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The Witcher Netflix: 6 Characters Who Look Like Their Video Game Counterparts (& 6 Who Look Completely Different)
January 18, 2022 - These new story beats are consequently a lot simpler to understand, though the same cannot be said for some of the characters who are introduced while exploring them. Just like last time though, a lot of them are instantly recognizable due to how similar they look to their video game counterparts. Of course, there are one or two outliers, but, for the most part, at least, casting for season 2 of The Witcher is just as impressive as it was for the show's debut season.
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Netflix’s Witcher vs. Witcher 3: Differences, Similarities, and Criticism
July 2, 2024 - This enraged many fans who expected him to be a prominent character on Netflix as he is in the books and Witcher 3. Eskel’s personality is also a far cry from his game counterpart. While he doesn’t interact much with Ciri in Witcher 3, he’s obnoxious and petty on the show. This is different from his calm demeanor in the game, where he’s probably shaping up to be the next Vesemir. In the show’s second season, we see the start of Ciri’s training, which is also displayed at the beginning of Witcher 3.
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Netflix's The Witcher Cast vs. Video Game Characters - IGN
December 10, 2021 - Check out this side-by-side comparison of Netflix's The Witcher cast opposite their video game counterparts, with newly-released photos from Netflix featuring Henry Cavill as Geralt, Freya Allan as Ciri, and Anya Chalotra as Yennefer.
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Witcher 3 Characters Completely Different From The Books & Show
January 9, 2022 - Related: Witcher 3: Most Surprising Ways It Deviates From The Books · However, the Netflix adaptation’s timeline is infamously confusing, covering events from as early as Geralt’s travels in 1231 to the fall of Cintra in 1263, with Season 2's linear timeline directly continuing from the Battle of Sodden Hill and Geralt and Ciri's destined meeting in 1263. Despite having varying timelines, crossovers do occur between characters from the game and the show, which often differ from both the book material and each other, especially in relation to characters.
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The Witcher: 10 Characters Fans Of The Games Will Recognize.
December 22, 2021 - With The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt being lauded as one of the greatest games of all time, it was no real surprise when Netflix decided to attempt a live-action adaptation. RELATED: The Witcher Nightmare Of The Wolf: 10 Recognizable Voice Actors (& How You Know Them) While many viewers might be familiar with popular characters like Geralt, Yennefer, and Ciri, Season 2 in particular introduced and expanded upon many characters that played important parts in the games, including some fan favorites.
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r/wiedzmin on Reddit: Comparison of characters in The Witcher (Season 2) TV Series and Gwent card game. What do you think?
November 12, 2021 - In-depth talk about The Witcher ... Red's games, the Netflix show, the comics etc. (yes, even the old Polish show is welcome here), but preferably giving emphasis on the source material. This subreddit is also meant to be a bilingual place for English and Polish speaking audiences. Meaning that we encourage content in both idioms. ... 'THE WITCHER' Season 4 reportedly cost over $25M per episode, ...
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The Witcher Season 2's Biggest Differences From the Video Games
January 15, 2022 - Eskel's death in the Netflix series seems unprecedented, and his characterization certainly didn't live up to what players knew of Eskel from the games. He was Geralt's equal as a witcher, though not nearly as famous, and it's unlikely he would have been so easily duped by the Deathless Mother, who robbed him of his life.
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The Witcher actors that appeared both in Netflix series and in the games - Redanian Intelligence
July 6, 2022 - This time we have someone from The Witcher 3‘s base game: Alastair Parker, who voiced one of Novigrad’s crime bosses Cleaver. He can be an ally for Geralt during the Novigrad section and can give one of the toughest racing quests, if you don’t have good equipment on Roach. In Season 2 of The Witcher, Parker played the dock guard who “represented” some of the first season’s critics, who were confused by the multiple timelines or considered the Aard kiss to be cheap.
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How The Characters From Netflix's The Witcher Should Really Look - Looper
February 25, 2022 - In "The Witcher" and "The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt," Eskel (voiced by Tom Clarke Hill) has short dark hair and a stocky, muscular build. His scars are also more prominent in the game version, as they cover his eye, cheek, mouth, and chin. The differences between Eskel in the show and Eskel in the games go far beyond their physical appearances. In the Season 2 episode "Kaer Morhen," Eskel's character is attacked by a leshy.
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The Witcher: How Each Character Is Supposed To Look
April 6, 2020 - The games changed virtually nothing about her character, and the show followed that tradition, with Anya Chalotra bringing the terrifying sorceress to life. As the show is more so an adaptation of the books than the games, Princess Cirilla's story and appearance in the show is markedly different from the games. We see the Lion Cub of Cintra begin her journey; when the season ends, she, at last, finds Geralt. In The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, the introduction involves Ciri as a child, training at Kaer Morhen with Geralt.
