First the good things about "The Witcher": The dark atmosphere from the books and games is caught perfectly! The cast does a wonderful job to fit the character descriptions from the book, especially Geralt and Yennefer! The sceneries are perfectly chosen and filled with excellent action und believable special effects!

But newbies to the franchise be warned: Especially the first episode might be highly confusing due to the lack of a clear description of the various timelines and a huge amount of names, places and kingdoms without an introduction. The series continues to stay in the microcosmos of Geralt, Yennefer and Ciri and with further progress in the episodes it gets more and more familiar.

"The Witcher" is a great fantasy-series, not only for the existing fanbase! But having read the books and/or played the games will be very useful for understanding the events and characters and to set a context to the locations and the timeline. True Witcher-Fans may add an extra star to the review ;-)