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 concerning 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 and so they’re going to deal with that character. I feel that’s superior. We will’t simply have Geralt for each single recreation for The Witcher advert nauseum by way of eternity.”
“Moreover, we’ve seen the top of Geralt’s journey,” he continued. “[The Witcher 3 expansion] Blood and Wine was imagined to wrap up Geralt’s journey. I have a good time Ciri. I have a good time her being the protagonist. So all you individuals who suppose it’s woke … when you learn the books, then you definitely 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.”
“If you happen to suppose it’s woke, learn the rattling books. They’re good, to start with. And secondly, you received’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 function of protagonist from Geralt in The Witcher 4. Again in January, Cockle referred to creating Ciri the primary protagonist of the video games going ahead “a extremely good transfer.”
“I’m actually excited,” mentioned Cockle. “I feel it’s a extremely good transfer. I imply, I all the time thought that persevering with the Saga, however shifting to Ciri can be a extremely, actually fascinating transfer for every kind of causes, however largely due to issues that occur within the books, which I don’t need to give away as a result of individuals, I need individuals to go learn. So yeah, I feel it’s actually thrilling. I can’t wait. I can’t wait to see what they’ve accomplished.”
CD Projekt CFO Piotr Nielubowicz has additionally spoken about Ciri being a “nice selection” because the sequence protagonist shifting ahead. Talking concerning the trailer that formally introduced the sport, Nielubowicz mentioned that the corporate needed to introduce Ciri as the primary protagonist, and the way this resolution helps open up new prospects for tales that may be explored.
“On the [The Game Awards 2024] in December, we introduced 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 thought of what they might count on from ‘The Witcher 4’. Above all, we needed to introduce the world to the primary 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 prospects – each narrative and creative.”
The Witcher 4 is presently underneath improvement for PC, PS5 and Xbox Sequence X/S. There hasn’t but been an official launch window introduced for it, nonetheless.
