Well, wisielec has probably the most ugly forum picture and he gets lots of attention from the ladies on this forum. I don't see why everybody is so caught up with looksHyDrO84 said:Well if you think about it...Ron Jeremy isnt attractive and he gets the ladies to bed. its all about the swordsmanship...lmaoi mean seriously look at him?!?!?!?!
Is it just the angle of the picture or does it look like they've changed his shoulder structure? It seems that in this picture the shoulders are more round.
That is a good piece of art, but I think he looks a bit too old (I'd give him 65-75 yrs (Yeah I know witchers have prolonged lives, and don't age that fast, but still...)). If Geralt looks like this, I wonder how the hell will Vesemir look like. Seems to me 25+years passed since the Witcher 1.PS: Does he renews that scar every week or what? It's fresh. Or someone aimed for the old one haha
The scar never heals, it's explained in the books, still Geralt gets a lot of women, so he must have some kind of good looks. I find the image of Geralt that's in the background of the forum index quite good except for the elvish ears, why not go with that one? Menacing but with that "you can't imagine the things I'm going to do to you in bed" undertone.
I must oppose here. The image in the background is much worse than the cover, in my opinion. He looks there like a "typical pretty boy american hero" and not like a experienced monsterslayer! He looks like he is well aware of his possible positive effect on women and that´s not how I picture him at all....yayodeanno said:The scar never heals, it's explained in the books, still Geralt gets a lot of women, so he must have some kind of good looks. I find the image of Geralt that's in the background of the forum index quite good except for the elvish ears, why not go with that one? Menacing but with that "you can't imagine the things I'm going to do to you in bed" undertone.
What I see people saying is NOT that Geralt isn't attractive enough but that he's TOO OLD. People have been saying things like, "He should have a steel cane and a silver cane," or "I'd feel bad, making that old guy go out and fight," or "He must not have pirouettes in TW2 because his arthritis is acting up."We know that Geralt isn't supposed to be conventionally handsome, and I don't think any of the people who are complaining want him to be. He's supposed to look bad-ass, not classically beautiful. We're saying that he looks too old to look bad-ass. That's a different thing!freakie1one said:I don't see why everybody is so caught up with looks
Corylea said:What I see people saying is NOT that Geralt isn't attractive enough but that he's TOO OLD. People have been saying things like, "He should have a steel cane and a silver cane," or "I'd feel bad, making that old guy go out and fight," or "He must not have pirouettes in TW2 because his arthritis is acting up."We know that Geralt isn't supposed to be conventionally handsome, and I don't think any of the people who are complaining want him to be. He's supposed to look bad-ass, not classically beautiful. We're saying that he looks too old to look bad-ass. That's a different thing!Exactlty what I mean as well, he doesnt have to look more handsome, just a little younger. So I belive he can kick ass.Corylea said:I don't see why everybody is so caught up with looks
Can I ask why it doesnt heal. or is that too much of a book spoiler to post here? I like that image aswell, the whole poster is really cool.Corylea said:The scar never heals, it's explained in the books, still Geralt gets a lot of women, so he must have some kind of good looks. I find the image of Geralt that's in the background of the forum index quite good except for the elvish ears, why not go with that one? Menacing but with that "you can't imagine the things I'm going to do to you in bed" undertone.
i couldn't have said it any better. thumbs upCorylea said:What I see people saying is NOT that Geralt isn't attractive enough but that he's TOO OLD. People have been saying things like, "He should have a steel cane and a silver cane," or "I'd feel bad, making that old guy go out and fight," or "He must not have pirouettes in TW2 because his arthritis is acting up."We know that Geralt isn't supposed to be conventionally handsome, and I don't think any of the people who are complaining want him to be. He's supposed to look bad-ass, not classically beautiful. We're saying that he looks too old to look bad-ass. That's a different thing!Corylea said:I don't see why everybody is so caught up with looks
Well I like the new face.. he reminds me of http://topnews.in/light/files/daniel_day_lewis11.jpg a little! But I wouldn't mind if CDP tweak it a little, make him look a bit younger (not too much, he's not your teenage hero), to please the girls, and those who think he's too old in the cover. Everyone should feel comfortable with it..
