First ...Henry Cavill looks the part in a series that looks the part, there is obviously money and attention to detail behind this series.. But, well first let me say I've never played the games and on hearing about this series in the works listened to the first few audio-books at night while dozing off so I had the general gist of what the character was and the world he existed in but having binged the series now Ive got to say there's a serious lack of character development and the over all story telling quality is some how lacking... I know GOT is somewhat an unfair comparison well at least until you get to the last two seasons especially the final season... but both are fantasy based created from a series of novels and GOT set a bench mark for lifting characters from a novel and bringing them to life to such a degree you really care about them and invest in their story lines and character arcs just as much as you do when you delve into the books.. This series 'the witcher' just doesn't have that depth...sure you stick with it like I did because all the other ingredients are there settings, special effects (with the exception of that sylvan goat or fawn like character that looked like 'yeah that wasn't there when they were filming' kinda obvious effects) actors and acting all there but whether its the fault of the director or script writer or who ever but its missing that attention you got in GOT where there was equal importance given to characters talking and interacting in small settings allowing you to develop a relationship with them as the characters did with each other as there was to giant battles and all the other good stuff we demand from a fantasy series now... Peter Jackson kicked if off with LOTR but given Tolkien was an almost turgid writer with descriptions Jackson had a lot of meat on the bone to work with and he delivered a masterpiece of cinematic history... GOT followed up showing the same could be done for the small screen BUT the Witcher just dosnt step up You can enjoy it, but no one is ever going to be invested as they were with LOTR or GOT as a newbie to the story line...perhaps game players and fans of the books will be far more invested given they have a lot more backstory and personal investment already but if like me you have only a passing knowledge then you are left with out the Wow factor you were left with after watching GOT after a few episodes or LOTR for the first time... I know I'm being negative and there are things that stand out in The Witcher.. the sword fights are spectacular and deliciously violent, Human relations are raw and brutal and your given a real feel of the time its set in with the settings its just it would all have been so much better if the core character development and attention to detail and bit more 'love' given to exploring and displaying those character arcs in a richer fabric than its cut from here.