hackowski

>>377095219
Should have asked for royalties from the get-go.

>>377095219
Does he really hate the success of the Witcher games?

You guys act like it's the first time creators acted like stuck up cunts over adaptations.

To this day Stephen King things Stanley Kubrick's The Shining is a garbage adaptation of his original novel, and King actually prefers a cheap miniseries that was faithful to his original story.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ny1tTTJk9Ok

>>377095395
he sperged out about it on conventions when people asked him about the games. In fact he sperged out so much, another writer told him to shut up already and deal with it

>>377095540
>King
Friendly reminder that book fags sperged out over the Mist and the ending, but King actually said he thought the movie ending is better.

>>377095667
No, seriously, the movie ending was pretty bad.
>forced drama
>brave american marines
One of the central ideas of the original is the unknown, and the book ends with the main characters uncertain of the scale of the catastrophe, or other survivors, or if there's still hope or not.
The movie ending missed the point.

>>377095868
Who are you to decide that if King liked it more?
Based on that Kubricks the Shining might be superior after all

>>377095371
He was offered royalties but opted for a one time payment - he thought the Witcher 1 wouldn't sell well.

>>377095219
>any recognition outside my homeland and isn't even translated into english
There is nothing wrong about that part

>>377095556
He's also banned from Pyrkon - the biggest fantasy convention in Poland.
His ego didn't fit on the convention area which was violating fire safety (^:
Actually he came in drunk as fuck and was impolite to everyone.

>>377097372
>tfw it's translated now and shitty yoba pulp fantasy is popular abroad.
Sapkowski's art style reminds me of attempts at emulating tolkien's vivid descriptions, and my writing in secondary school, where I had a problem with my essays meeting the word quota, so i wrote useless lorem ipsum that didn't add anything to pad it.

Only thing I can relate somehow with him, is that new covers od his books are gamę bassed.
They are so fucking ugly, and heard allready some kid saying "look mom its book bassed on that video game!" But he is still prick about those games.

>>377097612
I just say that if something isn't popular outside country of origin doesn't mean it's bad

>>377098036
And I say that it doesn't apply to witcher, and there are more enjoyable fantasy books, like Jakub Wędrowycz by Anrzej Pilipiuk.

Anybody have that screencap of the Metro 2033 writer saying he is a pretentious fuck or whatever?

>>377095219
>be Polish
>do dumb shit
>get mad afterwards
wew

>>377097525
If I'm not mistaken, he has already crashed a Cracow fantasy convention, which was the last of it's line, as he got drunk on-site and had to be carried out.

>>377098286
The first Metro novel was okay, everything after that was just a poorly written cashgrab. The game is way superior because the plot is not good book material.

>>377095556
>another writer told him to shut up already and deal with it
wow btfo, but actually no.
Sapkowski did greatest thing he could ever do to witcher games - he didn't care about them and cdproject did everything anything they want. and we must forgive everything this old drunk says because he is based as fuck.
>does not interfere development to give his ''''important tips about story'''''
>angry, rude and honest
>calls video games garbage simply because they are new thing
literally our guy

>>377098578
first metro indeed fucking great, but new light sucks so much dicks. literally call of duty: nuclear moscow. IIRC, writer of the books worked on stories for both games.

>>377098578
I found the first Metro novel to be really fucking good, because it had a really oppressive atmosphere. None of the horrors were explained, they just kind of turned up, so when characters spoke of shit they've saw in the Metro somewhere else, there's no telling if they're lying or saying the truth.

The game was also good, but really didn't have it.

>>377098578
Objectively wrong. The first book was great, and the adaptations did rather poor job at translating it into the video game format.

>>377098590
>does not interfere development to give his ''''important tips about story'''''
Thats because he didn't even know what games are and didn't give two shits about media he doesn't know. If that sorry fuck is "our guy" then /v/ is worse off than I thought.

>>377097525
>>377098531
And this.

>>377097372
The novels weren't translated in english until the games came along. So yeah, nothing wrong with that part.

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>>377098590

I- I think you might be right, actually.

This is one of the most recent interviews from him, and he's not that bad here: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-03-24-meeting-andrzej-sapkowski-the-writer-who-created-the-witcher

It seem videogames just don't interest him.

>>377098036
Fantasy from all over the world gets translated into english because fantasy fans(as any scene that isn't rooted in modern reality) need to consume new things continually. If Witcher failed to reach even that gullible market, then yes, there's something wrong with it.

