The writers of the games did consult with Mr A Sapkwoski in large parts due to copyright but more importantly to try and tell a story about Geralt after the Lady of the Lake ending and try to keep it close in spirit to the story.
Why: because like all of us on these forums they are devoted fans of the series; they have offered an alternative ending/beginning.
They reached out to the rest of the world to show us the beauty & richness of this series. If it hadn't been for CDRP actually making the game and releasing it world wide then I'm afraid many of us in the English speaking world would not been devouring the books; why you might ask because the series was written in the mid-1990's and are only now being translated!!
Mr Sapkwoski has openly stated he does not consider the games canon because he did not write them; but he has also said in a series of interviews that Geralt & Yen were not exactly dead (interview was available on the Enhanced Witcher 1 package).
The OP is giving those who vehemently defend Triss and make Yennefer out to be a big bad ogre a different view point to consider.
He is trying to (and in IMO doing a pretty decent effort at it) a series of insights into how the writing/responses may/may not be 'Canon'. Let's face it Yen gave Triss all barrels with some still in reserve as to what she really thought of Triss trying to take Geralt; who himself always stated in all the books the only woman he ever thought about was and is Yen.
Boiling the entire series down it is really a love story between Geralt and Yen with everything else being the back drop to THEIR story. Again the OP is only pointing out where the writing in the W3 game could have been a little better or different to reflect the relationship Geralt and Yen have; irrespective of the amnesia.
The writers did it the way they did because many playing the games had initially no idea about the full story because the books had (and the last 2 aren't officially) not been translated.
Why: because like all of us on these forums they are devoted fans of the series; they have offered an alternative ending/beginning.
They reached out to the rest of the world to show us the beauty & richness of this series. If it hadn't been for CDRP actually making the game and releasing it world wide then I'm afraid many of us in the English speaking world would not been devouring the books; why you might ask because the series was written in the mid-1990's and are only now being translated!!
Mr Sapkwoski has openly stated he does not consider the games canon because he did not write them; but he has also said in a series of interviews that Geralt & Yen were not exactly dead (interview was available on the Enhanced Witcher 1 package).
The OP is giving those who vehemently defend Triss and make Yennefer out to be a big bad ogre a different view point to consider.
He is trying to (and in IMO doing a pretty decent effort at it) a series of insights into how the writing/responses may/may not be 'Canon'. Let's face it Yen gave Triss all barrels with some still in reserve as to what she really thought of Triss trying to take Geralt; who himself always stated in all the books the only woman he ever thought about was and is Yen.
Boiling the entire series down it is really a love story between Geralt and Yen with everything else being the back drop to THEIR story. Again the OP is only pointing out where the writing in the W3 game could have been a little better or different to reflect the relationship Geralt and Yen have; irrespective of the amnesia.
The writers did it the way they did because many playing the games had initially no idea about the full story because the books had (and the last 2 aren't officially) not been translated.
