Whereas CD Projekt RED has confirmed that Ciri can be taking up because the protagonist in The Witcher 4 over the franchise’s conventional protagonist – Geralt – how the studio will deal with the narrative stays to be seen. Within the meantime, nonetheless, Geralt’s voice actor, Doug Cockle, has spoken about having met Ciri’s voice actor, Ciara Berkeley, and the way he believes she goes to do a terrific job because the upcoming recreation’s lead.
Chatting with GamesRadar, Cockle recounted having met Berkeley and having spoken together with her by way of on-line DMs. Usually talking, he has been fairly constructive about his interactions together with her, and even went so far as to say that he doesn’t actually have any recommendation for her.
“I’ve met her [Berkeley],” mentioned Cockle. “I solely spoke together with her briefly, simply at present. We exchanged some DMs a few weeks in the past simply to say hello… She’s pretty, and I believe she’s going to do a terrific job. She’s acquired a unbelievable presence in individual. I don’t actually have any recommendation. I’ve provided to speak together with her if she has any questions or something like that, however she’s a robust individual. She’s going to be high quality.”
Cockle has been fairly vocal in his help for Ciri taking up because the protagonist in The Witcher 4. The unique announcement from again in December 2024 induced a little bit of controversy, with many referring to the choice to have Ciri as the primary character as “woke”. Cockle spoke out towards this, telling these people who they need to “learn the rattling books.”
“It’s not woke,” mentioned Cockle on the time. “There’s nothing woke about it. It’s a cool character from The Witcher they usually’re going to give attention to that character. I believe that’s superior. We are able to’t simply have Geralt for each single recreation for The Witcher advert nauseum by way of eternity.”
“Apart from, we’ve seen the top of Geralt’s journey,” he continued. “Blood and Wine was purported 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 assume it’s woke … if you happen to learn the books, then you definately perceive why CD Projekt went down this avenue. There’s a complete wealthy world of stuff to discover with Ciri that they didn’t do once 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 assume it’s woke, learn the rattling books. They’re good, to start with. And secondly, you received’t assume it’s so woke anymore.”
Again in January, Cockle had additionally referred to the choice of specializing in Ciri for The Witcher 4 as being “a extremely good transfer”. He went on to notice that he was excited for the upcoming recreation, and that he was thinking about seeing how the narrative shapes up with a brand new hero on the helm. He additionally famous that, whereas Geralt received’t be the primary character, he’ll nonetheless be current within the recreation as a facet character.
The Witcher 4 is being developed for PC, PS5 and Xbox Sequence X/S.
