans. The amount of absolute cope (even from people in LARPing community I am part of) is crazy. "oH yOu CaN't jUdGe bEfoRe iT cOmEs oUt" Well yes I can and I will. They decided to show us Ciri being girlboss witcher which makes absolutelly zero sense so yes, I am gonna judge based on available info. Not to mention that they absolutelly messed up the opportunity to finally get away from the main storyline and create brand new one somewhere else in the world not connected to Geralt and Ciri. What an absolute waste.
If you read all the books then you know how much of a big role Ciri plays,how is it a disgrace then? Or you mean the pointless change they did by turning her into a witcher ? To that I would agree.
@@scarecrow2097 Yeah. Turning her into a Witcher. She is far more powerful than a normal Witcher. This is just a "you said she can't, but girl boss" kinda moment.
A) action scene is too Alien-like B) her hysteria when taking out the monster is out of character for a witcher (they are cool / emotionless) C) she's uglyfied & masculine.., compared to TW3 Ciri, why? etc. => red flags! (generic, lore / character breaking, pandering character.., typical for flags for "forced DEI"..)
A) What does that even mean? B) Witchers are not emotionless, that's a stereotype that Geralt leans into to distance himself from the world. C) She's not, she just looks older. Because she is. Rumours are saying the game takes place 100 years after the last game. And in either case, Geralt looked older in his CGI trailer too. None of these are red flags. You're just a product of online cynicism.
@WolfieboyMachi A) the scene where the monsters head comes up really close, is so an over used Alien trope (dodging the monster stab attacks on the ground, is another over used battle trope), it felt every generic B) Geralt states, Witchers are colder, cooler, more emotionless.., as are the other Witchers normally.., never seen one hysterical (was used to over dramatic the scene and show some kind inner struggle she had .., felt out of place here, and out of character of Witchers & Ciri.., especially a more mature Ciri) C) she looks different, not just "older".., her bone structures & face is different.., and Witchers don't seem to really age that much, she's clearly uglier and more masculine than the TW3 Ciri.. (not a single new western AAA female lead has been attractive this generation..., its way to obvious atm)
@@VampireNoblesse How are you people seeing Ciri and think she's been uglified? No, seriously. Like, it's so bloody easy to figure out. Geralt has completely changed his face multiple times over the series and the trailers even for the same game, and predictably so did other characters, but since you've got completely obsessed over the modern buzzwords and the current thing you're hearing on the internet you decided you had to check every single frame of that trailer until you found one piece of footage where it looked like Ciri's chin looked bigger than normal. Just bloody quit it. It looks like she got botox if anything. There's a naked chick right at the start of the trailer and you think they're toning down on the sexuality of the series. Are you even trying to use your brain or what?
@@VampireNoblesse A) A scene where the monster's head comes up really close is a patented Alien trope that hasn't occurred in any other media-any movie, comic, or story? Do you really believe that? B) The Trial of the Grasses was originally performed on young children, and only a few boys survived. It drastically changed their bodies, their hormone levels, everything. They mutated and were prevented from going through normal puberty. Additionally, they were trained to behave in a certain way, not showing any emotions. The situation with Ciri is the complete opposite. When she undergoes the Trial of the Grasses, she is a fully grown woman. If she survives it, it won’t change her personality significantly, if at all. She has always been an unruly child and is driven by her emotions. That will be the main difference between her and Geralt, as stated by the developers. As you can see, the Trial of the Grasses doesn’t change much in that regard.
@@VampireNoblesseBruh, Lambert is pretty damn dramatic and Geralt is very emotional if you ever read the books to a point he was very childish at several times. Ciri wasnt hysterical in a single scene in this trailer. Her bone is the same. Hate to break it to you but w3 trailer geralt dont look like geralt in the games. And every geralt in all 3 games dont even look the same. Are you upset about that too? No, she has not gotten a masculine feature in any way😂😂😂😂 dear lord. She looks the same, just older. Women age! 🤯😱 You litteraly are seing things that arent even there.
Unreal Engine 5 is total trash. Every single game made on it can ONLY be trash. I am playing Satisfactory right now. This game engine is a mess. Pop in is a problem, shadows are a problem, anti-aliasing is a problem. And more, it really does just go on like that. Unreal Engine 5 is death by a thousand cuts. And every game made on it is going to suffer all of that. They should just continue using their red engine.
While I love the RED engine, and hate what they're doing to Ciri. I have to say that I disagree about UE, did you see Tekken 8? It's phenomenal. UE is such an advanced engine. That said I do wonder how W4 game would look in red engine.
CD project Red Is working with Epic games for a custom build for Unreal engine 5, so It Is not the same as any other games, besides, It Is not the engine itself bad, It Is how u use It and optimize It, same for unity or almost any engine with custom builds
@@TemplareArrapato You'll see. I promise you that. Also just want to point out here, you're defending them. Which means you aren't as confident in their ability as you think you are. You are defending them, because you feel like they need a defense. If they were doing great, they wouldn't need you to defend them, would they? And believe me, they do not require or desire your defense. They can, and will, pay for a far better defense.
