The Witcher 2 Commentary - A Grand Experiment

[@NakeyJakey]

5 hours?? That’s it?????

[@nono-zc1dj]

Make another video dequan

[@MeanMustard650]

Damn you really were pumped for this.

[@legoforever1234]

5 hours and 5 minutes, like I tell my gf, 5 minutes is a lot of time

[@paulgemperlein626]

Jebecky

[@DrEcho]

bruh

[@FabulousResults]

"you'll recall, of course, 4 hours earlier in this video" I hate that you can say this and I go, "ah yes, of course."

[@Nicolae_Mew]

It's like a math textbook. "You might remember this obscure formula that we barely mentioned 500 pages ago. Well now it's super important."

[@dig8634]

@@Nicolae_Mew My math book going "last book we taught you this" when I used a different publisher, and it wasn't a year ago like is intended, but three years ago, and that part wasn't in the book because I know for a fact their version of the current one teaches it instead so I just have to figure it out on my own

[@OctagonCookies]

@Kyle Riel What a stupid comment.

[@genoli]

@Kyle Riel lol it almost has 2 million views clearly people still care

[@jellyfish1613]

My memory with most things: absolute horseshit My memory with every little inclination and detail of this video when I’ve only watched it once so far: absolutely magnificent

[@fizzymilk2246]

What no-one has realized is that the Witcher 3 video is already out, it's just taken KZbin 6 months to download and process it

[@cucarachx]

you got one month for this to be true

[@SKRRTCOBAIN00]

U better be right kmt

[@MichaelDonovan1107]

Now 11

[@annadevries5785]

10 days

[@iknodewae4578]

5

[@salomonsaachz6823]

Maybe the real The Witcher 3 video is the friends we made along the way.

[@todd3143]

i’ve made no friends along the way so what does that mean for me?! do i just not have any witcher 3? dammit!

[@TheMrBigJeff]

Hello friends! Let me introduce myself and my profession: I’m a Witcher and I’m a Witcher.

[@Hohenstein1871]

​@@todd3143Same my friend, same...

[@weylinwebber4180]

just wanna say that ill stay subbed JUST so i can make sure i dont miss this. no rush joe. hope you are enjoying cyperpunk!

[@weylinwebber4180]

also holy shit bro TAKE YOUR TIME. amazing perfectionist.

[@Solsev]

*Video pops up in feed* "I'm a Watcher."

[@Fox0496]

Best comment.

[@9Tyrael1991]

Haha that made me genuinely laugh out loud irl. I read it perfectly with Doug Cockle's voice in my head. Best comment indeed.

[@leonardoribas6974]

Watcher of trivia

[@Joker8pie]

Nah that's the Pillars of Eternity video

[@Maharani1991]

o m g

[@aquanecromancer5776]

The density of jokes here amongst the critique is really impressive.

[@retinas2001]

And annoying.

[@guanyu8539]

@@retinas2001 C'mon! That Star Craft dad-joke was great! It got a way bigger chuckle from me than I expected.

[@tydendurler9574]

@@retinas2001 what kristoffer said Let him & us have some fun while sitting through this.

[@shadmanazad7]

Tbh I enjoy his jokes equally and everytime I at least smile to those. It adds a contrast to the serious tone of the video and this makes me enjoy it thoroughly.

[@sagunsingh7415]

"I'm a witcher."

[@anas_platyrhynchos]

So what I took from this 5 hour delight: Geralt is, according to legends, supposedly, most likely, indeed....a witcher

[@frostycane5134]

He’s a Witcher

[@yosefyonin6824]

@@frostycane5134 the man in question whomst is named Geralt Of Rivia is in fact, a mutated expert monster slayer that is most commonly known as... a witcher

[@baburik]

consider an aerial transfer of an arbitrary monetary value token into mutated expert cryptid slayer's possession

[@g-rexsaurus794]

@@frostycane5134 Not sure why you would think that

[@frostycane5134]

G-Rex Saurus because of that famous line that is written in the books you know the one “ silver for monsters, steel for humans...... I’m a Witcher”

[@yngsl5498]

My daughter has been conceived, born, and almost started preschool before this Witcher trilogy is over

[@joelfisk]

I was thinking about this last night. It's getting to the point where a teenager very well may start and possibly complete the entirety of their high school education before the 3rd video is released.

[@ranchsauce3232]

Hey maybe your daughter will have played all the games and watched all these videos by the next one?

[@tamaiofthesea]

Congratulations! Where the twos really terrible or was that a myth like the Witcher 3 video?

[@aw2584]

Mfers made the trilogy quicker than this mfer his review videos of it fr

[@cutie7012]

@@joelfisk ayy that’s me, watched the first video at release and finishing high school now lmao

[@gbuzzwell]

don't you dare remove the jokes they really break up the seriousness and length of the video. I don't think you need more or less, this was the perfect amount, but also I'm sure I missed so many because of how subtle they can be sometimes, so idk. what a great video

[@pat4937]

I find it also helps with the pacing of long drawn out explanations to not make them too stuffy

[@xcbzxv194]

Yeah, I thought the older videos were way too dry, and then the stream presentation pleasantly surprised me by being completely different. This feels like striking a better balance.

[@AttacMage]

There were some small phrases that really surprised me snd cracked me up. I like them and they feel like rewards for being invested in vods and streams

[@viderevero1338]

I miss the lies. Those were the best part of the first video.

[@rockthekazbah]

Your Witcher 3: Wild Hunt video is probably my most anticipated KZbin video ever

[@aratosm]

Likely longest youtube video ever also. lol

[@rockthekazbah]

@@aratosm hopefully 10+ if it's getting all quest treatment! I want to know if we share the same opinions hahah

[@w00tistgames]

It's definitely up there with Astartes Part 5

[@PatrickJahn123]

I hope its 10 hours long

[@TLC673]

Brah I swear I've been waiting for his Witcher 3 videos for like literally 4 years

[@ahmedelnageh507]

Almost 3 hours in: "and that's the end of chapter one." Joseph Anderson is an international treasure

[@Mire_Klick]

@Jordan Ghill you are debateable. If you dont like him, why are you in his comment section? Haha loser

[@CODkiller80]

@Jordan Ghill kinda mad for somebody who said something passive aggressive then got lightly trolled

[@Hemingslay]

@Jordan Ghill mindless fanboys are quick to lose their cool when they feel threatened, don’t bother with them

[@scallysnix3295]

"who are you? How did you get past the mist?" "I'm a witcher, And I'm a witcher."

[@AimForMyHead81]

He liked your comment. That's a good sign.

[@Mangoroxas]

@@AimForMyHead81 He is now blessed by the gods

[@warlordofbritannia]

@@AimForMyHead81 Axii, to be exact

[@georgesears2916]

Kudos for the Police Squad reference.

[@Rancid_Gravy]

There he goes again, trying to get past the 10 minute mark

[@jxtapose]

Can't believe our Joe has fallen down into youtuber hole smh.

[@ryanrising2237]

8 minutes now, according to his tweets on it

[@MyH3ntaiGirl]

Literally unwatchable Unsubscribe Report

[@MyH3ntaiGirl]

@Prince of Persia here we go again party pooper boring git

[@robj4078]

KZbinrs literally only want one thing and it’s fucking disgusting.

[@CiekawostkowyWarzywniak]

"This video will contain no lies whatsoever" *Crosses off Jospeh lies on the bingo list immediately*

[@senseweaver01]

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Nice hahaha

[@stinduwardo]

great joke great grammar

[@qwertysacks]

Nah that's a free space

[@alafandoom2524]

"Welcome to the Joseph-Anderson-lied-to-me support group. Why are you here?" "He made me believe I could 'Take pity on the kitty'."

[@queltanis93]

Alright i realize it was a joke, but now i want to play J.A bingo.

[@lefamabasa1459]

When the world needed him the most, he came

[@L0LWTF1337]

That's what she said.

[@snehalmane]

he CAME??

[@CA-rg2wv]

I came too when I saw the thumbnail in my sub box

[@tamro9701]

I CAME

[@Pheatan]

Phrasing!

[@milanjankovic8336]

Can't believe we're gonna get GTA 6 before the Witcher 3 video

[@Howdy8008]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@pwegulian]

The “I’m a Witcher” line at the end of every dialogue scene is just beautiful

[@chichirocket]

If Telltale made a Witcher game, "I'm a witcher" would replace the default "..." option.

