This is a review of someone who haven't played the games or read the books but have heard of the witcher books & video games so i know the general outline. The show built the world okay in the first couple of episodes & you don't have to have witcher background to keep up most of the times. But it falls short when it come to building relationships between certain characters like yennefer & geralt. Their relationship developed too quickly & became too attached & reliant on each considering how independent & strong they are, it's clear that the writers wanted to develop their story line quickly & they relied on the books & the game fans to understand why they are the way they are but to anyone else it just seems too out of character for both of them to trust & fall for someone so fast. This is the major reason it can't be compared to game of thrones as GOT delivered character building world while fantasy took a back seat. The witcher is revolving around fantasy & magic & how that changes & develops the characters in the show. Neither is better or worse as it's too early to judge. It's just they're completely different shows with completely different ways of telling a story