The Witcher The Witcher IV - The Ciri Saga Begins

[Lyric Suite]

Are the short stories part of the universe? Is there a reading order?

Yes and yes.

first you should read the stories from The Last Wish collection. Then from Sword of Destiny collection. And then it is time for the main 5 novel series, starting with Blood of Elves and ending with Lady of the Lake.

Alright. Only problem now is whether read the English or Italian.

I checked the Italian and apparently it's written by a wombyn. Hower, she is an academic with a specialty on slavic languages where as that (((David French))) guy looks like some kind of hipster i think i'm gonna go with the Italian.

This indeed appears to be a wise choice.

So i tried both. The English is fairly average, while the Italian is kind of funny. Flows better but it's very..., well, Italian. Maybe i'm not used to it as i haven't read a fantasy book in my own language since highschool. Once i learned English i always went straight to the original so it's a bit strange now to see all the standard fantasy terms translated in Italian.

There are also some minor discrepancies and someone, either the English or Italian translator is not being literal. When Geralt kills those guys in the tavern and walks out, the English says the people hid their faces. In the Italian, it says they covered their faces with their doublets. It's the same thing basically, the people are trying to avoid getting bewitched by the spell Geralt is using on the guards, but somebody isn't following the Polish here and i can only assume it's the English since omiting a detail is easier than inventing one.

BTW, the Italian translates Witcher as "Strigo". That's kinda of confusing since he has to kill this "striga". Again, wonder what the Polish says here. The Italian word for witch is strega while the word for a male sorcerer is stregone i guess Strigo makes sense like this, but then what the hell is a striga.

Anyway, i'll continue with the Italian. It just sounds... funnier. Like the translator is intentioanlly trying to make everything humorous.

Oh, and i guess the trailer in Witcher 1 was based on the very first story, hey?

 

[Lyric Suite]

Anyone who thinks this will be a Concord level flop is deluded. OTOH I doubt it will ever reach the same level of popularity (or number of sales for that matter) as the third game.

Last of Us II sold a ton too. You can make the argument most normies had no idea what they were getting into, and but yeash some franchises are often just too big to fail.

 

[Mortmal]

Anyone who thinks this will be a Concord level flop is deluded. OTOH I doubt it will ever reach the same level of popularity (or number of sales for that matter) as the third game.

A flop like Concord? No, there’s nothing that bad yet. But a flop like Star Wars Outlaws is very possible—same cause, same effect. An uncharismatic main female character, another perfectly fine actress uglified, and lame gameplay. You don’t need to try as hard as Concord to fail. The budget is huge, and it won’t meet sales expectations. I don’t think people will fall for it, and all the cringe and lack of polish will be heavily shown on channels like Asmongold’s.

 

[dukeofwoodberry]

Every single polack male between 20-40 years old will preorder at least 3 different copies, and then you'll have the regular retards who will buy it and pretend it's good either a) to own the chuds, or b) because they are just retarded.

Cyberpunk 2077 is a popamole "press the button to advance cutscene" simulator, one that was borderline unplayable on release, and even on a prestigious forum like this one there's a whole lot of morons who purchased it, never refunded it, and stockholm syndromed themselves into enjoying it.

The Witcher IV will be a financial success. The West has fallen. It's over.

Brand trust deteriorating doesn't happen overnight. After Witcher 3, their Brand reputation was at an all time high. Cyberpunk was the first straw. Witcher 4 will be the second straw

 

[Storyfag]

There are also some minor discrepancies and someone, either the English or Italian translator is not being literal. When Geralt kills those guys in the tavern and walks out, the English says the people hid their faces. In the Italian, it says they covered their faces with their doublets. It's the same thing basically, the people are trying to avoid getting bewitched by the spell Geralt is using on the guards, but somebody isn't following the Polish here and i can only assume it's the English since omiting a detail is easier than inventing one.

Ye, the English is missing a detail.

BTW, the Italian translates Witcher as "Strigo". That's kinda of confusing since he has to kill this "striga". Again, wonder what the Polish says here. The Italian word for witch is stregha while the word for a male sorcerer is stregone i guess Strigo makes sense like this, but then what the hell is a striga.

A striga is a rendition of the Polish "strzyga". The description of the monster in the book is more or less faithful to that of the original folk tales.

