The WItcher 1 remake is still in production but they've already stated that it will very likely come out AFTER Witcher 4. Once Witcher 4 comes out I'll race you on my Witcher channel for who completes the Let's Play first lol
@@Bowskii Since they're both based on the same engine, there might be something about Witcher 4 being the prototype to see what the engine can do. But I dunno, might be down to team size also.
Finally someone with a grounded serious opinion and thoughts. One of the many reasons I’ve been subbed to you for a while. I saw this and thought “oh good an opinion I’ll probably appreciate” compliments my dude
I love Ciri's new look. And I'm sure it will be a bit refined when we see her in game. I suspect the voice actor change was because they are doing a trilogy and need a voice actor for the next 10+ years. The previous voice actor, Jo Wyatt, is already 54 years old so perhaps that was a concern.
We know from the games that the Schools of the Cat and Griffin did accept girls and worked on trials for them. Now, here’s my theory: Maybe we will start off with Ciri looking for lost knowledge about the girl trials from these schools because she wants to become a fully-fledged Witcher, for whatever reason. As players, we will go through the process of her doing the trials, probably with the help of Yen. This would also (put on your tinfoil hats!) explain why her medallion is a Lynx, because when we take the Griffin School medallion and the Cat School medallion and somehow combine them, they could resemble a Lynx (you can remove the tinfoil hat now). Either way, I am very hyped for this new saga and hope CDPR gives us some breadcrumbs along the way until the game releases. PC: Great video, Bow. I love hearing your opinions about The Witcher.
exactly this is why I think Ciri's new medallion in connected to school of the Cat somehow.. we know they were almost destroyed in the past and turned pretty bad, but maybe it was rebuild, rebuilt somehow and continued to work on improving mutations.. that is just my brainstorming :)
that's a wonderful theory and sound like it could very well be true! She I love stuff like this and being able to discuss this stuff with you all its a pleasure and fun to nerd out :) Thanks for the support.
The only people ive been waiting to breakdown this trailer was you and Xletalis 😂❤ Also i agree with you in that yen and geralt would have probably not wanted ciri to do the trials, but that does remind me of what geralt said to avalach before they faced the wild hunt in that telling ciri what to do/not to do never works 😅 8:09 oh god i didnt think about it that way😅
thank you my friend I appreciate the support for the channel. Its a pleasure to bring more Witcher videos. I just had some stuff to get off my chest and I'm glad to sit back and discuss it with you all. I'm excited for what's to come I cant wait to see what they have cooking up for us in time. And lmao yeah I just cant see Ciri in those situations like Geralt had.
It's going to be a little surreal to see her become a witcher, maybe Geralt's role will just be a mentor plotpoint you will visit for important main quests. With Ciri's magic and importance I can imagine almost anything is possible for her to accomplish.
CD projekt Red posted a video of the game director doing a breakdown of the trailer. Gave some details on the intention behind some of the decisions they made, and he said that Ciri's journey to "becoming" a witcher is part of her character arc.
I also like the idea of paying the price for the stopping of the White Frost. There is also the second Conjunction of Spheres at the end of the 3rd game, hence monsters should be again prevalent. And that makes the need for witchers. It would be great to bring back Letho who wanted to restore the Viper school. There would be a good chemistry between Ciri's eagerness and Letho's calm approach. Search for lost knowledge of Blood Mages in places like Castle Graupian, Ban Ard, or Kovir. Bringing back some alchemist like Adalbertus Kalkstein can bring some humor and lightness.
it sure does make alot of sense I feel like it was such a big thing to just walk away from I feel like there has to be some kind of price she had to pay. So many interesting little theories we can make up I love it.
Just a small thing, but kalkstein is dead, remember the witch hunters burn him on a pyre in tw3, conversation with elihal confirms that unfortunately, was a big disappointment when i went back to witcher 1 (played 3 as my intro to the series).
Below is a small quote for those "Lore experts": quote from Geralt's dialogue with Calanthe: "C: Do you believe that the Child of Destiny will pass the Trial of the Grasses without risk? G: We believe that such a child will not require trials"
I mean, I really don't think that's relevant in any way to what people are saying about women and adults not being able to survive the Trial. Geralt was saying he believes that with Ciri's abilities, she would be quite effective at killing monsters even without Witcher powers, not that she would be able to survive the Trial no problem. Personally I don't really see the issue. We saw that with help from a sorceress, someone who would normally die during the Trial can go through it successfully. It would be trivial for them to say Yen or Triss helped Ciri pass the Trial without permanent harm and also lost the Elder Blood to mutations in the process. Ciri could very likely use the loss of the EB as a reason to go through the Trial, she seems to hate how people treat her because of her genes.
@@HiIeric117 "We saw that with help from a sorceress, someone who would normally die during the Trial can go through it successfully" You mean what Yen did with Avallac'h? That was only a part of the trial and by no means a proof of it beeing possible
@@racernatorde5318 I don't see how it isn't. The rest of the trial consists of actually applying mutagens. No reason to assume reversing the curse instead is any less traumatic, and not only did Avallac'h survive, he apparently didn't have any of the side effects that Yen was afraid of. AND that was with minimal preparation on Yen's part. A few days to a week, max? Given a few years to research and prepare and maybe with some help from Triss or other sorceresses and a patient who was in much better physical condition than Uma, I really don't see how its a stretch at all.
Ciri looks like her but older to me and that's all, she's still beautiful. Imagine all the possibilities that open up, with real magic and all the witcher 3 stuff for the gameplay! I'm so exited and real happy Ciri's getting more to her story.
she looks great and def like she has been through alot. Makes me wonder how many years the jump will be. And I cannot wait to play the game I bet the gameplay its gonna be so awesome. I loved W3 combat.
I have loved to diskuss all these themes with you back then and I love it now! Can´t wait for your Thronebreaker go... Good luck on the path, my friend! The continent awaits...
This is so funny one of the devs that was breaking down the trailer confirmed the monster Ciri is fighting is "Bauk". It's funny to me because this expression exists in my country as well, in fact when I was a kid my mom had the joking expression go into the dark because bauk will get me 🤣 it's basically like saying a bogyman... something undefined and scary. I would never recognize it by look since I never seen any illustration of it and those I searched are quite different but funny to hear smth from my childhood like this hehe
that's really awesome I would have never knew unless you brought it up. It was a pretty terrifying monster to be honest. It must hit a little bit close to home for you when you see this thing.
