I enjoyed the first season a decent bit. Overall the production quality is good, though not very 'even'. Sometimes it is amazing, sometimes quite mediocre, sometimes the choreography & effects are great, other times quite mediocre, sometimes the filming is great, other times very mediocre, etc.

I think they should have done the writing and the pacing of the story differently. In some episodes there are quite dramatic events happening- and you just dont care. Okay, some person is dying, oh how sad it is. Except it isnt, because why would i care about that character? Why are they filming it in a way as if they think it is dramatic for me? It isnt, i barely know what character that is. The very first episode suffers from this, though later episides kind of "fill you in" on why you should care, and stuff. But thats what i am saying, this mixed pacing of the different characters, the mixing timelines, it isnt done very well IMO. They should have done it differently, maybe even skipping the whole Ciri storyline the first season, and focus more on Geralt and Yennefer, maybe just doing Ciri at the end.

I think they should have done casting a bit differently. The actress who plays Yennefer is doing the best she can, but she is the wrong person for the role, Yennefer should be a much older actress, not some teenager/ young adult, they shouldve picked someone in their 30's/ 40's for the role, used the character in the video game for inspiration.

Acting is mostly quite good, and there is quite a bit of humour in this show, which i like. Though it sometimes feels like the directing is quite bad, so the acting comes across as being 'awkward' at times, if i had to pick a word.

As the title says, this isnt game of thrones. I already mentioned the timelines, the format of the show from episide to episode is different from GoT. This is still an "adult" show, like GoT, there is gore, nudity and swearing. I know the books tackle some 'adult' themes as well, and some of them are touched upon in the first season as well, but i feel like some of them could have been done a bit better in the show, with better writing, directing and casting. This show also has way more focus on fantasy and the supernatural compared to GoT. The word 'destiny' will appear a lot in this show. I would say the Witcher is kind of like a mix between Buffy the vampire slayer and Game of Thrones. If that makes sense.

Overall a positive score for me, but i think some of the choices they made here in the first season were the wrong ones, and they cant really be fixed for a 2nd season. So thats a shame.