- Making Ciri the star of Witcher 4 is “a really good move” according to Geralt’s voice actor, Doug Cockle
- Cockle seems to continue the saga with Ciri is interesting because of her presence in the books
- Doug Cockle will surprise his role as Geralt in Witcher 4
CD Projekt Red’s decision to make Ciri the star of the The Witcher 4 is “a really good move” according to Geralt of Rivia’s voice actor.
The Witcher 4 was finally revealed last month along with a gruesome movie trailer showing our first look at a brand new saga starring Ciri as the titular witch 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 created in the original Andrzej Sapkowski novels, the development team felt it “was the natural evolution of what we have already been doing for so long”.
Doug Cockle, the voice behind Geralt in the first three The Witcher Play, has also shared her enthusiasm for the move, saying there are “all kinds of reasons” that make the choice exciting, mainly for how her role in the books is portrayed.
“I’m really excited,” Cockle noted in a recent conversation with IGN. “I think it’s a really good move. I mean, I always thought that continuing the saga but switching to Ciri would be a really, really interesting move for all kinds of reasons, but mostly because of things that happens in the books that I don’t want to give away 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 have a release window yet, 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.
