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[–] illi@lemm.ee 0 points 8 months ago

The difference is the games are an original story, that builds on the skeleton the books provided. This is what it was from the get go. It used the same characters and lore and built on what the books did.

The TV show is supposed to be adaptation of the story that is, and bringing it to different medium. But they decided to take the rough outline of the story and make a original story around it, while calling it an adaptation. At least they could've been honest about it - they could've take the world of the Witcher and make an original story out if it, but that's not what they went for. They did so with Nightmare of the Wolf and I liked that one (despite it also taking major liberties with established lore).