@@HannaHsOverInvested Its content in the game that wasn't part of the main plot but it is canon. There are 2 Dlc's to witcher 3. One is heart's of stone and the other is Blood and wine. In Blood and wine there is a side quest where roach or rather originally ,,Płotka" speaks, but no spoilers, you should really play, i would love your reaction to so many things. However, if you don't want to play i would like to see a reaction to ,,Prisccila song". in my opinion the polish version is the best but english version is ok too. English version : th-cam.com/video/2bSk-8C76dc/w-d-xo.html&feature=share Polish version : th-cam.com/video/GL4JeCNuQ0w/w-d-xo.html&feature=share
@@zeux6634 my reply? I'm trying to get back to everyone cause the algorithm likes activity!! 🤣😂 But it's getting overwhelming for this video... I end up answering a comments several times an hour.
This is something interesting about gaming culture, and cinematic trailers for games in general. A Night to Remember for example: many things you see in the trailer are actually options that the player can use or face inside of the game itself. The enemy Geralt faces, the "Black Blood" potion that he drinks at the start of the fight, the medallion alerting to danger, the bomb he throws to reveal the vampire, the crossbow, etc. Not all gaming companies do that, but many like to show off some of their features that the player can actually interact with through these more cinematic uses of them. If a player is prepared properly, an actual fight in the game could actually go down incredibly similar to what you see here, possibly right down to the severing of the vampire's arm.
Might I add that the cinematic "A Night to Remember" portrays what happens long after the whole ending of the game and that they released it as the trailer of the game before its release. You start to connect the dots once you finish the game and its expansions and then you realise that the trailer which promote the game was an ending of the story even before you knew what will happen in the game (I hope it's clear enough 😂 )
Your comment is great, but i would like to correct one thing that is the medallion. It doesn't detect danger. What it does detect tho is magic. In this scenario Geralt got the idea the Vampire turned invisible, because she needed to use magic to do that. If she didnt use magic the Medallion would act as normal. I dont exactly remember how well was it illustrated in the game itself but it was a pretty big thing in the book (I only read the first one from the series)
@@maciejkleszczynski9808 Meh. In Geralt's line of work, it can often be interpreted as the same thing. In the games, Geralt often comments about danger nearby when it reacts, so that's likely where I got the idea from. Besides, the conversation was between what the trailer shows and game mechanics. Book lore really has no place in that conversation considering how the medallion works as a game mechanic.
Gaming Culture is a beautiful mixture of many forms of art: Storytelling, Music, Programming, Visual Arts, Theatre Arts, etc. GAMING CULTURE IS THE ULTIMATE ARTFORM. This art...is an EXPOLSION!
@@HannaHsOverInvested Seriously it’s the perfect form of art too, one that puts YOU in the driver seat and gets you to feel what the main character is feeling! It’s making you the hero, put yourself in their shoes and fall in love the the form of media, GIVE IT A TRY BY ASKING YOUR FANS AND CHAT FOR SUGGESTIONS AND GREAT STARTING POINTS AND HELP IF NEEDED. If it’s a major problem just switch your difficulty to easy until you get the hang of the game then switch back to medium and then to hard when your feeling confident. Fastest way to get comfortable with the whole thing!!! Also check out the DOOM 2016 and doom eternal trailer!
Are we going to forget to mention that this 'pure' art is also a nasty harddrug? maybe it's only pollite to warn people that once you start,there's no going back and it'll hollow out your life...and no,i'm no hater...i spend over 1600 hours playing the witcher 3 alone...
The Netflix series is nothing compared to games series. Game is much more touching and impressive. It also impacts you more emotionally because you are the one who makes decisions and have to see the consequences of that. May that be good or bad.
@@HannaHsOverInvested The games are amazing. You know how sometimes games make it obvious which is the 'bad' choice and which is the virtuous one? This game doesn't. You can make a choice with the best intentions and STILL have a terrible ending.There's a quest involving releasing an imprisoned spirit from a tree. I won't spoil, but you really cannot tell if the spirit is good or evil, so you just have to trust your gut. What you decide can have awful consequences for a man whose wife ran away. You really cannot see the bad ending coming. All you can decide and hope it's the best choice. Also, being a helicopter parent to Ciri seems natural. You want to protect her. But doing that is so not a good idea. The grey morality of the game is really interesting. Also the soundtrack is incredible.
not really, it is a song that speaks about witcher but is not sang by monsters, it is actually sang by commoners. in the world of the witcher series witchers are actually despised by people, they are seen as monsters paid to kill other monsters, a "necessary evil". so the lullaby of woe is actually sang by ignorant commonfolk demonizing witchers since the early days of children. It's basically the perpetration of ill stereotypes trough seemingly innocent acts such as singing a song to put a child to sleep.
@@barba3377 no, it definitely is a song that sentient monsters, mainly higher vampires, sing to their children. Maybe at some point humans adopted it, but it definitely is meant to be from the perspective of a monster, that should be silent and hide from the boogeyman (witcher), because he will cut you up for gold. Witchers dont get paid to kill children. They get paid to kill monsters.
ok so i’ll try to sum some things up, let me know if i didn’t make something clear enough! :) there are many different types of games and the witcher 3 is an rpg which means “role playing game”. in this game, that role is geralt. just as you’d have a main character to follow in a book or movie, he’s the medium through which you experience this game. it’s his story. there are hundreds of rpg type games like ‘dungeons and dragons’ or even ‘the sims’. what makes them different are the settings, characters, way you play etc. pretty much the same things that would make any story different from another. this game takes place after the tv show btw. maybe a good 6 or 7 years. sidenote: witcher 3 is actually the most awarded game in history, not just out of rpgs but out of every game ever created! it’s my favorite game so i’m always happy to share that fact lol. to address a couple comments you made: yes, geralt is very jingly😂😂 that medallion he wears is actually very useful! it vibrates to let him know if there’s danger around. certain monsters, magic, some deceptions, it alerts him to them all! although he couldn’t see the bruxxa (female vampire) his medallion vibrating told him she was still close. also, i don’t know if you noticed but that was what the glitter was for. it clung to her outline making her visible. and good on you for noticing that the potion he drank was what affected her! a lot of people don’t! oh and the gravely voice you heard here is actually what henry cavil based his own voice off of in the show. he’s a big fan of the books AND the games! hope i cleared a couple things up and i apologize for the essay. i noticed you mentioned having an addictive personality under another comment and that’s just how i am too! anyway, all things witcher used to be one of my obsessions and it’s coming out now lol. really do hope this helped in some way!!
If its vibrating to let him know danger is around, its also letting the danger know he’s around haha! And I think maybe they both based their voice off of throat cancer batman… but hat might just be me. I did hear Henry Cavil is a big nerd and begged to play Geralt which is pretty cool!
@HannaH's Over Invested geralt’s voice is described as gravelly and unpleasant in the book so that’s what the game voice actor went for😂😂 i don’t know who had it first since the first book came out in the early 90s
@@HannaHsOverInvested actually second trailer is a backstory which Geralt in the show is referring to in a first episode. He is talking to the Roach about killing his "first monster". The hooded man riding with Geralt is his mentor. We will meet him in second season.
@@bogna8877 Cool idea but I don't think that's true. The trailer talks about the emperor of Nilfgaard and no mans land. That doesn't fit the timeline. *Spoilers* This is the very beginning of the game when Geralt and Vesemir search for Yennifer. Lambert refers to this moment later in the game.
Witcher's medallion reacts to magic/danger when monster are nearby or when someone is using magic. In the show Geralt was grabbing his medallion from time to time, e.g. when this Mousesack dude magically opened door so he could see real Ciri playing in square.
"Are videogames a story...?" Yes, there's entire worlds out there, masterpieces of world building and complex characters... And you can control them and interact with these worlds. Do yourself a favor and grab a controller.
controllers can work on pc just as mouse&keyboard can work on consoles so it really doesn't matter which platform people play on the only thing that matters is that your enjoying yourself the world of video games Steelin
It is the ultimate self parody. I love the fact the game makes fun of itself without self degradation. It parodies itself without breaking the spell,.. so to speak". it does not break the fifth wall, it opens the door and laughth at itself without belittement. It makes the games endearing and personal... a friend.
@@zarathustraslancet2529 4th wall* it's like if it was a play on a conventional stage, there are 2 wings, right and left, and the back wall, and then the 4th wall is the audience; i know you know what "breaking the... etc" means, just thought i would explain why it's 4th not 5th
To me role playing games are like interactive movies where your choices and actions affect the story. I've only played witcher 3 but I think all the games take place after the books so he's older than in the tv show and the books. Happy belated birthday by the way 😊
Witcher 1 starts a few years after the end of the books and where the tv show will leave off. Witcher 3 spoiled the ending for you if you where paying attention to all the lore and dialogue choices, but easy to miss if you didnt. So might still be a surprise for you. Witcher 2 makes it impossible to not know the ending of the books/tv show. Its already been stated the show will follow the books exactly for the ending.
