This 3-Game Fantasy Epic Needs to Be Netflix's Next Adaptation

Netflix’s The Witcher has improved in spots, but its focus on politics often weighs the series down. Episodes frequently stall as side characters lay out schemes in long exposition, and those political maneuvers seldom feel connected to the emotional journeys of Geralt, Ciri, or Yennefer.

The Witcher novels by Andrzej Sapkowski and the CD Projekt games contain an intricate sociopolitical system — monarchal upheaval, bureaucratic infighting, power-grabbing machinations, and wars between competing kingdoms and species. Instead of enriching the Continent’s mythology on screen, those storylines can struggle to carry much emotional weight.

A different franchise offers a cleaner fit: Dragon Age. It already received a 2022 Netflix animated outing, Dragon Age: Absolution, which touched on the world’s politics across six episodes, but the games deliver the fuller experience. Created by BioWare and spanning three completed full-length games plus various spin-off media, Dragon Age draws clear inspiration from J.R.R.

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