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Post by Pinda on Dec 25, 2019 20:14:19 GMT -5
It is a bit strange that Ciri is supposed to be 12 though...
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Post by Pinda on Dec 25, 2019 20:16:57 GMT -5
Most people seem to find the timelines confusing though... That was not really an issue for me. Seemed fairly simple. But there is so much they don't explain about magic, politics and geography... It makes it a bit hard to understand certain things.
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Post by Newan on Dec 25, 2019 21:54:30 GMT -5
I just finished the season (got delayed a bit by a two day trip with my girlfriend and Christmas). I definitely like this show... It is not like early GOT. But still possibly the best show that seems to be airing at the moment. It does get a bit confusing at times though. Not everything is properly explained. I feel like unlike GOT this show fails to properly explain the world it takes place in to the audience that is unfamiliar with the source materials (and the games in this case). I never had trouble understanding the magic or politics in GOT, while there is plenty I do not understand in the Witcher. Nevertheless it is a fun show. I am looking forward to season 2. And I might just play the third game at some point. I could try and answer any questions on lore or locations if you have any. Witcher 3 is a masterpiece though, definitely play it. I’d recommend playing on the higher diffficulties for an authentic Witcher experience where you actually have to research monsters in the codex to find their weaknesses, and rely on potions and oils for effective strategy |
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Post by Newan on Dec 25, 2019 21:58:09 GMT -5
Most people seem to find the timelines confusing though... That was not really an issue for me. Seemed fairly simple. But there is so much they don't explain about magic, politics and geography... It makes it a bit hard to understand certain things. Essentially the biggest thing is that there is many different worlds in the Witcher universe. We really only care about the main one though. But at one point there was an event call the “Conjunction of the Spheres” which opened gateways between the worlds and that marked the arrival of humans and monsters into the world we see in the show. Originally this planet was only inhabited by Elves and maybe Dwarves/ halflings (not sure on that), when the humans arrived they learned magic and used it against the elves. Witcher’s where created by human kingdoms to fend off monsters. |
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Post by Newan on Dec 25, 2019 22:07:02 GMT -5
There are elves on other planets as well... a certain relevant faction will be introduced from a different planet at some point if the story goes on long enough. Magic is the gateway between worlds.
In a sense the universe is very much like RS, The world we see is a conduit for magic, similar to Gielinor. And the main world is know simply as “The Continent”.... needless to say I don’t like using that term much
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Post by Newan on Dec 25, 2019 22:08:49 GMT -5
Here’s a good video with Cavill himself explaining Geralt
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Post by Spidyyr on Dec 25, 2019 22:23:58 GMT -5
Think I’ll start this tonight. Been hearing good things.
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Post by Spidyyr on Dec 27, 2019 1:41:19 GMT -5
The first episode I thought was really good
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Post by Spidyyr on Dec 27, 2019 1:59:50 GMT -5
Read a few reviews for it and they seemed to say the stuff without Geralt was weak. Honestly that was the stronger story of the episode.
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Post by Spidyyr on Dec 27, 2019 2:53:37 GMT -5
Liked Episode 2 as well. Not to knock Mandalorian but clearly this has way more thought behind it. And yeah I’ll take this over Grand Theft Sandcrawler.
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Post by Pinda on Dec 27, 2019 4:53:19 GMT -5
Read a few reviews for it and they seemed to say the stuff without Geralt was weak. Honestly that was the stronger story of the episode. I felt like in the first episode Ciri's story was the most interesting, then it shifts towards Geralt's being better in the rest of the season. Yennifer's story is the average one all thoughout the season. |
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Post by Newan on Dec 27, 2019 6:03:34 GMT -5
I think they based this season off short stories mainly from The Last Wish (first chronological book).
In the first book ever released (Blood of Elves) Ciri and Yennifer aren’t even in it. Just Geralt.
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Post by Newan on Dec 27, 2019 6:19:10 GMT -5
Best characters were Geralt, Dandelion, Tassaia, Ciri.
Yennifer should get better. I liked some of the one episode characters as well like Villentrelltemeth.
