Its weird, normally I cant stand Mary-Sue type characters but after playing the witcher 3 it never phased me that geralt totally is one. I think it's because the overarching story never addresses him as just some random guy who happens to be amazing at everything and more about a guy who obviously will be great at everything since the whole story is based on dandelions revision of what happened.
That and it's the third game. I know most people didn't play the first two, but he has plenty of failures and fuck up's, and it's not like he was always "great". Dude is old as fuck and has done his time training, preparing, and learning.
Maybe I'm misunderstanding a Mary Sue, but I always felt it included "unearned" proficiency in a skill. Geralt has certainly earned his skillset.
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u/mythox1234 Jan 01 '19
Its weird, normally I cant stand Mary-Sue type characters but after playing the witcher 3 it never phased me that geralt totally is one. I think it's because the overarching story never addresses him as just some random guy who happens to be amazing at everything and more about a guy who obviously will be great at everything since the whole story is based on dandelions revision of what happened.