Exede
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I'm also ok with a custom character. But witcher or not i would prefer Ciri
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Geralt won't be the protagonist in Witcher 4, but he will be present, says voice actor
Dirk Benedict
Member
I'm down for Dominican Ciri.
Ass of Can Whooping
Member
You guys get so triggered lmao
lughnasadh123
Member
Watching this amount of people whip themselves into a frenzy from Geralt not being the main protagonist is wild.
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
If they use a Preset I think Ciri could be interesting but as I said I wouldn't consider Ciri a Witcher. Witcher training yes but a Witcher true no.
It's likely by what information we have that Lynx Witcher School might be the Player Character's point of Origin.
Regardless I hope Witcher 4 story is not another "Source Magic" or very long "Fetch Quest".
IMO all of CDPR's games suffer from the Elder Scrolls effect where the main quest is very uninteresting compared to the Sidequests. Primarily Witcher Contracts and Mercenary Gigs(Cyberpunk).
I'd imagine they probably will follow CP2077 and give you a male and female Template to build off of but the character will have a preset personality going down the main story path.
winjer
Gold Member
That is not the problem, but rather who will replace him.
The concern most people have is that it might be one of those characters made for "modern audiences".
gaming_again
Member
People love role playing as Geralt. It's not difficult to figure this reaction out.
This is going to be a shitshow. As will the remake of W1.
Švejk
Banned
And probably won't be a fair skinned either...
RIP, CDPR... You had a good streak of 2 massive bangers on your hands.
Švejk
Banned
Would play... Go full-on like Poonikins.Leaked photos of the new protagonist.
Sleepwalker
Member
I don't really like character creation but i'd rather that if the alternative is some unlikeable main character. Guess I'll wait and see.
And? What's wrong with that?
Mr Hyde
Member
Not really a fan of this. Geralt was a great character in TW3 (the only Witcher I played). He was probably the best of the whole cast, and what made me enjoy the game so much. The writing and his VA was spot on and made him come alive in a true and compelling way that left a lasting impact long after the game ended. I've done four playthroughs of TW3 and it's much thanks to Geralt being such an awesome hero (and also the fact it's an incredible game). Him not being the main character seriously deflated my hype.
gaming_again
Member
It breaks the lore.
JerryinSoCal
Member
I'm fine if it's a new Witcher I just don't want it to be Ciri, I didn't enjoy playing as her in TW3.
And? Authors can retcon their work and how does this change how someone enjoy The Witcher game?
recursive
Member
Hopefully he isn't killed off by a butterfly like my man Deckard.
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Senua
Member
ShaiKhulud1989
Gold Member
Funny for you to say that. Initial CDPRs idea was to actually let you create your own Witcher and even choose a proper school an origin. They scrapped the concept very early though and went with Geralt due to time and budget constraints. Plus it was way cheaper to model 1 fixed character instead of entire set of customizable parts (you'll be surprisied how little models TW1 used in general before the Enhanced Edition).
Bonus: some very early shots that are almost impossible to find
Nickolaidas
Member
Why? She's a Mary Sue who is also the Girl Who is The Key to Everything. Aside from being two fucking boring tropes for the price of one, what is so awesome about her?
lughnasadh123
Member
Geralt is a great character that has squeezed just about all there is from his story arc over three games and two very well done expansions. He deserves his retirement at the inn full of drinking and bath time orgies.
As for his replacement - Ciri most certainly has been primed to take over that role. Witcher 3 gave us a taste of that. Soiling yourself because they have the audacity to have a woman take over is the sexist, childish mindset that's embarrassing. Can people at least see HOW they handle this before they start losing their shit?
Angry_Megalodon
Member
Well, it's not THEIR lore but the original author's.
Making major changes in an established lore breaks the immersion and hence the enjoyment of the game.
FeralEcho
Member
That's If she still looks like Ciri...It might be made for "modern audiences" afterall...And we all know what that means.