[@Swayh]

Best part: Iorveth: "I have a feeling that we'll be meeting him again soon" Geralt: "I'm a -" [End scene]

[@hydeistpl]

3:33:24 "Jestem wiedźminem".

[@ferghalicious1480]

“He’s unconscious! Is anyone here a doctor?” Geralt: “I’m a Witcher.”

[@Dustz92]

Yen... I'm a witcher

[@razbuten]

Congrats on getting another section of this project out. I'll let you know if it's any good in a few days.

[@Doctor-Infinite]

Savage lmao

[@SebiStr99]

I'll cut that short. It's amazing... Also, nice to see you here in the comments

[@lukenolin1105]

Razbuten Nice surprise to see you here, haha.

[@RedYellowBird6889]

Good to see you here.

[@fnerXVI]

Well?

[@carcata8368]

"Roche's blue stripped special unit has murdered enough elves to forever cancel Christmas" oh my god

[@LatcherWasTaken]

Straight up me spit my drink out

[@DarkMirria1]

lol

[@branflakez4742]

So in the time between now and the release of this video not only did CD Projekt Red release there new IP Cyberpunk 2077 (horribly might I add) they put out a plethora of updates which eventually resulted in the game being fixed and then releasing one of the best DLC's with Phantom Liberty and we're still waiting on the Witcher 3 video. Oh and that dude's kid is probably almost finished preschool by now I reckon

[@naunau311]

His oldest son has beaten dark souls 1 since then. I'm not even joking

[@pravkdey]

Daym this series' commenters have their own lore haha

[@Charlie-FILM]

About Saskia being rude to Geralt, it's an error in translation. In original polish she says Geralt will always be a welcome guest in Vergen. She even asks him if he wants to settle there.

[@kp72198]

@@TheTsuyuki Not a translation error but it always bothered me how different Iorveth's english VA is from the polish one. His original voice is way younger (and matches better with his look) and much more arrogant. You can hear Iorveth's disdain for aen seidhe just from the tone of his voice.

[@Marcelgaminggranie]

@Kyle Riel no.

[@PostNukeProductions]

Were any of the other out of place lines (Ves is lying, we have unfinished business, etc.) different in Polish too?

[@DwarfElvishDiplomacy]

Same in the German version

[@elkklemusic2895]

@Kyle Riel I think... I think Joe's content just isnt for you, pal.

[@Rowan_A_Boat]

The "I'm a witcher" gags consistently make me laugh, & I don't know how you managed that.

[@38procentkrytyk]

He googled "I'm the witcher" to figure out how to pronounce it in Polish and then recorded the line with polish dub.

[@matthewallen9707]

I actually had a nightmare last night. Part 3 came out and it was only 3 hours. I awoke in a cold sweat.

[@EritSanguine]

I hope it's at least 12 - 20 hours long since the 3rd game is so long.

[@SAMSARALIVEEEEEE]

@@EritSanguine He also has to cover the two expansions in the same video

[@vojtechzahradnik7830]

@@SAMSARALIVEEEEEE And the books.

[@mordor1779]

The amount of work he can put into a single video game review is actually scary. He probably worked more on his Witcher 3 review than IGN did on all their reviews they published in the last 5 years combined

[@andykod77]

You still think a part 3 is still actually happening? I have my doubts now at this stage

[@MetaDeviant]

For anyone wondering, Joe talked about the Witcher 3 video a little while ago on the stream and why it's taking so long, and all he could say is that the delay has nothing to do with the video itself and hasn't for a long time. He isn't suffering from creative burnout either, he's still just as excited to release it and have people watch it as he was when he first started the project. There's just something else that's been preventing him from releasing it that he can't talk about, which I assume is some IRL or family stuff. He dropped some pretty damn heavy stuff just a little while later like how sometimes he disassociates so hard from either a lack of sleep due to his narcolepsy or if he gets too wrapped up in a project that he legitimately can't recognize his wife and kids. So given just how all consuming this Witcher 3 vid has become... I don't doubt the possibility that it's impacted his life pretty heavily and the delay is an affect of that, though that might be ruled out by the "the delay has nothing to do with the video itself" thing. He did say that it will be out this year no matter what, though. It'll be out even if he has to release it unfinished, I believe. If he doesn't, he's deleting his channel and entire online presence. I don't know if that was a joke or if he was serious about it, but he sounded pretty serious about it, and this isn't the first time he's said that. I think he's remained consistent about that for around 2 months at least. The Witcher 3 video either comes out this year or it's all over. We'll just have to wait and see what happens. EDIT: It's reached the "spectacle" level of wait for me now, like the Winds of Winter or Doors of Stone, lmao.

[@vcount6676]

hey thanks for the heads up, i had the question in my head but never knew where to ask it

[@YARGGG_GG]

damn, really? i'm sorry to hear that and thank you for sharing, since i've actually been a little worried about joe. just for posterity, is there a clip or archive of him saying what you've laid out here?

[@kostya555666]

Considering his trolley(ha) personality he will release it in december, probably 31st.

[@gerilyn]

Does he record his streams? Do you recall which one this may have been? I’d love to hear him talk since I often can’t watch streams live.

[@ergile172]

god im so happy that it's gonna come out at all. also, damn, narcolepsy? thats some serious shit. also, thank you for updating us

[@stryder9198]

Shorter, longer, middling… Makes no difference. If I’m to choose between one witcher video and another… I’d rather choose to watch them all

[@elzedebink6709]

"A place so horrible with people so terrible that the Moril of the story commits suicide at the end." Crazy how a detailed 5 hour video has these hidden nuggets of gold in it.

[@DeriDraws]

Easy to hide a gold nugget in a gold mine

[@azoonovic7768]

Moral not moril lol

[@shinz948]

@@azoonovic7768 that is the pun. Moril is the name of the character who killed herself

[@azoonovic7768]

@@shinz948 Ahh, then I'm dumb

[@ThatCableGuy1999]

Joseph creating his own Half Life 3 is truly a sight to behold, very impressive.

[@DanRelayer_Ukraine]

amen

[@Rednightart]

There's something foreboding about the fact that in every cut to witcher 3, Geralt isn't wearing anything.

[@demi191]

It's the only way to properly play witcher 3.

[@xennemk-ii2189]

also, did i see correctly that his *default* weapons are broken?

[@deferencetodusk]

The emperor has no clothes

[@Jenkkimie]

Except at one of the cuts in the ending parts where he is riding with Vesamir at the beginning of Witcher 3.

[@infamousgamer767]

Ultra-light armour build

[@nikolakirichev]

"There will be spoilers" loool I laughed so hard, cuz I just can't begin to imagine, what spoiler free 5 hour long witcher 2 video would be

[@Kodasa_Sinclair]

You ever hear morse code before? That, it would be that.

[@trevordillon1921]

Coming Soon: Joseph Anderson’s witcher reviews: Unnecessary Censorship Edition.

[@jesser1070]

@boris steve 5 more hours of “I’m a Witcher”

[@Air0Sparks]

This made me laugh!!!

[@ron_md8186]

Is this a challenge?

[@chrisfire4723]

I read a good amount of the comment section and I found a lot of people saying that your videos have a consistent amount of quality despite their lengths which means you put a gigantic amount of effort into them and I solemnly agree. Please don't stress yourself with the amount of time you take to make something like this its very understandable take your time we'll be here waiting for your content whenever youre ready to release it.

[@Go-ah-oold]

Unfortunatley that is not really true. You can go to his Witcher I video and look at the komments. Many people was quite impatient, and one also said he would stop supporting because it took him to long for the video to come out. I agree with you here, however, many do not, which you can se in his other witcher video in the comment section.

[@briansweeney9080]

@@Go-ah-oold How do you define the word "many"? Scroll through the comments on his Witcher 1 video and you'll see maybe a *few* (less than say, 10?) out of the thousands of comments that seem impatient. Nearly everyone has been incredibly supportive of his work and this titan-sized undertaking. He won't please everyone with the time gaps between videos, still, but don't spread misinformation that people are threatening to stop supporting him.

[@redplague]

Yeah but the only reason why it's so long is because he retells all of the plot. If you take all of the actual critique it wouldn't be even half the length.

[@briansweeney9080]

@@redplague That's his style. If you were interested in critiques that didn't outline story/ character, they're other people you could watch.

