The Witcher The Witcher IV - The Ciri Saga Begins

[Grauken]

I wouldn't worry, nothing in C77 was anything like what they said for years the game would be like, so noting in Witcher 4 will be like anything they talk about now.

 

[Lord_Potato]

When did Ciri turn into a girl boss? Did CDPR consult Naughty Dog?

In the final novel of the series (Lady of the Lake) when she singlehandedly defeats Leo Bonhart, a guy who previously slayed several witchers.

Also she was already very powerful in Witcher 3. She basically goes against the world-shattering cataclysmic event and kicks its ass.

 

[Heroic Liberator]

And now she's a bornagain adventurer.

"It's not a phase, dad!" - Ciri probably

 

[Lord_Potato]

But you identify with Geralt, a widely despised monster killer?

Not too much tbh but at least I don't have to flirt/sleep with men with male player characters in RPGs.

As Ciri you also won't have to flirt/sleep with men

 

[Maxie]

I wouldn't worry, nothing in C77 was anything like what they said for years the game would be like, so noting in Witcher 4 will be like anything they talk about now.

I've played c77 for 90h and nobody seems to have had any personal responsibility

 

[TheImplodingVoice]

When did Ciri turn into a girl boss? Did CDPR consult Naughty Dog?

In the final novel of the series (Lady of the Lake) when she singlehandedly defeats Leo Bonhart, a guy who previously slayed several witchers.

Also she was already very powerful in Witcher 3. She basically goes against the world-shattering cataclysmic event and kicks its ass.

True, but the way she is, is completely out of character. Yes, very powerful in W3, then why would she need to become a Witcher? But it's just a trailer so I'll give them the benefit of the doubt. But I am quite positive they are going to fuck it up. Only the Polish will eat this shit up and defend CDPR. Enjoy, your DEI slop

 

[CrunchyHemorrhoids]

Knowing how heads of CDPR operate i think here's how it went:

- C77 release happened
- CDPR heads realized that they might fuck up whole company
- instead of unknown new witcher saga which can sink complately company go with ciri and witcher 4

If they wanted to play it safe they should've gone with Geralt again or young Vesemir, not Ciri. They are following the direction of the failed netflix show. If the new protag flops it will be up to the witcher remakes and new cyberpunk to keep cdp afloat - but if that happens they'll probably scramble to take those projects away from their current developers in order to work on them back home and screw them up the same.

 

[Quillon]

But you identify with Geralt, a widely despised monster killer?

Not too much tbh but at least I don't have to flirt/sleep with men with male player characters in RPGs.

As Ciri you also won't have to flirt/sleep with men

Wasn't she bi? Anyway even if there won't be "romance with males", its an RPG and I'm sure there'll be evul toxic males trying to get in Ciri's pants even tho she is older and uglified from what it looks like and Ciri'll have to put em down and show em how stronk she is, not interested in witnessing any of this shit.

 

[Lord_Potato]

True, but the way she is, is completely out of character. Yes, very powerful in W3, then why would she need to become a Witcher?

It just appeared to me - becoming a witcher (or alternatively a full blown sorceress) is the only lore-friendly way for Ciri to get rid of her fertility. Thus removing herself from all the political and dynastic powerplays of Nilfgaard and the North.

Without an option to produce a heir she becomes worthless to anyone who'd like to use her as a pawn. Becoming a witcher also makes her a very bad candidate for any throne - be it Nilfgaard or Cintra, because nobody would accept a vile mutant in such a position.

Transformation has its very real risks but for a person like Ciri who's fed up with big politics it offers her a way out of it.

 

[Konjad]

It just appeared to me - becoming a witcher (or alternatively a full blown sorceress) is the only lore-friendly way for Ciri to get rid of her fertility. Thus removing herself from all the political and dynastic powerplays of Nilfgaard and the North.

Without an option to produce a heir she becomes worthless to anyone who'd like to use her as a pawn. Becoming a witcher also makes her a very bad candidate for any throne - be it Nilfgaard or Cintra, because nobody would accept a vile mutant in such a position.

Transformation has its very real risks but for a person like Ciri who's fed up with big politics it offers her a way out of it.

Or she could simply go into hiding.


The trailer is shit, but doesn't really show anything about the game. It's shit because it's made to look cool without much care for the lore (i.e. dramatic potion drinking during fight, but the monster waits patiently). Again though, it doesn't really set any expectations for the game. All Witcher trailers were different from gameplay, starting from the first one (though the first one had actually good trailer).

All that said, the only genuinely good Twitcher was the first one, second was alright and with third CDP shat the bed and just rolls over in it through CP2077 and no doubt TW4 soon enough too.

I'm sure it will sell well and be 10/10 GotY, but after disappointing Twitcher 3 I don't want to play any more Twitchers, and after CP2077 I don't want to play any more CDP games.

It gives me as much excitement as an announcement of a new Bethesda or Bioware game. I will either be unimpressed and ignore it, or I will be impressed how bad it is and laugh at it.

 

[cvv]

I won't buy games with female protagonists or read fantasy books written by females or with female protagonists.

So basically I don't have to play new games

 

[Gargaune]

It was the predictable move, but having Ciri as the next protagonist undermines her prior plot progression, going from interdimensional messiah and Nilfgaardian Empress back down to glorified pest control. It's a little unsatisfying artistically, I'd have been happy with a new girl witcher (uh, witch?) but Cirilla should've kept her throne rather than get a retcon of her achievements and Geralt's efforts on her behalf.

