• Thorry84@feddit.nl
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    30
    arrow-down
    14
    ·
    8 days ago

    Holy clickbait title Batman. They recast her as compared to the previous games. The title makes it seem like they recast her as a response to all the neckbeards shitting on the trailer.

    • DesolateMood@lemm.ee
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      18
      arrow-down
      3
      ·
      8 days ago

      The title makes it seem like they recast her as a response to all the neckbeards shitting on the trailer.

      In what way? The title doesn’t make it seem like anything, it literally just says she’s been recast

      • Thorry84@feddit.nl
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        8
        arrow-down
        17
        ·
        8 days ago

        By being intentionally vague, a lie by omission. They could have easily included something that made it clear a different actress has the role as compared to the previous games, but chose not to.

        They also used the word “recast” to imply a change was made in the casting of The Witcher 4, whilst this isn’t the case. They simply went with a different actress as compared to the previous games, which is casting and not re-casting. I don’t know if anybody expected the same actress after such a long time between games?

        They would also be well aware of the sad reactions to the trailer because the lead in a game isn’t a man. So I content they intentionally chose this title to imply some sort of a reaction in the casting in response to the trailer. And judging by the number of up votes and people saying the same thing, I don’t think I’m alone.

    • lobut@lemmy.ca
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      5
      ·
      8 days ago

      Are these the same people that complain about cancer culture? It feels like it.

  • nesc@lemmy.cafe
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    3
    arrow-down
    12
    ·
    8 days ago

    One can hope that in witcher 5 there won’t be anyone from the books, better yet set it in the past. So you can actually play as a real witcher.

    • EonNShadow@pawb.social
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      7
      arrow-down
      6
      ·
      8 days ago

      Ciri took the Trial of the Grasses in 3

      What about that makes her not a “real Witcher”?

        • illi@lemm.ee
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          2
          ·
          7 days ago

          And it was slightly repurposed Trials, no? It used the Trials as base, but they needed it to do something else

          • Gamoc@lemmy.world
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            1
            ·
            7 days ago

            I think the difference was that Ciri used her powers to reshape him rather than having him drink the decoctions that change a witchers body.

      • nesc@lemmy.cafe
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        3
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        7 days ago

        She didn’t. Trial was made for men, she can’t use witcher signs. It wasn’t about Ciri I meant a story about witcher as in mercenary that kills monsters not as a side quest at best or hobby at worst. Additionally witchers aren’t needed anymore.