Of course. I did, for one (after playing The Witcher 1, to bridge the wait for TW2). It's really the biggest and best marketing campaign that could have happened for his work, which his hurt pride won't let him admit.
Gaming The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
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Yeah I have read the first 4 books now after playing the game
He had the chance to get big bucks, but he showed no faith in them and so gets what he deserves.
I read The Last Wish before the first game came out if I remember right(saw a review in a magazine that made it sound great), but I think they definitely helped with speeding up the translations at the very least. I had The Last Wish for a few years before Blood of Elves came out, then I'd been waiting years for the next one and Sword of Destiny had been skipped entirely. I ended up having to get the fan translations. They were really dragging their asses, they kept getting delayed. Then TW3 hit and suddenly there they all are, translated.
That's it, he's still making more money than he ever would have, even if he's not profiting from the games' sales.
Does it go lower than easy?If all else fails, @Eckers99, nobody will hold it against you if you quickly drop the difficulty down a notch or two.
Yeah. It's called Skyrim.
But seriously, it's not a tough game once you get past the early stages, it becomes trivial even soon enough and you'll miss the challenge. It's all about movement rather than outright attack. Bob and weave man!
The Witcher 3: GOTY edition is on sale on Steam. (the whole witcher saga actually)
Gotta say, I'm really enjoying this game. Still haven't killed the werewolf but the Bloody Baron quest was excellent and I'm slowly becoming a force to be reckoned with. The environment, quests, stories etc are about the best I've come across. Love it.
Do yourself a favour and don't level up too much, or specifically don't use the mutagen/oil stuff too much. It gets really easy sooner rather than later, and you'll want to enjoy the challenge for as long as you can.
Book readers. Where does Andrej Sapkowskis prose, world building and character development compare to the best in fantasy?
Reading the fifth book of the Witcher. Books are very good although not near as good as the best books in the genre. Politics are done exceptionally well, world building is very nice, character development is decent, can't comment on the prose because I am reading the books in English, so a translation which is definitely readable and enjoyable.
I don't know how it compares given it's had to be translated from another language, but I loved the books. It was the books that got me into the games. You can normally get The Last Wish cheap enough too. Which is the first collection of short stories. They are excellent books.
There's differences between the game and books though. For a start Triss is supposed to be covered in scars all over her chest so can't wear low cut tops and by rights either Geralt, Ciri or especially Yennefer should really have ended her. Geralt also doesn't really have cat eyes, only when he wants to if I remember right.
I'd probably echo Revan's sentiments: he's good, but not great. The politics are definitely one of the best aspects; the intrigue infused with war is done to an even better standard than what the games present. I personally found the first two novellas - the collections of short stories - the best. The brevity of the short stories felt like really good sidequests that could be picked out from the game.
The character development is excellent too. Geralt oft finds himself philosophising toward Dandelion, Yen, and Regis throughout the books, in a similar way to the game. I think the books work excellently in humanising Geralt - something that the game obviously pushes too, but is made slightly less compelling because you're in control.
I'm led to believe some nuances and references are lost a little through translations, but they're still very good reads - if only just for tidbits of lore like Art Vandelay alludes to above.
She also has auburn hair, and not red. She's really quite insignificant in the books - IIRC, the CDPR devs didn't really want to touch Yen because they didn't think they could do her justice/didn't really like her as much so ignored her for the first two games, and made Triss far more important than she should've been. She does have the scars, but she's still insanely attractive, much like all the sorceresses who use glamour to make themselves as appealing as possible to maintain support in court.
Yeah they didn't want to touch Yen at all and I don't think they wanted to put Ciri in there until they were sure they were ready either. I think they did a decent job, but Yen was nowhere near as frightening as she is in the books. The books are actually worth reading for that letter from Blood of Elves alone. Frightening woman. There's a nod to it if you read the letter from her Geralt has at the start of TW3 "Dear Friend..."
With the size and scope of the whole thing it's pretty damn impressive that the only fault I've ever picked is the white washing of that bitch Triss. Well that and the cat eyes.
I think Triss's eyes are supposed to be a different colour too and of course Yennefer is a 94 year old hunchback.
One of my favourite fights in the whole series, games and books was Geralt versus the bruxa in The Last Wish. Obviously they had to be toned down for the game, but that fight was great.
I'm so happy they brought Regis in for the DLC. He's absolutely my favourite character in the books, and I think they did him justice in the Blood and Wine. The Essi Daven tale was a real tear-jerker too. Really enjoyed that one.
Triss doesn't use glamour, she is allergic to magic so cannot use magic on herself.
I think that Triss is quite important in the books. She's the most important character after Geralt, Ciri, and Yennefer.
They did Yen and Ciri, really well. No idea why they decided to replace them in the first game wit Triss and Alvin though. But glad they made things right in the third game.
Anyone guessed Geralt's age? He should be around 80, right? From what I found, him should be that age, Ciri around 20, Triss somewhere between 35-40, Keira a bot younger and Vesemir/Philippa several hundred years old.
Also is Philippa supposed to be the strongest of sorceresses in the game, followed by Yen (not counting Ciri)?
