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[@LordofBroccoli]

As someone who did ALL of the smuggler's caches in Skellige, I... hate... these... scaly... fish-harpies!!!!

[@aarontimothy05]

me too

[@Rakshiir]

Yeah, me too, at some point it also was just tiring to be attacked by yet another group of Sirens. I mean, I love the game, but for the skellige water sections, they could have thought about a bit more variety for enemies, or something else...

[@maxwilson9730]

Me too!

[@Elkatraz]

I know the pain brother!

[@MaiBigButt]

I feel you.

[@thepyrookami]

fun fact, the Sirens in the Odessy weren't luring in Odessyus with like, sex and stuff, they were luring him in with promises of the future. Which is basically telling him "Hey we got the winning lotto numbers"

[@shakirashipslied9721]

Oh fuck

[@andyrean8225]

He had his crew men put wax in their ears and have him tied to the main post.

[@schmittybacall1655]

So Odysseus played the Greek numbers? Baller

[@iwaswondering447]

Or maybe they were singing the Odyssey?

[@singingocean8067]

Dude what if kids see this next time kidify it

[@b_dockk]

I always thought it was interesting that the Sirens revert back to their "human" skin once killed.

[@ThePollarRabbit]

yeah, that is interesting. I wonder if its some sort of evolutionary trait that allows them to use their own dead as bait for more prey, as curious sailors would come closer to check it out if they found a woman's body floating in the sea.

[@lepidlover0557]

Maybe their human form is their default while the hideous one is just the form they take on when they become aggressive

[@dunnejos8423]

Sirens in Greek mythology are actually bird people, not mer people. They look like birds of prey with the upper body and face of beautiful women. Which the alluring voice thing makes sense since birds sing to mate.

[@DonPatrono]

the ones in the videogame should be Meleusines (or Melusines), which were traditionally shown having a snake/eel-like tail, wings, and the face and body of a woman. Those come from European (French, Northern Italian, German) folklore, and are described as cursed water faeries that must break their curse by marrying a knight or someone noble-hearted without being seen by him until after the marriage (owing to the trickstery nature). upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/ff/Melusine-bok_1500.gif that's from a 15th century book, pretty similar to what we see in game, i'd say

[@zionthedragon8866]

@@DonPatrono FYI, in culture lore, there is only ONE melusine, not many, unless you mean have many witcher game creatures like the melusine version.

[@dragonhearted7761]

I thought that was harpies?

[@OokPuddin]

A head of a woman

[@GeneralGorillaSonicOC]

They were stripped of their wings and became like mermaids but dangerous.

[@guilhem7200]

Actually in France, Mélusine is considered a fairy, mostly benevolent, who transformed into a siren/dragon like creature in water. It is also said that she constructed a lot of monuments and cities through the country. It seems that her polish version is still scaly but less friendly...

[@TheLegoJungle]

Thought: Do Sirens take on the appearence of a she-elf when roaming around elf dominated lands to lure male elves? What about other races?

[@blair5475]

What do eels have to do with Elves

[@draw2death421]

@@blair5475 ?

[@Uyhn26]

Yea it probably will take the form of Sylvanans

[@orkunaydincilar4762]

@I will make operational deflector shields legal! bruh imagine getting offended in behalf of fucking elves

[@orkunaydincilar4762]

@I will make operational deflector shields legal! You probably destroyed the meaning by using translate you can write in eng

[@luke342w]

Damn, I haven't played Witcher 3 in quite a while(due to needing a bit of a break after finishing it after 200+ hours, but also needing to start working on my bachelor's degree) and hearing the music from the game HIT ME HARD. The feels and the nostalgia are here. I wanna replay the game so much...but my bachelor's degree ain't done, yet :(

[@cassuttustshirt4949]

You can get both your degree and your Witcher 3 fix! You just have to ignore your degree, lol. I barely graduated, but dammit, I did graduate. What's your bachelor's in, if you don't mind me asking? Mine was psychology (I did good in all my psych classes, just bad in most other stuff, aha)

[@luke342w]

@@cassuttustshirt4949 Computer science. I'm not comfortable disclosing the exact topic of my bachelor's before I complete it, but I can tell you it has a lot to do with both location services and weather services. And for the classes, I didn't choose any non-computer-science classes. I was very good in most of them(a lot of 90+% averages) and about two or three, that I really hated, that I barely got through :D After I finish this, I hope I'll be able to go do my masters in Finland, if all goes well :) Are you also planning to pursue a masters' degree, if I may ask?

