Witcher 4 trailer introduces new Witcher

CD Projekt Crimson has unveiled its first take a look at The Witcher 4, with a six-minute trailer that premiered throughout The Recreation Awards.

The Witcher 4 has immediately develop into one of the vital anticipated upcoming video games, marking the primary new chapter in The Witcher saga in almost a decade. It faces excessive expectations since 2015’s The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt claimed the Recreation of the Yr award at that yr’s The Recreation Awards.

The announcement of The Witcher 4 additionally got here with a stunning reveal: gamers is not going to be taking over the position of Geralt of Rivia. As an alternative, they’re going to play as Ciri, who has develop into a Witcher in her personal proper. This follows the occasions of The Witcher 3, the place a lot of the story is centered round Geralt defending her from an apocalyptic power referred to as The Wild Hunt.

Six minutes on this planet of The Witcher

Ciri reveals off her monster-hunting bonafides

The new Witcher 4 trailer makes use of a customized construct of Unreal Engine 5 to indicate off Ciri as the sport’s new protaganist. The trailer opens with a younger girl being ready to be sacrificed to a monster referred to as the Bauk. Fortunately, Ciri reveals up simply in time earlier than the bird-headed monster with too many limbs can devour the sacrifice.

After all, in typical Witcher trend, even after defeating the monster, Ciri is left dissatisfied within the people she’s defending when she discovers that the younger girl she saved was sacrificed anyway.

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A brand new starting for The Witcher franchise

A deal with Ciri preserves The Witcher 3’s ending

The Witcher 4 marks a daring departure from the trilogy that made Geralt of Rivia a family identify. The sport’s announcement trailer revealed an older and extra battle-hardened Ciri. Set a while after the occasions of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, The Witcher 4 will discover Ciri’s subsequent chapter as she confronts new challenges, historical enemies, and, after all, her ever-present connection to the Elder Blood.

Gamers did spend a while controlling Ciri in The Witcher 3 in flashback sequences, so this should not be that sudden of a flip for followers of the sequence. Her distinctive talents, equivalent to her capability to teleport whereas taking part in as her in The Witcher 3, will permit CD Projekt Crimson to additional evolve the RPG gameplay that is helped make the sequence so successful.

Leaving Geralt out of the brand new sport additionally preserves his comfortable ending within the earlier sport. There are three potential endings to The Witcher 3, with each Ciri and Geralt dying in a single, and the opposite two seeing Geralt retire to an property to reside out his days with one of many feminine characters who serves as his love curiosity within the sport. Taking part in as Ciri means we are able to all maintain imagining Geralt having fun with his retirement.

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The brand new trailer for The Witcher 4 is a cinematic scene showcasing a few of Ciri’s talents that spotlight her potential as a robust protagonist for the brand new sport. Sadly, the trailer would not present any particulars on what gamers can anticipate throughout gameplay. That is seemingly as a result of the sport continues to be within the early phases of improvement, with CD Projekt Crimson solely just lately confirming that the sport is in energetic improvement. This example is harking back to Bethesda’s 2018 Elder Scrolls VI reveal trailer, a sport that also appears years away from launch.

Including to the anticipation is the shadow of CD Projekt Crimson’s troubled launch of its final main undertaking: Cyberpunk 2077. The corporate will undoubtedly be eager to keep away from a repeat of that have and tackle the criticisms round releasing an unfinished sport. So, when you won’t be taking part in as Ciri in 2025, you will be assured that the corporate is dedicated to delivering a refined, bug-free expertise for the following entry of their flagship franchise when it lastly launches.