[@redplague]

@@briansweeney9080 I'm not interested in critiques of story heavy games that don't talk about it as I think that's pretty essential. However I think such a thing should be done from a critical point of view, instead of this where for a lot of it it's like he's reading from a book.

[@derpthegr8689]

Well boys, the Witcher 3 got a major update. Video postponed for another year to write a section on all those changes.

[@smythcooks]

What a massive shame, I was looking forward to watching that video in 2024

[@Armorion]

It added things for different Witcher 2 save outcomes so he has to play through it again in order to see the new things in Witcher 3

[@henrycrabs3497]

It's been a year

[@bobbob246]

"I'm not racist against elves, *but*" t. Joseph Anderson

[@petecoleman3443]

Joe: 13% of elves...

[@w90213kjfdjn]

oyyy this isnt a sseth video

[@kamyab4597]

@@petecoleman3443 don't 13/50 us. It's makes you look really dumb

[@sebj3917]

I think it's still a fair point, if you see the scoia'tel as a commentary on white supremacists. I mean, both are violent morons and both think that they're superior to everyone.

[@w90213kjfdjn]

@@sebj3917 Why yes, I am.

[@BeegGorg]

This mans at the end apologizing like he hasn't made one of the absolute best video essays ever made. Joe you are far too hard on yourself.

[@Maharani1991]

+

[@kirmityou]

@@Maharani1991 +

[@natedlc854]

Lmao exactly. Like I didnt just watch 5 fuckin hours worth of him talking about a video game I barely played. Bruh he got a gift

[@darianwright9488]

He's Canadian

[@tetrafuse3096]

@@darianwright9488 hahah funny stereotypical joke

[@Heineken1234able]

When other youtubers upload a 20min video. Me: "Ain't nobody got time fo dat" Joseph Anderson uploads a 5h video. Me: "Looks like my plans for today are cancelled"

[@tamiusoftheshitpostlegion5082]

Not going to lie, Part 3 is starting to have those Half Life 3 and Winds of Winter vibes ...

[@whodatninja439]

OR YMS LION KING

[@deffcon9]

Agreed, LUUUL

[@thatitalianlameguy2235]

@@armitx9 elden ring

[@AMTurner98]

@@armitx9 well don't you look goofy now

[@Rodney_Trotter]

It will come out this month.

[@judy_not_moody]

Everyone knows Joe doesn't like the 2d cutscenes because they remind him of Darkest Dungeon.

[@abdullahpoyraz2838]

they do really look like it tho

[@tenki_]

@@abdullahpoyraz2838 they both look like Don't Starve

[@MadKingIII]

@FolivorousCocoon961 only Joe I know of is the ancient myth of Joe Momma

[@greysonsarich6475]

Oddly enough I love Darkest Dungeon and also found those cutscenes to be just too ugly to enjoy. There's a difference between being dark/gritty/morbid and being excessively gross. DD saves the grossest parts for the bosses. Do we really need to see the snot-bubble of a random peasant? Also everybody, even people who shouldn't look gross like Aryan and Eredin still look gross.

[@andrewplck]

Me, I actually adore the cutscenes. Each to his own I guess.

[@babobibabo]

"Someone will have played this game and not known about the secret perks until right now" 👋🏻

[@GhostHacker55]

I legitimately played it all the way through 3+ times and did not know about that.

[@matiasblasi_music]

It wasn't so hidden tho, i've found it when i was looking the section that explains what Geralt knows about each monster, they've ask you to research that while doing some sidequests. And while switching those buttons found it (which goes at 120 mph if you switch it with controller btw, i don't know why)

[@mmkay]

Guard: "You'll choke to death on three pounds of steel" Geralt: "I'm a Witcher"

[@springbubble4931]

@Kyle Riel no

[@classycatvidplace959]

@Kyle Riel So you clicked to watch a 5 hour long video expecting a fast review? It's just not for you, move on.

[@DuQey]

1:30:00 I believe what Ciaran meant by saying Iorweth is a "true elf" is that he has a *mindset* and *qualities* of the elves that were once a proud and free race. He doesn't let humans repress him, so he is viewed almost as a Nietzschean individualist by his kin Also, have you played the game with polish dub? It's so much better. Like for example in 1:36:25 when asked if he remembers, Geralt answers simply by saying "no". In the polish version, when Letho asks him, you can hear that Geralt is annoyed with such question because of his amnesia, and says "No, I fucking don't".

[@abdullahsayyaf6028]

Sadly I don’t know polish so I wouldn’t understand but I would love to see the difference in dialogue first hand

[@AlphaGarg]

Bump, but I agree. I see that line the same way I would if someone said "Oh, that guy? He's an American. A real one". They're not talking about nationality at that point, but a set of beliefs or principles that that person thinks represent the true American.

[@hugohindi]

His reviews only keep getting longer... Needless to say I'm excited for the 20 hour Witcher 3 critique

[@emmamlis927]

I’ll have to buy a new chair for that one

[@Maharani1991]

@@emmamlis927 :D

[@Phoenix-qv9hg]

He said he will do all quests. Soooo....

[@thomasalvarez6456]

And then two 10 hour videos for the expansions. It will actually be only be a bit longer than this

[@AydarBMSTU]

Keep waiting for eternity

[@christophschwarzecker5403]

Remember 4 years ago, when Joseph apologised for the length of a 30 minute video?

[@thechris312]

Fuckin 5 hours.. god damn. I know I'll enjoy it but i is daunting to say the least

[@suburbanking9148]

He was saying sorry for such a small video

[@coreycrumbcake]

I do. 😅❤

[@gachafiedstreams]

This is in the background while I work

[@TapDat52K]

"They broke in a new engine, Bethesda wonders what that is like." I can hear the aloe being applied to Todd Howard as you speak...

[@FraserSouris]

To be fair, CDPR are probably going to be using the Red Engine only for as long as they can. It works for the games they make. Just as Creation works for Bethesda's games, or Source for Valve, or Unreal for 90% of games

[@shimadabr]

@@FraserSouris Did I just read Creation WORKS for Bethesda games? Hahaha

[@FraserSouris]

​@@shimadabr Name me any other Engine that can: 1- Be used to create and deploy Radiant AI to many NPCs, and give NPCs full schedules with ease -2- Create cells and environments reasonably fast -3- Apply physics to many different objects at once rather than make everything stationary -4- Is highly moddable If you compare Creation to other Engines, you'll find it succeeds better then them when it comes to making Bethesda style games. CDPR's Red Engine struggles with applying full schedules to NPCs. You'd need to go in and practically do it by hand. You also can't interact with objects unless they're pre-made to. Wheras Creation and Radiant AI are much more straightforward to apply. You can also spawn a fork on a table and go in to pick it up with no further development whereas RED needs further work. RED 3 is also such a pain to mod that most modders prefer RED 2. Unreal, according to Bioware, is also a really limited engine when it comes for big RPGs. They had to basically build all the infrastructure themselves and "duct tape" it to Unreal. And had to do it again for Frostbite. Also, even modders have been arguing that Creation is a good Engine for Bethesda to keep using. It just needs to be updated.

[@faustsies1366]

@@FraserSouris ...you believe the radiant ai bullshit?

[@FraserSouris]

@@faustsies1366 I personally don't mind it too much but it is something Bethesda, and apparently most players, like and it is something unique to their games and is suited for their engines to handle

[@armitx9]

Place your bets on which will come first, the recently announced witcher 4 or joe's witcher 3 video

[@MrBacaras]

My bet is on Witcher 5, not 4.

[@Kdotle664]

At this rate cyberpunk 2088 will come out first without any bugs

[@spencer214]

I'll place it on Elden Ring 3

[@ergile172]

I won't be able to watch the video around then because I'll be too busy playing Half Life 6

[@evenings.6170]

Joe video, 2024

[@JacobGeller]

when do we see the new buff post-beat saber joseph anderson

[@JosephAndersonChannel]

Invaders Must Die on Expert+ is my greatest achievement.

[@ouijaspit3236]

Oh my, two of my favorite video essayists interacting?? What an unexpected gift!

[@makesyouaweapon]

@@JosephAndersonChannel When is cheesecake shots of you relaxing in hot bathtub.

[@HorseheadNebula85]

@@JosephAndersonChannel I'd watch a three hour analysis of BS from you, Joe. Then I'd custom beat map it and Expert+ that fucker.

