- The Witcher 4 has been formally revealed
- CD Projekt Pink debuted a cinematic trailer at The Recreation Awards 2024
- The Witcher 3’s Ciri will return because the playable protagonist within the upcoming
In a shock flip of occasions, CD Projekt Pink has unveiled the primary official take a look at The Witcher 4 at The Recreation Awards 2024, and sure, Ciri is the playable protagonist.
As the primary massive recreation announcement of the night time, the studio debuted a shocking, six-minute cinematic trailer depicting a brief story from the eyes of a now older Ciri as she takes on a witcher contract in a distant village, terrorized for generations by a monster demanding ritual sacrifice.
Beforehand codenamed Undertaking Polaris, The Witcher 4 is being developed utilizing custom-made Unreal Engine 5 know-how and can mark the start of a brand new Witcher saga starring Ciri.
“We’re kicking off a brand-new Witcher saga, this time with Ciri as the guts of the story!” mentioned recreation director Sebastian Kalemba. “It feels so good to lastly have the ability to say these phrases – for the longest time we knew that we wished Ciri to be the protagonist of The Witcher 4; it simply felt pure to us and we imagine that Ciri deserves it.
“On this recreation we wish to discover what it means to really turn into a witcher by following Ciri on her Path. This trailer is a style of each that, and simply how darkish and grounded the world of The Witcher might be.”
When you’re unfamiliar, Ciri is the adopted daughter of Geralt of Rivia, the protagonist of the primary three Witcher video games. Curiously, it appears CDPR has canonized The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt‘s ending, which might see Ciri turn into a witcher or the Empress of Nilfgaard relying on the participant’s decisions.
Talking in a latest interview with IGN in regards to the choice to make her the star of the brand new saga, government producer Małgorzata Mitręga mentioned that it is a “continuation”, and that Ciri was “the very natural, logical selection” because the story has all the time been about her.
Kalemba expanded on this, saying that selecting Ciri as the primary character “was removed from roulette. It wasn’t random” and that the concept happened in discussions 9 years in the past.
When it comes to what we will anticipate from the story, Kalemba defined that since Ciri is youthful than Geralt, gamers can be allowed extra freedom to form her character in The Witcher 4.
“She’s really about to turn into the Witcher,” the director mentioned. “She’s about to really type her personal codex, however on her personal phrases. The best way she really offers with the monsters, the best way she offers with quests, the adventures, it is her personal distinctive means. And likewise I believe that she offers extra room to have the ability to inform completely different tales right here and there.
“In fact, we wish to give the chance for the participant to discover extra nuance as a result of that is what we do. However she deserves that.”
