There isn't even anything out yet to even say the game will be like that witcher 3 cyberpunk were fine and they had the same beliefs people just jumping to conclusion at least wait for a game play trailer with dialogue
@fargonthebrave it's infested already by making her a witcher going against the books. It's gonna be a woke pile of shit. Keep this cancer out of games
I'm sure all the feminists and their supporters will be the first to buy this to show how much they support it, just like they and the 'rainbow community' have with all the other games they demanded for but don't actually buy or play.
And I'm absolutely certain that CDPR will transform half of Medieval Poland and Germany into a mini-Africa, all because their beloved activists shed tears over the tragic absence of muh "diversity" in medieval Europe back in 2015. Because, clearly, nothing screams historical accuracy more than retroactively diversifying a setting for modern sensibilities.
Depends how well hidden it is. Normal gamers don’t watch these videos bro just being real. It’s when these videos get the attention of the broad- audience, big RUclipsrs.
"Our game is coming out in 2026!" Like... bro your company is going to get forcibly dissolved by the government in 2 months, how do you think you're going to remain solvent for 2 years???
Yeah you do the wait and see with this game, me I notice patterns which makes me do neither. I've come to the realization that the CD Project Red I once knew is dead and gone.
They are gone be it to Rebel Wolves, Warhorse or the other 3 studios I cant recall names of atm but can go find them again if needed. Just like friends who worked at Bioware told me they were mostly all gone too, be it to Archetype or elsewhere. (As good as Exodus looks I don't trust Wizards to not inject messaging/ideologues. wait and see I guess)
Ciri being gay or lesbian is old news as she is a lesbian in witcher 3 and her sexuality is not the problem. The problem is the woke people using Ciri as an ammunition for their propaganda.
@@groovelife415 witcher games were never about exploring sexuality... they had sex in the most raw and amusing way possible... it was more humorous that serious. Witcher was about exploring human relationships and the human condition in general... Now... now we get a game that explores sexism... because we need it... we dont want it... but we apparently need it... fan fucking tastic... If this is true, not only am I done with CD Project red, im done with GOG.
It still is. If anybody instead of focusing on clickbaity headline actually read article then they would see that they said it will still focus on darker things like games before (meaning racism, sexism and others). There was sexism in books and all of the previous game. Of course Ciri will be at the recieving end off sexism now since she is a woman after all. It doesn't take more than two brain cells to understand thata but I guess I can't expect common sense nowadays.
@@GutsOfRivia Maybe not but I'd wait for year or two when more is revealed of game before complaining. Reveal trailer showed a village with authentic slavic feel (from wear to people) with no forced ethnic diversity which is already better than what most devs do.
Doesn't ciri becoming a witcher basically make witcher 3 worthless? She was gonna be the heir to the nilfgard empire with elder blood. That's much more compelling than becoming female Geralt.
The Witcher 3 had multiple endings, the ending where she becomes the empress is just one of those endings depending on the choices you make and how you, as Geralt, respond to her. The Witcher 3 wasn't cannon either but it at least kept the spirit of the books alive.
Seeing Seedy Project Red becoming one of the Walking DEID is like seeing a friend who was bitten by a zombie coming back. They want our eyes, brains and wallets.
If there's straight out of college and Trained to be crazy Democrat Communist That hate regular people that don't believe The political ideology like a church And hate descent From the echo chamber and that is your answer.
Where are all of those people that said "Just because it's a woman lead doesn't mean that it will be woke." Those people that said that there was no agenda being pushed. Don't be silent now. Show yourselves. Apologies can be left down below.
I don't care one bit about Ciri I never did, the only affection i had for her was shared through Geralts eyes, she was important because Geralt loved her as a daughter, if geralt is dead then for me at least the story is:The End, I will mourn him, and move on, goodbye Geralt😢 we had some good times🤝
roflmao no one has a atari anymore dude and no one a original gameboy...... dead like dodo when world became buy then get next new one next month......
And I'm absolutely certain that CDPR will transform half of Medieval Poland and Germany into a mini-Africa, all because their beloved activists shed tears over the tragic absence of muh "diversity" in medieval Europe back in 2015. Because, clearly, nothing screams historical accuracy more than retroactively diversifying a setting for modern sensibilities.
1. Canon wise, it makes no actual sense at all that Ciri becomes a witcher. As for the books calling her 'witcher' is more of a pet name, not literal. 2. Considering that they did not talk to the author of the books about this should be a major red flag in of itself. 3. Considering the massive failures of both the Netflix series and the negative reception to what happened to the IP, CD Project Red needs to prove they respect the IP. Saying this, does not give people confidence. 4. Did they really think this was smart of them to say? Do they not realize that gamers right now are on a hair-trigger for this kind of bullsh** and saying this stuff before your game comes out can tank the game. Well, I guess I will be sticking with the Witcher 1-3 and the books.
