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I know it was just a cinematic but this looks freaking incredible and I can't wait.
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100%. People just can’t enjoy shit anymore without thinking there is some motive behind the creatives choices. Let’s just enjoy games and quit bitching over a games choice in main character.
YuLY
Member
What is so great about it? guess romances are out ? no char creator with different witcher schools that maybe give diff perks and enable replayability...this is just awful wtf
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U n i o n 0015
Member
Was hoping for a totally new character/timeframe.
Sanepar
Member
It looks like this cultural war will destroy the whole industry, even the best franchises.
Moridianae
Member
Seriously? Why is playing as Ciri a problem?
Something amiss here. She's a fine character and powerful.
Something amiss here. She's a fine character and powerful.
Loomy
Banned
How is this a war? Women play games with male protagonists every day. They've been doing it for decades. Industry has yet to be destroyed.
Why can't you play a game because it has a female protagonist?
YuLY
Member
Yea but they are what, 5% of the core gamer population ? why should we cater to the super minority ??? Why are romances out of witcher series just so women can play a woman ?? np, ill vote with my wallet
Hero of Spielberg
Member
It makes perfect sense from a narrative sense, but I feel many just won’t find playing as Ciri as enticing as playing as Geralt.
Can’t think of a major IP that has gender swapped the lead and had greater commercial success.
Can’t think of a major IP that has gender swapped the lead and had greater commercial success.
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NuclearDiarrhea
Member
My god, this thread is retarded.
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
Yeah, I agree. If you must get away from Geralt they have other witchers to choose from. Ciri is kind of a boring choice. Geralt VA kinda carried W2 and W3.
I’m not thrilled about it but I will still play this day 1.
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Bernardougf
Member
I really cant say if its cultural wars or just that the will of the studio was always to do a Ciri game ... so I wont condemn them ... but Im really tired of girl boss leads in video games, specially substituting for a great prot like Geralt ....so its not for me, but I hope anyone who wants this game have lots of fun ... I realized that modern western games are progressively less for my tastes. So Im turning my attention for Asia.
nkarafo
Member
I would prefer to play a Witcher game with Gerald.
The same way i prefer my Tomb Raider with Lara.
Come On Tars
Member
Didn’t know this was a thing
balls of snow
Member
I see its starting.
Lol, the list of games you guys can play grows thin.
Lol, the list of games you guys can play grows thin.
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Sanepar
Member
That's the point do a spin off with her but the main saga is about Geralt. A beloved character and there is so many books about him so no excuses.
DeaDPo0L84
Member
Witcher 3 is my favorite game of all time. If you played the game this 100% makes sense as a continuation of the story. Also it's obvious Geralt will be involved in some respect, but he essentially passes the torch in the good ending. Also I am about as Conservative as they come, not everything with a female lead means it's DEI influenced or trying to push a message. Just like when people say everything is racist it waters down the meaning when an actual issue may be present.
Loomy
Banned
5%?????
My guy.......Try almost half
They're catering to half their addressable market.
This shows that about 25% of people who play Western RPGs are women
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Sanepar
Member
I can bet the game will start with a lesbian romance.
And if there wasn't a thread about main female chars...
nkarafo
Member
YuLY
Member
Nah, that takes into account mobile games. If we talk about CORE GAMES, on consoles and PC they are a very small minority. I dont know a single female in real life that plays these types of games, there was literally a big trend not long ago on social media with females saying it is an "ick" if a guy is a gamer. They aint half lol.
Hero of Spielberg
Member
lol, yeah those Candy Crush numbers are doing some heavy lifting
Fake
Member
Ciri can only teleport. She can't take potions because she never did the ritual.
Maybe putting oil in the sword and thats it.
edit: She can't use signs too.
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Still going to obviously play this but a little disappointed to see Siri as the protagonist. Geralt’s sexuality and the babes was a part of Witcher 3 that I enjoyed and bummed it won’t be in the next one.
Still looking forward to this though. CD Red Project doesn’t miss (at least after some patches). November 2026 would be great to see this but probably looking at 2027.
Still looking forward to this though. CD Red Project doesn’t miss (at least after some patches). November 2026 would be great to see this but probably looking at 2027.
proandrad
Member
Ribi
Member
They decreased the bust size and assets from previous games. Why won't they be made
Mattdaddy
Gold Member
I hope in game she looks more like Witcher 3. She looked and sounded off, I wasn't even sure if it was Ciri until the scar.
I hate woke shit, but honestly this doesn't really bother from the woke angle. Ciri is already a liked & established character.
At the same time though I cant lie Im a little bummed, I was hoping for a new character. If were going to play as an existing character we've already been adventuring with in the past, I'd rather just be Geralt again.
I thought the good ending for Witcher 3 was an awesome close to the Ciri/Geralt story, kinda wanted to see something totally fresh.
I hate woke shit, but honestly this doesn't really bother from the woke angle. Ciri is already a liked & established character.
At the same time though I cant lie Im a little bummed, I was hoping for a new character. If were going to play as an existing character we've already been adventuring with in the past, I'd rather just be Geralt again.
I thought the good ending for Witcher 3 was an awesome close to the Ciri/Geralt story, kinda wanted to see something totally fresh.
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YuLY
Member
Motherfucker I've been playing witcher series since 2007, i have collector edition of all 3, is it too much to ask that they dont remove a staple of the series like romances? how is that even going to work with Ciri, you ok as a straight dude to have your char get fucked, you dont find it weird? they will simply remove it. Why should I be ok with this, how does this make me fragile?
Buggy Loop
Member
I play as a female?
Omg
Anyway, can’t wait to play Metroid Prime 4 then
Omg
Anyway, can’t wait to play Metroid Prime 4 then
Just stop trolling. It’s pathetic.
DanielG165
Member
It’s Ciri lmao, she’s one of the LEAST generic women in fiction, and is directly tied to Geralt.
Come on, guys.
Hari Seldon
Member
They have been setting up Ciri since the beginning of the story, obviously they should transition to her now that Geralt is done.
JayK47
Member
Well... she popped a Witcher potion in the trailer. Girls are special.
MarkMe2525
Banned
Crazy to see what is spilling over into gaf... very offputting
Fake
Member
The sky is the limit now. Girl power.
namenotfound
Member
Lol. Did not expect blowback against a Ciri protagonist even if it's just a small crowd. End of Blood and Wine seemed pretty solid that Geralt was retiring. Thought it was pretty clear that Ciri would be the new protagonist. Only thing with her and the universe was it being the era where monsters populations were well into their decline and mostly extinct though the games ignored that anyways. The other being Ciri is supposed to be pretty damn overpowered
Saber
Member
I think thats the major worry honestly. Either they changed the concept to accomodate her or are making the story adapt to her instead of her adaptating to the story.
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