Fowyr
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What? he was very popular in the Eastern Europe long before games. I think I read Witcher first time in '97 or '98.Random potato writer who only got international fame due to video game adaptation
What? he was very popular in the Eastern Europe long before games. I think I read Witcher first time in '97 or '98.Random potato writer who only got international fame due to video game adaptation
There's a special audience in Central/Eastern Europe. Things made in Germany, Poland, Ukraine, Russia are very popular in those countries, whereas often not as much anywhere else (though they still might be known).What? he was very popular in the Eastern Europe long before games. I think I read Witcher first time in '97 or '98.Random potato writer who only got international fame due to video game adaptation
Western, Southern and Northern Europe have a bit different tastes, they don't seem to enjoy gloomy, hostile and depressing atmosphere as much
his awesome books (not just Witcher, but Hussite saga as well)
They enjoy plenty of that if it's from Japan - oppressively difficult akshun, weird-ass horrors.
They enjoy plenty of that if it's from Japan - oppressively difficult akshun, weird-ass horrors.
You feel oppressed by the Souls games because you suck.
The idea was to get back to the mood of the short stories and it kinda worked. It's much better than his later books (final part of the Witcher saga included), which just means that it's actually fun to read.I haven't yet read his newest addition "Season of Storms", which is set between the short stories in the The Last Wish. Is it good? What's the potatolander's opinion?
From what I heard, it's the opposite. He sold the rights for a flat fee to - then - unknown developer. Now they are worth over $1 billion, and he isn't getting shit from it.
What does being a slav have to do with his literary work?Hm, and here I thought Sapkowski's literary works and their sales suffered because he's a complete off the rail alcoholic. Who knew.
He drinks so much he cannot squat, see?What does being a slav have to do with his literary work?Hm, and here I thought Sapkowski's literary works and their sales suffered because he's a complete off the rail alcoholic. Who knew.
That's definitely a problem.He drinks so much he cannot squat, see?What does being a slav have to do with his literary work?Hm, and here I thought Sapkowski's literary works and their sales suffered because he's a complete off the rail alcoholic. Who knew.
I bet he got his fat paycheck after the Witcher games, so I would really shut the fuck if I were him.
From what I heard, it's the opposite. He sold the rights for a flat fee to - then - unknown developer. Now they are worth over $1 billion, and he isn't getting shit from it.
That's a feature, not bug. Would expect storyfag of all people to get that.his awesome books (not just Witcher, but Hussite saga as well)
Fuck off, the Hussite saga is so bad, I don't even know where to start. It's just a chain of random events, with no single of Reynevan's actions ending as intended.
Sapkowski is not as smart as he thinks he is, but it doesn't change the fact that the games aren't very good (outside of production values in case of 2 and 3).
And I understand his butthurt to be honest. The cdp's approach to the lore is all over the fucking place and I think comparing it to Fallout series, where F1-2 would be the books and FT-3 and 4 the games, is a pretty apt analogy. I mean, resurrecting the main protagonist that you wanted to, and did, kill off with the worst possible cliche of "but he has amnesia hurrrr" on top alone is probably more than enough to feel a sting up one's rectum.
Though there is also a possibility that he doesn't even know what happens in the games and is just grumpy for the sake of being grumpy.
Hm, interesting. Any quotes on that? Thought it might actually be right, considering he was obviously tired with the story and the characters and pretty much took a dump on it all with the final book.The only thing Sapkowski knows about the story in games is the amnesia thing and completely new plot that takes place after events from his books.
And he is completely FINE with this.
Video with english subtitles.Hm, interesting. Any quotes on that? Thought it might actually be right, considering he was obviously tired with the story and the characters and pretty much took a dump on it all with the final book.The only thing Sapkowski knows about the story in games is the amnesia thing and completely new plot that takes place after events from his books.
And he is completely FINE with this.
So wait, did he take a flat fee upfront when they licensed the property from him or something? Because I doubt he would keep up with this nonsense if he was getting royalties, residuals or whatever you call them.
They enjoy plenty of that if it's from Japan - oppressively difficult akshun, weird-ass horrors.
You feel oppressed by the Souls games because you suck.
I love Souls games and you suck your mom's drooping clit.