Geralt of Rivia is just not the principle playable character in The Witcher 4, as the sport’s reveal trailer kicks off The Game Awards 2024.
It’s lengthy been rumoured that The Witcher 4 would star Ciri as the principle character, as a substitute of Geralt, and now it’s been confirmed, after the follow-up to The Witcher 3 obtained its first ever trailer at The Game Awards 2024, within the early hours of Friday morning.
The trailer is pre-rendered, with no precise gameplay, nevertheless it exhibits a younger woman (with imagery seemingly impressed by the film Midsommar) being despatched out by her village to cleanse it of a close-by evil.
How she’s supposed to try this isn’t clear, however Ciri intervenes and takes on the monster utilizing each magic and her twin swords, though in typical The Witcher vogue no good deed goes unpunished and there’s a bittersweet ending to the entire story.
What is The Witcher 4 launch date?
Since the sport solely entered full manufacturing this yr it’s going to be a very long time till it’s out. The trailer doesn’t point out a date, however given how lengthy video games take to make these days, notably bold ones like this, you’ll be fortunate if it’s launched earlier than the top of the last decade.
CD Projekt will not be prone to overlook the disastrous launch of Cyberpunk 2077 both, which just about ruined the fame of the corporate, in order that they’re going to take each care to ensure the sport is bug-free earlier than it’s launched, which may simply result in delays on high of no matter far off launch date it does get.
Although it’s by no means been known as The Witcher 4 earlier than, the sport is supposedly the beginning of a brand new trilogy, however whether or not Ciri would be the protagonist for all three titles stays to be seen.
Will Geralt be in The Witcher 4?
Earlier within the yr, Geralt voice actor Doug Cockle confirmed that ‘Geralt will likely be a part of the sport’, whereas confirming that ‘the sport received’t give attention to Geralt, so it’s not about him this time.’
It’s possible the trailer has little or nothing to do with the principle story of the sport, so other than the main target being on Ciri, there’s in all probability little to essentially take away from it.
He really obtained in hassle with CD Projekt for saying that however whereas Geralt appeared to retire on the finish of The Witcher 3’s final piece of DLC, Blood And Wine, Ciri doesn’t look that a lot older than she did within the sport and so it stands to purpose that Geralt remains to be lively.
Whether he’ll be playable is unattainable to say for certain however since Ciri was playable in some chapters of The Witcher 3 that implies that there’s a great probability Geralt will likely be playable for at the least some a part of The Witcher 4.
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