The Witcher IV [TBA]
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4treyu




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PostPosted: Fri, 13th Dec 2024 02:17    Post subject: The Witcher IV [TBA]


Genre: Action RPG
Developer: CD Projekt RED
Engine: Unreal Engine 5

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The Witcher IV is a single-player, open-world RPG from CD PROJEKT RED. At the start of a new saga, players take on the role of Ciri and embark on a journey through a brutal dark fantasy world. Powered by Unreal Engine 5, it aims to be the most immersive and ambitious open-world Witcher game to date.


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The trailer is pre-rendered in a custom build of Unreal Engine 5 on an unannounced NVIDIA GeForce RTX GPU. Powered by the same tech that The Witcher IV is built on, using assets and models from the game itself, it aims to provide players with a cinematic look at the kind of experience the game is aspiring to provide. The trailer was created through a close collaboration between CD PROJEKT RED and Platige Image, who are no strangers to The Witcher universe, having been responsible for intro cinematics in the previous installments of the series.


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Dazz99




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PostPosted: Fri, 13th Dec 2024 02:24    Post subject:
so fucking hype!!!!!!


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Yuri




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PostPosted: Fri, 13th Dec 2024 02:27    Post subject:
Dazz99 wrote:
so fucking hype!!!!!!




1 and 2 are still amazing.
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PostPosted: Fri, 13th Dec 2024 02:31    Post subject:
Ugh unreal engine.

5 years later.. Laughing
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PostPosted: Fri, 13th Dec 2024 02:54    Post subject:
Very reminiscent of TW2/TW3. And hey, Ciri is still attractive!

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PostPosted: Fri, 13th Dec 2024 04:22    Post subject:
In before Stormwolf comes to this thread with his anti-woke bullshit because Ciri looks like the main protagonist Laughing

Also... FUCKING HYPE!!!!

Side comment, video footage taken with "unreleased RTX" card Shocked


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PostPosted: Fri, 13th Dec 2024 04:23    Post subject:
She is the protagonist

https://www.ign.com/articles/the-witcher-4-developer-cd-projekt-explains-why-it-went-with-ciri-over-continuing-with-geralt-as-protagonist

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“She's actually about to become the Witcher,” Kalemba explained. “She's about to actually form her own codex, but on her own terms. The way she actually deals with the monsters, the way she deals with quests, the adventures, it's her own unique way. And also I think that she gives more room to be able to tell different stories here and there. Of course, we want to give the opportunity for the player to explore more nuance because this is what we do. But she deserves that.”

Both Mitręga and Kalemba acknowledged a potential backlash from some corners of the internet at Ciri’s role as protagonist in The Witcher 4, but both insisted Ciri was always going to be the game’s main character.

“There was an intention behind this choice,” Kalemba said. “It was far from roulette. It wasn't random. I remember we had discussions nine years ago, we were talking about who's next? The very, very instant answer was Ciri. There are many reasons behind that. We've already mentioned a few. But she really deserves a stage and we want players to really experience her story because she has so much to tell, so much to prove. The amount of challenges that are in front of her give us so much amazing energy and fuel to create an epic saga that we had no choice but to go with it. We all felt that this is the way. I believe this is the super right choice.”


The only thing is... I hated her combat style compared to Geralt's
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PostPosted: Fri, 13th Dec 2024 07:19    Post subject:
They heard me when I said "Oh my fucking God ! I wish they make a Ciri spinoff for the next game" when I finished The Witcher III


It sounds even better here !


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PostPosted: Fri, 13th Dec 2024 07:58    Post subject:
Honestly I'm a bit disappointed. Knew the obvious pick would be Ciri as main protagonist but I secretly hoped we will get a "create your own Witcher" kinda thing which would be pretty innovative idea. Still somewhat hyped but definetly not like I was for W3 which didn't disappoint from announcement till now (played so many times). Will wait to see gameplay.