[@cassuttustshirt4949]

@@luke342w You didn't have to choose any classes not related to your field? What about 'general education' classes or whatever they are called where you are? I didn't even get to take a psychology course my first year, haha. And yeah, I did will in most of my psych classes (Just baaaarely passed Statistics in Psychology, and to this day I think the teacher (who really liked me) might have have fudged my grades just enough for me to pass..) and I didn't do so well in 'Psychoactive Drugs and Behavior' simply because the textbook was old, and the prof was old and boring, and neither the book nor the prof knew what they were talking about. Wish I had the other prof for that class, the same guy who liked me in Statistics in Psychology, because he also taught the psychoactive drugs class. He was a deadhead who had followed them on tour and been to several festivals. He was the much better prof to have for the psychoactive drugs class. But, I didn't get him, I got the boring guy. And the final paper I wrote for a really hard prof. was "Comparing transcranial magnetic stimulation versus electroconvulsive therapy in otherwise treatment resistant major depressive disorder" and I got an A-! Damn, I'm turning this into a nostalgic word wall, I'm sorry. And no, I'm not planning on getting a Master's, it's been years since I've graduated anyway. When I get my Crohn's disease and trigeminal neuralgia under control I want to work at a nursing home or aging resource center. I'm good with old folks, even if they have some form of dementia. If you read all of this, I salute you.

[@luke342w]

@@cassuttustshirt4949 I mean, I did, but those were compulsory, anyway. We had math with computer science related focus(that I use every day in my programming), discrete mathematics(which is basically logic on steroids, which I also use every day), statistics(which I use heavily in AI related things) and maybe some others(can't remember more atm), that were also completely necessary for this field of study. But we could also take stuff like sports classes and I think also some completely random stuff from other colleges, that I didn't take. And yeah, I did read all of that :D Good luck with your health issues...I can only imagine how unpleasant and limiting it can be :/ I'm thankfully completely ok, health wise...

[@cassuttustshirt4949]

@@luke342w Hey, thanks for the well-wishes! I'm just glad my health issues didn't crop up until after college! You're lucky that all the classes you're taking can be applied to your major. I had to take things like history (Which I didn't mind, I'm a huge history buff! Could have done without art history, though..) and speech/public speaking, things that don't really apply to a psych major. And god, that speech class, I usually love things like that, but the prof. was an old, mean, tenured crook. And when I say crook, I mean it. HE was the one that wrote the textbook for the class (Which was expensive even for a textbook, even though it was soft-cover garbage) and the homework and whatnot was right in the textbook, so you'd have to tear out the page to hand it in, making the textbook worthless. You couldn't give it to a friend about to start the class, you couldn't sell it back to the bookstore to get a bit of money back, you obviously couldn't rent the thing, only buy it. So every semester, a new crop of students had to buy that textbook full price. And you don't have to take some kind of fitness credit? Huh. I did. I didn't want to take anything like running or basketball or climbing. I wanted to take Yoga, but that class fills up fast with people like me who want a slightly more 'relaxing' fitness credit. In the end, I took Tae Kwon Do. I was horrible at it, and the only thing I learned is that I think girls look super cute in those martial arts uniforms. And, if god help you, you make it through THIS whole word wall of my college nostalgia, you deserve a goddamn medal.

[@antoniodeamon989]

Man, I absolutely love the music in this game..

[@shadowreaper5413]

Ikr its so calming and immersive in skellige

[@dejanjordan]

Yeah especially Kaer Morhen theme, calming yet very sad...I wonder how the Netflix show will do in this department...

[@Sparkball]

Greatest soundtrack of all time IMO

[@haminoyou4210]

@@dejanjordan Whats your opinion on the netflix soundtrack now? IMO it was pretty good, really feels like witcher BUT its no where near as good as w3.