Oh, and i guess the trailer in Witcher 1 was based on the very first story, hey?

Yes.

 

[Average Manatee]

Anyone who thinks this will be a Concord level flop is deluded. OTOH I doubt it will ever reach the same level of popularity (or number of sales for that matter) as the third game.

A flop like Concord? No, there’s nothing that bad yet. But a flop like Star Wars Outlaws is very possible—same cause, same effect. An uncharismatic main female character, another perfectly fine actress uglified, and lame gameplay. You don’t need to try as hard as Concord to fail. The budget is huge, and it won’t meet sales expectations. I don’t think people will fall for it, and all the cringe and lack of polish will be heavily shown on channels like Asmongold’s.

I can see this happening. Witcher 3 is not a game people love for its gameplay, if the other elements get fucked then it could very well flop. People play the games in spite of the gameplay because they like the characters.

 

[Lyric Suite]

A striga is a rendition of the Polish "strzyga". The description of the monster in the book is more or less faithful to that of the original folk tales.

I see. So it's just a coincidence that the word is similar to the Italian strega meaning the translator couldn't avoid the strigo/striga situation.

 

[Lyric Suite]

Every single polack male between 20-40 years old will preorder at least 3 different copies, and then you'll have the regular retards who will buy it and pretend it's good either a) to own the chuds, or b) because they are just retarded.

Cyberpunk 2077 is a popamole "press the button to advance cutscene" simulator, one that was borderline unplayable on release, and even on a prestigious forum like this one there's a whole lot of morons who purchased it, never refunded it, and stockholm syndromed themselves into enjoying it.

The Witcher IV will be a financial success. The West has fallen. It's over.

Brand trust deteriorating doesn't happen overnight. After Witcher 3, their Brand reputation was at an all time high. Cyberpunk was the first straw. Witcher 4 will be the second straw

Witcher 4 could be a first straw from people who didn't care about Cyberpunk.

 

[thesecret1]

It won't flop - people will buy it based on favorable impressions from W3. You only see the impact of the product on its successors.

 

[Harthwain]

" Both Mitręga and Kalemba acknowledged a potential backlash from some corners of the internet at Ciri’s role as protagonist in The Witcher 4, but both insisted Ciri was always going to be the game’s main character."

Bullshit. Geralt was the series main character (he is THE literal Witcher). Ciri becoming a Witcher is simply what they try to fall back on to keep the series going, regardless of how unfaithful to the books it is.

 

[Skinwalker]

BTW, the Italian translates Witcher as "Strigo". That's kinda of confusing since he has to kill this "striga". Again, wonder what the Polish says here. The Italian word for witch is stregha while the word for a male sorcerer is stregone i guess Strigo makes sense like this, but then what the hell is a striga.

A striga is a rendition of the Polish "strzyga". The description of the monster in the book is more or less faithful to that of the original folk tales.

Strzyga (Polish pronunciation: [ˈstʂɨɡa], plural: strzygi, masculine: strzygoń) is usually a female demon in Slavic mythology, which stems from the mythological Strix of ancient Rome and ancient Greece.

 

[Quillon]

Anyone who thinks this will be a Concord level flop is deluded. OTOH I doubt it will ever reach the same level of popularity (or number of sales for that matter) as the third game.

Last of Us II sold a ton too. You can make the argument most normies had no idea what they were getting into, and but yeash some franchises are often just too big to fail.

I bet they expected LoU2 to perform like 2x better, the fact that it isn't a flop doesn't mean it isn't a failure at some level. My predition: If LoU2 sold 50% of what they expected, W4 will sell 75% at most with a much shorter life span compared to W3.

 

[Lyric Suite]

I read somewhere they expect to make a trilogy out of this Ciri shit. That ought to be interesting lol.

 

[Reinhardt]

she will meet some amazing transgender nigglet in first game. protagonist of next trilogy.

 

[Atlantico]

whats up with the Polish hate in this thread? what did they do

Well they had two iron balls, but broke one and lost the other

 

[Reinhardt]

disgusting creatures. avoid them whenever i can.

 

[cvv]

Ciri becoming a Witcher is simply what they try to fall back on to keep the series going, regardless of how unfaithful to the books it is.

