There were people that didn’t even notice it was her immediately. Even people who liked the reveal noticed. Her voice didn’t change it’s an entirely new voice actress. I don’t see why this is a controversial topic honestly.
It’s still weird how people are desperate to defend these billion dollar companies over every decision. People are either 100% with them or 100% against them with with no nuance. That’s the problem you can be critical of certain decision’s without falling 100% into either camp.
There’s some weird phenomena where people are viewing this as a political battleground. It’s impossible to discuss it because most people view at as an attack on them and their political beliefs.
Of course people are going to be critical. The Witcher 3 is one of the best RPG’s ever made and people are passionate about it. This game is coming out well over a decade after the previous entry, combined with how poorly cyberpunk launched, as well as the mediocre quality of most AAA RPG’s.
That’s not even getting into the lore about the trial of grasses, women being unable to become witchers, Ciri being ridiculously powerful without being a witcher, how she’s a princess who should be running almost everything. There’s going to be a ton of retconning going on which will piss off a lot of people who are invested in the lore.
I’m withholding judgment until we see the actual product, but I can see why people are not happy about the direction.