The moment when she's drawing magic from the water is a reference to the books, when ciri was a child, before the events of the Witcher 3, Yennifer taught ciri how to channel magic from nature - such as that stream there, and the magic is most similar to Yennifers lightning magic
Drawing power from the elements is something mentioned in the books, with water being the easiest to do it from. Yennefer even teaches Ciri how to do it in her training as a sorceress.
This could be some kind of witcher sign but somehow upgraded, I mean stronger than signs because she's drawing from water and that's how magic works in the witcher world according to the books. I think Ciri could be the only witcher that can do that to this point since she was trained in magic and by witchers.
@@kueshism348 Looked a bit like a modified aard or yrden. It's not often mentioned, but mages can use and even modify basic signs, so I think you're right.
i have a sneaking suspicion that she probably lost those powers due to stopping the frost and that shes was able to undergo the trials because of her blood
@@johnnyringo35 Thats not canon in the books at all. Ciri doesnt lose her Elder Blood powers after stopping the White Frost, Sapkowski never wrote anything to suggest this. Her Elder Blood is intrinsic to her being and tied to her destiny, as explored in "The Tower of Swallows" and "Lady of the Lake". In fact, her powers are what make her a target for everyone, from Vilgefortz to Eredin. The idea of her losing her powers seems to come from the games, where CDPR introduced interpretations that werent part of the original lore. Even in the games, though, her Elder Blood powers are dormant, not gone, and theres nothing indicating that shed need them to be "gone" to undergo the Trials of the Grasses, an idea which doesnt align with the books portrayal of Witcher mutations either. This is a huge stretch.
@@johnnyringo35 "If you pay attention to the books..." My man has the audacity to patronize while talking straight out of his a** 💀💀🤣🤣Books have nothing to do with the witcher 3's ending. And please, do tell when/where in the game it is suggested ciri lost her powers? She literally stopped the white frost and CAME BACK, how tf did you infer she lost it? What a clown, jesus.
I love how her outfit is a mix of Geralt being that she’s a Witcher now and Yennifer with the black fur. Its a really nice symbol of her bond to them and her growth since becoming their daughter by choice
Ciri hated everything that came with being the child of elder blood. If she had the choice of giving that up to be a witcher, I think she would do it without question.
@@zatchbell5678 and that was it. she loved the travel and all, but at the end of tw3 she ultimately chose to leave all that and become a witcher just like geralt. she never liked any of the other aspects of having the elder blood.
@@HondaRiderX17 >be a mortal god and forever be chased by people who wish to breed you or >be a mortal and follow in your fathers foot steps, the man who trained and bled for you. Ciri mentions what it's like being a woman on the road so I can understand why she would pick the latter. 🤷♂
The concerns you raise about Ciri's transformation into a Witcher are entirely valid, and I'd argue they go even deeper than just lore inconsistencies. Making Ciri a "true" Witcher with mutations doesn't just tweak her narrative, it fundamentally undermines her character arc and the themes she embodies in Sapkowski's work. The term "witcher" ("wiedźmin") was deliberately crafted as a masculine counterpart to "wiedźma" (witch) in Polish. This choice reflects the male-centric experience of isolation, survival, and estrangement that defines Witchers in the books. Geralt, Eskel, Lambert, and others live with the knowledge that they are both indispensable and despised, a tension that defines their existence. To suddenly introduce female Witchers without addressing the profound cultural and linguistic implications feels like a departure from the carefully constructed foundations of the universe. Ciri's journey, as Sapkowski wrote it, was never about becoming a Witcher. Although she undergoes rigorous training at Kaer Morhen, it is made explicitly clear in "Blood of Elves" that she does not, and cannot, undergo the mutations. Vesemir and the other Witchers recognize her potential, but they also understand that her destiny lies elsewhere. Her Elder Blood, her connection to Ithlinne's prophecy, and her struggle to forge her own path are central to her narrative. To quote paraphrased dialogue from "Blood of Elves": "She is not like us, Vesemir. She was never meant to be." The absence of her Elder Blood powers in the trailer is especially concerning. It risks stripping Ciri of what makes her unique, forcing her into the Witcher mold simply to justify keeping the series' title format. Ciri's story was about rejecting societal roles and expectations, not conforming to them. In "The Time of Contempt", her escape from Thanedd isn't just physical, it's symbolic of her refusal to be a pawn in the games of others. Her arc is about agency, not assimilation. The theory of Ciri founding the School of the Lynx also feels misaligned with her character. Ciri has never been an institution-builder it's a wanderer, a survivor, and, ultimately, a seeker of freedom. In "The Lady of the Lake", she rejects the rigid structures of both the human and elven worlds, choosing instead to carve out her own destiny. Founding a Witcher school feels antithetical to her essence. Additionally, the decision to make Ciri a Witcher ignores the deeply tragic themes tied to the profession. Witchers are a dying breed, relics of a world that no longer values their kind. Their sterility, the horrors of the Trials, and their societal rejection are key to their narrative weight. Expanding the Trials to include women doesn't feel like progress it feels like a dilution of the tragedy that defines them. I can't help but feel that this direction risks sacrificing the carefully crafted themes and cultural authenticity that made "The Witcher" resonate so deeply. CDPR built their reputation on respecting and expanding Sapkowski's work with care. This move, however, feels like a step toward broader appeal at the cost of the series' integrity.
This is a great post. However I disagree with the 'broader appeal' part at the end. I do think that is what CDPR is intending to do, but I think that could very easily backfire on them if this is not done extremely well. Going from a traditionally masculine character that was part of the original source material to a female character who they are completing changing at the expense of all of the original lore/source material doesn't seem like a careful step toward broader appeal... It seems like a risky leap that could break the back of the company if they don't knock it out of the park.
Sorry man, cdpr gone woke and this people can do is destroy the lore of our beloved characters and make everyone a girls boss. It is very sad that they are following this path, just like many other franchises by trying to add women everywhere. Im very disapointed with this, another woke game, for sure
1:10 In Blood of Elves it's revealed she was fed the trial grasses and mushrooms in small quantities as a child and that it did give her minor mutations to her speed and strength. So she was already partially a witcher. It's possible her full mutation is going to be a gradual change rather than all at once.
This makes sense. Previous microdosing on mutations + elder blood + some years of research could perhaps make it possible for minor mutations to have an enhanced effect if it is channeled with sorcery/elder blood rituals. It's just a theory for now i guess, but it seems more sensible than Geralt and Yennefer in torturing Ciri by assisting her in the full trial of the grasses
Bro the trial of glasses is a bunch of potions they pour down ur throat that burns ur inside she wasn’t fed that they wouldn’t feed her insane pain and torture they had to go through that has a chance to kill her
@@onearmedwolf6512 She gains long lasting strength and ability from her training making her a superior sword fighter. Maybe thats just unjustified writing by the author or .. those herbs/mushrooms did something more 😂 it is left ambiguous.
I think the explanation will be that she lost her powers when she got rid of the white frost which resulted in her actually needing the mutations to become a Witcher (which Yen probably would’ve done for her) because the rest of the Witchers hate the trials of the grasses and think they shouldn’t be done anymore. I think the game might even explore the idea of her slowly regaining her elder blood powers (that’s why the voice says you can’t change destiny or whatever, cuz she is always destined for more than just being a Witcher). I also think they wrote themselves an out with ciri as empress when she visited Geralt in Corvo Bianco and told him she was unsure if she was going to keep her position as empress.
@@duckonquack6969 she would if that’s what Ciri wanted. Especially if she was dead set on becoming a Witcher, she would likely need the mutations if she lost her ability to use her elder blood. That was the main reason she didn’t need them before. It could also be a Thing where her elder blood made the trials easier on her and that’s why she was able to be the first female Witcher.
@TheFightConnoisseur I mean if ciri still has access to her elder blood she could literally travel where ever and when ever she wanted, she could go into the past b4 all the witchers died! Who knows
I hope the Elder blood is something like a "burst mode" in the game. You can't use it permanently, but you can drain a resource and use it for a specific time and also upgrade it in a skill tree. Because when there was one thing I hated about the old witcher games, it was Geralts extremely limited movepool and skilltree options. So the chain Ciri uses is also a welcome addition.
Maybe she just lost her memory and thus forgot how to use the Elder blood skills, and during the game you discover that power again. Probably a gameplay decision so you're not an OP demigod-like entity right at the start of the game.
@@afz902k It would be really goofy to re-trek the main plot point driving the original trilogy of games past the books, especially Witcher 1, which is getting a remake sometime soon. Ciri at the end of W3 is too OP for being a Witcher honestly, the only logical path they could take is her losing all or almost all of her powers after stopping the White frost.
I heard that even if she loses her powers, the sword that Geralt gave her was also made by Avallac'h and that as long as she wields it, it would give her momentary power for magic and witcher's ability to consume potions. Like, it grants her a limited time to be a witcher. Heard it from my brother, he heard the audiobooks. He also said that the magic she used made sense because Yen taught her to do water element since young age in the book, so I guess the trailer made sense and he checked out.
It’s come to light that CDPR’s current lore designer, Cian Maher, has some rather concerning views when it comes to respecting The Witcher’s source material. This is someone who praised Netflix’s The Witcher series for its "valid" changes, despite the sweeping deviations that undermined key characters and themes. Even more baffling, he openly enjoyed Blood Origin, a prequel so disastrous it’s practically synonymous with failure at this point. The fact that someone with such a cavalier attitude toward lore integrity is now shaping the direction of Witcher 4 is troubling. It raises valid questions about how well CDPR will handle the nuances of Ciri’s character and the established canon. For those of us who value Sapkowski’s work, this isn’t just skepticism, it’s genuine concern. If we’ve learned anything from the Netflix debacle, it’s that deviations in the name of creative freedom often lead to erasing what makes these stories resonate in the first place. CDPR made their name by honoring the books. Let’s hope they don’t forget where their success came from.
A good catch is also that the monologue from the old man in the beginning also translates to Ciri, how she was a curious devilish girl who grew up to be a kind person.
@@sillylittlesheepjax6009 You wanna know another good catch? The girl only died because it seems Ciri, despite being trained by Witchers, don't understand how people they saved are endangered by traditions or such. In the trailer for Geralt, it was more of a choice to save the girl being hanged, contemplating on whether he should save her. He's calm and composed. Here, Ciri is much more emotional probably due to her becoming a Witcher at an older age so she doesn't exactly know how her choices impact those she saves. She must have been doing only hunting missions with no sacrificial victims, so she didn't see the girl being killed by villagers scared. Geralt was asked what he was doing, and he said "killing monsters" calmly, whereas Ciri I think was more outraged but also in disbelief. I dunno just my take. It's kind of a stretch, but it's fun making analysis even if I'm wrong :P
@@lunarketchup8829 the developers said is because she's a young witcher and still learning the path while forging her own codex, which by the time of the trailer is using her abilities to try and help everyone she can, but that doesn't always work, as normally doesn't work in that world in general
6:50 It's possible she lost her elder blood powers at the end of the last conjunction. We never see her use them again after that for the remainder of the finale.
@@tominieminen66 In Blood and Wine DLC, if Ciri arrives to Geralt in Corvo Bianco, she describes him how she killed a Katakan using a darkblood potion. Btw, I clearly remember that no one was giving a shit about her drinking a toxic potion back in a day, not unlike now. The point is, that was the moment her abilities to instantly teleport could came in clutch, but for some reason she dealt with threat with a witcher potion.
@Mish_Age throughout the series people have always been wanted the power her blood possessed. Perhaps the story is someone took her powers and she needs to stop them
@@kityhawk2000 Seems unlikely for me, that anyone could literally steal her power to command time and space. Everyone just wanted to somehow control her personally or force her to give birth to a child, which will become the Messiah, and to control him/her, even her own father. When I learned it first time, I was shocked, ngl. Imo, she just lost her Elder Blood powers after conducting the Trial of the Grasses, cause they are connected to her ancestor Lara Dorren literally through blood, and her blood must have been altered after mutations. But, apparently, it didn’t affect her abilities to draw energy from elements to cast sorceress spells, which she regained at some point in time. And the most important and tough part to discuss, her motivation to even consider to undergo the Trial could have been the fact that she will become infertile after the Trial, thus no one will try to force her to preserve the Lara Dorren’s bloodline. This way she will escape the Ithlinne's Prophecy completely. She herself saved the Neverland from the White Frost already and she can no longer give birth to a child.
The sign she cast was Heliotrop (an OG book sign). I’m super excited for it. I think there will be a good explanation for why/how Ciri became a Witcher. Let’s go!
glad it was ciri, adds some character and continues the relationship we had with her from TW3. creating your own character always feels like it lacks a soul and personality. as long as they explain how she became a witcher following the lore accurately I could not be happier.