Not quite. She can no longer digest potions with magical ingredients to fix permanently fix her scars, but her augmentation in the first place and use of amulets to heal herself after the battle of Sodden are still in use.
I don't think she is that important, personally. I'd rate all of Geralt's Hansa - in particular Dandelion and Regis - as more important than Triss. Fringilla Vigo is another. And of course the villains Vilgefortz and the Witcher hunter who captures Ciri (name escapes me). It's been a while since I've read them, but as far as I remember the basic gist of her plot (I'll put in spoilers just incase)
was to bang Geralt once or twice, spend a few months with Ciri in Kaer Morhen whilst Geralt and Yen were in one of their off-periods. Beyond that, she's just another sorceress within the lodge, and has no individual scenes apart from when Yen threatens her if she tries anything with Geralt again.
Yeah, Geralt is pushing close to a decade, I believe, and Yen is a tiny bit younger.
Yeah, the power-ranking is a bit tough because there's no real feats ever shown but Philippa is most likely the strongest.
From what I remember, Geralt is supposed to be close to 100 and Yennefer was supposed to be a 94 year old hunch back. Vessimir was rumoured to be as old as 800 but no one knew for sure.
As far as power goes I was never quite sure, Philippa seems to be hinted at as being the most powerful. Yet the lodge were somewhat terrified of Yennefer. Ciri was potentially more powerful than them all. Vilgefortz was also probably more powerful. Yet the only one Geralt was truly scared to fight was Regis. He knew he'd lose that battle. I agree with @DWelbz19 they did a great job with Regis in B&W.
That's another thing I really like, the fact that although Geralt is a mutant bad ass there's still people out there who could easily wipe the floor with him and he doesn't just beat everything with no problem. He barely survives a lot of his fights with monsters and when Regis turns up he brings a whole new dynamic.
Triss was just a love rival for Yennefer and not that important until CDPR upgraded her role. Which did add continuity problems. By the time Yennefer shows up in the third game Triss has now...
I think Yennefer's introduction should have been killing Triss, but they had built Triss up too much by that point and couldn't kill her off.
As far as power goes I was never quite sure, Philippa seems to be hinted at as being the most powerful. Yet the lodge were somewhat terrified of Yennefer. Ciri was potentially more powerful than them all. Vilgefortz was also probably more powerful. Yet the only one Geralt was truly scared to fight was Regis. He knew he'd lose that battle. I agree with @DWelbz19 they did a great job with Regis in B&W.
That's another thing I really like, the fact that although Geralt is a mutant bad ass there's still people out there who could easily wipe the floor with him and he doesn't just beat everything with no problem. He barely survives a lot of his fights with monsters and when Regis turns up he brings a whole new dynamic.
Triss was just a love rival for Yennefer and not that important until CDPR upgraded her role. Which did add continuity problems. By the time Yennefer shows up in the third game Triss has now...
Attempted to steal Geralt again, including when he had amnesia. This is after Yennefer's original warning. Not to mention she had already betrayed them with her role in the Lodge, going along with imprisoning Yennefer and attempting to do nefarious things with/to Ciri.
Leo Bonhart.
There was a minor character in TW1 based on him (Jean-Pierre, who has a few things to tell you about Bonhart). One of the toughest enemies in the game if you manage to piss him off.
The books are at the same time pretty grim in their depiction of its universe and very light reading in terms of fantasy. Prose is hard to comment on unless you can read Polish. The English versions can't really hide that they're translations as you run into a few peculiar wordings, but overal the tone is fairly witty. It's a pleasant read.
The characters are fantastic and nuanced, that's really its main strength. They all have their struggles and it makes them seem very human and real. I also agree with those saying the short stories are better than the saga. That's not to say the saga isn't good, it's great and full of fantastic characters like Regis, Milva, Bonhart, Cahir, etc, and of course zooms in on established characters like Yen and Ciri in particular. But the short stories are awesome. That format gave Sapkowski an opportunity to show off Geralt in many different situations and let him encounter a lot interesting characters. They're full of unexpected twists and often bittersweet conclusions. My personal favourite is the one with Renfri and the fight that would give him the "Butcher of Blaviken" nick name. But the ones with Yen or Ciri are brilliant as well. Anyone who really loves The Witcher should at the very least read those two collected works (The Last Wish and Sword of Destiny).
The characters are fantastic and nuanced, that's really its main strength. They all have their struggles and it makes them seem very human and real. I also agree with those saying the short stories are better than the saga. That's not to say the saga isn't good, it's great and full of fantastic characters like Regis, Milva, Bonhart, Cahir, etc, and of course zooms in on established characters like Yen and Ciri in particular. But the short stories are awesome. That format gave Sapkowski an opportunity to show off Geralt in many different situations and let him encounter a lot interesting characters. They're full of unexpected twists and often bittersweet conclusions. My personal favourite is the one with Renfri and the fight that would give him the "Butcher of Blaviken" nick name. But the ones with Yen or Ciri are brilliant as well. Anyone who really loves The Witcher should at the very least read those two collected works (The Last Wish and Sword of Destiny).