@@danielduncan6806 actually im Just stating a fact regarding game engines. I'm a mapmaker who work with unity and Unreal engine 5, using custom builds and external tools to optimize those engines. I read and listened to interview where CD project said that they are working with Epic games developers in a multi-year contract for years to learn to use that engine. The game will still be bad? Maybe The Witcher 4 will be a delusion? Maybe I can't know that, but I can't saying for certain It Will be a disaster only because they are using a highly configurable game engine that some people do not like. If the game will have a terribile story, terribile graphic, and terrible gameplay, I Will be mad and disappointed like everyone else. I'm just jot the kind of person who will make a scene before the game will be even shown. Sorry for the bad english, Im italian. I hope my reasoning is made clear
How is it explained? Girls can't be witchers, it was clearly stated. And where her powers went? She gave them up because she wanted to be a witcher? Is that even possible? She was infinitelly more powerful than any witcher ever and now she is 1/1000 of her former self...why?
@@johntheknight3062 No, the only thing stated in the books is that all the girls who went through the Trial of Grasses died. Ciri surviving the Trial of Grasses doesn't break the lore. She's just the first.
@@MuricaTurkey Yes! I don't remember it being explained at all. I remember everyone involved attempting an adult trial of grasses, succeeding (barely) only because he was of full elven blood AND there was a curse holding him together, he literally turned into a skin bag filled with vomit, and died for a few moments before his own soul told Yennefer how to 'save' him. And all four of the incredibly powerful Witchers and Sorceress swore they'd never do it again... So how is Ciri - a HALF elf adult - *on her own* supposed to open her own veins, administer a sedative, administer three torturously painful mutagens that are known to literally give the recipient heart failure if they aren't dosed to the eyeballs with said sedative, and then magically keep her insides... well, *inside* for over a day? I cannot imagine ANYONE who's read the books and played the games not being at LEAST skeptical... and that's assuming we're OK with our choices at the end of the game being ignored.
CDPR could have gone back in time and use the available books as lore. Which would have allowed them to still use Gerald. Or. Give the Player the ability to make their own Witcher Charakter. A middle ground Solution for not using Gerald as main Charakter. The "Solution" they did come up with. Doesn't convince me to buy The Witcher 4.
What is funny to me is that Ciri was a young girl in previous games and she has grown up and gone through trial of grasses since then and has been witchering for some time. Of course she will be grizzled and masc and not like a dainty little girl anymore. And even if she didn't go through a bloody blender, a lot of Slavic women look better in their teenage years than later in life :D :D so in fact its actually culture specific too :D
She hasn't gone through the trial of grasses she would have minecrafted. No girl survives the trial and barely any boys do and not when they're adults. They're going off lore to make her a witcher. Ciri was already battle hardened and in her twenties by Witcher 3 and she looked fantastic. She looks more like a hag rather than an elf in the trailer. But i hope the game is good.
Yeah, the complains about her looks are stupid. But the trials is questionable at best, apart from the fact they had a high mortality rate on women, they were meant to be done while the body is developing and not on a full adult. Ciri also had a crazy amount of powers already, she has no need for mutations. CDPR could let her be as she is and for the people who would miss the potion/sign system they could make a new Lynx school witcher.
I find it ironic that the people freaking out about playing as Ciri (one of the endings in w3), are crying like little girls. They are already used to playing a girl in real life. Then they deflect by pretending to care about the lore in games whos very existence deviated from the lore. Cosplay fans.
Well, I'm a woman and I hate it. Loved TW3. Literally my favorite game of all time, and I've been gaming since 1986. I Love Ciri. Not loving that suddenly she's an actual mutated witcher just because they wanted to try to get PC points this game. It should have been a prequel with Vesimir, IMO. Or an RPG, build-your-own Witcher. And yes, should have been male, period. I'm sick of being pandered to. Just make a good game without ruining lore. Changing minor things in the background or with NPCs is one thing. Totally changing an entire character and how Witchers are made (girls don't survive the process and SHOCKER, we're biologically different!) Is insane. Forcing her to be a mutant witcher when it ISN'T possible and it actually NERFS her is insult to injury. Btw, there's nothing WRONG with being a woman. You're not helping your argument by being a sexist weirdo. Havibg a problem with Ciri being a mutant witcher us NOT sexist. It's logical. Plenty of women are sick of this DEI BS in OUR name in seemingly EVERYTHING. I don't need the hero to be a woman if she's going to be shallow and some soulless girlboss that hugely breaks the lore. It's disgusting and I'm not so cheaply won over.
@MuricaTurkey you poor fake persona. You actually know nothing about the books or the lore. Ciri becoming a witcher is one of the W3 endings. The books are about her through the eyes of geralt. This was ALWAYS going to be Ciri as the logical successor. The fact that you think this is pandering tells the fans all they need to know about your nonsense. Youre a nobody at best, like most of you crying about this. Either way enjoy copy pasting your rant to a fading minority.
