That Letho guy....He was both pawn and player in the game. He used everyone who thought was using him - even the most cunning, backstabbing lords and sorceresses. True viper. And he still managed to be honest, friendly and trustworthy
Honest friendly and trustworthy are all a stretch. Let’s not forget he killed an innocent monk who just happened to have the misfortune of trying to care for who he thought was a wounded man. Of all the things Letho did, that one is a true crime and the one thing that made me stop and question him.
@@811chelseafcI didn't kill him since he is a bro he took care of yenefer , spared geralt when he could've killed him since he considers him a friend at the end he also saves Triss for you.
@@razvanefros411 what evidence is there that he was corrupted? I don’t recall anything. Took a bribe sure but that’s hardly something to be killed over.
I spared him, but went back to a save to see what it would be like to kill him. Middle of the fight he even says "I don't want to kill you Geralt", to which Geralt replies "I'll gladly kill you". The second those two lines came out I just felt awful for fighting him lol, it felt so wrong. Knowing that he helped you in the past, and knowing that he also helps you fight the Hunt in TW3 is enough for me to always spare him when playing W2, or when starting a new W3 campaign and simulating the save.
"Care to tell me what it was all about?" "Hmm... Kill as many rulers as we could. Lay the blame on the sorceresses. Breed chaos. Prepare the North. Soften it before the invasion." These two lines are the fundamentals of the plot of the entire fucking game. They're barely anything, and yet they're so much.
Let's be honest here. There was nothing to gain by killing Letho. If you encounter him in the Wild Hunt, you can repair Geralt's friendship with him and even help him fake his death. After that, he'll either leave peacefully or will fight beside you at the battle of Kaer Morhen.
I fought and killed him the first time around because it just felt so... poetic, and I was still pumped after that dragon boss fight. Then after the credits I immediately loaded my save and let him go.
I believe he deserves to die. Because of his selfish actions many people die. He helped to start an entire war. So yeah, Geralt may have no personal reason to kill him, but there are still greater reasons left why someoe wanted to kill Letho. And Geralt is known to hate people that cause the death of others. He goes out of his way to kill murderers he believes to deserve death. So actually I see both endings as possible solutions.
@@randomdude2026 actually no, the northern realms are the one who prepared to strike first so without Letho assasinations a lot of people will still die, besides it's war and geralt doesn't care about it secondly Geralt isn't that virtuous, third Letho and his friends helped Geralt to fight the wild hunts and take care of Yennefer after Geralt exchanges himself with her to go with the wild hunts. Letho is a 'good' person who is always in a bad position. In my opinion If he is from wolf school then his loyality will be equal or even better to other geralt wolf friends
@@jejepangetsu3133 You are confusing it with the second Nilfgaard war. Back then the northern kingdoms wanted to reconquer Cintra and Sodden. But during the time of Witcher 2 there was no ambition to attack Nilfgaard together.
@@randomdude2026 my point is even if there's no Letho war will still happened nonetheless and that The northern kingdom's aren't innocent (but still, foltest was killed after the second nilfgaard war so he supported war with nilfgaard). If Geralt hate people that cause the death of others he will hate foltest (well he already hates monarch though) but still he defended him from an assassin's. Roche isn't an angel too yet he doesn't fight him. Dijkstra is a dick yet Geralt only broke his bone. He is a witcher and a person trying it's best to survive and thrive in a war ridden world.
@Paraponera T I agree. However, sometimes not looking dangerous is the point though. Like in intelligence gathering. There are some dangerous people in the real world who like normal as fuck.
@Paraponera T guess that its the core of the viper school. Its not the poisons or the assasinations, but being cunning and slippery. Having layers of plans over plans in order to make it all fool proof.
Aside from GOW, he would right fit in with Fallout New Vegas as well. His dialogue options and characterization would blend in SO smoothly. I could imagine him meeting the Courier and being a possible companion option. That would be AMAZING.
He was supposed to be in it and was going to take an important part in finding a cure of a new outburst of the catriona plague spread by nilfgaard to ravage the north but backfired to both sides, writers didnt feel it was good enough and got cut from the game
I would never kill Letho, clearly, he meant no harm to Geralt. Especially, they used to ride together and even protect Yennefer. There were even times when he could have killed Geralt due to Geralt's loss of memory. Also, protected Triss and even care to explain whatever Geralt's questions toward him. Not to mention, his story will continue in Witcher 3 and will provide a great additional story and ally. So.... there u go?