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PostPosted: Fri, 13th Dec 2024 08:49    Post subject:
Imagine a AAA game with a male though guy protagonist in 2025+ Laughing
We don't do that anymore.

No news here, we knew the game was in development and Ciri as a main makes sense.

The only real news for me is that Blackwell is allready used in development.
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vurt




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PostPosted: Fri, 13th Dec 2024 09:18    Post subject:
ZERO hype and expectations.

Fuck these female protagonists, totally ruins immersion, by far the worst parts of TW3.
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PostPosted: Fri, 13th Dec 2024 09:27    Post subject:
Laughing
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PostPosted: Fri, 13th Dec 2024 09:53    Post subject:
This was not as epic as TW3's trailers.

Not as intriguing as TW2's trailers.

Not as atmospheric and mysterious as TW1's trailer.

But it was also... not bad.


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PostPosted: Fri, 13th Dec 2024 10:06    Post subject:
TW3 was way more memorable.
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PostPosted: Fri, 13th Dec 2024 10:18    Post subject:
What if she became empress? Even if she became a witcher, she cannot use elixirs, since she did not go through the mutation process. Why is she fighting like this? Why is she using witcher signs? Isn't she a teleporting dimension hopping ubergodlike mage? This makes very little sense.
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PostPosted: Fri, 13th Dec 2024 10:25    Post subject:
dethy wrote:
In before Stormwolf comes to this thread with his anti-woke bullshit because Ciri looks like the main protagonist Laughing

Also... FUCKING HYPE!!!!

Side comment, video footage taken with "unreleased RTX" card Shocked
I'm not Stormwolf but I'll bite: Ciri looks like a mayun, baby! Troll Dad
The biggest problem I have with this is IF this is the game developed by the Boston studio, filled with (your?) fellow 'murican woke and trannie developers that will irreparibly ruin the game.
IF it's from the "old" studio, then even with the woke and trannie kurwa influences there's a chance it might be OK.


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PostPosted: Fri, 13th Dec 2024 11:36    Post subject:
dethy wrote:
In before Stormwolf comes to this thread with his anti-woke bullshit because Ciri looks like the main protagonist Laughing

Also... FUCKING HYPE!!!!

Side comment, video footage taken with "unreleased RTX" card Shocked


Shot yourself in the foot with that comment Laughing

tonizito wrote:
dethy wrote:
In before Stormwolf comes to this thread with his anti-woke bullshit because Ciri looks like the main protagonist Laughing

Also... FUCKING HYPE!!!!

Side comment, video footage taken with "unreleased RTX" card Shocked
I'm not Stormwolf but I'll bite: Ciri looks like a mayun, baby! Troll Dad
The biggest problem I have with this is IF this is the game developed by the Boston studio, filled with (your?) fellow 'murican woke and trannie developers that will irreparibly ruin the game.
IF it's from the "old" studio, then even with the woke and trannie kurwa influences there's a chance it might be OK.


Well it was obvious she's made manlier. But that might simply be because they want her to look like a fearsome warrior. I kinda get it. Though i'll change my mind if she's suddenly lesbian also
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PostPosted: Fri, 13th Dec 2024 12:01    Post subject:
No Geralt is highly disappointing Sad . I understand W3 doesn't have a canon ending, but for me, Ciri becoming empress was perfectly fitting both her and Geralt (and emotional too, Geralt being the father figure having to let his grown up daughter go and make her own choices. It's basically the entire arc of their relationship throughout both the game ànd books coming to a satisfying conclusion), so it doesn't really make much sense either.


