THE WITCHER Season 3 Fails To Resonate With Viewers After Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score Plummets

THE WITCHER Season 3 Fails To Resonate With Viewers After Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score Plummets

The Witcher season 3 recently premiered on Netflix, and while it's received a positive response from critics, the same can't exactly be said when it comes to the show's Audience Score. Check it out...

By JoshWilding - Jul 04, 2023 04:07 AM EST
Filed Under: The Witcher
Source: SFFGazette.com

Some huge changes are coming to The Witcher when season 4 eventually arrives as The Hunger Games star Liam Hemsworth will take over from Henry Cavill as Geralt of Rivia. 

That's expected to be shot back-to-back with a fifth, and potentially final, season but Cavill can currently be seen back in the role in the first half of this current batch of episodes. Those have been met with a positive critical response, something that's evident from its 84% score on Rotten Tomatoes.

However, as we first reported on SFFGazette.com, the Audience Score seems to tell a very different story. 

As we write this, it has a dismal 44% based on more than 500 ratings. Browsing through some of the reviews left by fans, it sounds like the way the series continues to diverge from Andrzej Sapkowski's novels (the rumoured reason for Cavill's departure) continues to be a problem for many. 

On a more specific note, a lack of character development and world-building has also led to disappointment among fans. Then, of course, there are those who are simply rejecting this current season of The Witcher as a result of Cavill no longer being part of the series moving forward (though, unlike Superman, he hasn't been ousted from the role). 

Also not helping matters is the fact the series returns in the wake of The Witcher: Blood Origin, a spin-off that took a mauling from critics and fans alike. Fans have seemingly soured on the fantasy franchise, and it's hard to imagine the streaming service remaining committed to the property if viewership numbers begin taking a hit.

"As monarchs, mages, and beasts of the Continent compete to capture her, Geralt takes Ciri into hiding, determined to protect his newly-reunited family against those who threaten to destroy it," reads the official plot synopsis for The Witcher season 3.

"Entrusted with Ciri’s magical training, Yennefer leads them to the protected fortress of Aretuza, where they hope to uncover more about the girl’s untapped powers; instead, they discover they’ve landed in a battlefield of political corruption, dark magic, and treachery."

The first five episodes of The Witcher season 3 are now streaming on Netflix, while the next three will follow on July 27.

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BlackStar25
BlackStar25 - 7/4/2023, 5:13 AM
Still haven't seen the latest season. Gotta take a break from Better Call Saul to finish this season.
OrgasmicPotatoe
OrgasmicPotatoe - 7/4/2023, 6:07 AM
@BlackStar25 - Do not, I repeat, DO NOT stop watching Better Call Saul, ever, for any reason at all, and certainly not for this show.

Is it your first time watching BCS, or are you watching it again because it's so good ?
Taonrey
Taonrey - 7/4/2023, 6:16 AM
@BlackStar25 - there plenty of reasons to take a break from a great show, the Witcher isn't one of them
BlackStar25
BlackStar25 - 7/4/2023, 12:02 PM
@OrgasmicPotatoe - First time.
BlackStar25
BlackStar25 - 7/4/2023, 12:02 PM
@Taonrey - OH damn! That bad huh.
Taonrey
Taonrey - 7/4/2023, 3:26 PM
@BlackStar25 - it’s not a bad show, I’d say it’s pretty much middle of the road. Seems to be the norm thing with Henry projects.
Mercwitham0uth
Mercwitham0uth - 7/4/2023, 5:15 AM
[frick]ed around with Cavill and then they found out.
FireandBlood
FireandBlood - 7/4/2023, 5:19 AM
Netflix didn’t want to make a Witcher show, they wanted to make their own Game of Thrones. They just [frick]ed over the Witcher IP to do it.
Taonrey
Taonrey - 7/4/2023, 6:17 AM
@PlusUltra - pretty much, it's also why their anime adaption tend to be trash
TheyDont
TheyDont - 7/4/2023, 5:30 AM
Could it really get worse?
valmic
valmic - 7/4/2023, 5:50 AM
This whole thing reminds me so much of the show Spartacus but the opposite. People LOVED that show. Even the one spin off was really good. Man I miss that show.
BritishMonkey
BritishMonkey - 7/4/2023, 6:57 AM
It'll be amazing news when the show gets cancelled.
mpk1988
mpk1988 - 7/4/2023, 7:11 AM
Kicked out the prefect cast member and gave in to woke agenda... I mean just look at some of the witches... Why where they ever hired if not for tokenism? Pathetic acting and pathetic in the looks department.

Eat shit netflix
Cap1
Cap1 - 7/4/2023, 9:12 AM
@mpk1988 -
Mrnorth1921
Mrnorth1921 - 7/4/2023, 8:06 AM
How much do you want to bet that these negative audience scores are a bunch of synder bots? I saw the season it was good. And Netflix didn’t fire cavil. He left to do Superman, again. They replaced him because he was leaving. He won’t come back because it will be a sign of weakness.
marvel72
marvel72 - 7/4/2023, 8:48 AM
@Mrnorth1921 - I heard he left because they weren't following the lore of the books and games,he offered them ideas and they didn't want to know.
Mrnorth1921
Mrnorth1921 - 7/4/2023, 8:58 PM
@marvel72 - that’s not true. He left because he got a better offer to return as Superman. He was promised more movies. The studio and him left on decent terms.
Tasmaniac
Tasmaniac - 7/4/2023, 8:46 AM
I’ve never read the books or even played the games, but I actually quite enjoyed this season. While there wasn’t as much action as I would have liked, at least the [frick]ing timeline was coherent.
Shivermetimbers
Shivermetimbers - 7/4/2023, 9:21 AM
@Tasmaniac - Im not sure when I will have time to watch this season but I am glad to hear your reaction to it was positive. Does it seem like it will be worth watching when they switch to Liam?
Tasmaniac
Tasmaniac - 7/5/2023, 9:57 PM
@Shivermetimbers - I actually think it will. I know everyone has just jumped on the hate train, which I get, I really do, after what happened with Cavill, but looking at it objectively outside of that, I think this season is actually moving forward, as opposed to the last one which seemed to take two steps back before it took one step forward, and the first one in which the time jumps were pointless and just confusing AF. Again, I’m not a Witcher aficionado, just a lover of fantasy so I can’t speak to its adherence to the books. And in all honesty, as much as I really like Cavill in the role, if we’re being honest, the role doesn’t really require a hell of a lot of range. I think Hemsworth will slot into the role without any issue at all. Apart from the hate from the overzealous fanboys of course, which will be a shame and nothing to do with him as an actor at all.
Shivermetimbers
Shivermetimbers - 7/5/2023, 10:27 PM
@Tasmaniac - cool, good to hear. Yeah I don’t think cavil is irreplaceable.
abd00bie
abd00bie - 7/4/2023, 11:04 AM
Love Cavill, he can wreck my boy hole
Shivermetimbers
Shivermetimbers - 7/5/2023, 10:28 PM
@abd00bie - that’s aggressive. But I get it lol
Tufasrox
Tufasrox - 7/4/2023, 12:56 PM
I've never played the games (didn't even know they were books) and I tried to watch the first season and made it up to about 4/5 episodes. I found it terribly boring (and I love Cavil).
TheHumanSpider2
TheHumanSpider2 - 7/4/2023, 6:14 PM
Seems like the "geek culture" that dominated the whole entertainment industry is coming to an end...
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