The Witcher 4 received its first–and very impressive–cinematic trailer throughout The Sport Awards. Amongst different issues, we discovered the sport will concentrate on Ciri as the principle character. The builders at CD Projekt Crimson have now mentioned why they needed to have Ciri be the star and have confirmed that, as suspected, Geralt will seem within the sport in some trend.
Sport director Sebastian Kalemba advised PC Gamer that it was a “pure selection” for The Witcher 4 to inform its story from Ciri’s perspective, constructing off the narrative in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.
“There’s loads of room for her and for us, additionally, to construct on high of [her]. There’s a lot room for exploration, and since she’s such a nuanced character, the start of her journey provides us freedom and so many alternatives to have the ability to dig in and use [that] for good,” he stated.
Ciri was a playable character in some elements of The Witcher 3, and government producer Gosia Mitręga stated she is “much less outlined as a personality,” which supplies the builders alternatives for storytelling.
Geralt, the hero of CD Projekt’s earlier Witcher video games, will seem in The Witcher 4 as effectively. Kelamba stated Geralt is vital to the builders and to Ciri, so he is “positively” going to seem. His voice was heard on the very finish of the sport’s latest trailer, however that is it up to now.
“I can not inform you extra, however I believe the promise is sufficient. However we consider that this journey, this new saga, this new trilogy is unquestionably for her,” he stated.
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As Kelamba stated, The Witcher 4 kicks off a brand new trilogy of Witcher video games, that are in improvement alongside CD Projekt’s different video games, together with a Cyberpunk 2077 sequel and a Witcher remake.
Just lately, Geralt voice actor Doug Cockle walked again his feedback about Geralt showing in The Witcher 4 after the studio “slapped” him for speaking about it.
The sport’s spectacular CG trailer at The Sport Awards was created by Platige Picture and was pre-rendered in a customized model of Unreal Engine 5 operating on an “unannounced Nvidia GeForce RTX GPU.” The trailer makes use of belongings and fashions from the sport, however is extra meant to be a temper piece that goals to point out “the sort of expertise the sport is aspiring to supply.”