Edit: downrated to an 8 only because of season 1, the rest is barely a five. And I base this on the first episode of season 3, who are the writers? What is happening within the industry?

Edit of the edit: final rating 6.

Edit nr.3: after watching the first 5 episodes, this is worse than I thought. 5/10.

Original:

I have never been a fan of anyhting Witcher, never read the books or played the games, so no idea of any plot points.

Once I finished watching I wanted to know so much more about the entire realm amd characters, and the entire mythology.

Now every review I have read, says we cannot compare it to GoT, but I will. I liked The Witcher season one much more then most of the entire 7 year torture that was GoT.

Why do I like it better? Because The Witcher says it is a tv show set in a magical realm full with monsters and people and elves and many others races and that is what it gives you.

Magic and mages, monsters and monster hunters all doing what they're suppose to, this is something GoT wanted to be about, bit never reached to even 30% of the potential it had for it. In the Witcher you do not wait for the magic to appear, if there are dragons they are ready to spit fire right away, you do not wait for the dragons to grow up in about 4-5 years.

The chronology of the events is a bit messed up, I will admit it to, but since you'll want to watch it a second time, like I did, it all makes sense then. I would actually rather say that the chronology isn't clear enough.

In any case this is a must watch, you don't have to like it or to even be better then GoT :-).