Totally. Geralt having amnesia at the start of the series was a really clever role-playing choice by the creators. It let the games pick up a huge complex story without alienating players who knew nothing about the books. A dwarf will walk up to you like "Geralt! My good friend!" and you gotta learn who he is. Or even better, "You bitch! We have a score to settle fight me!" and the character is just as confused as you are, but they think you're bullshitting if you say you don't remember so you gotta fake like you know what's up. In the Witcher 2 especially, finding clues about your life is part of the plot and gameplay that leads directly to you seeking out Yen (who you had forgotten existed), and transition to the opening of Witcher 3.
I have to recommend you the first 2 games too. Without them huge part of joy and experience is missing to you. And the serie has also some important bonds with games. SPOILER- for example the matter of dragon egg... :)
Simplest way to think of it is imagine the games as interactive movies where you play as the main character/s. Keep this up, I would love see more reactions from a non gamer =D this totally made me subscribe to your channel
Geralt is honestly a bigger softie in Witcher 3 than he is in the show because Witcher 3 is set AFTER he had the experience of being an adoptive father. He's developed Dad Reflexes.
Most games of this type are stories with a strong narrative. They all start with tutorials so even an old bugger like me can learn to play. Once you start playing you will never regret it The medallion shows he is from the clan of the wolf and vibrates when he is near magic
Kinda late to the party here but there's one thing for me specifically that can make games better than movies and be right up there with books as an entertainment medium that I haven't seen many people mention. It's the factor that YOU are in control of the character and his/her actions. It's easy to downplay that small and obvious aspect, but in all stories, be it movies or books, the author needs to make sure you empathize and relate to a character in order to have any sort of impact on the viewer. With games, relatability is easier to achieve than any other medium since you are the one making the choices, so when something goes bad, you instantly think "that's on me". It's the ultimate form of stepping into someone else's shoes. I think that's a major element in why I have cried more times playing games than I have watching movies or reading books. The connection to the main character surpasses anything a 2 hour movie or a 250 page book could achieve.
The short of it is that a lot of story can go into games because a lot of them are at least 20 hrs long. The Witcher 3 was 125hrs for me. I'm sure you could watch the "movie" version of the game on TH-cam somewhere if you're no gamer lol
@@HannaHsOverInvested I could not imagine writing a story THAT long. It's no surprise that video games take 5-8 years to make. Their next game Cyberpunk 2077 was announced back in 2013 and is only being released this year. I looked up the movie version of Witcher 3 and it's 13 hours of JUST the main story. Doesn't include side missions that also have great stories and the DLC (extra content post release) which had the best story in Hearts of Stone.
@@undertakenheart Oh wow! I had no idea they took that long but thinking about it, it TOTALLY makes sense when you have to go in depths in different paths. WILD!!
In fairness, part of the trick to getting a game that long is to tell lots of stories in it in ways that seamlessly interact. Witcher 3's main story is equivalent to about a television season's worth of serialized storytelling, and the secondary quests are more like bite-sized short stories to take in along the way.
The witcher is a non-linear story based game. Witch means that there is a main story that allows you to chose on witch side you fight (even nilfguard if you want to). The game also allows you to just forget about the main story and just help some old lady to find cooking tools if that is what you prefer to do
You all need to stop dissing my boyfriend's song! Emotional attachment people, as a non gamer, there was a story to go with toss a coin and I literally HAVE NEVER HEARD THESE OTHER SONGS... sorry... You're just about the 50th person to say that... I over reacted...
@@HannaHsOverInvested Nope, he's not. Many references in game and books refer to how quiet and undetectable witchers really are. They are VERY stealthy. That jiggling of his medallion was a cinematic audio/visual tool only to show the audience his medallion was reacting to her presence. In the TV Series, no reference was made besides Geralt clutching his necklace from time to time. :)
Witcher 3 set the gold standard for roleplaying games going forward. I myself have put over 200 hours into the game, and it's a single player experience. I highly recommend if you are looking for some other great game trailers to react to, all of the Blizzard cinematics are top tier.
The first episode of the Netflix series is actually based on one of the short stories in "The Last Wish" book. That story is titled "The Lesser Evil." The episode where Geralt goes to Cintra at the request of Queen Calanthe and deals with the proposed wedding of Princess Pavetta...the one where the helmeted knight turns out to be cursed and looks like a hedgehog was based on a short story in the same book titled "A Question of Price." So far a lot of the episodes are based on the short stories. Geralt's primary love interest in the Netflix series, Yennifer, doesn't even appear until the last short story in the book titled "The Last Wish." In the three GAMES, Yennifer is barely mentioned in the first two...Geralt's main love interest is Triss Merigold, another sorceress and a human healer named Shani.
Gaming Culture: Some games have no story at all, and some are so full of it that you could fill several books with it. Imagine a movie, or a book, where you could actively participate, make decisions, and thus influence the outcome of the movie or book: That's Gaming Culture.
So the thing with The Witcher is that it's originally a book series. That got turned into a series of games, went viral and recently became a Netflix Series. The story over the course of the Netflix show is essentially the origin story of the games, based on one of the books. The first game's introductory cutscene/launch trailer is also shown in one of the Netflix episodes.
Game is a medium, don't overthink that. It's just like a movie or a book + some more freedom and interactive parts, and some challenges to overcome, this challenges might be to connect some dots in story or some pure reaction. Games can be amazing, games can be crappy, they can have big interesting story like few thousand pages of book, or it can be just an excuse to do action stuff all the time. Witcher 3 is The Game really worth playing. It's like Hemingway or Dostoyevsky for literature lover, classic and obligatory:)
@@HannaHsOverInvested Witcher 3 can be a very daunting game to try if you've never played a game before. Even in the easiest setting, it's a breeze for anyone used to playing action games, but I expect it would be quite challenging for someone that isn't used to gaming at all. Personally, I would probably start with Portal 1. It too does have a story, but that's not why. I just think it's an excellent game for a first-time gamer to learn about moving and orientation. The very basics of gaming. It also helps that it's a stellar game in on its own right as well. It's also not the longest game ever, which makes it easier to use as a jumping platform to gaming in a wider sense. I'd choose Portal because of its excellent tutorial starting with very basics and because of its strong theme of just learning to move your character in ways you might not have thought about before. to what you see in other games.
The amazing thing about the "A night to remember" trailer is that it is actually the epilogue to the whole game. This happened apparently after all the events in the game has taken place.
Witcher games are type of games where you play as Geralt, you control him. Its like an interactive movie...sort of-you kill monsters for coin, bang chicks, and there is a main overall story, like in the show. By doing stuff you progress through the story. To really get it just find some video of it on TH-cam, there are a bunch of people recording themselves playing games, like - Lets play The Witcher.
@@HannaHsOverInvested oh she is there, bitchy and charming as ever. There is also a quest with Yennefer and Geralt catching Djinn to ask him for removing a spell which has bound them togheter (wish Geralt made in S01), and after removing it, u can choose as Geralt if u still love her or not ;)
@@HannaHsOverInvested You don't have to its optional lol In first game its like...you give girl a flower, candy or jewelry and she gives you a sex card. Its like a collectable game, you don't want to miss out on a card. Your main chick is Triss up until game 3 when Yen shows up and is not happy. There are also whorehouses. Geralt is ladies' man so you have to stay in character and just keep going.
games and films/tv series have a lot in common at least when it comes to trying to tell a story, the difference is that in games you need to figure out how to progress the story yourself instead of just watching, I think it's a lot more immersive but everyone can't or doesn't see the point in spending 20+ hours completing a game
Expecting 40+ years of culture surrounding an ever evolving medium that made the jump from toy to art form in just under 20 to be explained in a "short comment" is like a baby dumping a box of cereal on the floor: both adorable and incredibly frustrating. The easiest way to think about it is like this: if some movies are like short books but with moving pictures instead of written words, than some videogames are like long movies but the plot doesn't move forward unless you give it some kind of input. Sometimes that input can be simple, like pressing left and right to keep a kart on the track. Other times that input can be extremely complex like choosing between releasing an evil spirit that was a plant but now's a horse so it can rescue a group of small children from a terrible fate but dooming a poor cursed woman to a painful death in the process; or lifting the woman's curse by letting those children die so she can return home to her violent abusive husband with the knowledge that like a BUNCH of kids got Hansel-&-Gretel-ed all because she had a miscarriage when he drunkenly pushed her down the stairs. If you're interested at all about trying to get into gaming I would NOT recommend The Witcher 3. It's fantastic, of course, but it's got a ridiculously steep learning curve, even for experienced gamers. I would recommend Life is Strange as a good introduction to gaming. It's short, easy to play, well written with a compelling story, and most importantly: inexpensive.