Honestly this has been my favorite breakdown so far that ive listened to. Neutral, honest, open to interpretation, excited to see the possibilities. Not just 'Ciri doesnt look like shes 18 anymore more, not hot!' So respect to you! Im very excited to see where this games goes. The trailer was fire and the ending was perfectly Witcher.
Glad you enjoyed it! I appreciate the kind words my friend. I'm just extremely passionate about the books and games of the Witcher and happy to just kick back and share my thoughts with you all :)
@Bowskii js while u do those you should check it out. It'll pull on ur heart strings a bit and the dude did a wonderful job on the editing. Which uses in game cinematics and the game trailers
Hard to say but a set character to me is not alot of room for RP. It depends how much dialogue they actually put into the game. I find it way more immersive when I can actually create my own character. I found myself always wanting and comparing to Geralt from the books. I still loved it but if they through in enough dialogue it sure would make for an immersive experience.
I love character builds but I agree. Story driven games with heavy themes and one primary character it doesn't work. Mostly because your character doesn't have enough background or drive around them to actually achieve the same emotional intensity needed.
@@kateray7 I'm kinda wanting something on the lines of Mass Effect. Where we have a set character and story but multiple ways we can roleplay that character. But they give us the opportunity to change the character's appearance ect. And span this character over multiple games. Out of all the games I've played that had to be the most immersive character I've ever had a chance to make. CDPR did an amazing job with Geralt they made it work perfectly to where we can RP him the best way we wanted to. But I'd love the option to tweak the looks and create our own Witcher with a set background in a sense. Hope it makes sense 😂
@@Bowskii Definitely! I think they could definitely RP Ciri similar to Geralt since she's already so well established. I would also love to be able to see different endings we could choose. Like a darker Ciri ending, etc
@@Bowskii yup, the same as mass effect could definitely work. In the IGN interview they put a strong emphasis on that this is the beginning of ciris witcher story and there's lots of choice to be made, so hopefully we see that.
I for one as so excited about this! Love the trailer! It evokes that emotion that I had when we first meet Ciri in Velen and switch to her to fight the werewolf I am getting those vibes but better. 😮 as far as possible changes they had to do something with her to change up her story and powers... if they just dropped her in the game years latter as that same character as before she would be OP an it would be boring there would be no sense of struggle or progression or story to resolve or reason to continue with her. Super excited to learn more. Obviously there's been a time jump and lot of things we don't know about yet could've happen and changed in the world in the meantime. I'm on board 🥰
I'm super excited for it. I'm looking forward to what they will let us know about how Ciri actually became a Witcher and how. I def feel like they will add a few things with spells and such for her specifically because I feel like she did lose her godly powers some way some how.
Hey dude it’s been a while since I’ve had a chance to watch your vids but as soon as TW4 was announced I rushed to your channel! Still haven’t finished your BW playthrough so will get on that after I personally finish my own RDR2 playthrough. I’m really excited and I’m glad it’s Ciri that they’ve given the trilogy too. It felt obvious that was the direction given TW3’s themes and endings. I think CDPR will have a good lore explanation for the trial of the grasses as they did fantastic on the first three so they won’t falter now. I believe that they’ll do a trilogy for Ciri, remake TW1 and maybe even Tw2 and then either do a make your own Witcher RPG or give us a new character. They have so many years to work on the Witcher world. New book has got good reviews so far as well, a good couple of days for Witcher fans! Just need to wait for the English translation then I can spend my summer reading it! I like her new VA it’s got a lot of power behind her voice. Old VA was great too but it’s a long contract to be locked in so maybe that’s why. I just hope they don’t rush it because of greedy shareholders and take their time. Literally no true Witcher fans will demand the games release like some do with GTA6 lol. I also agree about sex scenes. It feels so wrong with Ciri but then it feels hypocritical that Geralt is allowed to be a naughty dog lol. Do you plan on playing TW3 three times? Because base game has three endings. And then ofc HOS has two endings and BW has three if I remember. But again some of the endings tie with other endings so it’s actually way more, do you plan to play the game multiple times to see them all? That’ll be fun and I’ll be watching if you do! Things I’m looking forward to: 1) Geralt as Gwents final boss 😂 2) Better combat system (Elder magic and Witcher signs/potions combo looks good!) 3) She has unfinished business with the Crone that escaped with Vesemirs medallion…🤔 4) Of course I want to see some of the other characters like Yen, Dandelion, Zoltan etc but I want to see her build new meaningful partnerships. She needs her own Regis! 5) I wonder if they do a new conjunction and so she has to build her own codex with new monsters that’ll be awesome. 6) Need people to sing Pam Pamram when walking by! 7) The idea that they’ll probably do a couple of DLCs too with this game has me excited too! Probably allow us to explore areas that the game has never touched like Zerrikania! 8) I wonder because she expresses more emotion that maybe her trial was related to the Cat school. Maybe it affects her feelings towards humans. The last show looked very eerie..like she was about to hurt the village elder. 9) Will they bring back Emyhr? Which ending will CDPR choose for the winner of the war I wonder? 10) Minigames! I did love the mini games in TW3 but got too easy and repetitive after a while so I hope they can add a more immersive mini game world that is replayable. If you’ve played cyberpunk then it gives me hope that they’ll add more life to the world through things like this! Anyways sorry for long ass message I’m just so hyped! Gonna go on a binge of other Witcher channels and videos now! I’ll see you in a couple of days when I pick up your BW playthrough Bowskii!
hello my friend hope you are doing well. I'm super excited for this game i feel like its been so long since we finished W3 I'm just missing the world of the Witcher so much. I'm still very unsure how I feel about it all. I love the fact they she is the main character but having her as a full force Witcher makes me feel some type of way. But all in all I'm very excited to see what they have cooked up for us and why they decided to go down the route they did.
@ I like the idea she was forced to do it. I just hope they don’t put Geralt in a Vesemir position if that makes sense. CDPR have led us to believe Geralt and Yen live happily ever after given the Easter eggs in Cyberpunk so maybe something to do with her elder powers and the white frost making it the only way to subdue the OPness she would have if it was just elder powers.
