What happened to Geralt aging?

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I might be alone in this, but from following the game before release up until the day it came out I had operated under the assumption that the events of Witcher 3 would span several years if not decades(some of the dialogue also implys a few years have passed from the beginning of act 1 nearing the end of act 3); in a lot of the promo art and footage it looked like Geralt aged/ages. Did anyone else think this would be the case? Like this promo art http://www.gamebanshee.com/images/artwork/gb902_367/The%20Witcher%203%20Wild%20Hunt%20C.jpg

or this

http://assets.vg247.com/current/2015/05/geralt_witcher_3.jpg

Looks far older than this

https://cms-images.idgesg.net/images/article/2014/06/witcher-3-geralt-100311899-orig.png

And its not just the thickness of his beard which does seem to grow ridiculously fast as you travel around. I was hoping that at least by the end of the game in the end game after the major events I would be able to walk around as way older Geralt like nearing Vesemirs age, but nothing like that seems to happen

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Dr•Ðir†y ™ eredeti hozzászólása:

Batō the Sleepless Eye eredeti hozzászólása:

I thought we would see a huge time lapse in the final parts of the game, like a closure or what if scenario based upon what ending you got. I thought he was closer to 90-100 years from what the last book says.

i can say it would of been sad though. playing as geralt and see all youre friends grow old and die...

Again... I just explained why this would work a few comments ago...

[Fear2288]

Batō the Sleepless Eye eredeti hozzászólása:

Fear2288 eredeti hozzászólása:

Yeah it was too rapid in Fable - unless you blitzed through the main story of the game you were an old man by the end...while everyone else didn't age a day...

There's yet to be a game that does it successfully and honestly I don't think there ever will. The best way to implement such a thing would be in a linear fashion where the game is distinctly broken up into acts that take place over a long period of time.

Which is what Witcher does....

Ok but that's a moot point since Geralt doesn't age naturally...

[superjunk]

So how old are the main characters supposed to be? I know that Geralt is around 100.

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Fear2288 eredeti hozzászólása:

Batō the Sleepless Eye eredeti hozzászólása:

You don't want aging because one game did it poorly and had it implimented in an extreme way? I also just explained how I assumed it would be implimented here...

Yeah it was too rapid in Fable - unless you blitzed through the main story of the game you were an old man by the end...while everyone else didn't age a day...

There's yet to be a game that does it successfully and honestly I don't think there ever will. The best way to implement such a thing would be in a linear fashion where the game is distinctly broken up into acts that take place over a long period of time.

The Fire Emblem game. You even make kids who become the next generation heroes/heroines.

[Fear2288]

Superjunk eredeti hozzászólása:

So how old are the main characters supposed to be? I know that Geralt is around 100.

I would've sworn someone in the game said around 200 but apparently he's like 110 or something like that.

Yen I think I read was like 94, don't know about Triss but the thing with mage chicks seems to be that they use their magic to keep looking young and hot.

Ciri I think it was mentioned is something like 23.

Vesemir is clearly older than Geralt so he's gotta maybe be the one closer to 200.

[Tewgan]

Vesemir is around 300

[Primo]

Ciri was born in 1251, Yen in 1171, the first game takes places in 1273.

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Fear2288 eredeti hozzászólása:

Batō the Sleepless Eye eredeti hozzászólása:

Which is what Witcher does....

Ok but that's a moot point since Geralt doesn't age naturally...

It isn't a moot point. Vesemir is also a witcher and he looks old, because he is. Its not a moot point because Geralt doesn't age normally I just explained how it could work and make sense... Jesus Christ...

[Fear2288]

Batō the Sleepless Eye eredeti hozzászólása:

Fear2288 eredeti hozzászólása:

Ok but that's a moot point since Geralt doesn't age naturally...

It isn't a moot point. Vesemir is also a witcher and he looks old, because he is. Its not a moot point because Geralt doesn't age normally I just explained how it could work and make sense... Jesus Christ...

It is a moot point.

Disregard your theories about how it COULD work or COULD be implemented - we're not talking about that - we're talking about the aging process of Geralt within the confines of the existing game.

Despite what you may have midsunderstood about the game before I think it's pretty clear that only 6 months have passed between W2 and W3 and the latter DOES NOT cover years and years of time.

That being said, since Geralt does NOT age like a normal human being he would probably NOT show physical signs of aging over a period of a couple years. What we know is that Geralt is a little over 100 years old; however ignoring the white hair he could pass for a man in his late 30s or early 40s. That would mean that he physically ages up to 3 times slower than a normal person.

Vesemir on the other hand looks like he's late 50s/early 60s and apparently he's 300 years old.

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Primo eredeti hozzászólása:

Ciri was born in 1251, Yen in 1171, the first game takes places in 1273.

Is it 1358 yet?

[Primo]

Big Boom Boom eredeti hozzászólása:

Primo eredeti hozzászólása:

Ciri was born in 1251, Yen in 1171, the first game takes places in 1273.

Is it 1358 yet?

wuh?

[MrFrengLitch]

We assume Geralt is between 80-100 years old, it was never mentioned and it is actually unknown. Vesemir is over 200 years old (it is said in the game).

[Doge Vandire]

Primo eredeti hozzászólása:

Big Boom Boom eredeti hozzászólása:

Is it 1358 yet?

wuh?

Then ♥♥♥♥ off!

[Egro]

Big Boom Boom eredeti hozzászólása:

Fear2288 eredeti hozzászólása:

Yeah it was too rapid in Fable - unless you blitzed through the main story of the game you were an old man by the end...while everyone else didn't age a day...

There's yet to be a game that does it successfully and honestly I don't think there ever will. The best way to implement such a thing would be in a linear fashion where the game is distinctly broken up into acts that take place over a long period of time.

The Fire Emblem game. You even make kids who become the next generation heroes/heroines.

Time travel, you are still alive, no one become older...nope, not qualify as a good example.

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Fear2288 eredeti hozzászólása:

Batō the Sleepless Eye eredeti hozzászólása:

It isn't a moot point. Vesemir is also a witcher and he looks old, because he is. Its not a moot point because Geralt doesn't age normally I just explained how it could work and make sense... Jesus Christ...

It is a moot point.

Disregard your theories about how it COULD work or COULD be implemented - we're not talking about that - we're talking about the aging process of Geralt within the confines of the existing game.

Despite what you may have midsunderstood about the game before I think it's pretty clear that only 6 months have passed between W2 and W3 and the latter DOES NOT cover years and years of time.

That being said, since Geralt does NOT age like a normal human being he would probably NOT show physical signs of aging over a period of a couple years. What we know is that Geralt is a little over 100 years old; however ignoring the white hair he could pass for a man in his late 30s or early 40s. That would mean that he physically ages up to 3 times slower than a normal person.

Vesemir on the other hand looks like he's late 50s/early 60s and apparently he's 300 years old.

Vesemir is over 200 years old. Not really theories when I know the source material. Events that take place after the conclusion of the final events to the main story you could do anything ranging of any span of years.