I see what you're saying but personally, I'm disappointed with their decision She is NOT a witcher (yeah, she learned how to be a witcher, but she is NOT a witcher) Idk how they decided that she's all of a sudden gone through mutation... it's a stretch... They should've gone with the "create a witcher" path and start a new trilogy Idk, I just was really really disappointed
@gilado85 I wouldn't have minded a new trilogy on new characters, although again not a create a Witcher. the character always tends to lack personality and therefore isn't very like able. however since they're continuing this timeline ciri was the organic choice. as long as they find a solid and good reason to explain why and how she became a witcher then I'll be pleased. at the end of the day, the gameplay will most likely be sick so that's also something to look forward to.
@@fernoflakeI don't know if that's true fallout had some of the best storytelling I've ever seen most of us are guys we don't want to play a 135 lb girl
The German magazine Gamestar also did an interview with CDPR, among other things it was revealed, that the monster shown in the trailer is called Bauk, a creature based in the Serbian mythology.
Ciri not wanting to, or being able to use her Elder Blood power and instead relying on Witcher mutations and techniques... She was lucky the monster wanted to monologue instead of killing her.
9:30 Well yes Ciri HAS a lot to tell. It is the story of someone who proves that you can forge your own destiny : she chose her parents, she chose her path and now she choses to be a witcher. I think it is a very uplifting tale for all. There is always a way to make your own destiny and who better than Ciri to prove that !
I mean, didn’t Geralt claim the lore of surprise to have ciri and due to that she became his daughter and he also wove Yennefer and his fate via his wish. So the only one who chose is him.
One thing that i don't see anyone talking about that is quite crucial i'd say, is that in the Witcher 3 we are told several times that witchers are becoming obsolete because there are very few monsters around the continent left and a good majority that are left are less powerful ones that normal humans can take out like drowners for example, and since we see here an older Ciri that is roughly 10-20 years older my question is how are there still any left after all that time and more so why start an entier new school of the witchers if they are not needed??? Personally i really do not buy this story that Ciri started the new Lynx school, makes no sense why she would subjugate anyone to the Trial of Grasses, and as mentioned before why would you need more witchers when there are no monsters left. Someone might say that the brief conjunction of spheres that happened in the Witcher 3 brought a good amount to Earth but i really find it hard to believe it had such an impact and didn't it happen only in Skellige? They either need to make up a new reason as to way the Lynx school was founded our none of this shit makes any sense and is simply a plot hole.
At the end of Witcher 3 they unleashed a ton of monsters again the exact same way it happened initially in the first place. Probably brought new ones this time as well
Who says Ciri started a Lynx school? Let the amulet just be a token Geralt had made for her as a gift and fatherly sign of approval. Could be anything really. And even though hordes of emotionless monster slaying witchers are obsolete... during Witcher 3 there was still a lot to do, and many Monsters were human. Every world always needs someone fighting for justice, the downtrodden and poor :-) Bet there are still hundreds of Lechen, trolls and Nekkers in Kovir and the Blue Mountains. Enough for 85 hours of gaming fun
The original monsters came in during the conjugation of the spheres and at the end of Witcher 3 during the ending fight, another conjugation was starting, she was able to stop it, but I can imagine a bunch of monsters were able to slip through
@@Llanovanya85 There's an interview where the devs say Ciri is creating her own witcher codex. That implies a new school imo. I think it's the IGN interview
I’m positive. I feel like if they made a new character people would be saying why didn’t they use Ciri… I can’t wait for the interactions with Grandmaster Geralt
Really wished we got a prequel when the schools were at their height. I'm gonna miss that brotherhood element that the witchers had. Also with ESG, the decision to make Ciri the protag doesn't instil confidence that they were in someway coerced into going down this route.
I agree fully with the concerns, but CDPR’s writers are the best in the business. If they want to do a saga with Ciri, I’m fully on board. I didn’t see any D I V E R S I T Y in the trailer either.
Now that I think about it, it makes sense for Ciri to be the next protagonist. I think CDPR are holding off the "create your own witcher" for their multiplayer game. Earlier into the book plot would be interesting but there really arent many well known witchers we can follow.
I'd have loved a prequel as well, they couldve done something with a younger Vesemir or an entirely new protagonist. I wouldnt have felt so apprehensive as I do now, because I can't see a way in which Ciri is a Witcher and has lost or no connection to her elder blood powers that doesn't undermine the lore and themes in the books. I really hope CDPR know what they're doing and don't take a dump on the Golden Fleece.
would probably make the best explanation. and with the witcheress ending geralt heavily influenced ciri to do what she wants with her life and not be defined by her abilities. The most logical thing that would happen after returning without the elder blood would be to continue on as a witcher. The actual mutation part will probably not make much sense if its explained at all, and we will just have to suspend our disbelief.
Could be. She does also mention in W3 at one point that she can reject her Elder Blood power like she did with her mage powers in the books. So... maybe she fully rejected them and lost those powers? Although she did say she didn't want to stop travelling the multiverse but no endings has her doing that
@@tuleau to be fair, it made no sense why woman couldn't be Witcher to begin with. The "girls bodies are just too weak" narrative presented by the lore is just a lame excuse.
In the books, signs could be used regardless of mutations, it has to do with magical skill and practice. I’m curious about the Witcher eyes too but there may be explanations. The fact she’s a Source probably allowed it to be easier if she was mutated. Also this idea that girls can’t be Witchers is a strange myth I keep seeing. It’s briefly touched on in the books but it’s just no girl has survived the mutations. And the school of the wolf are too fractured and old to even remember. Witchers were already dying out. Edit: devs confirmed she went through the trial of grasses.
The devs have already stated in an IGN interview that Ciri went through the trial of grasses. So no, this isn't open to interpretation, they clearly stated she's now mutated.
why she is basically her destiny to be one. SHE IS THE CHILD OF DESTINY because of the wicher pact. That is her connection thie Gerald . Wtf are you guys talking even ?
Wasn't confusing for me. To me, watching this...I immediately thought, she underwent the Trial of the Grasses as a female adult. The Elder Blood may have saved her from dying in these trials, while taking all these mutagens and poisons...but it completely scraps her God-Mode powers. So she reverts back to the magic Yenn taught her in addition to whatever signs she learns from Geralt. Easy peasy.
All ill say is, there is no one and i mean no one that can fill those shoes of Geralt, the only one that can do it closely is Ciri and for me its the most logical choice. never really liked the idea of creating ur own witcher, its gonna be too disconnected and flat, i felt that with Cyberpunk. Im so happy its her
Yeah and the fact that there's already someone who should've filled the shoes of becoming Empress after Emhyr, that being False Ciri. Who btw was cut from TW3.
nobody commenting on this comment understands what OP was talking about. He is talking about Elder Blood and the witcher trials. Not her becoming Empress..
God i can't wait to play this i'm a big Ciri fan and her older look, she might be in her early to mid 30's. Also i'm honestly surprised that Ciri is the main character given her legit God like powers and endings from TW3 but if they find a way to make it work and make sense then i don't mind.
I feel kind of… disappointed that it’s Ciri? As much as I love their story, I was looking forward to something new in the Witcher universe, a fresh set of characters to learn about and have fun with, as opposed to all the lore and baggage they have to keep navigating with Ciri and Geralt. It almost feels like a crutch now for the developers to be still hanging on to Ciri when the ending of Witcher 3 felt so conclusive for her and Geralt. And yeah, it feels like they’re making our choices in Witcher 3 mean nothing, yet again.
Honestly, in a way our choices are able to be integrated. Ofc, with a pinch of salt. She's older and things happen. Either way, the thing worrying me is more the overall story rather than the smaller details. As in what can happen to the style of storytelling and the social commentary
Me too. If got didn’t play the other games you have no reason to jump blindly into this one and not understand anything. Witcher world with a new story would have been the smartest
I agree. I was looking forward to seeing new witchers and making my own to build up maybe while being mentored by the old characters but not having them as the main story plot.
@SunniMerlot honestly, this is witcher not skyrim, I always played it for the characters, that includes the playable char. I am afraid of them doing a The last of us 2 show again...
What I understood about the trailer is that there is an underlying theme of defying destiny and fate. The beginning dialogue is by the father talking about her daughter but that also parallels exactly what Ciri has gone through. At the end it is mentioned about fulfilling her destiny which is to sacrifice herself for the "greater good". Ciri's story is similar in the sense she had no choice of the fact that she is a descendent of Lara Dorren and her destiny and fate has been preordained to fulfill her prophecy. It is well known that she hates this and she has lost much and suffered greatly because of it. Which means she hates a part of her self which she has no control over, her blood. So after the events of the WItcher 3 it is possible that she wants to find a way to get rid of the elder blood and rid of this burden that has befallen her. Even in the trailer the beast she is fighting is constantly playing on the fact that she cannot defy her fate and destiny, she cannot change it. It is something it feeds on, or maybe it feeds on the fear of individuals. The themes of fate and destiny is once again clearly the central theme of the story. So maybe Yennefer found a way to get rid of her elder blood genes and let's not forget in the Witcher 3 she found a way to do the trial of the grasses and maybe she found a way to use some of her magic to protect Ciri or maybe it is because of Ciri's Elder Blood that she can even survive. I am pretty confident that Ciri is a special case, because well she is who she is and she is an exception to the rule that a girl cannot survive the trial of the grasses. Instead of killing her, the trials kills her blood. So Ciri makes a choice, and decides to become a full Witcher and become a mutant. Maybe the mutations completely change your DNA so, it is possible it causes her to lose all her powers and become free of her elder blood, which she sees as a curse. And that is why she becomes a full Witcher. I do hope we actually see this happen in the story and not just happen off screen. It is a good way to start a prologue or an ACT 1 which would set up the story for the rest of the Saga. Ciri is free of the Elder Blood losing her powers, but she is now born anew as a mutant where she will struggle throughout the game and find a new purpose and live a different kind of hardship but this time by her choice. Sounds like a pretty damn premise for a story imo. I have concerns, and I do hope they do it justice. Because there is a good story there if she undergoes the trials to become free of the Elder Blood and find a new purpose.
@@urcitenieja848 Yep that's my other theory. But I don't like the whole white frost thing personally. Sapkowski wrote himself into a corner with this one as it never really got anywhere in the books. But that is one way to explain it.
Great hypothesis you should email this to the new senior/lead writer at CDPR, because that lady doesn't give a damn about breaking lore or bother to give any type justification, that is if you go by her work until now.
@@franciscor390 I know who you're talking about. She is working on the Cyberpunk team not Witcher. So it doesn't really matter for this game. Also going by her work she was writer for Control and Control had a really really good story. I don't agree with her ideology, I hate seeing people tweet bullshit like that, but I can separate art from the artist very easily. It is not indicative of the product they make most of the time. There are have been many great stories throughout history by both far right and far left individuals throughout history, one must not forget art can transcend ideology if they truly care about the art they make. One of my favourite movies ever is The Pianist. But it's made by a rapist pedophile Roman Polanski. If I ever met this person, It would be hard to resist beating him within an inch of his life. However, he is a fantastic filmmaker. It's not very difficult to separate art from the artist. I know that is a very foreign concept to the younger generation nowadays.
My guess she had to give them up for the mutations under some extreme circumstances Bc I saw someone say her powers are genetics and well if the trails change Ur genetics then it kinda makes sense and may explain how she survived
Same for me, i i love the idea of playing as Ciri the witcher, just no idea how she became an actual witcher and i hope to hear the explanation of how that happened.
They got some explanation to do, thats for sure. Geralt raised her with the clear statement that being a witcher is never worth it. So they have to create a necessity for her to even undergo a procedure eveyone, who cares for her, hates. Her appearance is weird but so was Geralts in 'A Night to remember' so we'll see. But her being able to survive the trial of the grasses, someone undertaking it with her (presumably someone she loves and trusts) and her not using her actual powers is weird. They might be able to pull it off so it makes sense but thats a loooot of retcon
that doesn't make sense, Yen constantly struggled with being infertile why would help Ciri who she viewed as he daughter go through the same thing. Ciri had her own pathway to make her a Witcher betrays her entire character model and the story of the Witcher. which is a story of a breed of begins that were created to deal with monsters that are no longer needed so they are no longer created. that is what made Geralt. they should of just continued her story
That makes no sense, Yennifer would never turn Ciri into an infertile mutant, especially when the process had a very high chance of killing her. That's completely against everything Yennifer stands for.
@@d.mat.zero6525 You put me in a very weird spot. After so strong argument by you I feel obligated to argue in favor of the point I mocked in my comment above. I can try but I would rather have you accept that my comment ended up on a joke as obviously loving mother would never mutated her child.
After rereading i can see what you were talking about. Interpreting the written can be difficult these days. An easy way to display sarcasm is ending with an ellipsis (…) their symbolizing you are omitting the sarcasm disclaimer. But you do you!
I can kind of understand why Ciri underwent the trial of the grasses. She survived the White Frost; there are none as powerful as her, so she's an exception. As to why she'd want to undergo it in the first place... Maybe she knew it would replace the powers she can't control/ elven blood (which she has always hated, as they make her feel used) with the mutations of a Witcher (which is what she wants to become).
