Hey, there’s one other Witcher recreation on the best way. It is in development at CD Projekt Pink proper now and can apparently run on Unreal Engine 5. That is fairly neat. CPDR introduced the information in the present day with a single picture: a mysterious witcher medallion buried in snow.
It is also possible the one picture we’ll have of the sequel for fairly a while, so let’s dissect it to see what we will glean in regards to the subsequent Witcher recreation proper now. For starters, let’s cowl what we already knew about The Witcher 4 earlier than in the present day.
- Geralt will not be the protagonist (however may cameo)
- It is possible nonetheless years away
- It most likely will not be known as The Witcher 4
These details carry us to in the present day’s snowy teaser. We do not know the place Witcher 4 will happen or who the protagonist shall be, however that medallion raises some main questions, beginning with: Is {that a} Cat college medallion?
Is {that a} Cat college medallion?
Type of, however not likely. The College of the Cat is one in every of seven witcher faculties depicted within the books and video games. As with witchers as a complete, the Cat college is actually defunct and few of its witchers stay by the point the video games come round. There aren’t many cat witchers wandering all over the world of The Witcher, however we do know what their medallions appear like.
This is a Cat medallion (left) in contrast towards the new medallion (proper) proven in in the present day’s Witcher 4 teaser.
These are positively totally different. The face on the brand new medallion appears to be like lots nearer to a Lynx, a breed of feline that is greater than a home cat and has distinct pointy hair tufts on the tip of its ears (clearly seen within the snow medallion). The 2 are totally different sufficient that my intestine says we’re wanting on the medallion of a witcher college that does not but exist, besides, it isn’t that straightforward.
This is not the primary time lynxes have come up in CDPR’s Witcher video games. The Witcher 3 includes a facet quest wherein gamers study in regards to the Cat college whereas looking down armor items worn by its members. The sport calls these armor items “Feline” gear. The opposite approach to get the armor is to spawn them into the world utilizing console instructions on PC. The instructions to spawn Feline gear confer with the armor as “Lynx school” gear.
So, will Witcher 4 star a brand new breed of witchers represented by the lynx, or is that this merely a retcon/rebranding of the present Cat college? The Witcher 3 merchandise codes recommend CDPR referred to the Cat college as “lynx” sooner or later, and with Witcher 4 being the beginning of a “new saga” indifferent from Geralt, now could be the time to make bigger modifications.
Is Ciri a part of the Cat college?
Very presumably. Gamers have been asking for a Ciri-led Witcher recreation since Witcher 3 launched in 2015, and there is good purpose to suppose it is attainable.
For one, Ciri truly wears a Cat college medallion. It is not likely talked about in Witcher 3, however you’ll be able to spot it hanging off her waist in-game and through cutscenes. Whereas taking part in as Ciri, the Wolf image subsequent to Geralt’s well being bar is changed with a Cat image. The video games do not name consideration to this element, however within the books, Ciri takes the Cat medallion from a bounty hunter named Leo Bonhart, who himself looted it from a Cat college witcher he killed.
We’re nonetheless not sure about the entire cat vs. lynx factor, but when the Witcher 4 teaser is solely a rebranding of the Cat college, then we very nicely might be Ciri’s medallion.
There are different issues that make Ciri a great candidate for protagonist. In what many take into account to be one of the best ending of Witcher 3’s principal story, Ciri becomes a witcher and units off on her personal. A brand new recreation set after Geralt’s retirement could be a pure place to select up a brand new recreation and per what CDPR has mentioned about the way forward for The Witcher video games.
Who’re the Cat college witchers?
Among the many numerous witcher factions, the Cat college is one thing of a black sheep. They have been a nomadic group that traveled and educated by caravan, choosing up new members and making an attempt out some critically tousled mutation strategies alongside the best way. They’re recognized for specializing in agility, precision, and velocity.
The Cat college additionally appeared to have a behavior of cruelty at its peak. Within the World of the Witcher compendium printed in 2015, Geralt’s mentor Vesemir shares some significantly unkind phrases about his Cat colleagues.
“I do not know whether or not they selected their candidates particularly from younger outcasts with a penchant for aggression, or if some unexpected cruelty was someway unleashed throughout the trials, however the remaining impact was a cadre of psychopaths, madmen, and sadists. Evidently, the ailing fame of their deeds hangs like a darkish cloud over our fame to this present day.”
These particulars might be related if CDPR plans to discover the Cat college additional in Witcher 4. There’s nonetheless a greater probability that the sequel takes place lengthy after the Cat college is defunct, however a Cat-era prequel is not off the desk both.
