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I think people's heads will explode if CDPR releases another Witcher 4 trailer and Ciri is Empress, with a whole different narrative. As in the player could chose between the two.

yeah, especially that comparison pic..but other angles not so much

some speculation online that Ciri in Witcher 4 is modeled after Daria Zawiałow, who is also doing music for the game.

o o

The W4 Ciri to me is still very attractive but she kind of looks odd in some of the rendering. When she's in the sunlight she looks fine, but in the dark she looks like she's in her 40s, wearing a lot of makeup but oddly without wrinkles. There is a little facial sag that comes with middle age. I dunno, it's a bit odd. Ciri is supposed to have some elf blood so the creative choice to make her look 'special' in the W3 with features that are too perfect.

holy sh*t maddy

according to early Polish reviews, the new Witcher book (prequel) is better than Season of Storms and is on par with the rest of the series. IMHO it must have big lore-tie ins with the Witcher 4 as the author is now working with CDPR

liana has a very perfect and cute face

yea, Ciri is literally the #1 most logical choice based on the books and the games. It would be like going back to the lion's den for her to be empress. Also the devs said that the ending where Ciri dies (and also internet sleuths) isn't real. She actually survives and there are clues about it in the game. It seems that people are upset that Geralt is not the main character and the CGI Ciri looks different/not as pretty as the W3 Ciri. The CDPR Corvo Bianco comic that finished up last month makes more sense now; in the ending Geralt realizes that he can't fully escape from the 'path', the 'path' finds him again eventually. Doug Cockle/Geralt will be in the W4 but how much so is the question; he could be a major supporting character (most likely) or a lesser one like Letho was in W3.

the anti-woke guys are definitively going to say that Ciri is 'ugly'/got 'DEI'ed without remembering that the cgi trailer they contracted out won't be the same as the in-game character.

This CGI trailer Ciri is noticeably less good looking/mean looking compared to Ciri in the Witcher 3... : (. Don't like her voice actor, too deep and authoritative. I expect Ciri to look different in-game. This reminds me of how Geralt was portrayed in the W3 early promos- more aggressive and mean looking than he is. So according to the CDPR devs Ciri after the end of W3 undertakes Witcher mutations which is why her eyes has changed. The devs also say that part of the game is to 'create your own' Ciri, as in what you do in the game will determine what kind of person she will be. Which is cool, and sounds different than in W3 where Geralt does get 'mean Geralt' endings but it's mainly due to doing the wrong stuff during your playthrough and making the wrong choices; the personality of Geralt doesn't change.

@Enrico_sw @SympathysSilhouette my brain exploded- Witcher 4 stars Ciri! https://www.ign.com/articles/inside-the-witcher-4-cd-projekt-reds-plans-for-its-next-big-rpg