[@mrpoool1015]

@@JosephAndersonChannel I can't wait for your video on The Witcher 3

[@drew8603]

"It's no wonder Iorveth is such an accomplished fighter since every hit he lands is a hypo-crite." Subscribed

[@andrewsmith6776]

I genuinely had to wonder if this was a comment i wrote despite the fact that i'm already subscribed and saw this video for the first time. What are the odds

[@vlad-dn6pb]

@@andrewsmith6776 i was very confused reading your comment trying to understand what is wrong

[@ImortalZeus13]

Wait. Those were “fake” romance cards??? NOOOO

[@whyareyoulookinghere9135]

WE WERE TRICKED, WE WERE BACKSTABBED, AND QUITE POSSIBLY, WE WE'VE BEEN BAMBOOZLED!

[@Subpar1224]

Honestly was so surprised and disappointed lol

[@theallinonegamer8482]

as someone who loves the Witcher games and has 500+ hours on the first two games I was certain they were either cut content or localization issues so even for me, I was tricked because honestly who pays attention to nude cards.

[@NoRegs30]

I don't know what to believe anymore I've been lied to

[@ok-xn4nv]

I was very surprised when he said that... he's too good of a liar.

[@alexdaries8760]

Back here every 6 months just to check the comments and see if people are still waiting for the 3rd video, hope everyone’s well and that the guys daughter who was conceived born and nearly started play school, is enjoying play school by now 😭

[@Venoxisguides]

Im so hyped for the witcher 3 video, i hope it arrives this year!

[@teazen_tea]

It's time for my re-watch. I'm committed to wating as long as it takes :) :)

[@MrVicePresident]

​@@teazen_tea10 years later, still waiting

[@plugshirt1762]

@@VenoxisguidesI wonder how long the video will be lol

[@alexdaries8760]

@@plugshirt1762 I’m actually going to be surprised if it’s under 10 hours 😭

[@nachoolo]

"I'm a Witcher." Geralt of Rivia, a Witcher.

[@Kampfender_Krieger]

Hey dude, careful with the spoilers

[@GiegueX]

Ugh, literally can't go in KZbin comments without getting spoiled

[@MrVilidat]

2:39:12 slipped in an "Ima..." Still laughing an hour after.

[@Gametesterboy]

Witcher is a weird word.

[@Amazatastic]

@@MrVilidat the "ima" thing has happened twice so far that I've seen and every time it gets funnier

[@oliverjokisch5964]

There is a neat little detail between the first and second game and i don't know if you got it because you never mentioned it. So in the first game when you meet Berengar and fight along side with him, he will mock Geralts fightingstyle and points out a weakness. When Geralt spins, he is holding his sword to high, leaving his hip unprotected. Geralt dismisses this. In the second game during the last cut-scene when Geralt fights Letho in Loc-Muinne, Letho exploids this exact weakness proving that Berengar was right. Letho was smart enough to spot Geralts weakness just like Berengar in such a short amount of time.

[@Dorsidwarf]

That's an awesome little detail!

[@TikoPiko]

Mystery solved! Wow, someone bring this to Joseph’s attention.

[@Alexajin]

Vesemir points it out in books too iirc.

[@andrew_cunningham]

I'd argue that the only reason Witchers get away with spinning so much during combat is because they know the universe's jank physics will let them turn 180 degrees in one frame to guard their back if necessary. Geralt has clearly forgotten about this technique due to his amnesia.

[@theworstcatholic7247]

@@andrew_cunningham I know this is a joke, but in reality the witcher style is terrible(for battling humanoids anyways), however I just imagine that it's due to the fact they were made to hunt monster not people, along with the fact their superhuman speed and reflexes let's them get away with a lot more stupid moves that would get any normal human killed in their first duel. So it's actually logical that fighting against someone who is as fast would exploit silly moves like spinning.

[@Charlie-FILM]

Ves was lying when she said: "They laughed at me and let me go". We saw the flashback but Geralt and Roche didn't. Geralt deduced she was raped by Henselt but didn't want to reveal it.

[@NachoBearYeah]

this makes a lot of sense

[@domir8342]

she says "i can still smell the pig on me" or something of the sort. So she wasn't hiding the rape from them

[@alafandoom2524]

I got the impression that both Geralt and Roche knew Ves was raped; they just didn't want to say it. Also, it always struck me as odd that Henselt didn't have Ves killed anyway. The Witcher universe is cruel, and I don't see how someone like Henselt would just let her go...then again, maybe he figured it would be a worse punishment to let her live with what he did to her and her company.

[@Nicole7073.]

alafandoom i think he kept her alive to tell Roche about what he did to make him more angry

[@thathollyplant]

3:08:50 The part about Ves lying wasn't a mistake. In the story she told to Geralt and Roach she mentioned she was let go without anything bad happening to her. Geralt figured out she was lying and that she was actually raped by the king, but Roach wasn't able to pick up on it and only finds out if you tell him when he goes for revenge later.

[@DWPL89]

"A place so horrible with people so terrible that the moral of the story commits suicide at the end"... what a line!

[@felipelins9559]

"...the *Moril of the story..."

[@Killerbee_McTitties]

@@felipelins9559 One of the few times I actually felt bad after laughing at a joke.

[@foxysobek8109]

Sounds like new Jersey

[@Frencho9]

FYI, in the No Clip documentary about the Witcher Series, Remembering The Witcher 1 & 2 it's telling how the devs did not want to talk much about The Witcher 2, most of the video is fondly discussing the Witcher 1. I think the team at CD Projekt Red were left deeply frustrated, traumatized and maybe even depressed for life by the hand fate dealt them during the Witcher 2 development, felt almost like taboo topic during the interviews. They just talked about how the 2007 subprime financial crisis crushed the company and nothing about the actual Witcher 2 game production, story or game mechanics, nada. Because remember that development of Witcher 2 started circa 2008 at the height of the sub prime financial crisis, and all the investors they had lined up after the sleeper hit that was Witcher 1 bailed on them. They ran out of money, had a lot of debt too and no one would loan them, they could not levy any funds even if they wanted to sell most of the shares of the company. So they had to rush the Witcher 2, it crushed their vision for that specific game, therefore it feels incomplete, amputated, murdered! Knowing this now, the Witcher 2 is to me, the MOST IMPRESSIVE one of the series. The fact that they pulled such a jump in quality flabbergasted me back in 2011. I mean despite the horrible situation the devs were in, what CD Projekt pulled off is SUPERHUMAN, I've never seen such a feat since The Elder Scrolls III Morrowind when Bethesda would go bust if they failed. The Red Engine was the real deal, the improvement in graphics, animations, presentation, scope and size of the levels, the world design, the voice acting, the mocapped cutscenes, improved dialogue mechanics (timers etc) and STORY (Felt very GoT with all the political intrigue, was a novelty back in 2011) from Witcher 1 to Witcher 2 is massive. As flawed as the Witcher 2 is, it moved up the franchise to the big leagues, it feels like a revolution of the series and all that on a shoestring budget! The jump from Witcher 2 to 3 is not that mind boggling to me it's a refinement and expansion of the Witcher 2 stepping stone, if you look closely the aesthetics and monster/world/character design language is the same as the Witcher 2. Yeah Witcher 3 is a far better game, but not as impressive to me because Witcher 3 was developed when finally all the conditions were reunited for CD Projekt, thanks in no small part to the Witcher 2 financial success. The Wild Hunt was CD Projekt's perfect storm. But if the financial crisis of 2007 did not sink the Witcher 2 boat, I bet they would have ironed out the bugs and glitches, fix the interface, polished the presentation to be even better, tighten up the story loopholes (some are so glaring and obvious it's clear they had no time to correct them), refine the gameplay and combat system a lot, and most importantly there would have been a lot more content in chapters 2 and 3. Lastly, I've always felt that White orchard prologue belonged in Witcher 2 as an epilogue, a cliffhanger with Geralt finally reuniting with Yennefer would have been perfect ending and set up for the Witcher 3 the Wild Hunt. (Edit: On request I paragraphed this comment, did not expect people to like it so much, cheers.)

[@Frencho9]

Source: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jYC8fHyufs9_qZI

[@Danickas0]

@@Frencho9 There was entire epilouge cut from the Witcher 2 and you are right in this epilouge that would take place in Dol Blathana (this is why in Witcher 2 Dol blathana is mentioned all the time together with the queen Francesca Findabair) we would finally find Yen and set up the story for Witcher 3.

