CD Projekt Red has released a 10-minute behind-the-scenes look at the making of The Witcher 4 's cinematic reveal trailer, which has given some interesting insight into the RPG's focus on Ciri as the protagonist rather than Geralt.

But if you ask me, the coolest thing in this 10-and-a-half-minute video is the segment about how they put together the battle between Ciri and the monster, which is known as the Bauk — a beast with the head of a goblin, the neck of a snake, the arms of a jaguar, pincers that are literally scorpion claws, and dinosaurlike hindquarters.

"We were thinking in the story that Mioni and Ciri are a little bit mirrors of each other," Weber said. "The traditions of Stromford essentially mean that Mioni has to be sacrificed. That's her destiny, and she accepted that destiny. Ciri is known as someone who does not accept destiny, she fights back at it."