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- The Witcher went from a book series to a critically acclaimed video game series, and now is getting its own Netflix series. So to prep for it let's unpack the complete The Witcher timeline.
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The Witcher Netflix series is coming out soon, and it looks good. So in preparation for The Witcher Netflix series, we want to look at The Witcher series of games and explore the adventures of Geralt, Yennefer, Ciri in The Witcher series. So join us as we unpack The Witcher, The Witcher 2, and The Witcher 3, and bring you the complete The Witcher timeline
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Ye im excited tho the one playing yennefers role cant really say she fits the part but we'll see
@@piaalejar3175 lol what about Triss hahaha....
@@leeonardodienfield402 im ok with triss its just that the I dont feel yennefer vibe but we'll see
@@piaalejar3175 lmao...
107 facts about rayman.pleassssssssssssssssse?also rayman game in the switch is a port.
I think this recap is a bit incomplete. It fails to say that Geralt spent all his time in the third game not searching for Ciri, but playing Gwent with everyone.
Xd
And racing horses
@@Amehdion And in International Fight Club
Lmao
He spent a good deal of my playthrough banging sorceresses.
After watching The Witcher...
My girlfriend: "Help, spider!"
Me: "Let's talk price."
Dlonem Me: how much are you willing to pay?
@@SoddingSuperHero Girlfriend? Is that you?
Then, it turns out your girlfriends has been bullying the spider for quite some time, making the arachnid grow more aggressive. What was supposed to be a simple hunt turns into a choice of siding with the victim, or siding with coin.
Toss a coin to your witcher... Oh valley of plenty
I heard witchers dont work for free
I have never heard so many names in 23 min
mayank joshi and so many of them said completely wrong
“The Bloody Butcher”
Go watch a summary of Game of Thrones. As a fan of both, I don’t have enough space in my head for all these names 😂
@@pwegulian5351
Lol seriously.
"That's the ending I always go with"
No you don't, if you did you would be able to pronounce the names half right. Knit picky? Sure, but don't pretend to have played the games if you obviously didn't.
Go and watch the cod zombies story mode recap my dude, you won't believe it.. I literally could not process the information.
Watch a summary of the metal gear games
Peasants: Witcher’s don’t even have emotions.
Geralt: m’ladies
This video is misinformed, the reason Gerald is special is because his mother cast a spell on him before he was taken by the monks, the spell kept him alive thru the trial, and allowed him to keep his emotions, which he had to control and keep secret. His mother was a mage.
Boner =/= emotions.
@@Kamamura2 u mean ≠
@@TechManPat this is not cannon, I believe it comes from the Polish film? In the books it's shown to be just another piece of "those mutant freaks" anti-witcher propaganda. Every witcher in the books had very clear emotions.
@@TechManPat If that was the case though then we wouldnt see other Witchers showing clear emotion. The way I see it Witchers feel emotions, they can either control them or their emotions are simply more separate from their thinking.
Geralt didn't choose the name Geralt of Rivia. He picked Geralt Roger Eryk du Haute-Bellegarde, but thankfuly Vesimir kicked it out of his head.
Funnily enough, when he and his gang wound up participating in The Battle for the Bridge in Angren - he was actually knighted as Geralt of Rivia by queen Meve. It's nice that in witcher 3 this is aknowledged in B&W dlc when participating at the tourney.
He was also knighted by Queen Meve of Rivia and Lyria as Sir Geralt of Rivia after the battle of the bridge during the second Nilfgaardian invasion.
and his mother Visenna(sorceress) gave him name Geralt
Queen Meve also makes fun of her own sons because of how incompetent they are. And we got to see 1 of them making a fool of himself in blood and wine.
How he chose Rivia is even funnier he just points random place at the map and wabaam... Geralt of Rivia.
“What ending did you choose?”
Me an addict: All of them
I have gotten the Ciri Witcher ending in all my playthroughs. I just can't bring myself to not get it.
Seams i am to rightfull so i made Ciri Empress in both runns (Normal and the +Version)
hold my beer fellow witcher:
All of MULTIPLE times...
Gwent ending
Right 😂 I have replayed Witcher 3 more times than any other game. So many times it’s kind of embarrassing 🤦🏻♀️😝
I'm a father to a young daughter. I absolutely love that a group of men crafted a story where you get the "good" ending by being a good father to your daughter. Specifically because they chose to define being a good father as having faith in your daughter's strength, and using that faith to give her the gift of faith in herself.
this is SUCH a beautiful way to put it
My man, i am a year later but i want to say to you: big claps, you surely are an awesome dad!
@@projectchimera5415 That's very kind. Thank you😄
Makes me wonder what the “good father” choices will be if the creators were toxic Feminist wamen and their soy boy counterparts
@@josefsanp6701 huh why put your energy into something that isn’t happening 🤷♂️
Mother: i love you son.
Jedi and Witcher Order: hippoty hoppity your child is now my property.
Lolol, this actually made me laugh. But technically Witchers don't really kidnap children and turn them into Witchers, that's a myth the common folk made up. I'm not certain how they acquire children for their order. Maybe they take in orphans and foundlings who would otherwise starve to death on the streets? I like to think of the Witchers as generally good even if they have their flaws, so I don't believe they kidnap kids. Geralt I know was left at Kaer Morhen by his mother and raised by Vesemir to become a Witcher.