@@colasbernasconi1223 i only played the witcher 3 so i didnt have the option i wish cdpr let us have a quick brief of what happened in the first games to weigh in our choices, i'd totally let leto live
Witcher 2 is a hard game with fights relying on potion preparation... then they give you a ~19-minute cutscene/conversation while the time is running, meaning your potions are most likely gone IF you decide to fight him lmao.
Here's some way overanalyzing on this scene. When Letho says if Geralt let's him leave he will and if geralt won't they will fight, hes saying he is a pawn . If you notice they the floor looks like a chess board and pawns can only move forward or stand their ground. In a way Geralt is giving them both permission to not be pawns by going their own way. Which considering Letho was just the blade to Emhyrs plan its clear he was a pawn. I'm sure its not intended but it's great subtext if you chose to see it that way.
I saw the chess pattern on the flooring at the end and wanted to figure out the subtext but I never could, I appreciate you for answering and sharing it
Tyranny, Divinity Original Sin 2, Fallout New Vegas etc. Many games provide an opportunity not only to release the main villain, but also to go to his side. Streets of Rage - the first game I ever had, gave you the opportunity to switch to the villain's side at the end.
Everyone talking about joining villains, but there's only one game to this day where you can run away from every boss fight like a little chicken and that is Deus Ex (the original).
@@Bloodletter8 Him being an elf is irrelevant, Iorveth oversaw the murder and rape of innocents so we view him as a villain regardless of whether he's an elf or not. Eredin is just poorly written as a main villain
Having never played any of the games, read any of the books, knowing only the merest scraps of lore, this 21 minute triumph of dialogue illuminated a fuckton, in addition to giving some pointers about what to read up on for a general view of the story
In the original version, at 2:50 he says the line "There is no accounting for taste" in latin. Knowing latin language was considered a sign of high education in medieval times. Plus in Poland, using latin sentences in the middle of conversation or in written works was a sign of high culture (and once again, education). It was a great way to convey how intelligent Letho is.
It's something I adore in writing of both games and books- characters are never defined by their physical appearance and tropes associated with it, but appearance still influences them. Yeneffer is beautiful, but she used to be a hunchback and she has some spite left because of that fact. Geralt often uses the prejudice towards witchers for his own benefits, claiming that his mutations rob him of all kinds of human emotions. And Letho is a big, bulky man, but not only is he highly clever playing everybody like a fiddle, but he is also aware of how others perceive him due to this appearance and uses the fact others underestimate his intelligence.
Letho: I paid the monk a lot of Oren’s to keep silent… A second later: actually it was only a loan cos I killed him later. Only the dead can keep a secret This dude cooold
Letho is my favorite character in the entire series. So interesting, so complex. As strong and dangerous as he is cunning. His motivations are logical and relatable, and despite being a remorseless killer, he has a clear code of honor. I never killed him in any of my playthroughs, and I was glad when he showed up in 3.
“Wraiths cannot he killed only driven off, every Witcher knows that.” I feel like I have killed a number of specters in the Witcher 3 especially boss ones that are per say haunting a village and I pretty much told every quest giver I killed them, are they not actually dead?
@Paraponera T actually he usually says "they're gone" or "they wont trouble you again" or something like that. I dont think Geralt ever says "I killed those ghosts" or whatever
In witcher 3 you cant kill ghosts, it's even mentioned a few times that he has to drive them away, because for some reason when they died, their ghosts cannot move on, usually because of hatred, revenge or curse, so it is up to Geralt to force them to move on.
I only killed him once for the achievement but reverted my save for Witcher 3, but no idea why you'd kill him permanently, he's such a great, well-written character.
@@nicbahtin4774 Letho isn't dead if you don't fight him at Loc Muinne and invite him to Kaer Morhen. Otherwise if you don't help him in Witcher 3, he either gets his wish and disappears or if you don't invite him, he flees to Zerrikania as I recall.
