And don't start at "Because Cyberpunk is dark, hur dur" becasue Witcher universe if you read books is as dark and unfair as Cyberpunk one. Yet you can get happy end.
I would argue it's as dark as cyberpunk, but it's far more subversive and self-aware. one of my all-time favourite things from the books, the thing I liked the most even when reading it as a kid, is the fact that Nilfgaard isn't some one-note evil empire. it starts like that in the first two books in short storied, but then our lord and savior Emhyr swags into the throne room, puts his legs on the armrests of his throne, and proceeds to evolve as a person throughout the saga, having, in the end, an arc better than some MCs get in worse stories, taking his country with him on this quest.
here, at least in this thread, we keep hearing about how dark everything should be, how corporations are the absolute bad guys and how there is only one way to go because it's a tragedy and V, supposedly, is a bad person who deserves their suffering, like we shouldn't challenge the trops and canons for some reason. how do they not cut themselves in the morning on so much edge?