@@PiePierrot I thought that Witcher schools tend to seek out kids that show potential? Kids that are already extraordinary.
I'm not sure where I've heard that but I'm sure I've heard someone said that before.
Witchers get new recruits by claiming the Law of Surprise and bringing the boys - if that's the case - for training at a young age
Don't forget the Spartan program in Halo
@@prujckn2586 It's explained fairly well in the books, although they left it fairly ambiguous in the games for whatever reason. As another comment mentioned, Witchers invoke the Law of Surprise-- stating that, rather than gold, what their client first finds at home but does not expect will be what the Witcher claims as their reward-- in these cases a child. From this law flows the ever present theme of destiny throughout the Witcher series, as these children are now bound by fate to travel the Witcher's path. Furthermore, it is one of the most determinate factors in the paucity of Witchers. As one can foresee, this barrier, disregarding the fact that only four in ten of these children survive the trial of the grasses, precludes the Witchers from easily rebuilding their order.
“What ending did you choose?”
Me: "Yes"
Greatdaness “you’re assuming I played the game once? Why?”
😂
@@solitary2 lol i have probably replayed the game like 7 times, and even to this day i find more stuff in the game
I wished they would remake Witcher 1 and 2 in Witcher 3 engine and with Witcher 3 gameplay.
And at least adjust the battle control system for the sake of others
Irvin Tang yes please
Why no One yet ask for that to cd projekt red even today ?
I believe in the future there will be the witcher remake / remastered
There is mod for that BTW
The bloody baron is literally Robert Baratheon lmao
Bro... i have always thought that 🏅
His voice reminds me of him too is it really his voice which has been used
I wanted to save him , but the idiot commited suicide
@@prc1410 either kill the tree spirit for the witches. Or set it free before meeting the witches. Baron won't kill himself then.
@@matthewdingman3967 he already died long ago and i am deep in game now .
The tree spirit looked suspicious . But i found the basement in the house and found blood , ritual , skulls , etc early in the game ; so those witches looked way more suspicious so i sided with tree .
Them: "so which ending did you choose?"
Me: "there were different endings?!"
@@riptidev10 it was done pretty right actually. Do you also want someone to hold your hand and guide you while you play? The choices you've just said are about human emotions you know.
Yot Pwe *Yennefer
It's one of those life decision games where you can get a happy ending or a sad ending. If you've played Zelda Breath of the Wild, it's pretty much the same. Collect the memories or you'll end up either forgetting Zelda or remembering.
@@riptidev10 Every choice has a consequence, some are unknown until the future. Thats kinda the point
@@riptidev10 only the lodge meeting choice is not clear. Other choices are pretty much clear if you just tried to understand the personality of ciri.
“we're only covering the events in the games“.
proceeds to cover the events in the books.
"Events considered cannon to the games" so that includes lore from the books which is referenced in the games
They skipped a lot of really important events in the books only covering those that has a direct connection to the story in the games.
I heard that the games are loosely in connection with the books is this true???
@@buttgoblion101 The games takes place a few years after the events in the books and is therefore a noncannon continuation.
@@kylewolfe_ oh ok i didn't know what canon meant
Geralt ghosts them? Sorry ma'am, but any true Witcher fan knows we don't call it "ghosting".
We simply call it: "Geralt leaving to play a round of Gwent."
Exactly, that almost made me dodge this video...
So, "Gwenting"?
Sorry what is gwent? Oh no I hope their relationship isn't toxic, I really want to see geralt and yen together.
@@bluetigeress8709 Gwent is soothing and best girl.
Check it out on gog.
Clearly has his priorities sorted.
I got the "lonely" ending on my first playthrough. All my choices were genuinely my choice. In the end, it left me broken and bitter. Amazing Game
At least you got the best love interest, Dandelion.
Don't be sad, Sad ending is not actually sad. Ciri leaves this world for a better one and new adventure, just like in books. Sad ending is actually better than other two. Other two are selfish endings
I got the best ending in my 1st playthrough. Ciri became a witcher. Nilfgaard wins. Roche lives. Temeria becomes an independent state under Nilfgaard. I chose the lady to be queen of Skellega. I could not be any happier.
not really lol.@@cammy181
For those who want it chronologically:
1. Duny (Emhyr) was cursed, apparently since birth. (This wasn't actually true, but it's irrelevant.)
2. Duny and Pavetta fell in love.
3. Geralt lifts Duny's curse and asks for child of surprise. Pavetta was pregnant (with Ciri).
4. Geralt initially refuses Ciri, ends up with her again, and decides to take her to Kaer Morhen anyway. He also learns that she is a Source (has Elder Blood or whatever).
5. Yennefer trains and tutors Ciri in magic, to try and harness her power. I think Triss does too.
6. Ciri becomes Yen and Geralt's adopted child.
7. Lots of time passes.
8. Geralt is killed with a pitchfork, Yen resurrects him.
9. Ciri creates special island for them, and goes off into another dimension.
10. Wild Hunt appear and kidnap Yennefer (to lure Ciri out).
11. Geralt joins Hunt in return for Yen's freedom.
12. Later, he somehow escapes, and returns to witchering, with no recollection of Yen or Ciri.
13. Witcher 1 game begins. Witcher 2 happens. Geralt regains memory. Witcher 3 happens.
The island is not created but exists as a multiverse of the old sagas where King Arthur ruled over Camelot. Minor detail but Sapkowskij loves to mix in other myths and stories in his books.
