<br>The Witcher started as a series of short stories written in the late 1980s by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski. The stories were translated to English in 2007 – the same year the first Witcher video game was released. Though the books have had a cult following in Europe for a while, it was the popularity of the video games that attracted Netflix to The Witcher . 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The actual tune that plays throughout the dungeon is Masayoshi Sokken's cover of Nobuo Uematsu 's "Golbez, Clad in Darkness," the villain's theme in that game. The new version sounds menacing as players go through each floor fighting up until the top, only switching up for the boss theme when facing the Sisters. Still, the most interesting part is what happens after they win. In the original Final Fantasy 4 , the villain flees and the white mage teleports the heroes out of the tower before it crumbles. The same happens in Final Fantasy 14 , except this time around the villain fled even before the Scions came in, and instead of teleporting they cast a levitation spell once the tower disappears so they can safely float to the ground along with every tempered prisoner inside<br><br> <br>Howard Shore’s work on Lord of the Rings is nothing short of genius. He composed over a hundred leitmotifs (a short, recurring melody) for the trilogy. Each tune represents something very specific – a character, emotion, location – and someone who is even moderately familiar with the films can likely hum part of the Shire theme ("Concerning Hobbits"), the Fellowship’s theme ("The Breaking of the Fellowship"), and the violin solo that plays as the fellowship enters Rohan ("Riders of Roha<br> <br>One of the early highlights of Final Fantasy 14: Endwalker has been the new dungeon Tower of Zot in Thavnair, a weaponized building brought forth by the Telophoroi. This building acts as a huge prison that, just like The Matrix, captures live beings in order to use them as sources of energy so players will get tasked with taking it down. Besides the actual plot in this area, it has a history and a set of bosses that links it to another one of the most beloved titles in the Final Fantasy ser<br><br> <br>The Tower of Zot has three powerful bosses that players need to defeat in order to make it to the end. These are Minduruva, Sanduruva, and finally, Cinduruva, which are very clearly the Magus sisters seen throughout several other games on the series. The names are slightly changed in order to reflect Endwalker's Indian influences, but these are very clearly Mindy, Sandy, and Cindy. Players will have to defeat each of them one by one, but by the end of the dungeon, they will have to take all three of them on and withstand their infamous Delta Attack, which is three overlapping area attacks at the Tower of Zot that will require constant repositioning in order to surv<br><br> <br>"Toss A Coin To Your Witcher," sung by Joey Batey as the bard, Jaskier, became a viral hit around the time The Witcher debuted on Netflix and it’s an absolute earworm. The music for The Witcher , including "Toss A Coin To Your Witcher," was composed by the duo of Sonya Belousova and Giona Ostinelli, who also worked together on The Mist . The music of The Witcher does a good job of setting a mystical and adventurous tone, but it can’t compete with the iconic score of The Lord of the Rin<br><br> <br>The Witcher filmed in Hungary, Spain, and Poland – aptly chosen locations, since the books contain elements of European and Slavic folklore. Another smart choice by production was to avoid CGI where possible. Generally speaking, practical effects still look better than CGI and its overuse can have diminishing returns – as proven by none other than the Lord of the Rings prequel trilogy, The Hobb<br><br> <br>Important Places and Locations >How to Unlock the Tree of Dreams and Use Dendro Sigils >How to Unlock Sumeru Daily Commissions and Sumeru Reputation >Sumeru Shrines of Depths - All Locations >Every Merchant in Sumeru, Where to Find Them, and What They <br><br> <br>The Witcher leans a little too much on subtext to explain its gritty, supernatural world – at other times, it neglects worldbuilding altogether. This can be confusing, but, perhaps to its credit, the Netflix series doesn’t bother pretending that worldbuilding matters as much as the SLG game Story guide. The Witcher focuses on how its characters move through the world rather than getting caught up in the details of the world itself. This stylistic choice works well for The Witcher because it allows the characters to remain in the spotlight and keep the story mov<br>
