After binging all of it , i can now safely say that this show is nowhere near masterclass. First of all, this series spend way to much time on things that doesn't matter, on characters we don't care about. The overall feeling i have after seeing the entire first season is that this is adapted very close to how the games work, where we have Geralt walking from one place to the other, picking up side quests as he goes along.

Now side quests are perfectly fine in Games, but they are called side quests for a reason, and this TV show should be more focused on it's core narrative. It does however start to pick up by episode 5 or thereabouts, but by then i was really tired of watching things that didn't matter.

You could actually draw parallels from this show to "The Mandalorian", they are sort of based on the same story narrative. Where the protagonist walks from one place to the next, picking up jobs on the way. But the entire tone is completely different, as "The Mandalorian" doesn't take itself too seriously, and loves to play around a bit, "The Witcher" is the opposite. So IMO, this fall "The Mandalorian" was a big surprise and a series i find quite entertaining, while "The Witcher" disappoints.

The acting in The Witcher isn't that good either, i mean, it really isn't. The costumes aren't that great either. The entire show feels cheap in places it shouldn't feel cheap. If you are going to make a dead serious show, you better have the money behind it.

But the cinematography are at times spectacular, with beautiful landscape shots with great color grading. But when it comes to battle sequences, they could be shot way better. Before this show came out, the producers said this show would make GoT fighting scenes look dull, that's not the case what so ever. For everyone who saw "Battle of the Bastards", you know it would take some effort to make those scenes look dull. It is of course possible to make something better, but this show isn't one of those shows.

This show is as it stands right now, rated way too high.

The show gets better with each episode, but not much. First season overall is not much more than a mediocre experience which should focus more on being a TV series, rather than a computer game.

6/10 - Fair