The speed running away when predators appearAy, it's a European freshwater fish in the carp family. The English name is of obscure origin.
Notice any similarities?
Why does the horse look a little bit like this?
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That's just the result of the moment when I captured the screenshot from the trailer. I wasn't trying for a flattering portrait.Why does the horse look a little bit like this?
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Well that was my impression, or that you could tame wild horses at least. But I'm not sure anymore, given that we can call for Roach anytime and new additions like blinders and such reducing fear level. In books Geralt used Heliotrope sign for that though, and not Axii. Check previous posts in thread because I know this has been discussed before.
Yeah, the eye. That's actually a pretty common fish around these parts. Also gives me an idea, why would Czechs change the name so radically. Doesn't really roll off the tongue as Polish płotka.
Thanks for the direction: I found something, but not quite what I wanted. I see that we had some information about taming horses, but that appears to have been over a year ago! http://forums.cdprojektred.com/threads/20991-Interviews-and-Articles-on-TW3?p=805488&viewfull=1#post805488 A lot could have changed since then . . . .
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The German name is closer: Plötze -- which is derived from the Slavic word, which ultimately seems to mean 'flatfish'. Not that this clarifies much, but still interesting. I imagine the Czech name was changed for the same reasons as to why 'Dandelion' was chosen over 'Buttercup', in English.
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Aye, hence my hesitation. Here, found the article:
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-03-01-the-witcher-3-no-qtes-a-50-hour-quest-no-xp-for-killing-only-for-quests
Two years old, much of the things mentioned aren't in game any longer.
But, given that there are still wild horses in game, as seen in the latest trailer...who knows?
Yeah it's got one "plot" or another in that word in all west slavic versions, even russian IIRC. Slovenes call it red eye tho.
About Dandelion, in Czech version they took some funny liberties with the names of people named after flowers in general.
Triss ended up having last name Ranuncul(us) and Dandelion actually ended up as Marigold
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Those name changes from the original bothered me actually, for some time, before I got use to it. I'm still not sure, whos call was it.
In czech (and thus I presume in polish as well) Triss's second name is Ranuncul and Dandelion is Marigold. Now who would mess everything up by naming her Merigold? Yes, it's still a flower, but a different one in a different language, and it messes up Dandelion's (Marigold's) name. Everytime I think about this I wanna slap someone responsible. Makes no sense whatsoever.
Anyway - taming horses would be a nice thing. Not really consistent with the lore (Geralt cba to do such thing), but since Roach is basically any new horse he gets his hands on, it wouldn't really be a problem. He doesn't care for his horse as Ciri does for Kelpie, for example.
You have to admit calling horse Plotice and a world famous bard Pryskyřník would be super weird.
All right, we have it from the recent Game Trailers Twitch (http://www.twitch.tv/gametrailers/v/4042650), with Damien, that axii can be used to tame animals -- like goats -- and calm your horse. Good to know.
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You're not one of the people from Game Trailers: they even had a name for one, already -- 'Steve'. Practically, I guess you could use a goat as bait for monsters.Why would I want to tame a goat?
So I shall tame her, name her Betty and then tie her to a pole in the wild as a bait?
Brutal. There are people having trouble killing rabid wolves that try to eat them, mind you
Brutal. There are people having trouble killing rabid wolves that try to eat them, mind you