>>377095556
The writer for Metro2033 told commented on Sapkowski telling him to stop being such a baby

>>377098935
No surprise actually. Why do you think he released a new short story collection after the games got popular? He obviously wants to cash in now, so he has to restrain himself to some degree.

>>377098803
>missed out on everything because too busy drinking (playing video games or shitposting about them)
our guy indeed, just older ver.

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>>377098935

>>377098286
"I think that he's totally wrong, and that he's an arrogant motherfucker," says Dmitry Glukhovsky from his Moscow flat, in response to Sapkowski's claim.

"Without the gaming franchise, the Witcher series would never get this crazy international readership that it has. And it's not just about the gamers but the gaming press and the buzz it creates, and just the feeling of something great and massive and impressive coming out. This got people hooked. He would remain a local Eastern European phenomenon without this, but he would never break into the West. And the same goes for my Metro books."

https://waypoint.vice.com/en_us/article/a-no-bullshit-conversation-with-the-authors-behind-the-witcher-and-metro-2033

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>>377095219
His only comments were things like "Well I don't know if I like the games or not because I never play videogames and don't have the time for them" which is just typical pretentious old people talk when they're scared of a new technology or don't understand it. Nothing too bad... Although it was dumb of him to take a one-time payment instead of continuous royalties.
>>377098578
Going on what this guy said it is cool that he wasn't breathing down CDProject's necks on the story and gameplay.

Honestly? The most annoying sperg/counter-spergfest is when bookfags insult vidyaonlyfags and claim they don't understand an aspect of the Witcher Universe because they haven't read all the books and short stories. That's just dumb, the Witcher Universe isn't the fucking Bible. It's baby's first fantasy tier shit, not some holy relic.

>Was offered royalties for the Witcher games
>Said fuck that and took a one time payment instead
>Still salty about it

I like the books but Sapkowski should have taken a leaf out of George Lucas' book when Lucas denied a pay rise and instead opted to hold the rights to the Star Wars sequels and merchandising rights of Star Wars.

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>>377095219
>https://waypoint.vice.com/en_us/article/a-no-bullshit-conversation-with-the-authors-behind-the-witcher-and-metro-2033
>"I wrote the first Witcher story 30 years ago," he continues. "When I come to my author meetings, there's no one in the audience close to my age. I am 69. There's no one. Kids everywhere. How are some of them supposed to know—especially in Germany, Spain or the US—that my books are not game related? That I'm not writing books based on games? They may not know that, and CDPR bravely conceals the game's origins. It's written in fine print, you need a microscope to see it, that the game is 'based on' [my books]."
>"A video game serves a different purpose," Sapkowski tells me. "It works differently. How much substance can there be in the lines of text when the hero walks through the woods and talks to a squirrel? Where's the literature in that? Where's the room for depth or sophisticated language with which games could elevate culture? There's none."
Woah, that's a lot of stupid in two quotes, my ude. Literally every single cutscene in the game (Witcher 3) feels like a scene straight out of the book especially with how all the characters act, regardless of dialogue choice. They (CDPR) worked deliberately with painstaking detail to capture the essence of the books, quite masterfully I must point out. Additionally, they (CPR) relish every opportunity to jerk off Sapkowski and his books with in-game lore, character dialogue, qust titles, and books having direct quotes from the Witcher Saga books and short stories. What an arrogant ass!

>>377100930
>room for depth or sophisticated language with which games could elevate culture? There's none
>The Witcher books
>sophisticated language and elevated culture
lmao

>>377099565
Holy shit. Metro's writer is an absolute savage.

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>>377100930
>rips off ideas from half a dozen other authors to make a hodge podge clusterfuck of fantasy and medieval alt-history even worse than Chris Metzen's Warcraft lore
>claims his fantasy franchise is elevated and sophisticated
Please tell me he's just being an agitator for more fame and press attention, there's no way anyone can be this dumb.

>>377100930

He sounds insecure as fuck

>>377100930
>be a fantasy writer
>come to a fantasy convention
>most people there are kids
WHERE DA INTELLIGENT PPL @?

>>377098961
>If Witcher failed to reach even that gullible market, then yes, there's something wrong with it.

Dry and dull translation, for the most part. Witcher loses almost all personality in the English translation and literally any other language is recommended instead if you want to read the novls.

>>377095219
>write a mediocre fantasy story
Stopped reading right there

>Why are they playing the game and why is it so popular, they won't read my books REEEEE
I have a super normie friend that started reading his books (he doesn't read books normally) because he player the Witcher 3.
What a hack.

