Filmmaker Reacts: Blood of Dawnwalker Cinematic Trailer

[@PhilipHarts]

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[@AszkalonOfVerra]

I toss a Coin to my Dawnwalker and boldly bet : *THIS* Game will not unlikely succeed and overwhelm Witcher 4 decisively. After seeing the very woke~ish seeming Witcher 4 Trailer - i think that Witcher 4 may go down the same Route as Dragqueen Age the Failguard. Yes, it *"will"* sell somewhat. But only because of the strong Name and Franchise of "The Witcher" behind it. It will probably be just as bad as Dragon Age "The Veilguard". This here ? This seems a *"LOT"* more like the Witcher III. Hence i am sold. 😎👍 Vampirize me now. My Wallet is ready. (lol)

[@-Tony-Stark-3000]

Maybe Witcher 3 quality, we will see...

[@Neyenn]

I absolutely love the concept of each vampire being a soldier from different ethnicities/societies that are from different times of human society: The bald vampire appears to be carrying a Roman era weapon, probably a gladius, which could be a good indicator of how old the vampire is. (Fantastic storytelling right there) The other looks like Genghis Khan or any nomad from Mongolic descent. The blonde one seems to be inspired in King Arthur or some kind of English Knight, the woman looks that can be inspired in the Queen Bathsheba.

[@sheisagirl1]

lol finally someone notice the Mongolian guy in the trailer 😂

[@alext4758]

And they don't seem to be too much far apart. The Mongolian Golden Horde came from the mongol Khanate of the 13th century. Brencis (the bald one) looks like a very late roman soldier (eastern rome fell in the 14th)For the other two vampires, i cant quite tell yet.

[@burrzie8446]

@@sheisagirl1 tbh he seems too hard not to notice lol, especially the beatdown he gave to that soldier

[@sheisagirl1]

@burrzie8446 yeah, but when i watch the reaction videos, not too many people point out the Mongolian guy lol

[@RyanG0899]

​@@sheisagirl1Because it's not really that important.

[@Featheredblack]

I love how when the vampire responds, he says "i am life" as he looks at the one he spares, but then says "I am DEATH" as he turns and looks at the fallen king. Awesome direction right there.

[@CampfireGoth]

It might be cliché but I really appreciate the subtle lighting used in this scene; torchlight can only illuminate so much and we, the audience, as well as the players involved can only see/understand so much given the darkness both literally and thematically.

[@Orc_Kisses]

_"Blood spilled carelessly like water"_ I really love this line! The comparison of blood to water is so heavy coming from a vampire, especially if you know his general view of humans and his plan for the place.

[@76marex]

He's not turning the little girl into a vampire, that would be a different process, they mentioned it in the longer reveal but he's healing her up

[@thomaschaumeil3878]

Vampire blood in lore has healing power, in some lore to turn into a vampire it is a process called the Blood Kiss, where the Vampire must share his/her blood and drain the one he/she wants to turn into, in other lore, a human whom Vampire blood was feed turn into a vampire hatching if he/she dies with the Vampire Blood still in his/her system. Quite curious to see which lore they choose for the process.

[@id9504]

@@thomaschaumeil3878 They chose a different way altogether. In Dawnwalker, to turn a human, a vampire must pull out one of their fangs and stab the human they want to turn in the heart with it.

[@pepsiman4418]

@@id9504Ngl I thought there would be consequences to giving her the vampire blood to heal her D:

[@chance757]

maybe i take in too much vampire content but it was clear to me that he wasn’t turning her, i wonder why people always think that! we clearly see her healing

[@rikamasyume8921]

@@thomaschaumeil3878 What the media has made of the original versions is ridiculous. The modern vampires are little kittens compared to the original mythical versions. Even worse are the elves, whose origin are the Alps in Old German, the German word for (Alptraum) nightmare, which is their true spirit

[@wannaBtraceur]

Promising indeed. I love how it’s implied that this head vampire is ancient and turned each of them at different time periods. I see Holy Roman Empire, Hun/Mongolian, ancient Sumerian/Egyptian of some sort. Makes you wonder just how old this guy is. It’s also a subtle way to show off their powers because I’m sure we’ll be fighting them at some point. Thanks for reacting to this one!

[@johnsmith361]

Others noted that the head vampire is wielding a roman gladius, so if that's to imply how old he is, it's an interesting way to do it.

[@wannaBtraceur]

@johnsmith361 nice catch. Could be some interesting history mixed in the story. I’m so down!

