CD Projekt RED’s The Witcher 4 has spurred a lot dialog following its reveal at The Sport Awards. Exterior of confirming Ciri as the brand new protagonist and promising new areas and monsters, the event crew hasn’t delved an excessive amount of into the story. Nonetheless, govt producer Małgorzata Mitręga has addressed considerations about her overwhelming energy on the finish of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.
Chatting with GamesRadar, Mitręga confirms that “one thing completely occurred in-between” the 2 video games, addressing “the hole between her being completely overpowered on the finish of the earlier sport and now, with the talent set we confirmed off within the trailer.”
“We needed to delve deep to think about how we’d deal with this – we now have enormous respect for the lore, each the books and what made it into our earlier video games. However this was one of many first questions we discovered the reply to, and it’s how we have been capable of create this unique story, which begins with The Witcher 4.”
How will she play in comparison with Geralt? “She’s quicker, extra agile – however you’ll be able to nonetheless inform that she was raised by Geralt, proper?” Mitręga additionally confirmed that the spell wielded within the trailer is known as Bolt. Primarily based on what we’ve seen Geralt pull off with Indicators, it appears Ciri is more adept in magic.
In fact, it’s as much as the participant how they need her to develop. Sport director Sebastian Kalemba beforehand advised IGN about offering “extra instruments for gamers’ disposal, to have the ability to not solely play and go together with the implications narratively, but in addition gameplay-wise.” Maybe those that wish to specialize extra in magic can accomplish that whereas others give attention to Ciri’s martial expertise. Time will inform.
The Witcher 4 is coming to Xbox Collection X/S, PS5, and PC. It doesn’t have a launch window – full manufacturing solely started final month. Keep tuned for extra updates within the meantime.