Much Ado about bowing?

[Zuvielify]

The game seems to make a big deal about Geralt choosing to bow or not. I just started reading the novels, and in every chapter so far Geralt has bowed. Is the game actually breaking from canon here to set up a "choice" for the player?
Or does Geralt develop some aversion to bowing in later books?

Edit: Also, Geralt seems fully capable of social graces so far. He speaks courteously to people and has accosted people for their lack of manners... so, what's going on? Does the first book just not reflect the future Geralt, or are the games more gruff?

[Strandly]

I bow to no man! So far I have always picked the not bow option in the game. =D

[Zuvielify]

Originally posted by BuzzardBee:

I may be misremembering but I don't recall him bowing for Foltest in Witcher 2.

And the games have little to do with the books. Even Sapowski has distanced himself from the games and will have nothing to do with them.

It may have more to do with his personal history with Emhyr than anything else though.

IIRC, Sapowski said the Witcher 1 was canon, but since then has backed away. Maybe he has backed away as the games get further from his vision of Geralt.

Not that I dislike the game Geralt because I can choose to make him socially competent. It's just interesting to me to see the differences between game and novel.

[Gabriel Angelos]

Originally posted by Zuvielify:

The game seems to make a big deal about Geralt choosing to bow or not. I just started reading the novels, and in every chapter so far Geralt has bowed. Is the game actually breaking from canon here to set up a "choice" for the player?
Or does Geralt develop some aversion to bowing in later books?

Edit: Also, Geralt seems fully capable of social graces so far. He speaks courteously to people and has accosted people for their lack of manners... so, what's going on? Does the first book just not reflect the future Geralt, or are the games more gruff?

First time i refused and the chamberlain told me he would be punished so this time around i did it to see how Duny would react. I loved Geralt's response, that deadpan delivery just makes it complete.

[Gabriel Angelos]

Originally posted by Strandly:

I bow to no man! So far I have always picked the not bow option in the game. =D

If you do then he says just that - "I thought you bowed to no man?" Geralt says something like - "Well i didnt want to disappoint the chamberlain we are such good friends now".

[Gabriel Angelos]

Originally posted by BuzzardBee:

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Originally posted by Johntje:

If you do then he says just that - "I thought you bowed to no man?" Geralt says something like - "Well i didnt want to disappoint the chamberlain we are such good friends now".

Sorry but anyone who can say that Geralt's beard has to be shaven off due to lice is no friend.

He was being sarcastic, showing Duny that he was annoyed by all the pomp and ceremony.

[Dead2Rights]

Originally posted by Johntje:

Originally posted by BuzzardBee:

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Sorry but anyone who can say that Geralt's beard has to be shaven off due to lice is no friend.

He was being sarcastic, showing Duny that he was annoyed by all the pomp and ceremony.

This. I am constantly amazed that so many people don't get sarcasm. Try going to the Witcher 3 forums on Reddit and look at how they rabidly downvote any comment that is obviously humorous because the world class autists over there wouldn't know sarcasm if it bit them in their bloated asses.

[Gabriel Angelos]

Originally posted by Dead2Rights:

Originally posted by Johntje:

He was being sarcastic, showing Duny that he was annoyed by all the pomp and ceremony.

This. I am constantly amazed that so many people don't get sarcasm. Try going to the Witcher 3 forums on Reddit and look at how they rabidly downvote any comment that is obviously humorous because the world class autists over there wouldn't know sarcasm if it bit them in their bloated asses.

To be fair many people just dont get it, im scottish my wife is dutch and when i had Monty Python on she didnt understand at all why i was laughing. Same with Blackadder.