@@HannaHsOverInvested that was rude I'll tell you, he probably is agressively overprotective of games in general, and even if the witcher is hard, it's 70% storytelling and talking to people and going places, don't be intimidated to try it if you really liked it, maybe buying it and calling a friend to help you play the combat parts would be fun, that's how I started playing games with my dad as a kid :)
Ingrid Spangler Yes, I’m so aggressively overprotective of games that I recommended someone play one of my favorites and cautioned against jumping straight into a notoriously difficult game. I will grant you that I came off rude in my comment, and to that I apologize.
@@RogueSPiDER I'm just trying to learn man! And I also try to answer most, if not all comments. If everyone is writing an essay to explain something, I can't do that. I get that there is a lot to this world, and I am happy to learn. Thanks for watching!!
games are great, I’ve been playing them since I was 2 years old and I’m nearly 18, but the Witcher 3 is honestly a masterpiece amongst them, the gameplay and mechanics are intoxicating, the story is incredible, it keeps me coming back. These trailers just show off how good it is. Gaming culture has tons of different types of games, some people play tactical shooters and fighting games competitively for money in tournaments, some people just enjoy a good story, the witcher 3 is a game that manages to be pretty challenging if you play on the right settings, while having emphasis on collecting ingredients and formulae for different things, knowing the weaknesses of monsters you face, and having an absolutely jaw dropping story that takes place after the books and tv series
If You have to chose the only game that You will play in Your entire life, The Witcher 3 (with all dlc's/expansions) is that game. Truly recommended! It was fun to watch Your honest reaction to those cinematic trailers. Greetings from Poland!
So I'm like 3 years too late but here goes. Games these days have LOTS of writing put into them. Games like the Witcher 3 are a prime example of that. They figured out that you can tell a story more effectively if they give the target audience actual control over major decisions. Imagine if you were watching a movie and were able to select what the main character did at pivotal points during the story. It would make you resonate more with that character by the end right? That is kind of what they are going for. Not all games are like this. Obviously if you play sports based games you won't get a killer storyline lol. But yeah just a simple short comment on why games have so much more story than say back in the day where your princess was in another castle. :P
Video games are interactive stories. The same way that a movie, tv show, and book tells a story, except this way you can be the character. The best video games in my opinion focus on the story being good. Some are silly, some are dramatic, some are action packed, and some are long and drawn out. If you like a good story and an engaging story then pick up gaming!!! Seriously my greatest piece of advice/life lesson I can give you is is to get into video games. Start on easy if your not good at the game, but focus on the story. How good you are doesn’t matter, only that you enjoy yourself and love the game in the end! SERIOUSLY PICK UP VIDEOGAMING!!! You already seem like a fan of scifi and fantasy so you shouldn’t have to much trouble getting into the various stories. Ask your fans and followers to suggest videogame trailers and amazing games, START STREAMING YOUR EXPERIENCES AND ASKING FOR HELP FROM CHAT!!!
The medallion around his neck is enchanted. It vibrates when he is near a source of magic, that's why it jingles in the barn in the first trailer. Also, I'm not sure if you have already, but if you haven't, you should definitely read the books. They are brilliant.
@@HannaHsOverInvested The first two are a collection of short stories. Third book is an actual novel and shouldn't spoil anything that hasn't happened in the show so far. The show kinda jumps back and forth in time and there are things in the further novels that have already happened in the show.
Hay!! I actually found myself subscribing! Well done haha I really love your enthusiasm towards stuff that's new! You don't really see that much anymore, plus the Witcher franchise is really close to my heart! Theirs usually quite a big world and lots of lore behind successful stories like the Witcher or the Elderscrolls that make them what they are, sometimes the world created is so vast a game on it sits like a book inside it's vast library! But yes! Games are unique! Not like films in the sense that you sit and watch cover to cover from whatever the directors want you to see, a game allows you to take a story and tailor it around you through open choices! If your new to gaming it can be difficult to get used to the controller's and navigating the menus and what button does what, but! If you ride that out and stay patient, well well worth the hassle! And some wonderful stories await you! Like Nathan drakes uncharted or the tale of Arthur Morgan in Red Dead Redemption 2, these are truly wonderful examples please try them! You won't be disappointed I promise you!
I like seeing people who have only seen the TV show watch stuff like this. All of the witcher media is great to interact with and enjoy because it's almost all good. Especially so with Witcher 3.
The medallion Geralt wears shakes whenever danger or magic is near which is why it was shaking as he entered the barn The potion he drank in the first trailer is called a Black Blood potion. Basically it poisons the witchers blood so that when the vampire drinks from their veins it slowly kills them, like a weak but consistent acid in their body which is why she was so decomposed by the time the sun rose.
Hannah, your enthusiasm and interest to want to know is meritorious. Although gamers are many and interested people number more, shame many adults feel gaming are for kids like comic books, cartoons and scifi/fantasy.
7:10 it's his mentor Vesimir who tells him to make it quick, but you joked about it being his horse and I had to mention...there's a quest in the game where Geralt uses some sort of hallucinogen he hasn't used before to track down a monster, and he's not sure what its side effects will be. One of the side effects he discovers is that Roach starts talking to him! Their conversation is based around certain aspects of the horse controls, so it might not be as funny for someone who hasn't played the game.
Well, to summarize, video games before 2000 were mainly just sort of arcade entertainment. Games today are basically interactive movies. They have everything you’d see in a movie from voice actors, cinematography, plot, etc etc.
Playing campaign based (solo) games is like reading a book. But the details are visuals. And you control the hero/villains actions. In the Witcher series and similar games, your choices actually effect the story like a choose your own adventure novel.
The cool thing about 'A Night to Remember' is that it was the first trailer before the release of the game. Then when you play the expansion pack (Is released later after the main game and is like an extension for the game with more content) you are just casually playing and then this one lady which has been a part of the story for some time suddenly starts singing the song in the trailer 'lullaby of woe'. Then it hits you that the woman is the one from the trailer. Geralt then vows to come back and kill her (omitting a lot of story as for why he does so). So when you finish you realize that the trailer is actually what takes place after the entire game ends. Leaves you empty yet gives you closure.
The best way to explain a game is it's an interactive movie, one that you can "watch" at your own pace. It's also like when you're watching a movie and you have questions that yoy have to wait to get answers to, you get to run around and explore the area and get the answers you want. There is so much more that I could explain but I'll leave at this as a short comment.
" Rpg" genre games ( Role Play Games), are basiccaly a genre of Vdgames that you could consider as dozens of hour film in which you are the hero. Which means you do everything in the character's life, and that the story behind it evovles accordingly to your choices etc...
the full on immersion you looked like you had in the beginning of the fight in "a night to remember" that is a gamer state of mind at points when your really into the storyline as more than pixels on a screen and it was amazing to see.
Some games, especially role playing games like the Witcher in particular, have a long and complex story from beginning to end with memorable characters and locations, much like a tv series or series of movies. The story of the Witcher is one of the best in gaming history, and it has moments that have literally moved some invested players to tears, because they‘ve grown so attached to Geralt and his friends as characters and feel for them when they experience hardship and loss. Basically, video games are an art form and an interactive story telling medium that can in some cases rival what movies and tv shows are capable of.
the script for witcher 3 is over 450,000 lines of dialog, requiring a total of 950 speaking roles. Storytelling is a big part of games called Rpg (role playing games) and games can often pull on emotions more then movies/tv shows because your the one either making the choice, or happening to you. A huge game like witcher 3 is over 100 hours long to playthrough
‘A night to remember’ is actually a sequel of a quest in the game’s expansion pack in which Geralt tells this lady(name’s Orianna) that I am sparing you for now but I’ll back for you one day!
Long story short the trailer is actually showcasing a villain in the game that you actually will not fight until they released an expansion for the game (basiclly more story content that you can download) , the last word you say to her is I will come back for you and apperantly he did. However they released the trailer before the game was out which just shows how well planned the story for the game was.
Games in shorter terms are literally just like movies with plots, characters, stories, but with *you* engaging in it and interacting, which, imo, makes it even more better than movies as you get attached to it more
In the Witcher 3 near the tree of this trailer you can find a village. Its all villagers are killed. You never know if the woman or Nilfgard guards killed them. You never know if Geralt did the right choice. Just like Stregobor said about Renfir in the books.
The Netflix series is based on the books, the video games take place AFTER the events of the books. If you want, you can watch the entire game cinematics put together like a movie. Gamer's Little Playground and Yic17 are two of the channels I find the most videos from.