So sad CDPR was the last "big" company I trusted. But it had to end sometimes. No problem with Ciri itself, but making her a Witcher has done it for me. Whenever modern writers think they can do a better job at lore it always ends up stupid and boring. Netflix Witcher series best example. And she is not a Witcher in the books. But why would they read the books. Bet they saw that in some fan fiction.
OMG, I was just talking with my friends the other day about how great it would be to get a Witcher game, but one that isn't any fun, pushes ideology, lets me know how awful I am for being a man (and a straight white one at that), and really explores sexism in the Witcher universe; something that just abruptly destroys the IP with no chance of ever being repaired. It's like they just have a direct tether to what gamers really want and are willing to put all personal beliefs and politics aside to deliver exactly that product. Great job CDPR, I'm sure this won't blow up in your face.
As a book fan who can actually read multiple Slavic languages, I strongly dislike all the Witcher TV shows and games and completely unsurprised by the bastardization of the source material. I saw it coming 10+ yrs ago with the very first Witcher games. 'It' didn't get worse now or few yrs ago, it was worse from the start. The studios were NEVER faithful to the material. It's only logical now they believe themselves to be above the source material.
@@gossamera4665 who? A. Sapkowski? He's 75+ yo Eastern European granpa who was born and raised during communism lol. I'd say he's a typical Slavic\Polish intellectual who doesn't even care about modern American\Western ideology.
@@gossamera4665 ok I actually had to google Western internet to see what you're talking about 😄 I found nothing I didn't already knew - that he's an ole Polish grump who writes his books, collects his money and doesn't care what others do or what Americans think about him. Typical Slav that Sapkowski is.
@@gossamera4665 ok I actually had to search Western socials to see what you're talking about. I found nothing I didn't already knew - that he's an ole Polish grump who writes his books, collects his money and doesn't care what others think about him. Typical Slav that Sapkowski is.
Cd Project ESG rating is "Very High" according to S&P evaluation. They took a lot of governative money for being ESG. Witcher 4 will be racist (against white and heterosexual), will be extremely woke and full of green propaganda. It have to be like that. I don't buy anything producted by ESG companies, food, cars, services, nothing and never.
Sexism and misogyny in The Witcher.....Like when a Certain Red head Witch took advantage of a Certain Witcher suffering from memory loss to have a relationship with him......yeeeeeeaaaaaahhhh tell me you've never played the games without telling me you never played the games.
Insanity (Noun).... doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.”............
She Identifies as a witcher and therefore is and just magically gets the powers, just like when you identify as a they you get multiple personalities all fighting to be sane.
The fact that they are tying ONE specific sex as 'beacons of anti-sexism' is sexism (in this case misandry) in itself because they are outright labelling and tying the other sex as "demons of sexism". They did the same for ethnicity/skin-color and orientation.
Thanks so much for continuing to cover this. Always loved the Witcher franchise, read the book series twice, but CDPR is all in on DEI, ESG, feminism, alphabet stuff. They are discriminating against straight men in their mentorship and hiring programs, and their moderators are censoring people on Steam messageboards they push back. I will NEVER purchase anything from CDPR or GOG (owned by CDPR) again. I'll also add - while I like Ciri as a character, she should never have been the protagonist - she is a woman; women cannot be witchers. It'd be nice if the activists would go find their own stuff and stop wrecking ours.
I believe the director was saying something about Ciri being into women. Either way, I couldn’t care less about what they’re doing. They’ve gone completely woke. I wonder if they’re just hungry for DEI points and money?
No one would've had an issue w/Ciri being the main protagonist with this game, TW3 all but told you directly this is where things were headed, the problem is that they just HAD to give her Witcher eyes which directly contradicts the established lore of the Witchers. Ciri could've had the martial skills, alchemical knowledge and even superior magic powers, she could've even gone around calling herself a Witcher and I think most everyone would've accepted that she basically is one at that point, the ONLY thing she COULDN'T have had is the eyes which are a product of the augmentation process which NO FEMALE SURVIVES.
She could've even started her own school to rebirth the Witchers into a new form and era, since we see in TW3 that there are almost no Witchers left except a few wolves, one cat and one serpent. Okay, fine, Ciri is gonna carry things forward and leave behind the augmentation process which was already seen as archaic and harsh, now she's gonna just take students with magical aptitude and train them in martial combat in her school of Witchercraft and Mercenry. All of this would've fit with what TW3 established, but nooooo we can't have that we MUST desecrate established lore! F CDPR!
