I am so glad you picked up on the similarity with Tuscany. I think a lot of people just hear Toussaint and the faux French accent, and just assume oh ok this is inspired by Southern France. But the region actually has way more in common with Tuscany, not just a similar name! The climate, the culture, the wine, the palaces and cities being build on older civilisations ruins (here its the elves, in real life its obviously the Romans). Also, real life Tuscany was also a Duchy, and their rulers were related to and vassals of the Holy Roman Emperors, just like Anna Henrietta is related to the Nilfgaardian Emperor Emhyr. Not to mention most NPC literally call her Duquessa, thats Italian ! 😁 That is not to say there arent plenty of French influences as well. The place names and language, the food etc. The Duchess and her opulent court are somewhat inspired by the Duchy of Burgundy, which is in modern day France as well. 😁
What an episode! How much happened! I have a small suggestion that for people who have already subscribed to your channel, the subscription tag during the fight with bruxa (16:27) should be transparent 😉 Before fighting a new monster (like Shaelmaar) it is good to read the bestiary.. Shaelmaar is heavily armored, but there is a clever way to make him hit a wall and fall, exposing unprotected body parts. In the fight against bruxa, the Yrden sign is very effective. I have good news - there is one quest with peacocks (24:40), very good by the way. Blood and Wine refers to many different and well-known plot threads (like the movie Seven) or literary characters (e.g. the knight errant fighting windmills in episode 1), but all of them are a starting point for telling a unique story. Finding these references is a lot of fun
Yess! And I loved it 😂 I loved this murder mystery storyline! I am sorry that I had to take the “beauty” of our Bruxa away but I was not sure if RUclips algorithm can differentiate a Bruxa 😂 shame I couldn’t try Yrden on her. She was so fast that I focused mostly on Quen 😅 For Shealmaar I definitely should have checked the Bestiary cause turns out my Elementa guess was completely wrong 😅 apparently Aard was the right choice though
Fantastic episode, thank you, your reactions and reasoning were wonderful to watch. Glad you liked Corvo Bianco, as you now own it! 'No Place Like Home', which I recommended, is a side-quest to visit it again and find out what you've really got (sounds dull but isn't). Saying so before this episode would have been a spoiler for you becoming a vinyard-owner as well as a witcher, hero, knight, and ducal appointee (show off). Do you think Yen would be proud of Geralt? [9 months since you told her you love her (part 33)]. Anyway - before that you've got to save Milton!
I went too heavy on the murder mystery side but it was pretty fun 😂 I loved this storyline. In the next video I will take care of Milton situation first and go visit “my new home”
5:40 The Bruxa at Corvo Bianco is not the one from the trailer, but you'll meet her later into the game, let's see if you'll recognise her ;) 42:36 No, actually there is a sidequest where your virtues are judged and sparing the shaelmaar is acknowledged.
@@Gyprol oh really? There is more to the Bruxa story 😨 this will be interesting! Oh that’s great news! I was pretty worried sparing Shaelmaar was a mistake (like it was going to attack someone and it was going to be my fault or something 😅)
Crespi did not own Corvo Bianco, he owned another vineyard called Belgaard. There is a whole questline about this vineyard's future. You will be told Corvo Bianco's history later, if you do the No Place Like Home quest (which I really recommend you do to its full extent).
Wait… so Bolius sold his estate to Crespi but not Corvo Bianco? This book confused me about that. In the next video I will deal with the Milton situation first and run for “No Place Like Home” quest so I can learn all about Corvo Bianco
@@alteredmaybe Bolius sold it to Baron Rossell, who later had growing gambling debts and was forced to sell it to the Ducal Chancellery. It's under their management it was used as a temporary morgue.
@@merarches150 ah thank you! I recorded the next video a bit earlier than usual as I have to be out of town so forgive me for that one 😊 I will turn it off as soon as I reunite with my PC 🙌
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I am so glad you picked up on the similarity with Tuscany. I think a lot of people just hear Toussaint and the faux French accent, and just assume oh ok this is inspired by Southern France.