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Post by Newan on Dec 27, 2019 6:36:12 GMT -5
 Probably one of the most detailed maps of the continent. This season mainly took place in the southern North Kingdoms near Cintra. Witcher 3 takes place in Temeria and in Skellege and the expansion takes place in Touissant. I think next season we will see Kaer Morhan where Geralt trained, way in the far right, |
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Post by Newan on Dec 27, 2019 12:17:19 GMT -5
This games soundtrack alone should sell you Kenbo Pinda  my favorite is at 3 mins |
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Post by Kenbo on Dec 27, 2019 13:09:35 GMT -5
This games soundtrack alone should sell you Kenbo Pinda my favorite is at 3 mins Dang those modded graphics look really good. Base game does look a little dated but I think I can tolerate it |
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Post by Newan on Dec 27, 2019 13:23:26 GMT -5
This games soundtrack alone should sell you Kenbo Pinda my favorite is at 3 mins Dang those modded graphics look really good. Base game does look a little dated but I think I can tolerate it All my new parts except the processor came today, I’m gonna run it with modded graphics in style lol. But CD Projeckt Red did an Xbox One X and PS4 PRO update to graphics last year if you have either of those yours will look good, they also slightly improved non X and Pro graphics as well, |
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Post by Pinda on Dec 27, 2019 20:14:15 GMT -5
I just finished the season (got delayed a bit by a two day trip with my girlfriend and Christmas). I definitely like this show... It is not like early GOT. But still possibly the best show that seems to be airing at the moment. It does get a bit confusing at times though. Not everything is properly explained. I feel like unlike GOT this show fails to properly explain the world it takes place in to the audience that is unfamiliar with the source materials (and the games in this case). I never had trouble understanding the magic or politics in GOT, while there is plenty I do not understand in the Witcher. Nevertheless it is a fun show. I am looking forward to season 2. And I might just play the third game at some point. I could try and answer any questions on lore or locations if you have any. Witcher 3 is a masterpiece though, definitely play it. I’d recommend playing on the higher diffficulties for an authentic Witcher experience where you actually have to research monsters in the codex to find their weaknesses, and rely on potions and oils for effective strategy I don't have any specific questions. But some parts of the dialogue and events are a bit confusing as they are going on because the show does not really explain everything too well. I like it when shows don't spell everything out for the audience, but the Witcher may go a bit too far at some points in that regard. I still consider buying Witcher 3, but my PC is not doing too well... In fact I think it is at the end of its lifespan. A few weeks ago it was doing fine with heavy games, then suddenly it couldn't even run RuneScape without severe fps drops anymore. So I doubt it would run the Witcher in its current state. Maybe once I upgrade to Windows 10 these issues will resolve... I could also buy the game for the PS4, but it is much more expensive. |
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Post by Pinda on Dec 27, 2019 20:16:24 GMT -5
Most people seem to find the timelines confusing though... That was not really an issue for me. Seemed fairly simple. But there is so much they don't explain about magic, politics and geography... It makes it a bit hard to understand certain things. Essentially the biggest thing is that there is many different worlds in the Witcher universe. We really only care about the main one though. But at one point there was an event call the “Conjunction of the Spheres” which opened gateways between the worlds and that marked the arrival of humans and monsters into the world we see in the show. Originally this planet was only inhabited by Elves and maybe Dwarves/ halflings (not sure on that), when the humans arrived they learned magic and used it against the elves. Witcher’s where created by human kingdoms to fend off monsters. I figured some of that out based on the dialogue. I suppose it will be important later, but not so much in this season. Did you read the books or summaries of them? Or is this all in the games? |
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Post by Newan on Dec 27, 2019 21:23:05 GMT -5
Essentially the biggest thing is that there is many different worlds in the Witcher universe. We really only care about the main one though. But at one point there was an event call the “Conjunction of the Spheres” which opened gateways between the worlds and that marked the arrival of humans and monsters into the world we see in the show. Originally this planet was only inhabited by Elves and maybe Dwarves/ halflings (not sure on that), when the humans arrived they learned magic and used it against the elves. Witcher’s where created by human kingdoms to fend off monsters. I figured some of that out based on the dialogue. I suppose it will be important later, but not so much in this season. Did you read the books or summaries of them? Or is this all in the games? I’m going to read all the books I think. But the games take place like 5 years after the books end and the games are basically considered to be one version of how the story ends. There hasn’t been a new book in 6 years though and most fans just consider the games to be the actual continuation. Obviously though the games take all the backstory from the books. |
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Post by Spidyyr on Dec 28, 2019 9:27:18 GMT -5
Definitely didn’t expect there to be multiple timelines on the show. Are Ciri and Yennifer in the books but not in the games then? I’m not sure how they would fit into it if they’re never gonna meet Geralt.
