My guess would be that Ciri looks older now, she was 21 in Witcher 3, and there are a lot of Leonardo DiCaprio types out there who get offended by any suggestion they should be attracted to women their own age. And as you point out, assume that any women in media are there for them to sexualize.
Hey now, they havenāt seen the sun in two years and like worms only crawl out of the earth when it rains so of course they donāt know what real people look like. And cāmon, if you didnāt respect women for anything more than their appearance then youād also have ridiculously high standards and nothing more to offer them but insults when those standards werenāt met! /s
These people suck and so do their opinions. Thereās always going to be something wrong because if there isnāt then they feel like ānormiesā and among that group theyāre bottom of the barrel. They could do something about it but that takes work(and probably therapy). Thereās no point in trying to appease them because theyāll never be happy, they refuse to be.
The trailer does give uncanny valley vibes. I chalk this up to toxic gamers saying anything they don't like is woke. It's like they can't even articulate what they're upset about.
The complainers are stuck on the r34 version of Ciri, which is why they're upset the sequel doesn't match their wank material.
Edit: It was the same for Horizon. In the first game, you could glitch photo mode to clip through clothes and see fully modelled breasts. Then the sequel popped up and their wank imagery was ruined.
Honestly I don't like it when people look hyper realistic in my games. This isn't a "vidja girls must look hot", but more "oh god you spent 250K on skin textures". This stuff puts me in the uncanny valley. I want my girls to look like my boys, cell shaded or pixels.
Well as director Joel Schumacher once said: people like to see beautiful people. That's why (lead) actors are usually very beautiful, regardless of gender. I mean sure, sometimes you just need Danny DeVito but you get the point
Although personally I don't see what's the problem with the screenshot, just replying to what OP said
Disclaimer: I haven't heard him saying it myself, Mike from channel RedLetterMedia mentioned he saw an interview with him on this topic. But regardless, it made sense to me
@[email protected] how does one define ābeautifulā? By whoās standard? Yours? Mine? Itās subjective and also cultural. Then thereās realness which an abundance of shows & movies also follow, casting the correct person for the mood & vibes.
Beauty is subjective but Iām willing to bet I has distribution or atleast some agreement. There are definitely people who other people tend to find more attractive than others.
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These "Gamers" are awfull and should search a new hobby!
They destroy our hobby with their conspiracy bullshit.
I find the new look from Ciri a little unfamiliar but i don't judge the game now already.
And i guess some people forget that The Witcher 4 isn't based on the RED Engine anymore. It's UE 5 which has another style then the RED Engine.