I almost did, but thankfully I was on my phone and didn't reach the space bar faster than she got on stage, because usually, I skip scenes that seem pointless to the story
@@Jhnzss Apparently - Cyberpunk has already been tested by the censors and given an "18" ... apparently, you get to choose your own genitals at the beginning of the game!
I wouldn't go that far, but personally, i can place it in my top 5 favorite games... i can't tell the order but for me these are the 5: Metal Gear Solid Final Fantasy VII The Witcher 3 Diablo II Final Fantasy XIV This so difficult... since i didnt place some from Final Fantasy series, from Metal Gear, GTA, Mafia II, Parasite eve...
Many people will probably jump to the Witcher games after watching the Netflix series, I welcome you with this song and its deep meaning, enjoy the games, absolute masterpieces.
I started singing the song when Geralt met Yen in the manse. Then i realized the import of the third wish he had. The wish he whispered, when it all began.
@@tobiasthesecond5605 Witcher 2 for me fam. Love how the game divides into two completely different directions after your choice at the end of the first chapter.
It's not just this scene though ... just look at the amazing DLC, arguably better stories than the main game with terrific new music, creatures, bosses, characters, actors, situations ... And the direction of EVERY cutscene is movie quality (a very good movie at that) - even for the most mundane scene. The writing is fantastic - I don't think this level is repeatable - even if you gave a studio 2 billion dollars to "make the best ever RPG" ... it would be technically perfect, but it wouldn't have anywhere close to the heart of this game. It wouldn't even come close to Witcher 3's better side-missions. The music. There you go, unrepeatable. There is so much of Poland/Eastern Europe in the soundtrack, played on real folk instruments. You would have thought I would have tired of "yede-le-le-le-lel-le le-lelelelele" by now! ... but no :) Brilliant! You would have thought I would be tired of the Gwent/tavern music? No way. Gaunter O'Dimm's theme and Lullaby of Woe are perfect. Unrepeatably perfect. Any 2 billion dollar RPG that just chucks in some folk instruments will rightly be accused of "copying Witcher 3" .. which is unrepeatable. This game is brilliant - it makes you feel like a hero in a genuine way. There's a Geralt inside all of us, it seems. Unrepeatable.
@@jazzx251 totally agree Personally I know when a game is a masterpiece when I can replay it from time to time and not get bored. and then when I’m reminded of all those amazing little details and events you forget it makes me realise just how damn good the game is.
Except that she doesn't really tune it, for that, she'd need to hear the strings _before_ tightening or loosening them 😜 (it's almost certainly what they were going for, but that's a _liiiittle_ bit of a... major oversight 🤣)
@Naomi Edouard They explain it if you read the books. One of the myths all the people in the books believe about witchers is that the mutations make them emotionless, and he goes along with it, usually sarcastically and spitefully, but he definitely feels emotions. He pretends as a sort of emotional defense mechanism.
@Naomi Edouard Actually he doesn't pretend. Witchers still have emotions just like normal humans, but because of the mutations, they have trouble expressing them. Basically Witchers have the same facial expression whether they are happy, sad, angry, scared etc. But deep inside, they feel emotions just like us.
@@mynamekanye240 that's not true at all. There's a myriad of moments when Geralt is mentioned to be making a serious face, or an angry face, smiling, etc. He doesn't always have the same facial expressions. He does have issues expressing his love or trying to respect a woman, specially Yennefer, but that's because how men normally are in that world. Besides, Witchers are generally hated and despised, which makes things worse for him
@@drogadepc I didn't mean that he has one facial expression for any emotion literally. That was metaphorically speaking because it's hard for him to express his emotions.
@@marcosantiago8821 especially children peasant like they make jokes about you as dragonborn, or in assassin's Creed III where you carry death ill people to the doctor and children they laugh at you and shove you, you have many peasant chilren that are dicks.
Yeah that stupid inkeeper from White Orchard ruined everything. Besides the song is about Geralt's Love story and those ungrateful audience don't have any idea about it
I LOVE that the King of Beggars, one of the 4 kingpins of the Novigrad underworld, is taking a walk down the street, hears the melody, and turns around to listen to the song, showing that even a person who moves in that "dark and realistic world", can be attracted by a beautiful song.
Not him. It's the frigging bastard who try to murder her after. The zealot of the eternal flame. A bastard who love to torture those who speak profanities. And she's singing a love story between a mutant and a witch. This bastard burned her throat with acid and would have killed her and ripper her eyes and heart off if priscilla wasn't lucky. So in evry playtrought i kill the bast1rd the long way by burning him to death.
Isn't that awesome? She has such a beautiful voice and is immensely talented. She should expand her horizons a little more to show her talent, but it's up to her. Regardless, she is phenomenal in the game.
What if she decides to play Priscilla and sing this song in the Netflix series when it gets to this point in the story... I'd cry tears of joy if that happened
@@NiohArcadia CDPR created Priscilla for Witcher 3. She is possibly Essi Daven from the books, who is a friend and professional rival of Dandelion. If she were to appear in the series, it would need to be as Essi.
Yes, they absolutely blew me away with the postures and facial expressions of everybody. I usually play for the game, not so much the story. This time I am 100% immersed and I think that's why. It really sucked me in. Skyrim was my favorite before this, but Skyrim is so rigid in that aspect now that I have a comparison. I actually care and feel emotion in this game. Have to pause and think through decisions for a while sometimes even, because I care, not because I'm worried about the surface level consequences.
When Pricilla flicked the cords I was interested but when that angelic voice came out I simply sunk back in my chair. At that moment I felt like I was sitting at the bar in Novigrad in between Zoltan and Gerald just enjoying a warm night show. I feel bad for people who say video games aren't art. I actually feel like I'm inside this fantasy world with the characters.
This is the song that made me decide that Yennefer of Vengerberg was the one for Geralt. Every time I do another playthrough and decide to be with Triss, I change my mind as soon as I hear "To dream of raven locks entwisted, stormy; Of violet eyes, glistening as you weep", that does it for me. Every. Single. Time.
It's really open to interpretation. When I listened to this for the first time, the line that really sticks out to me is "the wish I whispered when it all began, did it forge a love you may have never found". The camera cuts to Geralt, guiltily looking down. The song has really somber chord changes too. It makes sense that the first thing Yen does in skellige is break the wish. I chose Yen in the end because I would feel so guilty if Geralt, the one who made the wish, ultimately left Yen. In my story Geralt couldn't tell Yen the truth - that the wish was all that kept his infatuated love going. He replaces the wish with a lie.
@@person906 The Wish wasnt about them loving each other, it was about binding their fates together, and as you probably know, Djinns are malicious creatures and will not grant your wishes in a good way, so none of that ''The wish bound them together by love and they loved each other forever and lalalala'' that kind of good fairy tale kind of wish doesnt exist on the witcher universe, the Djinn always try to grant the wish in a perverse way, in the case of this wish, the djinn bound his fate to yens, so when yen died, he would die as well, in the end of the books geralt is stabbed and yen gives up her life to protect him. The love has nothing to do with the Wish, geralt was madly in love even before the wish and yen literally gave her life for geralt at the end of the books, so it's pretty obvious that she loved him, and considering the ''afterlife'' dialogue that they had just reinforces that their love was legitimate, since the last wish geralt made self-fulfiled when he and yen died together and when they spoke in the ''afterlife'' they werent under any bound of magic and still felt just the same and wanted to live together with each other forever.
The room is in tears and Geralt's sitting there eyeballing all the potential Gwent players. Head twitching, fingers jerking. Just waiting for that next dialogue option "Let's play Gwent". Then Zoltan nudged him.
lol it's probably how many people who played it sit through it. To me it looks more like he's touched and wished he was anywhere but there. If he still could have cried he might have
i accidentally played against some dwarves in the HoS DLC, as i fucking hate gwent, and refuse to play it, i spammed the "x" in the corner (as i hadn't played gwent yet, i had the tutorial to do) so, by accident, i had to wear ass ears.
coming from the swamps, crones and monsters of velen. this was the first time i felt geralt can finally relax... even for a moment. One of the greatest moments in gaming.
I wish I hope I PRAY there is some way in the future where I can delete all my memory of playing this game so I can experience this masterpiece all over again. I think we all do ;)
The rage i felt when Priscilla was attacked and how Dandelion asked Geralt to avenge her...damn i was so pissed i was sprinting the whole time from that quest.
Bastardog I got a spoiler before that quest so I knew she was attacked by a vampire. But I still load the auto save and killed it over twenty times in different ways.
@@lightningosiris1578 Hold up, Vampire? Are there 2 different quests were Priscilla gets hurt, cause I just finished the one where the religious maniac is going around hurting people. Do I need to go back and reload my save or what's up?
First seconds before the start of the song: "Damn will I really have to watch an entire song play?" 5 seconds after it start: *not saying anything of amazement*
He was going to see Djikstra right? I don’t know about you but the whole thing played out perfectly in my game because right after this I went to the baths and he was there.
Geralt´s face and eyes when he suddenly realizes the song is about his love for Yen... I hadn´t been in trance with a game´s OST since Metal Gear Solid.
Especially in the part about the wish he whispered... If you haven't read The Last Wish, I def recommend it, I will not spoil anything. This song in particular will make a lot more sense ;)
Naveena Vice This game got me interested in the novels, as probably happened with thousands, and The Last Wish is the first one I picked up. And you are right, the song acquires a whole new meaning
Jorge González-Páramo the last time i was so stunned was the mgs4 moment when they take us back to shadow moses and the best is yet to come kicks in. This song and voice took my breath literally. Just unbelievable
TheShadowGuy PT OH S**T. Dude, that song. I was super young at the time I played that game and there was nothing wrong at the time, but that song was so beautiful I think I started crying uncontrollably.