Ah yes, in a medieval fantasy world rife with monsters making a sport of human life, where folks are barely scraping by in a breadless, perilous existence, it’s abundantly clear that the true priority must be the the magical subjugation of wahmen. Clearly, when a gaming company seals that ESG deal, the best course of action is to weave their ideological stupidity into the fabric of a fictional realm. After all, who needs authentic storytelling when you can be lectured about irrelevant social issues? Bravo, CDPR!
What sexism exactly? I mean we've got Sorceress who are either burned at the stake, feared for their powers or respected as advisers. There is a whole gamut of cultures with differing opinions on everything in The Witcher; that's what made the setting feel alive. But I doubt their journalist lore master will give any shits.
Oooh a game I never played is featuring a ideology I hate by game devs and urinalist trying to sell the public on this slop... It's bold strategy Cotton, let's see if it pays off for them!
That's just it, why people keep covering for Woke CDPR is beyond me. How many times must we say, she was already special why must she be irrelevant? This trend of race swap, gender swap and replacing established characters with their female counterpart is just lazy. They will use so many get out jail free cards just to justify her being a Witcher, gay or trans and whatever else. Ignoring context, previous games and the the books.
Neither Geralt nor Yennefer wanted Ciri to go through the witcher trials. If she rebelled against that like an angsty teen or for some reason had go through the trial of the grasses that means the two parental figures in her life are already displayed as failures by these writers. Shocking.
Right on the money. Their explanation for how she went through the mutations is gonna be some contrived bull. The excuses I've been seeing are so weak. "Female Witchers were in some obscure non-canon tabletop." "Sapkowski didn't explicitly say the words No Female Witchers." "She has Elder blood that explains any changes they make to lore." "She WANTED to get rid of her Elder Blood & be sterilized." Of course they usually come with the -ist, -phobe, & incel tag on as well.
The devs are doing damage control so bad right now, they really think we're stupid, that we can't see right through what they're pushing, it makes sense, of course they're going to say anything to get people to buy the game, because if enough copies sell they can say, "see people want DEI, people want the modern audience take", and then just keep doing it.
Called it! That trailer was all I needed to see. I don't want to be lectured about sexism. I want to pretend to be a badass monster hunter, chick or not. Just make it immersive with good writing.
Yep in addition to: Lara Croft, Joana dark (the original versions), Cereza (Bayonetta), Aloy, Jill and Claire, Aerith and Tifa, Yorha no.2, Eve (stellar blade), just to name a few
No no. ONLY woman. Woman in all eras of human history have had it so bad we all now must be educated!! How can you say men had it hard in a patriarchal society!? It was built by men so that's what they wanted right!?!
Let’s look at it this way. They saved me $70. I just cannot understand why these idiots constantly drive their customers away. Girl gamers as well as guys don’t like lectures in video games.
they don't care about the future of the franchise and what the fans think about the legacy and the lore, and tbh that's sort of a good thing. less options in the market means more space for another series.
As if anyone is surprised. The climate around Witcher for the last few years has been awful and this is just the icing on the cake. Divorce these properties. Stick to what you like and just ignore the rest.
This franchise is their cash cow that keeps them all working. Why you would want to screw with the cow is insane. Make a spin-off or something but there will be no going back if this fails. Just dumb business decisions.
This article is full of BS. Neutrality is not Geralt's personal code, it's the Witchers code, referenced numerous times in the books and games. They show up, do the job, get paid and leave, they never take sides. It's one Geralt breaks numerous times which is why Vesemir in TW3 prologue asks him "just this once don't get involved" because part of Geralt's character is a strong sense of right and wrong.
These people think a woman uses magic makes them weak because they aren't on the front line using swords and guns in combat like men. I honestly and truly think that is their definition of badass. Witcher 4 is a wait and see for me, hell thats turned into every modern video game for me.
How only CDPR dare in a series that has always revolved around social and political issues such as sexism, racism, bigotry, power struggles, etc. tackle these exact topics. I'm shocked.
why couldn't there just taking Ciri's combat system from Witcher 3 and just expend upon it, I want to play as Ciri with her Elder Blood not as a based Witcher, she a Witcher in name only, she can still take on Monster Contacts, there could done something interesting with her Teleport Powers, like allowing us to get on top of tall buildings or watchtowers, and maybe use it in combat aswell, Ciri already has her own character, all you have to do, is just give us new adventure with her, and how much she has learned with her Elder Blood,
I agree 100%. Like for once a game can do a gender swapped main character and it would actually make sense as that’s what looked like what was going to happen anyway based on the endings of the Witcher 3. But like you said it’s not even her own character with her own powers. No instead it’s yet again another direct gender swap of a male protagonist because reasons
Bro, you could tell immediately the direction the game is headed when Ciri told the girl that she didn't need to do what the village elders told her, and to save herself. Nothing screams modern feminism like forced bits of self empowerment for women. The thing is this kind of stuff could be done naturally, but you can tell when they shoehorn it into a narrative
Probably the most honest and upfront CDPR has been about its intentions with shoehorning politics into games. Too bad Ciri will be nothing but a beacon for criticism in how anti-sexist movements often are some of the most sexist against men.