[@Kodlaken]

I wish your comment was paragraphed, looks like a good read.

[@Frencho9]

@@Kodlaken Just paragraphed it. Cheers

[@cavemann_]

Now that they have the funds, and if Cyberpunk 2077 turns out to be another masterpiece, I hope that they will redo The Witcher 1 and 2. Only problem would be story inconsistencies, so it's not like they can realize their vision completely, but it would still be better than nothing.

[@Gabrilos505]

"We'll look into it shortly" Ok "In two hours" .... oh

[@k.-flynn]

Any faster and we'll break the sound barrier.

[@Canto-XXXIV]

Remember when he tweeted Part 3 was coming in December-January? Edit: due to the amount of time that has passed, I need to specify December of 2021-January of 2022. See you in 2024.

[@lukebazin5836]

Idc maaaaan iz gonna be good when it do come out

[@paulaagam5071]

2023

[@timodelaender5077]

Good times man…

[@maddermanner7776]

I can see it coming January 2023, but that's still pretty optimistic.

[@aw2584]

Still nothing

[@jiggie666]

Oh my god! Someone is showing the faces of characters they are speaking about, instead of expecting us to remember the names of dozens of characters! Thank you! Rest of KZbin Lore and storytellers, please do this!

[@AlexanderLeset]

It's definitely something I'll be doing from now on if I ever make a video on a complicated series

[@marcinsos1000]

Emhyr var Emreis, the Emperor of the Nilfgaardian Empire, Lord of Metinna, Ebbing, Gemmera, and Sovereign of Nazair and Vicovaro and also a spice merchant

[@liambartlett5643]

Mnichu duny is a better name

[@fidget0227]

I’m a witcher

[@watata1t]

...and a prickly hedgehog

[@cjhedberg735]

I will never get tired of the Zoltan "Totally Not A Scoiatel" jokes

[@Regularguy220]

What are you crazy? I don't even squirrel

[@LegaRoSS]

Im a witcher!

[@Ridgwaycer]

@@Regularguy220 It's funny because it'll legitimately be true in Witcher 3.

[@deferencetodusk]

I still have a screenshot somewhere of a tweet joseph made in December 2020 claiming the video was "a week or two away" and "definitely will be out before February (2021)" I genuinely cant think of a reason why it hasnt come out yet other than it has been built up so much in his own mind, that it is stifling release due to worrying about fans/himself taking the release and content so seriously. At the end of the day it's a lesson in "dont let perfection stand in the way of pretty good". He prolly could have released that version he had in december 2020 and later could have made an update on anything he thought needed changing. Instead it feels like he's either abandoned it completely, or endlessly tinkering with it. It's a game review video, it shouldnt be considered a magnum opus Who knows

[@Lunartic_]

And it's going to be as bad as this anyway.

[@firockfinion3326]

In this video: >Black screen of censorship. *" I ' M A W I T C H E R "*

[@PsychOsmosis]

Those random *"I'm a Witcher"* additions are pure gold. They get me laughing every time. Edit: Also, I'd buy a *"Greetings from Drakenborg"* t-shirt.

[@Marcus-gw4bb]

"That takes... Balls." "I'm a Witcher."

[@exandil6029]

This comment won't probably be read by anyone since the video is already - let me see - a month old. Nonetheless, I thought it was important enough to talk about Letho's remark "I know his weakness". I played Witcher 2 with the original polish dub, now, I am no Pole but from what I heard, Letho doesn't imply that he has Geralt's kryptonite at all. In fact, he says "Znam sposób na Geralta", which should have been translated as "I know a way how to handle him" or "I know a way how to get through to him". It's a case of grievous mistranslation. What seems like an old friend's (to an extent) benign remark ends up being an ominous threat leading nowhere. I also suspect the Jaskier line is also caused by the translator failing in recognizing the nuance. I am by no means trashing the translator, imagine getting the script and not having the slightesst clue as to what the context is. Horrible and underpaid work.

[@adamhicks24]

this is a great insight

[@MinerJo1001]

I figured thats what was being said but thanks for the good imput, my multi lingual friend.

[@alphadron4073]

I am polish and have played the game in polish and yes, that is exactly what Letho says and what the sentence means in our language - "I've got a method for Geralt", to translate it directly. It's not that he's got a weakness that Letho knows, the dialogue suggests he has a way of handling the enraged witcher. The translation is flawed.

[@TheFuriator]

I am so glad you added the final part. It is soo true! Translators are consistently underappreaciated and underpaid. Trust me, it takes A LOT of work and time to translate right, more than it is usually "worth", and definitely more than is usually expected.

[@diamondmatter2919]

This is interesting, but I don't think it eliminates the issue. If anything, it proves Joe right. Letho still didn't try to tell Geralt about their history together until the very end.

[@nathanfitzgerald2596]

every comment is about waiting for the Witcher 3 video, so i wanted to say; this video is great. i wasnt lost at any point despite my only witcher knowledge being from the first video, and i found every hour engaging. it was funny, it was fascinating, it was well-crafted. while i think the Witcher 3 video will be better received, i think that i’ll remember this as a greater accomplishment, purely because of the difficulty of the material you were critiquing and how well you tackled it regardless. well done, joe

[@KamasiFitzgerald]

+1 to this, couldn't agree more - hope Joe sees this.

[@asrieldreemurr1988]

I also really hope joe sees this great comment

[@MarcusFenixD]

3:20:45 funny, in Polish version of the game the actress voicing Triss is the same that voices Fiona in Polish version of Shrek

[@jotagroovy7479]

inshrektion

[@ivanquiles4903]

And polish Geralt is the actor that played him in the original live action Polish tv show

[@konfitura5605]

@@ivanquiles4903 no, they are 2 diffrent people Voice: Jacek Rozenek Actor in tv show: Michał Żebrowski

[@ivanquiles4903]

@@konfitura5605 Ah he voiced the Netflix Polish dub. He also voices Johnny Silverhand in Polish

[@JohnnyFromAzkaban]

@@ivanquiles4903 yup

[@noireweiss762]

To your ending statement about there being "too many dumb jokes". Personally I prefer some dumb jokes here and there in your videos, not only do they loosen up the atmosphere of the critique and bring a touch of personality in between the "Meat" of everything. In this one, the amount of jokes was just right imo.

[@fidget0227]

The “However, there’s a big but, and I cannot lie, and you other Witcher’s can’t deny” performer completely deadpan was comedy gold.

[@watata1t]

In my opinion the jokes where clever,, you needed to pay attention to catch em all

[@Mikelp79]

its just too bad none of the jokes are funny.

[@watata1t]

@@Mikelp79 i had a mild chuckle att some of the refernces 😂

[@sandwhale1862]

After watching him on twitch I'm surprised he doesn't try any freeform reviews since he's entertaining that way. Or try a conversational type approach with another youtuber like Mandalore who he seems to get along with. Not that I think he should stop doing long form, I just know there are authors like Brandon Sanderson who are able to destress or reset themselves by creating 'younger' or less complex content where they can go off the rails a bit.

[@BadVideoWatcher1]

"I'm a Witcher" - Geralt of Rivia, Witcher - The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings

[@neoshenlong]

Featuring Witcher Geralt of Rivia from The Witcher series.

[@sneezebiscuits7239]

@@neoshenlong Written and directed by Geralt of Rivia, Witcher, from Witcher 2, from the Witcher series.

[@jakemurray2635]

Witcher 2: Witcher of Witchers featuring Geralt of Rivia, Witcher

[@thegreenmage6956]

Jake Murray I’m a Witcher: A Witcher’s Tale, by Geralt of Rivia, Witcher.

[@seven6590]

My dad will come back with milk before Witcher 3 video comes out...

[@grahamphillips3916]

Joseph Anderson is my dad

[@idontthinkso5966]

He did say he will include all quests in Witcher 3, which probably amounts to a 10 hour video.

[@adamthebatmanwest]

@@idontthinkso5966 Said it was gonna be max 12 hours

[@the0nlytrueprophet942]

Holy crap it’s not out and this is two years old. It must be like 25 hours lol

[@seven6590]

@@the0nlytrueprophet942 he said on Twitter, that he set the cap to 10 or 12 hours (I don't remember) He probably either doesn't care enough to finish it or cares too much to consider it "done" and is still polishing it. Either way it will probably end up like cyberpunk. Overhyped and disappointing. Don't get me wrong, it's probably gonna be good and I'm gonna watch every single minute of it, but no video would justify the delays.

