Something that frustrates me about most historical fiction is that the hero is almost always out of place and time. The hero and his companions act and hold beliefs like a modern westerner, even when everyone around them doesn't. Even when the belief was so ubiquitous that it was held by 99% of the population. Somehow, your hero is always in that 1%.
This is even worse in RPGs because they offer you a choice, but that choice is usually limited to "be nice like a westerner" or "ignore it."
@matrix
EXACTLY:
I think you posted this already, but I just wanted to point out the significance of this change.
They changed the model of Henry from KCD 1 to 2 to make him chadified... But: He's not supposed to look like that. If you're playing a witcher, obviously your body will be a mountain of muscules. But you will NOT look like that on a medieval diet. It's just not happening.
@LukeAlmighty I dunno. Here it could simply be a difference in camera angle and ingame vs prerendered. I barely looked at his face in game though since it's covered by a helmet.
He also was acknowledged as a son of a noble so he did probably get access to more meat.
You are correct though that on a medieval peasant's diet you would not be able to build muscle.
@LukeAlmighty also Gerald isn't the best example, because they made him more attractive and human in the games.
@matrix @LukeAlmighty Geralt is one of the worst examples, he's supposed to be lithe and generally off-putting
@LukeAlmighty @matrix yeah, I am also talking about this, and this is, like, very Not Canon, they chadified him before selling to the western audiences, too
dunno if there are mods to make him more lithe and less of a chad (there's a dad bod mod, but that's also ain't it)
@tomie @matrix
Ok... Not what I wanted to talk about, but suuure.
Is this much closer to canon, or do you see the same issue?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2F_Ti_6E_k
@LukeAlmighty @matrix yeah, Witcher 1 is much closer
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@tomie @LukeAlmighty @matrix back when I played in like 2017 there were mods to give him book-accurate skin, hair, and eyes. Not a total body mod though.
@matrix @LukeAlmighty these mods are nice, but don't really fix the body problem
@tomie @LukeAlmighty
This one makes some body changes but I dunno if that's enough
https://www.nexusmods.com/witcher3/mods/2283
@tomie @LukeAlmighty he is in the books
@matrix @LukeAlmighty that's the point
