When Geralt played Never Have I Ever with Lambert and Eskel, they talked about jumping out a maiden's window and they said "Old man probably did that too". Now we see it's true. Vesimir did that. 15:45
Just so you know, hearts of stone is based on an old Polish folklore. Here's the story: One of the best-known devils in Polish legends is the one that signed a pact with the 16th-century nobleman Sir Twardowski. According to the contract, the devil provided the nobleman with great wisdom and magical powers in exchange for - as you might very well expect - his soul. However, a key stipulation stated that Twardowski’s soul could only be collected in Rome. That allowed the cunning nobleman to exercise his special powers without ever having to pay the price - as long as he avoided the Eternal City. However, on one day, the devil tricked Twardowski into visiting an inn… An inn called none other than Rome. That was when the party ended for Sir Twardowski: a confrontation with the devil ensued and as a result the nobleman became stranded on the moon forever (or in the space between it and the Earth, in other versions). The similarities are not coincidental. That's a major Polish legend. My great grandma told me that
There's also a poem "Pani Twardowska" by Adam Mickiewicz in which Twardowski gives the Devil Mephistopheles three tasks to fullfill. First task had three steps. -bring to life horse in Inn's emblem. -make a whip out of sand. -build a mansion out of walnuts, nailed with poppy seed with a thatchet roof made of Jesish beirds. Next task was to sit in a bowl of holy water. Final task...was to live, love and care for Twardoski's wife. Who is usually drawn to look as beutiful as Scotsman's wife. The devil could not take it and fled through a keyhole.
Similar to a story I heard about a guy who was told he would die near Saint-Germain, so he avoided the city all his life. When he was once sick he called for a doctor and as he was dying he asked the doctor's name, which was obviously Saint-Germain
One more thing: It you save Olgierd you will see cutscene where he and Geralt are drinking wine. After that he gives you his sword. He cuts his hand nad blood spills. It's subtle note about next DLC - Blood and Wine.
I don't think they are drinking wine , they are sitting on a rock , that I remember . I have finished this expansion 6 times , and aways done this ending of the dlc .
When Geralt kills the boar that attacks the fire eater, the fire eater calls it a bear. When Vlod questions him about telling the difference between a bear and boar the fire eater says he’s not “some kind naturalists”. When Vold asks his name, the fire eater replies David Artensborrow. This is a tribute to the real David Attensborough who is in fact one of Britain’s most famous natural historians and broadcasters.
@@erikasen5078 It's a she, I think Geralt even refers to her as a girl sometimes, except if you go to see Emhyr with Ciri and don't take the money. The Roach he give you is a stallion. Not sure if Geralt still calls him girl though.
I have one During the wedding Geralt plays a game in which he herd pigs in a barn if you use axii to get them in the peasants question you about you hand and then a guy tells that he saw a another witcher do the same thing to a someone and told him to hang himself (which he did) When speaking to Lambert in Kaer Morhen he says that he used axii on someone who attacked him and told him to hang himself ( which he did)
Dude i just now realised his initials are GOD. Explains a lot. Shoulda realised in a couple of days so i could say "OMG it's 2020, omg omg" but don't matter.
Arist Castillo The mirror image, or rather, the reversed image of a Benevolent God, is an Malevolent God. In simple words, Gaunter O’Dimm is an Evil God
There is one more: If you keep Olgierd and Iris portrait (instead of burring it with Iris Von Everec), you can use it to decorate your House at Corvo Bianco...
Man it’s so crazy the amount of work they put in for voice-lines and dialogue that many people won’t even ever see. It just goes to show how much effort they put into making their world feel really alive.
There’s a FANTASTIC reference to the books which completely blew my mind!! Outside Oxenfurt there’s a group of soldiers and a merchant who is showing off a Basilisk in a cage, Geralt probes and proves that it isn’t a Basilisk but a very young and sickly Wyvern. The soldiers start shouting at the merchant for conning them and the Wyvern escapes from the cage and you kill it. This is lifted directly from the 4th book and the reason it blew my mind is because I literally read that chapter an hour before stumbling across that encounter in the game
Yes it was Ciri though who had this scene in the novel there is actually many similar scenes between the novel and the game .. Like The fight that Geralt had at the Inn at the beginning of the game was actually similar to the opening scene of the Novel if I remember correctly
Just found something interesting in the auction. On the first floor ( or wherever you spawn in at first in the auction house) ,in one of the glass cases is a ‘goblet of fire’ . (Harry Potter Easter egg)
Another interesting little thing I didn't see mentioned in the comments: the note revealing Van Rogh is actually Iris (13:05) is signed by "Han van Meegeren". There existed a real Han van Meegeren, who was a Dutch painter and master art forger. That's a great little reference by CDPR!
They actually referenced a lot of other famous painters and paintings that hang in the auction house, like the da Vinci and Girl with the Pearl Earing. Kind of like "Van Rogh" reminds of Van Gogh.
@@Marta_Moontessa yeah and if Van Rogh is Iris, her suffering with depression is an allusion to his struggles with mental illness, and the style of the painted world is clearly inspired by Van Gogh's post impressionist paintbrush stroke technique.
It’s wired though because in the blood and wine dlc you can buy a portrait off one of the merchants and it’s a self portrait of van rogh and it’s not iris. But obviously as it says in the note iris is van rogh
Captain's log Entry #3175 I am still digging up things from that game. I am starting to go mad. I have come to believe the devs add stuff when i look away. This could take me a whole life to achieve but whatever
P.S P.S I cant take this anymore ,secrets are starting to making me crazy ,im getting mad by every day .i cant suffer anymore i want to end my life , farewell. Then in "witcher 4 The Dead souls " (made up name ) Geralt find this as an easter egg lol
@@oteleaionutbogdan5381 That said, the way she says "I fear that's all" is subtly tender and reassuring if you think about it. She says it in a tone that shows she knows Geralt and that the kind of trouble he gets into is serious. She accepts this about him, refrains from judging him (because she probably has seen some sh!t herself), and is quick to put down any false notions of a quick-and-easy solution. That's a friend as well as a lover right there.
