Comment on The Witcher 4 got a surprise reveal at The Game Awards, and this one is all about Ciri | PC Gamer

RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• Pooptimist@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  I hoped for a witcher (whichever gender) from one of the other schools, tbh

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  • Tywele@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    I kind of hoped for a custom character like V

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    • Kolanaki@yiffit.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      I think every game should have a customizable player character.

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      • N1ghtstalk3r@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        You’re getting downvoted but I agree, to an extent. If it’s an RPG telling a grand story, and not an individual piece dedicated to a unique individual, then yes.

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      • oxideseven@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Same. Dunno why the downvotes.

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      • djsoren19@yiffit.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Every game feels a bit broad. Even if just for the sake of development, I’m okay with story-focused games having pre-built characters. Especially if we’re not actually meant to like or agree with the character we’re playing as, such as Martin Walker in Spec-Ops: The Line.

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  • RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    So did I, but I mean, given the current game development climate, Ciri was an extremely predictable pick.

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    • DerisionConsulting@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      If women make up around 50% of the people on earth, shouldn’t they make up around 50% of the main characters?

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      • felykiosa@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        I think that wanting equality over men/women % of MC is not something you would want to focus on I would rather have a quality story and universe whatever of the gender of the MC.

        ( I will clarify my point , I am an human therefore I am for gender equality obviously but I don’t think that this metric is the most interesting )

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    • Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Besides, they’ve already established some of her signature abilities and had people play as her in some of the previous game, kicking the familiarity up an extra notch.

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      • RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Yep. Ciri isnt the worst choice in the world, I just was hoping I could have played as my own character instead. It will be interesting to see what they do with the story.

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      • ZeroHora@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        I really hope they don’t stick with Ciri gameplay from TW3, I never liked when I was forced to play as Ciri, her abilities was less fun than Geralt signs.

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• FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  I did. The games already completely shit on the ciri book lore. I was hoping for a fresh slate with new characters, perhaps during a different time period entirely.

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  • caboose2006@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Young vesemir FTW?

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    • FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      I was hoping you could be the first witcher. That would have been awesome.

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      • Big_Boss_77@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        I don’t know how it would’ve tied into the “Witcher” arc… because I don’t think they were around yet? But I would have loved to had a game set during the “Conjunction of the Spheres”.

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• CosmoNova@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  In my opinion it doesn’t make all that much sense because of major Witcher 3 spoilers.

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  • spooky_mango@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Spoiler

    How so? One of the endings literally has geralt gift a witcher sword to Ciri. The only thing I’m confused about is how she now seems to have the witcher mutations
    

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    • rtxn@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      :::spoiler Witcher books spoiler One of the early Witcher books mentioned that Ciri was given some witcher drugs while she was training at Kaer Morhen, but didn’t undergo the trial of the grasses at Triss’ request. :::

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      • generaldenmark@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Continuation of the book spoilers

        Wacky books tbh. I don’t remember thinking it was for her to undergo trail they have it to her, but mostly because that’s all they really knew to do

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  • rtxn@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    It makes perfect sense with two of the three endings, and could even work with the third depending on how much CDPR wants to explain the cosmology behind the white frost.

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    • Don_alForno@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Nah. Cat Eyes and Witcher potions don’t. They have some explaining to do.

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      • snazzles@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        I imagine we’ll get that lore in the game no?

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      • djsoren19@yiffit.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Is it really that hard to imagine she eventually undertook the Trial? Yeah Kaer Morhen lost the ability to administer the Trial, but there’s like 10 different Witcher “schools.” Maybe we’ll see Ciri working with the School of the Crane or w/e.

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    • CosmoNova@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      It’s almost definitely a break with the series in that you likely won’t be able to import your save file, which always was a core feature of the series. There could’ve been many ways to include it but a playable Ciri isn’t one of them.

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      • rtxn@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        It could work the same way as the three origin stories in CP77: each ending from The Witcher 3 leading to a separate intro story with a time skip before the main game begins.

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      • N1ghtstalk3r@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        Some games do allow you to import saves from older games that have swapped the MC. They just take the choices you made in the story arc and use that to create conditions for the world you’re now in. But it’s a rare occasion from what I know.

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