Jorge González-Páramo i had tears in my eyes so bad man. And mgs is a game that i know very good. Tw3 is the first tw game ive played and from what they tell us ingame up to this point it got emotional not even knowing much. I cant explain^^
"Because this is what it does, it appeals to the male fantasy" The male fantasy: *Wolven Storm, The fields of Ard Skellig or the Kaer Morhen theme, exploring the Skellige isles, Geralt and Yen spying on Ciri like parents, meeting Zoltan, Dandelion and Regis, settling in Corvo Bianco, admiring Toussaint, playing Gwent, and watching the 10th anniversary of the Witcher video as you're crying tears of nostalgia and happiness, happy for the happy ending of those fictional friends you've went through so much with* More than 2 years later, first year of college, and after reading almost all of the Witcher books and waiting for the update, here I am listening to this beautiful piece of art. I just cried :').
Whenever I listen to this song I feel like I was there, in Novigrad, living by the sword, that Priscilla was singing MY story. But then I remember it's just a game, and I feel so sad... This game has touched me, more than I'd like to admit.
This is my personal number one game series of all time. I don't think anything can top the Witcher 3 as a game though. The only thing that could come close is a 4th Witcher on next gen. Geralt's story is just amazing. He's badass, tough, has a tough exterior and regarded as an emotionless monster hunter. But, when you delve deep, you realise that he's more human than the majority of human characters. He does feel. Probably even too much at times but never let's people see he cares. This is portrayed so well in the books but in the games, they got him down to a tee. Geralt in the games is exactly how I'd imagined him reading the books. A tough gravelly voice and his sly sarcasm go hand in hand. This series will never be the same without him. I am sure though, when they do announce a witcher 4, we can expect it to centre around Ciri with just a Geralt cameo or maybe flash backs or a brief meeting. The series will have to evolve and become bigger than the witcher 3, somehow. I am sure CD Projekt Red can achieve it though. Going from the books to the games was one thing. But now Henry Cavill has brought Geralt to life and made it mainstream. The Polish witcher show was ok (yes I watched it all), but what Netflix have achieved is proof at just how great the story of Geralt is! It's not a perfect season by any means, but it is brilliant! I had that song from episode 2 stuck in my head through the rest of the season. Moments like those define the witcher series. The brutality and death through wars and monsters is gripping, but what grabs you by the balls the most, is the tender and usually musical moments like these. Dandelion risking his life for his friends. His songs telling the somewhat exaggerated stories of Geralt and Yen. Priscilla performing this song in the Witcher 3. These are the moments that make the series the most magical series to exist yet. And the bards song in episode 2 of the series was yet another one of those moments that probably hit even harder than it should have. This is a series in so many forms that I wish will never end. The games, the books and Netflix's series. Long may they continue! Toss a coin to your witcher.
This game, people... its like 5 years.. but.. this game.. is literally masterpiece, this game is standing alone on a level which is reserverd only for that masterpiece. None of futre rpgs will come close to this art. I mean.. wow, this game has a soul.
There might come a game at some point that will steal the place only The Witcher 3 has right now, but with the way the game industry is heading im not sure. But The Witcher 3 will always be a game that made people scream for more Single-Player RPGs with a great story. The Witcher 3 sold a a shit load of copies. Meanwhile EA: Players just don't want single-player RPG games anymore.
This game won Game of the Decade 2010-2020, and arguably the most important decade of gaming when it comes to the evolution of gaming. Like no other, this game had a soul. No other game, movie, or show was able to portray such an immersive feeling like this scene. A true moment of peace within their cruel and unforgiving world that we all felt. The game is so masterfully well-crafted that I wouldn’t be surprised if the next two Game of the Decade can’t even be compared to The Witcher 3.
@@nickboi7270 it depends witcher story is more detailed and world too because it is based on book and has 3 game parts As a game perspective I like rdr2 But for the detailed in story and protagonist wise I liked witcher 3 more
I mostly agree with you here. I'd only add that there were a few games from the early two thousands that, while not as sophisticated or as big as the Witcher 3 still pulled me in to a similar extent. The old Prince of Persia trilogy as the foremost example. I think those three games had a level of soul comparable to the Witcher 3, as well as a deep lore and well-crafted wold that we never got to see enough of due to Ubisoft annoyingly abandoning the series in favour of Assasin's Creed before they could make at least one large free-roaming iteration of it. I was a grumpy teenger back then and the Prince of Persia series offered me escape and inspiration like nothing else could except for very well written books like Lord of the Rings- and, a bit later on, the Witcher books. I'd put the Witcher 3 in that category, too, perhaps Witcher 1 as well, but they are not quite so singular to my mind if we consider more than just the last decade. Within the last decade, though, yes, the Witcher 3 is pretty singular. Perhaps Assasins Creed Origins is about equal to it. I think the Elder Scrolls universe has the potential to be as deep, also, but Bethesda continually fail to create games as soulful as CD Projekt Red and Ubisoft.
@@EzraYalanBenjamin It was a great pleasure to find a fellow PoP fan here. Those four installments really defined my teenage gaming years. Diving into those characters really made me forget myself. I vividly remember how Kaileena death in Two thrones and Farah's death in Sands of Time made me disgruntled, while just the presence of Dahaka in Warrior Within was enough to raise the heartbeats. But alas! How they butchered my boy for Assassin's creed.
Nazareadain It's probably there to remind non-bookfags that "Yen is still out there so don't just fall right for Triss so soon". It also makes more sense for Priscilla to meet and work with you since she's already familiar with you through Dandelion.
Bo Tan as an independent product it seems a little too heavy for a reminder as the player has yet to make any real connection with yen yet. Not that I don't like the bombast.
Exactly, no connection, the song is to help build the connection. It serves as a placeholder for the "Geralt+Yen" love theme for future interactions. In my opinion, so far (got Dandelion, just went to Skellige) the game is pushing the "canon" romance for Yen and constantly tells you that Triss is over with 6 months ago. This song would be one of those "push". I do think it's more for the latter reason, though: to give an impression of Dandelion being a blabbermouth and explains why Priscilla would open up to you.
Nazareadain Because developers know and respect what Sapkowski wrote. Geralt needs and loves only Yennefer and Ciri. Triss choice is just a choice to make the kids who didnt read the books happy. Nothing more. If Sapkowski wrote this scenario in his book Triss could have only the one role - a friend. And not the best friend.
Just found out Emma Hiddleston, the actress who voiced Priscilla, is Tom Hiddleston's sister! She has such an incredible voice, sounds like an angel in this song
This was one of those rare moments in a game when it transcends the medium it's usually delivered in and becomes something more. Playing this game, it primarily consists of violence, dark humor and lore. But this stood out from the rest not simply because it's so different, but because it was so beautiful that you forgot about the rest of the game, or indeed even that you were playing a game. I wish I could experience this song during the game again for the first time.
You just described Geralt. A violent monster slayer, feared and seen as a cold blooded killer, a dark and displeasing figure on the outside. Yet in the inside a continuous fight to hang on anything that keeps him human, on the feelings that the mutations were supposed to eliminate ( Yennefer - erotic love, Ciri - fatherly love, Jaskier - friendship ). Thats what makes his character really interesting and complex . And thats what makes this game special.
I couldn't agree more. I forgot I was playing a game. This has never happened before to me ever I don't think. Anyone got any more examples of this in any other games?
I really dont know any other perfect way to describe my feeling towards this scene then how you did it just now it was just so peaceful till the bar wench had to ruin it geralt just looked so at peace
@@MrArgy333 this... Geralt is probably THE best character ever in any game. So wide and complexe, mixed with the actual character building of the games, he's just the best.
I’ve yet to find another story that creates as riveting a romance as the Wild Hunt did. It is so nuanced and mature in its presentation. Especially for newcomers who find Yen to be aloof and cold while Triss is far more spunky and openly affectionate. If you pass up Triss but are still kind to her, the game drives home the point that these two individuals have that spark and affection for each other and it’s heartbreaking to reject her advances. But then you continue on for a while, thinking “I made a mistake!” Until you finally pick up on the dynamic of Geralt and Yen. You can tell that there is real history here, it’s the kind of love that is a much slower burn. These are two individuals that are content in their love for each other, they are fully independent and trust each other’s abilities fully. Even far apart they act like how a family acts. A father searching for his wife and daughter, the reasonable one. The mother desperately seeking her daughter, comforted in the calm her partner brings. It’s beautiful. And Dandilion and Precilla!! Oh it’s so sweet to see young love. For the sex hungry and arrogant man to be absolutely floored and in awe of the talent of someone else and to even pass up the opportunity with a woman because he desires his counterpart. So precious. The writers of this game nailed the beauty and complexity of many forms of love and it’s a joy to experience
I was emotionally struck harder by denying Shani than Triss. Shani was well played in her emotional responses. As much as Triss is infatuated with Geralt, I feel Shani "felt" more for G. I mean I think back to W1 when you n Triss do the dirty like 5 mins in lol
This song was beautiful. Shame it's inspired by such an unlikable character. I'm fully aware of Geralt's history with Yennifer from the books. Still don't think there's anything remotely mature about her character or the relationship she has with Geralt. Yen is so guarded with her emotions that Geralt practically has to move heaven and earth before she's willing to show an ounce of tenderness towards him without juxtaposing or masking it with sexual innuendo or taciturness. To me, that doesn't make her a deep character or particularly endearing. It makes her a tragic, damaged character with loads of trust issues. I've dated women like that, and it's never once been worth it in the end. Within the continuity of the games, Yen is the last person I would ever romance. Since Shani wasn't an option past a hook up (which is really a tragedy), I definitely would choose Triss every single time. It's not even a contest.
I red books for the first time like 15 years ago. Its my all time favourite. And let me say, for 15 years I waited for Geralt to dump that raven haired harpy. And in W3 I had a chance to undo his last wish - I didnt hesitate for a single moment. They are held together only by magic of that wish, nothing natural about that. And, frankly, any man who likes a relationship like that has a problem.
well said, really good points you have here. and to proof your points: people are discussing why they chose triss or yen 5 YEARS after finishing the game... a true masterpiece (*spoiler: i restarted the game when i realized triss really left after the scene at the pier - i just couldnt handle that :-))
Cd projekt red is one of the very few developers who actually cares about what they do nowadays….not can be said about the same for the other developers
@@midnightwerewolf5567 Dude are you a fanboy and forgot cyberpunk? They literally lied about the state of the game like every other scumbag company before the release.