@MuricaTurkey lmao, reported my comments. Hurt the ego. Again, you know nothing about the books, nothing about the lore. Ciri becomes a witcher in one of the W3 endings. The author of the books is helping craft the story. You dont even know enough to know why this is the most logical path forward. This one isnt pandering. you're just used to it. Considering the over investment and copy pasted comments. Wouldnt be surprised if you were a bot. Like so many copy paste bots swarming W4 content everyone sees at the bottom.
@johntheknight3062 theres preference and then theres artifically trying to start a culture war for nothing. Failed out the gate. Enjoy the next trilogy. Or dont.
One can tell you haven't play The Witcher 3. You HAVE TO ! You probably have a few years to get ready before the coming of the 4th ! Regarding this trailer, I don't get why so many people are upset. I'm the first to bitch about woke things, but I see nothing woke here, I see the Witcher atmosphere and lore, 100%.
Because this is how they act every time they think a female protagonist isn't sexy enough, and they believe its to personally spite THEM.
And they are doubly stupid because Cori looks hot as hell in this trailer anyway.
Took the words right out of my mouth. Totally agrre
You can see at the beginning of the trailer that the villager had the knife on his belt and it's the same knife he used at the end to kill the girl who was going to be sacrificed.
The monster shown in the trailer is Bauk, it comes from Yugoslav mythology (Europe) .The monster is able to sense fear, manipulate the mind and paralyze fear, making the victim an easy target. Despite its heaviness and strength, it is also agile. It can use any surface to move.
As for Lynx's school, already, I explain. Well, as we know Ciri in the saga as well as W3 wore the medallion of the Cat's school - I won't spoil why, but Ciri is an alumna of the Wolf's school. So from the combination of cat and wolf we have Lynx.
People are complaining that Ciri looks different, but Geralt's face changed pretty considerably between the three original games. She looks a bit older and acts a bit differently because the game is set some years after Witcher 3, so she is not a kid anymore.
They masculinized and bloated Ciri's previously pretty face. It's for the same reason they uglified Aloy, Mary Jane, and Laura Croft. Everybody knows it.
@chronogamer7901 older, but witchers don't really age much.., she looks different too, its not the same model, they changed her bone structures, jaw & chin.. even her mouth is different..
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Geralt looked more or less the same in the games.., in the Tw3 trailer they tried to change him (actually tried make him look hotter), but went back and stuck to his original look (Hommer Simpson mouth..), and did a great job on it; making him look better than in TW2 but still keep his trademark looks
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TW4 Ciri has clearly been UGLYFIED & MASCULINISED.., older looking or not.., and who wants to play as an old looking woman?.. Returnal? (lost 30% of potential buyers.., playing as an old lady in a Si-fi action setting?.. who's idea was it?. ofc agenda pushers..)
@@VampireNoblesseholy hell you guys are a bunch incels lmao.
@@VampireNoblesse Geralt is HUGELY different from the first game.
She was 21 in Witcher 3 not a kid, facial structure doesn't change when you age from early 20s to late 20s/early 30s. They gave her masculine facial structure/jawline. Also, Geralt's look changed for the better in each game, unlike Ciri.
i like the fact we as slavs have the Witcher game or books because that fan-fiction trash on Netflix isnt Witcher but as i said im happy we have this because Slavic folklore or/and culture is heavily underrepresented in my oppinion when it comes to game's or international books because it sure is little to nothing shown in movies or tv shows and others like that. I am not happiest fan of the Witcher when it coems to the fact that Ciri is now main character but its the most reasonable thing to do and put her as main character lets be honest Geralt story ended so good and well deserved with Witcher 3 DLC Blood & Wine. And in long run if a game series struggles to change main protagonist it usually ends in downfall
For context, Ciri is given the honorary title of “Witcher” in the Witcher ending for 3, despite not having the same skill set as Geralt. In the Witcher 4, it would seem they are retconning her to be an actual Witcher in the same vain as Geralt, and “somehow” her actual powers are gone. Which I have yet to see CDPR explain.
many years since I player w3, so she is "just" a small female then? no increased strength, speed, reflexes or endurance? How is she even gonna beat s single alghoul then?
honestly i think there will be lore for it. her elderblood makes her a target. maybe yen or geralt or someon will come up with an altered trial of the grasses that dulls the effects of her elder blood but gives her some witcher powers?
@@Belnick6666She trained with witchers and has the knowledge of monsters but she canonically didn't undergo mutations, meaning she isn't as strong, fast or tough as a witcher. It also means her metabolism doesn't work like a witcher's, so potions would be a massive no-no for her. Every pition had a high chance to kill her
So a normal ghoul would be a hard fight for her, let alone a huge monster that a human couldn't stand a chance against
I'm curious as to how they'll explain (if they even will) how Ciri became an actual Witcher. Ignoring that the trial of grasses was generally only applied to boys, there should be no one left who knows how to do it so new witchers shouldn't be possible in the first place.
Mind I never finished the third game so if there's an ending that explains it, I wouldn't know.
@@Belnick6666 She has elder blood, have you even played the witcher? lmao 1diot
Mafia: The Old Country trailer next?
A cinematic trailer.
Cool.