>>377102034
Hello Andrzej

>>377102106
Kurwa

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>>377102034
Well it is mediocre

CDPR did a great job adapting the story and characters into an amazing series of games, but as far as the source material goes you shouldn't waste your free time reading it

>>377095540
> Stephen King things Stanley Kubrick's The Shining is a garbage adaptation of his original novel
But it is a garbage adaptation, fantastic movie yea but a garbage adaptation.

I think the funniest part about all this is that the old fucker doesn't even know people are shit-talking him online.

I know 4chan is just an incredibly small fraction of the people who played Witcher, and I don't doubt that outside of here it's really only mentioned on places like Reddit or the news sites. But all in all, these are the people who are refusing to buy your fucking books due to how big of a douchebag you are.

I wonder if he's considered that. Maybe the retards who knew nothing about him went out and bought his garbage books but I sure as hell didn't. I played the first two games and pirated his books and suffered through all 7 of them to make sure Witcher 3 was like Christmas on steroids.

There is no bottom to how shitty I think his books are. I will admit it's probably because of a piss poor translation to English but nothing excuses his godawful sense of pacing towards the end.

The funny thing was that the relationships between the characters were so much deeper in the books. But it was only the games that took them from generic fantasy and brought them to life.

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>>377102191
t. illiterate retard

>>377102368
>reading high school level fantasy stories
>calling other people retarded

>>377102216
Agreed. They told two separate stories. I don't hate people who prefer the movie, but the book was much better.

>>377102368
>wasting your free time not working reading fantasy
>not learning a new skill to put you ahead of your colleagues
Jez Anon...

>>377098210
Pilipiuk is literally the worst writer in Poland.

>>377097612
I literally wrote a 2 page essay titled, "The Use of Rhetoric to Obscure a Lack of Content."

Got a B+ on it.

desu his hussite triology is better than the witcher books

>>377095219
>doesn't get any recognition outside my homeland
His shit was very popular in Russia way before the games.

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>>377095219
>be fan of witcher games
>be a huge obnoxious idiot

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>>377095219

>That doesn't get any recognition outside my homeland

But that's false?

The entire witcher series has been translated in many European languages for almost a decade or more now.
English speakers are just too stupid to translate languages with more than one case.

>>377095556
>another writer
Not just any writer, it was the fucking Metro writer that btfo him

>>377103329
>>377098984
Tell me more about this metro2033.

>>377102336
Sapkoswki isn't too good in making epics. The main saga really becomes rather aweful at the end.
I think his short story nooks, or the one he wrote last, which are pretty much just random witcher doing witcher things stories, are much better.

>>377103480
turned it into an extended universe and raking in the royalties
Andrei Dyakov's first two books weren't too bad for example

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>>377097525

>>377103048
>only two of those listed translations were made before TW came out
Hmmm

>>377103726
Ok, but what about the game?

>>377098210
yeah pilipiuk is garbage tier

>>377103879
it's alright

>>377099208
I love clickhole

>>377103798
Fantastic.

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>mfw reading the Witcher novels right after Don Quixote

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>>377103804

That's the last book in the series.

Most of those countries started translating the series 5-10 years before the first witcher game came out.

>write a mediocre fantasy story
And that's where you are wrong. But you wouldn't know if you read it in english, which is indeed garbage.

>>377104687
>only 6 of those listed actually did
>most countries
World literature to be sure.

>>377097040

>Who are you to decide that if King liked it more?

He's the audience. It's cute that you think author's have any input on how their shit is received.

>>377095219
>>some dudes come around and ask for a license for this some "videogame" nerd shit I've never heard about


dude! what are laws? lol what is a contract, lol. why cant everyone pay 1000000 dollars to use a i,p?!?! hahaha.

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Honestly the Witcher books aren't even that good except for Last Wish and Sword of Destiny.
The first two books of the main saga are passable but then it just becomes pretty shit with him constantly writing from the perspective of literally who characters we don't give a single fuck about.
He should've just stuck to writing Grimm fairy tales with a dark, more humane twist.

Isn't he still making money from sudden book translations

>>377100930

>CDPR bravely conceals the game's origins.

Awww, it's retarded.

>>377104824
>It's cute that you think author's have any input on how their shit is received
I agree. Which is why the Shining is regarded as a masterpiece.

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It says here your favorite secondary character isn't Radovid, care to explain?