@@mcmarkmarkson7115 Oh, come off it both of you. This broken record whining over a pretty good game is growing stale. Cyberpunk was a major success, which probably grinds your balls even more. Did the marketing department lie? Of course, those who work in marketing are generally douchebags, and CD Red was deservingly criticized for it. That doesn't mean the developers didn't put their hearts into their game, which was what the commenter meant.
You guys forgot about that mission of killing djin who helped to cast that spell so that they can see if their love is true. After killing it they both still were in love so ....
@@Vlad--- actually, you had a choice. I made the choice that geralt and yen were just together because of the djinn, and that under his own steam, he didn't actually love her. ...I'm totally team triss, lol
@@sionaf9562 yes. But see I believe even in real life if I loved a woman and she loved me and later cause of some circumstances I got amnesia and fell in love with different women I would go back to the women I had loved in the first place.
Man, you know the song's good when grown men start to cry , couples make love, a hardened criminal gives notice to it , a badass dwarf mellows out and when a near "emotionless" Witcher starts to feel and relate to it.
I love how you can hear the beginning of this song in “Fields of Ard Skellig” it’s such a nice dose of nostalgia for our time in Novigrad, as well as a reminder that we’ve come a long way.
RaithSienar I liked that bit too. But then I got outside and realized the path where he walked from is blocked by a wall and the window is like a meter off the ground. Immersion ruined, 0/10, preorder cancelled, stern letter written.
Dexter Chen Makes an interesting idea for a little mod to make that an actual pathway and adjust the window positioning. "Immersive Inn Pathway" mod lol.
@@bergonath8851 They'll make it the very opposite of edgy. They have race-changed multiple characters, despite supposedly staying true to the books, just to be not edgy.
+brazwen that's because game or movie music are meant to make the game or movie more immersive and is not held in that cycle of "ok, this is hot, this is selling, you make this or you're out. mainstream music also builds on average people's low expectations towards music. "make it sound not completely unbearable, but even if it does, we'll tweak it some in the studio. who cares anyway? is it another love song that sounds like shit or is it another love song that sounds like shit? it'll sell alright" (this priscilla song proves there are different levels to love songs though) most mainstream artists don't even care what their music sounds like. fuck mainstream music.
+overdose that is SO well said. modern music industry should be illegal ffs, but even worse is the mainstream audience. sheep who dont respect music for shit just listen to some "catchy" song in the radio that plays 200 times a day. and the money keeps on coming...
MrWhite yeah, and these idiots don't even listen to music for music. they turn on the 120 minutes long love song remix by Dj Asscrack and vibe out in the club. I'm not knocking that, right? that's cool. or would be cool, if it wasn't practically everywhere. my electric toothbrush started singing "You turn me on", know what I mean? some of us who listen to the type of music you can actually listen to hear that same brainwashed bullshit everywhere. I wouldn't care if they didn't force the musical taste of others into our ears, but they do. all about the money. if "everyone" felt like tucking their penises between their legs and jumping around like a frog, media would build on that and in a year, those who kept their shit together would be "weird". and now I've the right to be a hater :)
+overdose I agree you know whats the crazier part is game companies go as far as highering whole orchestras that make master pieces example the Witcher games, Halo the list can go on.
It's extremely sad when you know a lot of people who played this game only once skipped this song not knowing how incredibly emotional and great this scene is. First time I played the game I was like who fucking CARES. But second playtrough I decided to listen to the song and I realised the beauty of this moment. Teared up when I realised the song was about Yennefer and Geralt. From that moment I realised there's nooo way I'll ever pick Triss over Yenn lol
@@llabtoof91 I know that bud!! What I'm saying is a lot of people skipped it and probably never watched it in its entirety. Never fully experienced this amazing scene. Never seen a game nailed such an emotional moment even if it doesn't have anything to do with the main plot.
Currently reading the first book, and it discussed this topic. Both swords are used for monsters in the literal sense (not humans). The only difference is some monsters are weak to silver instead of steel. So, unless I misunderstood or forgot something, he could use either sword. However, depending on how you interpret it and if you take into account Geralt comparing men to monsters quite often, the steel is still used for different types of monsters both human and beast :D
I love that moment in 2:54 so much. When the song's lyric stated "The wish I whispered,when it all began. Did it forge a love you might never have found?", Geralt's expression suddenly changed and he seems like reminiscing to that very moment when he and Yen bounded by fate. I think Geralt suddenly remembered about how much he loves Yen, about how much Yen has changed his live, and about how much important is Yen to him. He became pensive and reflective about Yen until he is awaken by Zoltan at the end of the song. I just like that moment a lot and it actually make me bit a little teary, remembering all the moment Geralt and Yen's have been through together. Thank you CDPR!
In The Last Wish side quest Yen also questions if the wish forged their love. They tame a djinn and based on the player's choice they stay together or separate. It was interesting to see Geralt wonder that too when Priscilla sang the song.
I rolled my eyes when I first realized this scene was a music scene, because i thought it would be as bad as Skyrim's bard songs. But then I was struck dumb by how incredible it was
Funny enough, I play Skyrim with a mod that replaces most of the music with the Witcher 3 OST, and one of the tracks is an instrumental version of this song. I always slow down when it comes on and listen to it, because no matter where I'm wandering, it adds a sort of mystic beauty to it.
This scene made me appreciate the fact that I haven't yet skipped a single dialog in the game. 46 hours in 3 days, I really need help but I don't want it. Fucking marvel of a videogame.
Is it about Geralt and Yennefer?→ Indeed, and not just that, but the narrative is from Geralt`s point of view. We could say that this song is sung by Geralt and expresses the longing after Yennefer when he lost his memories of her and she lived in him only as a collection of vague impressions of "scent of berries, stormy raven locks, violet eyes" and the feeling of misplaced passion he showed Trish Merigold. The song beautifully conveys the feeling all of us had when dreamt about something elusive yet familiar and woke up with a strange longing in our heart.
this song is about Geralt and Yennifer. in 'the last wish' Geralt fights a Djinn together with Dandelion, and in the end Geralt may use 3 wishes. thanks to shit happening (don't have all the details) the entire city where they stay is ending up being destroyed whilst the Djinn tries to kill Yennifer. Then Geralt makes his last wish: I wish for her fate to be the same as mine, something like that thus saving her and the town.
Why? Can you explain what part of "creating visual, auditory or performing artifacts, expressing the author's imaginative or technical skill, intended to be appreciated for their beauty or emotional power" (wikipedia) does not apply to videogames?
Actually I would say the Mass Effect series was better, especially 3 as controversial as that is. No other game has made me cry so many times (Mordin's death, liara's "I did just write your name in the stars", the PTSD commando, even the cheating wife and so many more and thats not even mentioning how you can create a relationship in the first game and watch it develop through the series, how liara is reluctant in 2 until you kiss her) However the witcher 3 comes second. Skyrim has some great music and the first time I played it I couldn't put it down but it doesn't have the depth of story that the other 2 have. The main thing skyrim has is the dovahkiin song which is amazingly stirring but that's about all. That said I don't think WItcher 3 actually lives up to its own cinematic, the "a night to remember" cinematic had more depth than the actual game does
I like the way the Witcher sits down, like he's thinking 'Right, so what the f•ck's this all about then?' but still showing a genuine curiosity about what he's about to see or hear. And his movements during the performance show him slowly sinking in meditative and contemplative thought, unable to withstand the effect of the emotion of the music, despite being a Witcher.
Nah geralt has emotions this song is about him he just began contemplating when the djinn wish line came up because that’s a subject that had troubled him in the past
I remember this scene... Zoltan insisting to go to the show... Her stringing her lute and me expecting something along the lines of the broken-voiced bards of skyrim... And then she started singing. O.o I knew the game's music was amazing, but this was downright epic. And it sounds epic in all of the languages in which the game was translated.
I'm currently playing through The Witcher 3 for my second time now and I recently came across this scene again. The beauty throughout The Witcher 3 seems endless, and the amount of creatures are incredible. But this is one of the best parts of The Witcher 3 IMO.
+KnownEpidemic they really have everything, from challenging combat against monsters to a calm heartwarming scene like this. No other game can capture the emotion like TW3.
"Gamers don't want single player games" says the corporate drone in EA Edit: wow 2k likes, my most liked post ever. Thanks guys and gals Edit2: ok wow never had so many likes. Here's hoping we get a similar song in the TV show
@@tbone9474 Im so sad at what bioware has become DAO,kotor and mass effect are some of my fav games of all time and now they disregard everything they build up and we get a multiplayer game. I understand trying something different, look at cdpr with cyberpunk but they still have the core rpg mechanics, while anthem looks like destiny but with worse gunplay.
Nobody will probably see this comment because I like 10 year late to this game. But I’m playing it for the first time in 2024 and This was the moment I realized this was the best game I’ve ever played. For years nothing could top Zelda OOT and I thought nothing ever would honestly but damn I’m blown away…
Soul. This game has soul
Dark souls? Lol
Dusha
there are no souls... but there's a genuine attempt to make it appears as this world isn't a soulless hell as it may appear...
Well guys after years of searching I think we've finally found him, the saddest man alive
Cheese and Onions edgy as hell
I love how everyone is crying but geralt is like "damn I'm living this shit"
When you're love life is weirder than a fictional story... Hate to see it happen
@@Nier_altruist Trust me... Even harder to live it...
@@1232002Jarne i sense a story behind this... And it doesn't sound like it had an happy ending 😂😂😂
he was so high
@@GymGiantsHD It *does* have a hint of lilac and juniper berries.
Man... what I would give to be able to hear this song for the first time once more.