Regis isn't present in most of the books. Dandelion's role is to get repeatedly saved by Geralt or Yen. Triss is heavily mentioned by Yen in the first two books, and then she is present in all the others. She is a love-rival of Yen, but also a friend of Geralt, and a mentor figure to Ciri.
I think that the author said that Geralt is 50 something in the beginning of the story, so around 75-80 in the books. Yen is 94 in the last book, so around 100 hundred in the game. Read that Phil is 300 but no idea where I read it, with Vesemir a few hundred years old. Philippa gives the impression that she is the strongest (or at least most influential) from all members of the Lodge. Vilgefortz must be the strongest mage in the entire world, he totally destroys Geralt.
High vampires are made really powerful, and didn't like how you cannot kill them. Even in the game, you defeat that High Vampire, but you just cannot kill him, which was annoying. So yep, Regis would defeat Geralt (and anyone who isn't an ultra-powerful mage). The High Elder in the game was close to omnipotent and likely the second strongest thing it has been shown in the universe (after the antagonist of the first expansion which was basically the devil).
I loved Yen's introduction and was happy that she didn't kill Triss.
You can argue about this all you want, but you're wrong. Regis is in books 3, 4, and 5. Appears mid-way in the 3rd and is a staple character from then on out. Triss is in 2, and makes little more than a brief cameo in the last book. She is not a 'love-rival' ffs. He sleeps with her once or twice and harbours no feelings since. Fringilla Vigo is a 'love-rival'.
Geralt's age is never explicitly stated in the books, all we have is this games dialogue where Vesemir says Geralt must be pushing a decade himself. I don't think Philippa's age is ever stated and I doubt she's older than Vesemir. Same age or younger is far more likely.
This is turning into quite a lame argument (I'm right, btw) so I'll stop here.
Geralt's age is never explicitly stated in the books, all we have is this games dialogue where Vesemir says Geralt must be pushing a decade himself. I don't think Philippa's age is ever stated and I doubt she's older than Vesemir. Same age or younger is far more likely.
This is turning into quite a lame argument (I'm right, btw) so I'll stop here.
I think it's pretty clear that Geralt is older than a decade.
Yeah, I've been neglecting the oils - not out of choice, I'm just too focused on the next quest to spend too much time thinking about oils and alchemy.
Cheers for the advice. Hopefully The Witcher will be a fairly placid, uncontroversial subject for us to discuss!
Stick the difficulty level up if it gets too easy. The higher levels are far from a walk in the park and are a decent challenge. I think I played on the highest one at the time which was perfect but I believe they added a difficulty level further to that as well.
When's that Gwent game out? Best game within a game ever surely?!
When's that Gwent game out? Best game within a game ever surely?!
Yeah, I've been neglecting the oils - not out of choice, I'm just too focused on the next quest to spend too much time thinking about oils and alchemy.
Cheers for the advice. Hopefully The Witcher will be a fairly placid, uncontroversial subject for us to discuss!
Most definitely mate!Gosh I love this game. Will go for the next play through once I get a bigger TV.
Sadly everything I've played since the Witcher 3 has been a disappointment. While it has a lot to do with the games themselves I'm sure a part of it is due to how wonderful the Witcher was.
Sadly everything I've played since the Witcher 3 has been a disappointment. While it has a lot to do with the games themselves I'm sure a part of it is due to how wonderful the Witcher was.
I'd somehow completely forgot that the books are originally written in Polish! Derp!
In other news, the Witcher franchise has reached the 25m mark. Although I imagine the ridiculous price of the first two games contributed to that somewhat.
https://www.cdprojekt.com/en/media/news/cd-projekt-posts-strong-results-2016/
In other news, the Witcher franchise has reached the 25m mark. Although I imagine the ridiculous price of the first two games contributed to that somewhat.
https://www.cdprojekt.com/en/media/news/cd-projekt-posts-strong-results-2016/
I didn't realise Geralt was almost 10 years old
Picked this up today after seeing many rave reviews about it and with it not being something that has to be played from the first day to enjoy it should be a good alternative to fifa which has seriously tested my patience recently.
Vesermir said to him that you're turning a century at the beginning of the game.
I didn't realize there was so much pedophilia in the game.
This game is just an experience I'll never forget. Loved every moment I passed on it , on every main and side quest. If there's a game that's near perfect it's this. A paradise for any RPG fan and even if you aren't fond of RPG players this game is enough to make you love this genre.
Can write paragraphs about the characters depth, the combat , the way main quests are constructed , the way side quests are variable and affects the main quests and it still won't be enough.
My favourite game of this generation.
Can write paragraphs about the characters depth, the combat , the way main quests are constructed , the way side quests are variable and affects the main quests and it still won't be enough.
My favourite game of this generation.
I'm looking forward to it! Got a nice new 60" to play it on aswell!
Good luck , mate . A small advice is to take your time at the beginning to master the combat and use of signs , oils and potions. Learn them well at the start and don't rush things up. Take your time .
And play at a high difficulty.
I'll go back to Witcher 3 for a third playthrough when I buy a bigger TV now.
I'll go back to Witcher 3 for a third playthrough when I buy a bigger TV now.