I think they got a new actress simply bcus Ciri is suppose to be older in this game, so naturally you would wanna hire someone that sounds older than the original actress
@@DirtySam0410 I believe so but what's crazy is the original actress for Ciri is 50 and the new actress I believe is in the 30. But her voice is way deeper but I totally get the change
Per the developers. They said that she will be the first witcher by choice. So, its going to be a awesome trip along the path. And they also said that in game we will be playing through the path to her becoming a witcher.
What's so great is that they will probably never kill him off as well and he will be around all the time. I hope he's around as much as Dandy and Zolton
@Bowskii I know it's all based on choices but I always save the orphans and the bloody baron and his wife. So, I'm kinda hoping we meet up with him and his wife again.
@@Bowskii that storyline tugs at the heart. But it covers all the emotions. You don't trust the baron at first. But you love ciri. So you do as he ask. Then you get angry. Because you learn that the baron is a abuser. Then, you start to feel pity or sadness as he finally lays bare all his sins and faults. Then you feel his pain when he names his daughter. Then you feel his love for his wife. It's and amazingly written story line.
Just seen a theory on Reddit that says this: The theory presented in the video explains why Ciri want to undergo the Trial of the Grasses and become a full-fledged Witcher. It suggests that she may be trying to avoid giving birth to the destroyer of the world.
Edit: Just got through the video, good takes. I particularly like the "forced to be a Witcher" take. It would be a good way to give her a development arc. I'm also interested to see how they handle the sterility issue with Ciri. I agree about the voice actor change, its a bit jarring but I also enjoy the new voice. I think it fits. We will have a REAL answer about her voice when we get to hear Ciri's humorous side. This trailer had a serious tone, wait till we see Ciri in a tavern laughing it up or something. Side note, your lookin good for 40 bowskii lmao. You got 8 years on me. I think that, at the end of the day it would have been just as, if not more interesting if she was on the path facing Witcher problems without being a full fledged Witcher who took the trials. However, I'm also fine with the Trials lore changes. It's alchemy and magic, its not a law of physics that can't be changed. Science can be altered.
thank you my friend! Age is just a number right :) It was a pleasure to just discuss this with you all I love the speculation we have a few years to try to piece it all together. I'm really looking forward to what they actually have cooked up for us. I think the changes they will make should be good. CDPR loves the books I know they will do it more justice.
Witcher 1 remake is supposed to come out AFTER this Wticher 4 games. They also sad that they wanted to reuse lots of assets. It's not just Ciri's VA that is going to be diferent, most of the voice acting for Witcher 1 will have to be done from scratch and we simply have to expect them to have new VA for most characters
damn well I'm excited for it none the less i might need to get a refresher before the 4th game drops unsure if I wanna do another LP or just off camera.
@@Bowskii You showed pretty much everything of relevance in regards to Witcher 2, and almost everything for Witcher 1. I would say you could just play the first two games off camera and then only record a second Witcher 3 run with different choices. he few things you didn't get to see in the first game, mostly in regards to the scoia'tael vs. order of the flaming rose conflict, can maybe be left for the remaster of the game
Yes, there is going to be some reason why Ciri had to go through the trial of the Grasses and become a full Witcher. This reason will also likely tie up with the different endings from Witcher 3 (ie forcing her to leave her position as Empress if that was the ending players got). I trust CDPR and think using Ciri for a new trilogy is likely the best decision. Better than trying to extend Geralt's story or use a new or player designed Witcher. Aklmost everyone likes Ciri and her Witcher ending in W3 was by far the most popular. I'll really interested to see if they give Ciri a defined personality (like Geralt) or instead give the players more latitude to mold her to their liking. Ciri was pretty much a blank slate in Witcher 3 and with growth could develop into anything. It would be kind of cool if they allow us to really make her our own.
they truly can go any way with it the foundation is so strong. I'm ok with whatever they come up with I'm still a bit nervous for it but I believe they will do it right. I would however love to create my own Witcher for RP purposes.
In regards to the voice actress... According to the wiki she hans't done any video game related work since 2017, so that's that. By the way, I just realised she was hawke in Dragon Age 2.
it most likely was cat and the reason for the eye color change. Because she actually had yellow eyes during the first convo with the village person. I'm not really sure.
It seems kinda interesting seeing why Ciri went under the trial of greases or whatever that is. But another interesting thing is Ciri seems to be still a lot more emotive (or at least exposing the emotions she feels) in comparison to other witchers we saw (Vesemir, Geralt and others). We can see she got far better as a swordswoman and got some experience in dealing with monsters (witcher 1 chains lets go). Another thing to be aware is the time passed from tw3 to tw4, since she went under mutations, her lifespam probably got extended. To me she seems to be in her late 20s to mid 30s, but it can imply a time gap of 30-50 years of more (since geralt reseambled a guy from late 40s to early 50s despite being hundredish), so many things may have happened between
yeah you are def right it sure does make me wonder how may years it has been. I'm sure CDPR will do the lore dump very well. But its so damn curious what they are going to explain
People got exited over the chain, but honestly, it's her movement that caught my attention: Look at her spin attack around 19:15 /19:16 - the same attack move she uses in W3
explained a lot of my thoughts pretty much perfectly! CDPR has always done a great job with their story telling and decisions, i have faith in their ability to make everything make sense
They sure have and I got a lot of faith as well. I'm stoked to see what they do with Ciri I'm mainly just happy to see another Witcher game. I thought it would be done after W3
no in dev interwiv say its a new Saga a triologie where we play as Ciri and the way she goes to be a full Witcher. Witcher 4 is the beginning. and i think that have a price for her to go the way of a Witcher. i think some of her Skills are foever done like the time and Dimension thing. but where they couse this way she was okey with that maybe it came problems in the game where she say with all my power all where be easyer to do things right. and sometimes she gets doubts about whether your decision right and for me it can be interessting to see that she not can change her descisions she make and must life with that and handle the consequences.
I'm interested to see where its gonna go regardless but i really would have loved to play as a created Witcher but I'm stoked for it to be Ciri. They can do alot of things with her story and i just cant wait to see what they have cooked up.
I agree with you! I am waiting to see where it goes really! Mixed filling about some choices! I'd rather have a powerful ciri as main character! We will see!
