The Witcher 4 New Details! Geralt Confirmed In-game, Bauk Explained, Ciri's Journey and More!

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  • @JeanLucPicard85
    @JeanLucPicard85 2 дні тому +23

    I'm from Serbia and remember grandma scaring me with the Bauk. A non-descript dark force that lurks out of sight and is going to get you if you don't behave. Wild.
    The obvious way to handle Ciri's Elder Blood powers imo is to simply say that facing the White Frost drained her of most of the "elf magic". It's an easy excuse to start her off at "level 1".

    • @rieyuki
      @rieyuki 2 дні тому +3

      I’m intrigued by Serbian mythology and culture, and find it interesting that in the Serbian translation of Song of Ice and Fire, Tyrion Lannister’s nickname is “the Bauk”.
      Growing up, are kids in Serbia told what the Bauk looks like, such as bear-like? You said non-descript, but you can probably guess why I said “bear-like” - right off the internet lol, and I figured someone like you could tell me the real deal.
      (Also, anybody with a Trek profile pic and name wins points with me lol)

    • @JeanLucPicard85
      @JeanLucPicard85 2 дні тому +1

      @@rieyuki
      I never got a description of the creature's appearance but my childhood is recent relative to the history of the world so going further back there probably would've been more detailed stories and descriptions. I admit I never really looked into it or thought about it outside the context of just grandma trying to frighten me into obedience.
      My impression of it was always kinda like what Ciri experiences before meeting the actual monster. A ghostly presence coming at you from the darkness outside your vision that you can't defend against, more of a waking nightmare than physical creature but, again, I'm not well informed.
      Didn't know about Tyrion's nickname translation either but it fits the profile of something that's scary and lurks around.

    • @ivythetwisted6908
      @ivythetwisted6908 2 дні тому +2

      @@rieyukiI’ve never heard anyone describe how it looks like. It is said that Bauk is scary and dwells in dark places… Basically it looks like whatever you imagine in the context.
      For an example as a free roaming grade school age kids in our neighborhood we used to go to an abandoned mill until local grannies scarred the life out of us by telling us that Bauk lives there and it will hurt us/eat us.

    • @orthodox-4-ever
      @orthodox-4-ever 2 дні тому +1

      @@rieyuki I am also from Serbia, and I always (in childhood) imagined Bauk as spider like creature, probably because word Bauk is similar to Pauk (spider in Serbian) 😀
      BTW also here on video it has some Pauk (spider) characteristics 🙂

    • @m4rcin847
      @m4rcin847 День тому

      Nope, there is another reason for lvl1 start and has nothing to do with lore.

  • @Nathan_Coley
    @Nathan_Coley 2 дні тому +65

    We knew it was going to be Ciri in my opinion. I'm cautiously optimistic, I just want all of the lore things explained not just some lazy interview to shuffle it away.

    • @darkone9206
      @darkone9206 2 дні тому

      I have faith they will be idk why I'm so hopeful, a great flowing story that fits into place in the lore

    • @joelfisk
      @joelfisk 2 дні тому +3

      I'm not sure she's a strong enough character to carry a 100 hour experience. I fear they're going to reduce her to an angry girl boss.

    • @salvocal7455
      @salvocal7455 2 дні тому +5

      What are you on about? Have you read the books​?? @@joelfisk

    • @1vaultdweller
      @1vaultdweller 2 дні тому +2

      So when's the Cyberpunk Ciri is comin? She visited CP2077 world before

    • @jadeyeti
      @jadeyeti 2 дні тому

      @@joelfiskIsn’t Ciri like the main character in this universe?

  • @MrJosh194
    @MrJosh194 2 дні тому +70

    It's legit concerning how many fans of the series are going up in arms with CDPR's decision to make Ciri the protagonist of the next trilogy, there's some valid concerns regarding the approach to how much of Ciri's conversion into a Witcher rips a hole into the source material but a lot of people seem to act like fanatics to the point they can't see an explanation provided by the current writers as reasonable but instead as blatant bs or a "retcon" just to give themselves space to use the well known Witcher IP.
    I myself am a fan of the series like many of you all and have read the source material, yes Ciri becoming a full fledge Witcher is concerning and deserves an in-game explanation as to what happened or how it happened, my guess is that this is a NEW FORMULA for the trial of the grasses made by the lynx school of the Witchers which is far more refined that what was previously used, of course Ciri's Elder Blood must have benefited her in surviving the process somehow but I'm sure the writers have fully taken into consideration that an answer to the question has to be given.
    Ciri has always been her own persona even when she was apart from Geralt, she has a bratty attitude is hot headed and doesn't hold Geralt's neutrality approach to things, the one thing she wanted was to become a Witcher so the fact she went and found a way to fully become one even if it's against EVERYONE'S approval is very much within Ciri's personality. The people claiming that Ciri would not be doing Witcher stuff after what happened in W3 make me doubt if they have been paying attention at all.
    Being critical about the direction this new trilogy takes is fine but acting like what we saw in the trailer goes completely against what the Witcher series stands for is pretty dumb.

    • @Marcavian
      @Marcavian 2 дні тому +6

      If they explain how the trial of grasses took place, and elder blood fits in well. Then I am good. I just worry about power creep, where her next villain is god like. One of these things I love about the Witcher is there is some believability in the lore. I also find the relationship of Geralt and Ciri one of my favorites, as being a father myself.
      So in summary I am good with it, just some lingering questions.

    • @youssefpicasso
      @youssefpicasso 2 дні тому +5

      All it takes is an explanation for the trial of the grasses and that’s it. I would even say that Ciri being a witcher is not concerning at all. Guys, she literally became one in an ending in TW3 why did everybody forget that? But yes I agree people are really overreacting and have bad faith in CDPR, and I link all that because of CP2077 disastrous launch.
      I still see the same Ciri in TW3. It’s not like they changed her character.

    • @talisredstar1543
      @talisredstar1543 2 дні тому +6

      @@Marcavian I think Ciri lost the majority of her power in defeating the White Frost, so he convinces Yennifer to help her develop a way to become a witcher. Eventually Yennifer gives in, and does. One hook for the story, is that Ciri uses her new Witcher abilities, and power to try and find a way to reconnect to her Elder Blood.
      Gameplay wise, weakening her to a witcher, is how they combat "power creep." Because with out, Ciri would be unstoppable. if you knew what you were doing in Witcher 3 with Ciri, only bosses ever posed any significant danger. The rest of the mobs were just fodder for you.

    • @cd5sircoupe
      @cd5sircoupe 2 дні тому +10

      So this stuff came up in my discourse on another video, seems to fit in well:
      To start with, what's the deal with her Trials of the Grasses? I see she has a Lynx medallion, what's up with that? When/where did she undergo the Trials? Considering she looks like she's aged about a decade and is in her 30s now, did she do the Trials awhile ago or recently, i.e. is this taking place 50-75 years after the events of W3 or more like 10 years later?
      She doesn't use any of that Elder Blood phase shifting hacking power here, but she does use the Quen sign. She also has that lightning magic she pulled from the water & she imbued her chain with fire magic, coincidentally the chain was also on her hand while using the lightning. I just watched something from the devs specifically stating she was not using the Igni sign to imbue the chain, so yeah she can still use magic.
      I wonder if there's a story reason the Elder Blood stuff isn't on display, hell it could be as simple as we don't want to start the game with her too OP so we need an excuse for you to unlock that.
      People really need to calm down. It's a cinematic trailer after all, look at CDPR's previous ones and tell me how much they were 1:1 with the final products.

