The Witcher [Season 1] a Netflix Series

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There are many review floating around the internet about "The Wither" a new series from Netflix, based on  a fantasy series of novels and short stories written by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski. The series revolves around the eponymous "witcher", Geralt of Rivia. In Sapkowski's works, "witchers" are beast hunters who develop supernatural abilities at a young age to battle wild beasts and monsters.
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And a Role-Playing Game (RPG) series developed by CD Projekt Red, and published by Atari on Microsoft Windows and CD Projekt on OS X, based on the novel series of The Witcher by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski. The story takes place in a medieval fantasy world and follows Geralt of Rivia, one of a few traveling monster hunters who have supernatural powers, known as Witchers. The game's system of moral choices as part of the storyline was noted for its time-delayed consequences and lack of black-and-white morality.
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The game utilizes BioWare's proprietary Aurora Engine. A console version, The Witcher: Rise of the White Wolf, was to be released in late 2009 using an entirely new engine and combat system, though it was suspended due to payment problems with console developers Widescreen Games. Two sequels were released: The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings in 2011 and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt in 2015.

But let focus on my own personal review for now.

The Witcher by Netflix is about Fantasy, Kingdom, Castle, and a bit of Dragons, so we can't help it but compare to the success of another TV Series "Game Of Thrones" by HBO, which hooked us by storm for its Visuals and Story, even if it came or based on a book by George R. R. Martin. The Witcher is how how different, even if set in a Medieval Times, politics and racism are tackled in the story.
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Here is an Interview where Henry Cavill talks more about The Witcher and Game Of Thrones comparison, and even if he'll return as "Superman". 

As a Gamer, I'm still looking for a part where this TV Series will have a reference to the Videogame. But story wise, the Producers of the series assures the Gamer fans out there that  the TV Series will include all 400 Side Quests from the "Wild Hunt"
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Another thing to look out for is that the timeline of the scenes are not that straight forward, there are scenes that you think its what happening other area, but at the end it's just a flash back or takes place before the current scene.

But if you are a fan of It's Videogame, you are surely rooting for Geralt slaying Monsters with lots of Sword fighting, but there is not much of Monsters CGI, Geralt is always like he is fighting in some place, and suddenly appearing telling or showing that the job is done.
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Another thing that I like here is how Henry Cavill modulates his voice to match the voice of Geralt in the Videogame series
After watching the full 8 episode of the The Witcher, I can say that this will be a great series to follow your Fantasy Adventure hearts that falls short from Game Of Thrones.

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