1: the Witcher coming to the nintando 2: The Witcher coming to Netflix 3: xletalis still making great videos about the Witcher AHM AHM it's safe to say that this is the best year of all the witchers out there!
The thing that sucks the most is that Iris is prob the most underrated woman in the entire game. She is down to earth and loving. Not to mention one of the most beautiful ones in the entire series
I like how Geralt breaks the 4th wall when doing the roach quest in blood and wine by asking how she shows up on different continents when he hasn't even travelled with her or how Roach always shows up outta no where
Yeahhhh talking Roach was funny 😂 When Geralt ask how come roach can cross oceans when called but get stuck on tiny fences, Roach says “everyone have limits” 😂
On my 9th play-through today I noticed that if you’ve cleaned out all the Nekker nests by the wind mill by the Everec estate, later when you go back to get the rose from Iris there will be a sign posted near the Fast Travel post. The miller says that he is hiring laborers because there’s more land to work since the nekkers have been cleaned out. Just another cool little detail from Geralt’s efforts.
Regarding Gaunger O'Dimm being everywhere, his secondary theme can also be heard just out of the blue when you're in the Novigrad/Oxenfurt outskirts. I take that as a sign of his omnipresence as well, as if he could just be sitting on a tree branch above looking at us when we are strolling the fields or something. I could never visually see him in these moments though, but I don't think I even need to, the music just makes me know he's there. By the way, this use of leitmotif is one of the most wonderful in gaming (or movies for that matter). His primary theme, the one kids are singing, is also a brilliant way to introduce it to us. They make that hard to miss, and that's one nice achievement for storytelling in an open-world game.
Honestly vlodimirs story is quite tragic, ignoring the raiding and killing ( which for the people of the story wasn't outside the realm of morality) he really did want to make all those around him happy and live fulfilling lives. Especially when he meets the happy couple and pushes the husband to be to help his wife finish her schooling.
The tragic story of the Cursed Chapel is probably one of the saddest and most devastatingly haunting stories of The Witcher.... it's incredible how these stories can be woven to The Witcher 3 game that can be easily missed as well.
I mean, like 99% of my problems will probably kill me in 20 years, so I'll happily make a few deals in good faith! I mean, Gaunter isn't that bad. Oleg just tried cheating him. So, Letalis, HMU if you want a soul in a few years time, all I ask is to be healthy and wealthy! xD
Tax collector: So, you earned 40000 crowns doing illegal activities? Geralt: Yeah. Tax collector: Outrageous! For that crime you must pay a thousand crowns! just like in real life
Great research as always. Haven't seen much of this. That van Rogh painter was Iris? Jeez. I'm interested in how much time you spend on videos of this sort. A week? Each video of this type must have taken really a lot of time?
@@xLetalis yeah, I thought so. haven't watched even half of your "Details.." videos yet. the amount of work you put into them is crazy. by the way, what do you think of that "witcher chest" I unboxed on my channel recently? could you be interested in getting a similar one in exchange for your advertising for the author's workshop in a couple of your next videos on The Witcher? you haven't responded previously. you may just "yes/no".. that was my idea to contact you about that, so I wanted some response from you to pass it to that guy. but I think he'd be glad to do the same thing for you or maybe even something better.
While escorting the fire breather back to the festivities, Geralt saves his from a boar and then later asks him for his name. he says "David Artensborrow" clearly reference to Sir David Attenborough, in that context of wild boars and naturalists. maybe worth mentioning. :)
At first I thought Adela calling Geralt "Puss Peepers" was something offensive but then after hearing her dialogues carefully I came to understand that it means "Cat Eyes". 😸 Meaow
Hearts of Stone was my absolute piece of gaming, in my 20 years of playing games. So well written, so many feels, so much intrigue, easter eggs, it was perfect.
The sheer amount of details from ONE DLC! ONE DLC! I am truly amazed. Just finished HoS and I've loved it. Wanted to know more, so I came here knowing you're a reliable source. Thanks for the video!
In the quest "Dead mans party", if you have not cleared the "Draken Hollow Outpost" and you do that while Vlodimir has possed you + you kill the wyvern and destroy the nest, he will actually say some unique lines and comment on what you do. Pretty interesting. I hope you read this and test it.
I know Geralt was possessed but seeing him dance with Shani and have fun was one of my favorite moments in the game. It was also heartbreaking to say goodbye to her. Fun, thoughtful, educated, beautiful.. I wish she was a long term option for Geralt.
xletalis is like CDPR, he adds something small or something he has mentioned before (I.e. GoD's reaction if you go straight to Olgierd) and doesn't count it as a whole detail, but a free bonus!
If you go to the well in Oxenfurt where you enter the sewers to fight the toad BEFORE you accept the contract with Olgeird, you'll see two soldiers standing by it, waiting for her. One of them mentions how the other seems to look happy and he says that its because he's due to go on holiday in a week (mentioned by Shani later)
Most of the towns have these singing kids. But yeah, noticed the first batch after going to the runewright. And yeah, i found them cute too. Heck that was a song of a devil AHCCKKK
Just finished this expansion and i have to say dead man's party was the most fun quest for me so far. Just loved the overall setting and the wedding mood in general and shani was the cherry on top or as vlodimir would say, the tulip. Sorry dear darling triss but i had to go on the moon with shani😁
The DLC was an incredible extension to the game, I had an absolute blast playing it! Thank you for expanding on that memory through this wonderful video, Cheers!
14:19 "When it's many against one, even a Witcher's done" Clearly the achievement for taking on all of Iris' nightmares later is a reference to this quote, as it's called "When it's many against one".
The witcher is the ONLY GAME I have ever played that I actually loved reading all the random letters and diaries that made the game 100× more deep and interesting. Every other game I was like "who the f**k plays a game to read , lets see who can be killed and how the other NPC's react"😂😂😂
i've tried to read all letters but im not native english speaker, so its very difficult to understand everything. I got tired so later then almost stick to dialogs only.. so sad.
@@aurelien5747 not really. I have the same problem. Im really good at understanding english, but those words they used in medieval times are like another language for me. It not good learning material if you have no idea what they might be talking about. also some sayings says one and means another, add the way they spoke in 1200 or so, it is almost impossible to get it right.
