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The Witcher The Witcher IV - The Ciri Saga Begins

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The menopause.
"Yeah, we put in a retcon to nerf her, lmao"
 

Quillon

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The menopause.
"Yeah, we put in a retcon to nerf her, lmao"
they'll have to nerf her its a given but how's she gonna be faster & more agile than teleporting around? if anything they should make her slower given she'll prolly have sorcerer shit too in her arsenal.

nothing they say make any sense; I'm still confident they'll at least make a ""quality game"" but I don't think they'll dig themselves out of this narrative pit they chose to be in to start with. this is gonna stay controversial from now to post release and beyond, maybe this was their goal all along idk

if they were so hellbent on making a Ciri game/saga; they shoulda been brave and make a Ciri game with different title and not her a witcher instead of making her "Geralt 2.0, now he is a girl!"
 

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Is that Madonna? What a dumb bitch lol.

These stupid celeb cunts just can't age gracefully. Plastic surgery is a last resort and only for severe defects. Not to turn yourself into a body whorror abomination.

Another addition to the gallery of american plastic surgery horrors.

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I kinda feel sorry for them. They must stick to their chosen path even though it leads to total destruction, maybe of CD Projekt itself as well as this Witcher 4. Had they started planning this a few years later from now, after the flood of woke flops, it might've been averted. But then, they decided to go AAA+ and accept Blackrock bloodmoney. There is no other way once that step is taken and your company is made "bankable".
 

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The gaming crash can't come soon enough. Too many people need to lose their jobs in a field they shouldn't have been in to begin with. And no, I won't have any sympathy for them.

(though part of me thinks we're at the start of it at least)
 

Old Hans

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I haven’t followed the shitshow that ensues, but I wish there’ll be more RPG systems to crunch. :-D
Sadly CDProjekt is firmly in the Awesome Button camp.
Those tits look so manly.

Whoever made this confirmed homosexual.
Spotted the virgin.
He is not wrong though in the sense that if you can make use of AI, you could do better than making a skinny girl with an ugly face. I mean:

NSFW (probably):
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I would travel through Ered Gorgoroth and brave the girdle of Melian for those big Noldor bobbies
 
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The gaming crash can't come soon enough.
One thing people need to realize is that the industry at this point can't really "change directions". These studios are going to go ahead full speed against any wall on their path, because the ideology they are embracing is too deeply set in their believes to make corrections without calling it "the biggest betrayal conceivable" or some shit.
Best one can hope for is that new players will emerge and replace them, but even that is not exactly a given.

NSFW (probably):
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Strikingly close to what Japanese authors seem think elves would look like, incidentally.
 

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Strikingly close to what Japanese authors seem think elves would look like, incidentally.
Aren't big breasts-narrow waist-big ass the classic parameters for an ideal woman's shape worldwide?

That said, if we were talking about something within a realm of possibility, a woman can still have an ass (and quads) that is bigger than her chest and a good looking waist to boot, even if the breasts can't be as big as one would like them to be (I am not talking about plastic surgery).

And even if that's not possible (because you don't want your character look like Chun-Li), there is still no reason to limit yourself to an average skinny girl. Especially if said girl is supposed to be skilled in swinging a sword around. You could at the very least make her look more fit, even if not overly fit.
 
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Enjoy the Revolution! Another revolution around the sun that is.
I mean I'm strictly a "whatever rocks your boat" kindda guy and I like good sized tits too but if I said I understand the obsession with these malformed elephantiasis-stricken milk jugs I'd be lying.
 

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Ok this is a p. definitive summary of everything there's to be said about Ciri as a witcher.

It's coming from someone who's actually excited to play as Ciri, which I'm not, but everything he says is factualy correct.

Also his theory about the most important question - why would Ciri willingly go through the Trials when she was already the most powerful mage in the world - is probably right. She does it to actually get rid of her power and her "destiny" (which is to birth a child that'd become THE BIG SHIT, Sapkowski's own Kwisatz Haderach) coz she's sick of it. Considering her own biological father wanted to rape her so her miraculous child is also his, it's kindda understandable.

 

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I'm sick of her already just by reading all that.

So far Geralt on the stories appear to be more of an expression of a particular point of view. It's less about what he wants as a individual and more about what he is and what his circumstances are but i guess we'll see if that changes later on.
 

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I'm sick of her already just by reading all that.

So far Geralt on the stories appear to be more of an expression of a particular point of view. It's less about what he wants as a individual and more about what he is and what his circumstances are but i guess we'll see if that changes later on.
She's not Geralt.
 

