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Mister Wolf
Member
Yet Dick Grayson has worn the mantle of Batman in the comics as well as Jean-Paul Valley. Did you know that? You associate Batman with Bruce Wayne. Same way I associate "The Witcher" with Geralt for the same exact reason. He was the star of three games titled THE WITCHER. The franchise is a success because of him. Why should we be obligated to give a shit about playing as someone else. I didn't care about Ciri in the main game. In fact I prefer Heart Of Stone and Blood and Wine far more than the main quest.
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TastyPastry
Member
Buggy Loop
Member
omg, are we gonna have years of this kind of discussions for Witcher 4?
MarkMe2525
Banned
It for sure didn't mean what they didn't say it meant. The user never said, "Witcher 3 was the best game in the series due to having Ciri as a playable character", that is just you strawmanning their argument. If this is just a case of you missing their point, I suggest asking them for clarification, not someone else for pointing out your fallacy.
Laptop1991
Member
Excited for the Witcher 4, hope it lives up to the hype the game will get. Happy to be playing as Ciri, does she still have her teleport move.
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Bernardougf
Member
Mate if you want to believe in numbers someone tell you to believe in the internet about a subject anyone that has a life and eyes can quantify ... be my guest. I personally, after 42 years most of them as a gamer, definitely dont live in a society around me with 50% real female gamers.. not even close... and no amount of poll numbers counting 10 min a day of candy crush can convice me of the contrary.
Stuart360
Member
Its actually refreshing to see, instead of people being against the agenda drivel until its a big name game they like then they are suddenly cool with it.
Having said all that, i still dont think its anything to do with Wokism, i thought the last game made it pretty clear what was going to happen. I still have no desire to play as her though either way.
Bernardougf
Member
Most people are just saying they preferred Geralt and dont want ciri... there are a lot more people here complaining about "anti woke commentary" than really anti woke comments.
Not everybody complaining about Ciri is automatically attaching "woke" to their posts.
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peish
Member
Looks way older than what the directors alluded to
Reminds me of this
Cant have good looking western main character these days.
Isnt ciri supposed to be yennifer daughter, and she is also super OP. Cdpr should have use a different settings than making her a witcher, which are just roid up super athletes
solecon64
Member
This would have been an amazing reveal back in 2016, or 2017, or 2018.
But after the last 5 years of brain rot infestation, and considering CD Projekt Red had to come out just last month to assure us that their illegal DEI hiring practices weren't agenda-driven, it's going to be very hard for me to get excited for anything that company's going to shit out.
Fat Ciri's not it.
But after the last 5 years of brain rot infestation, and considering CD Projekt Red had to come out just last month to assure us that their illegal DEI hiring practices weren't agenda-driven, it's going to be very hard for me to get excited for anything that company's going to shit out.
Fat Ciri's not it.
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LordOfChaos
Member
Is it me or does Geralt look just 2% more feminine
Jk I was down for a Ciri game after 3, but they did masc her up and people must be blind to deny that
Jk I was down for a Ciri game after 3, but they did masc her up and people must be blind to deny that
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Bernardougf
Member
Its modern really older ciri .. with plastic surgery, fake lips and all kinds of treatments in her face.Looks way older than what the directors alluded to
Reminds me of this
Cant have good looking western main character these days.
Isnt ciri supposed to be yennifer daughter, and she is also super OP. Cdpr should have use a different settings than making her a witcher, which are just roid up super athletes
digital_ghost
Member
Gaf will complain even if they won the lottery .
That said looks sick and can't wait to play . Witcher 3 was my one of my favorites.
That said looks sick and can't wait to play . Witcher 3 was my one of my favorites.
Mortisfacio
Member
I think the big difference is the Witcher as a story has been building up Ciri since the early 90s. There is no agenda. It's 30 years of propping up Ciri. This isn't like other issues of DEI where it's just forced out of nowhere. I get the not wanting to play as Ciri, though. As much as they've been building up Ciri, gamers seem to enjoy the charisma of Geralt.
Stuart360
Member
Which is literally what i said in the part of my post you edited out.
Bernardougf
Member
Is it me or does Geralt look just 2% more feminine
Jk I was down for a Ciri game after 3, but they did masc her up and people must be blind to deny that
She will be basically a male character but designed as Ciri ... cultural wars aside... writing good female characters is definitely not the modern writers forte.
EDMIX
Writes a lot, says very little
yea...I don't care lol
The point is simply that you have a better argument with an IP called BATMAN then with something merely named after a mutation that involves many, many people, not simply 1.
This is not a situation where only 1 person got some super power.
This makes sense that any "Witcher" can be the main character
SRTtoZ
Member
I'm all against the DEI and shit but Ciri was apart of the Witcher universe for a long time and we all knew she was going to succeed Geralt so I am completely fine with her being the main character. I only say that b/c I see on Twitter people talking about girl boss shit and Ciri goes back a decade! Also, this is super early so expect her face to get fixed. This was a pure CGI trailer, calm down people.