"Can't wait to spend 70 bucks and 50-60 hours of gameplay to get lectured on sexism and feminism" said no gamer ever
But, but, but... Ciri works in STEM now!
Enough with the racist labeling, gaslighting & damage control! I'm going to vote with my wallet.🤬
We need hackers to delete this shit until they make what we want@@wildgrass-l2p
There isn't even anything out yet to even say the game will be like that witcher 3 cyberpunk were fine and they had the same beliefs people just jumping to conclusion at least wait for a game play trailer with dialogue
@fargonthebrave it's infested already by making her a witcher going against the books. It's gonna be a woke pile of shit. Keep this cancer out of games
"The Message" destroys yet another franchise.
It's been eating at it for a while ever since Henry Cavil dipped out in the films
Damn... they took dragon age from me....they took mass effect from me and now this... I can't take much more
I'm sure all the feminists and their supporters will be the first to buy this to show how much they support it, just like they and the 'rainbow community' have with all the other games they demanded for but don't actually buy or play.
@@tracycade3088i stg I feel this in my soul
@@secondchance6603only if CDPR give it to them for free
Message detected, purchase rejected.
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Same. Bye bye bye Witcher…
All of these woke activist infected companies take notice, our wallets remain closed, I look forward to the placing blame game when this game flops.
Then: The Witcher
Now: The Bitcher
"The message" detected, my wallet closed.
To be fair the trilogy is the only thing you need anyways
anything after that is likely not going to be as good
The message detected, my wallet rejected
Man, you and me both.
Without respect, we reject.
Witcher 3 is the end of the story anyway.
I already had zero hype for this game but they've somehow managed to make me less hyped. It's almost impressive.
+1
-1 hype lol
This is absolutely why people play games. For a message and lecture on social issues... This will be a HUGE success.
Yes, I love having people spit in my face while I enjoy entertainment for which I paid good money.
And I'm absolutely certain that CDPR will transform half of Medieval Poland and Germany into a mini-Africa, all because their beloved activists shed tears over the tragic absence of muh "diversity" in medieval Europe back in 2015. Because, clearly, nothing screams historical accuracy more than retroactively diversifying a setting for modern sensibilities.
@@Zagirus I mean Europe is exactly how you describe these days...
@@DeadDave
Yeah but I’m talking about Middle Age Europa, where the noble symphony of racial homogeneity was embraced.
Exactly. We love modern day politics so much we want them in all our entertainment. Our escapism should be an escape into more of the modern day isms
Oh, my favourite class in a role playing games- a victim.
Lmfao. This comment is awesome.
Underrated comment 😂😂
I see, you are roleplaying it right now
I guess they will be shocked when normal gamers dont explore their game.😮
Depends how well hidden it is. Normal gamers don’t watch these videos bro just being real. It’s when these videos get the attention of the broad- audience, big RUclipsrs.
Most will. The name is way too big not to blindly buy into it.
@@schpeidermann maybe it'll be like Ragnarok and sell half as well as the previous game.
@@crusader7eth163if that’s the case then how did veilguard fail?
@@denkerbosu3551 Hopefully not even that much! We'll see.
They should really be focusing on filing for bankruptcy.
True. Might as well get in front of the curve on that one 😂
"Our game is coming out in 2026!"
Like... bro your company is going to get forcibly dissolved by the government in 2 months, how do you think you're going to remain solvent for 2 years???
More reason to not buy this garbage
Everything woke turns to S**t
Yeah you do the wait and see with this game, me I notice patterns which makes me do neither. I've come to the realization that the CD Project Red I once knew is dead and gone.
They are gone be it to Rebel Wolves, Warhorse or the other 3 studios I cant recall names of atm but can go find them again if needed. Just like friends who worked at Bioware told me they were mostly all gone too, be it to Archetype or elsewhere. (As good as Exodus looks I don't trust Wizards to not inject messaging/ideologues. wait and see I guess)
Still playing Hitman on PS5 this game is awesome and woke free.
guaranteed that ciri is going to be gay and only gay relationships will be allowed
Ciri being gay or lesbian is old news as she is a lesbian in witcher 3 and her sexuality is not the problem. The problem is the woke people using Ciri as an ammunition for their propaganda.
