One of many highlights of The Sport Awards was the reveal of the primary teaser trailer for The Witcher 4, the long-awaited sequel to The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Now, the sport’s director, Sebastian Kalemba, has shared some insights concerning the upcoming sequel in a scene-by-scene breakdown of the teaser.
Kalemba confirmed that the occasions of this teaser are part of The Witcher 4’s story, and never merely a one-off creation for the trailer. He set the stage for the unfolding tragedy by revealing that the scenes are set in Stromford, an “remoted village up north.” This a part of the continent would not depend on Witchers to hunt their monsters. As a substitute, a younger lady from the village has been chosen to be a ritual sacrifice.
The woman in query is called Mioni, and her household and the townspeople aren’t the one ones utilizing her. Kalemba states that Ciri can be utilizing Mioni as bait by permitting her to sing the track that summons the monster, the Bauk. Nevertheless, Ciri is not prepared to threat Mioni’s life after that, so she sends her again to the village earlier than the combat with the Bauk begins.
Sadly for Ciri, her hard-fought battle in opposition to the Bauk seems to be for nothing when she discovers that Mioni has been murdered by the townspeople. Intriguingly, Kalemba prompt that there’s a approach to save Mioni from her destiny. He then hinted at selections and the ensuing penalties for these selections. So maybe it is attainable to slay the monster and hold Mioni alive. Or perhaps the price of Mioni’s survival means the Bauk have to be spared. We will solely speculate for now.
Kalemba additionally just lately defined how Cyberpunk 2077’s troublesome growth has impressed CD Projekt Crimson to make helpful modifications to the way in which The Witcher 4 is being developed. The crew has teased that The Witcher 4 will likely be “greater and higher” than each Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher 3. It is at present unknown when The Witcher 4 will likely be launched, because the challenge solely just lately ramped up its crew to over 400 builders and started full manufacturing.