Trailer looked cool, good to see CDPR's art direction is still going strong and I was relieved for a breath of fresh grimdark after the endless fumes of candy-coloured AAA My Little Ponies. "Man is the real monster" might be a little tired by now, but is a Witcher staple, so that gets a pass. But I did roll my eyes at Ciri "killing tradition" - someone at CDPR must've thought they were being really clever with that bit of subtext.

 

[thesecret1]

Since the game is gonna have a female protag and this is a witcher game, does this mean there will be scenes where the MC flirts with men and gets dicked? Nude cards ala witcher 1, but with large cocks instead of tits? "Here dear player, have a close-up scene where Ciri sucks off some fag! You like sex scenes, right?"

 

[AwesomeButton]

Lmao. So Ciri basically took the hormone therapy.

Spoiler

I'm not even being a Codexian prick here. She took mutation anabolic shit meant only for young males.
It's suggesterd in the books that going through full witcher thing could fuck up her female biology.

The writer's name is "Kalemba". Can't make this up. ah sorry, I assumed it's some African name.

 

[AwesomeButton]

Figures that CDPR would be too numbskulled to design The Witcher IV around a customizable protagonist, rather than relying on a different pregenerated character, and to set it earlier in the setting's history when more witchers were around, rather than even later.

Zero expectations.

I had some hopes for an unnamed protagonist, but given that CDPR have done zero games without a predefined protagonist, I pretty much expected this too.

 

[Stavrophore]

If it doesn't feature that teleportation to the future episode im not going to play it.

 

[Perkel]

In the final novel of the series (Lady of the Lake) when she singlehandedly defeats Leo Bonhart, a guy who previously slayed several witchers.
Also she was already very powerful in Witcher 3. She basically goes against the world-shattering cataclysmic event and kicks its ass.

She killed him because they balanced on some beam which was her forte. In normal combat on normal ground she wouldn't stood a chance.
Also since Bonhart took her he made her fight non stop for months like a gladiator, so even on flat ground at the time she was already master swordsman.

Wasn't she bi? Anyway even if there won't be "romance with males", its an RPG and I'm sure there'll be evul toxic males trying to get in Ciri's pants even tho she is older and uglified from what it looks like and Ciri'll have to put em down and show em how stronk she is, not interested in witnessing any of this shit.

It's ambiguous. She was less with Mistle but basically Mistle took her away from being raped by leader so she can rape her instead. She had some feelings for Mistle but it's hard to say if they were due to love or because she was her new family. Back then she thought Rats were her only family. When she was with the rats she had wants to do it with some boy who later died. It was more like she didn't have much choice and her feelings were straight, just didn't have much time to do anything.

It just appeared to me - becoming a witcher (or alternatively a full blown sorceress) is the only lore-friendly way for Ciri to get rid of her fertility. Thus removing herself from all the political and dynastic powerplays of Nilfgaard and the North.

You don't need to do Trials or become sorceress to become infertile. Just hire mage to destroy ovaries without pain and voila.
Also becoming a sorceress would be infinitely safer than going through the trials.

 

[Readher]

Since the game is gonna have a female protag and this is a witcher game, does this mean there will be scenes where the MC flirts with men and gets dicked? Nude cards ala witcher 1, but with large cocks instead of tits? "Here dear player, have a close-up scene where Ciri sucks off some fag! You like sex scenes, right?"

You weren't forced into any flirting (from Geralt's side) or sex in any game aside from the start of The Witcher 2, no? It's probably going to be the same here and with both men and women.

 

[Ascetic]

>bitter woman makes herself infertile to avoid the expectations of getting married and having children that society has placed on her

There's truly no way to know the inspirations behind such epic storytelling. But I'm certain it's very deep and esoteric.

 

[EldarEldrad]

Trailer seems both uninspiring and pretentious at the same time somehow. But what's more important it is just soulless wokeism, thus this product must be rejected.

 

[Konjad]

Since the game is gonna have a female protag and this is a witcher game, does this mean there will be scenes where the MC flirts with men and gets dicked? Nude cards ala witcher 1, but with large cocks instead of tits? "Here dear player, have a close-up scene where Ciri sucks off some fag! You like sex scenes, right?"

Ciri was a lesbian.

 

[Dishonoredbr]

Do you guys think CDPR going to finally make a good progression system? 6th time is the charm.

 

[cvv]

Since the game is gonna have a female protag and this is a witcher game, does this mean there will be scenes where the MC flirts with men and gets dicked? Nude cards ala witcher 1, but with large cocks instead of tits? "Here dear player, have a close-up scene where Ciri sucks off some fag! You like sex scenes, right?"

Bruh, Ciri is a carpet muncher.

 

[Maxie]

Do you guys think CDPR going to finally make a good progression system? 6th time is the charm.

yes, the game seems very progressive

 

[Fargus]

Since the game is gonna have a female protag and this is a witcher game, does this mean there will be scenes where the MC flirts with men and gets dicked? Nude cards ala witcher 1, but with large cocks instead of tits? "Here dear player, have a close-up scene where Ciri sucks off some fag! You like sex scenes, right?"

Most people who play as female protagonists are cucks anyway so they wouldn't mind. But i think CDPR will probably nerf the amount of romance options or just turn the game into a dyke simulator of the century with different flavors of Judy Alvarez. Playing as a dashing girlboss dyke is not lgbt propaganda after all, in fact you are a fag if you don't play every game that way or so i heard