Games and especially RPG's let you experience stories in a way that movies never could. The fact that you actually make choices that decide the fate of characters and the whole world around you and see the changes happening is what makes them the most immersive kind of media out there. The Witcher 3 has the best story and world building I have ever seen out of the many games I've played. Unlike most other RPG's, The Witcher 3 doesn't make you the centre of its universe. You are not a hero that saves the world, you're just a witcher on The Path. That fact makes the world really believable and immersive. Just walking down a road and listening to the crowds, the people having normal everyday conversations makes you feel that this game has been made with lots of love and care.
People are telling me its the best game ever! I'm a little confused at why so many are comparing games to movies. Kind of seems like apples and oranges to me. Both fruit, but very different.
The important aspect of gaming is that you are part of deep story. You are the one making decisions, fighting monsters, in games, especialy masterpiece like Witcher, you will become hero, monsterslayer, you can talk to awesome characters and see the story flow and set it's direction. That's reason why i love Witcher saga - games, serie and books. It's close to me because Witcher contains many aspects of slavic mythology and culture, Andrej Sapkowski is polnish autor and i'm czech. I've seen whole serie, played all 3 gorgeous games and now i'm reading Blood of Elves.... and also i'm working on Geralt's cosplay...yeah...i love Witcher!
Hey Hannah! Yes, games like the Witcher 3 allows the storyteller to take their time in guiding you through the story that they want to tell, without time constraints (like a TV show episode, only 1 hour, etc.). CD Projekt Red are AMAZING storytellers. You can play the Witcher 3 as a standalone game (which was my first foray into the Witcher Universe) and get so much out of it. There's so much detail and nuances in the stories that it's fun to find out how different choices affect the overall story.
I 'd like to see her face when she discovers that "a night to remember" is gerald fulfilling his promise to kill the vampire that had a "farm of children" during the last dlc of the game.
Usually rpg (role-playing) games of this genre, meaning having cinematic conversations, are my favourite. The Witcher, Dragon Age, Mass Effect are all of this genre. And the best thing is that if you are non-gamer, like yourself, they have story modes where the combat is easy and you can just play for the story, and the beautiful worlds.
Witchers are also capable of using 5 very limited magics or Signs. The spot where a sort of golden globe appeared around him is the Quen sign, a sort of short term force field that acts to stop damage. The place where he sort of knocked her back with a wave of his hand was Aard, a fairly powerful force wave that can stun or knock back enemies. Other signs are Igni, a flame based attack sign, Yrden, which puts a circle of signs on the ground around the caster...any monster or any foe that enters can be slowed or limited...at higher levels, staying inside the circle of symbols can do damage to them. The last sign is Axii, which is kind of a mind control spell...it can make an enemy do what you wish, can make him stop attacking and not defend against your attacks. It can make it easier to get past an enemy with a shield or more powerful armor. At higher levels of expertise Axii can actually make an enemy turn on his friends and fight for you for a time...useful if you're fighting multiple enemies.
Playing a single player game is like basically controlling the pace of watching a movie. You can do missions that involve the main plot, or go around the world doing other missions that involve a short little sub-plot. Campaign games (single player games) are games that revolve around a story with a main character who you usually play as and then there are multiplayer games where you can play online with other people and is usually competitive or player vs player (PVP), like shooting each other to reach max score sort of thing. Campaign games let you experience the story by playing the game and characters you interact with as well as cinematics being woven into the game, so at times you watch a short cutscene that is not gameplay which serves as a point of progressing the story or exploring the story in more detail. However, a large portion of the story would be told through gameplay with dialogue between the main character and characters in the world along with interaction with the setting or environment. So as you complete "levels" or the objectives of the game, you progress the story further. Some online pvp games have lore about them that is not explicit, with bits and pieces of the world and the characters are hinted at through trailers and short background bios written up for them, to explain why they are all fighting and killing each other.
High score on Netflix will give you a great grounding in gaming history and how different games types developed through time. You are so going to be a gamer.
Somehow no one had actually written about how the “story” is structured in games so I’ve decided to write it down. A game usually has two stories it wants to tell you (may be more but they usually still divide into these two categories): 1)a story that happens “right now” to you as a protagonist or to the protagonists as you watch from the side; 2) a story that had happened before you “got there” and usually you can only infer what happened by looking at the environment, finding clues and listening to NPCs or reading books and notes.
You should watch a play through of the first major main-story quest involving the Bloody Baron. That is such an impactful and emotional story, you will be in tears before the end. The writing in this game is Oscar worthy.
Good RPG = is like good book, with good story which you go trough, with good game you have choices which affects how game progress and end... Witcher games are sort of that - recommend playing.
"Killing Monsters" still give me chills
It was so good! And apparently the horse does talk at some point! 🤣😂
@@HannaHsOverInvested You have to have the dlc
@@DytoxPrime I dont even know what that means.
@@HannaHsOverInvested Its content in the game that wasn't part of the main plot but it is canon. There are 2 Dlc's to witcher 3. One is heart's of stone and the other is Blood and wine. In Blood and wine there is a side quest where roach or rather originally ,,Płotka" speaks, but no spoilers, you should really play, i would love your reaction to so many things. However, if you don't want to play i would like to see a reaction to ,,Prisccila song". in my opinion the polish version is the best but english version is ok too.
English version : th-cam.com/video/2bSk-8C76dc/w-d-xo.html&feature=share
Polish version :
th-cam.com/video/GL4JeCNuQ0w/w-d-xo.html&feature=share
@@DytoxPrime someone had said roach speaks! 🤣😂🤣😂 Love it! I'll add that link to my list!!
5:10 The Witcher 3's story is like the size of 20 seasons of the netflix show
So I've been learning!!!
@@HannaHsOverInvested damn that was fast af
@@zeux6634 my reply? I'm trying to get back to everyone cause the algorithm likes activity!! 🤣😂 But it's getting overwhelming for this video... I end up answering a comments several times an hour.
It's really not. Maybe 2 books worth, which will be 2 seasons worth.
@@Crashandburn999 i think they mean the time?
This is something interesting about gaming culture, and cinematic trailers for games in general. A Night to Remember for example: many things you see in the trailer are actually options that the player can use or face inside of the game itself. The enemy Geralt faces, the "Black Blood" potion that he drinks at the start of the fight, the medallion alerting to danger, the bomb he throws to reveal the vampire, the crossbow, etc. Not all gaming companies do that, but many like to show off some of their features that the player can actually interact with through these more cinematic uses of them. If a player is prepared properly, an actual fight in the game could actually go down incredibly similar to what you see here, possibly right down to the severing of the vampire's arm.
😳😳😳😳 COOOOOOOOOL
Might I add that the cinematic "A Night to Remember" portrays what happens long after the whole ending of the game and that they released it as the trailer of the game before its release.
You start to connect the dots once you finish the game and its expansions and then you realise that the trailer which promote the game was an ending of the story even before you knew what will happen in the game (I hope it's clear enough 😂 )
I would say at least 80% of gaming companies do not accurately portray gameplay in cinematic trailers.
Your comment is great, but i would like to correct one thing that is the medallion. It doesn't detect danger. What it does detect tho is magic. In this scenario Geralt got the idea the Vampire turned invisible, because she needed to use magic to do that. If she didnt use magic the Medallion would act as normal. I dont exactly remember how well was it illustrated in the game itself but it was a pretty big thing in the book (I only read the first one from the series)
@@maciejkleszczynski9808 Meh. In Geralt's line of work, it can often be interpreted as the same thing. In the games, Geralt often comments about danger nearby when it reacts, so that's likely where I got the idea from. Besides, the conversation was between what the trailer shows and game mechanics. Book lore really has no place in that conversation considering how the medallion works as a game mechanic.
Gaming Culture is a beautiful mixture of many forms of art: Storytelling, Music, Programming, Visual Arts, Theatre Arts, etc. GAMING CULTURE IS THE ULTIMATE ARTFORM. This art...is an EXPOLSION!
I am really learning this!
Love the Deidara reference
KATZ!
@@HannaHsOverInvested Seriously it’s the perfect form of art too, one that puts YOU in the driver seat and gets you to feel what the main character is feeling! It’s making you the hero, put yourself in their shoes and fall in love the the form of media, GIVE IT A TRY BY ASKING YOUR FANS AND CHAT FOR SUGGESTIONS AND GREAT STARTING POINTS AND HELP IF NEEDED. If it’s a major problem just switch your difficulty to easy until you get the hang of the game then switch back to medium and then to hard when your feeling confident. Fastest way to get comfortable with the whole thing!!! Also check out the DOOM 2016 and doom eternal trailer!
Are we going to forget to mention that this 'pure' art is also a nasty harddrug? maybe it's only pollite to warn people that once you start,there's no going back and it'll hollow out your life...and no,i'm no hater...i spend over 1600 hours playing the witcher 3 alone...