But I thought that there couldn’t be any more witchers. The process was supposed to be lost with the destruction of all the witcher schools and the mages responsible. Sure they give Avallach some of the stuff in Witcher 3 but that was only part of the process of making a Witcher.
This got me exited. But as you said, it all stands and falls with the way Ciri becomes a Witcher-Witcher. Though I think Ciri looks somewhat off, maybe it's part of the transmutation or she's older?
I could easily see her swearing off the elder blood. Since it's made her whole life hell and all. I also think she isn't the leader of the new witcher school, but Geralt is. I can see her trying to persuade him that the world still needs witchers, and they should try to make more. Only for him to say that even if he agreed, the other ones in the school of wolf would never agree to it. So she says then let's make our own, and you can be the leader. Then he will reluctantly take it eventually, if it means being able to help her. So Geralt will be the new vesemir basically
So you'd rather none of the endings matter because and no matter what choice you make it won't come up again or the choice is largely irrelevant. The ending you picked in the last game DOES matter because picking it would have led to a different universe. Not being picked canon doesn't mean it didn't matter, having the choice be irrelevant because the next game happens no matter what means it doesn't matter. Say for instance, Ciri becomes Empress but is later deposed and becomes a Witcher anyway, then your choice didn't matter, A or B. Ciri becomes a Witcher.
Yeah because I'm sure u picked the ending in which Geralt is a bad parent and Ciri dies and was convinced that was cannon. Of the three main endings, only one feels like a true ending, since Ciri becoming empress goes against her character in the books and the game. The endings that are considered "bad" could never be cannon because they reflect the player agency when playing as Geralt, and not the choices Geralt himself would make.
I saw a bunch of reviews/commentary videos drop on the Witcher IV video yesterday, but have been awaiting your take on it, and I was not disappointed. As to the water magic. In the books, all magic is drawn from a source, water, earth, air, or fire, fire having evil aspects. Drawing on water to cast a spell is very much book lore accurate and hopefully speaks to a lore accurate direction for Witcher IV. As to the ability of a female to become a Witcher, in game lore, the School of the Cat is said to have created female Witchers. The Lynx being a species of cat, perhaps CDPR is trying to make that connection by creating the School of the Lynx. Ciri did adopt the School of the Cat pendant in the books as her symbol, so the connection exists. There is a mention in some other reviews that you will play Ciri "initially." If accurate, it may indicate there may be some initial game play as Ciri that would setup the School of the Lynx school and then transition into a player created character of the School of the Lynx. This would have the benefit of opening game play up to both female characters as well as male characters. Looking forward to your future thoughts on Witcher IV. Bourbon
Update: Just saw the related CDPR press release so it does appear Ciri will be the player character, and there will be no player created options. I'm personally disappointed in this as I was looking forward to having my own personal journey through the world of the Witcher.
My theory is Ciri was so upset from losing people like vesemir and skjal that she swore an oath to never use her elder blood abilities, and decides to become a true witcher because she wants to help people.
In my opinion the series (at least the books) have always been about Ciri, even more so in the later books. It also makes sense, her sene of following her dreams andsense of purpous, which I feel like being a Witcher really does allow. She wants freedom in her life after being hunted and not getting a chance at choosing what to do. Also saw a comment about her maybe losing her powers after defeating the frost, which would make sense and also help keep her somewhat not-overpowered and able to travel to an infinite amount of parrallell universes and such. It also keeops others from wating her blood as much maybe, which would actually just be a blessing. Very excitd to see her as the protagonist, she's a very interesting character and worthy f her own story!
I hear people worried about having a 'reason' to explain why Ciri isn't using the elder blood, why she's a witcher etc, and I totally get that. But the Witcher 3 is a game people love so much because the story is so good, so immersive, so well told, and the game has so much detail and breadth. I don't think it's necessary to worry that the devs won't have a good reason in the story for these things. Story and storytelling is a massive strength of the Witcher franchise. I'm looking forward to seeing what they've got for us
@@dxjjw I have zero interest in playing a female witcher. It just doesn’t fit the whole loner, monster hunter aesthetic to me. Really not interested in this game and I’ve been a fan of the series since the first game came out like 15 years ago.
@@Rodrigo-n4oso if they have a vangina they can't be a stoic loner?? Look man I have no hate to ur oppinion as long as u can still understand that siri can fit that role however if it's more u can't project urself in her shoes and immerse urself then that's fair enough I suppose
good video mate just discovered your channel.... deserve more views on this... you bring up good points I didnt even consider.. their is a bit of red flags for sure...
One thing I think they might do in the story is probably bring up the ageing process. Ciri will probably tell Geralt and Yen that they will watch her grow old and die, while they will still have many more years to stay alive because both of them can live for hundreds of years but not Ciri. So that is probably gonna be the way Ciri tries to talk them into letting her go through the process. I mean let's be honest the one thing that you would probably give up your OP powers for is hundreds of additional years to your lifespan, and Geralt and Yen would probably be righfully terrified of the prospect of watching Ciri grow old and die while they are still pretty young in "sorceress" years and "witcher" years. Just a thought I had.
I don't think CDPR is being subtle. I think the opening dialogue from father to daughter is as much CDPR talking to Ciri as it was for the story of the trailer. I also do not think the monster telling Ciri that she cannot change fate is a coincidence - I think the frost will be back. It's even teased in the Lynx medallion image. CDPR has a chance to do something awesome with one of the best game stories ever made. If they give a good reason for this happening to Ciri (hopefully with every ending to the previous game) and make her an interesting character who can be vulnerable - then it could be a great story. If they make her a bland 'girl boss' type who goes around talking down to people and such then this franchise could die (at least for me) pretty quick.
@@randomfactsthatdontmatter3466 I think it's coming back. Pretty sure the prophecy was that it was going to be Ciri's child that stops the whole ordeal, not Ciri herself. So maybe during this trilogy Ciri gets knocked up, gets a child surprise, finds a relative or something like that.
I think they could write it in a way that the events of WC3 left her elder blood magic diminished, at least for a while but probably something that could come back during the game or the triology. In an German Interview with two of the devs they talked about that Ciri gives them more room for combat variety and that was clearly a nod towards her witcher powers. Storytelling and gameplay wise it makes sense for them to build her up over time but probably will be hard to get that right.
I read an interesting post on reddit. Someone posed the question that maybe she lost her elder blood powers saving the world from the white frost at the end of witcher 3. Curious what your thoughts on this theory are.
imagine later into the game, there will be a part where you get to play as geralt for a little bit like how we got to play as ciri in witcher 3, hes older, slower, weaker and maybe its like a situation where he has to fight one last time to protect his daughter and maybe something bad happens because you know cdpr, there is always something bad happening, i would actually bawl crying if that happens
she flipped that monster by pulling on the chain like it was a chihuahua on a leash, I mean that thing looks like it weighs 2 tons and she made a ragdoll out of it at one point.
she was drawing energy from water . That's something yenefer taught her to do in order to use magic. So Siri still has magic abilities, or she's able to super charge signs
I agree with you basically. Think it wasn’t the best move as playing Siri as the protagonist. However if they can tell a great story and make it fit then it could be very good. But, if they do anything short of nailing the story and filling in the blanks it will be awful.
I think this trailer is the middle or possibly even expansion part of the game. The start of the game will likely intro to everything maybe quite some time after W3B&W & comics events. Everything will be explained properly since Ciri becoming full witcher & the new school of lynx creation clearly very much related.
True but I feel as if it will be shown via false backs for gameplay purposes bc otherwise u wouldn't really get into the whole withering part for a while yk
She-witchers have been a thing since The Witcher was first brought to tabletop gaming back in the (I believe) 90s. I know there was a female Witcher in the old Hexer tv show. Likewise, a series of official short stories published back in 2017 confirmed that the process to create new Witchers was rediscovered following the 2nd Conjunction. As for no Elder Blood; in my mind she either burnt through it when she went against the White Frost or found some other way to divest herself of it later, she did have quite a bit of hatred for it in the Wild Hunt. And given that she always wanted to be a true Witcher, going through the Trials seems entirely in character for her. As for me, I’m really excited about adding that chain to the combat system. Wild Hunt combat really started to feel same-y after a few playthroughs, like that they’re mixing it up.
In witcher 3 Geralt out right says girls can't become Witchers.. What I think is that it's Ciri's Elder blood that makes her able to under go the mutations
Was hoping for a new set of Witchers(custom character or not) with maybe a Geralt cameo Hopefully it pulls a AC where you play as one character then play as their child later
I have a horrible feeling Geralt will be unceremoniously murdered and that's what pushes Ciri down this road. It would be nice if all the endings were respected from TW3 and somehow eventually connect to the same story thread in the fourth game tho.
I feel like they are going to use ciri in the worst way and squander her character. They are going to turn her into a female Gerald and abandon what she is
That’s what we all hoped for. Unfortunately big companies think if there isn’t overt, in your face brand recognition and fan service the product won’t sell.
I'm going to wait and see too, but the fact they have completely changed the way she looks to make her much more masculine and less attractive means we know what direction they're going in sadly.
@@undiscoveredjourneys6788 She just looks older. In witcher 3 she was in her early 20s, now she looks to be in her early-mid 30's. I could easily see the game taking place about 10-15 years from the events of Witcher 3 and aging her makes sense in that regard. I will agree though, some of the camera shots (those from under her chin) seem to have a weird fish eye lens effect that make seem fat or something.
@@reigenomix9287 She doesn't just look older, she clearly looks like a different person. Also witchers age extremely slowly and there are potions that stop the aging process, so she shouldn't look older anyway. Remember Yennifer is over 100.
Her drawing from the Water Vein is one of the ways sorcerers draw magic from fonts of power. Yennefer teaches her how to do that to replenish her magic. I think that confirms her conjuring is back... Besides the use of the Witcher Signs, which are also a form of magic
Can't wait for all the retcons this also reminds me of the AC shadow dircetor said always yasuke and then we had a fired artist come out and say that yasuke was added after new policies which oringaly had a Japanese monk become an assassin.
This trailer, coupled with CD projekt Red's recent policies involving DEI and ESG, is disturbing. It's not looking too good for the future. Which is a shame.
@@LNER985 While I understand the hope that there wont be any retcons, what were seeing here already constitutes significant departures from established lore. In Sapkowski's works, Ciri's path and character are explicitly tied to her unique identity as someone marked by the Elder Blood. She undergoes Witcher training but never the mutations, as stated clearly in "Blood of Elves". This isn't a minor detail, it's foundational to her arc and reinforces the fact that she doesn't need to conform to the Witcher identity to forge her own path. Turning Ciri into a fully mutated Witcher not only rewrites her character but also fundamentally alters the lore surrounding the Witcher Trials. The male-exclusive nature of Witchers was not due to sexism but because of biological and magical constraints. Introducing female Witchers feels like a shift to modern sensibilities that disrupts the established cultural and thematic framework. That's a retcon. Additionally, sidelining her Elder Blood powers, powers that are central to her very being and central to her role in the books, is another major inconsistency. If the trailer shows Ciri struggling against a monster and relying on signs and potions, while her Elder Blood abilities are absent or diminished, that's a clear rewrite of her established capabilities. Retcons like these risk alienating fans who appreciate the series for its attention to detail and the thematic weight of its lore. CDPR has been respectful of Sapkowski's vision in the past, but these changes feel more like a divergence than an evolution.
@@gynvaelbleidd OR it's literally already been hinted at the end of TW3 that her powers may be gone. She most likely used a lot of it to defeat the white frost.
This here ☝️ I think we may see more and maybe even new witchers Because the conjunction brought a tonne more monsters into the world and witchers would be needed again
The monster was first introduced in gwent. When I saw the fog hallway, I already knew what it was. Really fucking awesome to see it in animation, though.
I think Ciri would have wanted the Witcher mutagens to get night vision. It’s also possible that something happens that removed her Elder powers & so she now needs to take potions to be fast/ strong enough. & so had to do the Trials. Hope we get that as a prologue.
For anyone whining over a female protag - grow a pair and get over it. Tomb Raider never suffered under a female lead, and neither has Resident Evil, Final Fantasy, Nier Automata, Bayonetta or Stellar Blade, just to mention a few. The trailer looks awesome to me.
Nah, most of those games involved hot ass chicks which is what men want. How the hell are they going to resolve romance options? Do you really think many straight men are going to want to watch their character getting pounded by some npc? I have zero desire to role play as a lady boy witcher and will just skip this one.
@@TheDooMmarin3 what are people even talking about "still has elder blood":. the elder blood is not some super power, it's her genetics. The's been bred this way over centuries, the elves manipulating her blood line. That's a major plot point. She cannot lose her genetic code. She will always have elder blood, since that's her entire genetics.
@@LeutnantJoker you’re taking what I said way too literally lol. I’m referring to the powers specifically. Obviously, she didn’t use them in the trailer when you would think she should have. Which would imply she can’t use them.
