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ShoCkeyy
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Manit0u
Poland17585 Posts
On December 27 2019 11:10 Excludos wrote: There's two books of short stories, with the second one being Sword of Destiny. The first one is called "The Last Wish", which is the one you should start with. You're right, my bad. The Last Wish was previously titled as The Witcher. Updated my previous post to avoid confusion. | ||
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FreakyDroid
Macedonia2616 Posts
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QuanticHawk
United States32100 Posts
On December 23 2019 15:05 Sermokala wrote: Geralt and the bard was the highlight of the show for me. Toss a coin to your witcher had some real hook to it and the fight scenes were properly violent without being gory. The season-long story was poor I think but there were some really great standalone episodes. These two are far and away the best parts of the show. Overall I like it and I think I will like it more in season 2 with more backing behind it. | ||
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Emnjay808
United States10664 Posts
Love the pacing and world introduction. Not a big fan of the games but I love the story. | ||
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KobraKay
Portugal4233 Posts
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Velr
Switzerland10830 Posts
On December 30 2019 09:30 QuanticHawk wrote: These two are far and away the best parts of the show. Overall I like it and I think I will like it more in season 2 with more backing behind it. Jup, i also really liked it. I hope in S2 we get a more, ahm, traditional plot tho. At times it somehow felt like a high(ish) budget version of Hercules/Xena, in a good way. | ||
Nyovne
Netherlands19137 Posts
edit; Still enjoyed it and will be back for S2, 7 out of 10 thanks to the strong cast. | ||
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Emnjay808
United States10664 Posts
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hitthat
Poland2296 Posts
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Falling
Canada11382 Posts
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Nyovne
Netherlands19137 Posts
On January 01 2020 11:48 Falling wrote: It strikes me there are some minor things that could improve its coherency without making substantial changes. Include some title cards "80 years ago" the first few time jumps in every episode. Once established, they shouldn't need to do it for the rest of the episode, but just as a reminder at the beginning of each episode. And then if they aren't going to include location title cards, then just have Geralt look at a map early on for other reasons, but also to highlight where Cintra/ the war is in relation to the witcher. Then at least it would be easier to tell where Ciri and Geralt are, if not Yennifer. Totally agree, such simple measures. The map is a nice touch. | ||
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QuanticHawk
United States32100 Posts
I don't think there was some huge payoff with having the viewer be surprised later either | ||
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Deleted User 3420
24492 Posts
On January 02 2020 02:16 QuanticHawk wrote: i agree with all of those I don't think there was some huge payoff with having the viewer be surprised later either i was so confused until like ep 4 or 5 when I started to figure it out then spent like the next 2 episodes trying to explain it to my parents don't think they ever quite got it lol oh, and for anyone wondering, yes I did sit through every sex scene while watching with my parents | ||
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blade55555
United States17423 Posts
Sure there were some issues, but overall I loved it. The cast is strong, with Triss being the only one I didn't like. Henry is the perfect Geralt and I can't wait for season 2. | ||
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ShloobeR
Korea (South)3820 Posts
Absolutely loved it! The fight choreographing was really good, especially the fight in the first episode. I haven't read the books but I played the games a bit so the magic thing seemed okay to me. As for the convoluted timelines, I think there was enough hinting and alluding given that it was okay in my eyes. I agree with the suggestions Fallen said for the most part, but I think the back and forth really gave me a sense of how less important time is to Geralt/Yen. Some sort of map would have been very nice though... | ||
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Excludos
Norway8230 Posts
On January 02 2020 15:59 ShloobeR wrote: Finished it today. Absolutely loved it! The fight choreographing was really good, especially the fight in the first episode. I haven't read the books but I played the games a bit so the magic thing seemed okay to me. As for the convoluted timelines, I think there was enough hinting and alluding given that it was okay in my eyes. I agree with the suggestions Fallen said for the most part, but I think the back and forth really gave me a sense of how less important time is to Geralt/Yen. Some sort of map would have been very nice though... Second the suggestion for a proper map. That's my biggest peeve with the books. Not only is there no map, but the author seemingly changes his mind on where the countries/factions and borders are in every one of them. It might work for a collection of short, mostly episodic, stories. But once you start adding in political intrigue, continent wide wars, and long travels, a lack of a map only serves to confuse the viewer. Apparently they even made a map for the series (and used it as a background prop somewhere), so all they had to do was show it to us once in a while. | ||
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Emnjay808
United States10664 Posts
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KobraKay
Portugal4233 Posts
The jumping timelines did not bother me at all. Neither did Yen or the last few episodes. Really nice show. Will probably make me buy the W3. Should I go for the PC version or the Switch version? | ||
Nakajin
Canada8989 Posts
On January 04 2020 08:34 KobraKay wrote: Finished watching it. Really enjoy it. The jumping timelines did not bother me at all. Neither did Yen or the last few episodes. Really nice show. Will probably make me buy the W3. Should I go for the PC version or the Switch version? Anything but Switch, it dosen't run well on it. | ||
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