I actually agree with you, this last representation of Geralt is the more faithful to the first game but since they change the style of the game, it is good do have a consistence between characters and that is what I am saying. If they are going to make him more old in the game, I am cool with that but I think that the time do not pass only to one character.n4meless1 said:
Actually it does. Sorceresses don't age in appearance because they use spells to look a lot different than they actually look. Also, most of the sorceresses are very ugly girls before they've become a sorceress. These are from the books. Also, the new box art just looks perfect as the Geralt in game. It actually looks how I would expect him to look. Once, Geralt was on duty on a boat waiting for a monster because there were complaints of creatures looking like tree trunks attacking boats and snatching people form them. He got bit by the leg and the guards pulled him out of thew water. He kept saying "I'm too old for this stuff, too old.".Mihura said:
I think it must be the new engine. When we saw the first screens from TW2, most people thought Geralt looked very young. Then, they worked on his face a little more. What I gather from the videos I watched about the development of the game, it is hard to implement a face created in an old engine to a new one.Mihura said:
when i saw the GOG's live Q&A tomasz said that's people said that's geralt looks younger on the video see at e3 than he was in witcher 1. i should perhaps says because of technology evolution ( more details now) and we don't know how old is geralt and if the witcher age the same as normal human . because of that they redone geralt face to looks more older ( if you ask me how old is geralt i say he is now between 30-35 ( and not more older)
http://tw1.thewitcher.com/forum/index.php?topic=30187.0He's approximately 106 years old.clst said:
no , i read the book ( 6 of them on 7) and watch the serie and play the game .what we know of geralt is Geralt was the son of sorceress Visenna and (presumably) a warrior called Korin. Shortly after being born, Geralt was taken by his mother to the Witchers' Place — the Kaer Morhen stronghold (from Elder Speech Caer a'Muirehen meaning "Fortress of the Old Sea"). Geralt survived numerous mutations during the Trial of the Grasses, through which he gained practically superhuman physical and mental abilities (increased reflexes, speed, strength and enhanced hearing) surprisingly well. Because of that, as one of the few he was selected for additional experiments, and of the few he was the only one that survived. His white hair, completely lacking pigment, is a side effect of these experiments. After finishing the witcher training, he embarked into the world on his horse called The Roach (he gave the same name to his every horse) to become a monster slayer for hire.Even though Geralt did not believe in destiny, he demanded the unborn child of princess Pavetta and her husband Duny as a reward for his services. As the child turned out to be a girl, he did not take her. However, fate or blind chance caused Geralt and Ciri, the daughter of Duny and Pavetta to cross paths thrice, and after the death of her grandmother, queen Calanthe, Geralt ended up taking care of the girl and loving her as his own daughter. His best friend was Dandelion the bard, while his lover and the love of his life was Yennefer. they never speak about is age in the book we know he is around 30 -35 not more ( he is a witcher around 18-20 after is fight with thorwald )and we know that witcher live longer than normal human because of mutations ( but not as long as sorcerer some of them chapter member as yenefer ( 105 year old) and the oldest was gerhart d'aelle ( around 500) , some elf are also more older)
Next time if you want to copy from wikipedia put a link rather than copy paste it.So in other words, you state this on your personal opinion since you clearly said there is no fact on Geralts age.Flash atleast provided with information that it is said that Geralt is one year older than Yennefer.But even if what you say is true your still wrong about Geralts age. He met Ciris mother 24 years ago before the game took place, with that stated he was still an adult at that time. Even if he isn't around 100 years old he would still be over 50.clst said:
Dont want to be a pain and piss on your great debate, lol, but I think your age ceases to be an issue when you come back from the dead... I mean, and now I go terribly OFF TOPIC here... I know a lot of fans love to see the game as a "follow-up" or part of the story in the book series, as it is presented by CDP, with great care no doubt, but in MHO they are just 2 different universes. And trying to make "everything" in the game "tie" and make sense with the books is "senseless" (hence all the debate with Yennefer/Triss, "who is the real love of Geralt?" and other stuff). We should accept the game as it is, a game, without expecting it to be "the proper" continuation to Sapkowski's story. It is a little unfair to CDP Red and their efforts.