    • @nyxeliana5247
      @nyxeliana5247 2 дні тому +4

      100% agree about people overreacting, we've literally know for almost a decade that this new Witcher game wasn't going to follow Geralt and that it would most likely be about Ciri (she is literally his daughter for crying out loud, it makes perfect sense).
      The fact that she is a Witcher now makes sense for her character. She has always wanted to be one and wouldn't hesitate to be one if given the chance. They just have to explain that it's a new form of the trial of grass from this new Witcher school or her Elder Blood allowed her to survive the trial. We literally just got a 6 minute announcement trailer, people need to chill and stop flying off the handle. Let CDPR cook and wait for answers in do time. The game probably won't be out for 3-5 years anyway.

  • @gynvaelbleidd
    @gynvaelbleidd 2 дні тому +8

    This was a really informative breakdown, and I appreciate the effort to cover all the new details. That said, I can't help but feel conflicted about some of the choices being made for Ciri in "The Witcher 4". The confirmation that she underwent the Trial of the Grasses feels like a massive departure from Sapkowski's established lore. In the books, her Elder Blood made her unique, and while she was trained at Kaer Morhen, she explicitly wasn't mutated. The idea of her going through the Trial directly contradicts one of the series' core themes: that Ciri is special precisely because she exists outside the rigid frameworks of witchers, sorceresses, and monarchs.
    It's also a bit strange to hear them say Ciri is a sorceress now, using magic in ways Geralt never could. Her Elder Blood powers are innate and chaotic, not something that could be neatly categorized into traditional sorcery. If this is a gameplay mechanic, fine, but it feels like they're losing sight of what made her distinct in the books.
    I do appreciate the inclusion of the Bauk and the attention to European folklore, it's one of the series' greatest strengths. And I'm cautiously optimistic about how they'll use Geralt in the game, especially if he's more of a mentor figure. But I really hope CDPR treads carefully when it comes to respecting the rich character and lore Sapkowski created. The Witcher series has always been about moral ambiguity, fate, and rejecting roles imposed by others, and I'd hate to see those themes watered down for the sake of convenience.
    Still, I'm curious to see how this all plays out. Great video as always!

    • @orbit1894
      @orbit1894 День тому +1

      CDPR can very well write and establish new lore since their stories take place after the books. Ciri's eyes were not exactly yellow, chances are she's kind of a mix now.

    • @manwithballsonarm6775
      @manwithballsonarm6775 День тому

      Haha if they put geralt in the game I definitely won't be playing. These companies need to learn what made their games good in the first place. I can easily avoid this game cause I cannot stand playing as a woman in games

  • @ilias856
    @ilias856 2 дні тому +207

    I think its hilarious how at the end of Witcher 3, pretty much everyone agreed and liked the fact that Ciri is the logical next step in the franchise after Geralt,, but now that is actually happening everyone is whining.

    • @ChaseAlberti
      @ChaseAlberti 2 дні тому +29

      Ciri can't be a Witcher according to lore. She'd die if she went through the Trial of the Grasses and that's assuming there is any one left that knows how to preform it. At the end of Witcher 3 the "good ending" implies that Ciri is a "Witcher" in name only.

    • @octolyn5529
      @octolyn5529 2 дні тому +39

      @@ChaseAlberti lore should be in service of the story, not something to constrain it. if it makes sense for the character, makes sense for the story they want to tell, makes sense for the next installment in the series and makes sense with fan expectations then tweaking the lore is completely fine

    • @alphatyrant8677
      @alphatyrant8677 2 дні тому +34

      @@ChaseAlbertinot necessarily. The lore isn’t exactly clear on the issue. We know it’s never been done before, but there’s no hard and fast rule about it (like with Space Marines have). The most we know is that in the original testing, all the female subjects died alongside the vast majority of the boys, with only five boys surviving. And rather than figure out how to tailor the process to make a female Witcher, they instead focused on the large pool of already available subjects that they know could work (all the unwanted and orphan boys of the world). So long as they take the time to flesh out how it happened, it need not be a problem. It’s something that can be written around to work, as Sapkowski himself hasn’t shut down the idea. Of all characters, Ciri would be the most likely to do the seemingly impossible and survive an experimental version of the trials to have a female Witcher. The elder blood makes her built different.
      For my personal preference. I’d have preferred a character creator, but I’m fine with playing as Ciri. She’s a known quantity and a fun character, to boot. So I’ll be willing to give them the benefit of the doubt on this one. If they mess it up, then so be it, but if they do it well, then let’s give them the credit for it if that time comes.

    • @wanderergrim
      @wanderergrim 2 дні тому +14

      @@ChaseAlberti In the Witcher 3 Yennefer performs part of the trial of the grasses on Uma/Avallac'h, so Yennefer clearly has some of the know how so perhaps she adapts the trial for Ciri.

    • @levijosephcreates
      @levijosephcreates 2 дні тому +8

      Woman boss Witcher, cool story sis. It breaks law for DEI pandering, whatever, hard pass.

  • @Kintabl
    @Kintabl 2 дні тому +56

    I love all of it! Ciri looks badass. She looks older and she have seen and experienced things and that reflect on her face. She looks matured. And I love her armor.

    • @josephstalin5414
      @josephstalin5414 2 дні тому +2

      MOMMY!!!

    • @manwithballsonarm6775
      @manwithballsonarm6775 День тому

      It's literally just geralt turned into female. They were so happy they could do the gender swap and made so much money from dei companies doing so

  • @orthodox-4-ever
    @orthodox-4-ever 2 дні тому +5

    Hello from Serbia!
    We really have bauks here walking around 😄

  • @Gonadzz
    @Gonadzz 2 дні тому +2

    As a Nilfgardian empress, she could have used her power and influence to protect the people and to eradicate monsters or threats in a more effective way? Even opening up and supporting Witcher schools. Instead we saw a lone ranger/rogue trooper/girl boss taking on the world (or so it seems). Meh. Would have been cool to have a spin off game of Ciri with her own unique powers but not as the main game and as a replacement to the man, the machine, the legend that a lot of us grew to love from the books through to CDPRs alternative story line. I mean the trailer was a gender swap. Simple as that. I guess if one hadn't read the books they wouldn't care as much?. What about Yen, Zoltan, Dandelion, Triss, Eskel, Lambert, Regis etc. We all ended up having emotional attachments to them as they weren't just in-game characters from CDPR, they were Sapkowski's creation and thus were deeply thought out characters with unique personalities and relationships. Lets see if CDPR can create their own unique characters that we will care about as much. Im doubtful. They will use their marketing machine to push the agenda however. Netflix (what a disaster that was. Scrub from memory) and Sapkowski (with enough money he would). What about love interests? this will stir the pot im sure. Girls and boys? Depends on whether you think Mistle was a creep or not (i do). Also sorry to say but men and woman are not equal when it comes to physical prowess. Endocrine system 101.Woman taking testosterone will masculinize them (encourage male attributes). Body hair, enlarged C, deep voice, sterilization, and it would negatively affect female biological systems, aka no kiddies for her. Wait maybe im onto something here? Sure it would make them somewhat stronger but no where near as much as a man taking it, and with little or no side effects as it is our main sx hormone . But but but magic i hear you say. yeye very easy and cheap solution to anything. Why would she even want to do that? I cant remember the details but didn't Triss object to Ciri drinking Witcher teas in Kaer Morhen as it would disrupt her hormones? Anyway point being what i said before. Ciri as a better, badder Geralt was a mistake. Ciri as her own unique master of time/space with magic would have been better but im sure they will make multiple talent trees possible which would make it even more star wars.... Then call it something other than "The Witcher" as that's misleading. If CDPR had progressed Geralts story, this would have been mostly universally celebrated and their reputation would have been on fire. Surely they knew they would have split the community taking this path? Was it DEI. I dunno. Its all over many industries, including mine in a very negative way and very prävalent on their website so there is a very strong chance this is ideologically driven or influenced. Yes Geralt retired but they could have come up with something. Even paid Sapkowski to conjure something up as unfortunately he will say/do anything for enough money. Or a Vesemir back story. I love that idea. Just my opinion (cept for the science part) so no offence intended. I cant wait for the W1 remake and a mod that adds the card game back.