[@dejanjordan]

@@haminoyou4210 Yes W3 was and will remain a true masterpiece not just the soundtrack but also storytelling and the atmosphere is so thick you can cut it with a knife, personaly I dont like the Netflix series its just a weird production and its to off from the books and games it tries to do its own thing but just ends up making no sense. The books are great especialy the first 4 read them if you havent you wont regret it.

[@RicardoPierotti.]

The fields of Aard Skellige, by far the best soundtrack, I love it so much, thank you for putting it in the video

[@_d.i.n.i_]

gosh their scream gave me goosebumps everytime 😱 and oh I sure love that horn lol

[@_d.i.n.i_]

@@なるえええ afraid of them scaly fish harpies? nope you're not alone lol

[@Name-ek4jc]

That horn is the best lmao

[@mo4043]

Dude your videoquality is insane. Keep it up buddy!

[@bwall1384]

I know it would be a lot of work but.... I think a video on the swords of the Witcher would be pretty cool. I would love to know why so many of those Relic swords have the names they do and to know any history behind them!

[@SaFeXxRandomxX]

I've finished both God Of War 2018 and Rdr2, and i can safely say The Witcher 3 is THE single greatest, and best, game EVER. I wanna go back. Also, and i say this every time i watch your videos, keep smashing! Love and appreciate your work, and channel!

[@blair5475]

I love Witcher 3 but God Of War is a better game by far.

[@figgypudding6277]

Could not say with a straight face gow is better, combat wise but story wise Witcher destroys any other series.

[@blair5475]

Good thing video games are played for gameplay first. If wanted just a story, I would go read the Witcher novels instead.

[@blair5475]

Also characters in GOW are so much better than Witcher 3. Only thing I thought were done better in Witcher 3 is the number in varieties of different enemies u come across and larger areas to explore.

[@safinman]

Blair yeah except for kratos other characters in gow are shit compared to witcher 3, the gameplay is the only thing its better in but i still prefer witcher 3

[@maestershaw8604]

Smash it hard Geralt. I mean slash it hard

[@tiffles3890]

Underrated comment.

[@robertxerxes1932]

Current Coat of arms of Warsaw is Siren, which according to legends from Medieval tmes decided to settle where town exists now

[@miria_h]

No se ustedes pero las misiones en el mar de skellige, saquendo los tesoros de los bandidos fue en conjunto la experiencia más aterradora que tuve en todo el juego, no solo por las sirenas sino por el fondo oscuro del mar, tenia los nervios de punta e intentaba nadar sin mirar el fondo del agua, mientras estas sirenas gritaban con sus rostros horribles

[@GreedyOrange]

ja kann ich verstehen,ich bin immer abgetaucht und hab mit der armbrust und dem schwertwal trank und vollmond trannk wenn sie zu überlevelt waren R1 gespammt und aufs beste gehofft,und natürlich quick save vorher :D btw,warum hast du in spanish kommentiert? versteh mich nicht falsch,ich finds lustig,vieleicht kommt ein franzose und gibt uns seine meinung,oder russe oder sonstwoher :P

[@ano585]

@@GreedyOrangeесть встроенный переводчик - думаю, специально для таких случаев) чтобы все могли общаться без ограничений и при этом не испытывать дискомфорт, пытаясь использовать не родной для себя язык.

[@SWORDMASTER4567]

Sucks for them Geralt is not lured to beautiful woman he Lures them in. Great video man. Also this made me remember One Eye from the books now I'm sad.

[@archdornan8349]

If this was the Witcher 1 Geralt he would have banged it on the spot

[@alexan2930]

Why do Sirens die while striking a pinup pose? It looks so silly.

[@derekhandson351]

Fan service

[@Engine33Truck]

They blast apart if you hit them with Piercing Cold lol

[@silviaf2725]

Geralt: 'Dropped from on high. Wonder who this is?' Every player: 'It's you, dude. It's you.'

[@SevernFyre]

You've completely drawn me in these many months. I may be one of very few who actually never played the games you cover, however, I've enjoyed watching other gameplays. I look forward to watching your playthroughs soon. I really appreciate your insights and your dedication in bringing it to us.

