The essence of Andrej Sapkowski’s books remained pretty much intact.
Just how much of the lore did the games adapt?
It’s called the Conjunction of Spheres, basically a merging of different planes of reality.
It’s also present in the books and the Netflix show didn’t fail to mention it.
That’s certainly not the case in the games as it limits which swords can be used for what.
It’s a dark fantasy setting with political clashes to rival that ofGame of Thrones.'
Thankfully, the games didn’t ignore this aspect of worldbuilding.
The map inThe Witcher3shows does a good job of portraying the tension between kingdoms and kings.
The latter was rather destitute and starving; witchering simply doesn’t pay well anymore.
Additionally, Geralt hated his job and often sulked or was broody about it.
The game version of Geralt takes a big developmental leap– being relatively more heroic and cheerful.
6TRUE: YENNEFER
One simply cannot have Geralt exist in aWitcheradaptation without Yennefer.
The developers tried that in the first game and it went poorly.
Thankfully, they brought her back in all her snarky raven-haired glory.
Yennefer in the gameswas a satisfactory representation of the one in the books.
She never had this much spotlight in the books.
All threeWitchergames kept this important point of the lore.
Not much has really changed since the pogrom in Rivia that cost Geralt his life.
Graphic lynching and massacre of nonhumans in Novigrad happened ubiquitouslyin the third game.
Almost each and every book like to shove it down to Geralt’s throat, much to his chagrin.
It’s present everywhere from Ciri to Yennefer no matter how he tries to outrun it.
Sadly, the games didn’t really capture this facet of the books.
Geralt’s destiny is nonexistent here andthe main storyis mostly about Ciri’s struggle, really.
Besides, in an open-world RPG that prides itself on giving players freedom, destiny might as well shackles.
Their either souls of the dead, fairies, Valkyries, or elves.
The book went with the last description and made the Wild Hunt Aen Elle elves.
They’re also after Ciri most of the time.
1NOT: THE WHITE FROST
The White Frost was only one of Ciri’s many destinies.
In the books, it was supposedly an inevitable Ice Age triggered by axial tilting, presumably planetary.
Ciri’s job was likely only to save everyone from it by ushering them to a safer place.
How Ciri “defeated” it is still questionable to this day.
In any case, it doesn’t detract from a great story and good funThe Witcher 3had to offer.
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