Games are a fanfic but a damn good one! The lynx school is confirmed by the devs btw but the wiki for it is fan made and we'll have to see what will CDPR do with it. Do not despair about the voice, in polish dub of this trailer there's also a different VO but I heard that it's just for the trailer :) I'm glad you say she looks great, I've seen some awkward wars about it and I think people are loosing their minds. And just like you said, it's a trailer, not gameplay!
crazy people are losing their minds over the looks of her lmao wild. She looks great and I did like the voice but I wont lie I wont the other one back lol. School of the lynx is going to be interesting I'm excited to see more.
So this is the first of a new trilogy I've seen from someone at cdpr. Geralt is in it but only has a small part. The witcher 1 remake is still happening they said. I've got a horrible feeling that ciri became a witcher because something happened to Geralt.
I suspect she loses most of her powers. And maybe there's another conjunction of the spheres, and Ciri has to found this new Witcher school. CDPR has mentioned that this is the start of a new trilogy.
Huge rant incoming 😆 I understand why you are hesitant to Ciri being a Witcher. it's one of the reasons I made her an Empress at the end of Witcher 3. It wasn't because I supported Nilfgaard or anything, it was because I felt it is better for her. Witcher life is hard and brutal, you help some small people but mostly you do small things scraping buy and possibly die in some ditch.. I felt that as an Empress she had greater destiny and more power and influence and chance to do greater good and changes for more people in the worked. So I'm interested to see how the game will make it so that she is at this point... obviously years have passed so there is important story there in between that we are not aware of at this point. and CDPR has free hands with that honestly, just like they did in Witcher 3. as long as it is written good I'm down for it. and like I already said her trials can be explained in so many ways, an d we don't know what kind of trials they are and what happened to her. her eyes are different to other witchers. A lot of people wanted random Witcher who we create on our own like you, I'm still torn on that. I feel one of the strengths of Witcher games and protagonists is they are not blank slate character we create but prewritten and more fleshed out, it gives them much more depth than just a OC character you create. But you are right this is totally branch into that I think!!!!! 👀 Your theory other powers and white frost in interesting there could be something to it. her bloodline was genetically engineered for century for that specific moment after all, it could've changed her greatly. Like I had I will just be said if she totally lost all her special powers I really hope not :) I feel that Yenn and Geralt would fought it but support her in the end whatever she choses. I am also keeping my fingers crossed so hard they do this right!!! 🤞🤞🤞 The good thing about Ciri being protagonist and Geralt possibly making a cameo is that we are still in the same timeline more or less.. so that means we could potentially have other beloved characters at least make a cameo :) I also love Ciris rugged looks and how they draw a parallels to her looking like mix of her old younger self and Geralt I find that really wholesome :) A change in voice actress will be hardest to get used to for me cuz voice is really important. Witcher 1 is deff in the works latent news is it will be in Unreal Engline 5 and have more open world to explore. earliest release date is 2026 but more probably 2027 :)
yeah my biggest thing is its gonna be hard for me to see her in those situations like we had with Geralt I'm sure they will do it just fine of course lol. Creating our own Witcher sure would be interesting though. There is so much more room for RP without a set pre made character. I just got a feeling she had to pay a price for saving the world from the frost. And lmao that sure is a great thing seeing Geralt again would be awesome so def having Ciri as the main makes me happy to see him again! Great to hear Witcher 1 remake is still in the works!!!
@@Bowskii Hehe don't worry so much I'm sure CDPR will do a great job, it will be a different Ciri but we all change, and if the game doesn't live up to expectations we will always have previous games and books :)
@mayaamis oh no biggy i'm not worried super worried I know they will do a great job I just want a big win for them so they keep making games. I know the books and games haven't seen eye to eye always but they sure did a great job on my eyes
I can't put an age on her in that trailer. Some people complain that she looks ugly, I don't think so. But if they were going for older look it just needs more work. Honestly, she looks like mid 40s woman that had a lot of work done to her face like fillers to look younger. If she is a Witcher because she had to be to survive it should be key story element in the intro. And if she is that old, it's just too much time between 3 and 4 that should be in game content not just passed over. I don't think it's a good idea for her to be a full Witcher and literally replace Geralt because she was more in the story then just Witcher stuff. This kind of narrows the scope of the world because Geralt was focus of Witcher things and you could build political intrigue, elder blood stuff and broader world through all the plots revolving around her.
I sure hope there will be a better reason for CIri chancing a 1 in 3 survival rate then "good childhood memories"... but I fear it's just what CDPR wanted to happen, lore be damned. I mean, let's be honest, if they really would have been taking all of the books into consideration, the game series never would have happened in the first place. Still, I would have preferred a new, player created Witcher along the lines of V from CP2077... but the brand recognition was just too juicy to pass on, I guess.
I'm sure they will do it right I'm excited to see what they have cooked up. I did however want a brand new Witcher but I'm super excited to see where this goes with Ciri.
The WItcher 1 remake is still in production but they've already stated that it will very likely come out AFTER Witcher 4.
Once Witcher 4 comes out I'll race you on my Witcher channel for who completes the Let's Play first lol
nice!! Was really hoping it would come before though.
@@Bowskii Since they're both based on the same engine, there might be something about Witcher 4 being the prototype to see what the engine can do. But I dunno, might be down to team size also.
Finally someone with a grounded serious opinion and thoughts. One of the many reasons I’ve been subbed to you for a while. I saw this and thought “oh good an opinion I’ll probably appreciate” compliments my dude
thank you my friend!! Glad to have ya here I always enjoy speculation and lore talks!
I love Ciri's new look. And I'm sure it will be a bit refined when we see her in game.
I suspect the voice actor change was because they are doing a trilogy and need a voice actor for the next 10+ years. The previous voice actor, Jo Wyatt, is already 54 years old so perhaps that was a concern.
she looks amazing I agree. And wow I didn't realize she was actually over 50 that would make sense.