She was gay in the stories, right? Nvm, only act on those impulses if you want your life to implode.
They said is another interview that their plan for Ciri was to "explore sexuality". So yes, that means she will be a lesbian. It always does.
@@groovelife415 she is a lesbian in Witcher 3 lol.
@@groovelife415 witcher games were never about exploring sexuality... they had sex in the most raw and amusing way possible... it was more humorous that serious.
Witcher was about exploring human relationships and the human condition in general... Now... now we get a game that explores sexism... because we need it... we dont want it... but we apparently need it... fan fucking tastic...
If this is true, not only am I done with CD Project red, im done with GOG.
My DEI detector went off charts in TGA, and now it just exploded!
By the time AAA developers go full circle the only companies that will be rich are the DEI detector repairmen
Its over 9000!
I remeber when witcher was about how the world sucked for everyone not just women.
It still is. If anybody instead of focusing on clickbaity headline actually read article then they would see that they said it will still focus on darker things like games before (meaning racism, sexism and others). There was sexism in books and all of the previous game. Of course Ciri will be at the recieving end off sexism now since she is a woman after all. It doesn't take more than two brain cells to understand thata but I guess I can't expect common sense nowadays.
@@ifyoulookclosely6863 Cope more loser LOL
@ifyoulookclosely6863 based on the tweets the new head writer made I don't think he's gonna approch this with any subtlety or nuiance
@@GutsOfRivia Maybe not but I'd wait for year or two when more is revealed of game before complaining. Reveal trailer showed a village with authentic slavic feel (from wear to people) with no forced ethnic diversity which is already better than what most devs do.
@ifyoulookclosely6863 Another red flag is the lore designer for the witcher 4 is a former game journalist with some really dumb articles.
We all saw this coming, and it's inevitable that this will FLOP...
And we will ALL cheer and laugh when it does.
It will be a bigger party then new year's eve to see these developers get what they deserve
Not suprised at the slightest
Doesn't ciri becoming a witcher basically make witcher 3 worthless? She was gonna be the heir to the nilfgard empire with elder blood. That's much more compelling than becoming female Geralt.
The Witcher 3 had multiple endings, the ending where she becomes the empress is just one of those endings depending on the choices you make and how you, as Geralt, respond to her. The Witcher 3 wasn't cannon either but it at least kept the spirit of the books alive.
it just didn't compel her
Sounds like so much FUN! I can't wait to just play Witcher 3 again.
Seeing Seedy Project Red becoming one of the Walking DEID is like seeing a friend who was bitten by a zombie coming back. They want our eyes, brains and wallets.
Seedy Project Red is amazing
The Witcher is done...😑
I am shocked, shocked I tell you!...well, not that shocked.
This is just AAA game slop form a AAA western game studio that doesn’t give players and gamers what they want and hate gamers for some unknown reason
If there's straight out of college and Trained to be crazy Democrat Communist
That hate regular people that don't believe The political ideology like a church And hate descent From the echo chamber and that is your answer.
I came back to check and see if my comment was deleted. But boy it got deleted. But I guess sensitivity about the truth is so sad for these people.
This game is D.O.A. for me.
@@harlandcromartie3465about half of my comments get removed
I’m hyped for this game
RIP yet another favourite franchise... the dark age of gaming is upon us
The Witcher 4 feminism! A stunning woke victory over the patriarchy. Omg.
Where are all of those people that said "Just because it's a woman lead doesn't mean that it will be woke." Those people that said that there was no agenda being pushed. Don't be silent now. Show yourselves. Apologies can be left down below.
The woke left don't apologize;they just scream louder and make even less sense then last time.
Normie gaslighters: nobody is trying to push anything! You're crying over nothing! Just shut up and play what you're told!
Don't forget people that don't wanna see the truth
Bro.... those people arents normies. They're lefties.
I don't care one bit about Ciri I never did, the only affection i had for her was shared through Geralts eyes, she was important because Geralt loved her as a daughter, if geralt is dead then for me at least the story is:The End, I will mourn him, and move on, goodbye Geralt😢 we had some good times🤝
Can’t say I liked her much either. She comes across as a petulant, bratty child.
Well said. I only cared for ciri because of the time spent playing as geralt.
@@EllanaWolf She is.
Yes, this is exactly why we play games, to get lectured on. Well played.
I think it's time we all go back to pong and tetris.
roflmao no one has a atari anymore dude and no one a original gameboy...... dead like dodo when world became buy then get next new one next month......
Those are the OG sexist games.