I didnt know Duny was Emhyr. WTF
@@chrisbruhe no it didnt. You dont knoe emhyr is duny until very far into the books
thank you
No.10 wild hunt kidnap yennefer to lure the child of elder blood(he dont know the exact identity of ciri in which he kidnapped every child with young age every year) but Geralt joined wild hunt for exchange of yennfer..
No.12 ciri saved geralt from wild hunt but his memory was completely erased{like the child’s kidnapped by wild hunt for his test subjects returned to world with no memory}which was mentioned in Act 3 of witcher 3 game.This is where wild hunt detected ciri was the last elder blood and thus the hunt for ciri begins,while geralt was recovering his memory through the events of witcher 2
And witcher 3 begins to save ciri from wild hunt since she was like daughter to geralt and also she saved his ass twice before the events of witcher 1 and 2.
SORRY FOR MY ENGLISH
Peasants: Witcher’s don’t even have emotions.
Geralt: we'll bang, ok?
I understood that reference :)
Ata Öztürk same ;)
ME 3
I was literally trying to find a complete timeline yesterday. Perfect. Timing.
Dishonoured Wolf is pretty funny as well
ive been trying to find for 4 years
This isn't a complete timeline. Far from it, considering that most of the events in the books were left out. Only a few were included. Also she's wrong about "Geralt continuing to ghost her" part, considering they got back together again and lived together for some time in Tretogor.
@@Crashandburn999 this is a games timeline though. They included details from the book at the start to complete the story which cdpr didn't explain.
The games aren't considered canon
You forgot the part when Dandelion is not allowed to touch Roach.
What? 😂
I’ve never heard of that But that sounds absolutely right 😂
@@ElPresidenteMargz From the Series th-cam.com/video/5P_h2wrVhiw/w-d-xo.html
It was dandelion who thought of the name roach
Prior to that geralts horses didn't have names
As a fan of the novels, game and now show i always hope for Geralt's happy ending with Ciri and Yennfer, a family.
Which is what blood and wine gives us
@@RobTheBeat the game is 5 years old...
Ciri and triss :)
@@RobTheBeat Well at this point it is not our responsibility. xD
This is however strongly against the nature of the world the Witcher saga takes place in. Sapkovsky even wrote a mocking short story where Geralt marries Yennefer and they go to live together with Ciri, basically mocking the fact that it will never happen.
"Leaving behind a rose as one final goodbye"
Them: that's right he ghosts her
Me: that's the most romantic thing I have ever heard Geralt doing
That is just about the only romantic thing Geralt has ever done. And no, having sex on a unicorn doesn't count.
Don't forget eating 😼 no showers in them days.
Leaving a rose is such off character for geralt but this is, what it makes special
@@dylangraham5033 wait he had sex with a what?
"He ghosts her"
lmao ....damn ok
@Terry Login no, he ghost her to play Gwent
Whos here after watch the witcher series
Mr- N00b 8 episode’s wasn’t enough
@@yasalam7619 the episode 8 finished like it was suppossed to be the 2nd episode of the season not the last
It was amazing
8 episodes were really not enough for me 😓
I need another season NOWWW
so obviously the canon ending is when ciri lives and fakes her death
Right?
As someone who loves the games and the books, I do think that the games missed a lot of important things that made the story special for example Yen & Ciri’s mother-daughter relationship. The games didn’t showcase how much Ciri used to love Yen, Ciri used to called Yen “mother” she even wanted her name to be “Ciri of Vengerberg the daughter of Yennefer” . Also Triss isn’t even that important in the books (also she isn’t good), Yen & Ciri are more important yet they only appeared in one game
They dont focus on yennifer because unlike the books the games are 100% geralt story and in his pov (even ciri is playable so nonbookreaders feel as emocionaly invested as geralt)so again unlike the books it doesn't focus on them as a "family" it focus on yennifer as geralts lover and ciri as geralts daughter it doesn't show yennifer and ciris relashionship because it's not necessary and it's not about geralt,and about your second point:yes,so what? CD can focus on diferent characters if they want they are not enslaved by the books,also that gives them more creative freedom
Mackson edinis yeah but Yennefer & Ciri relationship is so important and big part of the books and Ciri growing up (cause like it reached a point where Ciri started to act like Yen) to be honest, “personally” while reading the books I never felt the father-daughter relationship because Ciri spent a lot of time away from Geralt. Also yeah CD can focus on whatever they want but they changed Triss’s personality (I’m just saying this because some gamers hate Yen and they don’t know why she acts the way she does and they don’t really know Triss and what she’s done)
Mackson edinis and I don’t know maybe it’s just me but while playing the game I felt like it’s Ciri’s story because without Ciri he wouldn’t have gone on this journey plus Ciri is the one who saves the world....what do you think?