  • @spartacus1155
    @spartacus1155 2 дні тому +4

    I think there will be a big time jump which is why Ciri looks a lot older.

  • @VictorLonmo
    @VictorLonmo 2 дні тому +2

    Given that W4 is at least a few years away I hope everyone can show some patience (and stay classy) until we have a lot more information and, if nothing else, actual gameplay footage. Whether or not the W4 is completely consistent with the Witcher universe is not something that affects how good the game is.
    I am hopeful that CDPR takes their time and releases a polished gem and that everyone is patient enough to let them do it.

  • @RubenKelevra
    @RubenKelevra 2 дні тому +2

    The other thing is, that closeups are with a fish eye lens. So naturally the face looks a bit distorted. You can see this with faces at the edges of the image looking like a banana, see for example the face on the upper left at 4:45.
    Otherwise, the face of Ciri looks pretty much identical, just a bit matured and with *a lot* more details.

  • @sinaverseithalilov7183
    @sinaverseithalilov7183 2 дні тому +3

    Vesemir would be a better protagonists then ciri

  • @jonathans1738
    @jonathans1738 2 дні тому +53

    I think Ciri looks awesome. Cant wait for the game to release.

    • @Choom2077
      @Choom2077 2 дні тому +7

      Yeah same here. I think they made her look attractive but also incredibly awesome and experienced. Her expressions revealed such great face model work.

    • @courtney-baker
      @courtney-baker 2 дні тому

      Same.

  • @blackshard641
    @blackshard641 2 дні тому +60

    Ciri looks 30ish, roughly a decade older than she looked in the previous game. Given how slowly Witchers age, it's likely it's been even longer. She looks like a regular woman who hasn't been pampered and sheltered her whole life. I swear some people have never seen a real woman before.

    • @WhiteWolf-di2nh
      @WhiteWolf-di2nh 2 дні тому +18

      what do u expect form a 15 y old teens - cause i am sure most of the stupid comments are made from people that watch anime waifu porcelain dolls whole day and dont have even 15 under their belt or have more than that but are at 15 in thei mental state.

    • @Kintabl
      @Kintabl 2 дні тому +5

      Exactly! She is older and we don't even know how older. She have seen and experienced things as a witcher and that reflect on her face.

    • @DerNiko
      @DerNiko 2 дні тому +14

      Absolutely. I heard people say she looked too masculine. Like, wtf. HOW!??

    • @jadeyeti
      @jadeyeti 2 дні тому +5

      @@DerNiko Standard critique from those on the anti woke side of the discussion. One side screams woke if a woman is in her 30s, the other side screams sexist if she wears tight pants. Here I am in the middle with a headache

    • @WhiteWolf-di2nh
      @WhiteWolf-di2nh 2 дні тому

      @@DerNiko cause she is not living up to their wet dreams piss poor standards.

  • @YaGars
    @YaGars 2 дні тому +7

    My personal dream Witcher game would be a game where you create your own witcher just like Cyberpunk 2077 and instead of the corpo/nomad/streetkid background you would choose the school you are from and each school would give a distinct flavor to your playthrough
    It’s a shame The Witcher 4 is not the game that will satisfy this desire i hope the next game in 2035 does it 😂

    • @paraducksical
      @paraducksical 2 дні тому +3

      Me personally, it would've been fine with another legendary witcher they created, like Erland of Larvik from the Griffin school.
      Character creation is cool, but I hear they're making a multi-player witcher game. We'll definitely get it for that. Keep your hopes up!

    • @2ClutchCorey
      @2ClutchCorey 10 годин тому

      But cyberpunk you’re still a locked character lol

  • @ramulus694
    @ramulus694 2 дні тому +29

    Man some of the complaining I saw about the trailer and Ciri has got to be the most brain dead takes I have ever seen to do with gaming. I have played through Witcher 3 twice now, both times to 100%.. Ciri is integral to the story, her being the next protagonist makes complete logical sense, all 3 Ciri endings in Witcher 3 can lead to her continuing what she wants, which is to become a witcher. Evidently she does as we can see. I would not be suprised if Yen became some sort of a trial of the grasses scientist after the events of Witcher 3, it would make sense.
    We know that the reason why theres very few witchers is that the formulas for the Trial of the Grasses were lost, by the time TW3 takes place and no new witchers were produced in that entire time and there has been very little effort to reproduce any formulas properly. But, Yen (with help of Vezimir) finds a way, and replicates the process on Uma. This would be a really fun progression on that front in Witcher 4, Ciri being a product of elder blood (who knows what happened after the blizzard with her powers) and a witcher. Also, I think it would be plausible that Ciri is starting her own Lynx school of witchers... maybe with a new method of creating witchers. Anyway, I am very interested as I freaking adore Witcher 3, all this nonsense slander is very weird

    • @trolltroll5931
      @trolltroll5931 2 дні тому

      You are a casual and a 🐈 man, NOT a sapkowski fan.

  • @tisucitisin1
    @tisucitisin1 2 дні тому +1

    Here in Bosnia? I always thought you were Polish. It's nice to see that there are good youtubers from my region as well.

  • @GMan-ku9wg
    @GMan-ku9wg 2 дні тому +11

    I did a comparison of Witcher 3 Ciri and how she looks now her face is very similar but grizzled and sure older looking, more 40's to 50's. It will be good when we find out how far in the future from 3 this is, but I am very happy Ciri is the lead character as I believed she should have her own game.

    • @Kamiblade4
      @Kamiblade4 2 дні тому

      In an interview the developers said a few years after the witcher 3

  • @highlanderknight
    @highlanderknight 2 дні тому +3

    Well, Ciri wasn't my first choice, but we'll go with it. I'm sure they will explain how and why she becomes a Witcher for these games. And we don't really know how much older Ciri is compared to how she was in The Witcher 3.
    And to all those saying it breaks the book lore... Not really because everything from all the games happens AFTER the books, so unless they openly and blatantly contradict something, all cards are on the tables.

  • @VixJustTryingOK
    @VixJustTryingOK 2 дні тому +4

    I see a great video game that I will enjoy playing over and over just like the previous games. It’s a video game not a religion. Can’t wait!

  • @aethewulf4787
    @aethewulf4787 2 дні тому +4

    I honestly dont mind playing as Ciri and i also like how she look ^^ greetings from Serbia :)

  • @steakismeat177
    @steakismeat177 День тому +1

    It is a different actress. Ciara Berkeley

  • @CFarrer10
    @CFarrer10 2 дні тому +3

    Frankly, I hate the direction they took. There was so much more potential, let alone a way to actually not piss off a part of their player base.