(I’ve seen the first three episodes for reference)
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Post by Pinda on Dec 28, 2019 10:31:45 GMT -5
Definitely didn’t expect there to be multiple timelines on the show. Are Ciri and Yennifer in the books but not in the games then? I’m not sure how they would fit into it if they’re never gonna meet Geralt. (I’ve seen the first three episodes for reference) What makes you think they are never going to meet? Ciri's goal is to find Geralt. |
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Post by Spidyyr on Dec 28, 2019 10:49:40 GMT -5
Definitely didn’t expect there to be multiple timelines on the show. Are Ciri and Yennifer in the books but not in the games then? I’m not sure how they would fit into it if they’re never gonna meet Geralt. (I’ve seen the first three episodes for reference) What makes you think they are never going to meet? Ciri's goal is to find Geralt. But isn’t his story taking place before she’s born? Guess we’ll have a time jump in his story then? |
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Post by Newan on Dec 28, 2019 11:06:46 GMT -5
Definitely didn’t expect there to be multiple timelines on the show. Are Ciri and Yennifer in the books but not in the games then? I’m not sure how they would fit into it if they’re never gonna meet Geralt. (I’ve seen the first three episodes for reference) The games take place about 5-7 years after the last book. Ciri and Yennifer are in the games. My avatar is Ciri |
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Post by Newan on Dec 28, 2019 11:12:44 GMT -5
 First 3 are easy enough to recognize... the bottom right you probably would never be able to tell due to the casting in the show.... |
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Post by Spidyyr on Dec 28, 2019 11:13:08 GMT -5
Definitely didn’t expect there to be multiple timelines on the show. Are Ciri and Yennifer in the books but not in the games then? I’m not sure how they would fit into it if they’re never gonna meet Geralt. (I’ve seen the first three episodes for reference) The games take place about 5-7 years after the last book. Ciri and Yennifer are in the games. My avatar is Ciri Oh I thought they were just adaptations. I’m a bit hazy on how this franchise works but I’m trying to avoid spoilers. |
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Post by Spidyyr on Dec 28, 2019 11:15:15 GMT -5
First 3 are easy enough to recognize... the bottom right you probably would never be able to tell due to the casting in the show.... Who is the last one? |
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Post by Newan on Dec 28, 2019 11:32:09 GMT -5
First 3 are easy enough to recognize... the bottom right you probably would never be able to tell due to the casting in the show.... Who is the last one? Triss Merigold. |
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Post by Kenbo on Dec 28, 2019 11:35:31 GMT -5
They are hot
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Post by Newan on Dec 28, 2019 11:35:43 GMT -5
The games take place about 5-7 years after the last book. Ciri and Yennifer are in the games. My avatar is Ciri Oh I thought they were just adaptations. I’m a bit hazy on how this franchise works but I’m trying to avoid spoilers. Essentially the show is a pretty faithful adaptation to the first chronological book (The Last Wish). The last wish is also a collection os short stories. I think the show is trying to stay to the books for the time being. It probably won’t be late into its life span that they would start taking from the games or even go their own way for an ending, although the season definitely had some callbacks and Easter eggs to the games. The games take place after the books with a fully grown up Ciri. They are best described as “One possible ending to Geralts story”. Think of it like Batman... his origins never change and Bruce will always train to be the Bat with a specific code of honor, but he has tons of different stories and how they play out. |
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my favorite is at 3 mins 
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