I read a comment on the video with someone liking the fact that she is singing a song that describes witchers as essentially monsters themselves, and his take was it showing some sympathy for the vampire because of that, the idea being she was scared herself or something, I don't really buy it though, she seemed fairly "evil" from what I saw, an interesting viewpoint though.
From what Regis described, if even cutting off high vampire's head doesn't kill them, may be black blood wouldn't either. Didn't Sapkowski say somewhere, that may be Regis could survive even after what Vilgefortz did to him? I'm not sure where I saw it, but I remember it was brought in one of the discussions.
She didn't look scared, more like expecting to face her fate (though she was confident that she is stronger). The song describing witchers as monsters (as discussed above) is probably vampires' lullaby. So it's fitting for the story. Whether she is evil - you can speculate here. She is definitely guilty, or at least Geralt was convinced of it when he came. But, in the end he didn't take the trophy for some reason (and probably spared her). For high vampires, drinking blood is an addiction, so it's like an alcoholism sickness.
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Did you read Baptism of Fire?
Yeah, but she's left out in the dirt, animals and monsters might consider eating her. All in all I don't think she has high chances of coming back, not anytime soon either way.
no EVERYTHING. There's a goof which the sword changed hand in 2:22.
Yes...He wasn't dead after peasants cut off his head, pierce his heart with stakes and soak him with holy water...
The interesting part here is why Geralt changed his mind. I like how so many details can be portrayed just with small hints. You don't commonly see such thing in trailers.
Until I read this thread I didn't get the impression he had changed his mind at all, I just assumed from the trailer that he killed her and that was that, perhaps he hadn't taken the head because it might look to the towns people that he's just murdered a woman.
I can't really fathom why he didn't take the trophy and, if it's true, he let her live, she didn't do anything from what I could see to give the impression she going to Bloodlovers Anonymous and get off her addiction. Assuming the towns people reported her as a killer, every single action she took against Geralt just backs this up, nothing refutes it, so I'm left wondering why he spared her, if he did, and perhaps we're not meant to know?
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How are you so sure Geralt changed his mind? She kind of burned when the sun rose. That's why she looks like that. And especially after what @Kinley said, if animals and other monsters/humans found her and 'took her apart'. I doubt she would be regenerating.
Why Geralt didn't take a trophy? Well maybe he has some bad experiences with vampire trophy's. If common folk just saw a skull and normal teeth they might not believe him, so it's better not to take anything at all and if people are interested, they just go and look at the barn and her body in front of it.
See below, it's just my interpretation.
Those are interesting questions that this trailer raises. Making it too simple like "Geralt killed evil vampire" would be not CDPR / Sapkowski style
Symbolic language there is expressive. First there is that (presumably vampire) lullaby which undertones the whole event, and in it witchers are portrayed as killers for hire. It's natural to expect that from vampires' perspective witchers are monsters. Then in the end, when Geralt takes out the hook, he falls alongside her, while she is suffering and crying, which highlights this parallel (i.e monster and hunter paralleled in monstrosity). I guess Geralt didn't feel like taking her head after that.
That's just describing the symbolism which is very obvious if you pay attention. But about what exactly Geralt was deciding - we can't know for sure.
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Yeah, just noticed something similar. My coffee cup glitched and was in my other hand just a little while ago. Now it has lost all the coffee.
I think CDPR meant Queen of the Night as Regis' ex-lover. So she is someone else I assume.
Regis appearing in the game would be awesome. But not very likely.
It wasn't the Sun, I suspect it was the potion1s effect, but I am maybe wrong.
Yes, it was the potion. You can see smoke coming from her wounds before the sun comes out.