And I'm absolutely certain that CDPR will transform half of Medieval Poland and Germany into a mini-Africa, all because their beloved activists shed tears over the tragic absence of muh "diversity" in medieval Europe back in 2015. Because, clearly, nothing screams historical accuracy more than retroactively diversifying a setting for modern sensibilities.
Right cuz that’s what the Witcher is all about. Said no sane person ever 😒🤦♂️
1. Canon wise, it makes no actual sense at all that Ciri becomes a witcher. As for the books calling her 'witcher' is more of a pet name, not literal.
2. Considering that they did not talk to the author of the books about this should be a major red flag in of itself.
3. Considering the massive failures of both the Netflix series and the negative reception to what happened to the IP, CD Project Red needs to prove they respect the IP. Saying this, does not give people confidence.
4. Did they really think this was smart of them to say? Do they not realize that gamers right now are on a hair-trigger for this kind of bullsh** and saying this stuff before your game comes out can tank the game.
Well, I guess I will be sticking with the Witcher 1-3 and the books.
So sad CDPR was the last "big" company I trusted. But it had to end sometimes. No problem with Ciri itself, but making her a Witcher has done it for me. Whenever modern writers think they can do a better job at lore it always ends up stupid and boring. Netflix Witcher series best example. And she is not a Witcher in the books. But why would they read the books. Bet they saw that in some fan fiction.
They destroyed the TV show now they are destroying the games…
OMG, I was just talking with my friends the other day about how great it would be to get a Witcher game, but one that isn't any fun, pushes ideology, lets me know how awful I am for being a man (and a straight white one at that), and really explores sexism in the Witcher universe; something that just abruptly destroys the IP with no chance of ever being repaired. It's like they just have a direct tether to what gamers really want and are willing to put all personal beliefs and politics aside to deliver exactly that product. Great job CDPR, I'm sure this won't blow up in your face.
Quick! Everyone pay 70 dollars to be lectured about sexism by an uglified girl boss Ciri.
Ironic that this very company made the first 3 games so sexualised, and now they're going to spend the next 3 calling out how bad that was.
The first 2 games, the third was already in decline.
Yup, saw this coming from the other side of the goddamn planet.
You could see it coming from the celestial body known as Pluto.
@@JR-zp3nw Pluto is a planet.
Just the direction I was hoping Witcher 4 would go !
As a book fan who can actually read multiple Slavic languages, I strongly dislike all the Witcher TV shows and games and completely unsurprised by the bastardization of the source material. I saw it coming 10+ yrs ago with the very first Witcher games. 'It' didn't get worse now or few yrs ago, it was worse from the start.
The studios were NEVER faithful to the material. It's only logical now they believe themselves to be above the source material.
Isn't the author also a leftoid?
@@gossamera4665 who? A. Sapkowski? He's 75+ yo Eastern European granpa who was born and raised during communism lol. I'd say he's a typical Slavic\Polish intellectual who doesn't even care about modern American\Western ideology.
@@testdep All I know is everything I've heard about him was negative.
@@gossamera4665 ok I actually had to google Western internet to see what you're talking about 😄
I found nothing I didn't already knew - that he's an ole Polish grump who writes his books, collects his money and doesn't care what others do or what Americans think about him. Typical Slav that Sapkowski is.
@@gossamera4665 ok I actually had to search Western socials to see what you're talking about.
I found nothing I didn't already knew - that he's an ole Polish grump who writes his books, collects his money and doesn't care what others think about him. Typical Slav that Sapkowski is.
Cd Project ESG rating is "Very High" according to S&P evaluation. They took a lot of governative money for being ESG. Witcher 4 will be racist (against white and heterosexual), will be extremely woke and full of green propaganda. It have to be like that. I don't buy anything producted by ESG companies, food, cars, services, nothing and never.
So in other words it's DOA.
Noted.
at least they dont even try to hide it, makes dodging a bullet easy
I love the smell of burning dollars in the morning
Ciri is considered bi in the books but married a king, if I'm not mistaken, I can onlu imagine who they'll handle it now
Typical.
THOSE PEOPLE keep AVOIDING to address the issue that fans has a problem with.
Sexism and misogyny in The Witcher.....Like when a Certain Red head Witch took advantage of a Certain Witcher suffering from memory loss to have a relationship with him......yeeeeeeaaaaaahhhh tell me you've never played the games without telling me you never played the games.
Insanity (Noun).... doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.”............
She Identifies as a witcher and therefore is and just magically gets the powers, just like when you identify as a they you get multiple personalities all fighting to be sane.