@@sone2028 yeah ciri is important more important than geralt but if you look the trilogy as a whole it's geralts story proof:you don't see her confronting the white frost and even what she says "what do you know about saving the world ..." because your job isnt to save the world your job is to suport her and if you do your job well she lives if you doesnt she dies,that is one thing that is awsome the witcher is a games where the player is Not the chosen one a world where he is Not the most important person in the world,about triss i think is a matter of perspective would you know how manipulative and what she did in the books if you only saw through geralts point of view,and if something changed in her personality is tha she is more confident what makes sense after the books
Mackson edinis well in the books she tries to give Ciri to Lodge of Sorceresses(which is bad), going against Geralt & Yen...in another words she does what’s best for her and doesn’t care about others even if those people were her best friends. She kept seducing Geralt, so he slept with her but afterwards he felt bad about it and said that he won’t do it again. So she isn’t really the great character some people think she is and I’m not saying Yen is perfect cause she’s not but Yen does everything to protect the people she loves cause she never experienced love as a child plus she always wanted a family that’s why in the game she obsessed with finding Ciri
i played gwent all day and not finish the game
I couldn't ever figure it out, to be fair im not usually good with card games so that could be why...
@@edubbdizzle8096 same..... it not what i into... maybe will learn more one i did ever mission... paly it on switch...
i never played more than 2 games of that thing
Me too. I was addicted to Gwent. I honestly think I collect all cards..
oh no the gwent addiction strikes again
The Witcher Season one : 4:25 - 8:45
Don't thank me
Thank
So since its around 23 minutes and first season is 4 minutes i say 4-5 more seasons to go and a pre-sequel
consider yourself not thanked.
@@Echozies That's just from the games. There are even more books.
I though Dunny is Ciris Dad?!
I had the ending where Ciri died and Geralt got her Medallion back. I swear that was one of the most depressing endings I ever experienced I didn't even want to replay the game because i was so bummed out
I wished I would have been a bad enough father to get that ending (lol jk), but I am a sucker for bad endings.
i also got this ending. I now realize that i might be a bit TOO stern when I care for someone which is how i got this ending.
so now, I try to show a bit more empathy and fun especially when that person is going through something.
what an insanely amazing game tho, i think i got 2 of the needed 3 to get a good ending so i replayed that bit to achieve a happy ciri ending 😆
If you do the Hearts of stone DLC and you side with GoD, i think he tells you that Ciri is not dead, she just doesnt want to see you anymore 💀. Which is worse
yongo implied this but she was never necessarily shown as straight dead, just didn't come back to Geralt. Likewise Geralt didn't necessarily die, the end was left ambiguous. Realistically this does mesh with the grander tone of the witcher lore imo, though the happy endings certainly feel better.
I'm shocked that the Netflix series is correct with this timeline
it sort of is
im more shocked at how true to the characters everyone was
i immediately recognised all the main characters from the series after playing the games for so long :^)
@@lytheus69 why TF did they make triss black
@@GoriIIaTactics in the books she's not described as a redhead or as white, she's described as having chestnut hair and brown eyes, which is how she's represented in the tv series. it's more true-to-the-books than the game in that aspect
The dryad arc is different. Also geralt doesn't abandon ciri initially in the show
I feel the bad ending may just be the best one in a very twisted way. It's certainly the most dramatic and impactful one. And the symbolism of the monsters crawling in while geralt holds the medallion is just beautiful.
Or maybe I'm just in denial because I got that ending.
I mean a group of crows is called a murder not a flock but anyways...
i wonder if a bunch of different flocks is called a slaughter? it should be
Not its called itachi uchiha
flock is also correct, many species have more than one collective noun
who cares flock makes more sense kiddo
@Blair Rich ffs 🤦
Just go back to your corner plz
Did I just spoiled myself for future seasons in the show
Ryu Ken I call it future seasons I look forward to
They butchered the plot so badly you can't spoil it for yourself even if you read all the books.
@@Khyldr ...rendering the whole Brokilon arc completely useless for the overall plot. I know. It's not an alternative canon, it's a pile of nonsense with one or two good scenes mixed in. Apparently the showrunneress thinks that the whole "plot making sense" thing is so passe...
I don't think "butchered" is the right word. They changed it so people who have read the books still have motive to watch it.
@@FuzzyLittleBastard this is not a detective story, we are not watching it for "plot twists". Especially badly written, poorly executed ones, sorry.
You know why Tolkien fans LOVED LotR? i for one watched it a dozen times. Because it is lovingly faithful to the source material. And they had common sense to hire at least some elves that look like elves (though Elrond Smith and Galadhriel were a miscast, great actors as they are).
"Sometimes the world doesn't need heroes; sometimes it need professional"
I was discussing this with my friend hours ago , and this come as a suggested !!! Damn youtube algorithm
Google is always watching...
Wish I had a friend like that. Ain't nobody knows a a thing about witcher universe :/
My first play through of the witcher wild hunt I got the ending where geralt and ciri go about witchering together and I was in salt happy after playing through it a few more times I can thoroughly say my first play through was the best killing radived, romancing yennefer, becoming a father daughter witcher duo with ciri and finally living happily ever after in tousiant was the best ending for the series. 10/10 would recommend if you have never played the games or read the books.
