They actually did. The big 4.0 update wholesale integrated Flash's FCR into the game, completely replacing the old skills and combat.
She actually gave up/renounced her blossoming sorceress powers (separate from her bloodline powers, obviously) in the books after she reached a little too deeply into the Plane of Fire for an emergency spell after getting trapped in the Zerrikanian desert with no food or water following the mis-jump to escape the Ban Ard clusterfuck.
Exactly, and Geralt wouldn't want her to be, he'd fight her day and night if she was so adamant on getting the mutations. Geralt of all people would tell her how fucking painful and awful they are, And even if there was a 1% percent chance of Ciri dying during the trials he'd say no (and it's guaranteed she'd die unless they pull elder blood shit out of their ass.) He'd instead hype up his daughter and her unique god powers over the trial of the grasses. Geralt isn't upset about his lot in life but she could go talk to Lambert and he'd talk her ear off about how fucking awful it is being a genuine witcher and how much he despises it.
Geralt's reward for taking so well to the mutations was to be subjected to an experimental, extra-harsh version of the Trial of the Grasses. His white hair and pale, gaunt complexion are a result of near-fatal toxic shock from that, and he and the other witchers were barely able to stomach what they put Avall'ch through to undo his curse as a result of going through that sort of thing first-hand, despite knowing it was their only shot at both undoing that and finding Ciri.
I'm playing the game now.
I'll never play Witcher 4.
Don't forget the Witcher 1 drinking contests, and the boxing matches in all three games. He wasn't just fucking women like crazy, but also drinking dwarves under the table and punching people in the face and taking their money.
They'll never slut it up with men. Daughter surrogates in gaming are always lesbians so the players don't feel cucked.
AFAIK she explicitly had no magical talent specifically due to her bloodline powers and it was these she renounced there. And it weren't really the powers that were renounced, but it was her resisting... something, a possesion by her genetic memories? Have to reread that part but it was something anime-coded to the tune of I'll never use my powers for evil gay shit. Also it was not reaching into Plane of Fire but absorbing mana from a campfire, and fire is the hardest of the four elements in the Witcherverse to use as a mana souce.
Yea but I can't imagine they'll actually let us see her scissor any prostitutes, they'd be torn apart by the entire internet.
It doesn't have to be a choice between a lesbian and a slut.
I believe it.
TBF it's written subtle enough for my 13yo self to not get it when reading it for the first time. Sapkowski, what I heard from people who got to meet him in person, is allegedly more a stereotypical leftist liberal simp. Extremely abrasive prick... unless you're a cute young woman, then he's turning into a gentleman out of nowhere. Typical.
Also an alcoholic who sold the rights to the Witcher to CDPR to do whatever the fuck they wanted for like 10k. Which he regretted once the games were successful and the vodka ran out.
I'll probably play 4 to at least try it out. I'm more upset about Ciri being the protagonist because I really wanted to see them tell a story entirely removed from Geralt's adventures, not so much that it's le heckin woke or whatever. Not to mention Ciri being what she is, which I'm guessing will take away from the actual Witcher part of the game. What use does she have for signs when she's got crazy elf blood? What story can the literal child of prophecy have that isn't matching the stakes of 3 or going even higher? The only thing I suppose I'd like to see from the game is a continuation of the poltical strife. I actually did want the create your own witcher schtick, but maybe it's the wrong route to go for these games.
