Ahem... so if we have done with this... uhm..."appropriate forum behaviour's rules"I want to spare my few cents on the topic.Plz, remind that this's my personal opinion (for what it's worth) and I DO NOT mean to shut any witcher fans' mouth with my statement.I simply want to give something to consider, due to the large number of disagreement about new Geralt's face.I simply like the new Geralt's look for this few reasons:1- I know that we all loved the first version of Geralt, but we cannot pretend it remains the same with a brand new game. In our field (I mean in my job ) it's what we called "restyling".We cannot also pretend to have a "universal" Geralt, right? Basing on the description Sapkowski's made in the books, a reader worked on his\her own Geralt's look, depending on his\her imagination. If you come and visit our
The Witcher DamNation fanart's group, you'll have an idea of what I'm talking about. CDP gave us its own version of Geralt, whatever closer it is to ours or not. In my personal opinion, CDP's Geralt is different to "my own Geralt I painted in my mind after reading the book". It's simply a different rendering of the hero, very appropriate for the videogame's series in my opinion. Also consider the actor they choose as Geralt in "The Hexer" movie: can we say that Michal Zebrowski is the best version of him? it simply fits the movie, nothing more.2- I remember the first time that I fell in love with the game, in 2007. When I bought it and played CDP didn't delude me at all, indeed they overcame my expectation.It was not only because of Geralt's look (that I personally didn't know before the game got released) but mostly because of the story, the environment, the backgrounds so realistic and well depicted, the music, the dark gothic atmosphere and so on. It is exactly what I expect in a game, a sort of "fairy tale" to be enchanted by, something absolutly credible. That's what I also expect from the second game and the why I'll buy it, whatever the final face of Geralt will be.Or we can pretend CDP will give us a sort of "create your own hero" engine, like the one in DAO and Oblivion. Because this is the only way we can create our own personal Geralt, the one who perfectly fits our imagination.Okay, I'm done with this stupid lesson. You're free to insult me
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