Wake me up when they're showing the actual game (which is years from now).
I dunno, it just always seemed to me like Ciri was more powerful than a witcher. I was always under the impression that the mutations took place as the first step when the candidate is young. Because you needed the mutations in order to even have a chance at surviving the later trials.
But that's even IF you can survive being mutated.
We see Geralt training her without her having to go through the mutations, because of how powerful she is and he's trying to focus her abilites. Why would she need the mutations? So instead of going forward with this idea that she's the first non-mutated witcher, because she doesn't need it, they just made her physically bigger, a brute, and must have went through the mutations because witcher.
Seems very Galadrial in RoP type of thing to do.
It's also like if in Arkham Knight a very young Kara Zor-El is being trained by Bruce to try and focus her powers. Then in a sequel it's revealed that Kara took Gold Kryponite so she could be Bruce's successor as Batwoman.
From what I remember of the books I read (I read a few and didn't really care for the series though), the reason she was initially seperated from Gerhalt was because Yennifer or Triss (I don't remember which) pointed out that women are substantially different than men and nobody really know what the mutations would do to a woman and it would probably kill or cripple Ciri.
Bauk!
The books are amazing. Idk bout this game but I’ll give it a shot. Witcher 3 is the best game to date.
So I read a few of the books and haven't played the games, but the reason she was seperated from Gerhalt is partially because nobody had any idea what would happen if they turned a woman into a witcher and it would probably kill or cripple her.
Haven't read the books but from I gathered the Wild Hunt was also after her and she decided to run away somewhere where she wouldn't endanger anybody else
no that's not it she jumped into an unstable portal to escape a mad wizard
Well, I would say to read the books is a must for you, Metatron :)
I am currently looking forward to czech translation of the new book from Mr Sapkowskij.
Its a natural continuation, it would be either Ciri or a custom character. She uses Geralt's steel sword as well.
The fact she turned into witcher is a little stupid and pointless but just like people complain about it now,they would had if she didn't as well because they would miss the potion/sign system. Also the complains about she "changed" is dumb,she aged, witcher 4 and 3 are literally years apart. I don't understand how people demand with a straight face that she still looks 20.
Agreed. I am sure the alchemy and the fast reflexes played a big part in the decision to mutate Ciri in the first place. They wanted a witcher in their witcher game.
Ciri as protagonist is fine but breaking the lore and turn her into a witcher when she was powerful before? Why? Also i fear they'll reduce RPG even more and didn't show any gameplay.
All of the Witcher reveal trailers have been cinematics. This follows that trend. I don't see any reason to believe that they are reducing RPG mechanics.
Geez you complainer. No gameplay because production has only just started. What do you expect? I bet you didn’t freak out when the GTA 6 trailer dropped.
And how are they breaking the lore? The game director explained that they will showcase how she passed the Trials of the Grasses. The reason she passes them is simple: Ciri is special. When in the books she drinks the water of Brokylon it doesn’t affect her, while even Geralt, immune to poisons, gets hallucinations. Her passing the trials is absolutely within lore rights. She has the Elder Blood and isn’t an ordinary woman.
bruh production started two weeks ago, what are they gonna show you, some polygons?
Yep that's my biggest issue with it. She never needed to become a full witcher. She was already superior. Her becoming a witcher and using witcher tactics is a downgrade over her natural powers.
I can’t believe it’s not butter!
CDPR invested heavily in DEI between the development cycles of Cyberpunk and Witcher 4.
I wouldn't get your hopes up.
This isn't the same studio that made the previous Witcher games, just as BioWare, Blizzard, etc are husks of their former selves.
Plus most of the talents that made the old Witcher trilogy and Cyberpunk left, some of the best even opened a new studio Rebel Wolves
Another idiot has come to spread his lies. You are getting boring with these formulas straight from the tape of anti-Wok idiots.
Agree, lets wait and see the story and gameplay first though. The trailer is entirely CGI it could be just to fill in the check boxes.
you guys are actual man children hahahah
You read DEI and you already know what sort of deranged person you're dealing with. "CDPR invested in DEI" is schizoposting at its finest.
And the writers who made the previous Witcher games are still at the studio. Hope that helps.
Tried your HoMM3 video but having the same music blasting so loud, louder than your voice, was ear cancer.
Yeah, I'll pass. At least for now.
My thoughts on the Witcher 4 is that Ciri being the next protagonist feels like the next logical step. Unfortunately for me, I only like Ciri because Geralt likes Ciri. I will probably skip Witcher 4 unless I hear it is crazy good and has a lot of stuff I would really like beyond what I expect from a Witcher 3 sequel.
it's amusing to see the anty-woke mob complaining about things without even looking at how the game will handle the switch to witcher for Ciri, but never complained about far sillier things in previous Witcher games, like women running trough fields in high heels? They should put on some high heels, try to sprint through broken terrain, and see how many seconds they last before needing an ambulance.
I love the Witcher Novels, and i liked Witcher 3 i own the previous ones not played them, and i like the idea of playing Ciri i think she's quite pretty and a badass wishlisted
The only thing that annoys me about playing as Ciri is that they have canonized one of the endings of Witcher 3. I know it's a common practice but I find it annoying.
