The voice actor of The Witcher video games protagonist Geralt of Rivia – Doug Cockle – has weighed in on the “controversy” surrounding Ciri being the protagonist of The Witcher 4. In an episode of Fall Injury with Cockle reacting to fan-made memes about The Witcher franchise, Cockle implored those who discovered Ciri as a protagonist to be “woke” to “learn the rattling books.”
One of many posts that Cockle reacted to within the video spoke out in regards to the livestream chat throughout The Recreation Awards 2024 spamming the phrase ‘woke’ when The Witcher 4’s trailer was proven. “It’s not woke,” mentioned Cockle. “There’s nothing woke about it. It’s a cool character from The Witcher they usually’re going to deal with that character. I believe that’s superior. We will’t simply have Geralt for each single sport for The Witcher advert nauseum by eternity.”
“Apart from, we’ve seen the top of Geralt’s journey,” he continued. “[The Witcher 3 expansion] Blood and Wine was alleged to wrap up Geralt’s journey. I rejoice Ciri. I rejoice her being the protagonist. So all you individuals who suppose it’s woke … in the event you learn the books, you then perceive why CD Projekt went down this avenue. There’s an entire wealthy world of stuff to discover with Ciri that they didn’t do after they put her into [The Witcher 3] as a result of the story was about Geralt. However she hints at it.”
“In the event you suppose it’s woke, learn the rattling books. They’re good, to begin with. And secondly, you gained’t suppose it’s so woke anymore.”
That is removed from the primary time that Cockle has expressed his opinions about Ciri taking on the position of protagonist from Geralt in The Witcher 4. Again in January, Cockle referred to creating Ciri the principle protagonist of the video games going ahead “a extremely good transfer.”
“I’m actually excited,” mentioned Cockle. “I believe it’s a extremely good transfer. I imply, I all the time thought that persevering with the Saga, however shifting to Ciri could be a extremely, actually attention-grabbing transfer for all types of causes, however largely due to issues that occur within the books, which I don’t wish to give away as a result of individuals, I need individuals to go learn. So yeah, I believe it’s actually thrilling. I can’t wait. I can’t wait to see what they’ve performed.”
CD Projekt CFO Piotr Nielubowicz has additionally spoken about Ciri being a “nice selection” because the sequence protagonist shifting ahead. Talking in regards to the trailer that formally introduced the sport, Nielubowicz mentioned that the corporate wished to introduce Ciri as the principle protagonist, and the way this resolution helps open up new potentialities for tales that may be explored.
“On the [The Game Awards 2024] in December, we offered the primary trailer, which was created utilizing our personal model of the Unreal Engine 5 engine,” mentioned Nielubowicz (translation by way of Google). “Though it didn’t present the gameplay itself, it gave gamers an concept of what they might anticipate from ‘The Witcher 4’. Above all, we wished to introduce the world to the principle character of the sport. We imagine that Ciri is a superb selection for the brand new saga as a result of she offers us many potentialities – each narrative and creative.”
The Witcher 4 is presently beneath growth for PC, PS5 and Xbox Sequence X/S. There hasn’t but been an official launch window introduced for it, nonetheless.
