“Do you know why he did it? Because he’s a degenerate monster in human flesh who feeds on the pain and suffering of others.” Describing himself perfectly. 😅
@@davidm.corbin4643Make no mistake, he’s a big fan of pain and suffering too. Remember the professor, or Vlodimir? That goes a little beyond “getting one over” on someone.
@@Deathranger999 "not I; that would be their poorly formulated wishes,...that they oft desire unworthy things-that is entirely the fault of their rotten natures." Geralt being such a good person is why he doesn't get in trouble with Gaunter O'Dmim
@@Deathranger999 The only time he did not mirror the demeanor of a person was with the scholar, every other time he was like the people he was interacting with, in Shani's case he greeted her and was friendly, when he was speaking to the grannies he was friendly as well, with Geralt he acts cold blooded and proffesional, and at the same time with respect etc.
@@casualcookin3893 Gaunter will take *any* opportunity he can to interpret wishes as uncharitably as he can get away with. The ways that he punishes people are often far disproportionate to their offenses. He feeds off of souls. And of course he does his best to portray himself as neutral, because he has a vested interest in being seen that way. But he’s far from neutral. I think he’s a brilliant character, but I don’t think him being absolutely evil changes that. The fact that he hides that from you, and that you have to discover it piece by piece as you unravel the story, is part of what makes him so well-written.
I just got this randomly recommended, I'd almost forgotten how well this game is written. The dialogue is brilliant the characters are fantastic. It puts most other games to shame.
The way every quest is written in this game. The voice acting. The dialogue. The lore from Andrzej Sapkowski. The music. And then you have games like Assasins Creed Valhalla and just start laughing when i compare the two.
Almost ten years later, this is some of the only video game writing that doesn't make me cringe. Maybe this is what you get when you have writers who read books, have taste, and are otherwise worldy.
I love how Gerald pulls out the “I was subjected to mutations and stripped of all human emotion” line whenever he doesn’t have a good answer or rebuttal to anything
I have no idea how I managed to defeat Gaunter in my one and only playthrough. I managed not to make any wrong turns and I had no idea what I was getting into either. Truly one of the best DLCs and quests I've ever played through.
He's a god, but a demonic one. Hence he's still bound by all these rules and is afraid of someone learning his true name, since this would give them control over him.
You can say this is one of the or maybe the only time Geralt's action is embarassing. as you can see he uses his favorite excuse , Im a Witcher my mutation messes with my brain. I think it was Djikstra who says that Geralt only uses that excuse.
I think Dijkstra was talking about their neutrality and he definitely breaks that "rule" all of the time. Geralt is a lot more emotional than he lets on to strangers, though. Not incapable of having human feelings, it just isn't visible with his mutated voice, face, or eyeballs lol
You know what? I've had years to think about this and I'm just gon say it: I don't think that Gaunter O'Dimm is actually all *that* evil. I think he does qualify as evil categorically, but he's very much the lawful sort and as clearly an elemental being, his darkness is not exactly human darkness. He's more of a cosmic function with a charming interface than an actual person; he can't operate any other way or be anything else and even if he appears to enjoy his games it's only because he's programmed to, so to speak. His description of Olgeird as "a degenerate monster in human flesh who feeds on the pain and suffering of others"....is the exact same description he'd give of literally anyone who's ever accepted on of his self-serving contracts. It's his job to mirror our darkness and he can really only see that part of our souls because it isn't his function to assess anything else. And I'm concerned now that by realizing that, I've gotten his attention on a meta-level, so brb, grabbing some salt.
a weird bug too, if you do his quests and have the mark he adds to your face removed, you still have the mark on your face on the intro screens after that. Doing NG+ right now and intro screen has the mark on my face and i havent even reached the gaunther part yet.