  • @iMintyNinja
    @iMintyNinja 2 дні тому +2

    I think CDPR used to say back about a year ago that they wanted to focus on continuing the Witcher story, while building Cyberpunk and another new IP right?
    By that I took it to mean they wanted to make games for different people. Established characters & make your own characters.

  • @wanderergrim
    @wanderergrim 2 дні тому +3

    In the Witcher 3 Yennefer performs part of the trial of the grasses on Uma/Avallac'h, so Yennefer clearly has some of the know how so perhaps she adapts the trial for Ciri. Also I am all for Ciri being the next protagonist, anyone whining saying its making the witcher become woke is ridiculous just because the main protagonist is female does not make it so. Also her being a pre-existing prominent main character in the Witcher negates a lot of that.
    Making Ciri the next protagonist does not come before at least a few reasons it would make sense with the lore they know have to figure out but the 2 spheres in conjunction (pun intended) which they then flesh out over the next few years.

    • @markobotic6387
      @markobotic6387 2 дні тому +1

      No, a female protagonist doesn't make a game woke. Being woke makes a game woke, and you can literaly see on CDPR website that they've gone woke. They posted that all over their web site, and they're attacking fans to boot.

    • @OG_Agrivar
      @OG_Agrivar 2 дні тому

      @@markobotic6387 define "woke"

    • @markobotic6387
      @markobotic6387 2 дні тому +1

      @@OG_Agrivar UA-cam won't let me. Censorship issues.

  • @yairsofer8933
    @yairsofer8933 2 дні тому +1

    One thing I think they might do in the story is probably bring up the ageing process. Ciri will probably tell Geralt and Yen that they will watch her grow old and die, while they will still have many more years to stay alive because both of them can live for hundreds of years but not Ciri. So that is probably gonna be the way Ciri tries to talk them into letting her go through the process. I mean let's be honest the one thing that you would probably give up your OP powers for is hundreds of additional years to your lifespan, and Geralt and Yen would probably be righfully terrified of the prospect of watching Ciri grow old and die while they are still pretty young in "sorceress" years and "witcher" years. Just a thought I had.

  • @zoltankoppel7818
    @zoltankoppel7818 2 дні тому +5

    CD Projekt Red has confirmed to TheGamer that Ciri is played by Ciara Berkeley in the trailer for The Witcher 4, not Jo Wyatt

    • @onthaloose
      @onthaloose 2 дні тому +2

      that breaks my heart. this new person sucks ass. like they just shit all over Jo Wyatt for..... this...? wtf

    • @rieyuki
      @rieyuki 2 дні тому +5

      @@onthalooseI’d love Jo Wyatt to return, but you assuming “she got shit on” is cringe. maybe her schedule didn’t work out, we just don’t know.

    • @sillylittlesheepjax6009
      @sillylittlesheepjax6009 2 дні тому +4

      @@onthaloose new person is not bad at all, can u weirdos stop overreacting to everything ???????all i see is ciri is not sexy etc. just pathetic now they will cry abt va

    • @BrandonCornwall-fn6mo
      @BrandonCornwall-fn6mo 2 дні тому

      ​@@onthaloosecry

  • @labret2
    @labret2 2 дні тому +7

    It's just a trailer and actually a really entertaining one. No reason to cry about it, many things are gonna be changed with time, Ciri's face too. Even though i like her face.

  • @josephstalin5414
    @josephstalin5414 2 дні тому +24

    4:48 God thank you, people making a fuss over absolutely nothing and yes she looks a bit rugged but look at the world she lives in people inspecting her to look like a fairy.😂😂😂

    • @StevenBlackwellCooks
      @StevenBlackwellCooks 2 дні тому +4

      @@josephstalin5414 I’m 45 and although I still look good I don’t look much like I did when I was 17. Most people are not like Paul Rudd.

    • @markobotic6387
      @markobotic6387 2 дні тому +1

      A friend showed me a still from this trailer and aked me who she is. I thought at first it's not a "she" at all, and I certainly never thought for a second that it was Ciri, and I have 700 hours in all three Witcher games, plus I read all the books. I really don't know what you're on about.

    • @Choom2077
      @Choom2077 2 дні тому +3

      @@markobotic6387 Time to hit the optometrist. lol

    • @josephstalin5414
      @josephstalin5414 2 дні тому

      @@markobotic6387 Please keep the d measuring out of the conversation we're not children......?
      Mate she just looks like an older woman and sure her face has some structure to it but to say she looks like a man because of that is just dumb. CDPR know that pandering to those insects will lead them nowhere but bankruptcy.

    • @ituoiocchisudeme6606
      @ituoiocchisudeme6606 2 дні тому

      @@markobotic6387Idk what men you have been around in your life to say that she looks like a dude, but if you honestly believe she looks like a man in the trailer you must have lost your mind 🤦🏻‍♂️ Or maybe you’re just a whining incel who desperately tries to find something to complain about

  • @JeannieLove
    @JeannieLove 2 дні тому +5

    They're fulfilling my wish and then some. I wasn't expecting a whole Ciri trilogy, just hoped for 1 game.

  • @thewerdandi
    @thewerdandi 2 дні тому +12

    My goodness, really people have a problem with Ciri's appearance? Get a life, touch some grass. She looks amazing, it's a new engine, new model, she's older now.
    Now, about her being a witcher - that's a choice and we will see if it's a good one. Maybe she should be just a magic wielding warrior, not a witcher, because there was so much about Grass Trial in the lore that it could be cheap to change the lore. She could still fight like a witcher, cast signs and additionally other spells. The main mechanical missing piece would be potions, but there is the whole department of magic and spells that would make up for it and also would make Ciri not your typical witcher.

    • @highlanderknight
      @highlanderknight 2 дні тому +1

      I guess some people want her to never even age a day.

    • @markobotic6387
      @markobotic6387 2 дні тому +2

      @@highlanderknight Then they should age her, and not turn her into trans.

    • @highlanderknight
      @highlanderknight 2 дні тому +1

      @markobotic6387 You are so clueless, nothing about that Ciri is trans.

    • @markobotic6387
      @markobotic6387 2 дні тому +2

      @@highlanderknight Face and voice are kind of telling. It's definitely a ma'am.

    • @rieyuki
      @rieyuki 2 дні тому

      @@markobotic6387You must be Matt Gaetz

  • @talisredstar1543
    @talisredstar1543 2 дні тому +6

    People having a problem with her look always makes me shake my head. If you've seen any of the trailers after the witcher 3, especially the one they did for GWENT game, she doesn't look all that much different from how she did in that one, only older.

  • @LeutnantJoker
    @LeutnantJoker 2 дні тому +1

    There's also German mythology in the monsters and from what I know the Bruxa is actually a Vampire from Portugal, not to mention Djinns, which are from Arabic mythology.

  • @mlgquilava624
    @mlgquilava624 2 дні тому +1

    nisam znao da si Bosanac pozdrav iz Srbije brate 💪

  • @GeraltOfArabia
    @GeraltOfArabia 2 дні тому +2

    Bro why are people talking about trail of the grasses like that? When was it mentioned that it could be used to lift curses with magic? And yet Yen did it. Where was that outage then? Think before you speak because the why and the how for the what is all there

  • @BloodAssassin
    @BloodAssassin 2 дні тому +8

    Why are people whining?
    Ciri went trough a lot to become a witcher and we can finally see her being one.
    I thought she was a loveable character from the franchise. I guess people hate Ciri?
    Wasn't she almost always the focus of the story?