sorry for the debate we We should accept the game as it is, a game, without expecting it to be "the proper" continuation to Sapkowski's story. It is a little unfair to CDP Red and their efforts. and i m' doing it by being a fan of witcher . and for the age is a little true that death put a end to the debate xd.JackintheGreen said:
LOL dont be sorry. Just my opinion, no better than anyone else's... Didn't want to sound like a know-it-all, if it came accross like that. 
I think Im a little scared of the possible "fan rage" backlash following the launch of TW2, if anthing doesnt meet their super high expectations, thats all.
I think Im a little scared of the possible "fan rage" backlash following the launch of TW2, if anthing doesnt meet their super high expectations, thats all. that's always the sam with game you wait . i wait quite the hell for this one . i take say off to play at my will ( 2 week)but i think they could n't does as bad a dragon age 2 i play it 10 hour i go sell it . i m a fan of the witcher univers if the story , caracter , univers are respect and the game lenght 40 -50 hours will be perfect. after the combat is just a details.
I like the old geralt, you like the new geralt, he likes another geralt, no one likes geralt, geralt likes no one.In my opinion, to solve this problem and make everybody happy, they should allow character customization.Nothing fancy, just a simple screen where you can select between different hair styles, skin tones and eye colors. Perhaps maybe add a few different scars and/or face tattoos.I bet that wouldn't be too hard to implement and I think fans would unanimously celebrate the decision.
I don't think being able to customize Geralt is necessary. They're telling a story of a certain character and this character is who he is. What does liking how the character looks have to do with the story they're trying to tell? They should make Geralt look exactly how they think he looks because it's their story and their world (based upon the books, of course). It's their creative vision. If you get to start changing who Geralt is or how he looks then why not have the same option for all the other characters in the story? What if I want Triss with blonde hair instead of red? My point being, predefined characters should be created by the authors of the game. If you didn't play as a predefined character then sure, allow the players to customize who they play as.
I'm afraid that with the exception of ponytail, the new/old Geralt contest goes beyong the eye colors.If you look, they changed his entire face structure. It would require having a modification screen where you choose your jaws, nose, and bone structure. And I'm horrible at modifying my character, and I always go with the default version in games, (sometimes I modify beard) so I would be better off without character customisation.Also, you may say that it's easy to do, but don't forget that CDRP is no Bioware, and doesn't pocess neither time, people, or money. They already said that savefiles will not be named exactly because of this restriction.And I agree with Freaky. Even if it's not democratic, when you are allowed to modify, you aren't really playing as the real Geralt anymore, just another faceless character.
Note that I dint say "allow for a total conversion or an extreme make over." I too think that allowing people to transform geralt into Marylin Manson would break immersion. I said allow us to change the hair, skin tone and eye color. That is not hard to implement., and it doesn't alter their vision of the character so much. Besides this would be totally optional, the predetermined geralt would look like they want him to look, but there'd be the an option under Game Options/ Graphics/ geral's appearance where you could change those aspects of geralt.
1) A witcher http://www.centerzone.it/images/stories/geralt.png 2) Mr Christopher Columbus http://pics.livejournal.com/arkray/pic/0057yxy5.jpgThis is the look I'd want for him: http://pics.livejournal.com/arkray/pic/00581pf8.jpg
I said that to solve the differences, you would need an option for a complete make over.However, even if we just do the things you proposed, it still ruins the vision.... Read my previous post and Freaky's with this in mind.You're right about customisation being optional. I however maintain my position in everything else, and I believe there's nothing more to say. Only that we already know their final plans, and that you should ask in teh Ask the Devs thread if you want to appeal directly.