We know from the games that the Schools of the Cat and Griffin did accept girls and worked on trials for them. Now, here’s my theory: Maybe we will start off with Ciri looking for lost knowledge about the girl trials from these schools because she wants to become a fully-fledged Witcher, for whatever reason. As players, we will go through the process of her doing the trials, probably with the help of Yen. This would also (put on your tinfoil hats!) explain why her medallion is a Lynx, because when we take the Griffin School medallion and the Cat School medallion and somehow combine them, they could resemble a Lynx (you can remove the tinfoil hat now). Either way, I am very hyped for this new saga and hope CDPR gives us some breadcrumbs along the way until the game releases.
PC: Great video, Bow. I love hearing your opinions about The Witcher.
exactly this is why I think Ciri's new medallion in connected to school of the Cat somehow.. we know they were almost destroyed in the past and turned pretty bad, but maybe it was rebuild, rebuilt somehow and continued to work on improving mutations.. that is just my brainstorming :)
that's a wonderful theory and sound like it could very well be true! She I love stuff like this and being able to discuss this stuff with you all its a pleasure and fun to nerd out :)
Thanks for the support.
@@Bowskii UMA went to half of the trail of grasses
The only people ive been waiting to breakdown this trailer was you and Xletalis 😂❤
Also i agree with you in that yen and geralt would have probably not wanted ciri to do the trials, but that does remind me of what geralt said to avalach before they faced the wild hunt in that telling ciri what to do/not to do never works 😅
8:09 oh god i didnt think about it that way😅
thank you my friend I appreciate the support for the channel. Its a pleasure to bring more Witcher videos. I just had some stuff to get off my chest and I'm glad to sit back and discuss it with you all. I'm excited for what's to come I cant wait to see what they have cooking up for us in time. And lmao yeah I just cant see Ciri in those situations like Geralt had.
same i can't wait till xLetalis drops his vid(s) where he breaks the trailer down
It's going to be a little surreal to see her become a witcher, maybe Geralt's role will just be a mentor plotpoint you will visit for important main quests. With Ciri's magic and importance I can imagine almost anything is possible for her to accomplish.
It sure will be I agree and I hope he does become a mentor and shows up in the game often.
CD projekt Red posted a video of the game director doing a breakdown of the trailer. Gave some details on the intention behind some of the decisions they made, and he said that Ciri's journey to "becoming" a witcher is part of her character arc.
ohh this is so interesting 👀 have to watch that!
nice!! Happy they did something like that. Def helps out knowing what's going
I also like the idea of paying the price for the stopping of the White Frost. There is also the second Conjunction of Spheres at the end of the 3rd game, hence monsters should be again prevalent. And that makes the need for witchers. It would be great to bring back Letho who wanted to restore the Viper school. There would be a good chemistry between Ciri's eagerness and Letho's calm approach. Search for lost knowledge of Blood Mages in places like Castle Graupian, Ban Ard, or Kovir. Bringing back some alchemist like Adalbertus Kalkstein can bring some humor and lightness.
it sure does make alot of sense I feel like it was such a big thing to just walk away from I feel like there has to be some kind of price she had to pay. So many interesting little theories we can make up I love it.
Just a small thing, but kalkstein is dead, remember the witch hunters burn him on a pyre in tw3, conversation with elihal confirms that unfortunately, was a big disappointment when i went back to witcher 1 (played 3 as my intro to the series).
Below is a small quote for those "Lore experts": quote from Geralt's dialogue with Calanthe: "C: Do you believe that the Child of Destiny will pass the Trial of the Grasses without risk? G: We believe that such a child will not require trials"
makes me wonder what that actually means for her in the game.
I mean, I really don't think that's relevant in any way to what people are saying about women and adults not being able to survive the Trial. Geralt was saying he believes that with Ciri's abilities, she would be quite effective at killing monsters even without Witcher powers, not that she would be able to survive the Trial no problem. Personally I don't really see the issue. We saw that with help from a sorceress, someone who would normally die during the Trial can go through it successfully. It would be trivial for them to say Yen or Triss helped Ciri pass the Trial without permanent harm and also lost the Elder Blood to mutations in the process. Ciri could very likely use the loss of the EB as a reason to go through the Trial, she seems to hate how people treat her because of her genes.
@@HiIeric117 "We saw that with help from a sorceress, someone who would normally die during the Trial can go through it successfully"
You mean what Yen did with Avallac'h? That was only a part of the trial and by no means a proof of it beeing possible
@@racernatorde5318 I don't see how it isn't. The rest of the trial consists of actually applying mutagens. No reason to assume reversing the curse instead is any less traumatic, and not only did Avallac'h survive, he apparently didn't have any of the side effects that Yen was afraid of. AND that was with minimal preparation on Yen's part. A few days to a week, max? Given a few years to research and prepare and maybe with some help from Triss or other sorceresses and a patient who was in much better physical condition than Uma, I really don't see how its a stretch at all.
Ciri looks like her but older to me and that's all, she's still beautiful. Imagine all the possibilities that open up, with real magic and all the witcher 3 stuff for the gameplay! I'm so exited and real happy Ciri's getting more to her story.
she looks great and def like she has been through alot. Makes me wonder how many years the jump will be. And I cannot wait to play the game I bet the gameplay its gonna be so awesome. I loved W3 combat.
I have loved to diskuss all these themes with you back then and I love it now! Can´t wait for your Thronebreaker go...
Good luck on the path, my friend! The continent awaits...
its always great to kick back with you all and discuss lore and speculations with you all. I cant wait to see what they have in store for us.
This is so funny one of the devs that was breaking down the trailer confirmed the monster Ciri is fighting is "Bauk". It's funny to me because this expression exists in my country as well, in fact when I was a kid my mom had the joking expression go into the dark because bauk will get me 🤣 it's basically like saying a bogyman... something undefined and scary. I would never recognize it by look since I never seen any illustration of it and those I searched are quite different but funny to hear smth from my childhood like this hehe
that's really awesome I would have never knew unless you brought it up. It was a pretty terrifying monster to be honest. It must hit a little bit close to home for you when you see this thing.
@@Bowskii hehe it does, not in a scary way I always knew even as a kid it was a joke but it's nostalgic to hear it in game after all these years :)
Honestly this has been my favorite breakdown so far that ive listened to. Neutral, honest, open to interpretation, excited to see the possibilities. Not just 'Ciri doesnt look like shes 18 anymore more, not hot!' So respect to you! Im very excited to see where this games goes. The trailer was fire and the ending was perfectly Witcher.
