{"id":8139,"date":"2025-05-22T12:04:08","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T12:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=8139"},"modified":"2025-05-22T12:04:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T12:04:08","slug":"geralts-voice-actor-shuts-down-woke-claims-over-ciri-lead-in-the-witcher-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=8139","title":{"rendered":"Geralt\u2019s voice actor shuts down \u2018woke\u2019 claims over Ciri lead in The Witcher 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Doug Cockle, the voice actor for Geralt of Rivia, has defended the decision to make Ciri the lead character in The Witcher 4, responding to criticism that the move is \u201cwoke\u201d by urging sceptics to read the original novels.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in a recent interview, Cockle said it was natural for the franchise to focus on a different protagonist after Geralt\u2019s story had reached its conclusion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can\u2019t just have Geralt for every single game for The Witcher ad nauseam through eternity,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s a cool character from the Witcher, and they\u2019re going to focus on that character.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Witcher 4 was officially announced at the 2024 Game Awards, revealing that Ciri would star in the upcoming game. Cockle said the previous expansion, Blood and Wine, was intended to wrap up Geralt\u2019s journey.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve seen the end of Geralt\u2019s journey,\u201d he said. \u201cCelebrate Ciri, I celebrate her being the protagonist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some fans have criticised the choice, describing it as a \u201cwoke\u201d decision.<\/p>\n<p>Cockle rejected this, stating: \u201cIf you think it\u2019s woke, read the damn books \u2014 they\u2019re good, first of all. And secondly, you won\u2019t think it\u2019s so woke anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Witcher games are based on a series of novels by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski, which increasingly centre on Ciri\u2019s character. Cockle noted that the games had not yet fully explored her story, which the new game now plans to address.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a whole rich world of stuff to explore with Ciri that they didn\u2019t do when they put her into Witcher 3, because the story was about Geralt. But she hints at it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Cockle also compared the transition to other popular franchises that have moved on from their original leads.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUncharted put Nathan Drake into retirement so we could focus on Chloe and Nadine in The Lost Legacy, and they were a breath of fresh air,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>No release date has yet been announced for The Witcher 4. In the meantime, fans are encouraged to revisit The Witcher 3 or explore similar role-playing games.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Doug Cockle, the voice actor for Geralt of Rivia, has defended the decision to make Ciri the lead character in The Witcher 4, responding to criticism that the move is \u201cwoke\u201d by urging sceptics to read the original novels. Speaking in a recent interview, Cockle said it was natural for the franchise to focus on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8139"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8139\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}