I thought that the knowledge about how to perform the trial of the grasses was lost forever. So Ciri must have found a way around that, just to become a weaker version of herself?
The idea of Ciri being the main character in The Witcher 4 feels like a misstep to me. While Ciri is an incredible character with a deep and fascinating backstory tied to the Elder Blood, I personally can’t imagine her as the protagonist of an entire game. The Witcher series has always thrived on the immersive experience of stepping into the boots of a hardened witcher-a lone monster slayer shaped by the grueling trials of the witcher mutations and their nomadic way of life. Now, picture a game where the lead is someone like Letho of Gulet, the rugged, calculating viper with a knack for playing political chess. Or Arnaghad, the grizzled Grandmaster of the Griffin School, with his air of wisdom and dedication to chivalry. Even Evil Eye-a mysterious rogue witcher whose story is begging to be told-would bring a fresh, intriguing perspective. The depth and uniqueness of these characters could bring something entirely new to the table. In The Witcher 3, playing as Ciri, while narratively significant, didn’t resonate with me. She’s undeniably powerful, with her Elder Blood abilities and her ties to the mystical powers of the multiverse. But for me, the thrill of The Witcher comes from the grounded, gritty journey of a professional monster hunter navigating morally ambiguous choices-not a destined savior. I’ve always found it easier to immerse myself in the role of a witcher-a male character forged by hardship, battling monsters both literal and metaphorical. That rugged, wandering figure aligns with the core essence of the franchise for me. While I respect the importance of Ciri’s story, I’d prefer the next Witcher title to return to its roots, focusing on the tales of the witchers who carry silver and steel.
Exactly, and what about the Witchers who like to visit brothels? Now that experience is ruined with Ciri and they may not even allow that, or what about the classic drinking scenes with the boys? It just won't be the same vibe when you're playing with someone like ciri for an entire game. I'm good.
@@kamilszczęsny-m9d or maybe you're just an obnoxious person projecting on the internet who can't stand that some people have preferences. Get over it.
It might be that the game can pick up off of your ending from the Witcher three if you have a same file and then depending on that your story could be different (may be a reach but CDPR is hungry to make a legendary game)
The fact that they're willing to retcon the lore just to make an already established character a Witcher is not a good look, she was her own character, she did not deserve character assassination just to mold her into what they wanted, they should of just made a new character for a protagonist. This feels lazy as well, they're using a pre-established character as a crutch when they could of very much made a new character like they should of in the first place. I also don't think playing as Ciri will be very much fun if they stick to her characters personality, she is generally a very good natured person as she was literally designed to be the heroine. The games have always been defined by choice, because they're RPG's, which made sense playing as Geralt because he's generally a morally grey character. I fear that if they decide to retain her characters personality the game will be a bland heroic journey where it's just a bunch of yesses and heroics with no moral choices, whereas I also fear that if they change her character to be more morally flexible that it'll be a complete character assassination and Ciri will no longer be Ciri. Damned if you do and damned if you don't, I really don't see a single way in which this is a win.
My theory is, she lost the ability to use elder blood time-travel powers but the trial of grass removed the mental block that stopped her from using other magic that she gave up in the books after almost getting consumed by fire. Especially since witcher signs are also magic, so I think it makes sense.
My going theory is that whatever happened at the end of 3 caused a minor conjunction resulting in new monsters entering the continent (maybe some from Arthurian legends) which is why we need this new school of the lynx and a new trial of the grasses.
People kept saying that Ciri is too powerful to be a good new protagonist, but the were forgetting how absurdly powerful Geralt is in the games when compared to the books. So if they make her just as strong as Geralt, her power is actually more lore accurate, than the power of Geralt in the gameplay
the books are no longer the gauge to use when making comparisons of gameplay-lore power balance of characters. almost all fans, even those who have read the books, will be comparing ciri's power in TW4 with the end of TW3. naturally given the title progressing to #4 rather than being a new trilogy
@@lobal2 ciri nearly got killed by a common wild hunt member twice and she has to vanish multiple times when things get to hard she doesn’t dwarf Geralt
Just a theory I heard, but it could be that when Ciri had left to face the white frost the conjunction of the spheres happened once again. And as we saw in the Witcher 3, portals opened and allowed mosters to "cross over" to the witcher world. It would be possible that the portals also allowed other horrific monsters and such into the roaming wilds of the witching world.
Yep. There were about a hundred ways to improve this game, but they chose to completely bend the narrative in order to make Ciri a mutated witcher. We've been begging for a throw back in the early days of the witcher world but I guess that'll have to wait until the next decade.
“That was a huge thing for us, to make that call [to mutate Ciri], not only for her, but for the game,” explains Małgorzata Mitręga, The Witcher 4’s executive producer. “But then it's so important and still leaves so much space for imagination, like when it happened, how it happened. It's just a tease showing something, but you don't know where you will experience it and how in the game. I think it's a huge change and I hope people did not expect it.”
It’s not that we did not expect it, we just hoped for something better. Like an actual rpg where you can create your own character in the Witcher universe instead of beating a dead horse.
So in other words they threw the lore out the window and did what they wanted anyways, yikes. The "Still leaves so much space for imagination, like when it happened, how it happened," is just a long form way to say they just did it anyway even though they have no good explanation for how it's even possible. It's going be one of those suspended disbelief situations...
Maybe she had to trade her Elder Blood powers to survive the Trial of the Grasses, maybe even an unwanted side effect that was an accident could be interesting to explore. Anyways I am SO glad it's Ciri and not some "make you own Witcher" type character creator BS. But I do think they need to slightly alter her looks so she looks more similar to Witcher 3 Ciri. I mean her Profile looks EXACTLY like Ciri but I think her eyes are placed differently in her head in relation to her eyebrows, after comparing the trailer looks to the Witcher 3 looks. Yeah OCD at work right there lmao. Also the trailer looks like Skellige tbh but could be NR who knows.
@afz902k I mean he looks different because of the technology that was available at the time as compared to Witcher 3. But the Witcher 3 characters look like actual people their faces look like actually real people at least the main characters do Geralt Ciri Yen specifically a lot of work was put into making their faces look like real people, unlike Witcher 1, or even to an extent Witcher 2 who still look "video gamey" again because of technological constraints, so I expect Ciri to look like her Witcher 3 counterpart and no significant changes to her actual face. But as I said it's not that she looked completely different it's just her eyes placement.
was hoping for an entirely custom protagonist with a character creator and all that and set way in the past when witchers were in their prime. never read the books and it's been a while since i last played the trilogy so i'm not sure if ciri could even become a witcher but to be honest i never much cared for her in the first place. for me she was just a macguffin and her sections in the witcher 3 were boring and too linear for my tastes. guess we'll see
The moment when she's drawing magic from the water is a reference to the books, when ciri was a child, before the events of the Witcher 3, Yennifer taught ciri how to channel magic from nature - such as that stream there, and the magic is most similar to Yennifers lightning magic
Ciri taught Ciri...??
@sillyskeleton Gah! Didn't see that, thanks for the comment
And then she gave it up too "conjuring" type magic and could only use inherited time and space powers
Yes, Yen taught her that ... but in the Korath dessert Ciri lost her magical powers. She should not be able to use mana anymore and cast spells.
That's what I thought I remembered from the books. But it's been a hot min since I last read them.
plot twist, the main character is Dudu
*raises finger...lowers it* honestly that's not too bad of an idea
That would be kinda awesome
Nice!
She looks like Dudu 😂
ay lmao
Oh look Witcher George finally has a new Witcher game to talk about.
In 2026 perhaps
Exciting yet troubling
It's not a game, it's a cinematic reveal trailer. :]
Lol
@@connarmccain564it will take at least 4 years before the game comes out
Drawing power from the elements is something mentioned in the books, with water being the easiest to do it from. Yennefer even teaches Ciri how to do it in her training as a sorceress.
True but she relinquishes her power to use magic after she lost control drawing source from fire to save Ihuarraquax
@@johnmiller1578 Guess she decided to use it again.
This could be some kind of witcher sign but somehow upgraded, I mean stronger than signs because she's drawing from water and that's how magic works in the witcher world according to the books. I think Ciri could be the only witcher that can do that to this point since she was trained in magic and by witchers.
I just wanted to write this. I mean it is a bit embarrassing for a guy calling him self WitcherGeorge to not know this 🙄
@@kueshism348 Looked a bit like a modified aard or yrden. It's not often mentioned, but mages can use and even modify basic signs, so I think you're right.
i have a sneaking suspicion that she probably lost those powers due to stopping the frost and that shes was able to undergo the trials because of her blood
That's actually Canon
.....if you pay attention to the games and books.....she lost her powers after using all of it to destroy the white frost
@@johnnyringo35
Thats not canon in the books at all. Ciri doesnt lose her Elder Blood powers after stopping the White Frost, Sapkowski never wrote anything to suggest this. Her Elder Blood is intrinsic to her being and tied to her destiny, as explored in "The Tower of Swallows" and "Lady of the Lake". In fact, her powers are what make her a target for everyone, from Vilgefortz to Eredin.
The idea of her losing her powers seems to come from the games, where CDPR introduced interpretations that werent part of the original lore. Even in the games, though, her Elder Blood powers are dormant, not gone, and theres nothing indicating that shed need them to be "gone" to undergo the Trials of the Grasses, an idea which doesnt align with the books portrayal of Witcher mutations either. This is a huge stretch.
@@johnnyringo35people really do just make stuff up lol
@@johnnyringo35 "If you pay attention to the books..." My man has the audacity to patronize while talking straight out of his a** 💀💀🤣🤣Books have nothing to do with the witcher 3's ending. And please, do tell when/where in the game it is suggested ciri lost her powers? She literally stopped the white frost and CAME BACK, how tf did you infer she lost it? What a clown, jesus.
@@gynvaelbleidd But she didn't stop the White Frost in the books.
Her stopping the White Frost is purely a CDPR story point.
I love how her outfit is a mix of Geralt being that she’s a Witcher now and Yennifer with the black fur. Its a really nice symbol of her bond to them and her growth since becoming their daughter by choice
Ciri hated everything that came with being the child of elder blood. If she had the choice of giving that up to be a witcher, I think she would do it without question.
No she didn't? She loved the freedom of travel and seeing other worlds.
@@zatchbell5678 and that was it. she loved the travel and all, but at the end of tw3 she ultimately chose to leave all that and become a witcher just like geralt. she never liked any of the other aspects of having the elder blood.
@zatchbell5678 Your right she did like that part. I'm talking all the drama that came with it from others wanting to use her for her powers.
@@HondaRiderX17 >be a mortal god and forever be chased by people who wish to breed you
or
>be a mortal and follow in your fathers foot steps, the man who trained and bled for you.
Ciri mentions what it's like being a woman on the road so I can understand why she would pick the latter. 🤷♂
Yeah and if I could be a Jedi I’d do it without question, problem is it’s not fucking possible
The concerns you raise about Ciri's transformation into a Witcher are entirely valid, and I'd argue they go even deeper than just lore inconsistencies. Making Ciri a "true" Witcher with mutations doesn't just tweak her narrative, it fundamentally undermines her character arc and the themes she embodies in Sapkowski's work.
The term "witcher" ("wiedźmin") was deliberately crafted as a masculine counterpart to "wiedźma" (witch) in Polish. This choice reflects the male-centric experience of isolation, survival, and estrangement that defines Witchers in the books. Geralt, Eskel, Lambert, and others live with the knowledge that they are both indispensable and despised, a tension that defines their existence. To suddenly introduce female Witchers without addressing the profound cultural and linguistic implications feels like a departure from the carefully constructed foundations of the universe.
Ciri's journey, as Sapkowski wrote it, was never about becoming a Witcher. Although she undergoes rigorous training at Kaer Morhen, it is made explicitly clear in "Blood of Elves" that she does not, and cannot, undergo the mutations. Vesemir and the other Witchers recognize her potential, but they also understand that her destiny lies elsewhere. Her Elder Blood, her connection to Ithlinne's prophecy, and her struggle to forge her own path are central to her narrative. To quote paraphrased dialogue from "Blood of Elves": "She is not like us, Vesemir. She was never meant to be."
The absence of her Elder Blood powers in the trailer is especially concerning. It risks stripping Ciri of what makes her unique, forcing her into the Witcher mold simply to justify keeping the series' title format. Ciri's story was about rejecting societal roles and expectations, not conforming to them. In "The Time of Contempt", her escape from Thanedd isn't just physical, it's symbolic of her refusal to be a pawn in the games of others. Her arc is about agency, not assimilation.
The theory of Ciri founding the School of the Lynx also feels misaligned with her character. Ciri has never been an institution-builder it's a wanderer, a survivor, and, ultimately, a seeker of freedom. In "The Lady of the Lake", she rejects the rigid structures of both the human and elven worlds, choosing instead to carve out her own destiny. Founding a Witcher school feels antithetical to her essence.