[@suleymanbabak1973]

the "Ves is lying" line was explained by the developers. They said that basically Geralt was saying "Henselt didn't just let her go as she said, he did rape her". Because we were shown this in the flashback it makes no sense to us viewers, but Ves does actually say just "then they let me go", omitting the rape.

[@Maharani1991]

+

[@suleymanbabak1973]

@@D00000T and in fact the line puzzled almost everyone who played the game. However that's the story of that line according to the developers. Ves was lying to Geralt and Roche when she said that Henselt just let her go.

[@wes8723]

@@D00000T But then how would Geralt know about the rape if there wouldn't be that flashback scene in the game? In all honesty, I'm suprised that people were confused by that Geralt line, because this is the first time that I heard someone had a problem with that

[@michamarkowski2204]

@@wes8723 I agree. For me it was obvious. For Roche also.

[@j.m.mitchell6226]

Me at the start of today: "5 HOURS! It will take me DAYS to finish this!" Me at the end of that same day; "...I wish it was not over."

[@FraserSouris]

I'm probaby going to end up rewatching this like 4 more times when I'm done

[@Chikkenz]

I was actually excited when I saw the length of this video.

[@chillyjelly2366]

"Geralt is a gamer" This is the content we've been waiting for.

[@ImortalZeus13]

I need fan art of Geralt sitting in an overpriced gamer chair with a bottle of G Fuel, wearing a Hot Topic T shirt that says something like “I don’t have birthdays, I level up.” Or some shit. Bonus points if he has Funko Pop figures

[@danieladamczyk4024]

Geralt bath water.

[@frostycane5134]

Daniel Adamczyk I’d buy that

[@dereknosbisch733]

Chilly Jelly technically Geralt IS a gamer. Henry Cavill plays a ton of Total War.

[@LadyKiramay]

It stings a little more every time we listen to this and hear "Part 3" mentioned.

[@Freya95012]

stay strong. it can only take so long... right?

[@snowyail]

I always took Letho’s “I know his weakness” as him talking about how Geralt cares for people. This directly leads to his kidnapping of Triss I think. I know he used her for the teleport, but he couldve just used Sile.

[@Spherrum]

He still needed Sile at that point, so he couldn't use her.

[@snowyail]

Tiny Renegheid I dont mean to kidnap, but for the teleport

[@tyranitararmaldo]

"Shove Dijkstra aside forcefully" *Flashbacks intensify*

[@Colonel_Overkill]

yea, that shove was one hell of a de-feet suffered....

[@Colonel_Overkill]

I wonder if a psychic toe'd him what would happen he would have just surrendered before the surprise twist? I guess at least he still could claim to have a leg up on Geralt......for a second or so....

[@kingaragornii9940]

@ancs28 *Un-liked.*

[@kingaragornii9940]

@ancs28 Fishing for likes is ugly, and you deleted your comment reply to look innocent...

[@therabbi9848]

Joe...at some point you’re gonna have to explain why Geralt is in his undies in most of the Witcher 3 clips

[@peaceprinceshaxi5978]

Challenge run ? I did the same when replaying it on easy to get faster combat but less hit points

[@gagekellstrom3978]

Is that not how you prefer it?

[@Kaladryn2781]

Cuz' Joe is a 99.8% heterosexual male.

[@CatboyLover69]

I'm betting it's about analysing the combat. Testing balance without armor and skills or something like that.

[@Gadget-Walkmen]

Because he looks sexy!

[@bigghxst]

I was in 9th Grade when this video dropped, I was 15 I'm 18 now, Grade 12, and contemplating where I'm gonna go for University Today is the day the Witcher 3 video drops, I believe it.

[@dominicteran2784]

How did that turn out ? 😂

[@davidcirovic8620]

my nephew has been born and started attending shool since joseph announced his witcher critique

[@DanRelayer_Ukraine]

so, how's university been treatin' ya?)

[@cs2d20]

“I’m happy this game exists, I never want to play it again.” Felt that

[@redplague]

It isn't weeb enough for him to go back to.

[@JoseSilva-ht8es]

@@redplague it's also linear, so

[@redplague]

@@JoseSilva-ht8es I don't follow you?

[@marcusgreen8843]

This was my first witcher game and I’ve played it twice. The first two time I’ve played I didn’t remember all of these issues with the game. I have nothing but great memories. I remember playing witcher 1 and having a very hot and cold relationship with that game. The only one I’ll probably never play again.

[@donatodiniccolodibettobardi842]

I very much enjoyed Assassin of Kings first time I played it and even intend to give a go for another playthrough, but at least I'm forewarned against its flaws and could temper my expectations a bit. To be perfectly honest, I kinda prefer tighter story-focused pacing of W2 over open world meandering of Wild Hunt. W2 gave me very compelling reasons, why I couldn't and shouldn't just go and leave towards the next part of my objective. First keiran and preparation to that battle, then cursed battlefied and preparation to that excursion. I love the lands they have created in Wild Hunt, but I was constantly bombarded with map activities, tasks, little comedy skits, Geralt's companions personal quests, while the urgent goal to find *and help* Ciri was constantly pushing me forward, without knowing, which side quests might end up being crucial to the main plot, that I spent most of my walkthrough in a constant cognitive dissonanse. It took me three years to finish the game. I enjoyed pacing of B&W and HoS much more in that regard and still venture into Redania, occasionaly, to uncover more of the map (Toussaint and Skellige are my landscape-porn of choice, though).

[@Lockmac21]

Hey, just wanted to say, don't ruin yourself over these projects. We appreciate the content and love watching it, but I think I speak for a majority, if not everyone that taking care of personal needs should come first. You sounded pretty frantic at the end and I just want to remind you not to push yourself over your limits. The last thing we want is for you to lose your passion over these videos and KZbin in general. I absolutely love your content and would hate to see you leave because you lost the spark. Take care of yourself, king. The video itself was very entertaining, like everything else you put out. I listened more than I watched, but I did notice a few little fun things when it came to what you were conversing about and what you were showing on screen. Thanks for the video.

[@captainjacobkeyes7804]

This hasn't been said enough. I really felt my heart ache hearing his voice crack like that at the end of the video. I'm sad and worried for our little man :'(

[@PileOfStones]

Is that really you in your profile pic? If so dm please you look like a snack 😍

[@SadakoSenpai]

@@captainjacobkeyes7804 Nonsense.

[@ericraululyeetusdelyeetus5028]

What are you? Just a pancake's alt?

[@PileOfStones]

@@ericraululyeetusdelyeetus5028 okay I believe you

[@Jujudocine]

list of games in this video: - The Witcher 1, 2 and 3 - Metal Gear Solid (00:00:00) - Fallout 76 - Skyrim - Dragon Age 2 (0:32) - World of Warcraft (0:40) - Crysis (5:44) - Bioshock (5:45) - Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary (5:46) - Mass Effect (5:47) - Modern Warfare (5:48) - Assassins Creed (5:49) - Doom (2016) (14:16) - Disco Elysium (22:50) - Doom Eternal (32:09) - b r e a t h o f t h e w i l d (1:12:14) - Fallout 4: dlc (1:37:47) - CrossCode (1:38:08) - Death Stranding (1:38:17) - Dead Cells (1:38:26) - Katana Zero (1:38:32) - Megaman X (1:38:35) - Hollow Knight (1:38:50) - Celeste (1:39:10) - Beatsaber (1:39:32) - World of Warfraft (1:40:10) - Star wars: knights of the old republic (1:42:50) - World of Warcraft (1:43:44) - Dark Souls (1:46:57) - Sekiro (1:46:59) - God of War 2018 (1:56:08) - Deus Ex (2:04:25) - Undertale(2:08:59) - Bloodborne (2:09:03) - Xenoblade Chronicles 2 (2:10:31) - Darangaponga (2:11:54) - Joker 2019 (2:22:56 ) - Cyberpunk 2019 (2:46:02) - Assssin's Creed (2:48:07) - Prey (2:48:16) - Fallout 3 (2:48:20) - Duck Simulator (3:22:50) - Mass Effect 3 (3:22:51) - Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 (3:22:52) - Disco Elysium (3:33:14) - Fahrenheit (Indigo Prophecy) (3:34:25) - Civilization VI (3:34:29) - Metal Gear Rising (3:34:30) - Dont Starve (3:34:39) - Getting Over It (3:34:41) - Monster Hunter World (3:34:52) - Deus Ex (3:35:01) - Doki Doki Litterature Club (3:35:06) - Dark Souls (3:35:14) - Faster Than Light (3:35:26) - Fallout: New Vegas (3:35:37) - Civilization VI (3:35:41) - Assassin's Creed - Odissey (3:35:55) - Thronebreaker (3:50:28) - Slay the Spire (4:22:50) - Uncharted 2 (4:40:30) - Nier Automata (4:40:48 ) - What remains of Edith Finch (4:40:50) - Fahrenheit (Indigo Prophecy) (4:40:54) - Resident Evil 3 Remake (4:40:56) - Mass Effect 3 (4:41:00) - Dragon Age Origins (4:41:07) - Star Wars: The Fallen Order (4:41:13) - Life is Strange 2 (4:41:24) You're really crazy Joseph anderson, i love you bro, this video was really good, i often rewatch all of your videos and i will be using them to defend my thesis in college, keep up the good work! PS: If anyone wants to watch joe playing cyberpunk or Genshin impact I've made a highlights version on my channel

