Noclip Witcher documentary series



I have finished watching the six-part documentary series created by Noclip about the Witcher games and their Polish developer, CD Projekt Red.

Part 1 - CD Projekt
Part 2 - The first two Witcher games
Part 3 - The Witcher 3 world design
Part 4 - The Witcher 3 quests design
Part 5 - Translation and localization
Part 6 - Details: music and sound, combat, Gwent minigame

I'm just going to paste here what I posted on the official Witcher forums. I have received 2 REDpoints for it. :)

I finished watching part 6 yesterday. The whole series is fascinating. The part that resonated with me the most is in the beginning of the first part where Marcin Iwinski talks about Socialism vs the West. I was born in Hungary, and I'm only five years younger than him. Everything he said about the supermarket, the grayness of Socialism vs the colorful West, the first time at an American fast food restaurant, and kids not being aware what they are missing until they see the abundance, I had the same exact experiences, the same thoughts and feelings when I first visited a Western country (Austria) with my parents when I was around 10 years old. There must be millions of people in my generation who had the same experiences, but this was the first time I heard somebody talk about it. 

As for the localization / translation part, I know there is a Hungarian version of The Witcher 3 available (subtitles but not voiceover), but I prefer to play the game (all video games) in English for the reason Golden_Phoenix mentioned. As the majority of information written on the internet is in English, if I played a Hungarian translation of a game, I would have a much harder time finding information and discussions on it than if I know the English version of character names, places etc.

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