Additionally, the decision to make Ciri a Witcher ignores the deeply tragic themes tied to the profession. Witchers are a dying breed, relics of a world that no longer values their kind. Their sterility, the horrors of the Trials, and their societal rejection are key to their narrative weight. Expanding the Trials to include women doesn't feel like progress it feels like a dilution of the tragedy that defines them.
I can't help but feel that this direction risks sacrificing the carefully crafted themes and cultural authenticity that made "The Witcher" resonate so deeply. CDPR built their reputation on respecting and expanding Sapkowski's work with care. This move, however, feels like a step toward broader appeal at the cost of the series' integrity.
on point
This is a great post.
However I disagree with the 'broader appeal' part at the end. I do think that is what CDPR is intending to do, but I think that could very easily backfire on them if this is not done extremely well. Going from a traditionally masculine character that was part of the original source material to a female character who they are completing changing at the expense of all of the original lore/source material doesn't seem like a careful step toward broader appeal...
It seems like a risky leap that could break the back of the company if they don't knock it out of the park.
They signed SBI as consultants. Lore matters no more.
This is where I am at. Her being a Witcher signals the beginning of a decline
Sorry man, cdpr gone woke and this people can do is destroy the lore of our beloved characters and make everyone a girls boss. It is very sad that they are following this path, just like many other franchises by trying to add women everywhere. Im very disapointed with this, another woke game, for sure
1:10 In Blood of Elves it's revealed she was fed the trial grasses and mushrooms in small quantities as a child and that it did give her minor mutations to her speed and strength. So she was already partially a witcher. It's possible her full mutation is going to be a gradual change rather than all at once.
This makes sense. Previous microdosing on mutations + elder blood + some years of research could perhaps make it possible for minor mutations to have an enhanced effect if it is channeled with sorcery/elder blood rituals. It's just a theory for now i guess, but it seems more sensible than Geralt and Yennefer in torturing Ciri by assisting her in the full trial of the grasses
Not the trial of grasses. In the book they say herbs and mushrooms. Nothing about the trials of grasses for ciri in any doses.
Bro the trial of glasses is a bunch of potions they pour down ur throat that burns ur inside she wasn’t fed that they wouldn’t feed her insane pain and torture they had to go through that has a chance to kill her
@@onearmedwolf6512 well the witchers claim the shrooms and herbs were harmless...so it probably mutated her :)
@@onearmedwolf6512 She gains long lasting strength and ability from her training making her a superior sword fighter. Maybe thats just unjustified writing by the author or .. those herbs/mushrooms did something more 😂 it is left ambiguous.
I think the explanation will be that she lost her powers when she got rid of the white frost which resulted in her actually needing the mutations to become a Witcher (which Yen probably would’ve done for her) because the rest of the Witchers hate the trials of the grasses and think they shouldn’t be done anymore. I think the game might even explore the idea of her slowly regaining her elder blood powers (that’s why the voice says you can’t change destiny or whatever, cuz she is always destined for more than just being a Witcher). I also think they wrote themselves an out with ciri as empress when she visited Geralt in Corvo Bianco and told him she was unsure if she was going to keep her position as empress.
Yennefer from the books would never subject ciri th the trials tho ❤
@@duckonquack6969 she would if that’s what Ciri wanted. Especially if she was dead set on becoming a Witcher, she would likely need the mutations if she lost her ability to use her elder blood. That was the main reason she didn’t need them before. It could also be a Thing where her elder blood made the trials easier on her and that’s why she was able to be the first female Witcher.
@TheFightConnoisseur possibly, the only way I could see yen doing it is if she found away to do it safely. Either way hopefully they do it with care
@ yeah you’re right, maybe Yen wouldn’t do it but one of the sorceresses would lol.
@TheFightConnoisseur I mean if ciri still has access to her elder blood she could literally travel where ever and when ever she wanted, she could go into the past b4 all the witchers died! Who knows
The Witcher saga's greatest moral is that humans are the true monsters
No it's that pretty much everyone is a monster lol.
Not just humans, but also elves, dwarves, gods, any sentient creature with free will.
You haven't paid attention, have you? The true monsters of the Witcher world are the elves. All my homies hate the elves.
Vernon Roche ftw 💪💪💪
humans… le bad!
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I hope the Elder blood is something like a "burst mode" in the game. You can't use it permanently, but you can drain a resource and use it for a specific time and also upgrade it in a skill tree.
Because when there was one thing I hated about the old witcher games, it was Geralts extremely limited movepool and skilltree options.
So the chain Ciri uses is also a welcome addition.
Maybe she just lost her memory and thus forgot how to use the Elder blood skills, and during the game you discover that power again. Probably a gameplay decision so you're not an OP demigod-like entity right at the start of the game.
@@afz902k It would be really goofy to re-trek the main plot point driving the original trilogy of games past the books, especially Witcher 1, which is getting a remake sometime soon. Ciri at the end of W3 is too OP for being a Witcher honestly, the only logical path they could take is her losing all or almost all of her powers after stopping the White frost.
I heard that even if she loses her powers, the sword that Geralt gave her was also made by Avallac'h and that as long as she wields it, it would give her momentary power for magic and witcher's ability to consume potions. Like, it grants her a limited time to be a witcher. Heard it from my brother, he heard the audiobooks.
He also said that the magic she used made sense because Yen taught her to do water element since young age in the book, so I guess the trailer made sense and he checked out.
Woah I've never heard of a mechanic like that. You should patent it!
It’s come to light that CDPR’s current lore designer, Cian Maher, has some rather concerning views when it comes to respecting The Witcher’s source material. This is someone who praised Netflix’s The Witcher series for its "valid" changes, despite the sweeping deviations that undermined key characters and themes. Even more baffling, he openly enjoyed Blood Origin, a prequel so disastrous it’s practically synonymous with failure at this point.
The fact that someone with such a cavalier attitude toward lore integrity is now shaping the direction of Witcher 4 is troubling. It raises valid questions about how well CDPR will handle the nuances of Ciri’s character and the established canon. For those of us who value Sapkowski’s work, this isn’t just skepticism, it’s genuine concern.
If we’ve learned anything from the Netflix debacle, it’s that deviations in the name of creative freedom often lead to erasing what makes these stories resonate in the first place. CDPR made their name by honoring the books. Let’s hope they don’t forget where their success came from.
If he's in charge of lore, this game is dead on arrival.
So disappointing.
A good catch is also that the monologue from the old man in the beginning also translates to Ciri, how she was a curious devilish girl who grew up to be a kind person.
true , this analysis was very mid
@@sillylittlesheepjax6009 You wanna know another good catch? The girl only died because it seems Ciri, despite being trained by Witchers, don't understand how people they saved are endangered by traditions or such. In the trailer for Geralt, it was more of a choice to save the girl being hanged, contemplating on whether he should save her. He's calm and composed. Here, Ciri is much more emotional probably due to her becoming a Witcher at an older age so she doesn't exactly know how her choices impact those she saves. She must have been doing only hunting missions with no sacrificial victims, so she didn't see the girl being killed by villagers scared. Geralt was asked what he was doing, and he said "killing monsters" calmly, whereas Ciri I think was more outraged but also in disbelief. I dunno just my take. It's kind of a stretch, but it's fun making analysis even if I'm wrong :P
@@lunarketchup8829 the developers said is because she's a young witcher and still learning the path while forging her own codex, which by the time of the trailer is using her abilities to try and help everyone she can, but that doesn't always work, as normally doesn't work in that world in general
@@sillylittlesheepjax6009 cause the writing is mid.
6:50 It's possible she lost her elder blood powers at the end of the last conjunction. We never see her use them again after that for the remainder of the finale.
Was there a point where she needed to it use it though?
Teleport because she felt too lazy to walk? 😂
@@tominieminen66 In Blood and Wine DLC, if Ciri arrives to Geralt in Corvo Bianco, she describes him how she killed a Katakan using a darkblood potion. Btw, I clearly remember that no one was giving a shit about her drinking a toxic potion back in a day, not unlike now. The point is, that was the moment her abilities to instantly teleport could came in clutch, but for some reason she dealt with threat with a witcher potion.
@Mish_Age throughout the series people have always been wanted the power her blood possessed. Perhaps the story is someone took her powers and she needs to stop them
@@kityhawk2000 Seems unlikely for me, that anyone could literally steal her power to command time and space. Everyone just wanted to somehow control her personally or force her to give birth to a child, which will become the Messiah, and to control him/her, even her own father. When I learned it first time, I was shocked, ngl. Imo, she just lost her Elder Blood powers after conducting the Trial of the Grasses, cause they are connected to her ancestor Lara Dorren literally through blood, and her blood must have been altered after mutations. But, apparently, it didn’t affect her abilities to draw energy from elements to cast sorceress spells, which she regained at some point in time. And the most important and tough part to discuss, her motivation to even consider to undergo the Trial could have been the fact that she will become infertile after the Trial, thus no one will try to force her to preserve the Lara Dorren’s bloodline. This way she will escape the Ithlinne's Prophecy completely. She herself saved the Neverland from the White Frost already and she can no longer give birth to a child.
The sign she cast was Heliotrop (an OG book sign).
I’m super excited for it. I think there will be a good explanation for why/how Ciri became a Witcher. Let’s go!
Reason she the witches now, commie pawn ESG $$$$. Fight against evil for real.. Ignore this game! :0
glad it was ciri, adds some character and continues the relationship we had with her from TW3. creating your own character always feels like it lacks a soul and personality. as long as they explain how she became a witcher following the lore accurately I could not be happier.
I see what you're saying but personally, I'm disappointed with their decision
She is NOT a witcher (yeah, she learned how to be a witcher, but she is NOT a witcher)
Idk how they decided that she's all of a sudden gone through mutation... it's a stretch...
They should've gone with the "create a witcher" path and start a new trilogy
Idk, I just was really really disappointed
Everything will be explained in the game, you are assuming a lot of things@@gilado85
@gilado85 I wouldn't have minded a new trilogy on new characters, although again not a create a Witcher. the character always tends to lack personality and therefore isn't very like able. however since they're continuing this timeline ciri was the organic choice. as long as they find a solid and good reason to explain why and how she became a witcher then I'll be pleased. at the end of the day, the gameplay will most likely be sick so that's also something to look forward to.
@@gilado85they can still do create your own witcher in a spin off witcher title … i don’t mind the mainline games continuing with Ciri
@@fernoflakeI don't know if that's true fallout had some of the best storytelling I've ever seen most of us are guys we don't want to play a 135 lb girl
The German magazine Gamestar also did an interview with CDPR, among other things it was revealed, that the monster shown in the trailer is called Bauk, a creature based in the Serbian mythology.
Ciri not wanting to, or being able to use her Elder Blood power and instead relying on Witcher mutations and techniques... She was lucky the monster wanted to monologue instead of killing her.
9:30 Well yes Ciri HAS a lot to tell. It is the story of someone who proves that you can forge your own destiny : she chose her parents, she chose her path and now she choses to be a witcher. I think it is a very uplifting tale for all. There is always a way to make your own destiny and who better than Ciri to prove that !
I mean, didn’t Geralt claim the lore of surprise to have ciri and due to that she became his daughter and he also wove Yennefer and his fate via his wish. So the only one who chose is him.
One thing that i don't see anyone talking about that is quite crucial i'd say, is that in the Witcher 3 we are told several times that witchers are becoming obsolete because there are very few monsters around the continent left and a good majority that are left are less powerful ones that normal humans can take out like drowners for example, and since we see here an older Ciri that is roughly 10-20 years older my question is how are there still any left after all that time and more so why start an entier new school of the witchers if they are not needed???
Personally i really do not buy this story that Ciri started the new Lynx school, makes no sense why she would subjugate anyone to the Trial of Grasses, and as mentioned before why would you need more witchers when there are no monsters left. Someone might say that the brief conjunction of spheres that happened in the Witcher 3 brought a good amount to Earth but i really find it hard to believe it had such an impact and didn't it happen only in Skellige?
They either need to make up a new reason as to way the Lynx school was founded our none of this shit makes any sense and is simply a plot hole.
At the end of Witcher 3 they unleashed a ton of monsters again the exact same way it happened initially in the first place. Probably brought new ones this time as well
Who says Ciri started a Lynx school? Let the amulet just be a token Geralt had made for her as a gift and fatherly sign of approval. Could be anything really.
And even though hordes of emotionless monster slaying witchers are obsolete... during Witcher 3 there was still a lot to do, and many Monsters were human. Every world always needs someone fighting for justice, the downtrodden and poor :-)
Bet there are still hundreds of Lechen, trolls and Nekkers in Kovir and the Blue Mountains. Enough for 85 hours of gaming fun
The original monsters came in during the conjugation of the spheres and at the end of Witcher 3 during the ending fight, another conjugation was starting, she was able to stop it, but I can imagine a bunch of monsters were able to slip through
@@Llanovanya85 There's an interview where the devs say Ciri is creating her own witcher codex. That implies a new school imo. I think it's the IGN interview
Bro. It's fiction. They can say there was a magic fart that spawned millions of monsters everywhere. None of it really makes sense anyways.
