Lightice said:
This may be a shock to you, but the people who designed Sauron's armour for the LotR films did not in fact invent the spiky, evil black knight archetype. The design has been a staple of various RPGs since the 1980's and fantasy literature since the early 20th century. Its origins in turn come from centuries of folklore and mythology. If you imagine that someone could claim origin or ownership of the look, you are badly mistaken. I'm quite certain that the good folks at CDProjekt are aiming at the archetype, not any specific reference whatsoever.
First things first. You haven`t even adressed the point I was making. And now you try to put into my mouth something I never told. Typical. I ask again do you feel wild hunt`s armour to be similar to LoTr ones?
I meant that the whole concept of EVIL LOOKING ARMOUR is bad to begin with. It`s like watching `Murican films. You know how is the vilian just by looking at the the actors/paying attention to the music changes when a charater first appears on the screen.
It`s so shallow, too shallow for the TW world. This is elves, not forces of utter evil.Do you disagree?This is THE witcher, where shade of grey suppose to be the leading colour. It`s too filmy, too comic book, too
childishto me.
Evles of Wither world(all of them) are merciless to be sure, yes, they do think of humanity as a lower race, true.
BUT they are evles, nonetheless. Either in wither world or in world of the wild hunt they strive to do beautiful things.
Becasue this is the lore books gave us.
Do you really believe they should look like hard-core etternal evil invaders form hell?
Does men-at-arms of Kaedwen, Redania, Temeria look like an army of darkness?And they are no better than elves mind you, they pillage, rape and kill common folk for nothing. It is presumed they are even responsilbe for non-human purges. How it is they are shown as a bunch of normal man? Normal clothing and armour. Please have a decency to answer to any of those arguments.
Lightice said:
Unless, ofcourse, you pay attention to the Wild Hunt scenes in The Witcher 2. It very specifically states that the Hunt normally appears in spectral form, as the Aen Elle normally only send their wraiths across the border between worlds, but sometimes they cross physically when they have the need to do so. It's pretty clear that in this game they intend to invade Geralt's world in force, and that means coming through in person. It's a plot point, not a mistake. Here's one of many points where this is mentioned throughout the story in TW2 alone. I'm sure that they will reiterate it many times more in TW3 for the sake of new players and those who are slow on the uptake.
I should not adress this, becasue it`s all irrelevenat, you don`t even argue about the book arguments. I said it I just want it to be somewhat logical with the books. Vague TW2 story ,which actually does not mentions a possible invasion as you claim, is not a relevant point of comparison to me.
We don`t discuss here who gets to invade who`s world. It`s not the point. The point I made perfectly clear is this; I want the whole wild hunt thing to be
logicaly believable. Making Aen Elle elves THE EVIL OF THE UNIVERSE is a mistake. Especially, when lore tells us that they did came in the end, took their elvish brothers with them and went away long after the Saga. An invasion? Please...