    • @Thz333
      @Thz333 2 дні тому +8

      stop eating so much soy and u understand why people ''whine''

    • @borismaric130
      @borismaric130 2 дні тому +3

      how you cant be witcher if you are adult, nonhuman and women cant go trough the trial and become witchers

    • @joelfisk
      @joelfisk 2 дні тому +1

      Oh no people have opinions how do we stop this

    • @landonlejune6011
      @landonlejune6011 2 дні тому +2

      I’m just gonna say it, 90% of the ppl that play action rpg are males and most men don’t want to role play as a female so it doesn’t make since why the devs would make a character that doesn’t appeal to most of the audience, the game itself could be good and still flop because the main audience just isn’t interested in playing a boring female protagonist

    • @ChaseAlberti
      @ChaseAlberti 2 дні тому +1

      She was never a Witcher. If anything the "good ending" makes her a "Witcher" in name only. People are tired of studios redacting and changing core lore elements: I.E. female custodes in 40k

  • @dominikgadecki475
    @dominikgadecki475 2 дні тому +1

    The things is that they will for sure make some mechanic where Ciri will forget/loose her powers (and has to relearn everything) which is kinda cliche. Because she was very powerful by the end of W3. Anyways Ciri was the safest bet for the protagonist, we will have a hell of the story that is for sure! I guess maybe Ciri went for trail of grasses with the Lynx school and lost some of her magic skills.
    I was quietly hoping for a character and being able to create someone with a clear page and choose your own school of the wichers but eaiter way I am happy. If the game wont be rushed we will for sure have another 10/10 game from CDPR!

  • @Helifax19
    @Helifax19 2 дні тому

    Ciri = Half Witcher, Half Sorceress and maybe Half Elder Blood for a total of 150% OP :D

  • @003SONE
    @003SONE 2 дні тому

    I love your videos! I always look to you for a calm perspective on the Witcher games.
    I love the new trailer and I can't wait to play as Ciri 😊

  • @southernlocust
    @southernlocust 2 дні тому +6

    The Wind is Howling and it is exciting!

  • @KevinMole-cj3kl
    @KevinMole-cj3kl 2 дні тому +1

    Ciri looks cool cannot wait

  • @Alpha_Digamma
    @Alpha_Digamma 2 дні тому +1

    I really wish the trailer would have hinted on any of the things he talked about.

  • @neofulcrum5013
    @neofulcrum5013 2 дні тому

    I for one am interested in Ciri being a Witcher. I’ve heard the chances for a female to be one is low, but low doesn’t mean zero. Especially not for one with elder blood.

  • @SouthShine01
    @SouthShine01 2 дні тому +2

    I think is a good trailer, make many questions to the fans and that make noise for a while... well play CDPR.... just don´t make the same mistakes than Cyberpunk

  • @decode.666
    @decode.666 2 дні тому

    All I will say is that I trust Seba. He knows what he's doing. I'm very much looking forward to the game.

  • @RedGeist
    @RedGeist 2 дні тому

    It felt like a pretty unsurprising compilation of story beats for a narrative teaser. You play as a Witcher, you play as Ciri, witcher Ciri is a possible ending of the previous game. She looks about 5 years older and battle-hardened. The trailer highlights how quests can subvert expectations and highlight the brutality of humanity as mostly equivalent to the monsters a Witcher hunts. I'm very excited to be sure. But I won't pretend this trailer was particularly divergent from what CDPR had set up in years prior.

  • @houndmanjones
    @houndmanjones 2 дні тому +1

    I've never been so hyed!!!!
    Already looked for a new PC, it'll be my first fully built PC (leaving the Laptop life!) I'll be ready for you CDPR!
    Edit: Amazing work as always!

    • @rieyuki
      @rieyuki 2 дні тому +1

      Oh you’re in for a treat if you’re building your next one yourself! Being able to select which hardware you want at your price point is awesome!

    • @houndmanjones
      @houndmanjones 2 дні тому

      @rieyuki It'll take me a while to save enough for it sadly, but I only hope I can have it by the time the game is out. I'm eyeing a 4070ti Super (the cheapest version in my country funny enough) and the 7 7800X3D CPU (not the cheapest but compared to literally any intel CPU here it's on the cheaper side). Hopefully this will do well enough until Orion comes out 🤞🏻

  • @erdem2469
    @erdem2469 2 дні тому +1

    I recommend you to also watch their PC Gamer interview on UA-cam, they give more details about Location of the game take place etc.

  • @nipsynuggets4930
    @nipsynuggets4930 День тому

    so glad that the character designers gave ciri normal shoes, not those stupid heeled boots. literally makes no sense, so well done designers :)

  • @Sheparzo
    @Sheparzo 2 дні тому +7

    This is fire. I can't wait.

  • @exhaustpipes
    @exhaustpipes 2 дні тому +17

    I love the trailer, it's everything I've wanted from Witcher IV, and Ciri is the most attractive she's ever been

    • @salvocal7455
      @salvocal7455 2 дні тому +11

      As a grown ass adult, I wholeheartedly agree

    • @DerNiko
      @DerNiko 2 дні тому +7

      Some people seem to disagree and say she's too masculine. Those people don't know what they're talking about. She's hot af.

    • @saladje
      @saladje 2 дні тому +1

      millennial women cope

    • @markobotic6387
      @markobotic6387 2 дні тому +3

      @@DerNiko If you're into guys - then sure.

    • @DerNiko
      @DerNiko 2 дні тому

      @@markobotic6387 you might want to check your eyesight. She looks nothing like a dude, lol. smh

  • @JohnDJ08
    @JohnDJ08 2 дні тому +2

    The Witcher 3 was already about ciri, we spent the entire story line of the Witcher 3 finding her and protecting her, her story is done. Turning her into a Witcher (which actively goes against the lore) undermines her importance and adds nothing to her character and story. Why was the Witcher 3 about ciri? Because of her elder blood, turning her into a Witcher takes away any specialty and makes her completely redundant as the elder blood will end with her. This is objectively a subversion of the character and lore, what was the point of Witcher 3 if you are just going to turn her into a Witcher anyway while putting her in danger. It actively goes completely against the narrative.

    • @izik7220
      @izik7220 2 дні тому

      In the "lore" you would understand that she wants to become a witcher in the very first book. Dislikes how geralts always in a neutral state when it comes to being a witcher. She wants to fight for good and abolish evil.

  • @richardalward
    @richardalward 2 дні тому +1

    I’m ok with it. I think it’ll be a great game.

  • @Hoigwai
    @Hoigwai 2 дні тому

    I'm sad that it's not Jo Wyatt. I loved her distinctive voice.

  • @daLiraX
    @daLiraX 2 дні тому +1

    I'm all for Ciri, but as a lot of people already pointed out, you don't facemorphe into bigger bones and chin and mouth with age, that's not how this works.

  • @Sylentmana
    @Sylentmana 2 дні тому

    I just wish they would’ve brought back Jo Wyatt as her VA.

  • @sanzau8669
    @sanzau8669 2 дні тому +3

    Ok I am getting really annoyed with the entire Ciri can NOT BE A WITCHER
    Sword of destiny page 344
    "Are all stories about the Law of Surprise myths?'
    'Yes. It's hard to call an accident destiny!'
    'But you witchers do not stop searching?'
    'No, we don't. But it's senseless. Nothing has any point.' Do you believe a Child of Destiny would pass through the Trials without danger?'
    We believe such a child would not require the Trials?'
    So all you guys saying she can not be a Witcher or go through the trial
    It’s in the book right there
    Okay so argue with the author of the book
    And CDPR did an new agreement with the author who if I am correct is currently working on a new books on the Witcher focusing on Ciri

    • @izik7220
      @izik7220 2 дні тому

      Eat them up with facts hahahahahha

  • @krlt9481
    @krlt9481 День тому

    Me: They killed Geralt off.
    Others: No, he's in the game.
    Me: Varric was in Veilguard too.