Quick thing with the note that reveals that Van Rogh was the pen name of Lady Iris von Everec - the author of the note talking about painting restoration is “Han Van Meegeren” who was a real person. Jan Van Meegeren was a notorious Dutch art forger in the 1930s and 1940s who was so talented that several of his works were confirmed to be genuine works by Vermeer by world experts. He even managed to swindle Herman Goring himself out of a great deal of money buying one of his ‘’masterpieces” during the German occupation for which he was tried after the war as a nazi collaborator during which he came out as this great art forger and has become kind of a Dutch folk hero and the bane of art dealers everywhere. Amazing little reference tucked away by CD Projekt RED for those in the know!
The row me to the moon part and the dog's advice (seek salvation in unbreakable glass ) helped me solve the riddle of O'Dimm at the spot . I was just looking for for a place with water the whole time.
For the geralt/vlodimir juggling one there is acually another way to get it, if you decide to lead fire eater back to the wedding, on the way you get attacked by a boar, while killing the boar i found out that you can accidentally kill the fire eater (voldimir makes a funny comment about it too). Then you go back to the wedding and you can juggle. P.s. i dont know if the boar is needed its probably just any type of fight and you may even be able to kill him without any sort of fight starting
I'm always fascinated by the details you bring up on these witcher videos, props to you man for keeping one of the best games ever made fresh and relevant.
I just love how they thought about how you could (and allowed you to) play the DLCs before finishing the main game and had all the dialogue ready for pretty much all circumstances. That Vesemir lover bit was brilliant and heartbreaking. You're God's gift to the Witcher universe with all those videos since there's no damn way I could replay this game enough to experience every single possible variation. It's insane.
24:15 is one of the only times I was genuinely happy to like a video after the creator asked for it. Such great content leth, I’ve been watching you since your swtor era and you’re still doing an amazing job, whatever your put your hands on!
No doubt someone has mentioned this already, but just in case there are a few more lines you can get from Vlodimir if you raid the Flaming Rose bandit camp near the Von Everec crypt. I can't remember them all nor could I find them anywhere, but once you kill all the bandits he says something like: *Insert what he says upon engaging the bandits here* "My, My! What a fine show, Witcher!" *Reading the ledger on a nearby bench* "Do you know how much fisstech they have here?! Why, you could buy half of Temeria!"
In this DLC is an interesting reference to lithuanian history - Olgierd and his brother are a reference to the rulers of Lithuania. Olgierd's partners are a reference to the Polish book "Deluge". Like the name Iris, in "Deluge" the beloved main character was named Bliewicz. Olgierd himself is similar to the main character of this book - Andrzej Kmicic.
I am gonna say that hearts of stone is great dlc. In my play i stand against odiem and if u remember when u defeat him he says thing in foreign languages and one of them was mine it was horrificly cool, it was like he was talking to me.
One thing I never understand is how Geralt and the witchers can say they are stripped of emotion and human compunctions despite all of them displaying the full range of human emotion and compunctions. Maybe due to their upbringing they dont realise they do have emotions?
@@AKALMEKAR They say that (it's a misconception) in the game as well, pretty sure. But I can't remember where/when. I'd say it's just an excuse because showing emotions can sometimes be exhausting
Man, I'm on my 5th or 6th play through right now after not playing for a few months, and like everyone else I still am amazed at the amount of content I've missed even after playing so much. I don't know if you or anyone else has noticed this, as I haven't yet seen all of your current 'Things You Missed' videos, but I figured out during my current play through that in the forests (doesn't matter if it's Velen or Novigrad, though I haven't made it to Toussaint to confirm it there yet) whenever you come across a hollowed out tree stump or log on the ground, 9 times out of 10 there will be coins in it. Just about every time I've tried it I've gotten anywhere from 150-300+ coins from searching. It's helped me whenever I'm low on coins instead of selling off my weapons, old armor, or any of the books I've already read.
I also notice that when you push the professor to save him from the bookshelf, which mean you unintentionally push him out of the circle, he dies immediately. Even his corpse is lying out the circle.This makes O'dimm much scarier. Beside, just my opinion.
Shani saying "its right there in the middle of the lake" is also a cool reference to how you have to find Master Mirror's reflection to beat his riddle.
To get the information about selling the painting you have to point at the right painting when this one guy asks you about which one is of Van der Knoob. The information about the eagle is given by the auction guy when he presents it to the audience, though he doesn't say you have to dismantle it to get the treasure inside.
I noticed this too! Thank you for drawing attention to it. 10:44 As with this example, and ample others, I think that's one of the [overwhelmingly numerous] things that the games express far more atmospherically than the show --- medieval Polish/Eastern European culture
11:59 I find it hilarious the auctioneer tells the person to enjoy a refreshment during the intermission meanwhile Geralt is over there snacking and drinking away. I find it even funnier to imagine those refreshments were alcohol as with Geralt's witcher mutations, I doubt they'd affect him much unless he had a lot of them. So Geralt deciding the auction was boring decides to get wasted and drinks everything
when gerald finds olgierd & iris’ portrait, he says the first line from Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina “happy families are all alike, unhappy families are unhappy in their own way”
These videos are fascinating. They just further illustrate how rich this game is, showing many cutscenes and dialogue trees that many players never otherwise see. (I certainly haven't seen a lot of them, and I've played through the game and expansions several times. About to play another NG+, in fact.) Just incredible how much work and writing was put into this.
o'dimm on the last part...it is probably just the way the eyes are animated...but as someone who just started the witcher 3 a week ago gotta say even with your first convo with him in white orchard....I swear he's staring in to my real life soul outta the game rofl
Hey! I also noticed a tiny detail, but it's an interesting one. You get common items during the quest in Iris' world (a teapot, a pipe, a key, a hairbrush... that you are supposed to place in the scenes to recreate them). When you later go to a smith to dismantle the objects, the only thing you get from them is cinders/dust. They go back to the void, just like Iris did :)
In bosodi house that two guards are reference in Red Dwarf as I notice. Same dialogue with Lister and Rimmer ,,Lister do you know what happen if you call superior a magor?”