Seriously I have thought that exact same thing. Crazy what a freakin video game does to u sometimes eh
just did.
Heard it for my first time a couple days ago. Amazing.
This song is a masterpiece
I want a replay option when you talk to her
When Zoltan doesn't cross his arms you know that's serious.
Underrated!
Yeah man, this was a fantastic scene.
Indeed
😂
real men didnt skip this
no one skipped this...
I almost did, but thankfully I was on my phone and didn't reach the space bar faster than she got on stage, because usually, I skip scenes that seem pointless to the story
I didn't even know you could skip this
I never skip anything in the witcher.
I didn't skip any part of Witcher 3
hold on to my revolver - 😍😍😍😍
The moment we all freezed and didnt touch any buttons on our controller... And realized this game was game of the year or probably the century
OR just plain out greatest game of all time
Alebop probably not that far, the combat and controls are still shit
I know the moment I heard this I froze I was mesmerized by how beautiful the mellady was I was relaxed and fell in love with the game ever further.
@@Jhnzss Apparently - Cyberpunk has already been tested by the censors and given an "18" ... apparently, you get to choose your own genitals at the beginning of the game!
I wouldn't go that far, but personally, i can place it in my top 5 favorite games... i can't tell the order but for me these are the 5:
Metal Gear Solid
Final Fantasy VII
The Witcher 3
Diablo II
Final Fantasy XIV
This so difficult... since i didnt place some from Final Fantasy series, from Metal Gear, GTA, Mafia II, Parasite eve...
"Video games are making people violent."
Me : *Listens to this song and cries like a baby*
Actually, i got horny for some reason.
@@whathappenswhen4767 lol youre not the only one mate
@@whathappenswhen4767 That's a weird song to get horny to but whatever floats your boat.
Game don’t make people violent. People are violent but some people like her song make us weep as the halls of storm
@@whathappenswhen4767 uh
I love how this video has no replay spikes, no "most replayed" part. No skipping, no pausing, playing start to finish, just as the way it should be
Gaixare
Thats because the entire video is the most replayed part.
Nah
There is a most replayed part actually.
Many people will probably jump to the Witcher games after watching the Netflix series, I welcome you with this song and its deep meaning, enjoy the games, absolute masterpieces.
I'm actually replaying them starting with the first one. Love this storytelling
Aqua Somnus been debating doing a run on the hardest difficulty
I started singing the song when Geralt met Yen in the manse.
Then i realized the import of the third wish he had.
The wish he whispered, when it all began.
@@Gearpuller4651 Witcher 1 is my most favorite. It's music and atmosphere were the best in my opinion.
@@tobiasthesecond5605 Witcher 2 for me fam. Love how the game divides into two completely different directions after your choice at the end of the first chapter.
The Witcher 3. A game about a badass monster hunter, but your favorite part is this lady singing.
+Video Bakery the song is about the very same monster hunter after all ;]
+Your logic is flawed. The loop never ends
+Your logic is flawed. More accurately it's about the relationship between Geralt and Yennefer.
+clothar23 More or less, but since it is from his point of view that's why I said Geralt
Tits where my favorite part
The best part is that she actually sung really, really well. This scene surprised me immensely.
+Dano X
bandit: no, no, please, enough, I surrender!
Geralt: (sobbing) that song was a ploughing masterpiece, you know!?
They needed her singing to be really good for you to really feel sad when she loses her voice later on in the story.
+overdose That song was ploughing masterpiece you know ?
Geralt of Rivia The White Wolf that's how I'd expect Geralt to be processing after hearing Priscilla's song.
I expected one of those gratuitous scenes with so-so singing, but this was amazing. I was almost teary myself by the end
This cutscene is the moment i realized that the witcher 3 was the best game i ever played.
Agreed
agreed.
So true
Till date right with elden ring
Yes did it for me too
Imagine walking into a tavern to hear some random woman sing about your love life lol
No wonder why Grealt looked bored 😂
Imagine realising you don't have a love life to begin with anyway
@@jchea1764 why you have to say such hard things bro... * sed lyf*
@@jchea1764I think that's why I would looked bored
Geralt was a legendary guy, mostly because of dandelions poems so it would be aktualy common for him
Zoltan just closin his eyes and feelin the music that's a man of culture right there
I loved that part made me smile
You know a game is a work of art when developers put so much detail and effort on music in scenes like this
It's not just this scene though ... just look at the amazing DLC, arguably better stories than the main game with terrific new music, creatures, bosses, characters, actors, situations ...
And the direction of EVERY cutscene is movie quality (a very good movie at that) - even for the most mundane scene.
The writing is fantastic -
I don't think this level is repeatable - even if you gave a studio 2 billion dollars to "make the best ever RPG" ... it would be technically perfect, but it wouldn't have anywhere close to the heart of this game. It wouldn't even come close to Witcher 3's better side-missions.
The music. There you go, unrepeatable.
There is so much of Poland/Eastern Europe in the soundtrack, played on real folk instruments.
You would have thought I would have tired of "yede-le-le-le-lel-le le-lelelelele" by now! ... but no :) Brilliant!
You would have thought I would be tired of the Gwent/tavern music? No way.
Gaunter O'Dimm's theme and Lullaby of Woe are perfect.
Unrepeatably perfect.
Any 2 billion dollar RPG that just chucks in some folk instruments will rightly be accused of "copying Witcher 3" .. which is unrepeatable.
This game is brilliant - it makes you feel like a hero in a genuine way. There's a Geralt inside all of us, it seems. Unrepeatable.
@@jazzx251 totally agree Personally I know when a game is a masterpiece when I can replay it from time to time and not get bored. and then when I’m reminded of all those amazing little details and events you forget it makes me realise just how damn good the game is.
I don't skip this scene. It's just too good.
YOU KNOW POLAND IS BASED GOOD LAND,
because WITCHER.
I love that she takes time to tune her lute first. She knows she's going to murder everyone in this room, and she gave them a chance to get out.
What?
Except that she doesn't really tune it, for that, she'd need to hear the strings _before_ tightening or loosening them 😜
(it's almost certainly what they were going for, but that's a _liiiittle_ bit of a... major oversight 🤣)
Isn't that exactly what she does? @@Wolf-ln1ml
@@Wolf-ln1mluhhhh you can hear the strings being played as she’s tuning…
@@Ulgokiemdon't listen to them plucking the strings while you turn the pegs is the proper way to tune.
Geralt: "Witchers are stripped off their emotions",
Also, Geralt: does a standing ovation.
Geralt can pretend he doesn't have any emotions all he wants, but anyone who knows him knows that's a damn lie.
@Naomi Edouard They explain it if you read the books. One of the myths all the people in the books believe about witchers is that the mutations make them emotionless, and he goes along with it, usually sarcastically and spitefully, but he definitely feels emotions. He pretends as a sort of emotional defense mechanism.
@Naomi Edouard Actually he doesn't pretend. Witchers still have emotions just like normal humans, but because of the mutations, they have trouble expressing them. Basically Witchers have the same facial expression whether they are happy, sad, angry, scared etc. But deep inside, they feel emotions just like us.
@@mynamekanye240 that's not true at all. There's a myriad of moments when Geralt is mentioned to be making a serious face, or an angry face, smiling, etc. He doesn't always have the same facial expressions.
He does have issues expressing his love or trying to respect a woman, specially Yennefer, but that's because how men normally are in that world. Besides, Witchers are generally hated and despised, which makes things worse for him
@@drogadepc I didn't mean that he has one facial expression for any emotion literally. That was metaphorically speaking because it's hard for him to express his emotions.
Jaskier's song(Toss a coin to your witcher)
Geralt: 'HMMM'
Pricilla's song
Geralt: Stands up and claps
I didn't really like the Netflix song, it feels too modern, the melody and such. The wolven storm has this medieval/renaissance charm to it
But Zoltan had to remind him to clap.
Guess it's those mutations taking his emotions again.
@@dougmclaren7993 I think the point is that Geralt was lost in memories
He did
@@masonpugh439 for real?
All hates should go towards that White Orchard ungrateful Bar Maid for killing the mood after this wondrous tear-eyed performance.
She also owes her life to Geralt and Vesemir, but instead has her head full of hay and bricks like any other typical peasant or pleb
@@TheBeastr ye somehow most rpgs i play peasant are always dick and angry
@@marcosantiago8821 especially children peasant like they make jokes about you as dragonborn, or in assassin's Creed III where you carry death ill people to the doctor and children they laugh at you and shove you, you have many peasant chilren that are dicks.
She scared the shit out of me. I thought everyone was about to toss me outside or something.
Yeah that stupid inkeeper from White Orchard ruined everything. Besides the song is about Geralt's Love story and those ungrateful audience don't have any idea about it
I LOVE that the King of Beggars, one of the 4 kingpins of the Novigrad underworld, is taking a walk down the street, hears the melody, and turns around to listen to the song, showing that even a person who moves in that "dark and realistic world", can be attracted by a beautiful song.
I thought that was a witch hunter
Not him. It's the frigging bastard who try to murder her after. The zealot of the eternal flame. A bastard who love to torture those who speak profanities. And she's singing a love story between a mutant and a witch. This bastard burned her throat with acid and would have killed her and ripper her eyes and heart off if priscilla wasn't lucky. So in evry playtrought i kill the bast1rd the long way by burning him to death.
But why wouldn't he?
Some people are skeptical of the arts. And in my short life I have found that it is of equal value to order or practical-ism if not more.
The King of Beggars did seem like the least horrible of the four imo.
Emma Hiddleston (Tom Hiddleston's sister) voiced this character and sings the song.
Isn't that awesome? She has such a beautiful voice and is immensely talented. She should expand her horizons a little more to show her talent, but it's up to her. Regardless, she is phenomenal in the game.
Seems like talent runs in the family👌
What if she decides to play Priscilla and sing this song in the Netflix series when it gets to this point in the story... I'd cry tears of joy if that happened
@@NiohArcadia please Netflix let it happen😍😍😍
@@NiohArcadia CDPR created Priscilla for Witcher 3. She is possibly Essi Daven from the books, who is a friend and professional rival of Dandelion. If she were to appear in the series, it would need to be as Essi.