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I'm sick of her already just by reading all that.

So far Geralt on the stories appear to be more of an expression of a particular point of view. It's less about what he wants as a individual and more about what he is and what his circumstances are but i guess we'll see if that changes later on.
She's not Geralt.

She is taking his place.
 

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I'm sick of her already just by reading all that.

So far Geralt on the stories appear to be more of an expression of a particular point of view. It's less about what he wants as a individual and more about what he is and what his circumstances are but i guess we'll see if that changes later on.
She's not Geralt.

She is taking his place.
?
Are you mad that the character that isn't Geralt, isn't acting like Geralt?
 

Lyric Suite

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I'm sick of her already just by reading all that.

So far Geralt on the stories appear to be more of an expression of a particular point of view. It's less about what he wants as a individual and more about what he is and what his circumstances are but i guess we'll see if that changes later on.
She's not Geralt.

She is taking his place.
?
Are you mad that the character that isn't Geralt, isn't acting like Geralt?

The object is to replace him. That's why she has to be a Witcher, or why she had to be changed from what she was.
 

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The object is to replace him.
They said it so, right after Blood and Wine that his story is over. This isn't some conspiracy to remove Geralt, we knew that Ciri was supposed to be the protagonist when they announced this project.

That's why she has to be a Witcher, or why she had to be changed from what she was.
Maybe just wait until you see the story? You're making assumptions, then getting mad at said assumptions (which you based it on nothing concrete.)
 

Thalstarion

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Only men can be Witchers, so Ciri is taking not only Geralt's place but that of pretty much every other potential Witcher in the story.

At least when the Yakuza games retired Kiryu and replaced him with a new protagonist after six (?) entries they had the decency to replace him with another guy.

Pattern recognition from actually reading the DEI/ESG nonsense peddled and embraced by these companies also reveals why Ciri is being propped up. These companies are paid and rewarded for pushing the delusion that women are just as capable as men, if not more so.

Which is why so many games are suddenly pushing women as protagonists. On some fronts, it is subtle. On others it is not.

Though I'm tired of every other blacksmith, soldier, mercenary and various other overwhelmingly male roles being taken by women.
They said it so, right after Blood and Wine that his story is over. This isn't some conspiracy to remove Geralt, we knew that Ciri was supposed to be the protagonist when they announced this project.
There's no reason to take them at their word, they are heavily compromised by their own admission.

Maybe just wait until you see the story?
There's no need. These people are laughably predictable and have so little self restraint they can't even pretend to be acting in good faith. They've already admitted to heavily embracing DEI/ESG, they made a huge mess of Cyberpunk 2077 with its initial launch and they actively hired employees who have made it clear by their own statements that they despise gamers and want to sabotage stories out of spite.

We've seen it many times before. In fact, we saw the latter situation play out with Avowed and the nutty art director who also despises gamers.
 

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if they were so hellbent on making a Ciri game/saga
...they should make a prequel that takes place between Witcher 2 and 3, and Ciri is still a little girl:

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Bam, 5 million copies sold in Japan alone. Maybe 10 million if you make sure the selectable costumes include maid, schoolgirl, shrine maiden, witch with a big hat etc. It would be free money & superior aesthetics smoothly combined, but of course the big JEW with their feminist cohorts would never allow it. You will play as an old hag with a swollen face, unhealthy amount of water retention signalling menopause, dry cunt, use of birth control, low fertility, hypothyroidism, and a general downfall of the Western Civilization.
 

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She does it to actually get rid of her power and her "destiny" (which is to birth a child that'd become THE BIG SHIT, Sapkowski's own Kwisatz Haderach) coz she's sick of it.
Abandoning her destiny to become an Empress with world altering powers to become a mutated witcher is a act of cowardice not courage.

As said in my opinion her choice is a tragedy which would make her miserable rest of her life.

Yet I can bet that ingame she will be portrayed the complete opposite, as strong independent girlboss, that dont neen no man, that is so badass for her choice and with no regrets for her life choices.
 

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I just saw a youtube thumbnail of a video on a movie called "Cleaner", being "Die Hard with a girl boss", and it dawned on me what's wrong with Witcher 4's trailer and with every girlboss trailer, and why these guys are doomed to lose.

It's biology. Both men and women like looking at men with furled brows, the image makes him look confident. Yet nobody likes the look of a woman with furled brows and bared teeth. This just makes you want to leave her alone.
 

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