• Mandy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    12·
    4 hours ago

    Have they even written a line of code yet?
    Guess neither people nor they learned that infinite hype is a disgustingly fake practice.

  • NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zipEnglish
    222·
    6 hours ago

    REALLY annoyed that Ciri is quaffing potions since I thought a big deal was that she never had the witcher mutations since Triss (?) realized it was a really bad idea to give a menstruating young girl all those mutagens. So those should basically leave her in horrific pain on the ground after she chugs them.

    One of the things that made her segments Work so well in TW3 was that she very clearly was NOT Geralt… she was something simultaneously less and massively more powerful. Which is why her wandering off to become a Witcher in all the good endings was so powerful. She is not a Witcher but she IS someone who can fight like one and who can do some good in the world.

    But very excited. I think there is a LOT of room for Ciri to call out the misogynistic bullshit of the average medieval-ish fantasy culture (and we saw shades of that). Not entirely sure I trust CDPR for this though. Sometimes they do real good and sometimes it feels like the joke is that that woman has a dick. Time will tell.

    But a few people noticed that Bluesky has Austin Walker listed as part of CDPR Boston (?). I suspect that is just an anomaly or maybe some contract work but… I trust Austin to speak Truth and convince people just how much power they have to write a ridiculously powerful female character in medieval-ish Europe.

    Also, I assume CDPR is reading this because of course they are. So here is something free. Ciri is not the Butcher of Blavikan like her father. She is the “Butcher of whatever fucking town this is” if people don’t get out of her way and let her help people.

    • WolfLink@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      5·
      59 minutes ago

      We’ll just have to see what explanation they give. Did she get herself mutated eventually? Are the potions diluted/weaker? (I remember a quest where Geralt feeds a normal human a small dose of one of his potions.)

      Would it be more interesting to have a Ciri that specifically doesn’t have most of the Witcher powers? Maybe, but I can understand them wanting to keep most of the gameplay staples. It looks like they are trying to keep most of Geralt’s moves and then adding some new ones.

      Whatever happens, it should be interesting! I think what I’m most excited about is Ciri has a different morality and worldview - I’m excited to see how that ends up affecting the writing.

      Of course I’m not taking it for granted it will be good, but I am hopeful.

  • BreadstickNinja@lemmy.worldEnglish
    92·
    7 hours ago

    I sure hope CDPR is up to the task. Witcher 3 is one of the greatest games ever made, but I’ve been burned by Blizzard into knowing that a great trailer doesn’t portend a great game.

  • Don_alForno@feddit.orgEnglish
    2·
    5 hours ago

    Who’s that ugly fucker that took the Leshen’s place?

    Anyway, let’s wait and see in what state it releases.

  • Ashtear@lemm.eeEnglish
    111·
    9 hours ago

    AHHH this raises so many questions. So ready for this.