Geralt does look a bit too old in the cover, some editing would be nice. He looks fine in the game though, which is what's more important.
I apologize, I can't remember for the life of me, the only thing I remember is that it's some sort of cursed scar. And now I'm curious too, anybody has some info on the scar?Anwell said:
First of all I must say that I'm among the proponents of the Geralt's new look. Now, finally we've got a (more or less accurate) Witcher from the books. It may for some look a bit old, but, as Reds say, he just drank a potion, he is tired etc. The books are full of quotations which describe Geralt's wrinkles and scary look. For example (caution - amateur translation):Corylea said:What I see people saying is NOT that Geralt isn't attractive enough but that he's TOO OLD. People have been saying things like, "He should have a steel cane and a silver cane," or "I'd feel bad, making that old guy go out and fight," or "He must not have pirouettes in TW2 because his arthritis is acting up."We know that Geralt isn't supposed to be conventionally handsome, and I don't think any of the people who are complaining want him to be. He's supposed to look bad-ass, not classically beautiful. We're saying that he looks too old to look bad-ass. That's a different thing!Corylea said:I don't see why everybody is so caught up with looks
Sapkowski said:
I know that for foreign players it may be a bit shocking change, 'cause they used to Geralt's look from the first game, and books aren't so well know among them. It's quite strange character creation politics performed by Red's, but i really like the final effect... and the Sorceress were attracted to Geralt not because he had the Casanova look, only because of his otherness, because of the emotions that he caused, and out of curiosity, why is this Yennfer still comes back to him.Sapkowski said:
Good point! Many sorceresses were really interested in him only because they knew that Yennefer was too, and wanted to find out for themselves and aditionaly hurt Yennefer.Narsereg said:First of all I must say that I'm among the proponents of the Geralt's new look. Now, finally we've got a (more or less accurate) Witcher from the books. It may for some look a bit old, but, as Reds say, he just drank a potion, he is tired etc. The books are full of quotations which describe Geralt's wrinkles and scary look. For example (caution - amateur translation):Narsereg said:What I see people saying is NOT that Geralt isn't attractive enough but that he's TOO OLD. People have been saying things like, "He should have a steel cane and a silver cane," or "I'd feel bad, making that old guy go out and fight," or "He must not have pirouettes in TW2 because his arthritis is acting up."We know that Geralt isn't supposed to be conventionally handsome, and I don't think any of the people who are complaining want him to be. He's supposed to look bad-ass, not classically beautiful. We're saying that he looks too old to look bad-ass. That's a different thing!Narsereg said:I don't see why everybody is so caught up with looksSapkowski said:I know that for foreign players it may be a bit shocking change, 'cause they used to Geralt's look from the first game, and books aren't so well know among them. It's quite strange character creation politics performed by Red's, but i really like the final effect... and the Sorceress were attracted to Geralt not because he had the Casanova look, only because of his otherness, because of the emotions that he caused, and out of curiosity, why is this Yennfer still comes back to him.Sapkowski said:
re: the whole 'cover' argument.most of the folks i know are planning to get the game regardless of what some promo image looks like.as for the folks who don't know what the game is? well, here in the US, virtually no PC games (except the sims and WoW) are sold at retail anymore.so anyone who doesn't know what the witcher 2 is, but is looking to buy it is 1. on steam2. on GoG.com3. on D2D or any of the other myriad digital download sites. and they're going to be looking at recommendations from their friends, screenshots, videos, developer diaries, fan threads, twitter, etc. to help them make their decision.the box art really doesn't come into the equation in digital distribution. maybe some of you are lucky enough to live in countries where PC game retail sales aren't beyond dead. but here in america, your "new to the witcher series" prospective buyer is not going to base their purchase on ONE PIECE OF COVER ART./2cents