Overall TW2's story was far more compelling than TW3's. Loved the complex politics, gray characters (like Letho) and it was paced well. TW3 is overall an amazing game but I couldn't care less about the Wild Hunt (cartoon villians) and Ciri (generic chosen one). It was carried by subplots like the Bloody baron and the dlcs
I agree with that wild hunt part. Every other villain is so much more interesting than those guys. Heck, even some random NPCs are more interesting. It is the lack of interaction and actual confrontation that makes them feel so uninteresting. Dettlaff? You hate him for what he does but also understand his actions. Olgierd? Hate or love him, but he is a likable character, as much of an asshole he is. Gaunter O'Dimm is just a fun and interesting villain or ally, depending on your choices. Syanna has very understandable reasons but goes to absurd lengths to achieve them. You learn their stories and experience aspects of them. You actually feel like those are real people. The wild hunt though, is such an abstract enemy, with no true goal unless you actually take the time to research them or have read the books and played previous games. Ciri though? Nah, I cared for her. They could have done it better, but I think they didn't do it badly. But it's all a matter of opinion I suppose.
@@leventebolyos8060 Well Gaunter always tells you what to do and you can just do that. You can for example fulfill the wishes you grant Olgierds dead brother in a bad way. And you can then basicly just trick Olgierd. You dont need to save him. You can just go with Gaunters plan and basicly say "well played Gaunter" and he just rewards you for it and the rewards are NICE. Its a bad ending for Olgierd and if you fully went with Gaunters stuff also for his brother and Iris but it is a great ending for a morally grey Geralt. And if you play it all like a good guy and only end up sacrificing Olgierd, I personally find it to be the best ending. Olgierd might have changed a bit, but he still did unforgivable shit and was a bad - if likable - person right until your last favor for him. So if you dont think he deserves happiness, you can fuck him over and get great rewards.
5:29 - I became interested in Witcher because I saw the old TV show (2002 I think). So I decided years later to read the books. I liked Geralt's character very much. But then I just couldn't get over Yennefer. I so strongly disagreed with his taste in that woman, that I just stopped reading the books. I was glad that she was absent in the first two Witcher games. And now at the end Letho talks about Yennefer, and her description and distaste for her character completely mirrors mine. It's so funny. I nearly forgot she existed, and his description is so on point. Having temper tantrums, trying to seduce people for her gains, trying to turn people against their friends, everywhere she goes she gets her and her accomplices in trouble, having whims and vigor of a duchess, yet being just a simple arrogant witch. I think someone even described her relationship with Geralt as toxic. I just don't like her one bit. I fail to see why would Geralt of all people see anything in her.
Their fates are intertwined by magic at a time when Geralt and Yennefer were against each other, but Geralt ended up saving her life. After that, they were bound to one another magically
They don't love each other because of that Djinn. Geralt's wish was to have kids with Yen to protect her from Djinn's anger. Djinn bounded their destiny with Ciri's destiny. He wanted Ciri to become their child. They fell in love during the process.
Letho is arguably the most loyal character in this universe. The dude literally sacrifices a continent peace so his fellow witchers can come home to the school of the viper. Literally, me and my homies against the world. While Geralt has a more strict moral compass he is very devoted to his fellow witchers as well. He would kill for them if it came down to it. Not innocent civilians at least. Letho in W3 shares a story were he let's his bounty walk free because he liked the guy after sharing a drink overnight. To Letho things are usually just a job and no hard feelings, but he is far from being heartless. In W3 Vesemir doesn't like Letho but they share a goal of better life/public respect for all witchers. Vesemir is often on Eskel, Lambert and Geralts ass to uphold witcher public image. To play devil's advocate, the passive route has hardly done anything for the witcher caste. They are more successful when they carve a piece of world for themselves. (School of cat) Lambert throttles people that make him angry. Letho throttles people if it serves a purpose, it's a job or it helps a fellow witcher. Geralt throttles people if he deemed them evil according to his own code, is protecting someone or self defense. Letho is like Geralt but more disciplined, methodical and chaotic.
Letho is a great character. Wild Hunt was great, but as we have learned from GOT the most compelling stories are the ones involving relatable human plotlines and not so much the fantasy ones.