I’m positive. I feel like if they made a new character people would be saying why didn’t they use Ciri… I can’t wait for the interactions with Grandmaster Geralt
Really wished we got a prequel when the schools were at their height. I'm gonna miss that brotherhood element that the witchers had. Also with ESG, the decision to make Ciri the protag doesn't instil confidence that they were in someway coerced into going down this route.
You and me both my friend.
I agree fully with the concerns, but CDPR’s writers are the best in the business. If they want to do a saga with Ciri, I’m fully on board.
I didn’t see any D I V E R S I T Y in the trailer either.
Now that I think about it, it makes sense for Ciri to be the next protagonist. I think CDPR are holding off the "create your own witcher" for their multiplayer game. Earlier into the book plot would be interesting but there really arent many well known witchers we can follow.
Why can't we get games for men anymore lol. We have warhammer I guess. I love Ciri but making her super masculine just isn't it.
I'd have loved a prequel as well, they couldve done something with a younger Vesemir or an entirely new protagonist. I wouldnt have felt so apprehensive as I do now, because I can't see a way in which Ciri is a Witcher and has lost or no connection to her elder blood powers that doesn't undermine the lore and themes in the books.
I really hope CDPR know what they're doing and don't take a dump on the Golden Fleece.
1:57 maybe she lose it when defeated the white frost?
would probably make the best explanation. and with the witcheress ending geralt heavily influenced ciri to do what she wants with her life and not be defined by her abilities. The most logical thing that would happen after returning without the elder blood would be to continue on as a witcher. The actual mutation part will probably not make much sense if its explained at all, and we will just have to suspend our disbelief.
@tuleau maybe they can explain the mutation fully.we can have hope
Could be. She does also mention in W3 at one point that she can reject her Elder Blood power like she did with her mage powers in the books. So... maybe she fully rejected them and lost those powers? Although she did say she didn't want to stop travelling the multiverse but no endings has her doing that
That would make sense or maybe she lost it on purpose during the trial? She never wanted those powers so it would make sense too I guess.
@@tuleau to be fair, it made no sense why woman couldn't be Witcher to begin with. The "girls bodies are just too weak" narrative presented by the lore is just a lame excuse.
In the books, signs could be used regardless of mutations, it has to do with magical skill and practice. I’m curious about the Witcher eyes too but there may be explanations. The fact she’s a Source probably allowed it to be easier if she was mutated. Also this idea that girls can’t be Witchers is a strange myth I keep seeing. It’s briefly touched on in the books but it’s just no girl has survived the mutations. And the school of the wolf are too fractured and old to even remember. Witchers were already dying out. Edit: devs confirmed she went through the trial of grasses.
The devs have already stated in an IGN interview that Ciri went through the trial of grasses. So no, this isn't open to interpretation, they clearly stated she's now mutated.
@ wasn’t aware. Thanks for clarifying.
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I already hate the new CDPR from that alone.
I wanted Ciri to be the main protag, but not like this
Or, she could've just recruited the help of one literally omnipotent dude. You know, the guy who sells mirrors
The price would be high, tho
why she is basically her destiny to be one. SHE IS THE CHILD OF DESTINY because of the wicher pact. That is her connection thie Gerald . Wtf are you guys talking even ?
Wasn't confusing for me. To me, watching this...I immediately thought, she underwent the Trial of the Grasses as a female adult. The Elder Blood may have saved her from dying in these trials, while taking all these mutagens and poisons...but it completely scraps her God-Mode powers. So she reverts back to the magic Yenn taught her in addition to whatever signs she learns from Geralt. Easy peasy.
All ill say is, there is no one and i mean no one that can fill those shoes of Geralt, the only one that can do it closely is Ciri and for me its the most logical choice. never really liked the idea of creating ur own witcher, its gonna be too disconnected and flat, i felt that with Cyberpunk. Im so happy its her
been waiting specifically for you to upload your analysis.
Thank you! I'll try and do an even more in-depth one soon
So Ciri decided to gain less power, and possible kill herself in the process, for?
@@revben Ciri would never want to be empress that was a dumb choice to begin with if you’ve read the books
Yeah and the fact that there's already someone who should've filled the shoes of becoming Empress after Emhyr, that being False Ciri. Who btw was cut from TW3.
She hates her powers and always wanted to be a Witcher instead
nobody commenting on this comment understands what OP was talking about.
He is talking about Elder Blood and the witcher trials.
Not her becoming Empress..
@@killmonger5097No it dosen't as she cannot be a witcher
Looks nice. But I gotta say, one of the main reasons past Witcher games are so loved is that Geralt was very relatable for many guys.
LOL gamers are virgins and incels and geralt is a chad who loves and has a lot of sex with woman i never seen less relatabe protagonist for gamersLOL
God i can't wait to play this i'm a big Ciri fan and her older look, she might be in her early to mid 30's. Also i'm honestly surprised that Ciri is the main character given her legit God like powers and endings from TW3 but if they find a way to make it work and make sense then i don't mind.
I feel kind of… disappointed that it’s Ciri? As much as I love their story, I was looking forward to something new in the Witcher universe, a fresh set of characters to learn about and have fun with, as opposed to all the lore and baggage they have to keep navigating with Ciri and Geralt. It almost feels like a crutch now for the developers to be still hanging on to Ciri when the ending of Witcher 3 felt so conclusive for her and Geralt. And yeah, it feels like they’re making our choices in Witcher 3 mean nothing, yet again.
Honestly, in a way our choices are able to be integrated. Ofc, with a pinch of salt. She's older and things happen. Either way, the thing worrying me is more the overall story rather than the smaller details. As in what can happen to the style of storytelling and the social commentary
Me too. If got didn’t play the other games you have no reason to jump blindly into this one and not understand anything. Witcher world with a new story would have been the smartest
I agree. I was looking forward to seeing new witchers and making my own to build up maybe while being mentored by the old characters but not having them as the main story plot.
Exactly, absolutely huge let down. If you're excited for Ciri more power to you, but that reveal ruined the whole game awards for me.
@SunniMerlot honestly, this is witcher not skyrim, I always played it for the characters, that includes the playable char. I am afraid of them doing a The last of us 2 show again...
I would guess that Ciri somehow lost her powers or it got stolen? Having it stolen and retreiving it back would make an interesting story imo
What I understood about the trailer is that there is an underlying theme of defying destiny and fate. The beginning dialogue is by the father talking about her daughter but that also parallels exactly what Ciri has gone through. At the end it is mentioned about fulfilling her destiny which is to sacrifice herself for the "greater good". Ciri's story is similar in the sense she had no choice of the fact that she is a descendent of Lara Dorren and her destiny and fate has been preordained to fulfill her prophecy. It is well known that she hates this and she has lost much and suffered greatly because of it. Which means she hates a part of her self which she has no control over, her blood. So after the events of the WItcher 3 it is possible that she wants to find a way to get rid of the elder blood and rid of this burden that has befallen her. Even in the trailer the beast she is fighting is constantly playing on the fact that she cannot defy her fate and destiny, she cannot change it. It is something it feeds on, or maybe it feeds on the fear of individuals. The themes of fate and destiny is once again clearly the central theme of the story.
So maybe Yennefer found a way to get rid of her elder blood genes and let's not forget in the Witcher 3 she found a way to do the trial of the grasses and maybe she found a way to use some of her magic to protect Ciri or maybe it is because of Ciri's Elder Blood that she can even survive. I am pretty confident that Ciri is a special case, because well she is who she is and she is an exception to the rule that a girl cannot survive the trial of the grasses. Instead of killing her, the trials kills her blood. So Ciri makes a choice, and decides to become a full Witcher and become a mutant. Maybe the mutations completely change your DNA so, it is possible it causes her to lose all her powers and become free of her elder blood, which she sees as a curse. And that is why she becomes a full Witcher. I do hope we actually see this happen in the story and not just happen off screen.
It is a good way to start a prologue or an ACT 1 which would set up the story for the rest of the Saga. Ciri is free of the Elder Blood losing her powers, but she is now born anew as a mutant where she will struggle throughout the game and find a new purpose and live a different kind of hardship but this time by her choice. Sounds like a pretty damn premise for a story imo.
I have concerns, and I do hope they do it justice. Because there is a good story there if she undergoes the trials to become free of the Elder Blood and find a new purpose.
Sounds unconvincing but that's one way to explain it
Either this or she lost them in the end of w3 seems most likely
@@urcitenieja848 Yep that's my other theory.
But I don't like the whole white frost thing personally. Sapkowski wrote himself into a corner with this one as it never really got anywhere in the books. But that is one way to explain it.
Great hypothesis you should email this to the new senior/lead writer at CDPR, because that lady doesn't give a damn about breaking lore or bother to give any type justification, that is if you go by her work until now.
@@franciscor390 I know who you're talking about. She is working on the Cyberpunk team not Witcher. So it doesn't really matter for this game. Also going by her work she was writer for Control and Control had a really really good story. I don't agree with her ideology, I hate seeing people tweet bullshit like that, but I can separate art from the artist very easily. It is not indicative of the product they make most of the time. There are have been many great stories throughout history by both far right and far left individuals throughout history, one must not forget art can transcend ideology if they truly care about the art they make.
One of my favourite movies ever is The Pianist. But it's made by a rapist pedophile Roman Polanski. If I ever met this person, It would be hard to resist beating him within an inch of his life. However, he is a fantastic filmmaker. It's not very difficult to separate art from the artist. I know that is a very foreign concept to the younger generation nowadays.
Why would she undergone through the mutations though that's dumb. That just makes no sense she was stronger without it.
So they can put her as the main character and say look she's a witcher too now hurray 🎉✨
probably lost her powers at some point stopping that white frost
My guess she had to give them up for the mutations under some extreme circumstances
Bc I saw someone say her powers are genetics and well if the trails change Ur genetics then it kinda makes sense and may explain how she survived
@@DragonRoyZ but then she could have used magic solely and be as strong as any Witcher.
@@RodgerSkelton I'm keen to know once the game comes out
Same for me, i i love the idea of playing as Ciri the witcher, just no idea how she became an actual witcher and i hope to hear the explanation of how that happened.
The monster might be a new one from the most recent Conjunction of the Spheres.
They got some explanation to do, thats for sure. Geralt raised her with the clear statement that being a witcher is never worth it. So they have to create a necessity for her to even undergo a procedure eveyone, who cares for her, hates. Her appearance is weird but so was Geralts in 'A Night to remember' so we'll see. But her being able to survive the trial of the grasses, someone undertaking it with her (presumably someone she loves and trusts) and her not using her actual powers is weird.
They might be able to pull it off so it makes sense but thats a loooot of retcon
That's easy. She lost Elder Blood Power when White Frost was destroyed and then Yennefer mutated her like a loving mother should.
that doesn't make sense, Yen constantly struggled with being infertile why would help Ciri who she viewed as he daughter go through the same thing. Ciri had her own pathway to make her a Witcher betrays her entire character model and the story of the Witcher. which is a story of a breed of begins that were created to deal with monsters that are no longer needed so they are no longer created. that is what made Geralt. they should of just continued her story
@@d.mat.zero6525he was being sarcastic
That makes no sense, Yennifer would never turn Ciri into an infertile mutant, especially when the process had a very high chance of killing her. That's completely against everything Yennifer stands for.
@@d.mat.zero6525 You put me in a very weird spot. After so strong argument by you I feel obligated to argue in favor of the point I mocked in my comment above. I can try but I would rather have you accept that my comment ended up on a joke as obviously loving mother would never mutated her child.
After rereading i can see what you were talking about. Interpreting the written can be difficult these days. An easy way to display sarcasm is ending with an ellipsis (…) their symbolizing you are omitting the sarcasm disclaimer. But you do you!
been waiting for you to finally upload this
I can kind of understand why Ciri underwent the trial of the grasses. She survived the White Frost; there are none as powerful as her, so she's an exception. As to why she'd want to undergo it in the first place... Maybe she knew it would replace the powers she can't control/ elven blood (which she has always hated, as they make her feel used) with the mutations of a Witcher (which is what she wants to become).
But I thought that there couldn’t be any more witchers. The process was supposed to be lost with the destruction of all the witcher schools and the mages responsible.
Sure they give Avallach some of the stuff in Witcher 3 but that was only part of the process of making a Witcher.
Didn't they retcon that because uma almost become a witcher
@@mhndrasha427 they only did the beginning of the trials, the part that opens up the body to accept the witcher mutagens, which are whats lost.
The Sorcerer Moreau was experimenting on Witchers mutagens in the last DLC. 5$ that this will come into play for the story.
This got me exited. But as you said, it all stands and falls with the way Ciri becomes a Witcher-Witcher.
Though I think Ciri looks somewhat off, maybe it's part of the transmutation or she's older?
