NOTE: There are spoilers forward for one in every of The Witcher 3’s endings.
The Witcher 4 goes to kick off a brand new trilogy for CD Projekt RED’s fantasy motion RPG collection, however although it’s clearly marking a brand new starting, it’s additionally clearly not a totally contemporary begin. It’s referred to as The Witcher 4, in any case, and never solely stars a well-known character as its new protagonist in Ciri, however can be bringing again former protagonist Geralt of Rivia in some capability. As you might guess, then, The Witcher 4 goes to keep up full continuity with occasions that preceded it.
After all, that’s somewhat extra difficult than it could appear, as a result of one in every of The Witcher 3’s ending truly sees Ciri dying. In response to Cian Maher, CDPR’s franchise and lore designer for Witcher, nonetheless, that ending might not be such an open-and-shut case. Talking in an interview with IGN, he said that there are hints within the ending that Ciri might have been alive in any case.
“The one complication might be the concept there may be an ending through which Ciri can die in The Witcher 3,” he stated. “There are hints in that ending that spotlight the truth that she most likely doesn’t die.”
As such, as per Maher, The Witcher 4 isn’t going to “break any canon and even offend any canon”, no matter which of The Witcher 3’s endings you wish to take into account canon.
Sport director Sebastian Kalemba has additionally spoken about how The Witcher 4 will place even better emphasis on participant company, not solely with its branching storytelling, but additionally with its better gameplay selection. Learn extra on that by way of right here.
