I’m talking about The Witcher (2019), a Netflix Original show whose cult following sprang up practically overnight. The show dropped on Dec. 20, 2019, and by Jan. 1, over 100,000 people on Steam were playing The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, the most recent installment in the series. Each of these three incarnations introduce Geralt of Rivia, the titular Witcher, in a different way. The 2007 Witcher game similarly relies on visuals, but doesn’t have the same flexible storytelling, instead relying on cutscenes peppered with point-and-click game mechanics that feel like a lower stakes League of Legends. But The Witcher (2019), despite, or maybe because of, its narrative mutations inspires its viewers to overcome page counts and mechanics just to spend a few more hours in its world.

Source: Daily Sun January 28, 2020 01:52 UTC