I could easily see her swearing off the elder blood. Since it's made her whole life hell and all.
I also think she isn't the leader of the new witcher school, but Geralt is. I can see her trying to persuade him that the world still needs witchers, and they should try to make more. Only for him to say that even if he agreed, the other ones in the school of wolf would never agree to it. So she says then let's make our own, and you can be the leader. Then he will reluctantly take it eventually, if it means being able to help her. So Geralt will be the new vesemir basically
I hate it when sequels go "you know that ending you picked in our last game? Doesn't matter"
So you'd rather none of the endings matter because and no matter what choice you make it won't come up again or the choice is largely irrelevant. The ending you picked in the last game DOES matter because picking it would have led to a different universe. Not being picked canon doesn't mean it didn't matter, having the choice be irrelevant because the next game happens no matter what means it doesn't matter.
Say for instance, Ciri becomes Empress but is later deposed and becomes a Witcher anyway, then your choice didn't matter, A or B. Ciri becomes a Witcher.
well if you got the ciri dies ending just dont buy the game
Multiple endings, buckaroo
Yeah because I'm sure u picked the ending in which Geralt is a bad parent and Ciri dies and was convinced that was cannon. Of the three main endings, only one feels like a true ending, since Ciri becoming empress goes against her character in the books and the game. The endings that are considered "bad" could never be cannon because they reflect the player agency when playing as Geralt, and not the choices Geralt himself would make.
yhat's the case for most Sagas. just play single titled games.
I saw a bunch of reviews/commentary videos drop on the Witcher IV video yesterday, but have been awaiting your take on it, and I was not disappointed. As to the water magic. In the books, all magic is drawn from a source, water, earth, air, or fire, fire having evil aspects. Drawing on water to cast a spell is very much book lore accurate and hopefully speaks to a lore accurate direction for Witcher IV.
As to the ability of a female to become a Witcher, in game lore, the School of the Cat is said to have created female Witchers. The Lynx being a species of cat, perhaps CDPR is trying to make that connection by creating the School of the Lynx. Ciri did adopt the School of the Cat pendant in the books as her symbol, so the connection exists.
There is a mention in some other reviews that you will play Ciri "initially." If accurate, it may indicate there may be some initial game play as Ciri that would setup the School of the Lynx school and then transition into a player created character of the School of the Lynx. This would have the benefit of opening game play up to both female characters as well as male characters.
Looking forward to your future thoughts on Witcher IV.
Bourbon
Update: Just saw the related CDPR press release so it does appear Ciri will be the player character, and there will be no player created options. I'm personally disappointed in this as I was looking forward to having my own personal journey through the world of the Witcher.
My theory is Ciri was so upset from losing people like vesemir and skjal that she swore an oath to never use her elder blood abilities, and decides to become a true witcher because she wants to help people.
Maybe but I reckon she is forced to trade them for the mutations for whatever reason
In my opinion the series (at least the books) have always been about Ciri, even more so in the later books. It also makes sense, her sene of following her dreams andsense of purpous, which I feel like being a Witcher really does allow. She wants freedom in her life after being hunted and not getting a chance at choosing what to do. Also saw a comment about her maybe losing her powers after defeating the frost, which would make sense and also help keep her somewhat not-overpowered and able to travel to an infinite amount of parrallell universes and such. It also keeops others from wating her blood as much maybe, which would actually just be a blessing. Very excitd to see her as the protagonist, she's a very interesting character and worthy f her own story!
I hear people worried about having a 'reason' to explain why Ciri isn't using the elder blood, why she's a witcher etc, and I totally get that. But the Witcher 3 is a game people love so much because the story is so good, so immersive, so well told, and the game has so much detail and breadth. I don't think it's necessary to worry that the devs won't have a good reason in the story for these things. Story and storytelling is a massive strength of the Witcher franchise. I'm looking forward to seeing what they've got for us
This is exactly the way I see it. People are up in arms about X, Y and Z when we don’t even have the basics of the plot yet.
@@dxjjw I have zero interest in playing a female witcher. It just doesn’t fit the whole loner, monster hunter aesthetic to me. Really not interested in this game and I’ve been a fan of the series since the first game came out like 15 years ago.
@@Rodrigo-n4o Cool story, don’t buy it then
@@dxjjw you're gay
@@Rodrigo-n4oso if they have a vangina they can't be a stoic loner??
Look man I have no hate to ur oppinion as long as u can still understand that siri can fit that role however if it's more u can't project urself in her shoes and immerse urself then that's fair enough I suppose
good video mate just discovered your channel.... deserve more views on this... you bring up good points I didnt even consider.. their is a bit of red flags for sure...
i’m happy that she’s the main character, i also have a lot of questions and theories but i’m positive CDP cooked some good lore
same here I don't get why are people mad af , am happy we got a familiar character
Fr tho I smell the oven on 🙏
@@knowledgeablecrusader They are just pissed that a women is the lead protagonist I suppose
One thing I think they might do in the story is probably bring up the ageing process. Ciri will probably tell Geralt and Yen that they will watch her grow old and die, while they will still have many more years to stay alive because both of them can live for hundreds of years but not Ciri. So that is probably gonna be the way Ciri tries to talk them into letting her go through the process. I mean let's be honest the one thing that you would probably give up your OP powers for is hundreds of additional years to your lifespan, and Geralt and Yen would probably be righfully terrified of the prospect of watching Ciri grow old and die while they are still pretty young in "sorceress" years and "witcher" years. Just a thought I had.
I don't think CDPR is being subtle. I think the opening dialogue from father to daughter is as much CDPR talking to Ciri as it was for the story of the trailer. I also do not think the monster telling Ciri that she cannot change fate is a coincidence - I think the frost will be back. It's even teased in the Lynx medallion image.
CDPR has a chance to do something awesome with one of the best game stories ever made. If they give a good reason for this happening to Ciri (hopefully with every ending to the previous game) and make her an interesting character who can be vulnerable - then it could be a great story. If they make her a bland 'girl boss' type who goes around talking down to people and such then this franchise could die (at least for me) pretty quick.
Dear God i hope they don't just recycle the white frost
@@randomfactsthatdontmatter3466 I think it's coming back. Pretty sure the prophecy was that it was going to be Ciri's child that stops the whole ordeal, not Ciri herself.
So maybe during this trilogy Ciri gets knocked up, gets a child surprise, finds a relative or something like that.
@@ransom-- "So maybe during this trilogy Ciri gets knocked up", what would be horrible the white hunt elves already tried impregnating her.
watch it become TLoU2 moment and watch where Naughty Dog is today.
@@justaquietpeacfuldance I really hope not, but it could be the case.
If they off Geralt in some brutal way I will be pretty sad.
I think they could write it in a way that the events of WC3 left her elder blood magic diminished, at least for a while but probably something that could come back during the game or the triology.
In an German Interview with two of the devs they talked about that Ciri gives them more room for combat variety and that was clearly a nod towards her witcher powers.
Storytelling and gameplay wise it makes sense for them to build her up over time but probably will be hard to get that right.
By combat variety they could be also talking about the use of actual magic, like she uses in the trailer.
I read an interesting post on reddit. Someone posed the question that maybe she lost her elder blood powers saving the world from the white frost at the end of witcher 3. Curious what your thoughts on this theory are.
Elder Blood isn't a super power, it's her genetics. She cannot lose her genetic code, that makes zero sense.
imagine later into the game, there will be a part where you get to play as geralt for a little bit like how we got to play as ciri in witcher 3, hes older, slower, weaker and maybe its like a situation where he has to fight one last time to protect his daughter and maybe something bad happens because you know cdpr, there is always something bad happening, i would actually bawl crying if that happens
Shouldn’t be we should be able to play as him this is bs
Ciri kept claiming NATTY status but she finally hopped on gear. 🔥
CIRI ON HRT WHATEVER IT TAKES BABE
she flipped that monster by pulling on the chain like it was a chihuahua on a leash, I mean that thing looks like it weighs 2 tons and she made a ragdoll out of it at one point.
she was drawing energy from water .
That's something yenefer taught her to do in order to use magic. So Siri still has magic abilities, or she's able to super charge signs
I agree with you basically. Think it wasn’t the best move as playing Siri as the protagonist. However if they can tell a great story and make it fit then it could be very good. But, if they do anything short of nailing the story and filling in the blanks it will be awful.
The writing is on the wall. It's gonna be trash
@@wpizdets2640 It is very much not, stop drawing conclusions based on a 5 minute trailer.
@@bolg892 apparently pattern recognition is drawing conclusions for a twit
Such a CONNOISSEUR... you spelled Ciri, for Cirilla, wrong...
I guess that means you are an expert on the lore of the Expended Universe...
SMH
I think this trailer is the middle or possibly even expansion part of the game. The start of the game will likely intro to everything maybe quite some time after W3B&W & comics events. Everything will be explained properly since Ciri becoming full witcher & the new school of lynx creation clearly very much related.
True but I feel as if it will be shown via false backs for gameplay purposes bc otherwise u wouldn't really get into the whole withering part for a while yk
She-witchers have been a thing since The Witcher was first brought to tabletop gaming back in the (I believe) 90s. I know there was a female Witcher in the old Hexer tv show. Likewise, a series of official short stories published back in 2017 confirmed that the process to create new Witchers was rediscovered following the 2nd Conjunction.
As for no Elder Blood; in my mind she either burnt through it when she went against the White Frost or found some other way to divest herself of it later, she did have quite a bit of hatred for it in the Wild Hunt. And given that she always wanted to be a true Witcher, going through the Trials seems entirely in character for her.
As for me, I’m really excited about adding that chain to the combat system. Wild Hunt combat really started to feel same-y after a few playthroughs, like that they’re mixing it up.
I hope there is a good explanation as for how Cirie becomes a Witcher.
In witcher 3 Geralt out right says girls can't become Witchers.. What I think is that it's Ciri's Elder blood that makes her able to under go the mutations
Was hoping for a new set of Witchers(custom character or not) with maybe a Geralt cameo
Hopefully it pulls a AC where you play as one character then play as their child later
I have a horrible feeling Geralt will be unceremoniously murdered and that's what pushes Ciri down this road. It would be nice if all the endings were respected from TW3 and somehow eventually connect to the same story thread in the fourth game tho.
TLOU 2 treatment. Are you sure?
@ I really hope not.
No way in hell that happens
He survive in the books for an additional 100 years in a small story, so no... unlikely...
No hopefully he’s the first Witcher to die in his bed.
I feel like they are going to use ciri in the worst way and squander her character. They are going to turn her into a female Gerald and abandon what she is
I like Ciri, but I wish they would have just started clean with a whole cast of new characters and setting.
why make witcher then and not new ip ?
@@sillylittlesheepjax6009 because it would still be in the Witcher universe with its rich lore, amazing creatures and very expansive world,
That’s what we all hoped for. Unfortunately big companies think if there isn’t overt, in your face brand recognition and fan service the product won’t sell.
Personally, a fresh start would have been nice. Ciri for me will always be princess Cirilla and a powerful mage.
Great breakdown! A lot to think about for sure!
Im gonna remain optimistic and not let the retcons piss me off, repeat this in the mirror 5x a day
I'm going to wait and see too, but the fact they have completely changed the way she looks to make her much more masculine and less attractive means we know what direction they're going in sadly.
@@undiscoveredjourneys6788 they'll call you an incel if you complain. Just bit your cheeks and dont buy it before seeing what it is.
@@undiscoveredjourneys6788 She just looks older. In witcher 3 she was in her early 20s, now she looks to be in her early-mid 30's. I could easily see the game taking place about 10-15 years from the events of Witcher 3 and aging her makes sense in that regard. I will agree though, some of the camera shots (those from under her chin) seem to have a weird fish eye lens effect that make seem fat or something.
@@reigenomix9287 She doesn't just look older, she clearly looks like a different person. Also witchers age extremely slowly and there are potions that stop the aging process, so she shouldn't look older anyway.
Remember Yennifer is over 100.
@@undiscoveredjourneys6788geralt looked different in the OG witcher 3 trailer, it doesn’t mean anything.
Her drawing from the Water Vein is one of the ways sorcerers draw magic from fonts of power. Yennefer teaches her how to do that to replenish her magic. I think that confirms her conjuring is back... Besides the use of the Witcher Signs, which are also a form of magic
I’m so glad Ciri is the protagonist no one else makes sense and Geralt deserves his peace with Yen
Yeah. Geralt deserves to spend the rest of his existence with a manipulative, cold and unfaihtul sociopathic woman.
I'm not gonna lie I'm gonna miss geralt as the main protag but this passing of the torch is well deserved
Ciri also doesnt make sense
@@Trathien-yes she does! Just play TW3 (:
Peace with Triss you mean .....