2:52 that simple movement of Geralt changing his position as he reflects on the song is such a human reaction
I wished this was how CDPR did cyberpunk...🥲 These little things are difference between just a game and lifetime memories!
Yes, they absolutely blew me away with the postures and facial expressions of everybody. I usually play for the game, not so much the story. This time I am 100% immersed and I think that's why. It really sucked me in. Skyrim was my favorite before this, but Skyrim is so rigid in that aspect now that I have a comparison. I actually care and feel emotion in this game. Have to pause and think through decisions for a while sometimes even, because I care, not because I'm worried about the surface level consequences.
Wow awesome catch
@@piyushkadve8385 they wanted to make it good but had no time
@@piyushkadve8385 witcher 3 was overrated lol
When Pricilla flicked the cords I was interested but when that angelic voice came out I simply sunk back in my chair. At that moment I felt like I was sitting at the bar in Novigrad in between Zoltan and Gerald just enjoying a warm night show. I feel bad for people who say video games aren't art. I actually feel like I'm inside this fantasy world with the characters.
If one has messed up reality,why not to play fictional story it will help. Even tho only for a certain time
Same here my dude
This game is truly a masterpiece...
Michael Weston agree. I try to get in Geralts mindset when I play
The same here mate
This is the song that made me decide that Yennefer of Vengerberg was the one for Geralt. Every time I do another playthrough and decide to be with Triss, I change my mind as soon as I hear "To dream of raven locks entwisted, stormy; Of violet eyes, glistening as you weep", that does it for me. Every. Single. Time.
"Yennefer of Vengerberg was the one for Geralt"
Always has been.
It's really open to interpretation. When I listened to this for the first time, the line that really sticks out to me is "the wish I whispered when it all began, did it forge a love you may have never found". The camera cuts to Geralt, guiltily looking down. The song has really somber chord changes too. It makes sense that the first thing Yen does in skellige is break the wish. I chose Yen in the end because I would feel so guilty if Geralt, the one who made the wish, ultimately left Yen. In my story Geralt couldn't tell Yen the truth - that the wish was all that kept his infatuated love going. He replaces the wish with a lie.
@@person906 The Wish wasnt about them loving each other, it was about binding their fates together, and as you probably know, Djinns are malicious creatures and will not grant your wishes in a good way, so none of that ''The wish bound them together by love and they loved each other forever and lalalala'' that kind of good fairy tale kind of wish doesnt exist on the witcher universe, the Djinn always try to grant the wish in a perverse way, in the case of this wish, the djinn bound his fate to yens, so when yen died, he would die as well, in the end of the books geralt is stabbed and yen gives up her life to protect him.
The love has nothing to do with the Wish, geralt was madly in love even before the wish and yen literally gave her life for geralt at the end of the books, so it's pretty obvious that she loved him, and considering the ''afterlife'' dialogue that they had just reinforces that their love was legitimate, since the last wish geralt made self-fulfiled when he and yen died together and when they spoke in the ''afterlife'' they werent under any bound of magic and still felt just the same and wanted to live together with each other forever.
I like Keira Metz most, then Yenn, but Triss is not my type at all.
Pfft. Yen treats Geralt like shit. If that's the kind of thing that lights your wick, well, there's no accounting for taste.
The Witcher 3 is a masterpiece! And this scene is one of its crowning jewels!
The room is in tears and Geralt's sitting there eyeballing all the potential Gwent players. Head twitching, fingers jerking. Just waiting for that next dialogue option "Let's play Gwent".
Then Zoltan nudged him.
I love you so much for that laugh.
mind.BLOWN
lol it's probably how many people who played it sit through it. To me it looks more like he's touched and wished he was anywhere but there. If he still could have cried he might have
He is taken by the beauty of the tune.
i accidentally played against some dwarves in the HoS DLC, as i fucking hate gwent, and refuse to play it, i spammed the "x" in the corner (as i hadn't played gwent yet, i had the tutorial to do) so, by accident, i had to wear ass ears.
Was anyone else disappointed when they found out that they couldn't go back on another night and hear her sing again?
very.
+Strygger Go to the second floor of the pub, and she should be in the second room.
I would gallop on horse every night from velen to novigrad just to hear her
+Bluemann023 you and me both
+Bluemann023 you can ram me? if you want to
coming from the swamps, crones and monsters of velen.
this was the first time i felt geralt can finally relax... even for a moment. One of the greatest moments in gaming.
One of the greatest scenes in the history of computer games.
video games too???
@@TsarOfRuss no ... computer games.
@@TsarOfRuss haha!
@@jazzx251 computer game?
wow, you sound like 50y.o
The game released in 2015 and is still the king of RPGs this gaming generation
I wish I hope I PRAY there is some way in the future where I can delete all my memory of playing this game so I can experience this masterpiece all over again. I think we all do ;)
I bought it two weeks ago, because I earned to buy PC to play it, and I am amazed.
@@sperin98 I finished everything in 150 hours then pressed new game + and did it again🤣
@@jebes909090 you definitely like the game..
I just need to finish the side missions but IDK what I'm waiting for.
@@jebes909090 You aint got shit on me 956 hours played. And i'm playing it right now lol.
The rage i felt when Priscilla was attacked and how Dandelion asked Geralt to avenge her...damn i was so pissed i was sprinting the whole time from that quest.
Same bro...
Bastardog I got a spoiler before that quest so I knew she was attacked by a vampire. But I still load the auto save and killed it over twenty times in different ways.
@@lightningosiris1578 Hold up, Vampire? Are there 2 different quests were Priscilla gets hurt, cause I just finished the one where the religious maniac is going around hurting people. Do I need to go back and reload my save or what's up?
@@maxromero2478 you fucked up
@@gubus2494 what dk i do to prevent, still disnt come to that part
400 hours in this Game and this is the best part
Pay attention to her fingers folks. They actually took the time to animate it so that she actually used the correct cords.
Jared Knight Damn man must have taken ages to get it right
TheAzuregreen Or they mo capped it.
CD Projekt are amazing.
dumbass
Tamerlane Ouch, cut myself on your edge.
First seconds before the start of the song: "Damn will I really have to watch an entire song play?"
5 seconds after it start: *not saying anything of amazement*
I thought the same thing when I first played the game, now I listen to it everytime and consider it my favorite cut scene I the game
I felt the same lol!!
exactly Bro. I was hypnotized by song
@@the_storyteller_1431 my snowball fight with ciri and destroying the elf hideout was best
Exactly the same! 🤣
Why is the King of Beggars stopping at the window so perfect.
I was disappointed why no one is talking about him
i actually like him
After 5 years I didn’t even realize it was him
He was going to see Djikstra right? I don’t know about you but the whole thing played out perfectly in my game because right after this I went to the baths and he was there.
That's dudu.
The fact that after all those years I’m still here watching again this video to refresh my memories tells the quality of this story
Indeed.
Geralt´s face and eyes when he suddenly realizes the song is about his love for Yen...
I hadn´t been in trance with a game´s OST since Metal Gear Solid.
Especially in the part about the wish he whispered... If you haven't read The Last Wish, I def recommend it, I will not spoil anything. This song in particular will make a lot more sense ;)
Naveena Vice This game got me interested in the novels, as probably happened with thousands, and The Last Wish is the first one I picked up. And you are right, the song acquires a whole new meaning
Jorge González-Páramo the last time i was so stunned was the mgs4 moment when they take us back to shadow moses and the best is yet to come kicks in. This song and voice took my breath literally. Just unbelievable
TheShadowGuy PT OH S**T. Dude, that song. I was super young at the time I played that game and there was nothing wrong at the time, but that song was so beautiful I think I started crying uncontrollably.
Jorge González-Páramo i had tears in my eyes so bad man. And mgs is a game that i know very good. Tw3 is the first tw game ive played and from what they tell us ingame up to this point it got emotional not even knowing much. I cant explain^^
EA: players don't want single player games
CD Projekt Red: Hold my Gwent Deck
Y'all gotta let this go at one point
Black Void Hell What?
@@gregoriopern2835 the hold my *insert random stuff here* meme, but we're not gonna let go.
Go to hell with EA!!!!
Cd project is a legendary class game studio
"Because this is what it does, it appeals to the male fantasy"
The male fantasy: *Wolven Storm, The fields of Ard Skellig or the Kaer Morhen theme, exploring the Skellige isles, Geralt and Yen spying on Ciri like parents, meeting Zoltan, Dandelion and Regis, settling in Corvo Bianco, admiring Toussaint, playing Gwent, and watching the 10th anniversary of the Witcher video as you're crying tears of nostalgia and happiness, happy for the happy ending of those fictional friends you've went through so much with*
More than 2 years later, first year of college, and after reading almost all of the Witcher books and waiting for the update, here I am listening to this beautiful piece of art. I just cried :').
I was going to mention that the males here seem to be hopeless, adorkable romantics.
100th like , ur welcome
"men only want one thing and it's disgusting"
@@spikey288 fast travel near the master armorer in crow's perch , not outside it
@@sannidhyabalkote9536 Reclaiming a patch 1.33 for that
It doesnt matter how many times you play this game, you NEVER skip this song.
بله قبول دارم😂
Correct
The punishment is death by Igni if you do
Whenever I listen to this song I feel like I was there, in Novigrad, living by the sword, that Priscilla was singing MY story. But then I remember it's just a game, and I feel so sad... This game has touched me, more than I'd like to admit.
Gary Show us on the doll where it touched you.
