Having read the books and played the games I was happy to hear of this show and Henry as Geralt alongside Freya as Ciri is a great choice.

But mostly I came here to say that S2 feels like what a friend of mine told me about his experience with S1, that he didn't understand the flashback scenes and was confused about the whole Ciri child of surprise element having not read or played the games which seemed a common theme and understandable I'd probably been confused as well if I hadn't already known witcher lore.

But in S2 I feel confused not because of the flashback time jumps which seem ditched in favor of a more linear story but because the pacing and characters besides Ciri and Geralt are given new paths to link up with the main plot but they just aren't written as well and it just feels like season 2 is a B-side of Season 1, it feels like they cut writers and put all production efforts into getting you hooked in the first season so they can milk it.