Fans React To Witcher 4 Announcement And Speculate About Ciri's Involvement
Out of nowhere, CD Projekt Red started the week off by announcing that development is officially underway on the next entry in The Witcher saga. The Polish studio released a single teaser image, and that was enough to incite conversations and speculation online as to what the Witcher 4, or whatever it's called, will involve.
One of the main pieces of speculation around the new Witcher game is what that medallion is. Some people believe the medallion shown in the teaser represents the School of the Cat. Ciri from The Witcher 3 wears this medallion, though she formally trained at the School of the Wolf. Still, there are some who believe Ciri might take on a larger role in the next game, or perhaps be the main playable character. That remains to be seen, but CD Projekt Red previously teased that it wants tell more Ciri-centric stories.
In 2020, CD Projekt writer Jakub Szamałek was asked by VG247 if the studio has considered making Ciri the main character of a new Witcher game. Szamałek replied, «Interesting question. Would you like to play a game with Ciri as a lead character?»
«I regret we didn't get to explore Ciri's past a bit more,» he explained of Ciri's story in The Witcher 3. «She's such an amazingly rich and complex character. Due to obvious reasons--well, she's pretty much gone for two thirds of the game--she didn't get quite as much screen time as we writers would have liked. But hey, maybe it's something we’ll get to get back to in the future.»
Some people initially thought the medallion shown in the teaser art was the School of the Cat medallion. The medallion is hidden in part by snow, but even with some elements obscured, many people on Reddit have pointed out that it islikely not the School of the Cat
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