Gary i know man. What a great game. Imagine this in VR. I'd have a hard time leaving it
This is my personal number one game series of all time. I don't think anything can top the Witcher 3 as a game though. The only thing that could come close is a 4th Witcher on next gen. Geralt's story is just amazing. He's badass, tough, has a tough exterior and regarded as an emotionless monster hunter. But, when you delve deep, you realise that he's more human than the majority of human characters. He does feel. Probably even too much at times but never let's people see he cares. This is portrayed so well in the books but in the games, they got him down to a tee. Geralt in the games is exactly how I'd imagined him reading the books. A tough gravelly voice and his sly sarcasm go hand in hand. This series will never be the same without him.
I am sure though, when they do announce a witcher 4, we can expect it to centre around Ciri with just a Geralt cameo or maybe flash backs or a brief meeting. The series will have to evolve and become bigger than the witcher 3, somehow. I am sure CD Projekt Red can achieve it though.
Going from the books to the games was one thing. But now Henry Cavill has brought Geralt to life and made it mainstream. The Polish witcher show was ok (yes I watched it all), but what Netflix have achieved is proof at just how great the story of Geralt is! It's not a perfect season by any means, but it is brilliant! I had that song from episode 2 stuck in my head through the rest of the season. Moments like those define the witcher series. The brutality and death through wars and monsters is gripping, but what grabs you by the balls the most, is the tender and usually musical moments like these. Dandelion risking his life for his friends. His songs telling the somewhat exaggerated stories of Geralt and Yen. Priscilla performing this song in the Witcher 3. These are the moments that make the series the most magical series to exist yet. And the bards song in episode 2 of the series was yet another one of those moments that probably hit even harder than it should have.
This is a series in so many forms that I wish will never end. The games, the books and Netflix's series. Long may they continue!
Toss a coin to your witcher.
Oh you've got no clue how it felt to reach the end of the books, it was a horrible void. Almost felt like ending a relationship.
@@58847436 That would fuck with my head, yes.
This game, people... its like 5 years.. but.. this game.. is literally masterpiece, this game is standing alone on a level which is reserverd only for that masterpiece. None of futre rpgs will come close to this art. I mean.. wow, this game has a soul.
There might come a game at some point that will steal the place only The Witcher 3 has right now, but with the way the game industry is heading im not sure.
But The Witcher 3 will always be a game that made people scream for more Single-Player RPGs with a great story.
The Witcher 3 sold a a shit load of copies.
Meanwhile EA: Players just don't want single-player RPG games anymore.
your words are true, my friend
On December 20, CD Project Red signed a new contract with writer Zapkovsky including *future* games. So it seems we can expect a Witcher 4 game.
I play since 2017, I come back to listen to this song when I need it. This game had his ups and downs but never will have a one to defeat him
@mabbohabb the game has its flaws but it is still one of the best single-player open world RPGs
"The wish I whispered, where it all began. Did it forge a love you might never have found?"
while Geralt is on screen really got me in the feels
And how he shifts his body and looks away when she says it
Right! Like he's remembering that moment when he made the wish.
@@hanzal743 what wish?? I'm not to familiar with the witcher back story.
@@daxlyz2288 the last wish he made when the djinn was going to kill Yennefer that somehow bound their lives forever.
@@hanzal743 oh OK yeah I can see how that makes there relationship more entwined. Thanks.
This game won Game of the Decade 2010-2020, and arguably the most important decade of gaming when it comes to the evolution of gaming. Like no other, this game had a soul. No other game, movie, or show was able to portray such an immersive feeling like this scene. A true moment of peace within their cruel and unforgiving world that we all felt. The game is so masterfully well-crafted that I wouldn’t be surprised if the next two Game of the Decade can’t even be compared to The Witcher 3.
@@mduis9532 agreed but i personally like witcher 3 more
I think RDR2 won game of the decade but Witcher 3 is good as well
@@nickboi7270 it depends witcher story is more detailed and world too because it is based on book and has 3 game parts
As a game perspective I like rdr2
But for the detailed in story and protagonist wise I liked witcher 3 more
I mostly agree with you here. I'd only add that there were a few games from the early two thousands that, while not as sophisticated or as big as the Witcher 3 still pulled me in to a similar extent. The old Prince of Persia trilogy as the foremost example. I think those three games had a level of soul comparable to the Witcher 3, as well as a deep lore and well-crafted wold that we never got to see enough of due to Ubisoft annoyingly abandoning the series in favour of Assasin's Creed before they could make at least one large free-roaming iteration of it. I was a grumpy teenger back then and the Prince of Persia series offered me escape and inspiration like nothing else could except for very well written books like Lord of the Rings- and, a bit later on, the Witcher books. I'd put the Witcher 3 in that category, too, perhaps Witcher 1 as well, but they are not quite so singular to my mind if we consider more than just the last decade. Within the last decade, though, yes, the Witcher 3 is pretty singular. Perhaps Assasins Creed Origins is about equal to it. I think the Elder Scrolls universe has the potential to be as deep, also, but Bethesda continually fail to create games as soulful as CD Projekt Red and Ubisoft.
@@EzraYalanBenjamin It was a great pleasure to find a fellow PoP fan here. Those four installments really defined my teenage gaming years. Diving into those characters really made me forget myself. I vividly remember how Kaileena death in Two thrones and Farah's death in Sands of Time made me disgruntled, while just the presence of Dahaka in Warrior Within was enough to raise the heartbeats. But alas! How they butchered my boy for Assassin's creed.
Totally caught me off guard during the game, my jaw dropped.
same here...
Same
I find it funny the developers decide introduce this song about Yennefer around the time you meet Triss and try to make you care about her.
Nazareadain It's probably there to remind non-bookfags that "Yen is still out there so don't just fall right for Triss so soon". It also makes more sense for Priscilla to meet and work with you since she's already familiar with you through Dandelion.
Bo Tan as an independent product it seems a little too heavy for a reminder as the player has yet to make any real connection with yen yet. Not that I don't like the bombast.
Exactly, no connection, the song is to help build the connection. It serves as a placeholder for the "Geralt+Yen" love theme for future interactions. In my opinion, so far (got Dandelion, just went to Skellige) the game is pushing the "canon" romance for Yen and constantly tells you that Triss is over with 6 months ago. This song would be one of those "push".
I do think it's more for the latter reason, though: to give an impression of Dandelion being a blabbermouth and explains why Priscilla would open up to you.
Yeah, I was like "I love you Triss" f Yen..she is never around.
Nazareadain Because developers know and respect what Sapkowski wrote. Geralt needs and loves only Yennefer and Ciri. Triss choice is just a choice to make the kids who didnt read the books happy. Nothing more.
If Sapkowski wrote this scenario in his book Triss could have only the one role - a friend. And not the best friend.
Who else is listening to this after listening to “toss a coin to the Witcher” because you had a great memory of this song
FUCK YEAH!
Me
tbh i still like this more
Fuuuuuuuuuurrrckkkk yeaaaasss
Yuuuuup immediately thought of it
Just found out Emma Hiddleston, the actress who voiced Priscilla, is Tom Hiddleston's sister! She has such an incredible voice, sounds like an angel in this song
Of course she sounds like a goddess in this scene then, she’s of the same blood as Loki! 😂
@@t-greenrock404 orr orrrrr, she might be Loki in disguise. We never know
That's wild, makes you appreciate the game that much more
There shouldn’t have been an option to skip this.
Yes, I agree, it should be mandatory listening for all human souls existing in this realm
Not everyone likes the song tho. Its ok but there are better songs. Just because its in the witcher people dickride it so hard
Unskippable cutscenes are the bane of video games.
@@NamTran-xc2ip The last sentence is a very simpleminded way of looking at it.
@@SAMSARALIVEEEEEE ... except when it's done like this.
They should have had an option to slow it down, so it would last longer.
This was one of those rare moments in a game when it transcends the medium it's usually delivered in and becomes something more.
Playing this game, it primarily consists of violence, dark humor and lore. But this stood out from the rest not simply because it's so different, but because it was so beautiful that you forgot about the rest of the game, or indeed even that you were playing a game.
I wish I could experience this song during the game again for the first time.
meanwhile there is me with a messed up audio because the game lagged in cutscenes so i had to skip some of them to hear the song until the end
You just described Geralt. A violent monster slayer, feared and seen as a cold blooded killer, a dark and displeasing figure on the outside. Yet in the inside a continuous fight to hang on anything that keeps him human, on the feelings that the mutations were supposed to eliminate ( Yennefer - erotic love, Ciri - fatherly love, Jaskier - friendship ). Thats what makes his character really interesting and complex . And thats what makes this game special.
I couldn't agree more. I forgot I was playing a game. This has never happened before to me ever I don't think.
Anyone got any more examples of this in any other games?
I really dont know any other perfect way to describe my feeling towards this scene then how you did it just now it was just so peaceful till the bar wench had to ruin it geralt just looked so at peace
@@MrArgy333 this... Geralt is probably THE best character ever in any game. So wide and complexe, mixed with the actual character building of the games, he's just the best.
I’ve yet to find another story that creates as riveting a romance as the Wild Hunt did. It is so nuanced and mature in its presentation. Especially for newcomers who find Yen to be aloof and cold while Triss is far more spunky and openly affectionate. If you pass up Triss but are still kind to her, the game drives home the point that these two individuals have that spark and affection for each other and it’s heartbreaking to reject her advances.
But then you continue on for a while, thinking “I made a mistake!” Until you finally pick up on the dynamic of Geralt and Yen. You can tell that there is real history here, it’s the kind of love that is a much slower burn. These are two individuals that are content in their love for each other, they are fully independent and trust each other’s abilities fully. Even far apart they act like how a family acts. A father searching for his wife and daughter, the reasonable one. The mother desperately seeking her daughter, comforted in the calm her partner brings. It’s beautiful.
And Dandilion and Precilla!! Oh it’s so sweet to see young love. For the sex hungry and arrogant man to be absolutely floored and in awe of the talent of someone else and to even pass up the opportunity with a woman because he desires his counterpart. So precious.
The writers of this game nailed the beauty and complexity of many forms of love and it’s a joy to experience
I was emotionally struck harder by denying Shani than Triss. Shani was well played in her emotional responses. As much as Triss is infatuated with Geralt, I feel Shani "felt" more for G.