Shani : “Look it’s right there, in the middle of the lake”
Gaunter O’Dimm watching disguised as a fish : “write that down! Write that down!”
LOL
*wonder what else he saw*
HAHHAHAHA
@@justdont345 *Oh I think we both know the answer to that question*
lmfao
When Geralt played Never Have I Ever with Lambert and Eskel, they talked about jumping out a maiden's window and they said "Old man probably did that too". Now we see it's true. Vesimir did that. 15:45
indeed
wasn't it about waking up in nothing but his the nickers?
@@TheIvasyl you’re correct
@@TheIvasyl So basically both waking up in nothing but his knickers then jump out of his lover's window.
Just so you know, hearts of stone is based on an old Polish folklore. Here's the story:
One of the best-known devils in Polish legends is the one that signed a pact with the 16th-century nobleman Sir Twardowski.
According to the contract, the devil provided the nobleman with great wisdom and magical powers in exchange for - as you might very well expect - his soul. However, a key stipulation stated that Twardowski’s soul could only be collected in Rome. That allowed the cunning nobleman to exercise his special powers without ever having to pay the price - as long as he avoided the Eternal City.
However, on one day, the devil tricked Twardowski into visiting an inn… An inn called none other than Rome. That was when the party ended for Sir Twardowski: a confrontation with the devil ensued and as a result the nobleman became stranded on the moon forever (or in the space between it and the Earth, in other versions). The similarities are not coincidental. That's a major Polish legend. My great grandma told me that
Similar to the myth of Faust
There's also a poem "Pani Twardowska" by Adam Mickiewicz in which Twardowski gives the Devil Mephistopheles three tasks to fullfill.
First task had three steps.
-bring to life horse in Inn's emblem.
-make a whip out of sand.
-build a mansion out of walnuts, nailed with poppy seed with a thatchet roof made of Jesish beirds.
Next task was to sit in a bowl of holy water.
Final task...was to live, love and care for Twardoski's wife.
Who is usually drawn to look as beutiful as Scotsman's wife.
The devil could not take it and fled through a keyhole.
That is very cool
Similar to a story I heard about a guy who was told he would die near Saint-Germain, so he avoided the city all his life. When he was once sick he called for a doctor and as he was dying he asked the doctor's name, which was obviously Saint-Germain
Ya forgot to add that PAN Twardowski was singing holy songs to devil so he would go away and he did and left him on moon
Greatest weapons:
Geralt: his swords and signs.
Ciri: her scream and teleportation powers.
Triss: her flame magic.
Gaunter O'dimm: a spoon.
indeed
More than enough
Is this forshadowing for the spoon lady in blood and wine ?
@@mansourhaddad398 probably since it's implied it was him who cursed her
GoD: literally everything. If a thing exists, he can kill you with it.
A half eaten corpse of a halfling makes him a quarterling...I'll see myself out.
No that's a good joke. You can stay
A semi Maul
Funny.
Good reference to Tyrion Lannister man XD loved it
You can stay but shut the fuck up🤣🤣
One more thing:
It you save Olgierd you will see cutscene where he and Geralt are drinking wine. After that he gives you his sword. He cuts his hand nad blood spills. It's subtle note about next DLC - Blood and Wine.
hehe, Never thought of it thatg way
Damn
I don't think they are drinking wine , they are sitting on a rock , that I remember . I have finished this expansion 6 times , and aways done this ending of the dlc .
@@joaocarlospaesjr2324 Olgierd gave Geralt wine before that scene. He even asks him about it.
@@Sp4rKzTV now I remember olgierd comments that this thing can revive even a dead . It's a pretty rancid vintage
When Geralt kills the boar that attacks the fire eater, the fire eater calls it a bear. When Vlod questions him about telling the difference between a bear and boar the fire eater says he’s not “some kind naturalists”. When Vold asks his name, the fire eater replies David Artensborrow. This is a tribute to the real David Attensborough who is in fact one of Britain’s most famous natural historians and broadcasters.
I knew I wasn't the only one who caught that!
I thought the name sounded familiar.
Geralt's having a time of his life eating on the buffet
indeed :)
When Vesemir says "Later,maybe Once things are calm again i felt stabbed in the heart.
at this point of details cdpr just want to torture us
Don't cry
Ok I cried
vesemir is just like my grandpa, this hurts me majorly
aynen öyle :'c
1000 things you missed about Roach next please
Perhaps 10 :)
That'd be quite the video, considering Roach is a she.
Well i hope you played the quest in hearts of stone. There will be some answers ;).
EGB_ 469 Roach is a male in the witcher 3. Geralt names all of his horses Roach, male and female so Roach is not just one horse.
@@erikasen5078 It's a she, I think Geralt even refers to her as a girl sometimes, except if you go to see Emhyr with Ciri and don't take the money. The Roach he give you is a stallion. Not sure if Geralt still calls him girl though.
I have one
During the wedding Geralt plays a game in which he herd pigs in a barn if you use axii to get them in the peasants question you about you hand and then a guy tells that he saw a another witcher do the same thing to a someone and told him to hang himself (which he did)
When speaking to Lambert in Kaer Morhen he says that he used axii on someone who attacked him and told him to hang himself ( which he did)
Holy crap. I've done the axii trick on the pigs but I never once connected the peasants reaction and what they said to what Lambert told us :O
I got this my first play through cause I always use axi on animals lol
geralt: looks like rain.
G.O.D: *stares into the camera like he is on the office*
Dude i just now realised his initials are GOD. Explains a lot. Shoulda realised in a couple of days so i could say "OMG it's 2020, omg omg" but don't matter.
@@TheRealFogger Know what else is interesting? He's called master mirror. What mirrors god?
@@thepope2412 idk
@@thepope2412 not gonna lie...find it way to funny that The Pope is claiming that someone with the powers of a god in a game are actually demons....
Arist Castillo The mirror image, or rather, the reversed image of a Benevolent God, is an Malevolent God.
In simple words, Gaunter O’Dimm is an Evil God
Geralt: "Shani, I want to ask you something, you know just curious. Do you play Gwent?"
"Oh, Geralt, Geralt... Of course, I play. What else is there to do come evening when one is among soldiers?" ::D
@Damien Dingus how are you here and not knowing what Gwent is?
