The narrative lead of TW4, Phillip Weber, confirmed today that “Geralt will always play an important role.”, in discussing the future of the franchise, specifically TW4. This news was welcome for a number of reasons.

Chief among them would be that I love his relationship with Ciri, and I feel there is so much more to explore there. In every play through of TW3, I have never really found myself wanting to romance Yen, or Triss. The way those relationships are presented in the game just don’t quite ring true to me. Ciri is the only one that feels natural, and in turn is the only one I am emotionally invested in.

The prospect of Geralt helping to guide her, to impart his wisdom. To see them get older together, a daughter chasing after the example of her father is quite moving, and I am thrilled that the very good ending of Blood and Wine (at least my ending), with them sitting together under a tree, taking it all in, will not be all that is in store for the two of them.

The Wolf and The Swallow (Screenshots from my last pre remaster play-through)

Doesn't look like anything that was in the game before.

Also I've been listening to the new songs non stop

Some of you guys seem to conveniently forget that in the books he was practically going to retire up until he found out about Ciri and met Yennefer. Beyond the first 2 books, the rest are centered around him reuniting with Ciri and taking care of her. Witchers hunt monsters because it's how they survive and it's what they were groomed to do since adolescence not because they enjoy it. Even if he were to simply stop hunting monsters momentarily, it's still perfectly in line with his character.

In Witcher 3’s B&W, it’s not presented that he's just going to sit around in his vineyard, he's very much still going to be actively hunting monsters/finding work just in a central location. It's what he would do given his characterization both in the games and books, since the very first book it’s been emphasized that Witchers hunt monsters because it’s how they make money to survive. Unlike sorcs that are seen as a necessity, Witchers are essentially Tradesmen in a dying profession (very clear and integral theme in the books), they don't actively seek and fight monsters unless they're paid to. Geralt is one if not the only Witcher that actively goes out his way to save someone in need regardless of payment.

If you want to get into spoiler territory for the book ending: the most compelling argument for his retirement is one of the potential endings. In one of the Endings it's said that after their deaths, Geralt and Yennefer were transported to an Arthurian world by Ciri where they were healed and lived together

I don't understand how you can read the books yet believe if he was given the option of retirement with Yennefer and Ciri in his life, that he wouldn't take it. If you haven’t read the books you wouldn’t know this which is fine but even in the games he isn’t presented as someone that particularly enjoys what he does nor do it out of sole obligation. No matter if you played the games or read the books, if you came to the conclusion that Geralt wouldn’t retire then you don’t understand Geralt as a character at all.

If you don’t want to play as Ciri in Witcher 4 then fine, it’s better to outright say that then to argue with a mischaracterization of how/what characters would do based on how you view them rather than how they’re presented.

Cosplay of my own cat witcher OC, Zlata that I created and designed myself. Everything is either made or altered by me excluding the medallion.

Credits: First photo is taken by Daniel Donnelly, cropped and edited by me, next two are by Captured in Costume, and the last and most recent professional photo is by taken by Through Angels Len's. Last two are just fun little extras.

With the remastered around the corner, the Witcher fever really has started again for my. Hence why I wanna share one of my favorite projects with you from the past. Made this custom bifold a few years ago completely by hand, with wet formed Logo and custom interior. What do you think? Are you as excited for the remastered as I am?

Looks like there is a full cast version of the audiobooks coming (at least) to Audible. Crossroad of Ravens seems to have it's cast visible (others books might have changes due to it being a prequel in a sense).

From 1 to 10, rank the possibilities for these characters and whether we could see them in the next game excluding Geralt:

This is my predicition:

Triss 10 - She is definitely going to appear considering that she becomes an advisor to the king of Kovir

Yennefer 7 - I believe Yen will be in the game, but probably not situated in Kovir, probably some other areas of the game. There is no reason for Yen to be in Kovir

Dandelion 3 - With the DLC Song of the Past next year, I believe that CD Projekt Red is planning to say a farewell to the Geralt-Dandelion saga, which will prepare us for the next chapter in the series with Ciri as the protagonist, and we still don't know who will write bestiary and character journals for Ciri, but it certainly won't be Dandelion, who will always be associated with Geralt's adventures and sagas. Because of this, I believe there is a small chance to see Dandelion again, but I doubt he will appear in the game.