There is a strong possibility that all the endings will be canon. They all happened, just one after the other. The ending where Ciri supposedly dies happens one week after she enters the tower, the ending where she becomes a Witcher is a week after that, and the Empress ending happens a few months later. It's possible that all three endings occurred independently. If that's true, now they have to find a way for Ciri to be bored or disappointed in ruling Nilfgaard, since she's a Witcher again in The Witcher 4.
They actually denied that any ending will be decanonized, the only thing they "changed" is that ciri doesn't actually die in the bad ending (which was always up to interpretation) how they account for your chosen ending is yet to be seen though
Why not call it Ciri? they afraid they might lose players? lol
gamers know who she is
Shocking. Shocking! You barely having played Witcher 3.
W2 felt very for-console in its design. W1 I personally liked better. But W3 is gamer mekka. (Including the expansions, of course.)
When does ASSmon not have something stupid to say ...
When does he have something stupid to say? It's rare that he's far off the mark on anything.
@scythelord lool, so. You are one of his " chatters" that shifts opinion halfway through one of his rants, just because he does , ok got it,
Asmon is right.
Asmongold is a mouth breather and anyone that thinks hes smart is in the double digits i q. Lmao hes wrong about 95% of the topics he discusses @@scythelord
she looked much better in the previous games
She was 20 in the previous game.
@@scarecrow2097 This is a pathetic excuse. It is obvious that the reason she looks like this is because they are pushing a woke agenda.
@@scarecrow2097 Age doesn't masculinize a women's face after puberty. Exogenous hormones would though. Probably the witcher potions?
@@scarecrow2097 Women don't change that much. A beautiful 20 year old typically will also be a beautiful 50 year old.
@@scarecrow2097 and now "few years later" so like 24 ...?
When you compare it to the Witcher 3 trailers it kind of sucked. Ciri just acting like a female Geralt and chugging potions is really weird too. I do like that they're not going with character creator bullshit.
she was acting like a female Geralt in witcher 3 , do you know y?? Because he raised her.....
i like the drama junkies in the comments .... Ciri is ugly, DEI, talent left , braking lore ........ fyi witcher game broke lore since witcher 1 but yeah.
Broken book lore as an excuse doesn't address any of those issues though.
Seems to me the anti woke mob is jumping the shark on this one. All so ready to destroy this game before it ever arrives. What I saw was an awesome trailer to what could be a game of the year, providing they do avoid the dei stuff, and if what the devs said post trailer is true then gamers fears may well be for naught. Grow up people and give the game a chance. As for a female protagonist, well, neither my wife or I could care less as long as the game is good.
There's only two things I actually am not so much a fan of. The first is that she is actually a full witcher. The whole point is that she was not a witcher, just trained like one and she had her power from her bloodline that made up for the lack of mutations and made her MORE powerful.
The second thing I'm not a fan of, is that she's not got the same voice actress clearly. Never like when voice actors change. Perhaps it is this recasting that has her face looking so different, but it could also be just CDPR doing what they've always done and changing character faces around. Honestly the only face that didn't see major changes through the Witcher games was Eskel. Geralt changed a ton between 1 2 and 3. Triss changed between 1 and 2 and was mostly the same in 3.
The lore in the games is non canon, meaning they change to "gamefy" the story. From what we know so far it seems Ciri had the mutations in the school of the Lynx (her medallion on the trailer), wich was founded by Lambert and Keira Metz. Being Keira interested in diseases and biologic stuff, probably they researched the experiments of the School of the Cat (the only school where girls did the trials even though most of them died) and perfected them to be less life threatening. We can only speculate the reason for Ciri do the mutations besides the fact that she wants it, there are some very plausible explanations, like she doesn't want to risk have children (her child can be the destroyer of worlds, or simply go through the hardships she had), or she was going crazy (the last humans to have the elder blood powers have gone mad because of it, the mutations may be a way to reduce the overall effects of her blood, weakening her original powers in the process too).
Also, about the voice actress, unfortunetly the one from TW3 passed away some time ago, so they had to get a new one. But considering Ciri is older and is drinking toxic potions now, her voice changing kind of makes sense too.
I think that the wave of woke stuff and Western attacks on sexuality in gaming has fried people's brains, because now they're seeing shadows of that stuff in every corner even when there are none.
Pray tell, how are the Witcher devs playing into the uglification of games when their trailer starts off with a naked woman bathing? Convincing people that this Ciri still looks like a top model might be hard due to their self-delusion, but at least consider the naked peasant woman. The trailer starts off trying to make think of the things that characterized the Witcher series, which are an eastern European medieval setting, bathtubs because of that meme with Witcher 3, an Igni sign and, of course, a naked lady, because the Witcher series has been filled with sexual elements.
Can someone explain me this? I know some people were too busy looking for the one frame where Ciri dares to frown as she fight a 3 meter monsters who wants to eat her guts to make a snarky thumbnail, but surely you didn't miss the whole first part? What did you think the "woke" developers were trying to tell when they put a healthy amount of sideboob right as the trailer started?
