What is /lit/'s opinion on The Witcher series? I am almost

>>9910359
I read Last Wish and am about to finish Sword of Destiny. Bretty good so far, compelling characters and good dialogue, like you said, but not too narratively compelling (there are exceptions where everything comes together). Often seems like the word is an homage to fantasy rather than a fantasy world itself. I probably won't go on to read the novels.

The reason I bothered was because I liked the game Witcher 3 so much and wanted more of the characters, but maybe that was only so impressive because it was a video game, and video games tend to have laughably shitty writing and characterization.

>>9910377
I am looking forward to playing them. I wanted to read the books first though. Is the dialogue on par with the books?

>>9910391
It is, although because of the nature of the beast they can't indulge in the dialogue at quite the length they do in the books. There's still plenty of it, and the most interesting difference is that you have a hand in how it and the stories in general proceed, depending on your dialogue decisions (which are woven into the game much better than in, say, Mass Effect or Fallout). One thing I really like is that Geralt is not a blank canvas and you cannot do whatever you want, so all choices are within a certain range determined by his established personality/character -- and sometimes he will just react without 'consulting' you -- which makes for a unique RPG experience.

>>9910359
seems like generic fantasy trash