Glad you enjoyed it! I appreciate the kind words my friend. I'm just extremely passionate about the books and games of the Witcher and happy to just kick back and share my thoughts with you all :)
Ah I saw bowskii reacts and I was hoping it was the mass effect 3 music video I suggested but I still love the video!
Should be a Mass Effect trailer reaction coming out this month at some point with all the trailers from each game.
@Bowskii js while u do those you should check it out. It'll pull on ur heart strings a bit and the dude did a wonderful job on the editing. Which uses in game cinematics and the game trailers
I do not wanna play as a character build witcher because this limits the storytelling and it is king for me.
Hard to say but a set character to me is not alot of room for RP. It depends how much dialogue they actually put into the game. I find it way more immersive when I can actually create my own character. I found myself always wanting and comparing to Geralt from the books. I still loved it but if they through in enough dialogue it sure would make for an immersive experience.
I love character builds but I agree. Story driven games with heavy themes and one primary character it doesn't work. Mostly because your character doesn't have enough background or drive around them to actually achieve the same emotional intensity needed.
@@kateray7 I'm kinda wanting something on the lines of Mass Effect. Where we have a set character and story but multiple ways we can roleplay that character. But they give us the opportunity to change the character's appearance ect. And span this character over multiple games. Out of all the games I've played that had to be the most immersive character I've ever had a chance to make. CDPR did an amazing job with Geralt they made it work perfectly to where we can RP him the best way we wanted to. But I'd love the option to tweak the looks and create our own Witcher with a set background in a sense. Hope it makes sense 😂
@@Bowskii Definitely! I think they could definitely RP Ciri similar to Geralt since she's already so well established. I would also love to be able to see different endings we could choose. Like a darker Ciri ending, etc
@@Bowskii yup, the same as mass effect could definitely work. In the IGN interview they put a strong emphasis on that this is the beginning of ciris witcher story and there's lots of choice to be made, so hopefully we see that.
I for one as so excited about this! Love the trailer! It evokes that emotion that I had when we first meet Ciri in Velen and switch to her to fight the werewolf I am getting those vibes but better. 😮 as far as possible changes they had to do something with her to change up her story and powers... if they just dropped her in the game years latter as that same character as before she would be OP an it would be boring there would be no sense of struggle or progression or story to resolve or reason to continue with her. Super excited to learn more. Obviously there's been a time jump and lot of things we don't know about yet could've happen and changed in the world in the meantime. I'm on board 🥰
I'm super excited for it. I'm looking forward to what they will let us know about how Ciri actually became a Witcher and how. I def feel like they will add a few things with spells and such for her specifically because I feel like she did lose her godly powers some way some how.
4:53 🫶
I love the way her eyes looked.
Hey dude it’s been a while since I’ve had a chance to watch your vids but as soon as TW4 was announced I rushed to your channel! Still haven’t finished your BW playthrough so will get on that after I personally finish my own RDR2 playthrough.
I’m really excited and I’m glad it’s Ciri that they’ve given the trilogy too. It felt obvious that was the direction given TW3’s themes and endings. I think CDPR will have a good lore explanation for the trial of the grasses as they did fantastic on the first three so they won’t falter now. I believe that they’ll do a trilogy for Ciri, remake TW1 and maybe even Tw2 and then either do a make your own Witcher RPG or give us a new character. They have so many years to work on the Witcher world. New book has got good reviews so far as well, a good couple of days for Witcher fans! Just need to wait for the English translation then I can spend my summer reading it! I like her new VA it’s got a lot of power behind her voice. Old VA was great too but it’s a long contract to be locked in so maybe that’s why. I just hope they don’t rush it because of greedy shareholders and take their time. Literally no true Witcher fans will demand the games release like some do with GTA6 lol. I also agree about sex scenes. It feels so wrong with Ciri but then it feels hypocritical that Geralt is allowed to be a naughty dog lol.
Do you plan on playing TW3 three times? Because base game has three endings. And then ofc HOS has two endings and BW has three if I remember. But again some of the endings tie with other endings so it’s actually way more, do you plan to play the game multiple times to see them all? That’ll be fun and I’ll be watching if you do!
Things I’m looking forward to:
1) Geralt as Gwents final boss 😂
2) Better combat system (Elder magic and Witcher signs/potions combo looks good!)
3) She has unfinished business with the Crone that escaped with Vesemirs medallion…🤔
4) Of course I want to see some of the other characters like Yen, Dandelion, Zoltan etc but I want to see her build new meaningful partnerships. She needs her own Regis!
5) I wonder if they do a new conjunction and so she has to build her own codex with new monsters that’ll be awesome.
6) Need people to sing Pam Pamram when walking by!
7) The idea that they’ll probably do a couple of DLCs too with this game has me excited too! Probably allow us to explore areas that the game has never touched like Zerrikania!
8) I wonder because she expresses more emotion that maybe her trial was related to the Cat school. Maybe it affects her feelings towards humans. The last show looked very eerie..like she was about to hurt the village elder.
9) Will they bring back Emyhr? Which ending will CDPR choose for the winner of the war I wonder?
10) Minigames! I did love the mini games in TW3 but got too easy and repetitive after a while so I hope they can add a more immersive mini game world that is replayable. If you’ve played cyberpunk then it gives me hope that they’ll add more life to the world through things like this!
Anyways sorry for long ass message I’m just so hyped! Gonna go on a binge of other Witcher channels and videos now! I’ll see you in a couple of days when I pick up your BW playthrough Bowskii!
hello my friend hope you are doing well. I'm super excited for this game i feel like its been so long since we finished W3 I'm just missing the world of the Witcher so much.
I'm still very unsure how I feel about it all. I love the fact they she is the main character but having her as a full force Witcher makes me feel some type of way. But all in all I'm very excited to see what they have cooked up for us and why they decided to go down the route they did.
@ I like the idea she was forced to do it. I just hope they don’t put Geralt in a Vesemir position if that makes sense. CDPR have led us to believe Geralt and Yen live happily ever after given the Easter eggs in Cyberpunk so maybe something to do with her elder powers and the white frost making it the only way to subdue the OPness she would have if it was just elder powers.
she is a bad ass witcher!!
she sure is.