This kind of stuff only helps ridiculing legitimate concerns with gaming. If that godawful Intergalactic trailer got any legs to stand on right now, is exactly by making it sound like they got targeted like the Witcher trailer did, except that Ciri is Ciri and that obnoxious baldhead is not.
Well true partly. People are very defensive now because we have seen everything we loved turned into slop. CPR have also gone full DEI, and released a stinker of a game with their last offering. So they really have a lot do to win people back. Lots of staff have left and they clearly don't have the talent to create authentic material. So its not looking good. I think this is why people are a bit upset. As for me, my bet is this game will suck.
Why tf does it bother you though?????????????????????????????????? 😂😂😂😂😂
@@Macheako Exactly lol. And yeah, wouldn't say this trailer bothered me personally as I am not that into Witcher. I will not buy it unless it really starts to redeem itself which is unlikely.
But definitely I can see how it bothers other people. Also plenty of woke apologists or trolls using these lines all the time now.
I saw nothing dei in this trailer unless being a strong woman is somehow forbidden in the gaming world. Oh, I forgot, us guys must have juggle factor, SARC.
@@TheWandererTiles Man, sorry if I sound blunt, but what youtuber put that opinion in your head?
CDPR writes up some blurb about inclusivity in some random place on their website and does some partnership aimed at women, which is nothing strange for a lor of working places in tech, and suddenly we got from that to "they have gone FULL woke".
Just like sexualization it can't just be a little sexualized, no, everything is now hypersexualization, and for the same reason you can never go a little woke, or do some stuff that's related to inclusivity but that's about it, because if you don't describe things in the most hyperbolic, alarmist way possible you don't get views on youtube anymore.
Nothing happened at CDPR. They had some standard bureaucratic crap that doesn't matter and everyone in the industry does, from the company you think are based to those you think are evil, and had some employees coming and going as always. Based on barely nothing at all you bought into the idea that they are in the situation as Bioware.
You remember Anita Sarkeesian? Remember how faulty her stuff was because, when you start off with a strongly ideological worldview and try to analyze things, your ideology will color everything you see and you will find confirmations for your beliefs everywhere, even where there's nothing?
You think that's something that only ever happens to feminists and people you dislike, or could that happen even to someone who has the "right" opinions?
They had all these possibilities and they literally decided to go with the most basic and annyoing character for no reason. They could make a story from Zerikania, Ofier, Nilfgaard... from the golden age of Witchers where you choose your own school and create your won witcher. But no. None of that. We have boring predictable girlboss instead. Not to mention her powers. Where did that go?
Spot on. Females cannot become a Witcher because they cannot take the potions effects. We all knew that would be the first thing they attack. So predictable.
she's a main protagonist of the books, it makes sense, why ur calling her girl boss when her powers are getting nerfed I wonder🤔
@@khal7702 You simpletons have this one "argument" and that's it, don't you? "iT wAS iN bOoKs" That's not an argument against anything. That's just stating the fact that she WAS the main character but why in the hell she needs to be in everything else? The world is so unique, so wast and all we are gonna get is yet again one singular story line with overused characters? F*ck that.
Buddy, if you actually played Witcher 3 you were seeing this coming from a mile away.
Get back to where you came from, tourist.
Ciri is the most basic character? She's by far the most developed character in this universe besides Geralt, because the books are equally about her as they are about him. How is choosing her as the next protagonist after Geralt's story is finished done 'by no reason'? She was the most obvious choice.
Pass, CDPR converted fully to DEI ideology, lost most of the talent that made witcher and cyberpunk and they just ignored previous games and books lore.
I read all the books so, naturally, I hate this. It is a discrace that they were allowed to call it Witcher. I won't be playing. The last TV season was shite enough to last me a lifetime. One love from Scotland. 💙 🦁 🏴
I am so glad to see fellow intelligent humans. The amount of absolute cope (even from people in LARPing community I am part of) is crazy. "oH yOu CaN't jUdGe bEfoRe iT cOmEs oUt" Well yes I can and I will. They decided to show us Ciri being girlboss witcher which makes absolutelly zero sense so yes, I am gonna judge based on available info. Not to mention that they absolutelly messed up the opportunity to finally get away from the main storyline and create brand new one somewhere else in the world not connected to Geralt and Ciri. What an absolute waste.
If you read all the books then you know how much of a big role Ciri plays,how is it a disgrace then? Or you mean the pointless change they did by turning her into a witcher ? To that I would agree.
I read all the books so, naturally i loved this.
@@scarecrow2097 Yeah. Turning her into a Witcher. She is far more powerful than a normal Witcher. This is just a "you said she can't, but girl boss" kinda moment.
@@johntheknight3062 Great! Another person that gets it!
A) action scene is too Alien-like
B) her hysteria when taking out the monster is out of character for a witcher (they are cool / emotionless)
C) she's uglyfied & masculine.., compared to TW3 Ciri, why?
etc.
=> red flags!
(generic, lore / character breaking, pandering character.., typical for flags for "forced DEI"..)
