cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/30559147

I've almost finished reading the book series, and also played all games.

In the books, the fighting scenes were pretty detailled, with all combos (pirouette, counter attack, etc.) and all last and lethal mistakes their opponent did explained.

Thing is, I have zero clue what all attack patterns are, and looking at YouTube isn't helpful too, sadly.

Do you have any clips of in real live people, who practice swordsmanship, replicating those combos and maybe even fighting against each other?
I think those attack patterns are well known jargon for everyone fighting with swords.

In theory, would it be even possible to fight like Geralt or Ciri IRL, just thinking about how much a real sword weights and stuff?

I mean, for someone like a mutated witcher, that shouldn't be a problem at all, but how does that compare to someone like Ciri or Bonhart, who are excellent fighters too, but without the extra reflexes, strength and stuff? Especially regarding strength and endurance (men vs women)? Would women (just "women" in general, not necessary specific characters) even have a fair chance of winning a battle against a stronger opponent, usually men? Isnthat compensated by different fighting styles and just experience?

How would their fighting style be different than one of a witcher or a unskilled gang member?

Looks pretty cool, I'm hyped

Original source: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/gR8AnL

I had booked a ticket for their Berlin concert this friday, but today I got this in the mail:

“Due to the unexpected overlap of dates related to the new production in which Percival takes part, we regret to announce the cancellation of the concerts. The Percival band is bound by an NDA (non-disclosure agreement) and we are unable to provide further details.”

Do you think this "new production" is The Witcher 4?

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/15325763

This is outrageous! I was replaying The Witcher 3, and when I got to the A Hallowed Horn quest, I remembered that last time, Mithias got annoyed at me for killing the thieves. So this time, when I got to the thieves, and already knew that the horn was in a chest, rather than any of the thieves inventories, so I didn't actually have to kill them, I took care to not kill any of the thieves, while still retrieving the horn - which was a difficult job, as I couldn't loot the chest while the thieves were nearby, so I had to lure the thieves away from the chest, then circle back, and in the extremely narrow time window between when the battle music stops, and when the thieves return to the chest - as they start to return immediately once the battle music stops, loot the chest - made even more difficult by the game's janky input mechanics, where it seems to treat all inputs as a queue (moving, pressing 'e' to loot, etc), so I had to make sure not to queue up too much movement so I could quickly loot the chest before the thieves returned - anyway, I did it, after a lot of effort and time, and the cheek! Geralt still said that he killed the thieves when talking to Mithias, as if all that effort to not harm a single hair on their heads was for nothing!

I'm wondering because it definitely does when they are transforme, but what about before the magic/curse takes affect? Are they just normal humans until it kicks in and sets off the medallion?

Direct Link: https://imgur.com/a/205H6

I am not the artist. I just had these bookmarked because I wanted to use them as "covers" for the folders where I had saved the digital books.

[Blood and Wine Spoilers ahead]

I know this is a very unpopular opinion. Nevertheless, would like to share why I think this.

Syanna planned the death of a handful, manipulated detlaff to seek revenge. Her motives, understand them or not, might not justify her means. The key point for me here is the number of deaths planned.

Detlaff though initially manipulated, later decided to murder 100s of innocents on his own will. His being more emotional than normal can explain this among other things but does not justify this. He was solely responsible for these deaths.

Anna chose to trade the life of her sister, even after learning she was responsible for the murders, for the lives of 100s of innocent civilians whom she could have saved. It was just plain stupid for a ruler who claims to care so much for her people.

Having said this I would like to admit that I do understand the hate that syanna gets, and respect the opinions. But even after 2 playthroughs, I simply don’t agree.

Just wanted to share my appreciation of the game.

I grabbed a copy of this game a year ago, taking advantage of a sale and ahead of the massive update. Then forgot about it, never touched it.

Fast forward a year later, and now I got a steam deck and decided to dive into the game. I love it. I'm just a few hours in but I can already say this is among my favorite games. The broad openness of the world, the level of detail, the characters, the interactive dialogs, the items, the strategies, the game mechanics. It's a very involved game. It really is up there. Thank you CDPR for this game and this remake.

So I only listened to english audiobooks and now I'm interested in getting physical copy of the books. Do you have experience with Witcher books in other languages and how does the translation fare?

In a new live-stream with Ukrainian fans by Fantastic Talk (s), Sapkowski was asked what was he working on lately. Here is his answer:

“I never say these things because with me you never know. Maybe I’ll do something, maybe I won’t. And so far, when I said that I would write something, and then I didn’t write it, people complained as if I had deceived them and as if I had lied."