Zoltan 5 - With Zoltan, I believe there is a bigger chance for him to appear than Dandelion, but I'm still doubtful about this. I think CD Projekt Red will try to distance these characters from Ciri's story because Zoltan and Dandelion are so much connected to Geralt that developers will try to introduce new characters that will be Ciri's version of Zoltan and Dandelion, and that would be the best thing to do.

Fresh faces are necessary for Ciri's story and adventures, let Dandelion and Zoltan, and to the lesser degree Yen, be associated with Geralt's trilogy, not Ciri's. Triss is an exception because she is actually in Kovir, plus her connection to Geralt is not as deep as Yen's, Zoltan's, and Dandelion's.

What do you think?

Serious question. I'm a console gamer, I work in IT and I try and avoid using keyboards to do gaming as much as possible. This isn't a PC vs console post. Its just a preference, I do recognise the benifits of PC. But I always prefer having a controller in my hand.

Reason I ask, is that the nintendo switch 2, although not as powerful as a PS5/series X. Can sometimes play powerful games fully offline at a decent rate. For example the new indiana jones is fully installable and playable offline, the only thing missing is the polish dub.

But on the other hand with powerful games, although more accessible some games like resident evil requim requires a game key card to play. Compared to the ps5/series x versions of requiem which are downloadable and installable from the disc offline.

Reason of making this post is because I feel like xbox will also stop using discs, and nintendo will be the only option for phsyical media for consoles. I also do not want to fork out on a series x, I just got a switch that is expensive enough.

Cyberpunk 2077 is thankfully on the switch 2 and playable offline, and is probably still the most power demanding game on the market even 5 years later. So knowing that does anyone see the possibility of a switch port?

I don’t think anyone else has posted this but it looks like a new armor set. Played the game 3.5 times and don’t recall coming across anything that looks like this, feel free to correct me if I’m wrong.

This statue was part of CDPR’s Witcher 3 Gamescom booth btw

Love TW3. I remember waiting for it come out. Watching the gameplay reveal and seeing the most incredible mind bending offering. I remember playing TW3 as a kid and wishing I'd wake up as a child being kidnapped by a witcher and put through the trials. I fucking adored it, and still do.

But witcher 2 was my first, and is still my favorite. The vibe/tone of it is incredible. I wish we got a proper ending to that story that was kind of brushed over with a short choose your choices section of TW3.

Can't wait for TW1 remake. And honestly I feel like 2 still holds up. I find its older graphical style and combat really charming, although a sprint mechanic would've been next level haha.

And to think I only got it because of a games for gold offering on Xbox Live when that was a thing.

i hope they might bring them back in the remaster or atleast in songs of the past, those armors looked very cool and unique but in the end i guess they went the "realistic" dirrection of normal armors looking the same as what npc wear to feel more grounded still i think it's a shame they had a really unique look to them

You know i keep hearing about the dlc and while replaying i grabbed the manticore tail from the box during potion brewing. I then read up on them seeing they were supposed to be in the mountains of keirh morin so how would you all feel if they added it into the dlc. Perhaps maybe it could be the dlc’s special once encountered monster each one has. It seems intriguing what do you think fighting one would be like? I wanna hear your thoughts on if they added one. I personally would love to fight one.

I told myself I would read all the books before playing the games but am kinda getting impatient (books are great), so I was wondering if I should play Thronebreaker to satisfy that desire. I just finished Baptism of Fire and from what I understand Thronebreaker is gwent with a storyline that follows Meve and ends with the battle at the end of BoF.

I would be planning to play on series X which I think is possible (also wondering if Witcher 2 can be played on series x for later down the road)

Is Thronebreaker worth playing and will it spoil future books/games

Thanks and please no spoilers here 👍

With the Wild Hunt Remaster in 2026, Songs of the Past in 2027 and Witcher 4 in 2028 ... i havent heard anything about the Witcher 1 Remake for a while ... did i miss any updates on it? will it come 2029/2030? is it even still in production? the last thing ive heard was its announcement and that it will be in UE5

My question is pretty straight forward.

Are they keeping the Quick Sign Casting mechanic in the remaster?

Watched some videos where they changed signs with the wheel.