So far im finding netflix witcher correct and entertaining, henry cavill doing great job
Did you even play the games or read the books?
@@tudorz12 yes and? does that mean you're smallminded and cant enjoy two different Styles of taste at the Same time?
Correct? They made triss Black , even though she’s a red head
caleb osborne she has... red hair??
@@coolshiznit13 It kinda is weird to me too.
Plot twist: ciri teleports herself into cyberpunk universe!
i am 100% expecting this easteregg in the game. ciri specifically talked about a strange world with flying carriages and people with metal in their heads. I would be surprised if she didn't show up for a tiny easter egg: th-cam.com/video/wQ6A3GvEVo0/w-d-xo.html
Vd3r pretty sure that was a little easter egg
David Kuhl she won’t
I beat the game, and both DLC's a month sgo, so I could get ahead of the show, thanks to that, I'm a Witcher lore scholar, and a MAJOR Gwent addict.
Geralt's the man, Ciri is my girl, Triss is my lady, but Yenefer is my woman, and essentially my wife for life!
You didn't read the books th8
Fake fan, fake fan. Why do you not speak of the books? Plus you forgot the Witcher Tales. No fan are you.
GenerationWest you know there’s more than one game or did you mean to say I beat the games instead of I beat the game
Okay, what's with the jerk gatekeeping responses? Way to invite those into a fandom guys.
GenerationWest have you even played the second and first games and read all the books
I took Ciri to the Emperor but still got the Ciri is a Witcher ending...
I think it's fine if you make enough of the right calls all throughout the game to support her independence. Some of them are kinda dumb so I'm glad CDPR gave players some leeway with em.
I'm late I know, but I just wanted to say that if you don't help assassinate Radovid Emhyr loses the war and Ciri won't become empress. So that's probably why you didn't get the ending
If you don't kill either Radovid or Dijkstra, and take her to see Emhyr she still becomes a witcher and Emhyr loses his kigdom.
If they are both dead and you took her to see him, then Emhyr is unstoppable and she goes with him.
So... You must've spared Dijkstra or Radovid.
You missed all the sidequests that can unlock the mission to kill Radovid.
That happens if you dont kill radovid
This is one of the best recaps of the Witcher time-line I've seen on TH-cam. Props to the team for the rigorous research.
23:00 No, not a rose. Bouquet of violets
Also Ciri do not create portal when she is in Kaer Morhen in books. She only gets vision when Vilgefortz is traing to scan for her.
Also, also Bloode butcher? hihihi
And the crone that survived wasnt oldest.
I literally bought The Witcher 3, 2 days ago and was planning to started today and this video suddenly comes out
Start that journey, highly recommend.
@@phillyjackson45 The last game the is most similar that I had play was Skyrim like 4 months ago. I am playing in ps4 btw
@@phillyjackson45 I have 80 hours in skyrim
@@ghosteclipse8875
80 hours is nothing, I clocked 1400 hours in The Witcher 3 alone, at least a dozen playthroughs, Deathmarch and all possible builds.
Join the club, now. Or you'll burn on the stake!
@@ghosteclipse8875 Awesome, I'm on PS4 as well on my second playthrough.
great review! my introduction to The Witcher came with TW3, which i only started playing about a year ago (previously an Elder Scrolls fanboy).. i learned a lot about the story just from playing the third game (reading in-game books, picking up on the dialogue referencing past events, etc).. but I still had a bunch of gaps in the timeline and story.. this video is the perfect remedy for those who are new to the series and are looking for a complete overview that is sure to fill in the missing details and any other knowledge gaps pertaining to the story. Great job on this, definitely deserves a thumbs up
Definite new subscriber after watching this! I love how you also explained the multiple possible outcomes. Too many TH-camrs just explain one path because exploring all takes too much time or they are just lazy. Awesome vid!
Just here vibing after the netflix series
ciri geralt and yennifer ending is my fav, and the one i consider consider as the best possible outcome. yennifer and geralt seemed like father- mother to ciri so much. especially that one scene when they evesdropped on the conversation between ciri and the witch fron the lodge. super cute
The universe of the Witcher is probably one of my favorite high medieval fantasy stories out there. I think it’s even better than Lord of the Rings
Warhammer fantasy : Hello there
@@kelvinmelon1668 I love Warhammer too. Witcher world is deeper & more immerse, but you HAVE to read books to compare this
They needed some of this explanation in the Netflix series mainly about the Spheres and the worlds meshing and about the elves and humans it would really set up viewers to understand what the heck is going on.
But that's not really important to the story when you think about it. Heck, only the elves really know what happened during that time (yeah humans have their own stories but the elves i think have it more fleshed out). Watching the series all I know is that there was a time when spheres collided and then elves, dwarves(?), humans, and monsters found out they were all in the same world. Sure, it feels like we're missing background on the world, but there's so much more going on that I don't need that extra info dumped into the story. Basically, if you're getting caught up in the background of the world, you may be missing out on the story itself.