@Damien Dingus
👁👄👁
@Damien Dingus how did you play witcher 3 without knowing gwent is?
They play gwent on a boat
There is one more: If you keep Olgierd and Iris portrait (instead of burring it with Iris Von Everec), you can use it to decorate your House at Corvo Bianco...
true
I hanged it next to the Iris sword
@@armintargaryen9216 I hanged it in the bedroom for some reason.
@@wombat4191 we all know why...
@@wombat4191 not good omen 😂😂😂
Man it’s so crazy the amount of work they put in for voice-lines and dialogue that many people won’t even ever see. It just goes to show how much effort they put into making their world feel really alive.
indeed
truly hard to believe this is the same studio that released Cyberpunk2077 in that state it was in lol
I feel like Shani’s moon quote was referencing how O’Dimm can be defeated by reflection in water
indeed, as well as the whole idea that it's "easy" to get to the moon like how GoD tricked Olgierd
or the song "fly me to the moon"
@@haiderbehbahanipour3027 That's a stretch amigo.
@@thedogisaneldritchgod491 nope i dont think so
@@haiderbehbahanipour3027 or the Jules Verne novel "From the Earth to the Moon"
I don't know what I'm more surprised about- the amount of content in this game or your persistence to find it all.
Both are awe-inspiring.
There’s a FANTASTIC reference to the books which completely blew my mind!!
Outside Oxenfurt there’s a group of soldiers and a merchant who is showing off a Basilisk in a cage, Geralt probes and proves that it isn’t a Basilisk but a very young and sickly Wyvern. The soldiers start shouting at the merchant for conning them and the Wyvern escapes from the cage and you kill it.
This is lifted directly from the 4th book and the reason it blew my mind is because I literally read that chapter an hour before stumbling across that encounter in the game
yep I read it recently!
Who would have thunk? oh joy. I've got to get those books.
Yes it was Ciri though who had this scene in the novel
there is actually many similar scenes between the novel and the game .. Like The fight that Geralt had at the Inn at the beginning of the game was actually similar to the opening scene of the Novel if I remember correctly
I love it when little coincidences like that happen in life
... And you reached the ultimate orgasim
Just found something interesting in the auction. On the first floor ( or wherever you spawn in at first in the auction house) ,in one of the glass cases is a ‘goblet of fire’ . (Harry Potter Easter egg)
Thought it was too obvious ;]
Another interesting little thing I didn't see mentioned in the comments: the note revealing Van Rogh is actually Iris (13:05) is signed by "Han van Meegeren". There existed a real Han van Meegeren, who was a Dutch painter and master art forger. That's a great little reference by CDPR!
Nice, I just hadn't heard of him before :)
They actually referenced a lot of other famous painters and paintings that hang in the auction house, like the da Vinci and Girl with the Pearl Earing. Kind of like "Van Rogh" reminds of Van Gogh.
@@Marta_Moontessa yeah and if Van Rogh is Iris, her suffering with depression is an allusion to his struggles with mental illness, and the style of the painted world is clearly inspired by Van Gogh's post impressionist paintbrush stroke technique.
It’s wired though because in the blood and wine dlc you can buy a portrait off one of the merchants and it’s a self portrait of van rogh and it’s not iris. But obviously as it says in the note iris is van rogh
Captain's log
Entry #3175
I am still digging up things from that game. I am starting to go mad. I have come to believe the devs add stuff when i look away.
This could take me a whole life to achieve but whatever
How I've been feeling over the past week
P.S
P.S
I cant take this anymore ,secrets are starting to making me crazy ,im getting mad by every day .i cant suffer anymore i want to end my life , farewell.
Then in "witcher 4 The Dead souls " (made up name )
Geralt find this as an easter egg lol
more like to see everything you actually have to replay game several times in different ways, for devs it's just adding few other options
Geralt: can you do something about this mark?
Yen: I can scartch it if it itches.
Dammit Yen 😂
Reza Mehraein “Second only to Lambert” 😂 the burn
Say what you want about Yen, she's savage as f*ck 😂
Giulia Kenway Yennefer is very sassy, that’s why I love their coversations.
@@oteleaionutbogdan5381 That said, the way she says "I fear that's all" is subtly tender and reassuring if you think about it. She says it in a tone that shows she knows Geralt and that the kind of trouble he gets into is serious. She accepts this about him, refrains from judging him (because she probably has seen some sh!t herself), and is quick to put down any false notions of a quick-and-easy solution. That's a friend as well as a lover right there.
She should have said second only to Eskel 🤣
"Touch me more boy" is one of the things I never wanted to hear from a Crone.
Triss on the mark: Oh dear, dear, gorgeous
Yen on the mark: You fucking donnkey
Ciri: (you've seen it, in leth's vid, right?)
1: the Witcher coming to the nintando
2: The Witcher coming to Netflix
3: xletalis still making great videos about the Witcher
AHM AHM it's safe to say that this is the best year of all the witchers out there!
Dayum son those veins
@@alpkaandabanloglu5669 do u like them u piece of filth haha
Tonight the witcher is coming to life
It became my fav game a month ago 👌🏻
the scene of olgierd and iris together on their veranda always messes me up, him taking her for granted in little ways before things really fell apart
yeah :(
That was very painful part actually. So sad that he ignored her talent and wouldn't listen about her dreams. Can't make myself help him in the ending
@@Mushketer300 It was Gaunter O Dimm who made him that way
The thing that sucks the most is that Iris is prob the most underrated woman in the entire game. She is down to earth and loving. Not to mention one of the most beautiful ones in the entire series
@@ElPresidenteMargz Yeah, she's one of my favorite characters.
I like how Geralt breaks the 4th wall when doing the roach quest in blood and wine by asking how she shows up on different continents when he hasn't even travelled with her or how Roach always shows up outta no where
Yeahhhh talking Roach was funny 😂 When Geralt ask how come roach can cross oceans when called but get stuck on tiny fences, Roach says “everyone have limits” 😂
@@asparagus-kun938 I wish Geralt would drop acid more often, that was such a fun quest.