The Netflix series is nothing compared to games series. Game is much more touching and impressive. It also impacts you more emotionally because you are the one who makes decisions and have to see the consequences of that. May that be good or bad.
One day I'll play the games!!
@@HannaHsOverInvested I wouldn't wanna miss it, so I've already pressed the notification bell.
@@violetrrose noted!!
@@HannaHsOverInvested The games are amazing. You know how sometimes games make it obvious which is the 'bad' choice and which is the virtuous one? This game doesn't. You can make a choice with the best intentions and STILL have a terrible ending.There's a quest involving releasing an imprisoned spirit from a tree. I won't spoil, but you really cannot tell if the spirit is good or evil, so you just have to trust your gut. What you decide can have awful consequences for a man whose wife ran away. You really cannot see the bad ending coming. All you can decide and hope it's the best choice. Also, being a helicopter parent to Ciri seems natural. You want to protect her. But doing that is so not a good idea. The grey morality of the game is really interesting. Also the soundtrack is incredible.
books > game > netflix series
The song in ‘night to remember’ is ‘Lullaby of Woe’ sang by monsters to their children to teach them to be afraid of Witchers.
Interesting.
The fight scene music is 'A Hole in the Sun' by Two Steps from Hell and I just appreciate that.
not really, it is a song that speaks about witcher but is not sang by monsters, it is actually sang by commoners. in the world of the witcher series witchers are actually despised by people, they are seen as monsters paid to kill other monsters, a "necessary evil". so the lullaby of woe is actually sang by ignorant commonfolk demonizing witchers since the early days of children. It's basically the perpetration of ill stereotypes trough seemingly innocent acts such as singing a song to put a child to sleep.
Yea....... Not many monsters can speak human words. And even fewer that care enough to sing to the children. They just eat the children.
@@barba3377 no, it definitely is a song that sentient monsters, mainly higher vampires, sing to their children. Maybe at some point humans adopted it, but it definitely is meant to be from the perspective of a monster, that should be silent and hide from the boogeyman (witcher), because he will cut you up for gold. Witchers dont get paid to kill children. They get paid to kill monsters.
It is never too late to become a gamer. Witcher 3 is filled with emotions like a very good book.
after all, it's based on a very good book series
ok so i’ll try to sum some things up, let me know if i didn’t make something clear enough! :)
there are many different types of games and the witcher 3 is an rpg which means “role playing game”. in this game, that role is geralt. just as you’d have a main character to follow in a book or movie, he’s the medium through which you experience this game. it’s his story. there are hundreds of rpg type games like ‘dungeons and dragons’ or even ‘the sims’. what makes them different are the settings, characters, way you play etc. pretty much the same things that would make any story different from another. this game takes place after the tv show btw. maybe a good 6 or 7 years. sidenote: witcher 3 is actually the most awarded game in history, not just out of rpgs but out of every game ever created! it’s my favorite game so i’m always happy to share that fact lol.
to address a couple comments you made: yes, geralt is very jingly😂😂 that medallion he wears is actually very useful! it vibrates to let him know if there’s danger around. certain monsters, magic, some deceptions, it alerts him to them all! although he couldn’t see the bruxxa (female vampire) his medallion vibrating told him she was still close. also, i don’t know if you noticed but that was what the glitter was for. it clung to her outline making her visible. and good on you for noticing that the potion he drank was what affected her! a lot of people don’t! oh and the gravely voice you heard here is actually what henry cavil based his own voice off of in the show. he’s a big fan of the books AND the games!
hope i cleared a couple things up and i apologize for the essay. i noticed you mentioned having an addictive personality under another comment and that’s just how i am too! anyway, all things witcher used to be one of my obsessions and it’s coming out now lol. really do hope this helped in some way!!
If its vibrating to let him know danger is around, its also letting the danger know he’s around haha! And I think maybe they both based their voice off of throat cancer batman… but hat might just be me. I did hear Henry Cavil is a big nerd and begged to play Geralt which is pretty cool!
@HannaH's Over Invested geralt’s voice is described as gravelly and unpleasant in the book so that’s what the game voice actor went for😂😂 i don’t know who had it first since the first book came out in the early 90s
@@chance757 ahhh I see. That makes sense.
@@HannaHsOverInvested actually second trailer is a backstory which Geralt in the show is referring to in a first episode. He is talking to the Roach about killing his "first monster". The hooded man riding with Geralt is his mentor. We will meet him in second season.
@@bogna8877 Cool idea but I don't think that's true. The trailer talks about the emperor of Nilfgaard and no mans land. That doesn't fit the timeline.
*Spoilers*
This is the very beginning of the game when Geralt and Vesemir search for Yennifer. Lambert refers to this moment later in the game.
Witcher's medallion reacts to magic/danger when monster are nearby or when someone is using magic. In the show Geralt was grabbing his medallion from time to time, e.g. when this Mousesack dude magically opened door so he could see real Ciri playing in square.
OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH wow! Okaaaaayyyy.
Medallion's humming... hmmm
@@dantefromdevilmaycry9857 Place of Power, gotta be!
@@dantefromdevilmaycry9857 magic or danger
"Are videogames a story...?"
Yes, there's entire worlds out there, masterpieces of world building and complex characters... And you can control them and interact with these worlds.
Do yourself a favor and grab a controller.
Mouse&keyboard you ment?
controllers can work on pc just as mouse&keyboard can work on consoles so it really doesn't matter which platform people play on the only thing that matters is that your enjoying yourself the world of video games Steelin
There actually is a mission in Witcher 3 where Geralt talks with his horse. It was added in an expansion and is pretty funny.
I've heard this and I think it's so cool and funny.
Long live radovid etc etc..
@@HannaHsOverInvested hi
It is the ultimate self parody. I love the fact the game makes fun of itself without self degradation. It parodies itself without breaking the spell,.. so to speak". it does not break the fifth wall, it opens the door and laughth at itself without belittement. It makes the games endearing and personal... a friend.
@@zarathustraslancet2529 4th wall* it's like if it was a play on a conventional stage, there are 2 wings, right and left, and the back wall, and then the 4th wall is the audience; i know you know what "breaking the... etc" means, just thought i would explain why it's 4th not 5th
"Do video games have stories?"
This is just the BEST GAME EVER HAHA
To me role playing games are like interactive movies where your choices and actions affect the story. I've only played witcher 3 but I think all the games take place after the books so he's older than in the tv show and the books. Happy belated birthday by the way 😊
Thank youuuuuu!!!
Witcher 1 starts a few years after the end of the books and where the tv show will leave off. Witcher 3 spoiled the ending for you if you where paying attention to all the lore and dialogue choices, but easy to miss if you didnt. So might still be a surprise for you. Witcher 2 makes it impossible to not know the ending of the books/tv show. Its already been stated the show will follow the books exactly for the ending.
@@creaturecore13 good to know! Thank you!
Totally. Geralt having amnesia at the start of the series was a really clever role-playing choice by the creators. It let the games pick up a huge complex story without alienating players who knew nothing about the books. A dwarf will walk up to you like "Geralt! My good friend!" and you gotta learn who he is. Or even better, "You bitch! We have a score to settle fight me!" and the character is just as confused as you are, but they think you're bullshitting if you say you don't remember so you gotta fake like you know what's up. In the Witcher 2 especially, finding clues about your life is part of the plot and gameplay that leads directly to you seeking out Yen (who you had forgotten existed), and transition to the opening of Witcher 3.
I have to recommend you the first 2 games too. Without them huge part of joy and experience is missing to you. And the serie has also some important bonds with games. SPOILER- for example the matter of dragon egg... :)
Simplest way to think of it is imagine the games as interactive movies where you play as the main character/s. Keep this up, I would love see more reactions from a non gamer =D this totally made me subscribe to your channel
Next one is out tomorrow. Thanks for watching!!
The best dialogue between two characters ever: “What are you doing?” “Killing Monsters”
What witcher do in trailer:
Kill Monster
What they really do:
"What's up dude, ready for the gwynt?"
”Witcher! Any news of my family?!”
-”Let's play gwent.”
I love that you call him a marshmallow 😂
He is a marshmallow!!! Hahaha just a big softy!
Hahaha that was a good one!
@@lucasferes3519 🤓🤓🤓
Geralt is honestly a bigger softie in Witcher 3 than he is in the show because Witcher 3 is set AFTER he had the experience of being an adoptive father. He's developed Dad Reflexes.
His medallions jingles when monsters are by
"Killing monsters". Coolest 1 liner ever.
7:17 "or his horse, just kidding", there's a quest in the game in which Roach talks and it's really funny.
