If you watched The Witcher 4’s debut trailer throughout The Game Awards 2024, you’ll have heard a line of dialogue that sounded very very similar to it was coming from earlier protagonist Geralt: “Time for a brand new saga. See you on the trail.”
While Ciri is confirmed as the primary character for The Witcher 4, followers had been left questioning whether or not Geralt would seem within the recreation, which is about after the occasions of The Witcher 3.
IGN can verify that Geralt is certainly in The Witcher 4, and that’s certainly the voice of veteran Geralt voice actor Doug Cockle. Confirmation comes from CD Projekt itself, which informed IGN: “Geralt will seem within the recreation, however we don’t wish to spoil his position exactly. You’ll have to attend to be taught extra for now.”
So, how can Geralt seem in The Witcher 4 after The witcher 3 left the character in semi-retirement at his winery in Toussaint? In an interview with IGN forward of the reveal of The Witcher 4, CD Projekt franchise and lore designers Cian Maher and Marcin Batylda defined how the already established timeline of occasions makes it make sense.
“I imply Geralt will most likely be round for a very long time to the extent that in Season of Storms, the prequel novel that takes place truly earlier than Geralt attends that banquet we talked about earlier on, there’s an epilogue in that guide,” Maher defined.
“It takes place in a spot known as Magpie Forest in 1373, 101 years after The Witcher 3. And in that epilogue there’s a sure white-haired witcher searching a monster who stays unnamed, however who behaves in a sure approach and clearly he has white hair. So by which I imply I feel we will count on Geralt to be round for a very long time. The capability through which he does is, we’ll see, however I do not assume he is going anyplace.”
CD Projekt is holding its playing cards near its chest right here, however a minimum of it’s now confirmed that Geralt will seem in The Witcher 4. That is itself a enjoyable follow-up to current feedback made by Doug Cockle, who mentioned he “received slapped” by CD Projekt for saying Geralt is in The Witcher 4 however not as the primary character earlier than the developer had an opportunity to make its official bulletins.
“I do not truly know if that is true now as a result of they got here again and so they went, ‘We have not put something on the market, do not say something,’ ” Cockle mentioned, earlier than including: “The reality is I can’t reply the query as a result of I’ve signed an NDA. So even when I did know, I’d should deceive you.”
Indeed!
IGN has a great deal of unique options on The Witcher 4, together with Inside The Witcher 4: CD Projekt Red’s Plans For Its Next Big RPG, The Witcher 4: 12 Vital Trailer Details Revealed by CD Projekt Red, and Why CD Projekt Went With Ciri Over Continuing With Geralt as Protagonist.
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