A) What does that even mean?
B) Witchers are not emotionless, that's a stereotype that Geralt leans into to distance himself from the world.
C) She's not, she just looks older. Because she is. Rumours are saying the game takes place 100 years after the last game. And in either case, Geralt looked older in his CGI trailer too.
None of these are red flags. You're just a product of online cynicism.
@WolfieboyMachi
A) the scene where the monsters head comes up really close, is so an over used Alien trope (dodging the monster stab attacks on the ground, is another over used battle trope), it felt every generic
B) Geralt states, Witchers are colder, cooler, more emotionless.., as are the other Witchers normally.., never seen one hysterical (was used to over dramatic the scene and show some kind inner struggle she had .., felt out of place here, and out of character of Witchers & Ciri.., especially a more mature Ciri)
C) she looks different, not just "older".., her bone structures & face is different.., and Witchers don't seem to really age that much, she's clearly uglier and more masculine than the TW3 Ciri.. (not a single new western AAA female lead has been attractive this generation..., its way to obvious atm)
@@VampireNoblesse How are you people seeing Ciri and think she's been uglified?
No, seriously. Like, it's so bloody easy to figure out. Geralt has completely changed his face multiple times over the series and the trailers even for the same game, and predictably so did other characters, but since you've got completely obsessed over the modern buzzwords and the current thing you're hearing on the internet you decided you had to check every single frame of that trailer until you found one piece of footage where it looked like Ciri's chin looked bigger than normal.
Just bloody quit it. It looks like she got botox if anything. There's a naked chick right at the start of the trailer and you think they're toning down on the sexuality of the series. Are you even trying to use your brain or what?
@@VampireNoblesse A) A scene where the monster's head comes up really close is a patented Alien trope that hasn't occurred in any other media-any movie, comic, or story? Do you really believe that?
B) The Trial of the Grasses was originally performed on young children, and only a few boys survived. It drastically changed their bodies, their hormone levels, everything. They mutated and were prevented from going through normal puberty. Additionally, they were trained to behave in a certain way, not showing any emotions. The situation with Ciri is the complete opposite. When she undergoes the Trial of the Grasses, she is a fully grown woman. If she survives it, it won’t change her personality significantly, if at all. She has always been an unruly child and is driven by her emotions. That will be the main difference between her and Geralt, as stated by the developers. As you can see, the Trial of the Grasses doesn’t change much in that regard.
@@VampireNoblesseBruh, Lambert is pretty damn dramatic and Geralt is very emotional if you ever read the books to a point he was very childish at several times. Ciri wasnt hysterical in a single scene in this trailer.
Her bone is the same. Hate to break it to you but w3 trailer geralt dont look like geralt in the games. And every geralt in all 3 games dont even look the same. Are you upset about that too?
No, she has not gotten a masculine feature in any way😂😂😂😂 dear lord. She looks the same, just older. Women age! 🤯😱
You litteraly are seing things that arent even there.
Unreal Engine 5 is total trash. Every single game made on it can ONLY be trash. I am playing Satisfactory right now. This game engine is a mess. Pop in is a problem, shadows are a problem, anti-aliasing is a problem. And more, it really does just go on like that. Unreal Engine 5 is death by a thousand cuts. And every game made on it is going to suffer all of that. They should just continue using their red engine.
While I love the RED engine, and hate what they're doing to Ciri. I have to say that I disagree about UE, did you see Tekken 8? It's phenomenal. UE is such an advanced engine. That said I do wonder how W4 game would look in red engine.
CD project Red Is working with Epic games for a custom build for Unreal engine 5, so It Is not the same as any other games, besides, It Is not the engine itself bad, It Is how u use It and optimize It, same for unity or almost any engine with custom builds
@@TemplareArrapato You'll see. I promise you that.
Also just want to point out here, you're defending them. Which means you aren't as confident in their ability as you think you are. You are defending them, because you feel like they need a defense. If they were doing great, they wouldn't need you to defend them, would they?
And believe me, they do not require or desire your defense. They can, and will, pay for a far better defense.
@@danielduncan6806 actually im Just stating a fact regarding game engines. I'm a mapmaker who work with unity and Unreal engine 5, using custom builds and external tools to optimize those engines. I read and listened to interview where CD project said that they are working with Epic games developers in a multi-year contract for years to learn to use that engine.
The game will still be bad? Maybe
The Witcher 4 will be a delusion? Maybe
I can't know that, but I can't saying for certain It Will be a disaster only because they are using a highly configurable game engine that some people do not like.
If the game will have a terribile story, terribile graphic, and terrible gameplay, I Will be mad and disappointed like everyone else.
I'm just jot the kind of person who will make a scene before the game will be even shown.
Sorry for the bad english, Im italian. I hope my reasoning is made clear
metatron do you agree with ciri being a witcher? personally im fine with it bcuz its explained in witcher 3
How? How is it explained? It isn't
It just go against the lore of the books and the previous games. Plus she was a lot more powerful than a witcher, it just dosen't make sense
How is it explained? Girls can't be witchers, it was clearly stated. And where her powers went? She gave them up because she wanted to be a witcher? Is that even possible? She was infinitelly more powerful than any witcher ever and now she is 1/1000 of her former self...why?
