Many people on earth never heard from the witcher series. Neither from the books, nor from the Videogames.

The series will change this, but will it collect some new fans?

To be honest, I doubt it.

When I first came in contact with the Witcher it was the first video game. I admit I left it, because the way of playing was not really mine. Also the preusdo strategically fighting was hard to get into. I returned to the Witcher 2 and played quite a long time woth it, but I never finished it. Then Witcher 3 came out and thats when I was intrigued.

As I have limited time, my knowledge about the univeree was limited to fhe games. But, I had knowledge and that is what got me watching the series to its end and have fun with it.

The series has very good potential, the fighting choreography and the visual style is really top notch. The acting has in some characters a high potential but maybe some characters like Ciri where not written out to good in the first season. Henry Cavill, which I honestly doubted before this series, mails the grumpy witcher in most scenes and even does some fan service for the gamers with mimicking the witchers voice.

But then there is the flaws. Timelines are mixed up for no real reason. We saw a mix of timelines in Westworld, and there it made sense and had a good catch. Here it is just not really meaningful and necessary. There is no reason to create a fake A-Ha effect. Also characters like Yennefer might be a good acted, close to the books decision, but for newcomers they might not be a reason to return to the show. To little is known about the universe after season 1 and that makes it below an 8 for me. Because its a fan service but not catchy at all for many people.