The Witcher The Witcher IV - The Ciri Saga Begins

[Inec0rn]

It will be difficult to fuck up, the slop consumers want moar Witcher no matter what ships. Have they started using "soulslike" yet all over interviews and marketing yet?

 

[Thalstarion]

Nah. It's lost much of the 'cool factor'. The primary target audience for medieval fantasy RPG's is men. Of those, a significant portion prefer to play as a cool guy rather than a woman.

Add in the complete mess the company is in due to doubling down on ESG/DEI and that further erodes interest.

The game will sell decently but of those who do buy it, a lot will openly mock it if it has anything even remotely similar to Taash from Dragon Age: Veilguard. Given that they've already confirmed that Ciri will be able to partake of 'non-traditional romances' then that is highly likely.

The company is currently in full on damage control. Putting out panicked statements about not working with Sweet Baby Inc or even knowing what the consultancy company is until recently. Naturally the comments were brutal, proving that it was a lie by linking the company's own creepy videos expressing their commitment to DEI/ESG as well as pointing out that one of their more controversial employees has strong ties to SBI and Kotaku.

Given that this was a company that had amassed a significant amount of good will over the years it is unlikely they will reach that point again. They've chosen to double down rather than reverse course and the market and consumers will react accordingly.

 

[Skinwalker]

So when Bitcher 4 underperforms, what's it gonna be?

• DLC/Expansion where you play as Geralt
• Announce Witcher 5 super quickly where Geralt returns

DLC/Expansion where you play as a black lesbian transwomynz.

 

[Average Manatee]

So when Bitcher 4 underperforms, what's it gonna be?

• DLC/Expansion where you play as Geralt
• Announce Witcher 5 super quickly where Geralt returns

The leftist cucks will never admit defeat by returning to Geralt. Next witcher game will either let you make your own witcher of either sex or have a preset male and female witcher (which might still be Ciri).

 

[Konjad]

They should've made Triss as a protagonist.

 

[Storyfag]

They should've made Triss as a protagonist.

Problem is, they would have made her a witcher.

 

[Konjad]

They should've made Triss as a protagonist.

Problem is, they would have made her a witcher.

Too bad because it'd be a golden opportunity to start a new series The Witchess.

 

[Lord_Potato]

Nah. It's lost much of the 'cool factor'. The primary target audience for medieval fantasy RPG's is men. Of those, a significant portion prefer to play as a cool guy rather than a woman.

Oh, so that's why all those Tomb Raider games failed spectacularly...

Add in the complete mess the company is in due to doubling down on ESG/DEI and that further erodes interest.

Unless it actually influences game's story or design, few people will care about the inner workings of a corporation. Most CDPR audience is not composed of chronically online clients of rage-baiters.

The game will sell decently but of those who do buy it, a lot will openly mock it if it has anything even remotely similar to Taash from Dragon Age: Veilguard.

All DAV marketing materials posted online were ratioed into oblivion. This is not the case with previevs for the Witcher 4. There's totally different energy around this title. Outside of some youtube rage merchants who need next fodder, because their 107th video about Veilguard doesn't get as many views as the previous ones and nobody (including Obsidian, it seems) cares about Avowed.

Given that they've already confirmed that Ciri will be able to partake of 'non-traditional romances' then that is highly likely.

literally nobody who knows the source material was surprised by this announcement. You're grasping now.

The company is currently in full on damage control. Putting out panicked statements about not working with Sweet Baby Inc

there was no official statement, simlly a responce to a comment on X:
https://x.com/michalnowakow/status/1877352249199894610?s=19

Fake news like the ones about CDPR working with SBI need to be quickly addressed since there is not fact-checking on this portal

or even knowing what the consultancy company is until recently. Naturally the comments were brutal, proving that it was a lie by linking the company's own creepy videos expressing their commitment to DEI/ESG as well as pointing out that one of their more controversial employees has strong ties to SBI and Kotaku.