On my 9th play-through today I noticed that if you’ve cleaned out all the Nekker nests by the wind mill by the Everec estate, later when you go back to get the rose from Iris there will be a sign posted near the Fast Travel post. The miller says that he is hiring laborers because there’s more land to work since the nekkers have been cleaned out. Just another cool little detail from Geralt’s efforts.
Regarding Gaunger O'Dimm being everywhere, his secondary theme can also be heard just out of the blue when you're in the Novigrad/Oxenfurt outskirts. I take that as a sign of his omnipresence as well, as if he could just be sitting on a tree branch above looking at us when we are strolling the fields or something. I could never visually see him in these moments though, but I don't think I even need to, the music just makes me know he's there.
By the way, this use of leitmotif is one of the most wonderful in gaming (or movies for that matter). His primary theme, the one kids are singing, is also a brilliant way to introduce it to us. They make that hard to miss, and that's one nice achievement for storytelling in an open-world game.
Who wants to see o'dimm make an appearance in the Netflix show raise his godamn hand ✋
Well.. this aged like milk
Not a chance. The netflix series is based on the books not the games.
GoD is beyond time so he can pretty much appear anywhere ;]
x.000 US$ from Netflix to CDPR for copyright ?
I will not watch this show so don't care
Show unfortunately won't be worth watching.
Honestly vlodimirs story is quite tragic, ignoring the raiding and killing ( which for the people of the story wasn't outside the realm of morality) he really did want to make all those around him happy and live fulfilling lives. Especially when he meets the happy couple and pushes the husband to be to help his wife finish her schooling.
The tragic story of the Cursed Chapel is probably one of the saddest and most devastatingly haunting stories of The Witcher.... it's incredible how these stories can be woven to The Witcher 3 game that can be easily missed as well.
indeed
You definitely look like O'dimm.
Remind me not to make deals with you.
heh
+1
I was just about to write the same comment - like word for word :)
I mean, like 99% of my problems will probably kill me in 20 years, so I'll happily make a few deals in good faith!
I mean, Gaunter isn't that bad. Oleg just tried cheating him.
So, Letalis, HMU if you want a soul in a few years time, all I ask is to be healthy and wealthy! xD
@@lyntonfleming Thank you...
Resemblance is uncanny
Tax collector: So, you earned 40000 crowns doing illegal activities?
Geralt: Yeah.
Tax collector: Outrageous! For that crime you must pay a thousand crowns!
just like in real life
That only applies if you‘re rich in real life. If you‘re a mere mortal you‘ll go to jail longer than for raping somebody.
some things haven't changed since the regime change (rendszerváltás)
Yeah, I just lied and got the certificate of good standing. Just like the super rich do in real life.
Great research as always. Haven't seen much of this.
That van Rogh painter was Iris? Jeez.
I'm interested in how much time you spend on videos of this sort. A week? Each video of this type must have taken really a lot of time?
Yeah they do take lots of time... probably a week to just put everything together
@@xLetalis yeah, I thought so. haven't watched even half of your "Details.." videos yet. the amount of work you put into them is crazy.
by the way, what do you think of that "witcher chest" I unboxed on my channel recently? could you be interested in getting a similar one in exchange for your advertising for the author's workshop in a couple of your next videos on The Witcher? you haven't responded previously. you may just "yes/no".. that was my idea to contact you about that, so I wanted some response from you to pass it to that guy. but I think he'd be glad to do the same thing for you or maybe even something better.
@@ExtremeGamingHD3D Hey I must have missed the previous message, I'll have to take a look ;]
@@xLetalis it's on my trailer video. check it out
@@xLetalis so, what do you think?
hah I didn't get that bit in the Von Everec crypt cause i'd already picked it clean before I did the story stuff
And if you go down the tunnel Geralt tells him to shut up :)
This video came out a little longer than anticipated... I hope you don't mind :) Tell me what you think!
I don't think we will ever mind a long video of yours dude.
loved this video, it's such a nice thing for me since I draw and I listen to these, tales so you can call it, variation is good when making videos!
I like it long 😁
Hey might want to update the description. It says it's a skellige video! Love the content though!
done - sorry ;]
31:43 xLetalis is G.O.D, confirmed! That's why he knows so many details about the game!
Damn it! I´ve been to so many places and I keep seeing his face, even in YT in many channels.
He's Gaunter O' Dim. Lol
And his name sounds like Odin, a god who's known to randomly appear among humans and mess with them. Interesting.
While escorting the fire breather back to the festivities, Geralt saves his from a boar and then later asks him for his name. he says "David Artensborrow" clearly reference to Sir David Attenborough, in that context of wild boars and naturalists.
maybe worth mentioning. :)
I had no idea ;]
I just added this comment. I should have gone through the comment section first. Glad to see someone else caught that.
At first I thought Adela calling Geralt "Puss Peepers" was something offensive but then after hearing her dialogues carefully I came to understand that it means "Cat Eyes". 😸 Meaow
heh yep
With her accent it always sounded like "pus peepers" to me, which is a really, really disgusting image.
Now all we need is 1000 things you missed in Blood and Wine.
Hearts of Stone was my absolute piece of gaming, in my 20 years of playing games.
So well written, so many feels, so much intrigue, easter eggs, it was perfect.
yeah :( it was amazing... and to think it costs 10 dollars!
The sheer amount of details from ONE DLC! ONE DLC! I am truly amazed. Just finished HoS and I've loved it. Wanted to know more, so I came here knowing you're a reliable source. Thanks for the video!
:) My pleasure, and yes it's awesome
In the quest "Dead mans party", if you have not cleared the "Draken Hollow Outpost" and you do that while Vlodimir has possed you + you kill the wyvern and destroy the nest, he will actually say some unique lines and comment on what you do. Pretty interesting. I hope you read this and test it.
30 minutes?
Damn Christmas came early
when people you can't hear text...
@@eeko6199 what
lol just meant that I read your comment at Geralt voice
Should have mentioned that...
@@eeko6199 *when people you can't hear text...*
That doesn't make a wole lot of sense
@@geraltofrivia7448 wole
I know Geralt was possessed but seeing him dance with Shani and have fun was one of my favorite moments in the game. It was also heartbreaking to say goodbye to her. Fun, thoughtful, educated, beautiful.. I wish she was a long term option for Geralt.