He had a few choice words about publishers using game arr for covers for his books.
He said the games look pretty and well made, he doesnt play games and he has literally no other opinion on them.
He said he made a mistake when selling the rights for a flat price and that its his own fault for not knowing anything about vidya.
If it wasnt for him the Witcher games would not have existed.
Shitposters and autists genuinely assblasted that he doesnt give a shit about their hobby will continue to create controversy.

>>377104785
most countries that matter (and lithuania)

>>377105008
Personally I really liked the very first story in LTW. The one with Foltest's striga daughter. That was pretty much 95% of what I was looking for.
After that story however, it fell off for me. All the love stuff with Yen in which Geralt seemed like he was on the receiving end(or as some would say "cucked"), the fantasy felt meh and felt more spiritualistic than folkore (golden dragon).

I dunno. Just didn't really get into it. I think I only ever read to the second full book after the TLW and SoD. I felt the games did the setting much more justice. But maybe thats because the setting feels like its made for videogames.

>>377095219
>Being butthurt about Sapkowski as a fan of the games

You're retarded.

>>377099674
Dude he said he doesnt have any gamer friends cause he prefers INTELLIGENT PEOPLE. He's offensive and butthurt af

>>377100930
>CDPR bravely conceals the game's origins
Except there so many fucking references to the characters in the books and copy pasted scenes.
You even need to read the books to fully grasp the importance of Yen and Ciri in W3.
Does he literally want them to write in huge capital letters OH BY THE WAY THIS IS FROM THE ORIGINAL WITCHER BOOKS, GO BUY THEM every time they write a lore entry?

>>377105374
How can he be cucked when he fucks tons of chicks behind her back too. I guess it doesn't count because it's "expected" form a dude.
It's just retarded memers. They are both equally cucked and deserve each other, if anything.

>>377105589
This and in all the games at the very begining of the credits it literally states "these games are inspired by the works of Andrzej Sapkowski"

>>377105705
Thats why I put it in brackets and said "as some would say".
Yea he fucks chicks left and right, but whenever he's around her, he turned beta to such a degree it started to get uncomfortable to read.
Not saying the idea itself is wrong. Just that Sapkowski didn't have what it takes for me to make it good.

>>377097363

Maybe he would've been right if the Witcher 2 didn't go consoles and dump the Bioware engine.

As it is, he fucked up. But he should be glad that least people are buying the books to give him some money from it.

>>377100930
>Literally every single cutscene in the game (Witcher 3) feels like a scene straight out of the book
Some of them, sure. But certainly not all. The last third of the game was week af. CDPR butchered Djikstra, Radovid, Emhyr.
Witcher 2 was filler incarnate.

The only Witcher media worth consuming is Witcher 3 and its two expansion packs

>>377095219
You would be a bitter prick about it as well if it happened to you.

>>377105589
>>377105778
So the games are actually based on books? Huh, who would've thunk?

>>377095868
It didn't miss the point, it had a different one altogether, focusing on faith and cynicism instead

>>377100930
>Additionally, they (CPR) relish every opportunity to jerk off Sapkowski and his books with in-game lore, character dialogue, qust titles, and books having direct quotes from the Witcher Saga books and short stories. What an arrogant ass!

Yeah, they relish every opportunity to rip off his work while making sure that most people don't realize who it is that came up with it. Based CDPR.

Put yourself in his shoes, CDPR drones.

After reading this thread for a while i finally understand why so many /v/irgins are mad for this guy:

They are pissed somebody said something negative about MAH VIDYA

face it: His writing skills in the books is better than anything CdProject made . This comes from somebody who bought every game , bought the Witcher 2 collector edition and was defending the game in front of shitposters.

He is 70 years old , he doesnt get videogames anymore. He is a writer, novelist and made douzens of books.
Imagine beeing him for a moment you come to a convention and there are fucking le gamergurls sitting in front of him, dressed a Ciri and ask him about something in the games.

>>377097525
>slavland
>Actually he came in drunk as fuck and was impolite to everyone.
I assume that means he was banned for drinking everyone elses alcohol

>>377106612
>It didn't miss the point, it had a different one altogether
Except it was supposed to be an adaptation of an existing novel.

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Isn't the Witcher a ripoff of Elric of Melnibone anyway? He should be glad he managed to squeeze as much as he did from his book.

>>377106732
>douzens
>beeing
Tripcodes are for jerks my nervous friend.

>>377106732
Get out tripfaget

>>377106808
Not really. The Witcher is more of a rip-off of the old European and Slavic folktales.