But the region actually has way more in common with Tuscany, not just a similar name! The climate, the culture, the wine, the palaces and cities being build on older civilisations ruins (here its the elves, in real life its obviously the Romans). Also, real life Tuscany was also a Duchy, and their rulers were related to and vassals of the Holy Roman Emperors, just like Anna Henrietta is related to the Nilfgaardian Emperor Emhyr. Not to mention most NPC literally call her Duquessa, thats Italian ! 😁
That is not to say there arent plenty of French influences as well. The place names and language, the food etc. The Duchess and her opulent court are somewhat inspired by the Duchy of Burgundy, which is in modern day France as well. 😁
What an episode! How much happened!
I have a small suggestion that for people who have already subscribed to your channel, the subscription tag during the fight with bruxa (16:27) should be transparent 😉
Before fighting a new monster (like Shaelmaar) it is good to read the bestiary.. Shaelmaar is heavily armored, but there is a clever way to make him hit a wall and fall, exposing unprotected body parts. In the fight against bruxa, the Yrden sign is very effective.
I have good news - there is one quest with peacocks (24:40), very good by the way.
Blood and Wine refers to many different and well-known plot threads (like the movie Seven) or literary characters (e.g. the knight errant fighting windmills in episode 1), but all of them are a starting point for telling a unique story. Finding these references is a lot of fun
Yess! And I loved it 😂 I loved this murder mystery storyline!
I am sorry that I had to take the “beauty” of our Bruxa away but I was not sure if RUclips algorithm can differentiate a Bruxa 😂 shame I couldn’t try Yrden on her. She was so fast that I focused mostly on Quen 😅
For Shealmaar I definitely should have checked the Bestiary cause turns out my Elementa guess was completely wrong 😅 apparently Aard was the right choice though
Fantastic episode, thank you, your reactions and reasoning were wonderful to watch. Glad you liked Corvo Bianco, as you now own it! 'No Place Like Home', which I recommended, is a side-quest to visit it again and find out what you've really got (sounds dull but isn't). Saying so before this episode would have been a spoiler for you becoming a vinyard-owner as well as a witcher, hero, knight, and ducal appointee (show off). Do you think Yen would be proud of Geralt? [9 months since you told her you love her (part 33)].
Anyway - before that you've got to save Milton!
I went too heavy on the murder mystery side but it was pretty fun 😂 I loved this storyline. In the next video I will take care of Milton situation first and go visit “my new home”
5:40 The Bruxa at Corvo Bianco is not the one from the trailer, but you'll meet her later into the game, let's see if you'll recognise her ;)
42:36 No, actually there is a sidequest where your virtues are judged and sparing the shaelmaar is acknowledged.
@@Gyprol oh really? There is more to the Bruxa story 😨 this will be interesting!
Oh that’s great news! I was pretty worried sparing Shaelmaar was a mistake (like it was going to attack someone and it was going to be my fault or something 😅)
Crespi did not own Corvo Bianco, he owned another vineyard called Belgaard. There is a whole questline about this vineyard's future.
You will be told Corvo Bianco's history later, if you do the No Place Like Home quest (which I really recommend you do to its full extent).
Wait… so Bolius sold his estate to Crespi but not Corvo Bianco? This book confused me about that. In the next video I will deal with the Milton situation first and run for “No Place Like Home” quest so I can learn all about Corvo Bianco
@@alteredmaybe Bolius sold it to Baron Rossell, who later had growing gambling debts and was forced to sell it to the Ducal Chancellery. It's under their management it was used as a temporary morgue.
The Shaelmaar was difficult for me to beat because I didn't realize its weak point.
I accidentally chose the best sign to fight with it 😅 I don’t think I could have survived that easy without Aard
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u activate motion bluer?
@@merarches150 is that what it is? I didn’t activate it but with DLC it started. Should I turn it off / can it be turned off?
@@alteredmaybe u can turn it off, sometimes its look like their is motion bluer
@@alteredmaybe I also recommend turning off it: options-display-graphics, turn off the motion blur and the blur
@@merarches150 ah thank you! I recorded the next video a bit earlier than usual as I have to be out of town so forgive me for that one 😊 I will turn it off as soon as I reunite with my PC 🙌