Saber
Member
Funny for you to say that. Initial CDPRs idea was to actually let you create your own Witcher and even choose a proper school an origin. They scrapped the concept very early though and went with Geralt due to time and budget constraints. Plus it was way cheaper to model 1 fixed character instead of entire set of customizable parts (you'll be surprisied how little models TW1 used in general before the Enhanced Edition).
Bonus: some very early shots that are almost impossible to find
I can understand the potential of a CyC in the Witcher universe. But not in Witcher, because the selling point of Witcher is and aways will be Gerald. If they initially create a concept of Cyc I don't even know the game would end up that famous.
ShadyAcshuns
Member
No problem. Geralt is a pussy.
Dazraell
Member
You haven't seen how books has ended, didn't you? Geralt already had one lame "death", I don't think they will repeat it lol
Also, the most recent book (Season of Storms) implied he was alive for at least 100 years after the last novel. One of Witcher 3 DLCs had some ties to that book, so it's safe to assume this story is canon
Geralt was always in this story, but originally he was a side character. His part in TW1 was very similar to what Berengar had in the final game. Originally they wanted to make a hack'n'slash game like Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance and you indeed could create your own character and even pick a gender. They had to change an engine (original engine belonged to programmer who refused to move to Warsaw) and managed to licence Aurora from BioWare, which impacted their direction. When they started working with this engine they slowly shifted towards more narrative-oriented game and they felt that custom character like this may not work and they opted for a fixed protagonist instead
But initially it wasn't Geralt, but Berengar, the same guy I mentioned earlier. He was originally the protagonist of The Witcher 1. After a while CD Projekt decided to make yet another change and opted for making Geralt as a lead. But not for budget reason, but because of his recognizability. Geralt was The Witcher and they felt a new protagonist may not be able to live up to his legacy. So they made this switch and Berengar's role was rewritten to occupy similar story Geralt had initially, but obviously with some changes as his personality and backstory were different. You can see earlier designs of Berengar in this trailer
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samoilaaa
Member
show me an rpg in the last 5 years that has male and female options
there is no more male and female only Body type A and body type B
gaming_again
Member
Most of the enjoyment of an immersive RPG based on a dozen books comes from losing oneself in the lore.
gaming_again
Member
Women can't be Witchers.
dispensergoinup
Gold Member
Fine with this, I do hope we get to create our own character.
ShaiKhulud1989
Gold Member
I've read multiple takes about this whole story by my links are mostly in Russian and kinda dead in 2024. Nice to see fellow geek.
hyperbertha
Member
Witch-err I mean witch 4
Frwrd
Member
What do you call a strong-independent black witch?94.2 percent chance that this is the next protagonist of The Witcher series...
I'll probably get banned if I say it 
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
Lorewise the Alchemy involved has 100% mortality rate on females and 70% mortality rate on males so this would be correct. Though I think they could easily retcon this if a different Witcher School was more adept at Alchemy and could create both Male and Female Witchers. I imagine a nice story point is a different school tries new reagents and you only get one success out of a batch of characters. Kind of similar to how creating Wardens in Dragon Age typically has a high failure rate. With this you get your chosen one archetype.
Judging by the whole Netflix shitshow, the author has no problems with the lore of his creation being fucked with as long as it comes attached with a hefty check.
lughnasadh123
Member
Even so you can still have someone with their own abilities in the Witcher world. How often do people really get hung up playing as Link in the Legend of Zelda? Name title is largely meaningless.
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
Eh the Spirit of the Hero is a bit different then the process of creating a Witcher. And thus far I've yet to see a single iteration of a Female Link ever appearing. The only example could potentially be Linkle but as of yet she is non-canon and is only a Pretender. All incarnations of the Hero have been male to this day.
There is SO MUCH wrong with this image that I LOVE IT!!!!!
count me in
Pretty sure the Witcher chemical soup was directly antagonistic to women and gave Ciri lots of problems. I wanna take a character through the Trial of Grasses or whatever it was and be back in time when there were lots of monsters around. I feel like the Geralt story is pretty played out at this point.