@@mikaswonderland7639 yeh it also crashes more than vanilla did on PC, with the new gen update. Also not well optimised. In places im getting 40-50 fps with max settings and RT, with a 4070. Still playable but if you have less than 4070, may not be able to play it with max settings. But its still the best game ive ever played. 600 + hours now and probably hit 700 after current play through
@@dennisbradley5620 Nah, I've played the next gen version on max settings with no issues and a gtx 2060. No frame drops, no crashes. You might wanna check that the thermal pads are still good.
Been playing Bg3 lately and this moment reminds me of Raphael’s warning and description of Yurgir. Makes me wonder if his character took inspiration from Gaunter.
Both draw from a folklore understanding of the Devil, sure Faustus, but there are so many stories and even more stories of making deals with the devil and paying the price/tricking him into freeing them.
He's evil incarnate, a cosmic force, so for all intents and purposes, he cannot ever be defeated - only tricked for a few moments. Geralt already did that, so why do we need more of that? Granted, we don't know what "a few moments" might be for a universal entity, so could be he rematerialized on the Continent a few seconds after he got tricked, or he might be gone for the next 500 years. For an entity that seemingly controls time as well, that's probably nothing, but to us? You can figure that one out. Who knows, maybe he's a sore loser and just refuses to play with those cheating humans again until he's finally over it. He seems capricious like that.
Listing Witcher with english dubbing is so strange. Especially that Gaunter O'Dim voice actor was best i have ever heard. You guys really miss a lot of climate just because of that
The Witcher 3's main plot is terrible, and is a pathetic joke compared to the sublime writing of The Witcher 2. The Witcher 3 is open world slop that ruined the interesting storyline and themes they were originally going with. (“The Sword of Destiny” trailer in particular just outright lies to us, because once upon a time CPDR had an actual thematic plan for the series.) And Cyberpunk 2077 is the only thing that redeems their writing failure in this regard.
"Can we pause that conversation? I need to put out that fire"
- Geralt, not knowing how close he just was to getting a spoon in the eye
👌🏻😂
No, Gaunter had business with Geralt, unlike that random drunk, or there'd be no point in going through all this trouble to force his hand.
@@sergeyl1089 just what i was going to say
“Do you know why he did it? Because he’s a degenerate monster in human flesh who feeds on the pain and suffering of others.” Describing himself perfectly. 😅
yeah there's a term in psychology for this exact phenomenon - projection
It's not pain and suffering Gaunter O'Dimm is after, but wit and challenge the trick of getting one over on others.
@@davidm.corbin4643Make no mistake, he’s a big fan of pain and suffering too. Remember the professor, or Vlodimir? That goes a little beyond “getting one over” on someone.
@@Deathranger999 "not I; that would be their poorly formulated wishes,...that they oft desire unworthy things-that is entirely the fault of their rotten natures." Geralt being such a good person is why he doesn't get in trouble with Gaunter O'Dmim
@@davidm.corbin4643 Ah yes, surely O’Dimm himself is the one to listen to in order to determine how evil he is.
Geralt must feel jealous of Gaunter O’Dimm surviving the jump from the tree branch😂
One of the greatest villains in gaming history. Cool calm and very suave but underneath it all no-one knows how insanely evil he truly is.
Hes as evil as his subjects are, or as good as them.
@@casualcookin3893No, Gaunter is evil lmfao. He obeys his rules, yes. But he is unquestionably evil.
@@Deathranger999 You cant be 100% sure and neither can i, but that adds more layers to the character so imma go with it
@@Deathranger999 The only time he did not mirror the demeanor of a person was with the scholar, every other time he was like the people he was interacting with, in Shani's case he greeted her and was friendly, when he was speaking to the grannies he was friendly as well, with Geralt he acts cold blooded and proffesional, and at the same time with respect etc.
@@casualcookin3893 Gaunter will take *any* opportunity he can to interpret wishes as uncharitably as he can get away with. The ways that he punishes people are often far disproportionate to their offenses. He feeds off of souls. And of course he does his best to portray himself as neutral, because he has a vested interest in being seen that way. But he’s far from neutral.