[@dalekteta9852]

>Game at 3:34:25 Fahrenheit (Indigo Prophecy) >Sherlock Holmes (3:34:29) Civilization VI Metal gear rising a second later >For the Knight (3:35:41) Also civilization VI > Detroit: Become human (?) (4:40:54) Fahrenheit (Indigo Prophecy) again >Resident Evil 2 Remake (?) (4:40:56) Resident Evil 3 Remake Pathologic 2 (?) (4:40:50) Don't know either.

[@Jujudocine]

@@dalekteta9852 thank you, also, now that i think about it, it can't be pathologic since he has repeatedly said he didn't play those games in his streams

[@LithiumSoul95]

@@Jujudocine What's your thesis?

[@Jujudocine]

@@LithiumSoul95 I will be exploring the character archs of people that make analysis video and the alternate reality that is KZbin, something like that

[@THEisaacG]

@@Jujudocine Your college thesis should be about Dunkey.

[@knelis8023]

If started and stopped watching several youtube channels since this video launched, yet I still come back here. I don't understand why I keep coming, but I just want to see that third video. I wonder If I'll ever be able to forget.

[@Soahi]

Fun fact: in Polish dubb Triss and Fiona from "Shrek" has the same voice actor... so comparing that ogre to Shrek isn't so far off :P

[@ThePreciseClimber]

I'm still baffled he didn't play these games with the Polish dub. It's like watching [insert popular anime here] with the English dub. I mean, it's possible but it seems reckless.

[@hundvd_7]

@@ThePreciseClimber I'm a hardcore sub fan. I have never seen an anime dub that isn't inferior to the original. (Ghost Stories is an exception, obviously). Yet, I've always played the Witcher games in English, and I have no desire whatsoever to replay any of them in Polish. I am biased - I am definitely a weeb - but I have my objective reasons, too. 1) Anime is made by the Japanese, for the Japanese, in Japanese. English is an afterthought, it's 100% outsourced and almost always hands-off. It also only happens to those that will presumably be successful enough with the international community. Most games release with multiple language options already implemented, as opposed to them being added later. Getting them translated is a clear focus. 2) The anime dubbing industry is a much more closed system than its games industry equivalent. We joke about Troy Baker and Nolan North voicing half the characters in games. And that's for good reason, sometimes it really feels like that. But it is _so much worse_ with anime dubs. About 40 people account for what feels like 90% of all main _and_ supporting characters. And I'm sorry, but those "stars" just aren't that good. 3) Games are far more profitable. Therefore, companies involved in their distribution are willing to spend more money to get it right for their target audiences. 4) Japanese English translation is really hard. Polish English isn't. And let me clarify that this problem isn't completely unique to anime, movies have the same - albeit more subdued - problem. I haven't watched a dubbed movie for more than half my life now. They are just so much worse. Video games are the exception, actually. And there's another reason, too, specifically about this game. 5) The world of the Witcher does not explicitly speak Polish. I don't lose immersion from hearing people speak English. In games like Assassin's Creed II, it could be argued that the real way to play it is in Italian, because people in Firenze actually speak that language. The people of Flotsam don't.

[@ThePreciseClimber]

@@hundvd_7 > Anime is made by the Japanese, for the Japanese, in Japanese Well, Witcher 1 was absolutely made by the Polish for the Polish in Polish. The Polish market was their primary focus and hope for commercial success. Just like with old Ubisoft games developed in France (not Canada), you can tell they are distinctly... national. Polish to English translation is fairly hard. The Japanese is just hard-er. > The world of the Witcher does not explicitly speak Polish Well, neither does any fantasy world from any anime. The world of FMA is not explicitly Japanese. Neither is the world of One Piece (it's a random mish-mash of lots of nationalities). Nor the world of Berserk. And Attack on Titan. And Made in Abyss. Et.c, etc. Actually, the world of the Witcher is more Polish than those anime worlds are Japanese. It's clearly inspired by Slavic lore and fables. Just like Quest for Glory 4. It may not be so prominent in W2 but it's very much visible in W1 & W3.

[@Phea7]

@@hundvd_7 1. And CD Project's writers write the dialogues in Polish without thinking about translations. Plus Witcher is based on Polish book series.

[@hundvd_7]

@@ThePreciseClimber > The Polish market was their primary focus Yeah, for the first game this is absolutely the case. However, I still think they focused more on the international market than almost any anime. Anime dubs aren't even made by the same people whatsoever. Not even the publisher is involved - beyond the basics. In contrast, the first game had some sloppy translation in places, but they actually remedied that in the Enhanced version. > Polish to English translation is fairly hard I mean, I'm sure it is, but I don't think it compares. And I'm talking about professional translation, not learning. That would make it curbstomp. However I cannot find any reliable source on the former, so let me just say this: I'm half French, and half Hungarian, and I speak some Spanish and Japanese, too. French, Spanish English is easy-peasy for the most part. Hungarian English is more difficult, though I still wouldn't call it nearly as bad as Japanese. And I'd assume Polish is in the same ballpark as that. >Well, neither does any fantasy world from any anime Totally true. I didn't explain it well, but the reason I brought it up is because while the world oozes Slavic energy - the spoken language _technically_ isn't Polish.

[@Lifelover992011]

Video Number 3 will just be Joseph saying "im a witcher" over and over again for 7 hours

[@scottwerner279]

He really missed a good april fools opportunity with that

[@itzelramirez4801]

Lol I laughed at this one it’s 3am but still

[@shinobi-no-bueno]

That part reminded me of Data from ST:TNG "I am an Android"

[@shinobi-no-bueno]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aIGpmJWdbbaChs0

[@withercrux]

It's fun to know that everyone who's left a comment already is still watching the video, or at the least hasn't finished it.

[@john-smith-hifugo155]

x4 speed gang rise up

[@john-smith-hifugo155]

@ancs28 there's a browser plugin to speed up any vid played in browser to up to 16x speed

[@suburbanking9148]

I'm only an hour and a half in

[@DarshUK1]

This is going to be true for at least another 2 hours lol

[@gallow_]

If nobody posted for 5 hours he'd probably think there was something gravely wrong with the video

[@connorbanepoop]

Yeah, i could see how this took a whole day to render.

[@wopwopkross]

multiple days I assume

[@Feanarth]

@@wopwopkross And then Sony Vegas crashes at 95%

[@colin-campbell]

He took two weeks off to “recover” from playing a game and writing about it. What.

[@sampletext9426]

@@D00000T My 2600 took 6 hours to render a 40 minutes video in 4k. I'd assume rendering 1080p for a 6 hour video would take 18 hours for me

[@bartomiejkumor9375]

Joseph's gonna get a job at Pentagon just to get access to a computer capable of uploading Witcher 3 Critique before all his fans die of old age.

[@coltonbunja]

I know there's rumor of a 12 hour long Witcher 3 video but I think it's actually just a three hour long video with a 9 hour long Zoltan 'I'm Not a Squirrel' Chivay bit.

[@coltonbunja]

(half a joke, half a challenge, this is the best bit)

[@alfiehaigh8412]

"I hate this video, I hate it so much, I hope that it's good" Joseph, it was amazing. The censorship etc isn't your fault. The way you keep complex stories understandable to someone who's never played the game or heard this story is insane. I don't think I know any youtuber who puts as much effort into their work, particularly video essays. TLDR; it's great, can't wait for the next one, but put your own mental health and your families first.