I was about to watch a breakdown of the trailer and than I saw your video was uploaded about 20 seconds ago. Best timing🙏🔥
Its promising...a relief(for now)😢
I bet defeating the white frost has severed her connection to her powers or something and so she needs the trials to fight monsters effectively
Can't wait for all the retcons this also reminds me of the AC shadow dircetor said always yasuke and then we had a fired artist come out and say that yasuke was added after new policies which oringaly had a Japanese monk become an assassin.
There aren't going to be retcons.
This trailer, coupled with CD projekt Red's recent policies involving DEI and ESG, is disturbing.
It's not looking too good for the future. Which is a shame.
@LNER985 yeah ok.
@@LNER985
While I understand the hope that there wont be any retcons, what were seeing here already constitutes significant departures from established lore. In Sapkowski's works, Ciri's path and character are explicitly tied to her unique identity as someone marked by the Elder Blood. She undergoes Witcher training but never the mutations, as stated clearly in "Blood of Elves". This isn't a minor detail, it's foundational to her arc and reinforces the fact that she doesn't need to conform to the Witcher identity to forge her own path.
Turning Ciri into a fully mutated Witcher not only rewrites her character but also fundamentally alters the lore surrounding the Witcher Trials. The male-exclusive nature of Witchers was not due to sexism but because of biological and magical constraints. Introducing female Witchers feels like a shift to modern sensibilities that disrupts the established cultural and thematic framework. That's a retcon.
Additionally, sidelining her Elder Blood powers, powers that are central to her very being and central to her role in the books, is another major inconsistency. If the trailer shows Ciri struggling against a monster and relying on signs and potions, while her Elder Blood abilities are absent or diminished, that's a clear rewrite of her established capabilities.
Retcons like these risk alienating fans who appreciate the series for its attention to detail and the thematic weight of its lore. CDPR has been respectful of Sapkowski's vision in the past, but these changes feel more like a divergence than an evolution.
@@gynvaelbleidd OR it's literally already been hinted at the end of TW3 that her powers may be gone. She most likely used a lot of it to defeat the white frost.
5:25 Maybe new monsters following the conjunction at the end of TW3.
This here ☝️
I think we may see more and maybe even new witchers
Because the conjunction brought a tonne more monsters into the world and witchers would be needed again
The monster was first introduced in gwent.
When I saw the fog hallway, I already knew what it was. Really fucking awesome to see it in animation, though.
what ? card name pls
@@sillylittlesheepjax6009 Dol Dhu Lokke but he’s wrong about the monster being the same it’s a totally different creature
@@JarlMaximus ah my bad
Really thought it was the same
@@toffsplace i don’t blame u tbh
I think Ciri would have wanted the Witcher mutagens to get night vision.
It’s also possible that something happens that removed her Elder powers & so she now needs to take potions to be fast/ strong enough. & so had to do the Trials. Hope we get that as a prologue.
For anyone whining over a female protag - grow a pair and get over it. Tomb Raider never suffered under a female lead, and neither has Resident Evil, Final Fantasy, Nier Automata, Bayonetta or Stellar Blade, just to mention a few. The trailer looks awesome to me.
Nah, most of those games involved hot ass chicks which is what men want. How the hell are they going to resolve romance options? Do you really think many straight men are going to want to watch their character getting pounded by some npc? I have zero desire to role play as a lady boy witcher and will just skip this one.
Its probably gonna be a lost powers to save the world scenario but we can only wait
Is it just me or Ciri looks much older than witcher 3
Apprently she is like 30 to 35 now
@@nafeeafif3176 it’s a sequel? so yes?
They changed Zirael to look cooler. It is confirmed to be the same sword.
If you look in more detail, she has half Witcher's eyes, they still have a green part around the yellow.
Which makes me think she still has her elder blood powers. They may just be dormant and she unlocks them again later on.
@@TheDooMmarin3 what are people even talking about "still has elder blood":. the elder blood is not some super power, it's her genetics. The's been bred this way over centuries, the elves manipulating her blood line. That's a major plot point. She cannot lose her genetic code. She will always have elder blood, since that's her entire genetics.
Yes, I did see that and her eyes are even glowing Green at some point after that spell in the trailer.
@@LeutnantJoker But not necessarily the power coming with it after the Prophecy is accomplished... She did fight the white frost in the final game.
@@LeutnantJoker you’re taking what I said way too literally lol. I’m referring to the powers specifically. Obviously, she didn’t use them in the trailer when you would think she should have. Which would imply she can’t use them.
I thought that the knowledge about how to perform the trial of the grasses was lost forever. So Ciri must have found a way around that, just to become a weaker version of herself?
Damn, we finally get official media footage of the Witcher 4 and I'm already extremely skeptical of the game. Not a good start.
skepticism is for no reason
Fuck me, honestly stop complaining it's all people ever do, just wait for more information
@DwillGame don't u remember the start of cyberpunk 2077 lolnot including girl boss trope again smh
Just because it’s a fem mc? You people dont even try to hide it anymore
@@jakstheoneandonly u woke ppl ruin games go play monopoly or something lol
Witcher George has awoken from his long slumber😂 glad to see you back
The idea of Ciri being the main character in The Witcher 4 feels like a misstep to me. While Ciri is an incredible character with a deep and fascinating backstory tied to the Elder Blood, I personally can’t imagine her as the protagonist of an entire game. The Witcher series has always thrived on the immersive experience of stepping into the boots of a hardened witcher-a lone monster slayer shaped by the grueling trials of the witcher mutations and their nomadic way of life.
Now, picture a game where the lead is someone like Letho of Gulet, the rugged, calculating viper with a knack for playing political chess. Or Arnaghad, the grizzled Grandmaster of the Griffin School, with his air of wisdom and dedication to chivalry. Even Evil Eye-a mysterious rogue witcher whose story is begging to be told-would bring a fresh, intriguing perspective. The depth and uniqueness of these characters could bring something entirely new to the table.
In The Witcher 3, playing as Ciri, while narratively significant, didn’t resonate with me. She’s undeniably powerful, with her Elder Blood abilities and her ties to the mystical powers of the multiverse. But for me, the thrill of The Witcher comes from the grounded, gritty journey of a professional monster hunter navigating morally ambiguous choices-not a destined savior.
I’ve always found it easier to immerse myself in the role of a witcher-a male character forged by hardship, battling monsters both literal and metaphorical. That rugged, wandering figure aligns with the core essence of the franchise for me. While I respect the importance of Ciri’s story, I’d prefer the next Witcher title to return to its roots, focusing on the tales of the witchers who carry silver and steel.
Exactly, and what about the Witchers who like to visit brothels? Now that experience is ruined with Ciri and they may not even allow that, or what about the classic drinking scenes with the boys? It just won't be the same vibe when you're playing with someone like ciri for an entire game. I'm good.
@@wpizdets2640 Very true 🤣
@@wpizdets2640 god you such a incel geralt would hate you
just say you are insecure men whos scared of women
@@kamilszczęsny-m9d or maybe you're just an obnoxious person projecting on the internet who can't stand that some people have preferences. Get over it.
It might be that the game can pick up off of your ending from the Witcher three if you have a same file and then depending on that your story could be different (may be a reach but CDPR is hungry to make a legendary game)
The fact that they're willing to retcon the lore just to make an already established character a Witcher is not a good look, she was her own character, she did not deserve character assassination just to mold her into what they wanted, they should of just made a new character for a protagonist.
This feels lazy as well, they're using a pre-established character as a crutch when they could of very much made a new character like they should of in the first place.
I also don't think playing as Ciri will be very much fun if they stick to her characters personality, she is generally a very good natured person as she was literally designed to be the heroine. The games have always been defined by choice, because they're RPG's, which made sense playing as Geralt because he's generally a morally grey character. I fear that if they decide to retain her characters personality the game will be a bland heroic journey where it's just a bunch of yesses and heroics with no moral choices, whereas I also fear that if they change her character to be more morally flexible that it'll be a complete character assassination and Ciri will no longer be Ciri.
Damned if you do and damned if you don't, I really don't see a single way in which this is a win.
My theory is, she lost the ability to use elder blood time-travel powers but the trial of grass removed the mental block that stopped her from using other magic that she gave up in the books after almost getting consumed by fire. Especially since witcher signs are also magic, so I think it makes sense.
Eskel shoulda been the main character.
Dam, that's a fucking great idea. He should have been the main character; very well-liked.
@ that’s what I’m sayin, he stole every scene he was in. Hopefully we see him again.
Would have been 10x better
@@TheAerondight no he would not
Would be an interesting concept, imagine being able to play co-op as Lambert? That would be funny and fun if they chose to hunt together
My going theory is that whatever happened at the end of 3 caused a minor conjunction resulting in new monsters entering the continent (maybe some from Arthurian legends) which is why we need this new school of the lynx and a new trial of the grasses.
People kept saying that Ciri is too powerful to be a good new protagonist, but the were forgetting how absurdly powerful Geralt is in the games when compared to the books. So if they make her just as strong as Geralt, her power is actually more lore accurate, than the power of Geralt in the gameplay
Ciri's power dwarfs anything that Geralt can do.
the books are no longer the gauge to use when making comparisons of gameplay-lore power balance of characters. almost all fans, even those who have read the books, will be comparing ciri's power in TW4 with the end of TW3. naturally given the title progressing to #4 rather than being a new trilogy
Ciri was the strongest witcher ever by the end of W3
@@lobal2 ciri nearly got killed by a common wild hunt member twice and she has to vanish multiple times when things get to hard she doesn’t dwarf Geralt
@@lobal2no,and what powers? She can teleport
Just a theory I heard, but it could be that when Ciri had left to face the white frost the conjunction of the spheres happened once again. And as we saw in the Witcher 3, portals opened and allowed mosters to "cross over" to the witcher world. It would be possible that the portals also allowed other horrific monsters and such into the roaming wilds of the witching world.
Her story was done and personally not so hyped now. A new character with a fresh start would have been awesome.
Yep. There were about a hundred ways to improve this game, but they chose to completely bend the narrative in order to make Ciri a mutated witcher. We've been begging for a throw back in the early days of the witcher world but I guess that'll have to wait until the next decade.
“That was a huge thing for us, to make that call [to mutate Ciri], not only for her, but for the game,” explains Małgorzata Mitręga, The Witcher 4’s executive producer. “But then it's so important and still leaves so much space for imagination, like when it happened, how it happened. It's just a tease showing something, but you don't know where you will experience it and how in the game. I think it's a huge change and I hope people did not expect it.”
It’s not that we did not expect it, we just hoped for something better. Like an actual rpg where you can create your own character in the Witcher universe instead of beating a dead horse.
So in other words they threw the lore out the window and did what they wanted anyways, yikes. The "Still leaves so much space for imagination, like when it happened, how it happened," is just a long form way to say they just did it anyway even though they have no good explanation for how it's even possible. It's going be one of those suspended disbelief situations...
Maybe she had to trade her Elder Blood powers to survive the Trial of the Grasses, maybe even an unwanted side effect that was an accident could be interesting to explore. Anyways I am SO glad it's Ciri and not some "make you own Witcher" type character creator BS. But I do think they need to slightly alter her looks so she looks more similar to Witcher 3 Ciri. I mean her Profile looks EXACTLY like Ciri but I think her eyes are placed differently in her head in relation to her eyebrows, after comparing the trailer looks to the Witcher 3 looks. Yeah OCD at work right there lmao. Also the trailer looks like Skellige tbh but could be NR who knows.
Yeah, but in the original Witcher 3 trailers the characters also looked somewhat weird, so we'll see.
@@borjaslamic Yeah that's what I was also thinking.
Geralt looks different from the Witcher 1 to the Witcher 3, so I see no problem in changing how a character looks, within reason of course!
@afz902k I mean he looks different because of the technology that was available at the time as compared to Witcher 3. But the Witcher 3 characters look like actual people their faces look like actually real people at least the main characters do Geralt Ciri Yen specifically a lot of work was put into making their faces look like real people, unlike Witcher 1, or even to an extent Witcher 2 who still look "video gamey" again because of technological constraints, so I expect Ciri to look like her Witcher 3 counterpart and no significant changes to her actual face. But as I said it's not that she looked completely different it's just her eyes placement.
@@yairsofer8933 yeah I agree her eyes could be lower in her face, though I don't really mind that much.
I really hope the other game they’re working on in the Witcher universe is one where you can create your own Witcher.
For me it was either Ciri or a custom character so I'm very happy...
was hoping for an entirely custom protagonist with a character creator and all that and set way in the past when witchers were in their prime. never read the books and it's been a while since i last played the trilogy so i'm not sure if ciri could even become a witcher but to be honest i never much cared for her in the first place. for me she was just a macguffin and her sections in the witcher 3 were boring and too linear for my tastes. guess we'll see
Yeah Ciri was always kind of overrated
The customized characters will be for the Witcher MMO. :}
All this ciri hype seems so forced. @@nokomoko8832
@@nokomoko8832Ciri was overrated? My brother in Christ she’s just as pivotal to the story as Geralt
@@darrenmclaughlin1362 i think a witcher mmo would be nice