[@ShadowWizard]

11:09 he used hypnodic power to take the kid, otherwise he would have held hes sister tight and wouldn't have let him take her

[@AngelxVillian]

8:24 when the vampires stand up you can see 'demonic' imagery behind them on the wall, basically saying they are not holy

[@paulinarapicka]

This has the "Night to Remember" Witcher 3 vibe. :D The quote "I am life, I am death, and everything in-between" reminds me of the scene from HOBBIT where Smaug says, "I am fire, I am... DEATH."

[@nslater1388]

I don't think it's a coincidence that this game's protagonist, Coen, shares the same name as a Witcher of the School of the Wolf Ciri would have known. Feels deliberate.

[@GalacticToadGames24]

No, it's actually a coencidence.

[@Demmon98]

Lmao 🤣 ​@@GalacticToadGames24

[@Neyenn]

The game's gonna have a system where of good/evil where you are gonna the chance to feed yourself with innocent people but at the same time that's gonna end up with that zone being in "quarantine" or lockdown. So you're gonna have the chance to have the game "easier" by being more powerful but at the cost of less exploration, less shops and maybe even locking sidequests. It's a fantastic idea, you can play the game whoever you want. At the same time, if you do not feed yourself with human blood, you can end up eating a NPC before starting the conversation, and that can be a important character or not. IMO Those mechanics are fantastic.

[@kukif]

I really hope they don't punish you for being evil.

[@LunarValkyria]

I think it is implied he is a Dhampir. In a longer video they talk about concepts and a little about narrative. It would explain why he is a Dawnwalker since Dhampir aren't harmed by sunlight and can roam during the day. I'm really curious how they will use the myths from this region and era.

[@WarrenGdog28]

I believe your right they also have an age progression too where there teeth grow

[@LunarValkyria]

@@WarrenGdog28 Dhampirs don't age. Unless in this universe they do. Its possible the teeth thing is something that changes the more vampiric you are. kinda like how in fable your actions determine how you look.

[@Grimbop]

I think he specifically has a resistance to turning because he worked in a silver mine for a long time. Its only slowing his transformation though and will eventually take him over, that is probably why you only have 30 in game days to beat it.

[@johnsmith361]

​@@GrimbopAs I understood, the 30 in game days is not a limit for the whole game, but just for the main character's goal of saving his family.

[@Grimbop]

@ I really havent seen anything stating it either way. I do hope there will be more to the story after and if they add DLC's like Witcher 3 had then it would be essential. As far as I can tell they have a huge emphasis on replay ability so it makes me think there wont be more after the 30 days. Considering time only passes with doing quests though im no sure it will even be a big deal if every quest = 1day or night than that will still a lot of side quests and story quests to complete in that time frame.

[@TheXXIJackpot]

Everyone have their own personality and really seem alive. The noble restrained the MC but didn't kill him(he could have killed the 2 of them), probably because he didn't seem infected by the plague. Also, the MC always putting his sister first. He attacked a soldier, he almost went immediately over her when the vampires started attacking, and he pleaded for her. So we know how important his family i for him.

[@albertf9692]

Why would you kill perfectly good cattle that is out there just for taking?

[@Terikayy]

there are some quite nice details that you don't mention; in that church on the walls we can see some interesting "devil theme paitings" (in 8:24 images are more clearly) if you gonna make some research, you can find that they are "inspired" by Bologna Fresco The Inferno by Giovanni da Modena. btw. in 2:54 you can also see that bald vampire in in the background.

[@void-bear455]

Wait, i just noticed the guy that looks like he is from Transylvania or a region close has your traditional fangs for Vampires. That is so fucking cool, I didn't even notice that.

[@Ncustomx]

this is my Witcher 4.

[@Neyenn]

And for most people.

[@darkcorex4361]

​@@NeyennNot at all.2 different games and cdpr is rooting for them and so do rebel wolfs rooting for w4.Only fools like you pit 2 good games at eachother.Its just blind hatred and we talk about 2 games that are not finished yet.I bet your buthurt about Ciri and think it's woke when the books are about ciri mostly and the games built her up even able to playing her a bit as a tease.Its a witcher game and not the adventures of Geralt.

[@AdoreYouInAshXI]

@@darkcorex4361 CDPR and Rebel Wolves are most definitely not rooting for each other. Rebel Wolves are made up of people that got fired by CDPR for allegedly being "toxic". It's the entire reason why they formed a studio to begin with, hence the name REBEL Wolves. As far as CDPR and The Witcher 4, most people don't mind Ciri, it's a combination of the fact that they made Ciri a Geralt clone, and they hired a bunch of gamejournalist/activists instead of quality game directors when they fired all the people involved with The Witcher 3. I'm not overreacting either. The leads that are working on this game have literally never worked on a game before. Mary Kenny was a Sweet Baby Inc employee before she was hired at CDPR, and now she's somehow the lead writer for The Witcher 4. This woman is a known racist, and has been all over X mocking gamers to boot. Then you have the lead artist who also has never worked on a game before The Witcher 4. His previous job was a game journalist from Kotaku. Oh, and let's not forget about the game director who said he wants to "explore sexism in the world of The Witcher". Yeah, people have good reasons to believe The Witcher 4 will be a woke mess. Just because you don't care doesn't change that.