[@alecmcgilvray353]

I just hit them with axii to make them stop moving, crossbow, and finish them off when they hit the ground. Also works with harpies but the crossbow isn't needed.

[@Mufireael]

Hi! Just wanna share my appreciation for all these amazing videos you make on the witcher universe, theyre so enjoyable and I really do enjoy watching them. And cause of that I wanna say a big thank you. You honestly make my days better and help me relax while learning and thinking about stuff from the witcher universe. Cheers and much love! 🐺⚔♥

[@titanx1519]

I just started playing the Witcher it’s a really good game so far

[@bucknasty8597]

I envy you. I wish I could play this game gor the first time again

[@kaceyle4706]

Titan X the only think I hate about this game is when u have to play quent games .

[@thegoat7043]

Kacey Le I know I don’t know how to play lol

[@kaceyle4706]

Givenchy Diamonds i’m not saying that we all have to learn

[@cassuttustshirt4949]

For all the sirens they had as monsters, I wish they could have included one 'nice' one or some merpeople or something like that. That would have been really fun. Thanks for the great video, WitcherGeorge! Gotta love the monster vids =)

[@bluesmurff6163]

Especially since it has been said than sirens used to be "ok" with men, like humans from potential mate to food, what happened ?

[@lepidlover0557]

@@bluesmurff6163 Men used to kidnap them and hunt them for their vocal cords

[@W47689]

@bluesmurff6163 same thing that happened in novigrad fear gripping men and hunting down a species

[@Domon0310]

In Polish there's one word "syrena", which describes both sirens and mermaids. Sh’eenaz is a mermaid and calling her a siren is just probably an incorrect translation.

[@pratikraut6354]

Damn, that music ❤❤

[@Engine33Truck]

If you wait until you’re done with B&W to do all the points of interest in the waters around Skellige, Piercing Cold works amazingly against Sirens and Ekhidna.

[@Torsteinhauger]

Aah that skellege music is so soothing and awesome video btw learned something new. I love Greek and norse mythology.

[@Rakshiir]

During my first playthrough I personally was a bit surprised by the "boss" Siren. The whole quest was pretty fun, it was also interesting to see that other monsters live in the cave where she was worshiped. But the fight itself? First time playing, I got her to the ground (I think with Igni, but it has been some time, so I am not 100% sure, could have been Aard as well) and just killed her while she was on the ground - just like other Sirens. It was a bit disappointing, although it made for an easy quest. Not sure if they patched it, because the second time I played, she took alot of damage while on the ground, but you couldn't just 1 shot her like other sirens.

[@Infinite_Jester]

Any Witcher contract monster that can be knocked down can still be instantly killed. This includes the water hag and foglet contracts.

[@emmanuelmorris7653]

Can you do the succubus next?

[@finn3078]

Glad to see more vids, keep it up dude :D

[@largehoman]

I find I'm always colossally overleveled by the time I do this hunt. Most of Skellige im over leveled

[@puddingerrant2384]

My opinion is，merpeople、siren、ekhidna and lamia are quiet different spieces.Though lamia never show up in CDPR's games,but in Chinese version Gwent ,ekhidna is translated to 女蛇妖 means lamia by mistake,so,maybe lamia will realy get herself a seat in Gwent someday.

[@MR3DDev]

Is youtube watching my game? I just arrived in Skellige yesterday and this video got recommended to me. Thats scary

[@dejanjordan]

Yeah these kind of things happens to me a lot as well, creepy indeed...

[@dabestestgoblin8495]

Great Video! Just went to Skellige and those beats annoy the crap out of me

[@daswordofgork9823]

I don’t remember the sirens flying in the air with the greatest of ease.

[@bleach-kun]

I was running a griffin sign build (I LOVE sign builds), I knocked her down with Aard which stunned her, then I followed it up with a gout of igni. She was turned into a pile of fried chicken in seconds. My stamina regen was so high that I had no problem at all. It took two gouts to kill her, but the burning damage kept her on the ground, and my stamina regen'd before she could shake it off. It was pretty easy.

[@rebeccamiles4041]

I love all your videos, Witcher George!