I mean I think back to W1 when you n Triss do the dirty like 5 mins in lol
This song was beautiful. Shame it's inspired by such an unlikable character. I'm fully aware of Geralt's history with Yennifer from the books. Still don't think there's anything remotely mature about her character or the relationship she has with Geralt.
Yen is so guarded with her emotions that Geralt practically has to move heaven and earth before she's willing to show an ounce of tenderness towards him without juxtaposing or masking it with sexual innuendo or taciturness.
To me, that doesn't make her a deep character or particularly endearing. It makes her a tragic, damaged character with loads of trust issues. I've dated women like that, and it's never once been worth it in the end.
Within the continuity of the games, Yen is the last person I would ever romance. Since Shani wasn't an option past a hook up (which is really a tragedy), I definitely would choose Triss every single time. It's not even a contest.
I red books for the first time like 15 years ago. Its my all time favourite. And let me say, for 15 years I waited for Geralt to dump that raven haired harpy. And in W3 I had a chance to undo his last wish - I didnt hesitate for a single moment. They are held together only by magic of that wish, nothing natural about that. And, frankly, any man who likes a relationship like that has a problem.
Well shit i wouldn't expect a Witcher 3 Romance Review here in the comments 😂 thanks for aharing
well said, really good points you have here.
and to proof your points: people are discussing why they chose triss or yen 5 YEARS after finishing the game...
a true masterpiece
(*spoiler: i restarted the game when i realized triss really left after the scene at the pier - i just couldnt handle that :-))
I started playing The Witcher 3 a week ago, and man it's a masterpiece.
Sure it is
Cd projekt red is one of the very few developers who actually cares about what they do nowadays….not can be said about the same for the other developers
@@midnightwerewolf5567 sad cyberpunk noises lmao
@@midnightwerewolf5567 Dude are you a fanboy and forgot cyberpunk? They literally lied about the state of the game like every other scumbag company before the release.
@@mcmarkmarkson7115 Oh, come off it both of you. This broken record whining over a pretty good game is growing stale. Cyberpunk was a major success, which probably grinds your balls even more. Did the marketing department lie? Of course, those who work in marketing are generally douchebags, and CD Red was deservingly criticized for it. That doesn't mean the developers didn't put their hearts into their game, which was what the commenter meant.
It's a miracle Geralt never strangled Dandilion.
lol
By far the decision I missed the most in this game: r*pe Dandelion with a silver sword multiple times.
well he is one of his best friends
+Matheus Vaz dude its dandelion.... dont fuck with dandelion dammit !! HE IS THE ONLY COMEDY !!!
Dandelion and Geralt are bros till the end.
Damn that's a crystal clear voice. Love it!
Chess Tauren Random trivia, but it's actually Tom Hiddleston's* sister who plays the character (and leads her voice to this song)
*Thor's Brother
british accent my friend!
You dropped an "s". Take it.
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@william crow damn, that's a lot of dicks
when i first heard this when i played the game, i just sat down and listened all quiet knowing that it was something rare. it gave me goosebumps.
Same
Likewise .... it was calm and peaceful the first time listening
I teared up by the end. Her voice is too perfect and it pierces through.
That's my exact reaction to this entire game
when i heard her say lilac i almost cried.
Her voice is so beautiful! Can’t count how many times i played this song.
*playlist alternates between this and toss a coin to your witcher for the next century*
Yes
Huzzah a woman of culture
This is my life now! Even humming these songs in the shower lol
And "A Night to Remember."
FORREAL
My boy Dandelion can sure pick em!
you deserve more likes.
and then he drops them like a stone,play dandelions mission.
Brilliant
I would have thought he was gay
I think he's bi, but I'm not sure
'The wish I whispered when it all began. Did it forge a love you might never have found?' Damn! Right in the feels
Yen better should listen that
The thing is, I read the books first, and when I went back to this song and heard that line my mind was blown.
You guys forgot about that mission of killing djin who helped to cast that spell so that they can see if their love is true.
After killing it they both still were in love so ....
@@Vlad--- actually, you had a choice. I made the choice that geralt and yen were just together because of the djinn, and that under his own steam, he didn't actually love her. ...I'm totally team triss, lol
@@sionaf9562 yes.
But see I believe even in real life if I loved a woman and she loved me and later cause of some circumstances I got amnesia and fell in love with different women I would go back to the women I had loved in the first place.
The way she delivers the lyrics is so moving
I believe she is the sister of the actor that plays Loki
@@joshuatree1577 yes she is
I would like to see Yennefer's reaction to this.
threesome with actual threesome
Dano X you clearly didn't understand what i was getting at...
Gerald fuck me
I Sorrey I i thought his name was geralt
+I Sorrey I ahahahahahahahaha
The fact the king of beggars stopped to listen tells you everything you need to know
I think its actually dudu
Boney Bergenski cant be there is the scar on his eye missing
@@baxells3035 yeah I realized that on my next playthrough
I thought that was a nice little touch that added a lot to his character.
@@obscure6124 What is the significant of that moment though? That he truly wants to reform Novigrad using the underground?
Man, you know the song's good when grown men start to cry , couples make love, a hardened criminal gives notice to it , a badass dwarf mellows out and when a near "emotionless" Witcher starts to feel and relate to it.
how could he not when it is talking bout him and Yen
Still I get teary eyes listening or seeing anything related to this game.. I'm 31 years old
I always saw it as the beggar king keeping tabs on geralt, but damn now that I see it....
I love how you can hear the beginning of this song in “Fields of Ard Skellig” it’s such a nice dose of nostalgia for our time in Novigrad, as well as a reminder that we’ve come a long way.
Love the King of Beggars listening from the window. It's a small touch but it gives him a bit more character.
RaithSienar I liked that bit too. But then I got outside and realized the path where he walked from is blocked by a wall and the window is like a meter off the ground. Immersion ruined, 0/10, preorder cancelled, stern letter written.
Dexter Chen Makes an interesting idea for a little mod to make that an actual pathway and adjust the window positioning. "Immersive Inn Pathway" mod lol.
More that the song is so touching it grabs people in the streets.
Dexter Chen there's a tunnel right below the wall...just saying.
***** there's a tunnel
The witcher 3 = masterpiece
Story = 10/10
Soundtrack = 10/10
Characters = 10/10
Game world = 10/10
Atmosphere = 1000000.... ❤️
Couldn't agree more with the atmosphere, holy shit is it a believable and immersive world
Only problem is combat is 7/10
Roach 3/10
open world 6/10
@@kingdoom5022 combat is not various enough
I imagine the faces of all us guys (and girls) sitting in front of our computers with our mouths slightly open and a stunned face
I was genuinely enthralled.
I cried a bit
@@alfonsogracey5721 to be fair even Geralt looked somewhat sad
did nothing .. I still don't get it why people are so amazed by this ...
Baguette Launcher why the fuck are you watching it back then
its 2024 and im still playing this masterpiece and this is the most beautiful scene i have seen in awhile in a game
I feel bad for the people who haven't played this game or gave up midway just because they were overwhelmed
LOL that was me once
ParadoXx ` well fuck u then u dont deserve to be here
zohoro wow man calm down no need to act like such a crazed BTS fan. This guy just shows how this game can have such an impact on people
@@zohoro96 wow I bet you've got no friends since you feel high over everyone. I still finished this game like 3 times so chill.
Had the game on steam library for a long time, decided to give it a go.
Now I have post-end depression
I was not ready for this song. I was expecting a short silly bard song but then this played and I had goosebumps.
10/10 Would let Triss wipe my mind so I can listen to this for the first time again.
That's one fucking underrated comment
I would do that for almost game
One of the best games ever made hands down. So many moments like this.
They better put this song in the Netflix show
Nah just black people in poland
Nah, they'll make it dark and edgy to cater to kids.
Some hip-hop maybe?
@@bergonath8851 They'll make it the very opposite of edgy. They have race-changed multiple characters, despite supposedly staying true to the books, just to be not edgy.
@@localcoffee5248
I don't see the connection between the race thing and being edgy.
That moment when you realise the music in games are better than mainstream music.
+brazwen that's because game or movie music are meant to make the game or movie more immersive and is not held in that cycle of "ok, this is hot, this is selling, you make this or you're out. mainstream music also builds on average people's low expectations towards music. "make it sound not completely unbearable, but even if it does, we'll tweak it some in the studio. who cares anyway? is it another love song that sounds like shit or is it another love song that sounds like shit? it'll sell alright" (this priscilla song proves there are different levels to love songs though) most mainstream artists don't even care what their music sounds like. fuck mainstream music.
+overdose that is SO well said. modern music industry should be illegal ffs, but even worse is the mainstream audience. sheep who dont respect music for shit just listen to some "catchy" song in the radio that plays 200 times a day. and the money keeps on coming...
MrWhite yeah, and these idiots don't even listen to music for music. they turn on the 120 minutes long love song remix by Dj Asscrack and vibe out in the club. I'm not knocking that, right? that's cool. or would be cool, if it wasn't practically everywhere. my electric toothbrush started singing "You turn me on", know what I mean? some of us who listen to the type of music you can actually listen to hear that same brainwashed bullshit everywhere. I wouldn't care if they didn't force the musical taste of others into our ears, but they do. all about the money. if "everyone" felt like tucking their penises between their legs and jumping around like a frog, media would build on that and in a year, those who kept their shit together would be "weird". and now I've the right to be a hater :)
+overdose I agree you know whats the crazier part is game companies go as far as highering whole orchestras that make master pieces example the Witcher games, Halo the list can go on.
PANDA PANDA PANDA
I prepared for cringe in my first playthrough but then she started singing and I was blown away
Same
Thought she was gonna sing polish highschool musical crap then came out with the most beautiful song I've ever heard in a game.
My thumb was hovering over the button to skip then I heard how beautiful the song was and listened
same
@@nikostyleonyomamacoochie8513 this is the best every. Which one is more moving?
