With a 6 minute cinematic trailer, CD PROJEKT RED have lifted the lid on The Witcher IV which will feature Ciri as the protagonist.
Powered by a "customized" Unreal Engine 5, the press email noted the new cinematic trailer "is pre-rendered in a custom build of Unreal Engine 5 on an unannounced NVIDIA GeForce RTX GPU". Additionally they said it's "Powered by the same tech that The Witcher IV is built on, using assets and models from the game itself, it aims to provide players with a cinematic look at the kind of experience the game is aspiring to provide. The trailer was created through a close collaboration between CD PROJEKT RED and Platige Image, who are no strangers to The Witcher universe, having been responsible for intro cinematics in the previous installments of the series".
So keep in mind the actual game will probably still look quite a bit different. This is really just to start the hype machine and get players invested in the waiting game for it. At least we get our first look at the game world as Ciri takes on a Witcher contract in a remote village terrorized for generations by a monster demanding ritual sacrifice
Have a looksie below:
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“We're kicking off a brand-new Witcher saga, this time with Ciri as the heart of the story!” said Sebastian Kalemba, Game Director. “It feels so good to finally be able to say those words — for the longest time we knew that we wanted Ciri to be the protagonist of The Witcher IV; it just felt natural to us and we believe that Ciri deserves it. In this game we want to explore what it means to truly become a witcher by following Ciri on her Path. This trailer is a taste of both that, and just how dark and grounded the world of The Witcher can be.”
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
redneckdrow 6 hours ago
Arehandoro 6 hours ago
Should help the story as well. She's an established character with plenty of opportunities for growth and epic stories. And the fact that it makes it easy to run into Geralt over the course of the games will help too.
But it'll be many years before we see this, so my part will just be making sure I survive that long.
Quoting: EhvisCiri was not super interesting to play in the few section of TW3 because the mechanics just weren't there.
Interesting, for me it was the other way around; before dumping Witcher 3, I remember vastly preferring Ciri's gameplay over Geralt's, it just felt way better and less clunky for me. Like I said I dumped the game shortly after so maybe Geralt's gameplay gets better.
Quoting: EhvisNot surprising and a good choice. They have a lot of work to do though. Ciri was not super interesting to play in the few section of TW3 because the mechanics just weren't there. And since Ciri is not an actual witcher, they have a lot gameplay design work to do. So we can probably expect something quite different.Apparently somewhere between the end of TW3 and the beginning of this game, she got made a Witcher (sidenote: did you notice the Lynx medallion on her? So we'll probably get to see this school in the game, or members of it).She also has cat eyes, can use potions, and signs. All signs point to her having undergone the mutations
Should help the story as well. She's an established character with plenty of opportunities for growth and epic stories. And the fact that it makes it easy to run into Geralt over the course of the games will help too.
But it'll be many years before we see this, so my part will just be making sure I survive that long.
Quoting: PyrateQuoting: EhvisCiri was not super interesting to play in the few section of TW3 because the mechanics just weren't there.
Interesting, for me it was the other way around; before dumping Witcher 3, I remember vastly preferring Ciri's gameplay over Geralt's, it just felt way better and less clunky for me. Like I said I dumped the game shortly after so maybe Geralt's gameplay gets better.
Ciri is basically just a sword and a dash. No skill tree, no weapon variation. That also meant they had to make her somewhat OP, especially in the healing department. For Geralt there are so many things to tweak to your liking (especially in the next gen update).
Quoting: StellaApparently somewhere between the end of TW3 and the beginning of this game, she got made a Witcher (sidenote: did you notice the Lynx medallion on her? So we'll probably get to see this school in the game, or members of it).She also has cat eyes, can use potions, and signs. All signs point to her having undergone the mutations
Haven't actually seen the trailer yet. Will have to wait till I'm back from work. But that does add some interesting world building to explore. But now that you mention it, the lynx school medallion was one of the few things that was shown before.
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