Gexxy1
Member
You have to consider how the stats are counted. A mother buying a console for her son and putting the account in her name technically counts as the owner, even if she never plays it. Women are also more likely to respond to surveys than men are.
You would need to see hard stats on female playing time on consoles specifically, and you'd need to see how those statistics were gathered to take it seriously.
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Th3BranMan92
Member
Small dick energy motherfuckers complaining about playing as a woman - This is CDPR we're talking about here! You're going to be able to pull out those tits on fucking command. Quit bitching and get fucking hyped.
Kotaro
Member
abso-fucking-lutely NOT HYPED about this!!!
CDPR is compromised. This is feminism DEI game bs thru and thru
EDMIX
Writes a lot, says very little
I don't think anything is wrong with her being the main character as clearly the IP was building up to this
but I do believe the PR statement made was to get ahead of this as this company isn't fucking stupid, their PR knows exact what the fuck they are doing when they make those fake ass statements and its like they just wanted to have that out there based on some shit they knew they'd be doing.
I don't even think it matters to a lot of people regarding this fact, they will say it was a recent change, driven by XYZ regardless of any evidence.
The people that think this way cannot be helped.... Folks spent all this energy hyping up this IP and developer like they were some saving grace of the industry, only to then make these claims.
If they can't do a female lead, shit...no one can, any company someone claims they trust to have a female lead, I'm promise you, you'll see those same people attack that company the moment we get a game about The Joy starting the Cobra Unit, Judy's back story in Cyberpunk 0 : Before The Punk, Jill in Resident Evil 9 where a shopping mall has been invaded by zombies JUST as she was getting into Victoria Secrets lol
It can't be helped, nothing is allowed to people like this and you have to question, who the fuck is allowed to make any game anywhere with any female lead at this point?
Fbh
I'm saying lol CDPR back to their old tricks lol (also known as their current tricks)
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I was gonna ask if this was lore accurate.
Last Hearth
Member
I would have rather played as Eskel than Ciri who canonically can’t be a Witcher.
Lord Panda
The Sea is Always Right
200 gajillion+ page thread incoming.
as I suspected. They don’t care about the source and lore and they do a plot mechanic to force this in.
It sort of ruins the whole world they have built.
Toons
Member
Its really sad to see this happens every time there's female protag at this point
asariN7
Member
If not fucking virtual women as another man stops you from enjoying one of your favorite series then Cerberus did a fucked up job my guy.
samoilaaa
Member
anyone that checks my account can see that im as anti woke as someone can be
but this is fucking stupid , shes not a regular woman , ciri was always stronger than any witcher , she was capable to travel through dimensions ffs
Unless there is some forced lesbian shit or some anti men writing i cant see how this is woke
And her face looks like shes older , do you people not age ? do you look 21 forever ?
Kotaro
Member
GAF hyped and welcomed Stellar Blade with excitement. You can make new game with female protagonists all you want. I just don't like an established franchise with fixed protagonist being gender/race-swapped in the name of feminism/DEI
Toons
Member
This is an established characters who's an established part of the franchise.
But its easy to see why a lot of devs go for this Especially in well tread upon genres, it csn be a fresh coat of paint
Also, I wouldn't really call a ciri being included having anything to do with diversity but you do you
Itchy Tickles
Member
Really looking forward to this. A more adult Ciri seems cool, and at least she was already involved and playable in the previous game. They did say it wouldn't be Geralt, but he's bound to pop up somewhere, apart from the ending voice over ijn that trailer.
Anyone actually and genuinely upset that it's Ciri aka a woman, fuck off and grow up, ya incels.
Anyone actually and genuinely upset that it's Ciri aka a woman, fuck off and grow up, ya incels.
ZoukGalaxy
Member
Can't wait for The Witcher 4 Enhanced Deluxe Edition in a decade to reach my infinite backlog.
zkorejo
Member
Technically wasn't Ciri also school of Wolf? Why's she wearing school of cat medallion?
Maybe she went through trial of the grasses in school of cat? Maybe she becomes a Witcher properly here.. maybe that's why her jawline is manly?
If the game is good.. idc at the end of the day. But ofcourse Geralt will always be my most favorite.
Maybe she went through trial of the grasses in school of cat? Maybe she becomes a Witcher properly here.. maybe that's why her jawline is manly?
If the game is good.. idc at the end of the day. But ofcourse Geralt will always be my most favorite.
Buggy Loop
Member
LaughingStock
Member
I'd rather create my own witcher than play as Ciri to be honest.
Bernardougf
Member
Modern times... she identified as a male and took the trials ... no biggy.
Just joking people.. relax.
Agent_4Seven
Tears of Nintendo
Ciri gettin' a central role as the MC is the right choice imho. She can truly shine now since Geralt is no longer a thing as he was in the last 3 mainline games. Can't wait, but I think we'll be waiting for at least 3-4 years. They need to fuckin' nail the launch after CP this time, there's no room for something like that for them anymore even after they fixed and improved CP.
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