I’m looking forward to hearing about the pay gap between male and (now) female witchers
"Equality" = nerfing a strong character to be equal to White character
so stunning, so brave
The fact that they are tying ONE specific sex as 'beacons of anti-sexism' is sexism (in this case misandry) in itself because they are outright labelling and tying the other sex as "demons of sexism". They did the same for ethnicity/skin-color and orientation.
Thanks so much for continuing to cover this. Always loved the Witcher franchise, read the book series twice, but CDPR is all in on DEI, ESG, feminism, alphabet stuff. They are discriminating against straight men in their mentorship and hiring programs, and their moderators are censoring people on Steam messageboards they push back. I will NEVER purchase anything from CDPR or GOG (owned by CDPR) again.
I'll also add - while I like Ciri as a character, she should never have been the protagonist - she is a woman; women cannot be witchers. It'd be nice if the activists would go find their own stuff and stop wrecking ours.
I believe the director was saying something about Ciri being into women. Either way, I couldn’t care less about what they’re doing. They’ve gone completely woke. I wonder if they’re just hungry for DEI points and money?
sexism in games?... nope, sex just sells, hot males or hot females..., they want to make money or not?..
They hate the "patriarchy". They are the very definition of sexism.
No one would've had an issue w/Ciri being the main protagonist with this game, TW3 all but told you directly this is where things were headed, the problem is that they just HAD to give her Witcher eyes which directly contradicts the established lore of the Witchers.
Ciri could've had the martial skills, alchemical knowledge and even superior magic powers, she could've even gone around calling herself a Witcher and I think most everyone would've accepted that she basically is one at that point, the ONLY thing she COULDN'T have had is the eyes which are a product of the augmentation process which NO FEMALE SURVIVES.
She could've even started her own school to rebirth the Witchers into a new form and era, since we see in TW3 that there are almost no Witchers left except a few wolves, one cat and one serpent.
Okay, fine, Ciri is gonna carry things forward and leave behind the augmentation process which was already seen as archaic and harsh, now she's gonna just take students with magical aptitude and train them in martial combat in her school of Witchercraft and Mercenry. All of this would've fit with what TW3 established, but nooooo we can't have that we MUST desecrate established lore!
F CDPR!
Ah yes, in a medieval fantasy world rife with monsters making a sport of human life, where folks are barely scraping by in a breadless, perilous existence, it’s abundantly clear that the true priority must be the the magical subjugation of wahmen. Clearly, when a gaming company seals that ESG deal, the best course of action is to weave their ideological stupidity into the fabric of a fictional realm. After all, who needs authentic storytelling when you can be lectured about irrelevant social issues? Bravo, CDPR!
You know they're going to kill geralt in the most humiliating way they can
Damn, imagine if they ever cracked open the books. They'd have a goddamn heart attack at the source material
What sexism exactly? I mean we've got Sorceress who are either burned at the stake, feared for their powers or respected as advisers. There is a whole gamut of cultures with differing opinions on everything in The Witcher; that's what made the setting feel alive. But I doubt their journalist lore master will give any shits.
Real diversity is not allowed in any neo-liberal (woke) media. Only one narrative is.
Oooh a game I never played is featuring a ideology I hate by game devs and urinalist trying to sell the public on this slop... It's bold strategy Cotton, let's see if it pays off for them!
The number of players identifying as nonbuynary will keep growing!
And just like that, one of my favourite franchises is dead to me!
I am very disappointed. For a second, I thought that we could play a very sexist Ciri. That would have been fun.
That's just it, why people keep covering for Woke CDPR is beyond me. How many times must we say, she was already special why must she be irrelevant?
This trend of race swap, gender swap and replacing established characters with their female counterpart is just lazy.
They will use so many get out jail free cards just to justify her being a Witcher, gay or trans and whatever else. Ignoring context, previous games and the the books.
Neither Geralt nor Yennefer wanted Ciri to go through the witcher trials. If she rebelled against that like an angsty teen or for some reason had go through the trial of the grasses that means the two parental figures in her life are already displayed as failures by these writers. Shocking.
Right on the money. Their explanation for how she went through the mutations is gonna be some contrived bull. The excuses I've been seeing are so weak. "Female Witchers were in some obscure non-canon tabletop." "Sapkowski didn't explicitly say the words No Female Witchers." "She has Elder blood that explains any changes they make to lore." "She WANTED to get rid of her Elder Blood & be sterilized." Of course they usually come with the -ist, -phobe, & incel tag on as well.
The devs are doing damage control so bad right now, they really think we're stupid, that we can't see right through what they're pushing, it makes sense, of course they're going to say anything to get people to buy the game, because if enough copies sell they can say, "see people want DEI, people want the modern audience take", and then just keep doing it.
