At the Game Awards 2024, the first trailer for The Witcher 4 was surprisingly shown. The fans’ main focus is on the new protagonist: Ciri. However, this causes confusion among some players because Ciri is actually overpowered. But the studio promises that everything will make sense.
What is it about? At the Game Awards 2024, the first trailer for The Witcher 4 was presented. In the cinematic trailer, Ciri is seen as the new protagonist. Geralt can only be heard at the beginning as a narrator. Although the trailer is well received and Ciri is generally a popular character, some fans have concerns.
Especially regarding Ciri’s development. Many fans believe that Ciri cannot be a witcher and wonder what happened to her gigantic powers that were seen at the end of The Witcher 3. In an interview with GamesRadar+, CD Project Red spoke again about the topic.
Something happened between Part 3 and Part 4
What does CD Project Red say? Since the release of the trailer, the studio behind The Witcher 4 has been quite vague about statements regarding the story and lore. Many fans criticize that it cannot be that Ciri is a witcher. The fate of her abilities also raises questions.
In a recent interview, Małgorzata Mitręga, the executive producer of the game, talked about Ciri’s change. She clarifies that Ciri is not as incredibly strong as at the end of Witcher 3. She has changed her significantly.
The discrepancy between her total overpowering at the end of the predecessor and now, with the abilities shown in the trailer… something happened in between.
Małgorzata Mitręga on Ciri’s change (via GamesRadar)
In the trailer, Ciri is seen fighting like a classic witcher, but she apparently has different magical abilities than Geralt, for example. However, her powerful dimensional powers like teleportation are not seen. Mitręga says that she has become faster
and more agile
.
In light of this, she also emphasizes that they have dealt extensively with the lore, the books, and the established rules of the predecessors. She promises that they have found answers to the questions about Ciri’s abilities: We have great respect for the lore, both for the books and for what was included in our earlier games.
However, the interview does not specify what exactly is being carried over from Witcher 3. The role-playing game has various endings that relate to certain player decisions. So far, CD Project Red has only said that all endings are important. However, it is unclear what this means since Ciri also returns in some endings. The trailer for The Witcher 4 also hides symbolic themes. To that end, MeinMMO editor-in-chief interviewed CD Project Red: “There are always consequences” – The sacrificed woman in the new Witcher trailer means so much more than you think