@@calebshaffer2283 The Conjuction of the Spheres is mentioned several times in season 1. Not explained at all. You would never know that the Conjuration of Spheres had anything to do with monsters being in the world. I had to go find out this out by reading the Witcher wiki. Good storytelling drops enough hints/breadcrumbs to inform and entice the audience. This could have been done easily in 8 hours of storytelling. Not everything has to be revealed in great detail but the basic premise that worlds collided, and folks/monsters from other world entered a realm whose primary species was elves is not that hard to do and could have been spread through several episodes. Series do this all the time and do it well. It was not done well in the Witcher. If the producers do not want to appeal to a larger audience that folks who have read the books and to gamers then it didn't need to be done. However if the producers want to attract a larger audience then they needed to do a better job of storytelling.
People love stories and will except any strange and wacky concept as long as there is internal logic in the world being created there was a misstep creating this world, that is all I am saying. I enjoyed season 1 but I am sure people new to the series without having read the books or played the games would be confused. I am on enough sites to understand it does not take much to confuse viewers which is why I was surprised an experienced showrunner would make a mistake like that and it gives ammunition to critics to give it bad reviews.
U2BearCat the second episode the elves that capture them distinctly say with the conjunction of the spheres brought the humans and monsters which destroyed and stole our homeland.... the show requires the viewer to pay attention to every single word spoken to fully understand the story which is unlike every other show out there currently besides maybe the expanse
@@MadManMatrix For real. I leave to piss and take 13 seconds and I've missed out on 4 decades of delicious lore.
Actually I think they did a great job on that matter, explaining it very quickly and just enough to understand a bit but not too much as it is not fully relevant to the story. So far I was pleased by the show (except triss) but I did not play the third game and did not read the book... Now that I am aware of the timeline, the story of Cirilla seems completely fucked up at this level on the show, the events are happening in a completely different order for no reason, a shame.
6:55 “he happens to be in town” no he was brought in by the queen. I like how this channel was like “we’re sticking strictly to the video games because we a gaming channel” then starts butchering the books for the first 10 mins
At around 17:30 they also say that sorcery is illegal in Nilfgaard, which is just... not true.
Butchered the books and names of people and places stated in the games 😒
Yeah exactly, and the fact that by bringing him in, she tries to defy fate and destiny is actually a pretty big deal.
Stirfry 55 I mean if they are to try and speak about the story they kinda need to go from the roots
But the mistakes were pretty bad when they happened
I'm a simple man, I see Geralt I click.
You sound simple
Great recap! Love the seamless transition from books to games. Well done..👍
I really like this video. I think it’s very well explained and as a newcomer, i kinda understand what im getting myself into.
I feel bad for all these “hardcore” fans of the series (books & games) because the video might not includes every important details but i think its a wise decision.
The video is created to “recap” the whole storyline in 1 video and to create such compact and informative video in under 30 mins is not an easy thing to do.
Besides, it’s not their job to satisfy you with details and important events. Remember this channel needs to make another timeline video that is most likely very different and requires a lot of research to begin with.
Im not trying to be arrogant here but as a fan of Books or Games, you guys need to learn how to respect others hardwork.
Empress Ciri is my ending...
I dont want my adopted daughter to be a witcher... heck even I dont like being a witcher, its a job with no gratitude. plus you wont die in your bed.
She's also a great ruler with many connections.
best ending 100% sure her life may be boring, but she’s literally a goddess empress. she can teleport to geralt anytime and can defend herself. like the narrator says, she has emhyr’s emperor traits and geralt’s compassion
I've read the books and played the games multiple times over the years. I must say, I'm impressed at how thorough and well put your analysis is. Very well done.
I just picked up Witcher 3 about a week ago. I have never played, watched, or looked up a Witcher game. Decided to give it a try. Ive been watching videos trying to get an idea of what happened so far and I’m lost. It’s AAALLLLOOOOOTTTTT!!!!.. and my Brain is about to explode tryna grasp all the Info I’ve seen in videos. THIS VIDEO has been the most helpful and I feel like I have a grasp on what’s going on after watching this video for a 3rd time today versus all the other vids I watched. You did an AWESOME JOB helping a non Witcher player understand what the heck is going on.
Had my first ending with Geralt hit depression. And because of that It lead me too, so I had to play the whole damn game again and it's worth the hell playing it again. xD
yagitka you got the real Witcher ending
Plot Twist: Ciri traveled to the word of Cyberpunk 2077 to escape the Wild Hunt and Ehmyr.
Got the "Ciri becomes a Witcher" ending.
I will Always be happy.
KedarRaoWrites yeah imo that’s the best ending.
Damn. Looks like we'll be getting many more seasons of this series
It has so many good stories and characters in this world!!
@@wow_parzival5036 yet they butchered most of them sadly
Hopefully not i dont want to see them destroy any more of the universe i love
Also, if you complete the first DLC before finding Ciri in the main game, Gaunter O’Dimm’s list of rewards will include “Wanna know where Ciri is” - if you choose that one, O’Dimm will tell you exactly what you choices you need to make in order to get the ending in which Ciri survives, renounces her throne, and trains under Geralt to become a Witcher. However if playing a new game from level 1, Geralt will be around level 22 for the end-quests to find Ciri (that is, immediately prior to Battle of Kaer Morhen). Hearts of Stone has a minimum level requirement of 30. So basically this is accessible only via New Game Plus, or grinding xp as if you’re playing WoW. I don’t know if the latter is possible.
