So the Villains (Wild Hunt)...... HUGE SPOILERS !
Some months before release, I made a thread in which I argued that Eredin does not have enough leverage to be the main villain.
You can find it here http://forums.cdprojektred.com/thre...redin)-Just-Doesn-t-cut-it-for-me-(SPOILERS!)
Turns out I was right, correct me If I'm wrong but even Eredin's two main elfs kick more ass than he. Hell Imlerith displays far more character than him maybe even Caranthir.
In total I would argue that Eredin has no more than 10 sentences in the whole game. A few of which are generic villain garbage ("Long Live The King, Any Last Words?"). So basically we have a villain that wasn't supposed to be frightening, turns out that he isn't frightening and that he has no character, literally none in my opinion to distinguish him. There was once a dialogue with Avalach where he implies that Eredin is consumed by the fear of the White Frost and that he will elaborate it more later, but nothing of it really.
It is Imlerith that takes the crown really, he shows SOME interesting personality at least and Caranthir is badass (still more than Eredin) no question about it, but he also has nothing interesting going for him.
So the surmise, Eredin does not present anything interesting or badass and is even out shined by his henchmen. So why am I so pissed when my exact prediction turned out correct?
Well it's because of this :
If you type in the name of the game the chances are you will see Eredin or the Wild hunt on video thumbnails, google images etc. They have a descent amount of screen time on the trailers.
That's where the problem lies, HYPE, as always. The villains were hyped and hyped like this unstoppable danger that also has something interesting deeper behind it. To me the trailers implied Geralt will met them in person more often during the chase for Ciri and that a lot darker things were going to happen than one cheap death (Visimir's death is a whole subject on it's own, but you can argue it's a good death here) and three or two Skelligans.
Instead what we got was, Geralt not even breaking a sweat too beat the King of The Wild Hunt while almost dying against his henchmen.
Which is a damn shame really, I was secretly hoping in the end that Eredin will turn out a tragic villain, or that Avalach is indeed the greater foe and we must unite with Eredin or kill him to late to find out. Also Caranthir seemed like he could have been way way more. An inferiority complex towards Ciri would have been a start, since he seems to be by far the most powerful person in the Wild Hunt, hell in the entire game even.
A lot of this leads me to believe that it was the Wild Hunt were CDPR had to cut, which is bearable but I would have much more preferred to get to know them instead of the Crones...
Some months before release, I made a thread in which I argued that Eredin does not have enough leverage to be the main villain.
You can find it here http://forums.cdprojektred.com/thre...redin)-Just-Doesn-t-cut-it-for-me-(SPOILERS!)
Turns out I was right, correct me If I'm wrong but even Eredin's two main elfs kick more ass than he. Hell Imlerith displays far more character than him maybe even Caranthir.
In total I would argue that Eredin has no more than 10 sentences in the whole game. A few of which are generic villain garbage ("Long Live The King, Any Last Words?"). So basically we have a villain that wasn't supposed to be frightening, turns out that he isn't frightening and that he has no character, literally none in my opinion to distinguish him. There was once a dialogue with Avalach where he implies that Eredin is consumed by the fear of the White Frost and that he will elaborate it more later, but nothing of it really.
It is Imlerith that takes the crown really, he shows SOME interesting personality at least and Caranthir is badass (still more than Eredin) no question about it, but he also has nothing interesting going for him.
So the surmise, Eredin does not present anything interesting or badass and is even out shined by his henchmen. So why am I so pissed when my exact prediction turned out correct?
Well it's because of this :
That's where the problem lies, HYPE, as always. The villains were hyped and hyped like this unstoppable danger that also has something interesting deeper behind it. To me the trailers implied Geralt will met them in person more often during the chase for Ciri and that a lot darker things were going to happen than one cheap death (Visimir's death is a whole subject on it's own, but you can argue it's a good death here) and three or two Skelligans.
Instead what we got was, Geralt not even breaking a sweat too beat the King of The Wild Hunt while almost dying against his henchmen.
Which is a damn shame really, I was secretly hoping in the end that Eredin will turn out a tragic villain, or that Avalach is indeed the greater foe and we must unite with Eredin or kill him to late to find out. Also Caranthir seemed like he could have been way way more. An inferiority complex towards Ciri would have been a start, since he seems to be by far the most powerful person in the Wild Hunt, hell in the entire game even.
A lot of this leads me to believe that it was the Wild Hunt were CDPR had to cut, which is bearable but I would have much more preferred to get to know them instead of the Crones...