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PostPosted: Fri, 13th Dec 2024 12:06    Post subject:
Stormwolf wrote:

Though i'll change my mind if she's suddenly lesbian also

Too late, she had a lesbian affair in Tower of the Swallow, the 4th book published in 1997 Laughing


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PostPosted: Fri, 13th Dec 2024 12:26    Post subject:
Il_Padrino wrote:
No Geralt is highly disappointing Sad . I understand W3 doesn't have a canon ending, but for me, Ciri becoming empress was perfectly fitting both her and Geralt (and emotional too, Geralt being the father figure having to let his grown up daughter go and make her own choices. It's basically the entire arc of their relationship throughout both the game ànd books coming to a satisfying conclusion), so it doesn't really make much sense either.


at the time it didn't, but now obviously the canon ending for ciri is to se off to become a witcher
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PostPosted: Fri, 13th Dec 2024 12:41    Post subject:
but is this an alternative timeline of some sort? Ciri never went through the Trials, the witcher potions would be potentially lethal to her because of this...


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PostPosted: Fri, 13th Dec 2024 12:52    Post subject:
She probably has her own potions; it's easy to justify any change when you separate her from the strict principles of being a Witcher (as we knew Geralt to be):

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She's about to actually form her own codex, but on her own terms. The way she actually deals with the monsters, the way she deals with quests, the adventures, it's her own unique way


I always considered the ending where she becomes a Witcher to be canon, it seemed like the best one you could get, by allowing her to be who she wanted
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PostPosted: Fri, 13th Dec 2024 12:55    Post subject:
dsergei wrote:
What if she became empress? Even if she became a witcher, she cannot use elixirs, since she did not go through the mutation process. Why is she fighting like this? Why is she using witcher signs? Isn't she a teleporting dimension hopping ubergodlike mage? This makes very little sense.



According to this article, she went through mutation process and it might be part of the story on how that happened: LINK


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PostPosted: Fri, 13th Dec 2024 12:56    Post subject:
Looking good but as always, full CGI does not reveal much. Some highly insecure comments aside, with Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk they really deserve a lot of good will imo.

vurt wrote:
ZERO hype and expectations.

Fuck these female protagonists, totally ruins immersion, by far the worst parts of TW3.


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PostPosted: Fri, 13th Dec 2024 13:47    Post subject:
harry_theone wrote:
Looking good but as always, full CGI does not reveal much. Some highly insecure comments aside, with Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk they really deserve a lot of good will imo.

vurt wrote:
ZERO hype and expectations.

Fuck these female protagonists, totally ruins immersion, by far the worst parts of TW3.


Are you attracted to male bodies that much? Get that checked out w0kém0n Cool Face Cool Face

Good will because of cyberpunk?
If someone fucks something up they dont deserve goodwill if they fix it.
It should have been good out of the box.
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PostPosted: Fri, 13th Dec 2024 13:49    Post subject:
I can't remember one single CDPR title that delivered at release. They all needed an enhanced edition to become actually good. So I don't care. I can wait. I enjoyed all their games.


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PostPosted: Fri, 13th Dec 2024 13:51    Post subject:
Yea well, at least they're rid of that janky engine of theirs

I'll give them the benefit of doubt after so many bangers and honestly outright making Cyberpunk an absolutely fantastic game, masterpiece in my opinion, even if it took years of patches and an expansion pack.

Going for a solid engine right out the gate where they only have to be mindful of traversal and shader stutters (which ue 5.2 or 5.3 fixed?) should allow them to develop more smoothly

mind you we're a talking about a game that is still 3-4 years off at least
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PostPosted: Fri, 13th Dec 2024 13:57    Post subject:
Name one unreal 5 game that's not a poorly optimized, blurry and stutter-y mess. The fact they switched to it is one of the worst things about their games now.
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PostPosted: Fri, 13th Dec 2024 14:02    Post subject:
couleur wrote:
I can't remember one single CDPR title that delivered at release. They all needed an enhanced edition to become actually good. So I don't care. I can wait. I enjoyed all their games.


Witcher 1 and 3 were fine at release.
Sure Witcher 3 was improved afterwards, but the game was all the hype when released.
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PostPosted: Fri, 13th Dec 2024 14:19    Post subject:
friketje wrote:
Witcher 1 and 3 were fine at release.


Not really. Source: I had DVD boxed version of The Witcher pre-EE and played it at version 1.3. EE brought much needed polish.
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