Wait i got the ending where geralt traveled with ciri and taught her witcher stuff then retired with yennifer
Same
Great rundown, clears a lot of things up for me.
This was a such a HUGE help, as I have only played about 30 hours of Witcher 3, and never played the first two games. And I would totally do it, if they were remastered. I just watched the season 1 of the tv show and loved it! But I was so confused, not knowing the original story.
Don’t bother with the first game since it has a gamining mechanic of early 2000, but a remake is being produced. But Witcher 2 is actually pretty good, I prefer it over Witcher 3 since it’s shorter and so you have the time to do EVERYTHING, and talk to everybody. I think it’s worthy playing, the remastered version, even if it’s graphics are still 2010-ish
This video reminded me of just how badass Imlerith’s theme is. Gives me chills every time
Spoilers***
Actually taking Ciri to Emyr doesn't worsen their relationship depending on the choices you make. I love that if you beat hearts of stone before the Isle of mists you can ask Gaunter about finding her and he'll essentially tell you all the right decisions to beat the game with a good ending. Be warned though, he will specifically say that no matter what happens, DON'T SELL HER OUT! That scene with her and Emyr is the reference. If you take the money for finding her you'll lock in the worst ending. If you don't you'll have a moment where she looks at you endearingly and grabs your hand. It's the best moment a father could ask for.
Also, it will lead you towards the empress ending, but if you haven't beat Djikstra's spy questline, you have an opportunity to get the Witcher ending for Ciri, but it's a hard decision. You have to agree to leave when Djikstra betrays both Roche and Thaler, leaving them to die, but it ensures Redania's victory against Nilfgard and forfeits the bitter sweet empress ending for Ciri's Witcher ending.
Wait, how does letting roche die make Ciri into a witcher?
Does she just not decide to become empress if Djikstra is king?
@@Chronically_ChiII I think the idea is that with Djikstra leading the North, he turns the tide of war. At the start of the game, Temeria was already in decline and losing, but the change in leadership probably causes Ciri to rethink the proposition if Nilfgard fails to conquer the northern provinces, or that the loss of South overrides Ciri's decision as it's more geo-politically relevant to the ending than her being the heir of a failing dynasty; it's never really explained why that changes the ending. Either way, that's the condition in order to avoid having Ciri leave to become an heiress.
finally a short version timed of this story THANK YOU!
Thx for the video, what an amazing compilation!
I didn't play the 1st two games because I only got into video games in the last few years thanks to my husband. But I just finished playing Wild Hunt and crying through the ending (I went with the father daughter witcher duo one) and ended up with Yennefer. Such a satisfying game! Now I need a new one to play through this quarentine! I did not play a single game of gwent though.
Been waiting on this one!
This has filled in a bunch of detail that was not in the Netflix series. Things make a lot more sense now, thank you!
Thanks for posting this. I was about to play blood and wine and hearthstone for the first time and this was a nice refresher
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People who use creatine:
Thier mothers: is this steriods?
Creatine always makes my guy chubby for a good while haha.
If this is made into a series and is adapted to the source, this will be awesome
To bad the Netflix series butchered it
Thanks for making this:) Loved the games for years, the Netflix series is pretty great. Don't have a copy of Witcher 1 anymore, so this really helped put the pieces back together.
This was beautifully done. Thank you.
I got the horrible gerald's dead ending on my first run, almost cried T_T
Same...same....
You cant even properly write Geralt's name. No wonder you get the worst ending.
I got it too. So I started all over, completing the entire game again.
yeah this game.. is not forgiving with player mistake at all....
*facepalm*
Geralt didn’t just move with yennefer to vengeberg after the last wish. yennefer didn’t really like geralt until they met each other again to slay the golden dragon villentretenmerth
Actually that's not how it was described in the books. After the last wish they spent together for a year and yen was possessive with geralt which made him leave yen with just a rose and a letter. They only truly committed to each other after.... SPOILER ALERT if you didn't read books and you only watcjed the serie s
They only committed to each other after they reunited on hirundum. That's when Geralt and yen expressed their love for first time and said "I love u" for first time.
but before they have slayed that dragon it was described that Geralt was with Yen in Vengerberg besides, if Yen didnt love him then why would she be with him?
Thanks for the video - this was a great summary
Ive played every game but this opened my mind to the story so much and made me realize so many things
If I were The Witcher I wouldn't retire at the end. I'd let Ciri become Empress but I wouldn't settle down, killing monsters is way more fun
The witchers never retire, once they are too slow and a beast kills them
The best ending for the sake of prosperity to the realm.
Ciri empress
Cerys queen
Triss counselor of Kovir.
Let Roche rule Timeria
Save the Dutchess
It’s actually cool to see that the TV show followed this timeline/events pretty closely. Finally a show that respects its source material, books AND games.
this didnt age well
Looks like you Jinxed it
Still think the show respects the source material?
LMAO 🤣 this aged like milk.
@@ThaYoungChad Season 2 was rough but season 3 especially episodes 4-8 have gotten back on track for me. Hopefully they continue that trend.
This was well-needed! ❤️
The best Witcher summary in youtube! Highly recommend.
Who came here after Netflixs witcher season 2 🤣???