  • @zgmfx-09a
    @zgmfx-09a 2 дні тому

    I remember learning what bauk meant as a kid and the term always scared me lol interesting to see a aptly horrifying interpretation

  • @setantahound198
    @setantahound198 2 дні тому +6

    Im not sold on it. Witcher 3 is my favorite game ever and i think they could never satisfy everyone. But i really do feel like ciri and Geralt had their storys wrapped up at the end of witcher 3. They defeated the wild hunt. I just have a feeling that its going to be woman witcher changing traditions just for the sake of it. She will be the most powerful witcher ever and if im honest its like Rey from the star wars sequels

    • @rieyuki
      @rieyuki 2 дні тому

      Yeah they’ll need to avoid the Mary Sue syndrome (e.g. Rey), but I don’t think CDPR has ever come short with storytelling and character development. I haven’t played Witcher 1 or 2, but Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk were masterpieces!

  • @NoName-ym5zj
    @NoName-ym5zj 2 дні тому +1

    Ignoring the grifters, her face looks weird in the CGI trailer because they didn't age her properly. With age your skin thins and parts of it become more hollow, this Ciri's face looks both strangely fuller and older at the same time which makes her look like botox queen from some angels. From other angles she kinda looks like young Ciri. But CG trailers never look like the game, so I think it's just CG wackery.

  • @Makura069
    @Makura069 2 дні тому

    "Ciri will always choose" Yeah but I feel like Geralt did too, he just pretendend to feed into the 'emotionless witcher persona' but he deeply cared, so not so much of a distinction there.
    I'm just scared we're going to have a female Geralt rather than really Ciri, she has a different personnality.

  • @benzlover55
    @benzlover55 2 дні тому

    I will not hold my breath. I dont care about cinematics or marketing, 2077 taught me a valuable lesson in that regard.

    • @rieyuki
      @rieyuki 2 дні тому

      You know why Cyberpunk launch was bad, right? Devs weren’t ready but the suits forced them to release it before it was ready. Not the devs’ fault.

  • @oleg5738
    @oleg5738 2 дні тому +1

    So it is indeed called The Witcher 4?

  • @Neo603
    @Neo603 19 годин тому

    CDPR never failed where it matter the most, the story, and thats why i have completely trust in them. 🐺⚔❤

  • @markolajesic7359
    @markolajesic7359 2 дні тому

    I just hope that CDPR wont do to Geralt what certain studios did to the characters like Luke Skywalker, Han Solo or Indiana Jones: turn him into a tired old man who needs a girl boss to guide him...

  • @jadeyeti
    @jadeyeti 2 дні тому +21

    So glad its Ciri, and not a create your own character Witcher game

    • @markobotic6387
      @markobotic6387 2 дні тому +6

      Oh well, for every one of you there's a million of people who wanted that other thing...
      Go figure.

    • @rieyuki
      @rieyuki 2 дні тому +5

      @@markobotic6387So glad it’s Ciri, and not a create your own character Witcher game

    • @Choom2077
      @Choom2077 2 дні тому +3

      @@markobotic6387 So glad it’s Ciri, and not a create your own character Witcher game

    • @markobotic6387
      @markobotic6387 2 дні тому +1

      @@Choom2077 We shall see. The sales will tell. We shall see.

    • @Boomerrage32
      @Boomerrage32 2 дні тому

      I gotta admit, I wanted them to create a new original character that got to play as. But I'll take Ciri any day of the week over Build A -Bear- Witcher.

  • @jbraid4535
    @jbraid4535 2 дні тому

    My main concern is actually that the reveal trailer doesn't really look like a CDPR game. It's probably likely that the trailer has no bearing on the in game visuals but just a point.

    • @rieyuki
      @rieyuki 2 дні тому

      It doesn’t “look like a CDPR game” because they went with UE5 instead of RedEngine this time, all will be fine

  • @barrywilson4130
    @barrywilson4130 2 дні тому

    The Bauk seems to resemble the kikimora from the tv series abeit the head is more like the chicken beak described in Slavic mythology.

  • @grimmjow0106
    @grimmjow0106 2 дні тому +10

    Appreciate the video LKM .
    I’m gonna be honest, bro, I’m seeing red flags here.
    The first thing that stands out to me is that the old CDPR team that made the previous Witcher trilogy had a respect for the source material and predefined lore. They explored their own paths within it, but within the framework of following that established source material.
    What I see them doing here with ciri is a disregard for that preestablished source material. I see corporate reasoning on retconning and reusing a pre-established character from a pre-existing ip like a safety net and security blanket. This kind of reusing and repurposing of old assets let’s call it is how you end up with stagnation.
    Creative artist allowed to be authentic create new originality. All of our characters that we know in love within any IP were at one point or another brand new with no predefine. It was just creative artist creating.
    The way you grow this universe within its pre-established foundation is by exploring new stories and new characters and to go beyond what you’ve already explored.
    The role of the Witcher is a man’s role as defined and established in the source material/books . Men’s biological hormonal composition is different from women’s and so Witcher would take small boys to put through these life-threatening trials that only even few of them survived as they were turned into mutants . It was not a role for women. And ciri’s role was also uniquely defined. With the elder blood and being protected by Witcher and also trained by them, but not able to ever authentically be one which was understood.
    What the team is doing here feels like the same kind of justification more or less that we were seeing with what happened for Netflix’s Witcher or most notably with Disney Star Wars. It is a lack of creativity for the sake of lazy reliance on familiarity of brand recognition. It is selfish justification for repurposing preestablished/predefined material or characters. And it leads to inauthentic , disingenuous stagnation.
    And I hate to say this, but I pick up on the subtle reasoning of priorities here being related to a lot of of irrelevant modern day narratives. I hope I’m wrong about that but it seems pretty obvious.
    Again, I like Ciri as a character, but her story is uniquely tied to Geralts story . You can’t separate that. And we had such a perfect ending with blood and wine, as well as the special tidbits afterward with everyone including Ciri , at Corvo house for a final farewell and salute sendoff. All good stories have a beginning, a middle and an end and that was a great ending to that story.
    I thought we were going back to a pre-established world to begin a new story with a new school and new characters and explore all new aspects here with creative freedom. But instead, I’m just seeing a reusing and repurposing and retconning .
    And I hate that .
    I’m worried, bro, ….. I’m very worried.

    • @BloodAssassin
      @BloodAssassin 2 дні тому

      We still don't know Geralt's involvement with the story, he could even be playable as far as we know.
      With Ciri here being able to teleport to other worlds there's a hell of a lot of potential for more worldbuilding.
      I trust CDPR with the story. They never dissapointed with that regard.
      The one thing I don't understand is why would Ciri go trough The Trial of Grasses if she has Elder Blood powers?
      She didn't lose her powers since we can see that in the trailer. Weakened maybe?

    • @LukCPL
      @LukCPL 2 дні тому +3

      We know nothing about the game dude

    • @dudess-j5t
      @dudess-j5t 2 дні тому +4

      Wow. Literally nothing you just said is right.
      Have you even read the books? Ciri is equally as important if not more so than Geralt.

