Nothing is perfect, and I give props to the cast & crew for their significant effort in making this game a show. We all know: it could have ended up like the poorly made Seeker of Truth (my favorite book series, terrible TV series.)

The very beginning is disappointing, underwhelming if you will. I expected something more impressive, or differently impressive at least. Should have started with a bar fight where he uses one of his sigils and surprise the viewers vs. Grabbing a sword under water.

The series is also very dark and depressing in general. I enjoy Tremors because Kevin Bacon and Earl Ward keep up their energy and humor despite unbelievable terror. This show has none of that.

The time fragmentation between episodes becomes more clear depending how close you're watching, but frankly trying to copy Quentin Tarantino is just a bad idea unless you know what you're doing.

The main actor, Henry Cavill, is excellent and the LAST person I would cast for that part, but turned out to be amazing. Yennifer is also great. But otherwise you could substitute any other actor and the show would not change.

Story is pretty base-line, there isn't much interest in side-stories, just the main focus.

The show doesn't portray as much as the game does, I wish there were more monsters and more Geralt-action, but so be it.

The ending is a complete cliffhanger, waiting to see how things turn out. I can only guess the 2nd season will begin with Geralt trying to train Ceri and she messes up and gets frustrated at Geralt and there is tension that ends up getting resolved by the end of the first episode. Its too obvious because anyone that makes TV and movies now-a-days follows a scripted template. Mark my words, it could be better with people who have good original ideas vs. Youtube stars and millennial undergrads.

*Season 2 update*

Unfortunately the shows writing is really driving the series into the ground. Season 1 wasn't exactly a nail-biter, and now its even less engaging. The main spell caster (Yennifer) can't casts spells through the whole season; that was a terrible idea. Why not make the 3rd season have Geralt lose his swords and his magic too? And what do you know, I called Ciri and Geralt fighting like father and teenage daughter.

Ultimately if the writers don't get their heads out of their rear ends and start coming up with more intriguing dialog and plots, this show is going to crash and burn before it even gets started. It's a shame they don't just listen to the fans.