[@Maharani1991]

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[@aturchomicz821]

He makes 6k of Patreon lmao. He has no excuse

[@mothsforeyes]

@@aturchomicz821 I'm not sure what that has to do with anything the OP said, nor does the amount of money people are willing to give him mean he is obligated to make videos that can be acceased for free by anyone. Earnings also don't insulate a person from stress, mental exhaustion or mental illness.

[@aturchomicz821]

@@mothsforeyes Shut up

[@Shamino1]

There's the problem. You never played the game, never read the book, never once experienced anything that he's attempting to contextualize. What is the point of critique and review if you're actually not engaging in it yourself? You may as well just run a 60 minute long laugh track so you don't need to exert the physical effort of laughing, or the mental prowess of following a comedian's joke. This is laziness in its most smug form.

[@ferghalicious1480]

When Ciaran says Iorveth is ‘a real Aen Sidhe’, I just assume he’s saying it hyperbolically in the same sense we might call someone ‘a real man’ to express our admiration of their character.

[@GabrielFerCav]

I interpreted it the same way. In fact, not so hard to understand at all. I think he just went to deep into it to see the simple meaning behind the phrase.

[@Frencho9]

This. I rolled my eyes about his rant on this. Iorveth is a real Ain Sidhe, a real elf, free and wild, not living in a ghetto under the dominion of man, takes shit from no one as if the elves ruled the world like in the past.

[@Hates-handle]

Thats what i thought too

[@wotwott2319]

I interpreted it as him saying "Iorveth is a real n-word".

[@SE_Lin]

@@wotwott2319 The only correct interpretation

[@kanjiNaem]

THE WAIT IS OVER! and thus starts the wait for the 9 hours tW3 review

[@drdurchblick6871]

How much are we guessing for the books and show? 20 hours?

[@kanjiNaem]

@@drdurchblick6871 7 books ~ 20h and the show 4 hours id say thats pretty realistic but for the sanity of this guy i hope im wrong

[@Kneefoil]

It'll be a nice Xmas gift.

[@kanjiNaem]

@@Kneefoil Xmas.... yeah right

[@Kneefoil]

@@kanjiNaem 2021, baybeeh!

[@Raxyz_0]

"I'm happy this game exists. I never want to play it again." This sums up my gut reaction after doing both endings for it. I can kinda understand why you said you didn't liked this video, but I think it's a perfect analysis of what the game is and thorough enough that even I that have 200+ hours in each of these games am still surprised by details I've missed. 5 hours really is succinct for all that can be said about these games, and I'm sad that this ambition grew so large that it burst the balloon in flames with Cyberpunk 2077... I've revisited these videos to refresh my memory and they're incredible, I first binged them podcast-style and now have watched in bits and it's even better this way. Hope things are okay and when the third one is out it can be something you're comfortable with.

[@idokein2]

Friends: *recommend movies to me* me: "I don't have time to commit to movies right now" also me: *watching this*

[@jiffylou98]

“Yeah, I’m watching the Witcher series” “Oh dude it’s the best thing on Netflix” “Netflix?”

[@5Del]

Also me: better watch it a second time incase I missed some of the jokes

[@flyingwhale7176]

@@jiffylou98 LMFAO dude.

[@exharkhun5605]

@Kyle Riel Personally (and this is very, very subjective) I actually like someone laboriously picking apart games and stories that I enjoy. I'd have listened to it if it was twice as long as the game itself. To be cheesy(er): "The goal is not the destination, it's the journey". You may (and probably should) laugh but I viewed Chris Davis's 2 hour video on this game and felt it was horribly truncated, also, not enough self-referential jokes.

[@BambiBreaker]

Don't feed the troll lads. He's just a wee lad unloved by the world.

[@Devlin20102011]

Just want to mention that just like how you come across more negative about the games you critique than you mean, so do KZbin commenters. We’re all incredibly grateful you made this and are amazed anyone is capable of making such long form yet consistently high quality content, let alone a single person doing so. Try not to work yourself into an early grave, despite our demands for more content the gaps between videos are MORE than reasonable.

[@pageturner72]

agreed

[@classycatvidplace959]

I bet /hope he learnt from this experience and won't get into similar adventures from now on tho, honestly.

[@fatkh2030]

About Saskia's last scene. I think something went wrong with English translation, but in Polish version (and it's original one) Saskia says to Geralt "you will be always a welcome guest at Vergen", and Geralt response is normal as well. So she's absolutely friendly in Polish version (and doesn't mention dwarves as well), so I don't know why translators decided to change this scene that drastically.

[@Notnotnotnotnotnotnotnot]

I like the idea that the witcher 1 was just a play or stage preformance written by Dandelion. it explains why NPC models are reused so much. It explains the inconsistencies with the newer games, It even explains the romance cards.

[@FlamesAndShadows]

I like how they did it in 3. :) Models are still reused heavily, but specific faces aside (fuck you vampire as first example) it takes you a while to notice. They genuinly look like a small troupe of actors who had access to a costume wardrobe and apperance tweaking accessories and were running outback to change every time we needed smaller one-of roles or extras to populate the scene.

[@matthewgranato8925]

Joe: I'm 99.8% straight Yusuke: Very well, I will go along with this!

[@henrycrabs3497]

No comments, lame bro

[@bink6669]

Who else keeps coming back to see if part 3 is already out?

[@ardaricus1566]

Hell yeah

[@wompwomp1658]

right here

[@RaukGorth]

It is still not out.

[@ardaricus1566]

@@RaukGorth yeah...

[@specialagentdalecooper4857]

I suggest it is time for threats. Who knows JA's home address?

[@datcrash1433]

Witcher 3 will probably be like 12 hours long, cant wait

[@alexmoon066]

Yeah I kind of want 24 hour long video

[@tobusygaming467]

@@alexmoon066 yeah 24 hours is better

[@saiinttedd]

@@tobusygaming467 yeah

[@kinori6295]

It'll probably take him a year to make the video

[@Gakusangi]

God, I hope so.

[@STlim23]

I believe the "I know his weakness" line from Letho has to do with a pirouette move in the witcher moveset, which Letho believes Geralt cannot do because he had injured one of his legs in the past. Thats why in the final fight with Letho, Geralt pulls off a move that catches Letho off guard and disarms him, because somehow Geralt was healed from that injury and performed a move Letho did not think he could do. Then again, last I played TW2 was years ago, so this might be mistaken.

[@frosty8098]

a core experience of reading the book is geralt pirouetting to win every single fight so this wouldn't surprise me

[@HeyItsGbe]

I don't normally comment on videos in general and you probably won't see this but I just wanted to thank you for how much effort you put into this video and the amount you care about the quality of content you are presenting to your viewers. You were able to analyze and critique this complex mess of a game really well and I can't think of any other content creator that would be able to tackle this content like you did. I watched the entire video in chunks throughout my day and it really made today special after checking your twitter almost every other day to see when this was coming out. Sorry, this comment is probably too long already (get it?), so I just want to say that I really appreciate the effort and work you put out for your fans to enjoy, and no matter how long it takes, I'll be ready for an 8 hour long Witcher 3 analysis : ).

[@garg0yl3]

I wholeheartedly agree. The work you put into this is titan-like, almost impalpable, and yet amazing and it shines through every commentary and game clip that appears in the video. You should be proud of it, even if it isn't how you would like it to be, and i certainly am proud of you. Good job, sir. You deserve a pat, a bear, and a lot of praise!

[@alexanderhammond516]

Not that literally anyone on the planet cares about this but me, but the Roche face morph thing is pretty easily explainable. Animators usually have a bone called an Origin/Root that they animate to align collision, and if it pops for a few frames due to an oversight then the game will suddenly believe that character is really far away and will replace the model with a lower level of detail version to save on processing. There could be other causes than an animator made a mistake, but I feel like it's the most likely one and even then it is most probably a level of detail issue.

[@Maharani1991]

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[@macilvoy]

Joe: "I will post next video by the end of the year" 2020: *never ends*

[@ProtoManiac2283]

tfw the calendar grows a new month

[@JohnSmith-gz4fs]

The world will break before 2020 does.

[@packrunnernes]

I burnt down the library of Alexandria and recovered all its lost knowledge since this came out and Witcher 3 video isn't out yet!