I take part in the auction just so I can buy the legendary Professor's goggles.
good man ;]
i was clueless when the tax man approached me lol, didn't know that geralt can dismantle shells to pearls and sell them for ultimate stonks
xletalis is like CDPR, he adds something small or something he has mentioned before (I.e. GoD's reaction if you go straight to Olgierd) and doesn't count it as a whole detail, but a free bonus!
well that's only partially true ;]
So are you a SHE like xletalis said
@@drebdeocariza1384 yep I am.
Never change Letalis. You and you’re channel represents our undying love for the Witcher 3.
Everyone might have seen but even so I wanna add: there is a gwent card at weeding. a cow card. at the first floor.
It summons the Fiend which is the one that when you murder all the cows.
Th only thing Geralt truly fears it’s not yen not the wild hunt not even o dimm it’s the damn IRS
Bruh I'll never forget when I ran into that mother on my own, was just roaming around and ended up fighting her. That note legit blew my mind
:) I can relate
If you go to the well in Oxenfurt where you enter the sewers to fight the toad BEFORE you accept the contract with Olgeird, you'll see two soldiers standing by it, waiting for her. One of them mentions how the other seems to look happy and he says that its because he's due to go on holiday in a week (mentioned by Shani later)
Has anyone else seen the group of kids singing about G.o.D. where you meet him after the shipwreck. I thought the song was really interesting
yes I thought they were somewhat common
Thats just fucking creepy bro
I think they spawn randomly at any town, but maybe only once . This is my hypothesis only
@@teeteejay001 they literally spawn most of the time.
Most of the towns have these singing kids. But yeah, noticed the first batch after going to the runewright. And yeah, i found them cute too. Heck that was a song of a devil AHCCKKK
Just finished this expansion and i have to say dead man's party was the most fun quest for me so far. Just loved the overall setting and the wedding mood in general and shani was the cherry on top or as vlodimir would say, the tulip. Sorry dear darling triss but i had to go on the moon with shani😁
I somehow suspect that this comment has less likes than all of the others because you called Tross your darling. :D
(I'm just kidding, of course. ^_^
@@amelieruppert8340 I can't help it, the voice acting for game triss is done so well. I just love her voice and accent.
The DLC was an incredible extension to the game, I had an absolute blast playing it! Thank you for expanding on that memory through this wonderful video, Cheers!
my pleasure
14:19 "When it's many against one, even a Witcher's done"
Clearly the achievement for taking on all of Iris' nightmares later is a reference to this quote, as it's called "When it's many against one".
i remember when the proffesor died,its just like a final destination movie,really love that part,make me rlly hate gaunter
I remember coming in through the window, seeing that beam crack and going 'Uh oh' xD
If I knew that painting was by Iris I would've kept it. Her character and story broke my damn heart.
The witcher is the ONLY GAME I have ever played that I actually loved reading all the random letters and diaries that made the game 100× more deep and interesting. Every other game I was like "who the f**k plays a game to read , lets see who can be killed and how the other NPC's react"😂😂😂
well said
I like reading all the random postings on the notice boards... some of them are fucking funny too.
i've tried to read all letters but im not native english speaker, so its very difficult to understand everything. I got tired so later then almost stick to dialogs only.. so sad.
meobeo173 Could be good practice
@@aurelien5747 not really. I have the same problem. Im really good at understanding english, but those words they used in medieval times are like another language for me. It not good learning material if you have no idea what they might be talking about. also some sayings says one and means another, add the way they spoke in 1200 or so, it is almost impossible to get it right.
PLS DON'T EVER STOP THE WITCHER 3 CONTENT. THIS IS FROM THE VERY FEW THINGS THAT KEEPS ME WANTING TO LIVE
I'll try!
Quick thing with the note that reveals that Van Rogh was the pen name of Lady Iris von Everec - the author of the note talking about painting restoration is “Han Van Meegeren” who was a real person. Jan Van Meegeren was a notorious Dutch art forger in the 1930s and 1940s who was so talented that several of his works were confirmed to be genuine works by Vermeer by world experts. He even managed to swindle Herman Goring himself out of a great deal of money buying one of his ‘’masterpieces” during the German occupation for which he was tried after the war as a nazi collaborator during which he came out as this great art forger and has become kind of a Dutch folk hero and the bane of art dealers everywhere. Amazing little reference tucked away by CD Projekt RED for those in the know!
interesting!
The row me to the moon part and the dog's advice (seek salvation in unbreakable glass ) helped me solve the riddle of O'Dimm at the spot . I was just looking for for a place with water the whole time.
:) good man
I had so many chills and shivers watching
The cursed chapel story
Shani's reference about the ending
Talking to papa Ves
And the appearances of O'dimm
I've spent 200+ hours in this game, and now you made me miss Shani. Goddamit. Time to play again...
:D good luck!
If the Taxman asked me if I ever sold weapons to a black market bottle sales racket, I would have to admit it.
For the geralt/vlodimir juggling one there is acually another way to get it, if you decide to lead fire eater back to the wedding, on the way you get attacked by a boar, while killing the boar i found out that you can accidentally kill the fire eater (voldimir makes a funny comment about it too). Then you go back to the wedding and you can juggle.
P.s. i dont know if the boar is needed its probably just any type of fight and you may even be able to kill him without any sort of fight starting
That trademark on the word "react" at 4:58 was funny.
I'm always fascinated by the details you bring up on these witcher videos, props to you man for keeping one of the best games ever made fresh and relevant.
my pleasure!
People say you look like O'Dimm? Well, the way you're constantly granting us our wishes for Witcher content, I can't say I disagree ;)
This game is a piece of art!! I can't believe i missed so much and i played it 4 times all the way through!
indeed
xLetalis great video my good sir
I just love how they thought about how you could (and allowed you to) play the DLCs before finishing the main game and had all the dialogue ready for pretty much all circumstances. That Vesemir lover bit was brilliant and heartbreaking.
You're God's gift to the Witcher universe with all those videos since there's no damn way I could replay this game enough to experience every single possible variation. It's insane.