I've heard that!!! 😍😍😍
Most games of this type are stories with a strong narrative. They all start with tutorials so even an old bugger like me can learn to play. Once you start playing you will never regret it
The medallion shows he is from the clan of the wolf and vibrates when he is near magic
Netflix show doesn't even come close to the masterpiece that this game is
4:51 "May 18th, the day after my birthday" REALLY? Me too!! Which is today, actually lol! I loved your reaction, you're pretty energetic 😂❤️
Thanks! And happy birthday!! 🎉🎉🎉 Today is a good day to be born!
Kinda late to the party here but there's one thing for me specifically that can make games better than movies and be right up there with books as an entertainment medium that I haven't seen many people mention. It's the factor that YOU are in control of the character and his/her actions. It's easy to downplay that small and obvious aspect, but in all stories, be it movies or books, the author needs to make sure you empathize and relate to a character in order to have any sort of impact on the viewer. With games, relatability is easier to achieve than any other medium since you are the one making the choices, so when something goes bad, you instantly think "that's on me". It's the ultimate form of stepping into someone else's shoes. I think that's a major element in why I have cried more times playing games than I have watching movies or reading books. The connection to the main character surpasses anything a 2 hour movie or a 250 page book could achieve.
Imagine gaming like reading a book, but you decide the actions of the protagonist. It's immersive, it's fun.
The short of it is that a lot of story can go into games because a lot of them are at least 20 hrs long. The Witcher 3 was 125hrs for me. I'm sure you could watch the "movie" version of the game on TH-cam somewhere if you're no gamer lol
It's incredible the depth of story telling that must go into creating that.
@@HannaHsOverInvested I could not imagine writing a story THAT long. It's no surprise that video games take 5-8 years to make. Their next game Cyberpunk 2077 was announced back in 2013 and is only being released this year.
I looked up the movie version of Witcher 3 and it's 13 hours of JUST the main story. Doesn't include side missions that also have great stories and the DLC (extra content post release) which had the best story in Hearts of Stone.
@@undertakenheart Oh wow! I had no idea they took that long but thinking about it, it TOTALLY makes sense when you have to go in depths in different paths. WILD!!
In fairness, part of the trick to getting a game that long is to tell lots of stories in it in ways that seamlessly interact. Witcher 3's main story is equivalent to about a television season's worth of serialized storytelling, and the secondary quests are more like bite-sized short stories to take in along the way.
The witcher is a non-linear story based game. Witch means that there is a main story that allows you to chose on witch side you fight (even nilfguard if you want to). The game also allows you to just forget about the main story and just help some old lady to find cooking tools if that is what you prefer to do
there is sooooo many stories in this one story...
Imagine thinking Toss a coin to your Witcher even holds a candle to Lullaby of Woe.
You all need to stop dissing my boyfriend's song! Emotional attachment people, as a non gamer, there was a story to go with toss a coin and I literally HAVE NEVER HEARD THESE OTHER SONGS...
sorry... You're just about the 50th person to say that... I over reacted...
@@HannaHsOverInvested Its alright, my joke came off a bit dick-ish anyways. I'm sorry too.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt ”The Trail” Opening Cinematic
please.
I'll have to compile a list of game trailers to watch! A few people have suggested them!
@@HannaHsOverInvested And it's made by Platige Image (talented people behind the CGI in the Netflix series The Witcher).
@@HannaHsOverInvested and the trailer sword of destiny
@@Igutski Being posted tomorrow 😃
@Duke Silver Who me? So kind... I'll tell my parents you admire their good work.
“Why is he jingling, it’s not good for sneaking” 😂😂😂
It's not!! haha!
@@HannaHsOverInvested his wolf medallion react on magic ;) you don't focus on watching series ! :P
@@mmaattoouu perhaps this time yes! But if he always so jingly, I could see it being problematic.
@@HannaHsOverInvested Nope, he's not. Many references in game and books refer to how quiet and undetectable witchers really are. They are VERY stealthy. That jiggling of his medallion was a cinematic audio/visual tool only to show the audience his medallion was reacting to her presence. In the TV Series, no reference was made besides Geralt clutching his necklace from time to time. :)
@@celticbabs3105 So its a fake jingle... Interesting...
Witcher 3 set the gold standard for roleplaying games going forward. I myself have put over 200 hours into the game, and it's a single player experience. I highly recommend if you are looking for some other great game trailers to react to, all of the Blizzard cinematics are top tier.
I have heard they are really good! 😃😃
@@HannaHsOverInvested as a grown man the Honor & Glory cinematic still makes me tear up
@@omok2 I'll add it to my list!!
What are you doing, Gerald "Killing monsters" every time I hear that I'm getting Goosebumps.
Well witcher 3 is better than any movie ever in my opinion
Many people have said similar things.
3 years later I'm still sad I got Anna Henrietta killed. This game is the best
Skeptical Mugiwara I just started replaying it. Love the game very much
@Bwa Bwa Yoshi almost makes me want to play. But I cant yet! I dont want it to take over my life!
A game is like exploring a beautiful painting while living a story and impacting it
The first episode of the Netflix series is actually based on one of the short stories in "The Last Wish" book. That story is titled "The Lesser Evil." The episode where Geralt goes to Cintra at the request of Queen Calanthe and deals with the proposed wedding of Princess Pavetta...the one where the helmeted knight turns out to be cursed and looks like a hedgehog was based on a short story in the same book titled "A Question of Price." So far a lot of the episodes are based on the short stories. Geralt's primary love interest in the Netflix series, Yennifer, doesn't even appear until the last short story in the book titled "The Last Wish." In the three GAMES, Yennifer is barely mentioned in the first two...Geralt's main love interest is Triss Merigold, another sorceress and a human healer named Shani.
Gaming Culture: Some games have no story at all, and some are so full of it that you could fill several books with it. Imagine a movie, or a book, where you could actively participate, make decisions, and thus influence the outcome of the movie or book: That's Gaming Culture.
Yeah, his medallion vibrates/hums in the presence of magic
in the presence of monsters
So the thing with The Witcher is that it's originally a book series. That got turned into a series of games, went viral and recently became a Netflix Series. The story over the course of the Netflix show is essentially the origin story of the games, based on one of the books. The first game's introductory cutscene/launch trailer is also shown in one of the Netflix episodes.
"I wanna see that movie"
Then play the game, it's that good.
Not a movie . Witcher is a tv series in netflix
@@minindudissanayaka1700 And also a trilogy of games.
@@VoIugs Yes 😊
Why did she undress at the beginning? ...
There is a witcher movie, its Polish but there is one
EVERY SINGLE TIME i watch killing monsters i get goosebumps!
Game is a medium, don't overthink that. It's just like a movie or a book + some more freedom and interactive parts, and some challenges to overcome, this challenges might be to connect some dots in story or some pure reaction. Games can be amazing, games can be crappy, they can have big interesting story like few thousand pages of book, or it can be just an excuse to do action stuff all the time. Witcher 3 is The Game really worth playing. It's like Hemingway or Dostoyevsky for literature lover, classic and obligatory:)
I'll get there one day!
@@HannaHsOverInvested Witcher 3 can be a very daunting game to try if you've never played a game before. Even in the easiest setting, it's a breeze for anyone used to playing action games, but I expect it would be quite challenging for someone that isn't used to gaming at all.
Personally, I would probably start with Portal 1. It too does have a story, but that's not why. I just think it's an excellent game for a first-time gamer to learn about moving and orientation. The very basics of gaming. It also helps that it's a stellar game in on its own right as well. It's also not the longest game ever, which makes it easier to use as a jumping platform to gaming in a wider sense.
I'd choose Portal because of its excellent tutorial starting with very basics and because of its strong theme of just learning to move your character in ways you might not have thought about before. to what you see in other games.
The amazing thing about the "A night to remember" trailer is that it is actually the epilogue to the whole game. This happened apparently after all the events in the game has taken place.
Witcher games are type of games where you play as Geralt, you control him. Its like an interactive movie...sort of-you kill monsters for coin, bang chicks, and there is a main overall story, like in the show. By doing stuff you progress through the story. To really get it just find some video of it on TH-cam, there are a bunch of people recording themselves playing games, like - Lets play The Witcher.
There's a lot of chick banging? When does Yenny show up?
@@HannaHsOverInvested oh she is there, bitchy and charming as ever. There is also a quest with Yennefer and Geralt catching Djinn to ask him for removing a spell which has bound them togheter (wish Geralt made in S01), and after removing it, u can choose as Geralt if u still love her or not ;)
@@HannaHsOverInvested You don't have to its optional lol In first game its like...you give girl a flower, candy or jewelry and she gives you a sex card. Its like a collectable game, you don't want to miss out on a card. Your main chick is Triss up until game 3 when Yen shows up and is not happy. There are also whorehouses. Geralt is ladies' man so you have to stay in character and just keep going.