They going to disregard everything about the previous 3 games just like they did to dragon age.
Called it! That trailer was all I needed to see.
I don't want to be lectured about sexism. I want to pretend to be a badass monster hunter, chick or not. Just make it immersive with good writing.
Yes, because men also hate Samus Aran only because she’s a woman and the main protagonist.
Yep in addition to: Lara Croft, Joana dark (the original versions), Cereza (Bayonetta), Aloy, Jill and Claire, Aerith and Tifa, Yorha no.2, Eve (stellar blade), just to name a few
Out of all the story they could focus on the witcher world saga, they focusing on "sexism" like bruh 🤦
Another game I will never play
nerfing a woman so a woke man can make a point; modern feminism portrayed succinctly and perfectly
Lmao. "We have to foucs on sexism because the middle ages environment was very tough for everyone - including women."
No no. ONLY woman. Woman in all eras of human history have had it so bad we all now must be educated!! How can you say men had it hard in a patriarchal society!? It was built by men so that's what they wanted right!?!
Let’s look at it this way. They saved me $70.
I just cannot understand why these idiots constantly drive their customers away.
Girl gamers as well as guys don’t like lectures in video games.
they don't care about the future of the franchise and what the fans think about the legacy and the lore, and tbh that's sort of a good thing.
less options in the market means more space for another series.
They have shown their hatred of us loud and clear and I’ll bet money they decide to kill off Geralt in the most disrespectful way possible.
This is the perfect example of when "The Message" is more important than profit. These gaming devs are getting more clownish every day.
As if anyone is surprised. The climate around Witcher for the last few years has been awful and this is just the icing on the cake. Divorce these properties. Stick to what you like and just ignore the rest.
How nice. I'll be focusing on my backlog.
My wallet remains closed
I wonder how many men they will have Ciri beat up and lecture! Ciri is a horrible character.
This franchise is their cash cow that keeps them all working. Why you would want to screw with the cow is insane. Make a spin-off or something but there will be no going back if this fails. Just dumb business decisions.
This article is full of BS. Neutrality is not Geralt's personal code, it's the Witchers code, referenced numerous times in the books and games. They show up, do the job, get paid and leave, they never take sides. It's one Geralt breaks numerous times which is why Vesemir in TW3 prologue asks him "just this once don't get involved" because part of Geralt's character is a strong sense of right and wrong.
Ciri, please teleport me to a universe where this nightmare doesn't exist
These people think a woman uses magic makes them weak because they aren't on the front line using swords and guns in combat like men. I honestly and truly think that is their definition of badass. Witcher 4 is a wait and see for me, hell thats turned into every modern video game for me.
Hold on let’s wait and see.
You seen enough yet?
This is pretty much what i have been saying. They made Geralt in a Ciri skin. When playing Ciri as Ciri would be badass.
Yeah that's an automatic no for me. I think she looks fine (as in ok, not hot), but I have zero interest in playing a game focused on "the message".
How only CDPR dare in a series that has always revolved around social and political issues such as sexism, racism, bigotry, power struggles, etc. tackle these exact topics. I'm shocked.
why couldn't there just taking Ciri's combat system from Witcher 3 and just expend upon it, I want to play as Ciri with her Elder Blood not as a based Witcher, she a Witcher in name only, she can still take on Monster Contacts, there could done something interesting with her Teleport Powers, like allowing us to get on top of tall buildings or watchtowers, and maybe use it in combat aswell, Ciri already has her own character, all you have to do, is just give us new adventure with her, and how much she has learned with her Elder Blood,
I agree 100%. Like for once a game can do a gender swapped main character and it would actually make sense as that’s what looked like what was going to happen anyway based on the endings of the Witcher 3. But like you said it’s not even her own character with her own powers. No instead it’s yet again another direct gender swap of a male protagonist because reasons
My wallet will be non-BUY-nary for this title
There are still people accusing Ciri of being a Mary Sue. So her being weakened should shut them up.
Bro, you could tell immediately the direction the game is headed when Ciri told the girl that she didn't need to do what the village elders told her, and to save herself. Nothing screams modern feminism like forced bits of self empowerment for women. The thing is this kind of stuff could be done naturally, but you can tell when they shoehorn it into a narrative
Probably the most honest and upfront CDPR has been about its intentions with shoehorning politics into games.
Too bad Ciri will be nothing but a beacon for criticism in how anti-sexist movements often are some of the most sexist against men.
Just found the other day, some of the devs who worked on the Witcher 3 are making a new game called the blood of dawnwalker.
The absurdity, thinking that turning her into a witcher would actually ELEVATE her to the male counterparts level when it actually nerfs her.