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That little segment about the writing team/lead around 2:56:45 reminded me of an article that said the original plan was to have Byek die early on and have Aya be the main protagonist, but corporate meddling forced them to keep him in (They pulled something similar in Syndicate, which is why Evie is sidelined there). This probably explains why she shows up sporadically, seems to have more character development than Bayek (Going from someone who wholeheartedly believes in Cleopatra to threatening to kill her), and is the one that does the most to move the overarching plot along Edit: And this kids, is why you watch the whole video before commenting, because the guy making said video just might talk about what you commented on

A wonderful analyzation but I’m confused how this ISN’T the woke agenda? Woke is the oppressor/oppressed narrative. Writers indoctrinated by the agenda write crap stories like this show runner did BECAUSE they are never taught to look beyond oppressor=bad, victim=good and if victims do bad things, it’s actually the oppressors fault. This woke worldview doesn’t allow for any nuance and or true exploration of humanity and such things like idk real history or ingroup/outgroup prejudice or political strategy and warfare before the 20th century… It’s not that the writing is bad because they try to inject woke into it, it’s that the woke narrative creates bad writers.

1:57:25 "This is mechanics at odds with the narrative" Funnily enough, wasn't it Ubisoft themselves whom came to with the term "Ludonarrative dissonance" to critique Bioshock for this exact concept? Edit: Mentions the term seconds after I write this comment. Yesssssssssss

this could have been an amazing show. it really could have been but the writers inserts and the wokeness/race swaps put into it are parts that make it worse. other than geralt and ciri, the rest of the characters dont seem to have the look they should have in the books. (some others do i think) but look at who was just casted as regis. it makes no sense. yennefer's actress grew on me but it might not be for everyone. i doubt the books will ever be accurately adapted into a show like it was eh in season 1 but what if the last wish was portrayed exactly as it were? imagine it for every book. i would watch it over and over and over but unfortunately i doubt it will happen.

I feel bad for Aslam. He would definitely do a better job if they cared to give him enough context.

The problem isn't that Cavil wouldn't go along with the showrunners' version of the character. The problem is that the showrunners didn't share Cavil's passion for the franchise from the get-go.

bro Netflix are stupid. imagine you’re interviewing a candidate and they straight up tell you “Im gonna be bad at this job, I already know” and still go and hire them as a responsible lead of a very big project 🤡

It literally was so anticlimactic that I forgot I've watched the season 3 and after rewatching some episodes still couldn't remember I've watched them. I started to read the 3rd book, “Blood of Elves” only to discover that the whole Plot where Geralt is travelling with Yarpen and his crew has been flipped around so much that it is almost not recognisable. Ciri fighting all these soldiers, where in reality she couldn't even move her sword as Scoia'tael attacked. What is Yen doing there, anyway? I probably get all worked up over nothing, but it was such a cool scene in the book, and nothing but jumping around in the series. The more I read, the more I get angrier at the show, telling stories sucked out of a thumb. xD

Re Battle of Sodden Hill I think they didn't need the Battle of Cintra. But the Battle of Sodden Hill potentially could have been extremely useful if they'd spent more time on the sorceresses, since they're also key to later books. It's particularly important for Triss and Yen. But it's also a way to show other important people to the series who will later sit on the council and be Yen's frenemies and Garult's lovers.

Mmm... my reading on destiny in the books was that it was something Gerault didn't want to believe in, but which eventually swallowed him whole, kicking and screaming the whole way down. He did not want to believe in destiny, but he was trapped in a time loop. The loop had to close. Your talking about them being together because of emotions means nothing because they were destined to be together. These were therefore feelings they were destined to have. A rebellion against destiny would be something more like Legends of Tomorrow, where two characters who are not destined to be together fall in love and are together, at least for a time. Putting emotions into a plot line about destiny is basically "Well, at least they're not unhappy with their destiny." Destiny also gets a bit iffy with Garalt and Yennifer, as she's essentially with her because he wished for their two lives to be together. She didn't really get a choice in the matter. And this is why they are so often on again and off again. Part of it is that time is long. But part of it is that they both have rough edges that don't quite mesh together. Garault saw her and saw an opportunity to be with someone who was as lonely as he was. They were looking for the same thing. But he never gave her the choice. In terms of the multiple timelines, I agree that they could have done more with the concept, but they didn't And I understood why they chose that format, as confusing as it was.

They shouldve called in derby to right it

I'm sure they understood the source material (or the little they read) but they didn't had faith that the audience would like that (even if GoT proves that it is possible).

aw well.. at least the audiobooks are forever on youtube it seems. I'm surprised anyone thats read/listened to the books could get past season 1. I wish Sapkowski would greenlight an english version of the fully casted audiobooks though.

a 4 hour review is crazy

I'd say I 'only' agree with about 50% of your points, but in any case, congratulations for the presentation, the well-argued points and the different perspective they have offered me. I just finished Origins and, although being conscious of many flaws during the game, I liked it in general as a game, even though I don't think I'll remember it 10 years down the road. Or maybe, thanks to your video, I will.

