During 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Epic Games' recent 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:State of Unreal 2025 showcase, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:CD Projekt Red unveiled more of 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:The Witcher 4 and its features in a new tech demo – which included a first look at Ciri's horse Kelpie, a hyper-realist🐎ic steed that has left the equestrian community swooning.

It's not often we horse girls get to experience games with realistic mounts – the movement is wonky, the animation is off, and the horses feel like they were implemented with little regard for their real-life counterparts. That's why titles like 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Red Dead Redemption 2 that feature a semblance of horse realism stand out and attract more than just y🤪our average RPG fans, but they're a rarity, and they're admittedly still lacking in many areas.

The Witcher 4 might just rewrite the genre's reputation in equestrians' minds, however, with its impressive tech powering the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:"realistic muscles moving an𒅌d stretchi🐬ng" under the sꦉkin of Ciri's horse, Kelpie. I'm not the only one who thinks so, either – Alice Ruppert, the equestrian and game developer behind , a website "dedicated to horses in video games and video games about horses," seems to think so, too.

Ruppert discusses 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:CD Projekt Red's tech demo and its exploration of Kelpie's movements, muscles, and more, and it's safe to say she's impressed – although she does proceed with caution as the showcase is meant to highlight developers' "ambition 👍for the game and the in-ജengine capabilities" rather than The Witcher 4 as it'll play upo💟n release. "ꦯIn the minute or so of footage the tech demo shows us of Kelpie, I find a lot of detail to appreciate."

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She continues: "We see Kelpie move at a trot and canter in a generally anatomically correct and possibꦜle fashion" – a rare sight ot behold in video games, unfortunately. Ruppert also🍌 notes that it's nice to see Kelpie treated as a companion rather than a vehicle. "The demo treats Kelpie like a character rather than a bicycle: Ciri calls her name and the horse reacts and canters up to her and Ciri gives her a little pat after mounting."

There's no telling whether this means we'll get more interactions than we did with Roach as Geralt in 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:The Witcher 3, but 🦄it's certainly a good sign "that the horse gameplay in The Witcher 4 is getting some additional attention compared to its predecessor." Ruppert then gets into some of the more movement-related specifics from thღe demo, as it "goes on to show off Kelpie's coat texture and muscle simulation at a gallop in slow motion."

It all looks so smooth, she guesses animations "were most likely either motion captured or animated by someone who really knows their horses, and seeing it is balm on my soul." While there are flaws, as Ruppert notes, they reqꩲuire "nitpicking on a very high level" as "what we see in the Witcher 4 tech demo is easily one of the overall most impressive and well put together game horse animations ever seen, even if it isn't literally perfect in every way."

As both a longtime horse and RPG lover myself, I can't help but understand what Ruppert means when she admits she "got tears in my eyes the first time I watched this out of sheer 'oh my god they're taking the horse seriously' awe" – the tech demo is stunning, and I agree with her conclusion that "we horse-loving gamers may be in for an absolute treat" if CD Projekt Red's showcase acts as an indicator of what's to come in The Witcher 4.

Need even more to look forward to? Here are other 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:new games coming this year and beyond.