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r/witcher on Reddit: Netflix's Witcher Cast vs. The Games vs. The Books - A side-by-side Comparison
May 7, 2019 - Though originally written in Polish, the franchise gathered a large international following from likewise acclaimed game adaptions by CD Projekt. The books now translated into a dozen languages have also been adapted for TV. ... Comparison of characters in The Witcher (Season 2) TV Series and Gwent card game.
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The Witcher Characters: Books Vs. Games Vs. Netflix Show
January 30, 2020 - To the select few that gained their Witcher knowledge directly from the source material, the depictions seen in CDPR's games may have even been displeasing. Yet, how far off really were the two adaptations? As with any visualisation of a text, there have obviously been some creative liberties taken in both CDPR and Netflix's cases, though some representations of characters clearly strayed further from the trail than others.
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How 'The Witcher' Characters Compare With The Video Games, Ranked
January 22, 2020 - Reactions to Season 2 · Bewitching Posts About Yennefer · Geralt's Greatest Quotes · How Henry Cavill Has Bewitched Our Hearts · Great Moments in Gerannefer · Photo: CD Projekt Red · Netflix · Other|Fictional Characters · Damon Davis · Updated January 23, 2020 9 items · Ranked By · 7.1K votes · 1.1K voters · Voting Rules · Vote up the Witcher actors who brought the video games to life.
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Answer (1 of 16): Just came to see how the answers aged after watching season 2. The answer would (have) be(en) that the Netflix seires got the copyright and thus the material from the books where Tris is having hair closer to chestnut that is brown with a hint of red. In that regard, the actress...
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r/witcher on Reddit: Are game characters and book characters any different
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I played the whole trilogy +dlc and thronebreaker and I love them I finally decided to get the books and they will arrive next week I’m curious, is there any noticeable difference between game and books characters are any characters that are better/worse, one character I specifically want to know about is Regis I loved him in the game is he the same way in the books. Also if you have anything else that would be good to know for massive fan of the games before reading the books that would also be helpful, no spoilers please.
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Here we go: Regis is just as awesome in the books as he is in the games. Geralt isn't as powerful in the books as he is in the games. Geralt loves Yennefer only, there isn't any struggle between Yen and Triss like in the games. Triss is generally speaking controversial character in the books, some people like her, some people do not. In the games, she is pretty much super likeable. Relationship between Ciri and Yen is far, far better in the books. I would go even as far as to say they fucked it up in the games. Ciri arguably loves Yen more than she loves Geralt. Dijsktra is actually super intelligent and doesn't make stupid decisions (for the most part) like his game counterpart. Game makes it seem like Zoltan is Geralt's best dwarf friend. In the books, that position is taken by Yarpen Zigrin. Dandelion is actually blonde (TBF though, that is only mentioned once in the entire saga - in the Season of Storms, which came out in 2013, so I don't blame CDPR for not changing his hair color for game III when they made him brow haired for the 2 previous instalments). And the last one... Geralt wears 2D medallion, only 1 sword on his back (steel one, silver one is on his horse) wears a headband and is generally described as average looking, not such a Hollywood model Game II, III and Netflix make it seem. His Witcher 1 model is probably the one closest to the source material of all adaptions. He also hates beard and never wears an armour - just some leather tunic. That's all I can think of really.
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Triss. Triss is a more minor character in the books than in the games. People like to say that Triss was made 'too nice' in the games but I disagree. The way she manipulates amnesiac Geralt is pretty accurate to her book portrayal. Dandelion. Dandelion is very similar to how he is in the games. However, there is more to him than just being comic relief. He's portrayed as intelligent, resourceful and dependable... but also a womanizing scoundrel. I do like that he gets a happy ending with Priscilla. Yennefer. Yennefer really got the short end of the stick in game 3 so that they could have a romance choice. She develops significantly over the course of the saga (and short stories) and is one of my favourite characters. The games portray her in quite a negative light, particularly for people new to the series. Geralt. I think the games do a good job at continuing the progression of Geralt. In the books, he starts out as a broody, overly-emotional, cynic filled with self-hatred (quite similar to Yennefer). As the books progress, he finds purpose in life and very much mellows out, whilst learning that staying 'neutral' isn't always the right choice. CDPR decided to lean further into this, giving him a 'chill dad' vibe by the time of the third game, whilst still maintaining his wit and core principles. He also LOVES to sit down and have vaguely philosophical conversations with people he's just met. Particularly in the short stories. Queen Meve. She plays a minor role in the books, but they do a good job of expanding her character whilst keeping her consistent, clearly taking inspiration from Queen Calanthe (Ciri's grandmother). Regis. I won't say much but there is a reason why Regis is a fan favourite character in both the books and the games. Philipa. Love her in both, but she definitely gets off easy in the third game. Eskel. Pretty accurate as far as I can remember. Lambert. Lambert does clash very hard with Triss, but I don't remember him being as whiny or bitchy as he is in the games. Vesemir. Pretty much the same. Dijkstra. Whilst functionally the same, he was not at all how I pictured him in the books. For the most part, I like his game portrayal but the conclusion to his story in game 3 is so stupid and out of character for someone who is supposed to be intelligent that it leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Avallac'h. I guess his loyalty to King Auberon is consistent but he definitely isn't a friend of Ciri lol (supposedly he was set to be an antagonist in the cut content from game 3). Emhyr. When talking about book Emhyr, people love to focus on his 'plans' for Ciri but often forget that he keeps his promise to Yen and lets Ciri go when he sees her crying. So I think he is quite consistent + I love Charles Dance so I'm probably biased. Priscilla. Whilst Priscilla is technically a CDPR original character, she is clearly based on Essi Daven from the short story A Little Sacrifice. In the books, Essi has more of a 'sisterly' relationship with Dandelion but an almost identical personality. Essi is a beloved character so it was nice to find a non-hamfisted way to incorporate her into the third game. These are just a select few that I decided to comment on. Most of the changes between the books and the games are plot-based, such as the nature of The White Frost, some character fates, the abundance of monsters and the ending of The Lady of the Lake.