    • @sleepinthemorningcalm
      @sleepinthemorningcalm 2 дні тому +1

      Please don’t read the rest of this comment if you don’t want spoilers BUT
      CDPR has already retconned Geralt, Yen, and Regis dying ok? They used amnesia to sloppily explain why Geralt didn’t remember Yen and Citi in the Witcher 1
      It’s odd that Ciri being the first female Witcher is the one thing people are getting so triggered about

    • @kortov7756
      @kortov7756 2 дні тому +1

      @@sleepinthemorningcalm Spoiler shield, expand for the post:
      To be fair to the point, neither Geralt nor Yen died in the Lady of the Lake, so CDPR didn't really retcon anything in thar regard. An argument could be made for Regis only.

  • @Odarnet-DJT1
    @Odarnet-DJT1 День тому +2

    Women and elves are not witchers. Elder blood is elven blood.

  • @KevinMole-cj3kl
    @KevinMole-cj3kl 2 дні тому +1

    I think you will be able to save he says who's coin did you take

  • @ebenezerstooge
    @ebenezerstooge 2 дні тому +4

    See this one makes sense. Since Geralt retired and they set it up in the third game

  • @tomekw
    @tomekw 2 дні тому

    These days, with more realistic graphics, all the changes stand out much more. What happened to her lips? Did a hornet bite her? And she looks much older, like 15 years older. But the most important thing is that she doesn't seem like a likable person anymore.

  • @almostfaceman
    @almostfaceman 2 дні тому +2

    The mystique of a Witcher is that they are survivors of horrible experiments and that they are societal outcasts. They are monsters fighting monsters.
    Ciri will never be a Witcher.

  • @DjPolo-f2d
    @DjPolo-f2d 2 дні тому

    CDPR:- We will announce and talk about games closer to release.
    CDPR:- Announces Witcher 4 not long after full development has started and release is probably four to five years away.
    CDPR:- It will not be called Witcher 4.
    CDPR:- Its called Witcher 4.
    CDPR:- We have learnt our lesson and will keep expectations in check and not hype future projects up so much.
    CDPR:- Witcher 4 will be better than Cyberpunk 2077 and Witcher 3.
    At this stage having any expectations is a bad idea, just wait until its released and see as CDPR flip flop on what they say constantly.

  • @Re.T986
    @Re.T986 2 дні тому

    Great!! Hopefully in three years from now, we can wishlist it.😂

  • @Kshatriya-bz8dd
    @Kshatriya-bz8dd 2 дні тому +3

    Even though it's a cinematic trailer, I'm hyped and can't wait ...I seen some hate because it's seems like a female protagonists but I'm up for it we need more female protagonists...

  • @Virtual_Sphere_
    @Virtual_Sphere_ День тому

    As long as they dont kill off geralt like naughty dog did with Joel.. I'll be alright with it If geralt is to die... just do it in the third game.

  • @jesperbonde571
    @jesperbonde571 22 години тому

    I'm out. Wouldnt have had a problem with Ciri as she was. But making her a Geralt clone ruined any hype for me.

  • @JorgeF69
    @JorgeF69 2 дні тому +3

    People who are complaining haven't even played past the prologue and it shows 💀

  • @DamirNesterovic
    @DamirNesterovic 2 дні тому +6

    Sorry but I don't like it. No female Witchers in the books. To much freedom. If they going with Ciri route why they change her to be the Witcher...Give us Geralt back!

    • @MissSimsalot
      @MissSimsalot День тому +3

      If you want to be very nitpicky, Geralt dies in the end of the books and the witcher 1-3 all take place after the books. So yeah...also it is never stated in the books that girls cant become witchers. Literally the only thing said was that they chose a group of 38 children to go trough the Trial, and only 5 boys survived. But it was never stated how many where girls and how many where boys. It could have been 30 boys and 8 girls. We don't know. So yeah this is not lore breaking at all.

    • @manwithballsonarm6775
      @manwithballsonarm6775 День тому

      ​@@MissSimsalotdude shut up. We want geralt that's it end of discussion

    • @DamirNesterovic
      @DamirNesterovic 9 годин тому

      @@MissSimsalot In the books, females don't survive the Trial of Grass, as far as I remember. Even among males, only 30%-40% survive.
      Ciri was trained as a witcher, but even she never underwent the trial, and hence she was not mutated.
      Geralt and Yennifer die in the books, maybe 'cause we don't know it remain a mistery, I know and I read them all, and play all the games. Don't need to educated me about the Witcher world 'cause I wrote one of the short stories myself and waiting to be approved by Sapkowski himself...
      "After almost being pushed to suicide by the White Flame, who eventually decides to stop his plans and let Ciri and her parents live, Yennefer and Ciri confront the Lodge of Sorceresses while Geralt travels to Rivia. Ciri and Yennefer meet Geralt in Rivia but find him on the verge of death after a riot in which he was impaled. Yennefer uses all her magic to heal Geralt, but it’s too much for her and she loses consciousness. Ciri’s unicorn friend, Ihuarraquax, arrives and channels his power through Ciri to heal Geralt, and the Princess takes the bodies of her parents and puts them on a boat. Ciri then disappears into the fog with Geralt and Yennefer and then the games start...
      Now, those events are told by Ciri in the novel The Lady of the Lake as she shares her story with a knight named Sir Galahad, which is why Yennefer’s fate is left ambiguous. Ciri says she could claim that the story ends with Geralt and Yennefer waking up in an unknown location and getting married some time later, but it’s unclear if she’s telling the truth, so the ending of The Witcher saga is open to interpretation."

  • @Bishop_4390
    @Bishop_4390 23 години тому

    I'm looking forward to this game but i dont like how her voice actor seems to have changed

  • @storyfirstgamingyt
    @storyfirstgamingyt 2 дні тому +1

    6:20 yeah the voice actor sounds older... 10 years older even 👀

  • @cd5sircoupe
    @cd5sircoupe 2 дні тому +7

    Anybody upset with the decision to have Ciri be the protagonist here either hasn't been paying attention or isn't a genuine fan. CDPR has LONG said that Witcher 3 was Geralt's last game as the lead, this shouldn't be a fucking surprise to anyone. Blood & Wine was literally about him retiring! Ciri was not only set up as the next lead in the game but she was by far the most important character in the IP at large. Whether that be the source material or games.

    • @markobotic6387
      @markobotic6387 2 дні тому +2

      She wan't set up as anything. You're projecting. Here story was concluded alongside Geralt's.

    • @cd5sircoupe
      @cd5sircoupe 2 дні тому +3

      @@markobotic6387 What am I projecting exactly? Could you explain it in detail?

    • @markobotic6387
      @markobotic6387 2 дні тому +1

      @@cd5sircoupe Her story was intimately related to Geralt, and it was OVER alongside Geralt's story. Simple as that. They didn't set her up as anything. She was a boring character that was designed and voiced well, but now shes's not even that.
      She looks like a 60 years old botoxed bodybuilder. It makes as much sense as Abby from The Last of Us 2.
      Also, she is not, never was, and never could be A WITCHER. So why name a game that way? They just steered up hate from fans of both the games and the books. They broke the lore for woke nonsense.