I think they got a new actress simply bcus Ciri is suppose to be older in this game, so naturally you would wanna hire someone that sounds older than the original actress
@@DirtySam0410 I believe so but what's crazy is the original actress for Ciri is 50 and the new actress I believe is in the 30. But her voice is way deeper but I totally get the change
@@Bowskii Probably genetics I guess xD
Per the developers. They said that she will be the first witcher by choice. So, its going to be a awesome trip along the path. And they also said that in game we will be playing through the path to her becoming a witcher.
What's so great is that they will probably never kill him off as well and he will be around all the time. I hope he's around as much as Dandy and Zolton
@Bowskii I know it's all based on choices but I always save the orphans and the bloody baron and his wife. So, I'm kinda hoping we meet up with him and his wife again.
id love to hear what happened to them in the next game. I still remember his amazing storyline like it was yesterday.
@@Bowskii that storyline tugs at the heart. But it covers all the emotions. You don't trust the baron at first. But you love ciri. So you do as he ask. Then you get angry. Because you learn that the baron is a abuser. Then, you start to feel pity or sadness as he finally lays bare all his sins and faults. Then you feel his pain when he names his daughter. Then you feel his love for his wife. It's and amazingly written story line.
Just seen a theory on Reddit that says this:
The theory presented in the video explains why Ciri want to undergo the Trial of the Grasses and become a full-fledged Witcher. It suggests that she may be trying to avoid giving birth to the destroyer of the world.
That sure is interesting. I bet there are some crazy good theories out there.
Edit: Just got through the video, good takes. I particularly like the "forced to be a Witcher" take. It would be a good way to give her a development arc. I'm also interested to see how they handle the sterility issue with Ciri. I agree about the voice actor change, its a bit jarring but I also enjoy the new voice. I think it fits. We will have a REAL answer about her voice when we get to hear Ciri's humorous side. This trailer had a serious tone, wait till we see Ciri in a tavern laughing it up or something. Side note, your lookin good for 40 bowskii lmao. You got 8 years on me.
I think that, at the end of the day it would have been just as, if not more interesting if she was on the path facing Witcher problems without being a full fledged Witcher who took the trials. However, I'm also fine with the Trials lore changes. It's alchemy and magic, its not a law of physics that can't be changed. Science can be altered.
thank you my friend! Age is just a number right :)
It was a pleasure to just discuss this with you all I love the speculation we have a few years to try to piece it all together. I'm really looking forward to what they actually have cooked up for us. I think the changes they will make should be good. CDPR loves the books I know they will do it more justice.
Witcher 1 remake is supposed to come out AFTER this Wticher 4 games. They also sad that they wanted to reuse lots of assets. It's not just Ciri's VA that is going to be diferent, most of the voice acting for Witcher 1 will have to be done from scratch and we simply have to expect them to have new VA for most characters
damn well I'm excited for it none the less i might need to get a refresher before the 4th game drops unsure if I wanna do another LP or just off camera.
@@Bowskii You showed pretty much everything of relevance in regards to Witcher 2, and almost everything for Witcher 1. I would say you could just play the first two games off camera and then only record a second Witcher 3 run with different choices.
he few things you didn't get to see in the first game, mostly in regards to the scoia'tael vs. order of the flaming rose conflict, can maybe be left for the remaster of the game
Yes, there is going to be some reason why Ciri had to go through the trial of the Grasses and become a full Witcher. This reason will also likely tie up with the different endings from Witcher 3 (ie forcing her to leave her position as Empress if that was the ending players got).
I trust CDPR and think using Ciri for a new trilogy is likely the best decision. Better than trying to extend Geralt's story or use a new or player designed Witcher. Aklmost everyone likes Ciri and her Witcher ending in W3 was by far the most popular.
I'll really interested to see if they give Ciri a defined personality (like Geralt) or instead give the players more latitude to mold her to their liking. Ciri was pretty much a blank slate in Witcher 3 and with growth could develop into anything. It would be kind of cool if they allow us to really make her our own.
they truly can go any way with it the foundation is so strong. I'm ok with whatever they come up with I'm still a bit nervous for it but I believe they will do it right. I would however love to create my own Witcher for RP purposes.
In regards to the voice actress... According to the wiki she hans't done any video game related work since 2017, so that's that. By the way, I just realised she was hawke in Dragon Age 2.
that's so sad I really loved her voice and still do i would have loved for her to return but I totally understand life is very unpredictable.
Could those eyes be from cat potion..?
no
it most likely was cat and the reason for the eye color change. Because she actually had yellow eyes during the first convo with the village person. I'm not really sure.
@@Bowskii Color yes, shape no.
BOSS woman Ciri. UMA/Avalach went throug half of the trail of grasses as a 400 year old adult elf.
yeah anything can happen I'm looking forward to hearing how they play it all out next game.
It seems kinda interesting seeing why Ciri went under the trial of greases or whatever that is. But another interesting thing is Ciri seems to be still a lot more emotive (or at least exposing the emotions she feels) in comparison to other witchers we saw (Vesemir, Geralt and others). We can see she got far better as a swordswoman and got some experience in dealing with monsters (witcher 1 chains lets go). Another thing to be aware is the time passed from tw3 to tw4, since she went under mutations, her lifespam probably got extended. To me she seems to be in her late 20s to mid 30s, but it can imply a time gap of 30-50 years of more (since geralt reseambled a guy from late 40s to early 50s despite being hundredish), so many things may have happened between
yeah you are def right it sure does make me wonder how may years it has been. I'm sure CDPR will do the lore dump very well. But its so damn curious what they are going to explain
People got exited over the chain, but honestly, it's her movement that caught my attention: Look at her spin attack around 19:15 /19:16 - the same attack move she uses in W3
explained a lot of my thoughts pretty much perfectly! CDPR has always done a great job with their story telling and decisions, i have faith in their ability to make everything make sense
They sure have and I got a lot of faith as well. I'm stoked to see what they do with Ciri I'm mainly just happy to see another Witcher game. I thought it would be done after W3
no in dev interwiv say its a new Saga a triologie where we play as Ciri and the way she goes to be a full Witcher. Witcher 4 is the beginning. and i think that have a price for her to go the way of a Witcher. i think some of her Skills are foever done like the time and Dimension thing. but where they couse this way she was okey with that maybe it came problems in the game where she say with all my power all where be easyer to do things right. and sometimes she gets doubts about whether your decision right and for me it can be interessting to see that she not can change her descisions she make and must life with that and handle the consequences.