>>377106363
>You would be a bitter prick about it as well if it happened to you

The reason it happened to him it's because he was already a bitter prick in the first place.

>>377106732
>His writing skills in the books is better than anything CdProject made
Nah everyone knows that the books are mediocre and his syntax is lacking.
Witcher games might only have standard videogame writing, but at least its structured well and as said, something you're used to as a gamer.
The books are just disappointing for what they are. Unless they're the only books you've ever read

>>377106808

It isnt, stop believing everything Razorfist says.

>>377106732
>come to a convention and there are fucking le gamergurls sitting in front of him, dressed a Ciri
Probably wouldn't be so bad if it was a bunch of cute fangirls. But I bet it's more like a bunch of snotty, autistic, retarded looking boys who are constantly dabbing.

>>377106805
Yeah, a movie adaptation. Do you know how movies work? If it ended like the book, audiences would have the impression it was sequel bait, and would thus leave a poor impression, because film is a DIFFERENT MEDIUM

>>377107087
>audiences would have the impression it was sequel bait, and would thus leave a poor impression

Yeah I'm sure every normie that leaves the movie theater goes "wow that was such sequel bait". Fucking retard lmao. Nobody thinks like that except the biggest autists.

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>>377100930
He sounds like an old Grandpa who refuses to use seat belts because 'they got along just fine without them in my day' or laments how sophisticated rotary phones were because 'you could actually tell when you dialed the number'. Poor old drunk probably cant even use computers because he finds doubleclicking with a mouse an impossible task. He's just old, cranky and set in his ways.

>>377106956
prove it. Dont be faggot. Albino mutant swordsman drikning poition called White wolf vs Albino king mage swordsman drinking poition called White wolf. How it isnt case of plagiarism?

>>377105516
The best way to tell someone is primitive and insecure is them saying "I surround myself with intelligent people"

>>377106923
>books are mediocre and his syntax is lacking.
in English or Polish?

>>377103903
Yes. But author at least isn't pretending to be anything more than a pulp fiction writer.

>>377108239
Make a wild guess.

>>377108271
Polish

>>377108362
correct

>>377107703
Elric is frail, angsty, cruel, last king of a proud and decadent race whose kingdom he destroyed, and the most important person in his world, one who literally causes the end of the world to happen. And his sword is a badass evil world-shattering demon who is a thousand times eviler than him. Also Elric doesn't really need potions while he uses Stormbringer to kill dudes

Geralt is a guy who kills monsters for money and also gets involved into stuff. Right? Never read the books.

>>377106732
>magine beeing him for a moment you come
I'd grope then and thank G*d for my shitty series becoming way more popular than it had right to

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>>377095219
>be OP
>sucking like fifteen dicks at once
>jesus fuck what am i going to do with all these flapping cocks
>the only thing that could enhance this moment is shitposting on /v/ and pointlessly picking a fight with witcher fans!

>>377108579
Yes, Witchers are also treated like shit because sapkowski is a leftycuck so a skilled professional demanding a pay for a job he trained for entire life is seen negartively.

>>377099674
the fucking CEO of CDPR himself said he has never played the games, he's too busy living a rich and successful life obviously

>>377106180
>Witcher 2 was filler incarnate.
Didn't the set up of witcher 3 happen because of w2 ending?

>>377108697
>picking a fight with witcher fans
If anything he's voicing typical witcher fans opinions. Always sucking CDPR dick and shitting on Sapkowski.

>>377103910
Bullshit
It's travesty
>muh dark ones was wipe out in the beginning of metro last light
>Le unanswered questions regarding hunter's disappearance
I hate metro last light

>>377100930
this is the series that has a scene where triss is shitting everywhere and geralt has to wipe her poopy butt

>>377108697
>picking a fight with witcher fans!
Are you serious? Read the fucking thread before posting, aside from another dumb contrarian like you everyone and their moms agree with OP.
Ironically enough, If anything you are the one who's picking a fight with the fans.

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>>377108823
Yeah, I'm sure.

>>377108579
Pretty much. Similarities are there until you actually read the books past their summaries. Or aren't biased like Razorfist.

>>377097525
>Actually he came in drunk as fuck and was impolite to everyone.
so he's just a typical polack

>>377109932
Worse than that. That's why he got the boot.

>>377109782
He's definitely rich now, but that downgrade fiasco got to him.

>>377111134
Wasn't that because his son died during in that period or something.