Or should I say G.O.D's gift? 😁
You do look like him. That would explain your omniscience about the Witcher universe 😂
24:15 is one of the only times I was genuinely happy to like a video after the creator asked for it. Such great content leth, I’ve been watching you since your swtor era and you’re still doing an amazing job, whatever your put your hands on!
Heh, thank you :) I already knew when you called me Leth!
No doubt someone has mentioned this already, but just in case there are a few more lines you can get from Vlodimir if you raid the Flaming Rose bandit camp near the Von Everec crypt. I can't remember them all nor could I find them anywhere, but once you kill all the bandits he says something like:
*Insert what he says upon engaging the bandits here*
"My, My! What a fine show, Witcher!"
*Reading the ledger on a nearby bench* "Do you know how much fisstech they have here?! Why, you could buy half of Temeria!"
In this DLC is an interesting reference to lithuanian history - Olgierd and his brother are a reference to the rulers of Lithuania. Olgierd's partners are a reference to the Polish book "Deluge". Like the name Iris, in "Deluge" the beloved main character was named Bliewicz. Olgierd himself is similar to the main character of this book - Andrzej Kmicic.
Hearts of Stone is my favorite DLC of all time.
It’s absolutely mind-boggling that 4.5 years after this game’s released and people are still making videos on it!
I am gonna say that hearts of stone is great dlc. In my play i stand against odiem and if u remember when u defeat him he says thing in foreign languages and one of them was mine it was horrificly cool, it was like he was talking to me.
One thing I never understand is how Geralt and the witchers can say they are stripped of emotion and human compunctions despite all of them displaying the full range of human emotion and compunctions.
Maybe due to their upbringing they dont realise they do have emotions?
That's a thing in the books as well... it feels like an excuse sometimes :)
Agree. I was just playing the game earlier and i just heard geralt laughing on a joke. Im sure he still has emotions.
In netflix show, geralt tells that its a misconception. But maybe it adds to their mystery image, so they go with it.
@@AKALMEKAR They say that (it's a misconception) in the game as well, pretty sure. But I can't remember where/when. I'd say it's just an excuse because showing emotions can sometimes be exhausting
I think it's just something they say from getting into situations that envolve tough choices, but either way they do anyways.
Finally my favorite expansion in the world.
Man, I'm on my 5th or 6th play through right now after not playing for a few months, and like everyone else I still am amazed at the amount of content I've missed even after playing so much. I don't know if you or anyone else has noticed this, as I haven't yet seen all of your current 'Things You Missed' videos, but I figured out during my current play through that in the forests (doesn't matter if it's Velen or Novigrad, though I haven't made it to Toussaint to confirm it there yet) whenever you come across a hollowed out tree stump or log on the ground, 9 times out of 10 there will be coins in it. Just about every time I've tried it I've gotten anywhere from 150-300+ coins from searching. It's helped me whenever I'm low on coins instead of selling off my weapons, old armor, or any of the books I've already read.
I also notice that when you push the professor to save him from the bookshelf, which mean you unintentionally push him out of the circle, he dies immediately. Even his corpse is lying out the circle.This makes O'dimm much scarier. Beside, just my opinion.
indeed
Shani saying "its right there in the middle of the lake" is also a cool reference to how you have to find Master Mirror's reflection to beat his riddle.
I didn't know about the eagle statue or that the painting can be sold, continues to amaze me.
To get the information about selling the painting you have to point at the right painting when this one guy asks you about which one is of Van der Knoob. The information about the eagle is given by the auction guy when he presents it to the audience, though he doesn't say you have to dismantle it to get the treasure inside.
I noticed this too! Thank you for drawing attention to it. 10:44 As with this example, and ample others, I think that's one of the [overwhelmingly numerous] things that the games express far more atmospherically than the show --- medieval Polish/Eastern European culture
11:59 I find it hilarious the auctioneer tells the person to enjoy a refreshment during the intermission meanwhile Geralt is over there snacking and drinking away. I find it even funnier to imagine those refreshments were alcohol as with Geralt's witcher mutations, I doubt they'd affect him much unless he had a lot of them. So Geralt deciding the auction was boring decides to get wasted and drinks everything
Geralt needs a tons of alcohol to be slightly drunk due to his mutations
when gerald finds olgierd & iris’ portrait, he says the first line from Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina “happy families are all alike, unhappy families are unhappy in their own way”
8:50 YOU'VE MISTAKEN THE MOON REFLECTED IN A POND FOR THE SKY
A 30+ minutes video? xLetalis the Witcher 3 Loremaster, you are awesome.
Thank you :)
These videos are fascinating. They just further illustrate how rich this game is, showing many cutscenes and dialogue trees that many players never otherwise see. (I certainly haven't seen a lot of them, and I've played through the game and expansions several times. About to play another NG+, in fact.) Just incredible how much work and writing was put into this.
Thank you :)
the runecrafting in HoS isn't even Zerrikanian, it's Ofieri
yep I made a mistake!
o'dimm on the last part...it is probably just the way the eyes are animated...but as someone who just started the witcher 3 a week ago gotta say even with your first convo with him in white orchard....I swear he's staring in to my real life soul outta the game rofl
Man, why would anyone downvote this video? Dude knows his stuff about this game. I hit this channel every time I play again.
Me : Huh, I am confident I didn't miss a single thing in HoS
*1 minute into the video*
Holy hell I really missed that.
hehe
I see Borsodi security follows Clark Kent rules....
xLetalis is actually Gaunter O'Dimm!!! This explains EVERYTHING!!!
Hey! I also noticed a tiny detail, but it's an interesting one. You get common items during the quest in Iris' world (a teapot, a pipe, a key, a hairbrush... that you are supposed to place in the scenes to recreate them). When you later go to a smith to dismantle the objects, the only thing you get from them is cinders/dust. They go back to the void, just like Iris did :)
In bosodi house that two guards are reference in Red Dwarf as I notice. Same dialogue with Lister and Rimmer ,,Lister do you know what happen if you call superior a magor?”
Jezus so much depressing stuff, hearts of stones is truly a heartwrenching story, it's just so insane!
indeed