[@caulshivers1029]

@@darkcorex4361Actually the books are mostly told through Geralts POV, not Ciri's. The story is about Ciri, but we see it through Geralt. It's kind of like TLOU. The overall story is about Ellie and Joel's relationship, even though we spend 90% of the game playing as Joel. Besides, while the books may be about Ciri the games take place after the books and are about Geralt. So if the books are about Ciri the games are Geralts. Ciri wasn't even in the games, and was barely mentioned before the third Witcher.

[@Hanadix]

​@@AdoreYouInAshXI "CDPR and Rebel Wolves are most definitely not rooting for each other. " That is definitely not true. The devs from both studios are all over twitter, saying that they are still friends, still meeting and playing games together, and that they are constantly sending things about their games to each other and most definitely rooting for each other. And that they don't like that people are creating unneccessary drama. Ther's no reason for pitting these games against each other.​ I won't say there are no reasons to be worried about the Witcher 4, most of what you wrote are valid concerns about the hired people. But we literally only had one trailer so far, and we don't know anything about the story, the quests etc, so I'll reserve judgement until we have more inormation, while some people have already decided that it will be bad no matter what. And regarding sexism, that is a big part of a medieval setting, fantasy or not, I see no problem with having quests that explore that. That is like saying that exploring racism in the world of the Witcher is woke, when it's always been a huge aspect of both the books and the games.

[@Jose-tv2pl]

little correction, the blood of a vampire is also considered to be a healing medicine in some slavic cultures, (i think thet are going the slavic lore model) and adding a little twist. i loved the music i was soooo awesome, i loved everyone of the vampires their desing was awesome, also the main character has a Argent desease from working on silver mines, thats why he will not be fully transformed into a vampire but insted be turned into a Dhampir (danw walker).

[@BleachDemon69]

no one seems any videos notice it focuses on the red moth before the leg dismemberment since no one has i was curious if there was meaning supposedly there is Red moths meaning: the color red itself symbolizes anger, passion, intensity, lust, motivation, and protection. If you’ve seen a red moth, it may be a warning of something to come. red moths Transformation: Moths are often symbolic of positive transformation because they fly in the dark of night towards light. In some traditions, moths are seen as a symbol of a holy union of light and dark needed for a soul's transformation.

[@SKINNY_HUMAN]

Best reaction channel on KZbin. Keep up the good work brother 🔥🤘

[@XhodanXeus]

why does everyone assume drinking blood makes you an vampire? someone show me that law. i might understand when people believe if you get bitten, but drinking blood can mean depending on vampire lore a lot of things. in this case since it is called Dawnwalker, i belive its more the case that if you drink blood you will not become an Vampire but well have Vampire like powers and serve the Vampire but not be a Vampire. of course i could be wrong but i see a lot of people always assume right away "ohh got bitten/drinking blood" = right away Vampire

[@BurghezulDjentilom]

looks like they have an interesting way of creating more vamps in this verse. as a vamp grows older and more powerful, their fangs never stop growing. One pulls one out and sticks a human's heart with a fang to turn them. Merely feeding a human blood usually serves to heal, empower, and enslave one all at once.

this guy is a daywalker not a vampire not a human just a hybrid live between two worlds

[@untamedrose30]

Everyone assumes that because pretty much almost every vampire book, movie, tv show and game has it that to become a vampire you have to either be bitten by them or drink their blood or both, or you have to be born a vampire. I can't remember the last time I saw something where that wasn't the case. This game is the first time I've seen vampires created in a different way. Also, the MC is a Dhampir (half-vampire, half-human), that's why he can be in daylight, hence the name of the game Dawnwalker. Examples of other Dhampirs: Blade (from the Blade movies) and Vampire Hunter D.

[@Neyenn]

The vampires are not essentially good, in this case I think the behaved like animals in the truthful sense, they didn't attack them because they saw both of them as not a menace. Just like an animal, most animals does not attack unless they feel in danger. But the devs said that this vampires in some way "protects" the peasants because they see them as cattle. If someone else kills them, you cant feed youself with them. (As you pointed out).

[@BleachDemon69]

there many vampire lores, someone in another video comment section says the devs say she didnt get turned merely healed so lore they went with is blood heals not turns so i assume biting is the method of turning.