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Answer (1 of 10): Spoilers might happen in this answer. My opinion, having read all the books, the first season was well done. The Last Wish and Sword of Destiny are short stories compiled into two books. The first season (and the 1st episode ‘A Grain of Truth’ of the 2nd season) were those ...
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r/witcher on Reddit: How closely related are the books, games and the tv show?
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I started playing Witcher 3… finally. After I watched the show… finally. But I keep wondering if things in the story are lining up, or taking bits and pieces here and there, mixing them up, new stuff, etc. And I didn’t even know there were books until I started playing the game. So I just was curious how close each media relates to each of the others? Are they congruent? Or do they each have their own different story? I’m ok with spoilers, but hide it or announce for others.
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TL;DR They are completely separate stories and universes, but before anyone gets upset at that statement, let me provide a chronology of publication and different understandings of “Witcher” throughout the decades: Books The Witcher began with a short story “Witcher” published December 1986 in the speculative fiction magazine Fantastyka as an entry to a story-writing contest, coming in third place. Author Andrzej Sapkowski was not expecting the grand fan response it received, and there was soon a demand for more “Witcher” short stories — more were published in later monthly publications of Fantastyka diring the early 1990s, such as “A Grain of Truth,” “The Lesser Evil,” “A Question of Price,” “Bounds of Reason,” and “Shard of Ice.” (Note: “Road of No Return” was the second story Sapkowski had published in Fantastyka, but it was only incorporated into Sapkowski’s “Witcher universe” later, when a character from this short story turns out to be connected to Geralt (no spoilers here :)). The Witcher had some early adaptations even then in the early 90s, in the form of comics by illustrator Bogusław Polch. Sapkowski had challenges getting his stories published in book form, due to a reluctance from publishers to “take a chance” on selling a new story from a Polish author — IIRC as it was told by Sapkowski in interviews, they preferred to publish translations of already-established fantasy, e.g. Tolkien. Sword of Destiny was the first book, published in 1992. The Last Wish (which is first in the suggested reading order, and chronologically takes place before Sword of Destiny, which is second in the reading order) was actually published after. These first two books — Sword of Destiny and The Last Wish — are anthologies of Witcher short stories, some which were published in Fantastyka and some not-before-published ones. The Witcher then became a saga as Sapkowski decided to commit to writing in this universe, and five novels emerged: Blood of Elves, Time of Contempt, Baptism of Fire, Tower of the Swallow, and Lady of the Lake. Lady of the Lake, the last book, was published in 1999. Games The games by CD Projekt Red were created beginning in October 2007 with the first game Witcher, and take place after the ending of Sapkowski’s saga (e.g., after the events of Lady of the Lake). This directly contradicts the ending of the saga, because [Major Spoiler Alert] Geralt dies at the end of the books but CDPR created a story that works its way around this fact, taking advantage of a thematic concept introduced in the last book that legends never die, stories always continue, etc. and the ending incorporating surreal, mythological elements. The details of this story are fleshed out more in the second installment in CDPR’s trilogy, Witcher 2, where Geralt begins to lose his amnesia he suffered from in the first game and begins to remember what happened between Lady of the Lake and the first game. By Witcher 3, as you may imagine, he has recovered from his amnesia. Witcher 3 also incorporated the other two main characters of the book series — Yennefer and Ciri. The games are narratively a continuation—an adaptation of Sapkowski’s world, characters, settings, and more, but not of the books and stories themselves. For the most part, the reception by fans of the books is positive towards the games, even if it’s not “accurate to the books” at times. The reason for this is that CDPR were fans of the Witcher books and their work reflects this. There are tons of references to the books within the games, and the first game especially takes a lot of concepts and plot from the books, it being created as a kind of tribute. However, as an aside these positive feelings, it should be noted that Sapkowski wrote a complete saga and the “Witcher” as a story was closed after the final book, with no “continuations” — even Sapkowski’s standalone Witcher novel, Season of Storms, published in 2013, is a mid-quel, occuring in the chronology sometime inbetween the short stories. To weigh the “faithfulness to the books” of the games is a challenge. Atmospherically, visually, musically, and design-wise, they are generally very “Witcher” in spirit, and I think most fans would agree that the world CDPR