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amok: t depends on how you see it. Ciri never completed the Trial of the Grasses and therefore isn’t a witcher in the strictest sense. However, she underwent their training, mastered their combat skills, and was even given a silver sword by Geralt, a hallmark of recognition among witchers (and she snatched the wolf medalion from Vesemir's body). Her innate magical abilities also set her apart, arguably not needing the trail.

So, Ciri fights like a witcher, acts like a witcher, is treated as one by others, and most importantly, considers herself one. In the final book, as she steps into a new world alone, her last thought is: 'There must be something here a witcher can do.' By technicality, she is not a witcher, but in every meaningful sense, she embodies what it means to be one.
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EverNightX: But in the trailer she has cat eyes.
She has magic, she has elder blood. Who says she cannot do this, that she cannot get all the benefits from the trial through her own magic.
Post edited December 13, 2024 by amok
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Ciri as protagonist is the safest and most low effort route. They can easily brute force any of the lore around it because Ciri is special. I personally find it disappointing but I'm sure many are also happy with it.
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amok: She has magic, she has elder blood. Who says she cannot do this, that she cannot get all the benefits from the trial through her own magic.
Seems lazy and questionable. It's titled Witcher 4, not Witch 4 or Sorceress 4. But whatever. It's just not for me I guess. I'm not feeling it.

No major loss as I was not a huge fan of Witcher 3 either. I was impressed by the effort that seemed to go in to it. Can't say much bad about it. But it was just so dry I found it hard to stay interested in.
Post edited December 13, 2024 by EverNightX
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Via IGN:

"Kalemba explains that, following the events of The Witcher 3, Ciri has undertaken the famously painful Trial of the Grasses which has mutated her into a powerful and resilient warrior."
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amok: She has magic, she has elder blood. Who says she cannot do this, that she cannot get all the benefits from the trial through her own magic.
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EverNightX: It's titled Witcher 4, not Witch 4 or Sorceress 4. But whatever. It's just not for me I guess. I'm not feeling it.
Heh. So, even if everything actually fits the lore (your complaint) and the game turns out to be good, then that's your loss, just because there's an extra '-er' in the title.

Personally, I'm not going to judge a game before it's fully developed, especially not based on a trailer that doesn’t include gameplay or details about the game itself. But I guess I'm just weird like that.
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Swedrami: Via IGN:

"Kalemba explains that, following the events of The Witcher 3, Ciri has undertaken the famously painful Trial of the Grasses which has mutated her into a powerful and resilient warrior."
But she was already powerful and resilient. And that trial was for boys in puberty. It did not work otherwise.
Post edited December 13, 2024 by EverNightX
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Swedrami: Via IGN:

"Kalemba explains that, following the events of The Witcher 3, Ciri has undertaken the famously painful Trial of the Grasses which has mutated her into a powerful and resilient warrior."
Now, that is not lore correct to the books. She never do the trial there. But then again, 1-3 in the series are also not quite lore correct to the books either
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amok: Heh. So, even if everything actually fits the lore (your complaint) and the game turns out to be good, then that's your loss, just because there's an extra '-er' in the title.
I have not lost anything. Just saying I'm not feeling it right now. It's not impossible my feelings could change.
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I think CDPR got it BIG wrong. The writer of the books always said that the witchers are male children who undergo mutation FROM A CHILD. Ciri is not a witcher, the only thing they can come up with is to make her undergo the process as an adult, this goes against all the writer Sapkowski's directives, ALL of them. It's like putting a new trilogy in Tomb Raider using a man instead of Lara Croft, in the witcher it takes a witcher following what has been stated in the books so far, male children being tested to become witchers. CDPR got it wrong, I don't know if they got it wrong or tempted by feminist propaganda, but they got it wrong.
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h.e.X.e.n.: It's like putting a new trilogy in Tomb Raider using a man instead of Lara Croft
That would be off putting. The reason Uncharted worked is because it did not try and commandeer the Tomb Raider name and instead they created a new IP.
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Ciri also being a bearer of elder blood just might provide the proverbial exception to the rule of women as well as adults in general normally not being able to survive the trial.

I'm sure everything will be explained in due time.
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h.e.X.e.n.: It's like putting a new trilogy in Tomb Raider using a man instead of Lara Croft
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EverNightX: That would be off putting. The reason Uncharted worked is because it did not try and commandeer the Tomb Raider name and instead they created a new IP.
Exactly, they want to use Ciri, let them use another name, but not the witcher.
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I would have preferred Witcher 4 to be set in the past, when all schools were still around, choosing one and make an original new customized character based on it.
Witcher 3 closed the story for all characters just right.

THAT SAID.
Ciri is badass, I'm totally fine with her as a main character, I just hope CDPR makes sure the sequel is solid and not just dragging on an old glory!
Post edited December 13, 2024 by Enebias
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CMiq: Also looks to be still rooted in Slavic/European folklore and culture, which is a good sign too.
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VausG: If they would have abandoned the setting for something else and ethnically/culturally more diverse it would stop being The Witcher, wouldn't it?

Wouldn't hold my breath just yet though, they still might take cues/do a Netflix and give the elves a new coat of paint, for example.
Hopefully they've been observant enough of and have paid attention to what forced diversity and alienating major parts of the audience, especially the established one entails.
We'll have to wait and see I guess.

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VausG: It's not going to be as good as the original trilogy anyway, with most of the old guard of developers gone.
That's a given, no question about it.
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why she has that bloated alcoholic face? that is not good at all. :(