I think he’s a brilliant character, but I don’t think him being absolutely evil changes that. The fact that he hides that from you, and that you have to discover it piece by piece as you unravel the story, is part of what makes him so well-written.
I just got this randomly recommended, I'd almost forgotten how well this game is written. The dialogue is brilliant the characters are fantastic. It puts most other games to shame.
The way every quest is written in this game. The voice acting. The dialogue. The lore from Andrzej Sapkowski. The music.
And then you have games like Assasins Creed Valhalla and just start laughing when i compare the two.
"So what you need is a sucker" that line had me in tears 😂
Almost ten years later, this is some of the only video game writing that doesn't make me cringe. Maybe this is what you get when you have writers who read books, have taste, and are otherwise worldy.
I love how Gerald pulls out the “I was subjected to mutations and stripped of all human emotion” line whenever he doesn’t have a good answer or rebuttal to anything
Not always. He doesn't have a good rebuttal for the cross dressing elf that he buys a suit from before he attended the ball with triss.
I have no idea how I managed to defeat Gaunter in my one and only playthrough. I managed not to make any wrong turns and I had no idea what I was getting into either.
Truly one of the best DLCs and quests I've ever played through.
Well... that, or ask the right question, he basically straight up tells you how to get the good ending to the entire game
@@SamuelFister
Well I do have good reading comprehension, and I learnt the hard way to pay close attention.
wait you can actually kill him?
@@jingthethief
Oh no, not at all. Gaunter is immortal you can only defeat and temporarily banish him.
He offers all these rewards but at the end it's just 3 rewards out of which only the food and saddle matter
I like the venomous viper school sword you can find in his hide-and-seek dimension
Even though Gaunther O'dimm is a villain, possibly the devil, I feel like he never tried to double cross Geralt, which is nice.
O'dimm never double crosses anyone. He just sort of tosses them a monkey's paw and yells "Have fun!".
He definitely is the devil, he calls himself god but god would never intervene in mortal affairs like that
He’s not a devil, he’s actually opposite, a god.
Gaunter O’Dimm- G.O.D
He's a god, but a demonic one. Hence he's still bound by all these rules and is afraid of someone learning his true name, since this would give them control over him.
You can say this is one of the or maybe the only time Geralt's action is embarassing. as you can see he uses his favorite excuse , Im a Witcher my mutation messes with my brain. I think it was Djikstra who says that Geralt only uses that excuse.
I think Dijkstra was talking about their neutrality and he definitely breaks that "rule" all of the time.
Geralt is a lot more emotional than he lets on to strangers, though. Not incapable of having human feelings, it just isn't visible with his mutated voice, face, or eyeballs lol
2:15 master mirror... he's talking about himself
You know what? I've had years to think about this and I'm just gon say it: I don't think that Gaunter O'Dimm is actually all *that* evil. I think he does qualify as evil categorically, but he's very much the lawful sort and as clearly an elemental being, his darkness is not exactly human darkness. He's more of a cosmic function with a charming interface than an actual person; he can't operate any other way or be anything else and even if he appears to enjoy his games it's only because he's programmed to, so to speak. His description of Olgeird as "a degenerate monster in human flesh who feeds on the pain and suffering of others"....is the exact same description he'd give of literally anyone who's ever accepted on of his self-serving contracts. It's his job to mirror our darkness and he can really only see that part of our souls because it isn't his function to assess anything else.
And I'm concerned now that by realizing that, I've gotten his attention on a meta-level, so brb, grabbing some salt.
a weird bug too, if you do his quests and have the mark he adds to your face removed, you still have the mark on your face on the intro screens after that. Doing NG+ right now and intro screen has the mark on my face and i havent even reached the gaunther part yet.
Huh, weird! :o
I think Witcher 3 has been more buggy on the PS5, since some updates, than it was on the PS4, 🤔 at least for me!