As someone who's unfortunately read all the books there's nothing in the lore stating women can't become witchers. Sapkowski simply never talks about that possibility at all, neither in the affirmative nor in the negative.

Apparently a few years ago a Ciri cosplayer asked him about this at a con and he said "Huh, I've never thought about it". So that's gonna be their loophole.

Plus TW3 is already taking place AFTER the books so the TW4 writers can p. much do whatever they want with the characters. I'll reserve my judgement but so far this whole thing is full of red flags.

 

[Reinhardt]

wommyn base stats are inferior. why bother improving them if you can actually improve some man with better starting stats and higher chance of success?

 

[cvv]

wommyn base stats are inferior. why bother improving them if you can actually improve some man with better starting stats and higher chance of success?

Yeah obviously, it's the same reason girls have never been considered for a soldier or knight or guardsman training in the Middle Ages.

But their another loophole is gonna be - Ciri isn't a normal woman.

 

[cruel]

Cyberpunk 2077 is a popamole "press the button to advance cutscene" simulator, one that was borderline unplayable on release, and even on a prestigious forum like this one there's a whole lot of morons who purchased it, never refunded it, and stockholm syndromed themselves into enjoying it.

You might want to actually try the game before writing comments like that, which makes it clear you never played it at all - Cyberpunk is a pure gameplay-fag game, as opposed to RDR2 for example. The ratio of gameplay to cutscenes is probably 50:1.

 

[Reinhardt]

no, there is some use for modified wommyn fighter.
i would sell them as bodyguards to some kang or other rich and powerful client, like that dragon guy and his two bitches. thanks to modifications they would still be way above normal soldiers, by picking only good looking girls they could be used for fiki-fiki by their master and they are infertile so no regular wommyn problems and no monthly chimping. basically status item.

but it has nothing with monster hunting.

 

[Lyric Suite]

Ciri becoming a Witcher is simply what they try to fall back on to keep the series going, regardless of how unfaithful to the books it is.

As someone who's unfortunately read all the books there's nothing in the lore stating women can't become witchers. Sapkowski simply never talks about that possibility at all, neither in the affirmative nor in the negative.

Apparently a few years ago a Ciri cosplayer asked him about this at a con and he said "Huh, I've never thought about it". So that's gonna be their loophole.

Plus TW3 is already taking place AFTER the books so the TW4 writers can p. much do whatever they want with the characters. I'll reserve my judgement but so far this whole thing is full of red flags.

I'm going out of a limb and assume his inner throught process is that males were just more expendable and that it wasn't worth risking women as much. Also as a boomer he probably had some lingering remnants of the traditional understanding of the differences between the sexes.

 

[Reinhardt]

I'm going out of a limb and assume his inner throught process is that males were just more expendable and that it wasn't worth risking women as much.

aren't they start as kids? so girls are actually much cheaper than boys because they are much less useful in large peasant families.

 

[BruceVC]

Ciri becoming a Witcher is simply what they try to fall back on to keep the series going, regardless of how unfaithful to the books it is.

As someone who's unfortunately read all the books there's nothing in the lore stating women can't become witchers. Sapkowski simply never talks about that possibility at all, neither in the affirmative nor in the negative.

Apparently a few years ago a Ciri cosplayer asked him about this at a con and he said "Huh, I've never thought about it". So that's gonna be their loophole.

Plus TW3 is already taking place AFTER the books so the TW4 writers can p. much do whatever they want with the characters. I'll reserve my judgement but so far this whole thing is full of red flags.

Do the Witcher books end after the Wild Hunt for Geralt?

Is that the end of his story in the books?

 

[GrainWetski]

Cyberpunk 2077 is a popamole "press the button to advance cutscene" simulator, one that was borderline unplayable on release, and even on a prestigious forum like this one there's a whole lot of morons who purchased it, never refunded it, and stockholm syndromed themselves into enjoying it.

You might want to actually try the game before writing comments like that, which makes it clear you never played it at all - Cyberpunk is a pure gameplay-fag game, as opposed to RDR2 for example. The ratio of gameplay to cutscenes is probably 50:1.

Cyberjunk is pure negroidtrannyslop. It's fine if you like to eat garbage, just stop pretending it's anything else.