- Making Ciri the star of The Witcher 4 is “a very good decision” according to Geralt voice actor Doug Cockle
- Cockle thinks continuing the saga with Ciri is interesting because of her presence in the books.
- Doug Cockle will reprise his role as Geralt in The Witcher 4
CD Projekt Red’s decision to make Ciri the star of The Witcher 4 is “a very good decision” according to the voice actor of Geralt of Rivia.
The Witcher 4 was finally revealed last month alongside a cinematic trailer showcasing our first look at an all-new saga starring Ciri as the titular Witcher protagonist.
According to narrative director Phillipp Weber, the decision to make Geralt’s adopted daughter the next playable character was made “a very long time ago” and since she was set up in Andrzej Sapkowski’s original novels, the development team thought it was “natural evolution”. of what we have been doing for so long.”
Doug Cockle, the voice behind Geralt in the top three THE Witcher Games, also shared his excitement for the move, saying there are “all kinds of reasons” that make this choice exciting, mainly due to how his role in the books is portrayed.
“I’m really excited,” Cockle remarked in a recent interview with IGN. “I think it’s a really good decision. I mean, I always thought that continuing the saga, but moving on to Ciri, would be a really, really interesting decision for all sorts of reasons, but especially because of what happens in books, which I don’t want to talk about because I want people to read.
“So yeah, I think it’s really exciting. I can’t wait. I can’t wait to see what they’ve done.”
The Witcher 4 doesn’t yet have a release window, but CD Projekt Red has since confirmed that Doug Cockle will reprise his role as Geralt in the role-playing game (RPG). We also know that it will introduce new regions but that the map will remain “more or less the same” size as The Witcher 3‘s.