creates for the Witcher reflects that of the books; however, narratively and story-wise, there are many inconsistencies between the games and books, so it’s really unfair to suggest that the story of the games are an inherently “canon” continuation of the books. The books were done when Sapkowski finished writing them. The games are thus a fanfiction, but a really good and generally accepted fanfiction, because they were made by actual fans. Netflix series During this entire time that I’ve gone over, The Witcher has been slowly becoming an international phenomenon, becoming known not only in Poland, not only in Czech Republic and Russia (where the majority of Sapkowski’s foreign readers lie), but across the world and particularly in English-speaking countries, the United States and the United Kingdoms. Streaming giant Netflix bought the rights to create a series using the “Witcher” name and released the first season of their series in December 2019. Many fans of Sapkowski’s Witcher were disappointed with this release, as the show removed a majority of stories and plot from the books and instead created their own story that directly contradicts information from the books. And this was the first season. Think of something like (reportedly) Season 8 of Game of Thrones, but instead of it being the last season, it was the first season of the series. To illustrate how terrible the first season was, they cut out the single most important story of all of the short stories—“Sword of Destiny”—the very titular story which is about how Geralt and Ciri meet and why they share the parent-child bond which will go on to define the entire series. The show creator, Lauren S. Hissrich, was famously quoted as saying she initially didn’t want to do the project, until Netflix assured her she would not have to follow the books: “(…) I’m not a fantasy writer, I don’t think I’m the right person to honor this. I dont know if I can give the fans what they want. And Netflix–I love them for this–they sort of pushed back and said, ‘Don’t worry about the fans. Remember, tell us the story that you would tell.'” Why The Showrunner For The Witcher Initially Said No To Netflix The Netflix show worsened in its second season, and went completely astray from the books. While the first season watered down, missed the point, or cut out a lot of important parts from the books The Last Wish and Sword of Destiny which they attempted to adapt, the second season did not seem to touch the book Blood of Elves at all—if you want to know how bad it is, here is my opinion: I think that they wasted their money, they didn’t need to buy the rights from Sapkowski to create this, because there is barely any similarity at all between this creation and his novels. Conclusion Each “Witcher” exists in its own separate world. This viewpoint is shared by Sapkowski himself: “(...) Adaptations with all the drawbacks of adaptation. You can not put a book and its adaptation on the same level, compare and combine them, because they are incomparable and unconnected. There are no contact points. The mystery for me is who invented this "recreating the spirit", attributed to adaptations. Even though adaptation was a masterpiece in its genre, the spirit of the book lives only in the book and is not transferable.” Sapkowski interviewed about fandoms and shitstorms, 2018 Adaptations are adaptations, they each exist in their own world. In some cases, they create an similar world to their original medium, in some cases they set the original medium on fire and we’re helpless to watch it. They are each separate universes. The characters may share the same names, look at least somewhat similar, and even resemble one another in their personalities and actions—but to think that the Geralt Sapkowski created, the Geralt CD Projekt Red created, and the Geralt Netflix created are all the same character would be very imprecise, dare I say—wrong. They’re all different, created by different authors, in different times, with different stories and motivations surrounding them. That doesn’t mean the fans can only like one of them, but it means that they’re not interexchangable, congruent. So, to answer your question, yes—each have their own different stories! Have fun exploring them. I’d recommend to check out the books ;)!
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They’re not. Games are more or less a faithful continuation to the story as this story starts several years after the books ended, with some changes of course, but they are faithful to the canon, and more significantly, also faithful to everything that is Slavic. CDPR have gone out of their way to represent our culture from every single Slavic country to the minute detail, such as small ornaments on tombstones. Netflix on the other hand have gone out of their way to erase everything that is Slavic about the Witcher and they did that deliberately. They also haven’t only just made changes for the sake of adaptation - they made characters and storylines almost entirely unrecognisable, while at the same time inventing entirely new plot and characters. Netflix’s Witcher has next to nothing of Witcher about it. It’s not an adaptation, it’s not even someone’s creative exercise; it’s just done poorly even as a standalone project.