While I think that GoT adaption point is a valid one, I’d personally expand in that people kind of believed that everything that went wrong was because it strayed from the original material. Which became this easy scapegoat about the drop in quality despite the fact that the later books had massive issues in…

As has been pointed out several times here already, there’s a relatively easy explanation to why Cavill decided to leave the show. With that then stated, there are two for me interesting aspects when looking at this collection of quotes and interpretations.

Well, but then AV Club couldn’t chuckle how clever, snarky and clearly above it all they are.

I have to be honest, you are the first person I’ve seen comment that someone was more of an asshole in the show than in the books.

This is what makes the whole debate so hilarious as there was a clear shift from the DC side here. Cavill had already committed to playing Superman for a long time before this before that changed and has spoken highly about having wanted to do more with that role.

Yeah, what I cannot get over is switching over to Liam Hemsworth. It might work if they were making another character to take over, but Liam just has never shown anywhere the capability to play someone like Geralt.

The True(TM) adaptation discussion is always fascinating as it somehow requires accepting the idea that the original story is somehow independent of the medium it was originally told in. I mean there are adherents to that approach, but I can’t think of many cases where it has worked even when trying to shift things…

I’m trying to figure out what the hell is could be. I mean I guess technically it could be about Pamela Voorhees, but isn’t necessarily a Camp Crystal story.

The worst thing here is that those examples made me realize that Chris might actually do a good job as Geralt.

Interestingly the success of this one is being driven more by the international market as it has done considerably more business there. To make things even more intriguing, it actually secured a Chinese release date, relatively soon even, so there is a chance that might buoy those numbers even more.

I’m going to argue against the role not requiring a lot of complex emoting as I do genuinely think that Cavill did a ton in that role. The whole point of his take on Geralt was to constantly convey that as much as Geralt spoke about not caring about things, he truly did. In addition, there was that struggle on how to…

It’s not even that Cavill is leaving, but this recasting is just baffling. This isn’t even an attempt to throw shade at Hemsworth, but why make this announcement at the same time as Cavill’s departure? That would have always drawn negative comparisons between the two, especially since I can’t think of a single…

Can’t say that I feel this being good news. Like in the least. I think Cavill’s performance as Geralt, and the dynamic he and Allan had to infuse Geralt’s and Ciri’s story with genuine emotion, is everything essentially keeping that show afloat and functioning. And I don’t say that lightly as when I watched the second…

I mean, okay. I’m not going to tell you to dislike something, but at the same time those performances are at the center of the story. Besides I’ve seen a lot of positive comments on the main characters’ personalities and interactions in this game, so don’t know if that part is in minority, but the overall story was…

I am taking things as they are. As someone who followed the marketing throughout, I would argue that you are actually filling in some blanks to make your argument. By the way, I’m not claiming anyone should dislike this game.

This is a tricky one to respond to as there are two aspects. First is subjective perspective, which is of course natural when discussing games. I replayed the Arkham Trilogy a while back as well, found them still to be damn awesome on several levels. There are things to touch on in Arkham Knight, especially the…

I’ve mentioned this elsewhere, but this one is still one of my biggest gaming disappointments in a long while. Most likely because I managed to convince myself based on some of the initial buzz that it would actually have that strong story despite the disasterous marketing campaign.

The Mass Effect Trilogy is actually a really fantastic case study for this and it slightly bums me out it isn’t discussed more from this game design perspective.

So first of all, it is impossible to avoid comparisons to the Arkham games when you are making a game that is so clearly patterened after that trilogy. Second, what has been a source of critical comparison is that Arkham Knight game out years ago and somehow has better mechanics than this game.

This one is breaking my heart in a way that no game has in a long while. I think the main cause for that is that I almost willed myself to have some hope just because I wanted it to be good so bad.