[@wesleyvl8572]

Keep up your videos dude

[@GoogleAccount-cs8dm]

oh boy Henry is going to love this

[@toryhaas9459]

Great video!! Don’t forget the kayran from the Witcher 2 though!!!! 😂👍🏻

[@donaldbell2554]

Thank you for all these videos

[@tomczykjason2355]

That stupid boss fight at the start of the video LOL. I didint even bother to move during the fight, I just just stood there and killed the fekker with me own crossbow (skellige sound)

[@specialnewb9821]

George, can you do a video on how Geralt got to Soul Calibur and Monster Hunter? Kind of a tongue in cheek lore video.

[@mimicopenthatchest3297]

melusine was pretty easy, honestly. First time playthrough on deathmarch, heck I found wham-a-wham much harder. Though, that's probably because he was redskulled and one hit me.

[@Chrysaetos11]

Their scream was, somehow still is, quite terrifying. I actively avoided them on my 1st play.

[@blair5475]

How old are you?

[@adambousfield6802]

Blair haha

[@antoniocampos6627]

Hopefully the next game will feature ofier or nilfgaard as a setting. After seeing skellige and falling in love with it it only makes me want to see them flush out more areas of this world we have yet to see.

[@tocadiscos5]

I'm playing this game again.

[@glb1993]

I gotta play the witcher 3 again soon I started to play it again a couple weeks ago but have been to busy and preoccupied with work and other things.

[@dtcanxz]

nice videos as always

[@ericv.christian201]

Some people watch national geographic.... pfft... this is far more interesting!! P.S. Can't wait for the next Rdr2 episode, jsut finished the game and I'm courious what'll be your impression of the story(Or have you decided to finish it by yourself? If yes lemme know what are your taughts overall about the game.)

[@montanaberdan8935]

I love the lore to this game just could never play it I can never get the gameplay mechanics down

[@HunterHearstHennessy]

Sirens are very interesting creatures tbh. They look so unique compared to all the other monsters.

[@edi9892]

Could you make a top ten most impressive monsters in the witcher franchise? I'm not referring to their difficulty, but their appearance.

[@edi9892]

I never found them tough except when using a boat or getting ambushed on a steep terrain where I can't fight. In a way I found them rather beautiful monsters, though not in a human way.

[@Marvindlight]

*Fields of ard skellig intensify*

[@martinrezzy]

the hardest battles for me are these with wolves and vampire like monsters..in Toussant there is 3 vampiric monsters on one place that are extremely powerful on death march and can kill me with 2 hits...and they are 3....and very fast and strong...they are looking like a Foglet but so much bigger...i found difficult to fight insectoids too...kikimora and arachas are very fast and can easily overwhelm you...i prefer heavy armors...usually Ursine...with Feline they kill me with 1 hit but with Ursine i can take 2 and sometimes even 3 hits without dieing..and thats a big difference for me..

[@squallion777]

I have always found the best way to take down sirens is to use the exploding sustained shield, ones the fall to the ground I always get an instant kill, try it some time :-)

[@DarthDainese]

I found the fight to be a pain in the arse, could reach with silver sword, had to rely on the crossbow as I didn’t have the horn

[@efaristi9737]

In fact, I believe that at the outset, the "sirens" of TW3 were to be called Nixes. They don't have much to do with merpeople.

[@rishabhjha6168]

Hey George! Appreciate your work. Could you please make a video about Iris, the wife of Olgierd? It would be so damn awesome.

[@andrewjohnson7801]

You should do a video on the diffrent races and sentient monsters that you have not covered like a video on gnomes or berserkers as they are in actual norse mythology berserker meaning bear shirted

[@cromabu5090]

Are they pre or post conjunction

[@penart8079]

When I got to melunise my build was focused a lot on bleed, so I kid you not all it took to defeat her was just one hit and she just bled out😂

[@jackcampion3838]

I think if you could make a video about some of the big and most interesting and important battles in the Witcher universe

[@ultron-5600]

Plot twist Melusine is Aquamans relative and he sent the wild hunt after Geralt

[@diegomilon7688]

Another thing in my to do list

[@walpurgisnight7]

I wish people would stop using mermaid and siren interchangeably, it just confuses people and makes created lore more convoluted.