I'm interested to see where its gonna go regardless but i really would have loved to play as a created Witcher but I'm stoked for it to be Ciri. They can do alot of things with her story and i just cant wait to see what they have cooked up.
@@Bowskii me too but i think 2 or 3 jears we must waiting to become an answer :)
I agree with you! I am waiting to see where it goes really! Mixed filling about some choices! I'd rather have a powerful ciri as main character! We will see!
I'm excited to see where its gonna go but again i hope they make it feel right with the way they explain the changes.
Games are a fanfic but a damn good one! The lynx school is confirmed by the devs btw but the wiki for it is fan made and we'll have to see what will CDPR do with it. Do not despair about the voice, in polish dub of this trailer there's also a different VO but I heard that it's just for the trailer :)
I'm glad you say she looks great, I've seen some awkward wars about it and I think people are loosing their minds. And just like you said, it's a trailer, not gameplay!
crazy people are losing their minds over the looks of her lmao wild. She looks great and I did like the voice but I wont lie I wont the other one back lol. School of the lynx is going to be interesting I'm excited to see more.
So this is the first of a new trilogy I've seen from someone at cdpr. Geralt is in it but only has a small part. The witcher 1 remake is still happening they said.
I've got a horrible feeling that ciri became a witcher because something happened to Geralt.
you may be right. It would just crush me if something happened to him.. And hell yes!! great news that they are still doing W1 remake
‘Don’t blame yourself, No Witcher’s ever died in his own bed.’
~ Geralt if Rivia
No, just the mental aspects, not the science Mutatgens.
we sure will know soon enough lol maybe 2 years until release.
If you love something, give it away.
If it comes back to you it's yours if it doesn't it never was ;)
I suspect she loses most of her powers. And maybe there's another conjunction of the spheres, and Ciri has to found this new Witcher school. CDPR has mentioned that this is the start of a new trilogy.
yeah I'm guessing she does lose them as well it would make alot of sense since gameplay wise she was OP as heck in W3
Imagine the combat would work like this in the actual game.
its going to be amazing i cant wait
Huge rant incoming 😆
I understand why you are hesitant to Ciri being a Witcher. it's one of the reasons I made her an Empress at the end of Witcher 3. It wasn't because I supported Nilfgaard or anything, it was because I felt it is better for her. Witcher life is hard and brutal, you help some small people but mostly you do small things scraping buy and possibly die in some ditch.. I felt that as an Empress she had greater destiny and more power and influence and chance to do greater good and changes for more people in the worked. So I'm interested to see how the game will make it so that she is at this point... obviously years have passed so there is important story there in between that we are not aware of at this point. and CDPR has free hands with that honestly, just like they did in Witcher 3. as long as it is written good I'm down for it. and like I already said her trials can be explained in so many ways, an d we don't know what kind of trials they are and what happened to her. her eyes are different to other witchers.
A lot of people wanted random Witcher who we create on our own like you, I'm still torn on that. I feel one of the strengths of Witcher games and protagonists is they are not blank slate character we create but prewritten and more fleshed out, it gives them much more depth than just a OC character you create. But you are right this is totally branch into that I think!!!!! 👀
Your theory other powers and white frost in interesting there could be something to it. her bloodline was genetically engineered for century for that specific moment after all, it could've changed her greatly. Like I had I will just be said if she totally lost all her special powers I really hope not :) I feel that Yenn and Geralt would fought it but support her in the end whatever she choses. I am also keeping my fingers crossed so hard they do this right!!! 🤞🤞🤞
The good thing about Ciri being protagonist and Geralt possibly making a cameo is that we are still in the same timeline more or less.. so that means we could potentially have other beloved characters at least make a cameo :) I also love Ciris rugged looks and how they draw a parallels to her looking like mix of her old younger self and Geralt I find that really wholesome :)
A change in voice actress will be hardest to get used to for me cuz voice is really important.
Witcher 1 is deff in the works latent news is it will be in Unreal Engline 5 and have more open world to explore. earliest release date is 2026 but more probably 2027 :)
yeah my biggest thing is its gonna be hard for me to see her in those situations like we had with Geralt I'm sure they will do it just fine of course lol. Creating our own Witcher sure would be interesting though. There is so much more room for RP without a set pre made character. I just got a feeling she had to pay a price for saving the world from the frost.
And lmao that sure is a great thing seeing Geralt again would be awesome so def having Ciri as the main makes me happy to see him again!
Great to hear Witcher 1 remake is still in the works!!!
@@Bowskii Hehe don't worry so much I'm sure CDPR will do a great job, it will be a different Ciri but we all change, and if the game doesn't live up to expectations we will always have previous games and books :)
@mayaamis oh no biggy i'm not worried super worried I know they will do a great job I just want a big win for them so they keep making games. I know the books and games haven't seen eye to eye always but they sure did a great job on my eyes
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I can't put an age on her in that trailer. Some people complain that she looks ugly, I don't think so. But if they were going for older look it just needs more work. Honestly, she looks like mid 40s woman that had a lot of work done to her face like fillers to look younger. If she is a Witcher because she had to be to survive it should be key story element in the intro. And if she is that old, it's just too much time between 3 and 4 that should be in game content not just passed over.
I don't think it's a good idea for her to be a full Witcher and literally replace Geralt because she was more in the story then just Witcher stuff. This kind of narrows the scope of the world because Geralt was focus of Witcher things and you could build political intrigue, elder blood stuff and broader world through all the plots revolving around her.
I'm not sure as well I wouldn't put it past them for it to be around 10-20 years later.
I sure hope there will be a better reason for CIri chancing a 1 in 3 survival rate then "good childhood memories"... but I fear it's just what CDPR wanted to happen, lore be damned.
I mean, let's be honest, if they really would have been taking all of the books into consideration, the game series never would have happened in the first place.
Still, I would have preferred a new, player created Witcher along the lines of V from CP2077... but the brand recognition was just too juicy to pass on, I guess.
I'm sure they will do it right I'm excited to see what they have cooked up. I did however want a brand new Witcher but I'm super excited to see where this goes with Ciri.