June 11, 20222 yr I am doing the Keira arc in W3. There are tons of references to the novels here. Also all the books found in the game are heavily inspired by the details in the novels. I think novel/game fans would have had their minds blown when they met Ciri for the first time. However the character jump for Avallach is a bit too abrupt. They would have questioned that. But CDPR tries to ease it in with their writing. Keira was a very minor character in the novels and her actions here mirror what was in that, except for a few points 1. they aged her up, as the game takes place around a decade later. 2. They made her more conniving, and like the author's view on what a sorceress is like. I think they aimed to make Keira a likeable but deeply flawed woman. One that can become a better person as she is helpful and can change her mind about things. In the novels, she and Triss are the "weaker links" of the lodge with Triss being the weakest link. They are the youngest ones. Also the ones that don't completely fit in and get condescended to by higher status members of the Lodge. 3. her face design is rather interesting. It is a face of young british mommy approx. age 30. Like one of those girls that you can kind of see as a future stereotypical mom with 2-3 children. So this face, and the charming voice attached to it is rather disarming. Then, in contrast to her superficial appearance, she is actually very selfish and opportunistic, and conceals a great many things to her advantage.
June 11, 20222 yr Just watched the Fyke island quest. This one is great, I can see it being a good 1st episode of a Witcher HBO show (in an alternate timeline, sigh)
June 14, 20222 yr I did the Bloody Baron & Witches quest. It is one of the best designed quests ever. The White Orchard/Velen/Bloody Baron/Witches section ends at around hour 21 or so. Now I'm back in Novigrad.
June 15, 20222 yr Japanese games often have "white" characters that actually look a quarter/half asian. This is the case with Rose.
June 15, 20222 yr Remake- I guess for this franchise (and others) it is best to enjoy the best version of a great game, and ignore later installments.
June 15, 20222 yr (64) Witcher 3 Complete Walkthrough Part 25 All quests Death March (all side quests + commentary) - YouTube Triss is encountered at approx. the 25th hour of the whole (100%) base game. The base game is approx. 87 hours, the expansions are 40 hours long.
June 16, 20222 yr Triss in the witcher games looks dramatically different in each rendition. In W1 she is creepy looking model. In W2 she is wonky looking. It is only the W3 one that really works.
June 17, 20222 yr (69) Witcher 3 Complete Walkthrough Part 27 All quests Death March (all side quests + commentary) - YouTube Dandelion starts here. The 'books' found throughout the game are filled with lore/prehistory from the novels. However they are scattered in a way that someone new to the world of the Witcher would experience rather differently. Instead of getting the prehistory/lore in a timely manner, the lore can appear a long time after the events in the game happen. So players ends up reading the lore and then recollecting what they just did. (71) Witcher 3 Complete Walkthrough Part 28 All quests Death March (all side quests + commentary) - YouTube The trouble Dandelion is in is similar to the type of trouble he has in the books.
June 19, 20222 yr I just realized that the "Blue stripes" in novels, W2/W3 are a reference to the traditional blue and white shirt, now worn by Russian and Ukrainian spetnaz. Telnyashka - Wikipedia CDPR wraps up Witcher 2 pretty quickly in Novigrad/Oxenfort.
June 20, 20222 yr (71) Witcher 3 Complete Walkthrough Part 34 All quests Death March (all side quests + commentary) - YouTube @Enrico_sw @SympathysSilhouette did you guys make it all the way to the end Spoiler with the Triss torture sequence?
June 21, 20222 yr Triss's face/hair is looks significantly better with the alternate costume. Overall however her best look is at the party where she has the alternate hair (but without the giant hair pin) and the party dress. (73) Witcher 3 Complete Walkthrough Part 38 All quests Death March (all side quests + commentary) - YouTube The main problem with the alternate costume is that it is too flamboyant (like she is going to the Met Gala/Oscars) to make any sense in the situations she's in.
June 22, 20222 yr I am finishing up the Novigrad arc. Novigrad is filled with references to the novels with little details everywhere, indicating great loyalty to the world designed by Spakowski. To a lesser extent familiarity with Witcher 2 lore helps. I really like how they developed Geralt, Triss, Keira, and to a lesser extent Dijkstra's characters. Dandelion also finally gets to "settle down". Keira is a very minor character in the novels but they managed to take what little was there and make her in a full fledged, interesting character. Djikstra is more humble than the character in the novels and knows that he's a piece of shit, but there are a few good/non self serving actions he does that redeems him somewhat. I guess his defeats humbled him. He is also really well written and super witty. Triss' character is one of maturity compared to the Triss of Book 1-2 and Book 8 of the novels. She was defined by her cowardice (being bullied/used by the Lodge) to spy and also her sneaky man-stealing desire for Geralt in the early books. By Book 8 she gets a redemption arc where she finds courage and more integrity. In Witcher 3 she is written as a moral, brave and suffering woman, now no longer a coward and even a leader when she needs to be. She is willing to sacrifice and take huge risks for her friends, like Yennefer is for Geralt in the books. And the way she interacts with Geralt is very nuanced and subtly refers to her past "bad" deeds & also the fact that she is still in love with him. However unlike in the first few books she is in the position of book 8, where she respects Yennefer enough and has become moral enough not to try to steal her man. The critical choice the player makes to love her instead of Yennefer is quite cleverly executed by CDPR. Her character growth, combined with that midwestern accent, her niceness, and attractive face means that Geralt now has wife material. Novigrad ends at approx. 45 out of 87 hours for the 100% playthrough of the base game.
June 23, 20222 yr (78) Witcher 3 Complete Walkthrough Part 48 All quests Death March (all side quests + commentary) - YouTube 36:24 CDPR's shockingly vicious roast of yennefer in lore note It is interesting that CDPR allows the player to have both Triss and Yennefer even if they go with triss in the end.
June 23, 20222 yr Game of Thrones easter egg 31:32 (78) Witcher 3 Complete Walkthrough Part 50 All quests Death March (all side quests + commentary) - YouTube
June 24, 20222 yr The Guilt demon, Morkvark and the Lord of Unvig quests were among the best in Skellige (79) Witcher 3 Complete Walkthrough Part 57 All quests Death March (all side quests + commentary) - YouTube
June 25, 20222 yr The Skellige maps are a masterpiece in world design. I don't think any game has matched them since. They look like real world locations I visited along the sea and in parks, particularly near the US-Canadian border. Witcher 3 Interactive Map - Skellige (witcher3map.com) The structure of this area is different from White Orchard/Velen/Novigrad. It is far more exploratory has better visuals of nature. The key characters of the books are mostly absent except for Yennefer. A key difference is the Viking theme, pervasive throughout vs. the multi-cultural vibe on the continent. Except for minor characters like Crac, Bran, Mousesack, Hjalmar, the rest of Skellige world is a CDPR creation. These characters appear in the early books, which cover Ciri's childhood up to around age 12. The developers seemed to have really pulled out a ton of Viking stereotypes and inserted them into the game. Around the same time, the "Vikings" TV series was popular. Many observers believe that the Assassin's Creed franchise borrowed a lot from Skellige for their Viking game.
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