The New Witcher Needs To Let Me Make My Own Monster Slayer

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Another Witcher game is in development and speculation is rampant. The new medallion is the Lynx which has fans bewildered. Some assumed it was the Cat, pointing to Ciri, but this is bringing fan-fic to life - with that, maybe we can carve out our own 'fan-fic' with a custom character. After so many books, games, and now shows about Ciri and Geralt’s adventures, I’d rather CD Projekt Red use the medium it’s best at to let us tell our own story in this wonderfully dark fantasy world.

CD Projekt Red’s The Witcher begins where the books end, taking us on the next step in Geralt of Rivia’s adventure. He has a wealth of backstory thanks to the books, but the games gave us some freedom with developing our very own interpretation of Geralt. His amnesia from the start opened up that leeway rather than bogging him down with the baggage of his own history. That meant you could portray him as a ruthless stereotypical witcher who wouldn’t lift a finger if not for coin. But you could also be compassionate.

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Some of the best moments in The Witcher trilogy stem from the times that we are pushed into making tough decisions, shaping our version of this character. It all boils down to how you view the witchers. I find the idea of their order to be a double-edged sword - they’ve been homegrown to protect humanity against the incursion of monsters bleeding into their world, but they also won’t do a thing without payment. They seem callous and cruel, so it’s understandable that the world has soured toward them. Yet, from the witchers we meet, it’s hard to picture that. Vesemir is a cuddly teddy bear and Letho seems far less stoic than what’s being