@@patrickb1811 I loved that missions so much :D
@@patrickb1811 so interesting...
playing games is like reading a book but in stead you are interacting with it in stead of reading it that is the best explanation i can give :)
games and films/tv series have a lot in common at least when it comes to trying to tell a story, the difference is that in games you need to figure out how to progress the story yourself instead of just watching, I think it's a lot more immersive but everyone can't or doesn't see the point in spending 20+ hours completing a game
Yes the necklace or emblem with the wolf vibrates whenever monsters are near by.
"Killing Monsters" still give me goosebumps
It was pretty good!
Simplest explanation is : Games are like movies where you are the main character and its your story.
Expecting 40+ years of culture surrounding an ever evolving medium that made the jump from toy to art form in just under 20 to be explained in a "short comment" is like a baby dumping a box of cereal on the floor: both adorable and incredibly frustrating.
The easiest way to think about it is like this: if some movies are like short books but with moving pictures instead of written words, than some videogames are like long movies but the plot doesn't move forward unless you give it some kind of input. Sometimes that input can be simple, like pressing left and right to keep a kart on the track. Other times that input can be extremely complex like choosing between releasing an evil spirit that was a plant but now's a horse so it can rescue a group of small children from a terrible fate but dooming a poor cursed woman to a painful death in the process; or lifting the woman's curse by letting those children die so she can return home to her violent abusive husband with the knowledge that like a BUNCH of kids got Hansel-&-Gretel-ed all because she had a miscarriage when he drunkenly pushed her down the stairs.
If you're interested at all about trying to get into gaming I would NOT recommend The Witcher 3. It's fantastic, of course, but it's got a ridiculously steep learning curve, even for experienced gamers. I would recommend Life is Strange as a good introduction to gaming. It's short, easy to play, well written with a compelling story, and most importantly: inexpensive.
Not sure how to take you acquainting me to a "baby dumping a box of cereal on the floor"... but thanks for the info.
@@HannaHsOverInvested that was rude I'll tell you, he probably is agressively overprotective of games in general, and even if the witcher is hard, it's 70% storytelling and talking to people and going places, don't be intimidated to try it if you really liked it, maybe buying it and calling a friend to help you play the combat parts would be fun, that's how I started playing games with my dad as a kid :)
@@Hoid-u9k my brother in law is a gamer, I may one day recruit him to help! How bad I will enviably be may be too much for anyone tho 🤣😂
Ingrid Spangler Yes, I’m so aggressively overprotective of games that I recommended someone play one of my favorites and cautioned against jumping straight into a notoriously difficult game. I will grant you that I came off rude in my comment, and to that I apologize.
@@RogueSPiDER I'm just trying to learn man! And I also try to answer most, if not all comments. If everyone is writing an essay to explain something, I can't do that.
I get that there is a lot to this world, and I am happy to learn.
Thanks for watching!!
You're video was super entertaining! Loved your reaction and different pov on the trailer from an outside perspective! I'm totally subbing!
🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 Thank youuuuu!!
"I mean the song is not Toss a coin but...." but Lulaby of Moe is far better !!
Are you dissing my boyfriend's song?!?
@@HannaHsOverInvested this time you mean.... Dandelion ?!! No, imposible... I prefer not to imagine the worst !
@@darthjarjar9105 😂🤣
games are great, I’ve been playing them since I was 2 years old and I’m nearly 18, but the Witcher 3 is honestly a masterpiece amongst them, the gameplay and mechanics are intoxicating, the story is incredible, it keeps me coming back. These trailers just show off how good it is. Gaming culture has tons of different types of games, some people play tactical shooters and fighting games competitively for money in tournaments, some people just enjoy a good story, the witcher 3 is a game that manages to be pretty challenging if you play on the right settings, while having emphasis on collecting ingredients and formulae for different things, knowing the weaknesses of monsters you face, and having an absolutely jaw dropping story that takes place after the books and tv series
i definitely watch you if you play the game
As a complete non gamer, I think I'd be horrible!
@@HannaHsOverInvested That would be fun too 😂
@@oslafoirausuebutuoy5457 would it!!! 🤣😂🤣😂 Embarrassing maybe! Ill see what I can do.
If You have to chose the only game that You will play in Your entire life, The Witcher 3 (with all dlc's/expansions) is that game.
Truly recommended!
It was fun to watch Your honest reaction to those cinematic trailers.
Greetings from Poland!
@@patrykstec2627 thank you!! Hi Poland! 😂🤣🖖🏼🖖🏼🤓
OMG... love that Vulcan greetings, "Live Long and Prosper!!"
The Witcher 3 Sword of Destiny
Being posted tomorrow 😉
So I'm like 3 years too late but here goes.
Games these days have LOTS of writing put into them. Games like the Witcher 3 are a prime example of that. They figured out that you can tell a story more effectively if they give the target audience actual control over major decisions. Imagine if you were watching a movie and were able to select what the main character did at pivotal points during the story. It would make you resonate more with that character by the end right? That is kind of what they are going for.
Not all games are like this. Obviously if you play sports based games you won't get a killer storyline lol. But yeah just a simple short comment on why games have so much more story than say back in the day where your princess was in another castle. :P
Video games are interactive stories. The same way that a movie, tv show, and book tells a story, except this way you can be the character.
The best video games in my opinion focus on the story being good. Some are silly, some are dramatic, some are action packed, and some are long and drawn out. If you like a good story and an engaging story then pick up gaming!!!
Seriously my greatest piece of advice/life lesson I can give you is is to get into video games.
Start on easy if your not good at the game, but focus on the story. How good you are doesn’t matter, only that you enjoy yourself and love the game in the end!
SERIOUSLY PICK UP VIDEOGAMING!!! You already seem like a fan of scifi and fantasy so you shouldn’t have to much trouble getting into the various stories. Ask your fans and followers to suggest videogame trailers and amazing games, START STREAMING YOUR EXPERIENCES AND ASKING FOR HELP FROM CHAT!!!
The medallion around his neck is enchanted. It vibrates when he is near a source of magic, that's why it jingles in the barn in the first trailer.
Also, I'm not sure if you have already, but if you haven't, you should definitely read the books. They are brilliant.
I haven't but I might read the first two. I don't want to spoil next season! haha
@@HannaHsOverInvested The first two are a collection of short stories. Third book is an actual novel and shouldn't spoil anything that hasn't happened in the show so far. The show kinda jumps back and forth in time and there are things in the further novels that have already happened in the show.
Funny fact: Videogame industry is bigger than the global movie and sports industries combined and is getting bigger and bigger each year.
Firsttt youtuber that pay BIG attention!!! But also you are pretty clever!!
Nice video btw!!
Thank youuuuu
Hay!! I actually found myself subscribing! Well done haha I really love your enthusiasm towards stuff that's new! You don't really see that much anymore, plus the Witcher franchise is really close to my heart!
Theirs usually quite a big world and lots of lore behind successful stories like the Witcher or the Elderscrolls that make them what they are, sometimes the world created is so vast a game on it sits like a book inside it's vast library! But yes! Games are unique! Not like films in the sense that you sit and watch cover to cover from whatever the directors want you to see, a game allows you to take a story and tailor it around you through open choices! If your new to gaming it can be difficult to get used to the controller's and navigating the menus and what button does what, but! If you ride that out and stay patient, well well worth the hassle! And some wonderful stories await you! Like Nathan drakes uncharted or the tale of Arthur Morgan in Red Dead Redemption 2, these are truly wonderful examples please try them! You won't be disappointed I promise you!
I like seeing people who have only seen the TV show watch stuff like this. All of the witcher media is great to interact with and enjoy because it's almost all good. Especially so with Witcher 3.
all I can say is that there is a reason why The Witcher is considered a masterpiece of gaming.
You had me at "may the force be with you." Anyways, entertaining reaction, good job.
Thank youu!! 🖖🏼🖖🏼
The medallion Geralt wears shakes whenever danger or magic is near which is why it was shaking as he entered the barn
The potion he drank in the first trailer is called a Black Blood potion. Basically it poisons the witchers blood so that when the vampire drinks from their veins it slowly kills them, like a weak but consistent acid in their body which is why she was so decomposed by the time the sun rose.
Hannah, your enthusiasm and interest to want to know is meritorious. Although gamers are many and interested people number more, shame many adults feel gaming are for kids like comic books, cartoons and scifi/fantasy.
7:10 it's his mentor Vesimir who tells him to make it quick, but you joked about it being his horse and I had to mention...there's a quest in the game where Geralt uses some sort of hallucinogen he hasn't used before to track down a monster, and he's not sure what its side effects will be. One of the side effects he discovers is that Roach starts talking to him! Their conversation is based around certain aspects of the horse controls, so it might not be as funny for someone who hasn't played the game.
" Killing Monsters" ........maaaaan ! Goosbumps everytime !
Well, to summarize, video games before 2000 were mainly just sort of arcade entertainment. Games today are basically interactive movies. They have everything you’d see in a movie from voice actors, cinematography, plot, etc etc.