@@johntheknight3062 No, the only thing stated in the books is that all the girls who went through the Trial of Grasses died. Ciri surviving the Trial of Grasses doesn't break the lore. She's just the first.
@@MuricaTurkey Yes! I don't remember it being explained at all. I remember everyone involved attempting an adult trial of grasses, succeeding (barely) only because he was of full elven blood AND there was a curse holding him together, he literally turned into a skin bag filled with vomit, and died for a few moments before his own soul told Yennefer how to 'save' him.
And all four of the incredibly powerful Witchers and Sorceress swore they'd never do it again...
So how is Ciri - a HALF elf adult - *on her own* supposed to open her own veins, administer a sedative, administer three torturously painful mutagens that are known to literally give the recipient heart failure if they aren't dosed to the eyeballs with said sedative, and then magically keep her insides... well, *inside* for over a day?
I cannot imagine ANYONE who's read the books and played the games not being at LEAST skeptical... and that's assuming we're OK with our choices at the end of the game being ignored.
J
CDPR could have gone back in time and use the available books as lore. Which would have allowed them to still use Gerald.
Or. Give the Player the ability to make their own Witcher Charakter.
A middle ground Solution for not using Gerald as main Charakter.
The "Solution" they did come up with. Doesn't convince me to buy The Witcher 4.
WE WANT authentic Ciri not that BS !!! its me dax :D
What BS, seems your hammer is seeing everything as a nail.
@@NealeC-f4s what
What is funny to me is that Ciri was a young girl in previous games and she has grown up and gone through trial of grasses since then and has been witchering for some time. Of course she will be grizzled and masc and not like a dainty little girl anymore. And even if she didn't go through a bloody blender, a lot of Slavic women look better in their teenage years than later in life :D :D so in fact its actually culture specific too :D
She hasn't gone through the trial of grasses she would have minecrafted. No girl survives the trial and barely any boys do and not when they're adults. They're going off lore to make her a witcher. Ciri was already battle hardened and in her twenties by Witcher 3 and she looked fantastic. She looks more like a hag rather than an elf in the trailer. But i hope the game is good.
Yeah, the complains about her looks are stupid.
But the trials is questionable at best, apart from the fact they had a high mortality rate on women, they were meant to be done while the body is developing and not on a full adult. Ciri also had a crazy amount of powers already, she has no need for mutations. CDPR could let her be as she is and for the people who would miss the potion/sign system they could make a new Lynx school witcher.
@@SugondeesA hag? Tell me you are a lonely man without telling me
I find it ironic that the people freaking out about playing as Ciri (one of the endings in w3), are crying like little girls. They are already used to playing a girl in real life.
Then they deflect by pretending to care about the lore in games whos very existence deviated from the lore. Cosplay fans.
Well, I'm a woman and I hate it. Loved TW3. Literally my favorite game of all time, and I've been gaming since 1986.
I Love Ciri. Not loving that suddenly she's an actual mutated witcher just because they wanted to try to get PC points this game. It should have been a prequel with Vesimir, IMO. Or an RPG, build-your-own Witcher. And yes, should have been male, period.
I'm sick of being pandered to. Just make a good game without ruining lore. Changing minor things in the background or with NPCs is one thing. Totally changing an entire character and how Witchers are made (girls don't survive the process and SHOCKER, we're biologically different!) Is insane.
Forcing her to be a mutant witcher when it ISN'T possible and it actually NERFS her is insult to injury.
Btw, there's nothing WRONG with being a woman. You're not helping your argument by being a sexist weirdo. Havibg a problem with Ciri being a mutant witcher us NOT sexist. It's logical.
Plenty of women are sick of this DEI BS in OUR name in seemingly EVERYTHING.
I don't need the hero to be a woman if she's going to be shallow and some soulless girlboss that hugely breaks the lore. It's disgusting and I'm not so cheaply won over.
@MuricaTurkey you poor fake persona. You actually know nothing about the books or the lore. Ciri becoming a witcher is one of the W3 endings. The books are about her through the eyes of geralt. This was ALWAYS going to be Ciri as the logical successor. The fact that you think this is pandering tells the fans all they need to know about your nonsense. Youre a nobody at best, like most of you crying about this. Either way enjoy copy pasting your rant to a fading minority.
The fact that you insult people based on their preferences say all about you.
@MuricaTurkey lmao, reported my comments. Hurt the ego. Again, you know nothing about the books, nothing about the lore. Ciri becomes a witcher in one of the W3 endings. The author of the books is helping craft the story. You dont even know enough to know why this is the most logical path forward. This one isnt pandering. you're just used to it. Considering the over investment and copy pasted comments. Wouldnt be surprised if you were a bot. Like so many copy paste bots swarming W4 content everyone sees at the bottom.
@johntheknight3062 theres preference and then theres artifically trying to start a culture war for nothing. Failed out the gate. Enjoy the next trilogy. Or dont.