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The Witcher 4’s cinematic reveal trailer was an indulgent six-minute-long saga during which Ciri, the brand new protagonist of the sequence, went on a sidequest. The entire thing had the vibe of the Killing Monsters trailer for The Witcher 3, or that one quest the place the villagers have been providing sacrifices to leshen.
It begins with somebody stepping into a shower, solely this time it isn’t Tub Geralt. It is a younger girl being ready for a ritual whereas her father narrates about seeing her develop up. That is intercut with footage of Ciri, although we do not see her face, utilizing the igni signal to mild a hearth—probably burning some herbs to organize a potion with. Ciri continues to organize by sharpening a sword, one that appears just like the silver model of Zireael seen within the ending of The Witcher 3 the place Ciri follows in Geralt’s footsteps.
Because the younger girl walks out right into a crowd of fellow villagers, one in all them spots the distinctive paired swords of a witcher amongst them. He lays a hand on the witcher’s shoulder, and as she turns we see Ciri’s face for the primary time. She’s older than she was in The Witcher 3 (and would not sound like she’s being voiced by Jo Wyatt any extra), and has the pupils of a witcher. Meaning she’s undergone the Trial of the Grasses, or at the very least a model of them, which beforehand solely younger boys had been in a position to survive. Maybe Ciri made it by way of them because of her Elder Blood?
Or perhaps the Faculty of the Lynx has their very own system, cooked up within the years between video games. When Ciri arrives on the cave the place our younger girl’s gone to be sacrificed, her witcher medallion vibrates, and it is a distinctive lynx just like the one we noticed in an early tease for The Witcher 4.
Throughout the battle that follows, Ciri downs a Cat potion to have the ability to see at the hours of darkness (and to spice up her crit probability by 5%, assuming she downloaded the 4.0 patch). That is extra proof she’s undergone the Trial of Grasses and develop into a full witcher. Within the battle that follows she depends on swordplay and indicators somewhat than her capability to teleport, maybe as a result of she was diminished in energy after defeating the White Frost.
Ciri does draw on some water operating down the cave wall to empower a sequence round her fist, which then electrocutes the monster she’s combating. It is a cute callback to the best way Geralt used a sequence towards the striga within the first recreation’s opening cinematic, however Ciri’s clearly able to extra magic than Geralt was. Maybe she’ll regain her talents over the course of the story, like Batman studying his abilities once more in every Arkham recreation?
The trailer ends with Ciri defeating the monster, solely to study the villagers have completed its work and killed the sacrifice anyway within the identify of the gods. “There aren’t any gods right here,” Ciri says. “Solely monsters.”
After which, although solely within the model of the trailer proven at The Recreation Awards, we get to listen to Geralt. “Time for a brand new saga,” he says. “See you on the trail.” Given the back-and-forth about whether or not Doug Cockle’s Geralt can be returning in The Witcher 4, this looks as if a last-minute addition to verify we all know that Geralt hasn’t been fully solid apart. Perhaps he’ll play a mentor function, like Vesemir did in The Witcher 3. Or perhaps he’ll simply be chilling in his winery, enjoying Gwent. We’ll have to attend some time to seek out out, provided that The Witcher 4 solely simply went into full manufacturing.