[@sunnydeathray4786]

well... in polish there is only word for sirens but not mermaids and it is used for both, so when i was a kid always thought that mermaids are called sirens, only later after learning bit of english language i have later learned that these two are not the same.

[@thatssuspicious1809]

@@sunnydeathray4786 Is it Morszczynka or something

[@-Thunder-Warrior-]

Don't worry lads, Witcher Gerd has got this.

[@ngau-nhien]

These Sirens in the books just live underwater and they are truly PRETTY... 👍

[@efaristi9737]

that's because they are not mermaids like Sheenaz, there is a distinction.

[@nag7254]

Melusine is actually the the wind houling in for example your house

[@pedroborges5323]

Could you do a video on dorregaray of vole? Hes so cool, but i don't know anything about him...

[@jesseadams7407]

Could you do a monster lore on the Wyvern or the dracanoids in general

[@zionthedragon8866]

He already did.

[@doitytoothtony5656]

When you have Enemy Upscaling on, the Ehkidna can be a pain in the ASS...

[@d.maxwell8669]

The boss battle glitched and the boss couldn't fly for more than a few seconds before dropping to the cliffs below. I reloaded the game, and same thing happens. So I dropped down to kill her..only problem was that her loot spawned on top of the cliffs and it was really hard to climb back up again. So I reloaded again and shot her to death with my crossbow. Despite being killed below, her loot spawned near me. Extremely uneventful fight.

[@ffmmain8673]

you are not able to show us the face of a siren´?

[@rubyfool14]

What armor is that at 0:24?

[@kjirikowic]

could you do a lore video on the aen elle elves and humans?

[@Coven_of_Hags]

Love sirens

[@dogheart_ii9301]

If I could be any monster in the Witcher universe I would be a siren/echidna. Just flying over/swimming in the beautiful waters of Skellige.

[@user-jj6wb7is9p]

Sirena is a mermaid on Serbian so maybe its the same thing on Polish

[@iluvatarchem]

If W3 had pure exploration instead of a million markers telling you where to go, it would be the greatest game ever. As it is now, it's just a great game.

[@vykintascerniauskas9196]

Hey i realy like your videos. Plz can you make video about Vesemir. :)

[@wandering-wisp]

Mélusine is supposed too ok have two tails, either fish like or snake like.

[@anujme3]

Wticher 3 redefined gaming . Still can say best of the best.

[@studentdebil1720]

The fight with that echidna was so underwhelming... One aard and she was dead. And I wasn't overlevelled.

[@zevlogs8911]

I had the horn so it wasn’t that hard but still kinda difficult

[@Shadoxinfernus]

Quen, let it attack, monster on the ground, get near, finish off. Easiest boss battle.

[@tiagopatricio3805]

The Witcher version of the little mermaid present in the books would be a interesting story for the NETFLIX Witcher, specially now that Disney confirmed a live action movie aboute the little mermaid

[@blackwatergermany]

Could you make a video about toussaint

[@masteryuda7444]

One of the most disturbing enemies i have ever encountered in a videogame

[@ceridwenania1602]

It also might be that author is Polish. We have only one word for both syrena. Look also for a legend of a Warsaw syrena.

[@ash-e-ly9865]

Hopefully you throw some bioshock into the mix

[@larsveldhuizen5785]

The Boss fight was really easy for me somehow, just spam clicked my crossbow and she was down fast

[@donaldtusk2678]

Well now you have to do harpies(hate those pesky flying enemies

[@guntervanstraaten4562]

Haha my first tussle with her was well, lets say i was a bit under levelled 😂 But once i got better, well she was not the most difficult but i didn't die so there's that

[@Renju366]

Melusine boss fight wasn't that hard, rather annoying. She did damage me a bit in the beginning of the fight but as the fight continued, didn't take any damage. Worst part was that I could use only my crossbow and she wouldn't come crashing down to taste my sword, unlike other Sirens or Ekhidna.

[@shieldmaiden8269]

Her human form also has black hair instead of blonde

[@stefman3553]

The siren boss contract: i 2 shot it

[@jackbelmont4389]

At first i used to not use neither potions or oils during the fights. But then i was like "lets see if there is a difference. I three shooted the equidna. Now my geralt is a potion junky