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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

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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.”

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TheRiddick a day ago
Was kind of hoping for a :pick female/make :pick school :pick appearance. Witcher game. Ell well, not that I don't like Ciri, its just I was hoping for like a fresh game, maybe even good old witcher day prequel would be nice.

By the time Ciri is in her adulthood years, I doubt there is more then a handful of actual witchers left in the world.
LungDrago a day ago
Quoting: TheRiddickWas kind of hoping for a :pick female/make :pick school :pick appearance. Witcher game. Ell well, not that I don't like Ciri, its just I was hoping for like a fresh game, maybe even good old witcher day prequel would be nice.

By the time Ciri is in her adulthood years, I doubt there is more then a handful of actual witchers left in the world.

At the end of Witcher 3, a second Conjunction of the Spheres happens. I think that will lead into a resurgence for the witchers, and the witcher creation process is altered, modernized. Ciri is a new kind of witcher.
soulsource a day ago
Quoting: StellaAll signs point to her having undergone the mutations
Quoting: ShmerlCiri went through trial of the grasses
I wonder how that is going to be explained character-development-wise. In the books Geralt was always pretty convinced that Ciri would not have to undergo mutations in order to become a Witcher due to her heritage (though I haven't finished the last book yet - might be that there were developments I am not aware of).
Also, I am pretty sure we see her using Witcher Signs and drawing power from the water in the trailer. Even if we do not count Witcher Signs as magic-use, drawing power from the water is quite obviously in conflict with her having forsworn magic.

I must say, the people who made the trailer are geniuses - stirring speculation and piquing interest this way.
14 a day ago
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I also saw this coming based on the ending I got in the Witcher 3. Nothing wrong with that though.

Expectations will be pretty high because I know they can be achieved. I have read four of the Witcher books, and the games are more consistently good than the books themselves to be honest. Out of the four I read, one was great, one was really good, and the other two were not bad but passable. I am not strongly inclined to continue the written series.
dvd 8 hours ago
Is this the one that is not made by CDPR?
Ehvis 5 hours ago
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Quoting: dvdIs this the one that is not made by CDPR?

No, that's the Witcher 1 remake.
Caldathras 4 hours ago
Wow. Rarely do I find a reveal trailer to be as compelling as this one. I'm sure that this game won't run on my laptop, but that's okay, I am happy for those of you that do have the necessary hardware. If the game lives up to the promise of this trailer, it's gonna be awesome.
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Thinking about the trailer, I have to say I'm not happy they gave everyone the unexpected simulation of being a peeping Tom to watch a naked lady having a bath, trying to create what privacy she can, without knowing you're watching and zooming in on specific areas of the body. And who is this woman? Someone about to be sacrificed. So, it's fine; she's about to die. She won't care. Her loved ones won't care either. Right? Why is that scene the first thing they show about the new game? Female objectification leads to a society where both men and women reject each other.
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