He also thinks CDPR was right for not picking Geralt as the protagonist for Witcher 4. Also thinks Ciri being the protagonist is fine if CDPR has a well-thought story in mind. Doesn't mind a female protagonist Witcher game if she's as well written as Meve. Says he really liked the trailer and he doesn't think there's anything particularly wrong with her looks.
No, the problem is making her literally a witcher, she coulda been MC and a pseudo witcher beside the elder blood stuff; witchering coulda been one of the paths she coulda followed among other shit but this way they are essentialy replacing Geralt & they get to make the game with the same incredibly succesful W3 formula. They have their agendas and shit but first and foremost they are cowards.
You can still play and read what you liked before the disaster striked. Don't let them fuckers ruin what was before.
He says "there truly is something about Ciri that feels a little off to me in the trailer" (including "her slightly altered apperance"). So he agrees about the uncanny valley effect (and blames this on a combination of factors). He is just not wording it as strongly as a lot of people.
And...? That wasn't really the point of contention for most people, was it?
He literally says, and I quote; "[...] lots of types of main characters can work if done properly and I firmly disagree that Ciri is necessarily better than, say, the nameless viking-looking girl from the School of the Lynx who kind of looks like Ciri". Also, most of the video is about why using Ciri as the protagonist is a very questionable decision (by the guy and objectively speaking).
Most people probably wouldn't mind having a female protagonist per se (especially if such character was well written). People mind having a female witcher as a protagonist (and Ciri in particular). This is an important distinction.
Have you read this thread?
I did. Most people are against Ciri as the protagonist (which is not the same as wanting Geralt to be the protagonist again). Some don't like CDPR chickening out and not doing a fresh witcher/blank slate. Somebody said Eskel would be better than Geralt. Zebrowski is mentioned as "far more interested than game Geralt in the face" (so it is more "you could make a better witcher than Geralt" kind of statement than anything else). There is a whole bunch of discussing how Geralt was in the books or somesuch. One guy (BruceVC) is "not happy with how Geralt is no longer the main protagonist". Aaaand... That's it. One dude. Even I said that Geralt was fine as the protagonist of the series, but never said CDPR should bring him back. So what am I missing?Have you read this thread?
Are you genuinely dishonest yourself or just aren't good at reading English? Because I can bet the issue wasn't "they're replacing Geralt!". It was likely more "Ciri is not a good replacement for Geralt". Hell, even I said as much. But please do provide a link, so I can tear apart your claim, just as I tore apart your poor understanding of what the xLetalis guy in the YouTube video said.
Imagine coping and shilling so hard.
Its an abomination, and they made her ugly on purpose, stop running defense for a product you fucking retard.
You are both not good at reading. Geralt is THE Witcher, that's what Sapkowski intended with this title. Everything that happens in books we see through his lens. There is a reason why Sapkowski wrote another 2 The Witcher books after the Saga final with Geralt, not Ciri, as protagonist, even tho he died at the end. It might shock you, but the reason is The Witcher is Geralt. There are other witchers, there are sorcerers,kings, there is child of Elder Blood, but he is The Witcher. Just like there are a lot of barbarians but there is one Conan THE barbarian. It's beyond retarded that there are people that don't get it.
Don't try to be Sherlock when you didn't even do your homework.
So? I am skeptical they have a good explanation. Just as I am not buying their bullshit that they always intended Ciri to be the main character of the series. I mean, these covers should make it obvious who the real main character of the series was:
They're being desperate is what this is. After Cyberpunk 2077 they don't trust themselves with creating a good narrative with a blank-slate witcher. That's why they are using Ciri and The Witcher brand as the continuation of sorts. It's their attempt to Return to Form™.
Ciri has already been the protagonist, you fucking subhuman. READ THE BOOKS
You've failed reading comprehension check. That's exactly why old CDPR back in 2005 changed protagonist to Geralt, they knew it's a stupid idea to make The Witcher game without THE Witcher. It just wouldn't work. Back then nobody gave a fuck about red-haired guy with a sword and game with The Witcher title, for god knows why reason. Everyone was like - ok, but what does it have to do with Geralt? So they have decided to bring Geralt back, even tho it was a bit stupid, considering he was dead. That's when the game got it's momentum, everyone(including me) just turned a blind eye to retarded amnesia trope, because The Witcher was back.Don't try to be Sherlock when you didn't even do your homework.
While Geralt is the titular witcher of the books, he is not the only witcher in the universe, nor was he originally intended to be the protagonist in the first game. The early concept was to use a blank slate for the protagonist of the game and the few screenshots showed some dude with a short Gotrek-like red-haired mohawk. This was featured in a gaming magazine and it was before times when you could find everything on the Internet, so I doubt it is possible to find now. Especially when you have a planty of stuff from the games flooding the search results. This was later changed to Geralt. That's why the first game has the witcher medallion from the Wolf School on the cover, instead of Geralt himself (unlike the latter two):
So? I am skeptical they have a good explanation. Just as I am not buying their bullshit that they always intended Ciri to be the main character of the series. I mean, these covers should make it obvious who the real main character of the series was:
They're being desperate is what this is. After Cyberpunk 2077 they don't trust themselves with creating a good narrative with a blank-slate witcher. That's why they are using Ciri and The Witcher brand as the continuation of sorts. It's their attempt to Return to Form™.
You can't just focus solely on first iteration of a game, especially since those guys working at CDPR back then didn't exactly knew what they were doing at first, it was all new to them. The Witcher is a title of book series, THE Witcher is Geralt. You can't seperate those two mediums and say - I just take a title and I will get rid of it's meaning. They thought it over and changed it, so it makes more sense. That was a smart decision resulting from gaining knowladge about Sapkowski's work.
Nice try, but not good enough. The game was always called The Witcher, even when you could create your custom witcher. That was the point of the title - the player was supposed to be the titular witcher
What the fuck is this shit? Are you some sort of karen in real life?
Bitch: her
No one cares, it's non-canon.
"Get rid of it's meaning"? The meaning of words can be open to interpretation. You think CDPR didn't know The Witcher was "a title of book series" and "THE Witcher is Geralt" BEFORE they started working on their game? They knew all that, and yet they still went with their idea of a blank slate for The Witcher 1. You say I "can't separate those two mediums", but I wasn't the one who did it: CDPR was. They took the title. They took the iconography. The universe. The profession. They created Geralt as a non-playable character the player-witcher could meet.