@@mikaswonderland7639 yeh it also crashes more than vanilla did on PC, with the new gen update. Also not well optimised. In places im getting 40-50 fps with max settings and RT, with a 4070. Still playable but if you have less than 4070, may not be able to play it with max settings. But its still the best game ive ever played. 600 + hours now and probably hit 700 after current play through
@@dennisbradley5620Id say I get a crash to desktop about 1 out of every 5 load ins
@@dennisbradley5620 Nah, I've played the next gen version on max settings with no issues and a gtx 2060. No frame drops, no crashes. You might wanna check that the thermal pads are still good.
My Geralt had a mark on his face during intro since the beginning of my playthrough, I had no idea what it was until I started playing DLCs lol
Been playing Bg3 lately and this moment reminds me of Raphael’s warning and description of Yurgir. Makes me wonder if his character took inspiration from Gaunter.
Both draw from a folklore understanding of the Devil, sure Faustus, but there are so many stories and even more stories of making deals with the devil and paying the price/tricking him into freeing them.
bruh I was gonna start a secondary quest and this dude spawned outta nowhere with this cutscene 😭 jumpscare
Gaunther is giving me chills
He reminds me of Crowley from supernatural. Heck the whole witcher is medieval supernatural
Only reason Geralt could be cheeky with O'Dimm was because O'Dimm still needed Geralt...powerful card to play.
so proud i got to play this masterpiece of a game🥰
All will end well,are u sure?😅
Gaunter has much better voice in polish version
I listen to it, made me feel very intimidated 🥲😂
Both versions are great. As a Pole (siema) Gaunter is one of few English voices that sounds as great or nearly as great as Polish version.
So?
Idk how it sounds like in polish, but I know that his voice in PT/BR is really good. In my opinion the best voice, at least on that version
not even polish sounds good in polish
Cyberpunk has nowhere near this attention to detail and dialogue, what happened to CDPR?
Wrong city, wrong people, choom.
If he's so evil as peolple here portray him, why he didn't interpret Geralt's wishes even though he could've?
The bald man from scene 24?
Hope he eill be the big boss in the next game
Doubt it, but then again I wouldn't want him to. I would love to see him in the next game, but not as a direct antagonist.
He's not exactly big boss material but he could have influenced things from the background. Much like this DLC.
If there is another Witcher game it will not be about Geralt
He's evil incarnate, a cosmic force, so for all intents and purposes, he cannot ever be defeated - only tricked for a few moments. Geralt already did that, so why do we need more of that? Granted, we don't know what "a few moments" might be for a universal entity, so could be he rematerialized on the Continent a few seconds after he got tricked, or he might be gone for the next 500 years. For an entity that seemingly controls time as well, that's probably nothing, but to us? You can figure that one out.
Who knows, maybe he's a sore loser and just refuses to play with those cheating humans again until he's finally over it. He seems capricious like that.
I don't think he's mortal, so not really a good boss
Listing Witcher with english dubbing is so strange. Especially that Gaunter O'Dim voice actor was best i have ever heard. You guys really miss a lot of climate just because of that
the only game CDPR made that was good and TW3 was indeed good. Amazing Story, Great Voice Acting. Simple yet not boring.
And it will be ruined with Witcher 4.. They have taken the ESG money.. See the last speech from the Ceo guy? They are going woke AF.
Witcher 2 was amazing. 95/100
The Witcher 3's main plot is terrible, and is a pathetic joke compared to the sublime writing of The Witcher 2. The Witcher 3 is open world slop that ruined the interesting storyline and themes they were originally going with. (“The Sword of Destiny” trailer in particular just outright lies to us, because once upon a time CPDR had an actual thematic plan for the series.) And Cyberpunk 2077 is the only thing that redeems their writing failure in this regard.
@@atheopagancry more
Noob question, but what Armor is geralt wearing?
Nilfgaard armor.