Netflix’s personal Witcher TV present is, as we all know, based mostly on ye olde novels by Andrzej Sapkowski and never the RPG trilogy by CD Project Red. But we’ve all seen the bath scene, yeah? So we all know there’s among the video game DNA within the small display model of Geralt’s adventures if the place to look. Showrunner Lauren Hissrich says that it’s not simply the White Wolf’s thorough washing that got here from the games. The Witcher 3‘s lovely visuals had been an inspiration as properly.
Hissrich appeared on the Writer Experience podcast the place she talks about watching a pal play when she first began researching for the challenge, regardless of not being a lot of a gamer herself. She says they sat down with some beers to “take in the visuals of the world.” She doesn’t specify which game(s) of the trilogy she’s speaking about right here however I’d wager a wager it’s Wild Hunt extra possible than the unique Witcher and even Assassin of Kings.
“Oftentimes, people think of fantasy as being very dirty and gritty and horrible and everything’s dark,” Hissirch says. “The truth is, The Witcher has a lot of colour, it has a lot of light, a lot of everything to it.” She’s fairly proper. The Witcher Three is gorgeous, particularly if she bought the prospect to see any of the environments from the tremendous fantastical Blood And Wine growth.
“That’s something that I saw in the game—I saw how beautiful the world could be,” Hissrich mentioned. “What a great balance for fantasy. This is real life, right? Even in tragedy in real life, the sun still rises and it sets. That can still be beautiful, even if there’s a war going on next door.” That’s actually true in Wild Hunt. Despite all of the ugliness with Nilfgaard, it’s simple for Geralt to run off the overwhelmed path to seek out some actually beautiful areas—regardless of the monsters.
Aside from broader inspirations, Hissrich additionally acknowledges these bits that remind us particularly of moments from CDPR’s trilogy, saying “There’s a lot of little easter eggs in the show that are basically just there to say ‘video gamers we see you.’ We know you’re here too and we know that you love The Witcher and not just because of the books. So we just want to throw out little things to you as well.”
As a bonus, Hissrich additionally solutions the query “if you could be any of the characters from the show who would you be?” by instantly blurting out “Yennefer. Hands down.” Sit on down, Team Triss.
You can take heed to the whole lot of Writer Experience episode 85 on Soundcloud. Jump to minute 50 to listen to Hissrich speak about being impressed by Wild Hunt’s fairly sunsets and all.