The games graphics look hideous lol

....that it's an Assassin's creed game!

2:41:35 burst out laughing why is her skirt doing that

I can’t spell his name, but the pharaoh kid was like 13 years old no way he was gonna get assassinated 💀

I've never realized how _unprofessional_ was Cavill's approach. He was hired to do the job of an actor, not a producer. He should have suppressed his ego. No matter how angry I am at the creators for disrecpecting the source material, I am _also_ angry at Cavill for disrespecting the source material. I wish he had shown more humility and didn't raise his vision of Geralt above the book Geralt.

Come back please you do some great work.

Did play the hidden ones right?

You have no idea what you're talking about sir😂😂😂😂 the writers are idiots that blew a slam dunk 😂😂😂😂😂

This was new, I don't really mind

Getting “ableist” and “problematic” into one sentence is tough and basically just a zoomer shitlib beacon.

1:18:04 >Horoscope LMAO, the memes write themselves!

Why are americans so bad and disrespect all books and film from other countries. The Witcher books now before it was the girl with the dragon tatto which actually is män som hatar kvinnor men that hate women.

The entire scene with Geralt Dandelion/Jaskier Fishing is so wrong. Dandlion is not whiney. But americans shows must always have a person that whine, which is boring.

35:35 Bloody americans can't create a story. Everthing should be cool monsters or epic battles. Her sales pitch could be used for the Avengers. As an adventure drama horor it could be the walking dead.

They do not understand the propheseicy nor do they understand curses. Curses and propechesis are an invention and say more about that people which created them.

Nilfgard should be viewed as the holy roman empire.

As a long-time Assassin Creed fanboy back from the original AC, AC Origins is the last AC game I have finished playing. Played AC Odyssey once and never finished it. I never played Valhalla and Mirage, this franchise is finished to me, requiscat in pace... Good video BTW, I pushed the liked button twice but still not enough.

Bayek was a coward and still is, he accidentally stabbed his son but never confessed to anyone, instead he took revenge on everyone and brought his wife for his vendetta. Khemu is also a coward, but at least he is still a child. The revenge story of this game is much more stupid than all other games combined.

43:36 Why do americans talk so much about superpowers.

12:05 I have no Idea what they was think when creating this city. It looks like something you find in Star Wars or Star trek.

Why do americans think it's so important to curse. You can insult and hurt a person even more with out saying a single curse word.

Americans only care for america. This would have been a great social commentry but she and many Americans want the myth of make america great and america is number one.

Adaptations made by americans have never been good. They don't understand storytelling.

Bayek voice acting was terrible. His wife too but his was the worst. A sub saharan accent was so out of place for the main coptic character. A north african sounding or someone more coptic would have created a much better performance. They also made classical egypt way more diverse with way more sub saharan africans in it. I also thimk showing how patriarchal ancient societies were is better than showing so many martial women. It shows how far we've come.

Subscribed at an hour and thirteen minutes 🤣🤣

One problem i have here is saying r*pists can be redeemed but not explaining how. As a r*pist has harmed someone and those victims are having to live with the trauma for the rest of their lives. The r*pist isn't able to make up for it and can't undo the damage. I have never heard of anyone being called a former r*pist as no such thing exists. If you r*pe people then you are scum. There was an author who tried to redeem a character who r*ped 100's of women and girls and it was a terrible book. There is sexism in books and i think the show runners tried changing that. Just because the r*pist feels bad about what he has done, doesn't make it any better. A person may choose to forgive their abuser but forgiveness is not redemption by the way. So it's not like this character had done anything to make up for what he did and i don't see why you focused on that part. R*pe is something i have yet to see as a redeemable act. It is a type of violence done in a sexual manner and leaves people having to deal with the affects of it. Most of the perpetrators get away with it. Men also get r*ped and most keep it quiet so they deal with the trauma in secret. The abusers walk around acting like everything is normal. I just don't see it as redeemable and nobody has been able to explain how it can be redeemed. If you are a r*pist then it's your fault for choosing to do such disgusting acts to people. You cannot be redeemed for what you have done.

I need deep dives onto the absolute dumpster fire that was season three. Its very satisfying to see something bad picked apart

Nailed in the head; although I have been wowed with the graphics at first, after some small and big confusions, all I did was to follow the yellow sign just like you told

Hussite trilogy. Books that are not related to Witcher in any way. Maybe she thinks otherwise

She was my favourite character after playing the game and then i read the books and liked her even more. The show changed her views which didn't need changing. They never understood her character. Feel bad for the actress because the writers messed her character up.

Hey man this was great work Make more