I was not expecting much from this. Most of the time a movie or TV series based on a video game is poorly done, capitalizing on the previous works in a cash grab. In this case I was pleasantly surprised. The characters are believable, and make you want to see where it goes. While I do believe that Henry Cavil's role is great, I feel that if he were not in it, it would still hold up. These turn out to be the best shows, when you don't expect much and get totally floored by how good it is.

Now here is where I will get flamed. People compare this to GOT. I think, and this is just my lowly opinion, both are equally as good. From a business side, The Witchers total budget was about the same as one episode of GOT. Beware if you have small children, there are a few instances of nudity.