CDPR hires what, 1000+ employees and also works with thousands of contractors. There will always be some bad apples. However the question is the degree they can influence the project.

Given that this was a company that had amassed a significant amount of good will over the years it is unlikely they will reach that point again. They've chosen to double down rather than reverse course and the market and consumers will react accordingly.

We shall see. If CDPR assures the launch of their next game isn't a buggy mess of Cyberpunk proportions, I don't see them failing, but only the future will tell.

 

[Lord_Potato]

So when Bitcher 4 underperforms, what's it gonna be?

• DLC/Expansion where you play as Geralt
• Announce Witcher 5 super quickly where Geralt returns

The leftist cucks will never admit defeat by returning to Geralt. Next witcher game will either let you make your own witcher of either sex or have a preset male and female witcher (which might still be Ciri).

The trilogy will most likely be focused on Ciri, they won't change horses halfway through a journey.

If the online Witcher game will ever be released, most likely it will feature character creation. There doesn't seem to be a way around it.

And returning to Geralt doesn't make any sense. After 15 shirt stories, 7 novels, 3 games and 2 game-size expansions for Witcher 3 the guy earned his retirement. Let him grow old in Corvo Bianco with a female companion of his choice.

 

[sosmoflux]

A Ciri trilogy they reckon

 

[Ibn Sina]

Lol Ciri triology will fail extremely hard. Being forced to play as a woman lesbian with resting bitch face and super angry attitude is recipe for financial disaster.

 

[Ibn Sina]

Nah. It's lost much of the 'cool factor'. The primary target audience for medieval fantasy RPG's is men. Of those, a significant portion prefer to play as a cool guy rather than a woman.

Oh, so that's why all those Tomb Raider games failed spectacularly...

Add in the complete mess the company is in due to doubling down on ESG/DEI and that further erodes interest.

Unless it actually influences game's story or design, few people will care about the inner workings of a corporation. Most CDPR audience is not composed of chronically online clients of rage-baiters.

The game will sell decently but of those who do buy it, a lot will openly mock it if it has anything even remotely similar to Taash from Dragon Age: Veilguard.

All DAV marketing materials posted online were ratioed into oblivion. This is not the case with previevs for the Witcher 4. There's totally different energy around this title. Outside of some youtube rage merchants who need next fodder, because their 107th video about Veilguard doesn't get as many views as the previous ones and nobody (including Obsidian, it seems) cares about Avowed.

Given that they've already confirmed that Ciri will be able to partake of 'non-traditional romances' then that is highly likely.

literally nobody who knows the source material was surprised by this announcement. You're grasping now.

The company is currently in full on damage control. Putting out panicked statements about not working with Sweet Baby Inc

there was no official statement, simlly a responce to a comment on X:
https://x.com/michalnowakow/status/1877352249199894610?s=19

Fake news like the ones about CDPR working with SBI need to be quickly addressed since there is not fact-checking on this portal

or even knowing what the consultancy company is until recently. Naturally the comments were brutal, proving that it was a lie by linking the company's own creepy videos expressing their commitment to DEI/ESG as well as pointing out that one of their more controversial employees has strong ties to SBI and Kotaku.

CDPR hires what, 1000+ employees and also works with thousands of contractors. There will always be some bad apples. However the question is the degree they can influence the project.

Given that this was a company that had amassed a significant amount of good will over the years it is unlikely they will reach that point again. They've chosen to double down rather than reverse course and the market and consumers will react accordingly.

We shall see. If CDPR assures the launch of their next game isn't a buggy mess of Cyberpunk proportions, I don't see them failing, but only the future will tell.

Tomb Raider is no where near the success of the Witcher and no where near the success CDPR wants the Witcher to reach. You cannot achieve their desired GTA level success with a woman protagonist game. And besides that Tomb Raider is an outlier, not the norm for adventure games. And even then according to ChatGPT unchartered series (male tomb raider) is more critically and financially succesful than the Tomb raider games released in the same time frame despite the latter having a longer longevity.