[@chOmicE]

For my the best wow was in 9:07 in Polish version- the sound of vampir characer, speak this same man who speaks in Hoobit (Smaug) and Smaug said "im a death" how in here :D and i have these same goosebumps :D

[@GalacticToadGames24]

I don't like how modern media tries to paint the Carpathian region as a vampire infested place. I've been roaming these mountains for centuries and have yet to encounter a single vampire. Come and see for yourselves that it is very safe here, especially in the night.

[@herosupport1606]

there are usually more steps to turning into a vampire than just drinking the blood.

[@joe-cx6oo]

Happens to Harper in Dracula that way

[@robasant2844]

The eye thing is just vampiric hypnotism..

[@dj_Samurai]

14:13 just noticed the mount straight ahead looks like a face cut off from the eyes up. Clearly see a nose, cheekbones and the trees form the lips. Mountains more or less in the middle.

[@AdoreYouInAshXI]

It's obvious you watched the trailer before you did this video. I wish more reactors would actually film videos of themselves reacting to the trailer for the first time.

[@mayaamis]

so cool listening to reactions from filmmaker point of view I just know whether the scene feels right to me or not never think of details of why :)

[@astradala1845]

This has Witcher vibe. But wow. The way they create tension and then boom, the music comes in, and all out action. I’m beyond hyped.

[@paulinajura3978]

Coen is my new crush now

[@Startrance85]

This trailer had more Witcher vibes then the Witcher 4 trailer.

[@philipkhan7715]

Literally no.

[@Startrance85]

Literally yes.

[@caulshivers1029]

@@philipkhan7715 Pro tip, you need to learn how to use the word "literally". And yes, this game definitely felt more like The Witcher universe than the actual Witcher 4 trailer.

[@nozoamercenarypassingby8937]

Cus this is real Witcher 4 😊 can't wait for summer 2025

[@Hanadix]

I seriously think people are losing their minds. I get that there are concerns about the Withcer 4, but how the hell did the trailer not have Witcher vibes?

[@captmorgan101472]

In most vampire lore, to turn a human requires the vampire to almost drain them and then feed the human the vampire's blood. The vampire was healing her.

[@BurghezulDjentilom]

watched this trailer like 12 times already, it's SO COOL ! I can't wait for proper grimdark witcher

[@sike3000]

man bald vampire dude sounds like Darth Malgus from TOR

[@stevesup7206]

I believe when his eyes changed, it proves he was born half vampire. Also the title says Dawnwalker

[@mogwiawolf4354]

I can't wait to play it

[@kieranclarke4373]

Fantastic!

[@crowofill-will2551]

Im throwing my wallet at the screen. This looks so badass!

[@ArictheCleric1422]

I will certainly be playing this

[@thehoneybunempress1664]

Game looks 🔥

[@Reaper1008]

This game looks Awesome.. Great Cinematic..

[@colinmack93]

Maybe the first vampire is some sort of reference to Dracula or nosferatu Count Orlok and the rest are generic vampires through different ages of time Periods

[@iHaveTheDocuments]

Looks awesome

[@Hajen87]

I want this game so bad😮😮💯💯👌

[@ShadowWizard]

8:52 nope, turning has never been this simple with any version of vampires

[@Lichtari]

it was even easier, in some media only a bite from a vampire would work, in ''30 days of night'' vampires was removing heads of people they killed to prevent transformation later it evolved to be more specific process

[@caulshivers1029]

He’s not turning her.

[@ShadowWizard]

@@caulshivers1029 that was my point, its never been this easy as it never is, there is always more to this

[@superlixor]

why not watching first amd than react with comments after '?

[@95DOIDO]

have you watched anything ralated to god of war? it's pretty cool stuff too.

[@oscar4674]

Hi!

[@hectorlane6407]

But what are the vampires' pronouns??

[@TalkingHands308]

I know this is just a cinematic trailer, but I am a bit underwhelmed to be honest. You call it reminiscent, but for me it feels almost... derivative. Like this is the witcher we have at home, lol. But in all seriousness, this trailer just doesn't garner the emotion I get whenever I watch CDPR's cinematic trailers. Killing Monsters, A Night to Remember, Phantom Liberty, and now The Witcher 4, all of those trailers like you go through a rollercoaster of emotions watching them. This one for me was just kind of meh... Not really completely sure why...

[@JeannieLove]

When are we going to get a non survival vampire action game where we play as a woman?

[@WarrenGdog28]

Blood Rayne

[@MyNindo2000]

🤦‍♂️🤦🤦‍♂️

[@JeannieLove]

@@WarrenGdog28 True, still would like a modern one

[@JeannieLove]

@@MyNindo2000 What?

[@johnsmith361]

Probably not any time soon, with how female lead games are collecting flop trophies lately.