Playing campaign based (solo) games is like reading a book. But the details are visuals. And you control the hero/villains actions. In the Witcher series and similar games, your choices actually effect the story like a choose your own adventure novel.
I'm learning this!!
I like how Geralt doesnt care about laws. He just kills "Monsters"
The cool thing about 'A Night to Remember' is that it was the first trailer before the release of the game. Then when you play the expansion pack (Is released later after the main game and is like an extension for the game with more content) you are just casually playing and then this one lady which has been a part of the story for some time suddenly starts singing the song in the trailer 'lullaby of woe'. Then it hits you that the woman is the one from the trailer. Geralt then vows to come back and kill her (omitting a lot of story as for why he does so). So when you finish you realize that the trailer is actually what takes place after the entire game ends. Leaves you empty yet gives you closure.
Interesting!
The best way to explain a game is it's an interactive movie, one that you can "watch" at your own pace. It's also like when you're watching a movie and you have questions that yoy have to wait to get answers to, you get to run around and explore the area and get the answers you want. There is so much more that I could explain but I'll leave at this as a short comment.
The melody she was singing was called Lullaby of woe. Underrated af.
" Rpg" genre games ( Role Play Games), are basiccaly a genre of Vdgames that you could consider as dozens of hour film in which you are the hero. Which means you do everything in the character's life, and that the story behind it evovles accordingly to your choices etc...
the full on immersion you looked like you had in the beginning of the fight in "a night to remember" that is a gamer state of mind at points when your really into the storyline as more than pixels on a screen and it was amazing to see.
What can I say, I'm over invested.
' I want to see that movie ' that was exactly my reaction at seeing that trailer too...
Some games, especially role playing games like the Witcher in particular, have a long and complex story from beginning to end with memorable characters and locations, much like a tv series or series of movies. The story of the Witcher is one of the best in gaming history, and it has moments that have literally moved some invested players to tears, because they‘ve grown so attached to Geralt and his friends as characters and feel for them when they experience hardship and loss.
Basically, video games are an art form and an interactive story telling medium that can in some cases rival what movies and tv shows are capable of.
the script for witcher 3 is over 450,000 lines of dialog, requiring a total of 950 speaking roles.
Storytelling is a big part of games called Rpg (role playing games) and games can often pull on emotions more then movies/tv shows because your the one either making the choice, or happening to you. A huge game like witcher 3 is over 100 hours long to playthrough
‘A night to remember’ is actually a sequel of a quest in the game’s expansion pack in which Geralt tells this lady(name’s Orianna) that I am sparing you for now but I’ll back for you one day!
Long story short the trailer is actually showcasing a villain in the game that you actually will not fight until they released an expansion for the game (basiclly more story content that you can download) , the last word you say to her is I will come back for you and apperantly he did.
However they released the trailer before the game was out which just shows how well planned the story for the game was.
The Witcher 3 showed me that video games, when done right, is THE BEST medium for story telling I have ever seen
Games in shorter terms are literally just like movies with plots, characters, stories, but with *you* engaging in it and interacting, which, imo, makes it even more better than movies as you get attached to it more
In the Witcher 3 near the tree of this trailer you can find a village. Its all villagers are killed. You never know if the woman or Nilfgard guards killed them. You never know if Geralt did the right choice. Just like Stregobor said about Renfir in the books.
The Netflix series is based on the books, the video games take place AFTER the events of the books. If you want, you can watch the entire game cinematics put together like a movie. Gamer's Little Playground and Yic17 are two of the channels I find the most videos from.
Games and especially RPG's let you experience stories in a way that movies never could. The fact that you actually make choices that decide the fate of characters and the whole world around you and see the changes happening is what makes them the most immersive kind of media out there.
The Witcher 3 has the best story and world building I have ever seen out of the many games I've played. Unlike most other RPG's, The Witcher 3 doesn't make you the centre of its universe. You are not a hero that saves the world, you're just a witcher on The Path. That fact makes the world really believable and immersive. Just walking down a road and listening to the crowds, the people having normal everyday conversations makes you feel that this game has been made with lots of love and care.
People are telling me its the best game ever! I'm a little confused at why so many are comparing games to movies. Kind of seems like apples and oranges to me. Both fruit, but very different.
The important aspect of gaming is that you are part of deep story. You are the one making decisions, fighting monsters, in games, especialy masterpiece like Witcher, you will become hero, monsterslayer, you can talk to awesome characters and see the story flow and set it's direction. That's reason why i love Witcher saga - games, serie and books.
It's close to me because Witcher contains many aspects of slavic mythology and culture, Andrej Sapkowski is polnish autor and i'm czech.
I've seen whole serie, played all 3 gorgeous games and now i'm reading Blood of Elves.... and also i'm working on Geralt's cosplay...yeah...i love Witcher!
I'm reading the last wish! Albeit, slowly.
Hey Hannah! Yes, games like the Witcher 3 allows the storyteller to take their time in guiding you through the story that they want to tell, without time constraints (like a TV show episode, only 1 hour, etc.).
CD Projekt Red are AMAZING storytellers. You can play the Witcher 3 as a standalone game (which was my first foray into the Witcher Universe) and get so much out of it. There's so much detail and nuances in the stories that it's fun to find out how different choices affect the overall story.
Thanks for the info!
I 'd like to see her face when she discovers that "a night to remember" is gerald fulfilling his promise to kill the vampire that had a "farm of children" during the last dlc of the game.
Some games, especially RPGs,( Role playing games.) are like books that you play through. In some you even decide parts of the plot, and the ending.
Usually rpg (role-playing) games of this genre, meaning having cinematic conversations, are my favourite. The Witcher, Dragon Age, Mass Effect are all of this genre. And the best thing is that if you are non-gamer, like yourself, they have story modes where the combat is easy and you can just play for the story, and the beautiful worlds.
I am learning so much from talking to people about games. I will start gaming one day, but not for a while, as I'm trying to write my next novel.
Honestly, if The Witcher as a setting and story is up your alley, the Dragon Age games are likely to be as well.
That jingling he was making was his medallion it hums when magical entities and or residue are nearby
so jealous of anyone being able to watch these for the first time. soooo good.
So for this game in particular the game lives up to the hype the trailer give. Straight up my favorite game of all time.
Witchers are also capable of using 5 very limited magics or Signs. The spot where a sort of golden globe appeared around him is the Quen sign, a sort of short term force field that acts to stop damage. The place where he sort of knocked her back with a wave of his hand was Aard, a fairly powerful force wave that can stun or knock back enemies. Other signs are Igni, a flame based attack sign, Yrden, which puts a circle of signs on the ground around the caster...any monster or any foe that enters can be slowed or limited...at higher levels, staying inside the circle of symbols can do damage to them. The last sign is Axii, which is kind of a mind control spell...it can make an enemy do what you wish, can make him stop attacking and not defend against your attacks. It can make it easier to get past an enemy with a shield or more powerful armor. At higher levels of expertise Axii can actually make an enemy turn on his friends and fight for you for a time...useful if you're fighting multiple enemies.
Playing a single player game is like basically controlling the pace of watching a movie. You can do missions that involve the main plot, or go around the world doing other missions that involve a short little sub-plot. Campaign games (single player games) are games that revolve around a story with a main character who you usually play as and then there are multiplayer games where you can play online with other people and is usually competitive or player vs player (PVP), like shooting each other to reach max score sort of thing. Campaign games let you experience the story by playing the game and characters you interact with as well as cinematics being woven into the game, so at times you watch a short cutscene that is not gameplay which serves as a point of progressing the story or exploring the story in more detail. However, a large portion of the story would be told through gameplay with dialogue between the main character and characters in the world along with interaction with the setting or environment. So as you complete "levels" or the objectives of the game, you progress the story further. Some online pvp games have lore about them that is not explicit, with bits and pieces of the world and the characters are hinted at through trailers and short background bios written up for them, to explain why they are all fighting and killing each other.
High score on Netflix will give you a great grounding in gaming history and how different games types developed through time. You are so going to be a gamer.
Somehow no one had actually written about how the “story” is structured in games so I’ve decided to write it down. A game usually has two stories it wants to tell you (may be more but they usually still divide into these two categories): 1)a story that happens “right now” to you as a protagonist or to the protagonists as you watch from the side; 2) a story that had happened before you “got there” and usually you can only infer what happened by looking at the environment, finding clues and listening to NPCs or reading books and notes.
You should watch a play through of the first major main-story quest involving the Bloody Baron. That is such an impactful and emotional story, you will be in tears before the end. The writing in this game is Oscar worthy.
I'm going to wait till I play... one day.
Good RPG = is like good book, with good story which you go trough, with good game you have choices which affects how game progress and end... Witcher games are sort of that - recommend playing.