Everyone from all over the world agreed that this is the most beautiful song in the world of games
It's extremely sad when you know a lot of people who played this game only once skipped this song not knowing how incredibly emotional and great this scene is. First time I played the game I was like who fucking CARES. But second playtrough I decided to listen to the song and I realised the beauty of this moment. Teared up when I realised the song was about Yennefer and Geralt. From that moment I realised there's nooo way I'll ever pick Triss over Yenn lol
Same hahaha yen has to be it
Even if you did, Yennefer and Geralt are bound by destiny.
@@CofeeAuLait SPOILER
You help Yen undo the Djinn's magic in the Witcher 3 game in order to get the option to romance her.
Buddy, 5million people actually went to youtube to hear it again! It's not sad, it's blody amazing!
@@llabtoof91 I know that bud!! What I'm saying is a lot of people skipped it and probably never watched it in its entirety. Never fully experienced this amazing scene. Never seen a game nailed such an emotional moment even if it doesn't have anything to do with the main plot.
Soldier: "Why 2 swords, Witcher?"
Witcher: "Both are for monsters!"
By Far the best game i've ever played and trust me... I played many!
ECSTASYxOFxGOLD i dont trust you gary
silver for beasts, steel for real monsters.
Where is that line in the game?
I thought he said one are for monsters and the other are for humans
Currently reading the first book, and it discussed this topic. Both swords are used for monsters in the literal sense (not humans). The only difference is some monsters are weak to silver instead of steel. So, unless I misunderstood or forgot something, he could use either sword. However, depending on how you interpret it and if you take into account Geralt comparing men to monsters quite often, the steel is still used for different types of monsters both human and beast :D
I just realized she's singing about Geralt and Yeneffer. Man I'm dumb.
is she??
+Anton Laula Yep the entire song is about their relationship
HalloLeute wow cool :D
The song is based on Dandelion's songs, and Dandelion always talk about his witcher friend, soo she composed this song :)
Yes, you're right!
Can't wait to hear this again on my next gen playthrough
I was getting teary eyed
I love that moment in 2:54 so much. When the song's lyric stated "The wish I whispered,when it all began. Did it forge a love you might never have found?", Geralt's expression suddenly changed and he seems like reminiscing to that very moment when he and Yen bounded by fate. I think Geralt suddenly remembered about how much he loves Yen, about how much Yen has changed his live, and about how much important is Yen to him. He became pensive and reflective about Yen until he is awaken by Zoltan at the end of the song.
I just like that moment a lot and it actually make me bit a little teary, remembering all the moment Geralt and Yen's have been through together. Thank you CDPR!
In The Last Wish side quest Yen also questions if the wish forged their love. They tame a djinn and based on the player's choice they stay together or separate. It was interesting to see Geralt wonder that too when Priscilla sang the song.
Thank you for the goosebumps
Oh come on now i regret choosing triss
First time listening to this on headphones, I am getting real tired of the guy slurping his drink in my left ear...
Sheuuhsp XD
😂🤣
2:51 asshole...
Slurppp
Now I hear it too...goddamit
I rolled my eyes when I first realized this scene was a music scene, because i thought it would be as bad as Skyrim's bard songs. But then I was struck dumb by how incredible it was
Jenny Smith don't mind tale of tongues but everything else was trash. you'd think they would have added decent songs with hearthfire
The age of aggression is just about done
Funny enough, I play Skyrim with a mod that replaces most of the music with the Witcher 3 OST, and one of the tracks is an instrumental version of this song.
I always slow down when it comes on and listen to it, because no matter where I'm wandering, it adds a sort of mystic beauty to it.
Exactly
O skiped this scene the first time i playd witcher 3, oh what a mistake i made
This will forever be one of the greatest moments in gaming history.
I wish Pricilla had another song or two in the game, her voice is enchanting
The voice belongs to Emma Hiddleston, just for you to know.
It wouldn't have made as much of an impact if there were more songs to be honest. Yes, her voice is incredible though.
This scene made me appreciate the fact that I haven't yet skipped a single dialog in the game. 46 hours in 3 days, I really need help but I don't want it. Fucking marvel of a videogame.
You'd be getting overtime pay in Kansas :P
There is only 36 hours in 3 days so either one of us sucks at math or we both do
There's 24 hours in one day, 3x24h=72h. It's you.
I guess you're right
I would have played it 3 days straight if not for uni, work, and not dying in real life lol.
I was especially glad that she didn't sing like the broken bards in Skyrim.
true as fuck
+lockerboy13 Oh, there once was a hero named Ragnar the Red.
+Edi Javoric I laughed a bit too much at this; Gave me flashbacks.
+Edi Javoric DOWN WITH ULFRIC, KILLER OF KINGS
+Edi Javoric Hahahaha
Man Witcher 3 is such a masterpiece! It just shows how well written the story and characters in game can be!
Is it about Geralt and Yennefer?→
Indeed, and not just that, but the narrative is from Geralt`s point of view. We could say that this song is sung by Geralt and expresses the longing after Yennefer when he lost his memories of her and she lived in him only as a collection of vague impressions of "scent of berries, stormy raven locks, violet eyes" and the feeling of misplaced passion he showed Trish Merigold. The song beautifully conveys the feeling all of us had when dreamt about something elusive yet familiar and woke up with a strange longing in our heart.
Well put
Val Suto Geralt singing😃😂
this song is about Geralt and Yennifer. in 'the last wish' Geralt fights a Djinn together with Dandelion, and in the end Geralt may use 3 wishes. thanks to shit happening (don't have all the details) the entire city where they stay is ending up being destroyed whilst the Djinn tries to kill Yennifer. Then Geralt makes his last wish: I wish for her fate to be the same as mine, something like that thus saving her and the town.
I pity the fools who say gaming aint art !
Witcher was a masterpiece on so many levels. I was literally awe struck with the scenery at the beginning of the game (overlooking the balcony).
Why? Can you explain what part of "creating visual, auditory or performing artifacts, expressing the author's imaginative or technical skill, intended to be appreciated for their beauty or emotional power" (wikipedia) does not apply to videogames?
true,true
skyrim is good I agree, some good songs there too and the dragonborn is epic though.
Actually I would say the Mass Effect series was better, especially 3 as controversial as that is. No other game has made me cry so many times (Mordin's death, liara's "I did just write your name in the stars", the PTSD commando, even the cheating wife and so many more and thats not even mentioning how you can create a relationship in the first game and watch it develop through the series, how liara is reluctant in 2 until you kiss her) However the witcher 3 comes second.
Skyrim has some great music and the first time I played it I couldn't put it down but it doesn't have the depth of story that the other 2 have. The main thing skyrim has is the dovahkiin song which is amazingly stirring but that's about all. That said I don't think WItcher 3 actually lives up to its own cinematic, the "a night to remember" cinematic had more depth than the actual game does
I like the way the Witcher sits down, like he's thinking 'Right, so what the f•ck's this all about then?' but still showing a genuine curiosity about what he's about to see or hear. And his movements during the performance show him slowly sinking in meditative and contemplative thought, unable to withstand the effect of the emotion of the music, despite being a Witcher.
I mean it was literally about him
Nah geralt has emotions this song is about him he just began contemplating when the djinn wish line came up because that’s a subject that had troubled him in the past
I just started playing The Witcher after all these years, and when I heard this song, I got goosebumps. It`s just magical und beautiful
Nice tune... Been a while since i heard it last...
Folk have forgotten it.
Potatoe My Tomato They have... other things in their minds...
+Burak Ertug things like me?
They payed me...for you
+Mateo Kajba times past, no amount of coin could convince a Witcher to take this contact
Just like Yennefer, This never gets old! 🖤
I remember this scene... Zoltan insisting to go to the show... Her stringing her lute and me expecting something along the lines of the broken-voiced bards of skyrim... And then she started singing. O.o
I knew the game's music was amazing, but this was downright epic. And it sounds epic in all of the languages in which the game was translated.
It was at this moment that I realised that this was no mere ‘game’. This was art in its purest form.
I'm currently playing through The Witcher 3 for my second time now and I recently came across this scene again.
The beauty throughout The Witcher 3 seems endless, and the amount of creatures are incredible. But this is one of the best parts of The Witcher 3 IMO.
+KnownEpidemic they really have everything, from challenging combat against monsters to a calm heartwarming scene like this. No other game can capture the emotion like TW3.
+Yusoff M you clearly never played The Last of Us. That game is emotional as fuck.
+Farah T the whole hospital level had me like "should I be doing this, isn't there another way?"
+BuckShooha i savagely tore through anything that stood between joel and ellie inculding the sobbing pleading doctors
I loved Geralt's facial reactions during this scene, absolutely amazing
"Gamers don't want single player games" says the corporate drone in EA
Edit: wow 2k likes, my most liked post ever. Thanks guys and gals
Edit2: ok wow never had so many likes. Here's hoping we get a similar song in the TV show
But they want to give EA money.
EA is a fucking shit
Abstain from buying games of EA
Fuck EA
oh I'm boycotting Anthem and Battlefield 5. No more EA games for me
@@tbone9474 Im so sad at what bioware has become DAO,kotor and mass effect are some of my fav games of all time and now they disregard everything they build up and we get a multiplayer game. I understand trying something different, look at cdpr with cyberpunk but they still have the core rpg mechanics, while anthem looks like destiny but with worse gunplay.
Djikstra would’ve cried too
The Wild Hunt would have cried too
@@Solaire_of_Astora13 extremely underrated comment😂🤣
Probably tryna make up witty statements just to hide his emotions 😂😂
Djikstra a bitch.
whoreson junior would have cried too
Nobody will probably see this comment because I like 10 year late to this game. But I’m playing it for the first time in 2024 and This was the moment I realized this was the best game I’ve ever played. For years nothing could top Zelda OOT and I thought nothing ever would honestly but damn I’m blown away…
I had to uninstall this yesterday cuz I played the game for 6 hrs straight. Man this game is really good!!