Holy crap I just watched the first few episodes of the series and so far everything is so accurate damn Netflix can do good sometimes
Are you insane it isn't accurate in the slightest
You need glasses 🕶️
Nicely done. Going to audible the books starting tonight.
So much information to absorb and at the speed you talk..
Had to watch on 0.75 just to make sure I didn't miss anything.
Fun fact: in Witcher 3, Emperor Emyhr is voiced by none other than Charles Dance (Tywin Lannister in GoT)!
I really need them to put Witcher 1 & 2 on PlayStation!
Honestly I dont think people would play the witcher 1 on ps4. I could be wrong but the actual gameplay of the game wouldnt translate well on a game pad. And graphically it wouldnt hold up. Especially if youre coming From playing the witcher 3 or the witcher 2. Its a great game dont get me wrong.
To me story always supersedes gameplay. They originally planned to make a console version with different gameplay, but I'd even take a move the cursor with control stick and press X. Maybe they'll do a remake. On steam with big picture mode, I'm always using controller. For some reason I encountered a bug on windows 10 in which the game loads me in the wrong spot and I could be missing quest items that'll break the game. Not sure what causes this bug, but I imagine it wouldn't happen on consoles
You can play both 1 and 2 on a laptop. Hell, I did just so I had something to prep me for Witcher 3.
@@cmykrgb1469 I know, thats what i did before i built my pc, both spectacular games.
Xbox has witcher 2 witcher 1 u can play on a pc or laptop and i think they might be making a remastered version of the witcher 1 after cyberpunk 2077 comes out so yea
Brilliant job. Thank you for this.
I have played both Witcher 2 & Witcher 3 and while I was watching this video it all started coming back.. all the missions, side quests, characters, maps etc..
I hope 2025 comes really fast and Witcher 4 gets released ❤️
You know that the Netflix series is only based on the books, right? There could be easter eggs from the Game tho
And Henry said he based his voice off the game
"Based on the events of books"
the bathtub scene is taken directly from the games, even the showrunner said so
@@Blackbirdxd Well, some bathtub scenes with Geralt are in the books too, you know? It's not something that Witcher 3 came first with
@@Blackbirdxd There's like three bathtub scenes in the first two books...
The only 2 ending that's canon to me was the one that Ciri becomes a half-witcher herself and the one where Geralt gets mobbed.
Geralt, having lost all "sense of emotions", din't know that Ciri actually dislike the sorceress lives and hated being a pawn again for them and during the meeting, she wanted escape but Yeneffer and Geralt did not give her any support which angers her and neither did she wanna be a princess so giving her back to Emhyr also has the same consequences as every action Geralt does is all due to pacts of the Witcher code. Thus with the bonds all not built and Ciri dying, it makes absolute sense.
The 2nd canon ending also makes sense as the ones above but Geralt and Ciri's bond were strong and could never be broken so Geralt treats Ciri like his own child. With the White Frost now contained and Eredin dead, the world is safe and Emhyr ended up marrying another person who had child with him. Thus Ciri is free from her bond even if Emhyr knew she faked her own death. She never wanted to be a princess and her own magical power rivals the ones that Geralt has and that makes her immune to the Trail of Grasses and with her powers being so strong, making her a half-witcher makes sense and with their bonds being so strong, it's no wonder that they'll roam the whole world together as a combo.
Someone who have common sense and read the books. I was explaining the same thing over and over again in different videos.
I'm glad I saw this. I was so confused while playing The Witcher 3 because I didn't play the previous games. This cleared things up.
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for this summary. Best one I could find. Can't wait to dive into this world finally after so many years : )
Waiting for this one for to long
True
Im trying to understand the story of the world of the witcher because of the show im watching now
good luck buddy.. i think playing witcher wild hunt(video game) is lot better if u are into this universe. i heard books are good too but i loved the games.. world is not so black and white unlike how they showed in the netflix series. everyone has their own perspectives and things are lot subtle. i didnt think the show had good writing and they made lot of characters one dimensional and their arcs made no sense .. but i did love the fight choreography and overall it was enjoyable and wanted me to go back and play the games again .
hard.... best to understand that is story base with alot of european fable story.. witcher is about fight monster and end up between love triangle.. war.. king and adopted daughter... this is only summary of game.... this is without DLC which also the ending....
The game's storyline is different than the books. The show is more closely following the books, so i believe it would be best to get to reading or listen to the audiobooks.
@@Kajukota i read last wish and lesser evil and felt game was lot true to its source material when it came to characters and their motives(sure they changed a lot to get that RPG elements going on but the characters were pretty much true to the source). show went to out of way to change lot of key plot points like how ciri met geralt .. how yenn met geralt .. how yenn became fertile (here in show she had choice .. geralt wasnt even at the hall when he realized the law of suprise. i am not sure if u read the books if u think show followed close to books.
they completely missed the point of lesser evil story too.
@@Kajukota the games are after the books. Of course they're different lol.
Best video to prepare me for Witcher 3 Ive watched so far
Great video, I really enjoyed it and since I was not really familiar with the story until the Netflix series was released and immediately fell in love with it so I played tw3 without playing the others and it took a bit of research to get what was going on, so thanks for putting the whole story in a more logical, compact and accurate manner.