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  • I honestly didn't think it was ciri at first.

    I don't understand why they made her a witcher.

    Maybe my eyesight is going but it looks like a cat on her necklace instead of a wolf. So I don't understand that.

    I'm gonna be honest. Not very excited for it

    • yea feels like an insult to the character and her struggle finding her own path.

      she having another school necklace does make a bit sense considering the infrastructure of the school of the wolf is basically abandoned after the events of witcher 3 and the remaining members are not particularly interested in continuing it, lambert is even explicitly against it. if she underwent the trial of the glasses (as her eyes show in the trailer), it definitely wouldn't be in the school of the wolf.

      edit: apparently the school of the cat is the only one that accepts women and non-humans, they're the inclusive school lol, i can already see chuds will go crazy about this.

    • Yeah I'm lukewarm on it being Ciri, I was hoping for a fresh start completely outside the realm of the other games' characters and location

      • same, its not that i want something completely separated from the main cast but just something different, like maybe following letho in his journey of rebuilding the school of the viper would've been more interesting.

    • The cat school medallion is something she gets during the books, she takes it from an assassin who killed its previous owner.

  • i like the idea of being able to play a lady instead of Gruff Autistic Himbo Man but this sucks. ciri isn't a witcher, that trailer felt like it was trying to punch at the weight of the witcher 3 trailers but never quite hits

    ugh

    • I mean she can be at the end of 3 already, and apparently she's done the trial of the grasses since she's been to the potion seller in this trailer

      • i'm aware, it's a favored ending of mine, i just think it's a bad change/lore advancement, because Ciri is way more interesting than a witcher in terms of potential and kit

        a worldhopping battle wizard feels more like what they should be doing if they're gonna do Ciri

  • a fresh set of characters

    oh we were sure you wanted proven material that will provide high rates of return on investment until suddenly it doesn't because everyone's sick to death of it

  • Incels online are seething that a main character from the last game that makes a lot of sense to be the main character of the next one ends up as the main character of the next one

  • Shame not 100 year before prequel tbh. Oh well, ciri is fine, if there is some interesting fallout from the empire thingy

  • Yeah I think a prequel was probably the way to go. The world of the Witcher had a lot of interesting history that wasn't fully fleshed out. A prequel set in that where you can choose what school you're from (or just set at school of the cat) and can choose your character's gender and such would have been really interesting and could have given them a chance to explore more of the world and expand on it beyond the northern realms.

    I think given Ciri's incredible elder blood powers just doing "Witcher 3 but with Ciri and different story" would be a mistake from a mechanics point of view and a story point of view. Any game centering her should have the ability for her to teleport places, make some use at least of her uniquely powerful magic beyond the normal witcher signs. I half think they should change the tone too given how over-powered she would be. Most of all though and maybe I'm weird, I hope they preserve a sense of a large, huge even living world to explore, lots of side quests, not some rush to the finish. Given the lack of customization compared to say Bioware RPGS and the lack of branching paths to account for this is really a must. I would honestly be interested in a side-campaign (not part of the regular one) that would allow players to experience Ciri's flight before/during Witcher 3 through the different worlds, wouldn't be that long or intense but I think it would be interesting and they could re-use some cyberpunk assets for at least one of the places she visits.

    As I see it Witcher 3 has a kind of Tolkien-ish vibe in that the old world is dying, the witchers are dying out, a new one is taking its place, a less magical one, it's the last gasp of another time and place and this old guard and the events of it so trying to build off that is kind of tough and I hope if they do anything more than this that it's a prequel.

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