    • @cd5sircoupe
      @cd5sircoupe 2 дні тому +2

      ​@@markobotic6387 Her story is most definitely tied to Geralt's, but I would not say it ended with Witcher 3's conclusion. The best ending is her becoming a Witcher in name alone at that point, which also serves to bookend a chapter of her story so far. That chapter being chased by the Wild Hunt for her blood right. She's had plenty of other chapters in her story in the source material before that and is now facing an open future in games as of that ending, ready to take up Geralt's mantle.
      The fact that you say she looks like a 60 year old Botox bodybuilder is telling... she looks like she went from being 20 to 32, that's what happens with time, and she's pretty damn lean to be considered a body builder... How much time has passed is yet to be known, which gets me to the Trials.
      She was going to undergo the Trial of the Grasses during Witcher 3 was she not? She's also wearing a Lynx School medallion, maybe they've still got the knowledge that the Wolf school lost? We literally know nothing about them.
      The only person I see being remotely hateful here is you, shocker I know. I also don't really see anything "woke" about this... trust me when I say if you know me you'll know that I'm probably one of the most anti-woke people you'll meet that isn't afraid to hide it. I'm sorry I just don't see that angle.

    • @markobotic6387
      @markobotic6387 2 дні тому +1

      @@cd5sircoupe You don't sound anti-woke, but that's beside the point.
      No, people don't go from cutesy mcpretty to Donatella Versace in 10 years, especially not before the age of 50 or 60. I don't really know what you're on about there.
      CDPR themselves said that the story takes place several years after the third game, which probably means 10 or so at the most. They made it look that they're at the exact same time period as the third game. And she doesn't even remotely look recognizable. You could easily recognize me by using my toddler (and let alone teenage) image, and you're saying she somehow got a male superhero jawline, soldier's chin and a bloated botox face in several years? Give me a break.
      Further more, she's not a witcher. She did not go through the trial of grass, nor any of the other trials. SHE can't because no adult can, and no female can. The trial can only be passed by very small percentage of young boys for myriad of reasons.
      Even if she somehow could, it doesn't make any sense whatsoever.
      She couldn't have lost her powers because they're in her DNA, in her blood.
      Why would she trade those for inferior witcher abilities?
      Further more, they still didn't retrieve the methodology of the trials, at least not in its entirety, so she couldn't have gone trough them anyways.
      And finally, even if there was a way to repeat the process, there's no one that would want or do that to her, especially not Yen or Geralt.
      But it's all make believe, ifs and buts, stupid way of thinking outside of very specific and canonically established universe. They broke canon just...'cause.

  • @MadeOfEarth1
    @MadeOfEarth1 День тому

    She better not be like She-Hyulk with total control over her powers from teh start and no growth arc.

  • @hughmac7423
    @hughmac7423 2 дні тому +1

    I'm fine with playing Ciri, it will be great fun.

  • @hemanthnairm4015
    @hemanthnairm4015 2 дні тому

    What could have happened to her space time powers??

  • @DaviHorner
    @DaviHorner 2 дні тому

    My biggest worry was that this trailer was too similar to the first one, especially the killing monsters part. So, I worry they will focus on nostalgia instead of making a good game.

    • @rieyuki
      @rieyuki 2 дні тому

      There will be more trailers. It would make sense for them to show just things we’re familiar with in this first one, otherwise all the anti-Ciri idiots would also say “see? Didn’t see any Witcher abilities/potions, this isn’t a Witcher game!!”
      I’m pretty sure CDPR is working hard to innovate and bring new things to the table with Ciri, hopefully we’ll see the new stuff in next trailers, especially gameplay ones.

  • @cribacon
    @cribacon 2 дні тому

    New voice actress is Ciara Berkeley

  • @natetheraccon2390
    @natetheraccon2390 2 дні тому +3

    talk about the elephant in the room please, woman cant be turned into witchers, they betray their own rule for the witcher universe? i mean, it was written that at least, can u talk about it? i would apreciate it

    • @Cleric314
      @Cleric314 2 дні тому +4

      Wrong, why don't you actually read, it says none survived. She isn't normal, she's of elder blood. Also she was already trained as a witcher and knows magic. She could definitely survive the trial of the grasses

    • @DerNiko
      @DerNiko 2 дні тому +4

      Even if that was actually in the books, it's a dumb part of the lore, so who cares? If this triggers you, I would ask you to look into yourself and ask yourself, why it triggers you. And 'because the lore says so' is not a valid argument. And if you think it is, please tell me how it makes the story better or how it is important for the story that only males can become Witchers?

  • @eeedddd5738
    @eeedddd5738 2 дні тому +1

    Do you think with unreal engine 5 the game will lose its identity in terms of art style. Eg ,Not having that cartoony look from the Witcher 3

    • @Huperdome
      @Huperdome День тому

      I hope they will go with more realistic art style with UE5 and custom tools build just for this game by Epic. This game will sell UE5 to developers and GPUs by Nvidia to everybody.

  • @andrzejbednarek6224
    @andrzejbednarek6224 2 дні тому

    In the end voice is Olgierd

  • @Zeoran
    @Zeoran 2 дні тому +1

    They COULD have explained Ciri somehow passing the trial of the grasses because of her magical elder blood, she is NOT an ordinary woman. They also could have used some other excuse from her stopping the White Frost. They HAD ways they could have legitimately explained it that wouldn't have completely broken the lore or pissed off the fan base. But when you consider how much uglier she is (a trend among games recently) and combine it with the fact that they're not doing ANYTHING to explain how she passed the trials that no woman should be able to pass, and it's clear that CDPR has gone woke & lazy. This will NOT be like the Witcher games you've come to know & love before.

    • @LastKnownMeal
      @LastKnownMeal  2 дні тому +1

      Bro, you have been a subscriber on this channel for long. I beg you to stop parroting the same bs being parroted on anything, you know I call out bull when I see it, but first of we don't have women running around being witchers, we have only Ciri, second, they said they will explain it in the game so, that question you have will be answered but it can't be answered from the first trailer that is more marketing than gameplay. And if you really consider that ugly idk what to tell you, you do you, but lore wise witchers look like ghouls, they are much more human like in the games. Woke & lazy means nothing if it's said to every single thing that comes out just because. Think rationally and wait for stuff to appear before making assumptions, could be good could be bad, we will eventually find out. This is far from netflix the witcher situation.

    • @Zeoran
      @Zeoran 2 дні тому

      @@LastKnownMeal My words/opinion were not based entirely on the trailer, I'm not that stupid or shallow. And when more things come to light, I'll accept your apology. This is NOT the same CDPR we've come to know and love anymore. I desperately wish it was, W3 is one of my favorite games of all time. I even love CP2077. But the people who made those games are not making W4.

  • @MadeOfEarth1
    @MadeOfEarth1 День тому

    Gamers are really woried after the latest Dragon age and teh trend that led to thatt. So people are worried and not without reason.

  • @dcmastermindfirst9418
    @dcmastermindfirst9418 День тому

    It's Celtic with a hard C.
    Not an S

  • @steakismeat177
    @steakismeat177 День тому

    I disagree. Why would Geralt let her do it? It seems only logical that she would do it once Geralt dies

    • @2ClutchCorey
      @2ClutchCorey 10 годин тому

      She’s an adult, she can make her own decisions now. Geralt doesn’t have a choice in the matter

  • @Cat-ix6jy
    @Cat-ix6jy 2 дні тому

    the reveal of this exposed a lot of incels in the gaming community lol. Probably also the same people who complain that no women will love them. Wonder why.

  • @Rbbbbie
    @Rbbbbie 2 дні тому +13

    I’m pretty disappointed that it’s Ciri tbh