[I haven't read the novels but in the 3 games the slavery argument you make agianst them seems completely overblown, I don't think there's even one instance of it mentioned.
It's a complaint about the depiction of Nilfgaard in the games that they're ignoring pretty much all of the evil shit which Nilfgaard did during the first two wars while making Radovid Hitler.
It's kind of...
They at least mention it in the garden of Vizima when they say, "We'll bring a bunch of slaves to tear this out and replace it with a proper Nilfgaardian one."
Basically, this game is the Nilfgaard version of Gone With the Wind.
It's a romanticized flawless view of Nilfgaard without, you know, the whole, EVIL business which the books show unflinchingly.
(Not that the North is treated any better--but they keep the flaws in the North in the game!)
Also, the "Apartheid" system you mentioned might actually be a good thing.(even though I haven't noticed alot of it) I don't think anything good could possibly ever come from the current situation which is humans, dwarves, elves and halflings living together. Shit literally always breaks out between em. Segregating the different races, like with Dol Blathana(which could be improved though) is the only way to avoid interracial conflict.
That's kind of the opposite of the books, actually.
The games have a somewhat heroic view of the Scoia'tael while, having grown up in Eastern Europe, Sapkowski has the view that people who want to divide up humanity into ethnic tribes unable to live with one another are objectively evil. We get Geralt to basically say, "You ****ing elves, you just need to live in peace with humanity and change. Stop trying to act like it's 700 years ago. I'm learning to do it, why can't you?"
I was reasonably okay with the Scoia'tael being retconned from being Al-Qaeda to something more heroic but the Nilfgaard business takes a bit too far, especially as the North keeps all of its flaws.
It's why I sided with Saskia's dream.
It's the only hope for all of the races.
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