I played the witcher 3 to 100% completion, i love the fantasy genre provided it has a certain level of maturity, and i think many reviewers on here have a far too negative attitude when their dissapointments motivate them to write reviews on IMDB.

That being said: i mostly liked the witcher. High production value, some great acting, and stays very true to the Witcher universe i've come to know from the aforementioned game. I love how seriously and respectfully Henry Cavill has taken on the role. I can imagine it's hard to immerse yourself in such a (previously) niche and quite hyperbolic character, since most fantasy characters have some very caricaturistic traits.

The most import substantial point of criticism i have is the confusing timeline, and the fact that little help is offered to guide the viewer through the chronology of the story. The confusion for me started as soon as ep1, "when i thought: how can this Calanthe be the grandmother of Siri, her being so young still, or maybe i just misunderstood?", but later the explanation turned out to be that Jodhi May had already been cast as Pavetta's mother, and (this is my speculation i admit) only later it was decided that the same actress could also do Calanthe at a time much after, when her granddaughter Ciri was a young woman. The whole fact that we the viewers were switching back and forth between different time periods only dawned on me much too late. And by that time, some of my commitment to, or immersion in, the story had already been lost. And if this goes for me, then it probably goes fore more viewers, because i have a relatively high tolerance when it concerns my suspension of disbelief (i'm also real bad at spotting plot holes, and good at explaining them away)

There were some other minor things that i didn't like. The way Jaskier sings for example, really gets on my nerves. The whole way the songs are written, and the way Jaskier performs them, feel like modern pop songs. Yes yes, it's a fantasy universe and who am i to dictate its rules, but isn't it a standard trait of these medieval looking D&D-derivate fantasies that not only the way people dress, their technology, the way they live, the way people talk, but also what the music sounds like, is more or less medieval-like? And there is some truly bad acting standing out here and there. One example: when Geralt rushes Jaskier into a village looking for a mage healer: pay attention to the guy Geralt asks if there is a mage in town. The guy casually smoking a pipe and pointing him in the right direction.. i know right?

But i admit that those last points of criticism are highly subjective. The part about the time jumping and confusing chronology though: kind of a big factor in what this series could have been vs what it turned out to be.

Apart from that: omg those visuals, great casting, superb action scenes. Much more to like than not to like.