Right! i was thinking the same its like loser boy is telling ''umm goodbye then'' to the girl he fell in love if they even make remastered of this game they should change it
It's just too good. I usually dont watch videos that last 20 minutes and that you dont really need to watch, just listen, unless i'm myself busy with something (dishes for instance). But this time, I was glued to my monitor. I couldnt stop listening. The voice acting is amazing, the story is amazing, the dialogues are amazing. When I see how high in quality it can get, it hurts even more when you play games like Halo infinite, ruined by some of the most dogshit story/dialogue/voice acting i've ever seen.
I kill him beacause of what he did to the north, rather than what he did to Geralt. He just sowed chaos on the north, opening the way to Nilfigard and leading thousands to die on the process, while believing in some fake promisse from Emyhr to restore the School of The Viper. He was selfish and naive and I'm mad at him by that time of the game. But I understand the reason to spare him, he is not evil, he spare Geralt's life on their first fight and even save Triss if you didn't save her first. That's why I always save Triss, because if he saves her I wouldn't be able to kill him.
First reply is right. Letho is responsible for a lot of death, war, and extinction of nations all only to reopen a mercenary school that didn't actually reopen.
i was soo happy to see Letho again in wild hunt. minor quest deserved more screen time. same goes for Iorveth. Scoia'tael in general. many other characters from the books too.
Having played Witcher 3 first and Witcher 2 later, I had been thinking that there is no way I would spare Letho in the end (I knew we have an option). Then so many events happened and saw how politics are very dirty and there is not a single innocent person among them. I noticed that I can not keep killing every evil I see. For this reason I spared Henselt first, then sparing Letho was even easier when he told us that he and Geralt was friends. Involving in politics that much and witnessing that there is no good- greater evil or lesser evil- is something I like about this game and maked it a different experience that I consider worth playing. In W3 we are not that deep into politics. Sure, we help Cerys or Hjalmar but this is just honest help with no dirty schemes. There is assasination of Radovid but that is also pretty straight forward without complicated moral choices.
best pal i want a letho storyline how everthing happen 1 of the best witcher mc and mostlly a normal witcher shouldve because mutations won't make you handsome but that kind of brute and strong
@@ElBandito Well he did kiII a bunch of innocent people. The monk he stole the uniform from, he cold bloodly kiIIed him for no reason. Also a bunch of other people.
@@ElBandito He actually first robbed the monk, he could have let him live but he decided to kiII him. He didn't do it to kiII foltest, he robbed him to kiII Foltest. After he kiIIed Foltest he returned for the monk.
I just love how everyone notices how impossible Geralt and Yen's relationship appear from the outside. "The women turned out to be quite the character" The line works particularly well, if you realise that Letho probably had an overall estimation judging by Geralt's personality. And Yen, is in every way, opposite of Geralt's personality
Letho fell for the same trick Emyhr played on dozens of other people over the course of the three wars; give a little to get a lot. He offered a portion of upper Aedirn to king Henselt in exchange for not coming to king Demavend's aid when Nilfgaard invaded, knowing he can just take it back later. He promised the scoi'atel their own province in the new Empire in exchange for guerilla raids on important targets, knowing he could cut them loose and let them twist in the wind. And here he did it again with Letho, Serrit and Aukes, playing on their desire to see the School of the Viper reinstated, and totally reneging on their deal by sending assassins after him to tie off loose ends. I don't fault Letho for falling for Emyhr's treachery, even if his actions caused irreparable damage to the northern kingdoms. The books and games take place over the course of more than a decade though, you'd think at least one person would realise why the Emperor is able to get people to do what he wants at almost no expense to himself.
I feel like witcher 2 more badass and dark even Geralt look badass like a true witcher no feeling no face expressions (all that cuz its an old game less animated face techniques i know but this make him heartless ) Geralt in the W3 look nice and more human with all those face expressions mechanism just saying
@@livy456 Yeah but they totally changed his personality if you played W2 before and now you playing W3 then you will say this is not that guy from W2 Lol
V - Trigger Well most characters aren’t expressive in Witcher 2 so that’s more on technical level. Plus Geralt is human, people just want to call him a mutant. The cinematic trailer shows how Geralt changed.
MusicisLife8393 Bruh, you’re the only one making up facts. -Which town are you talking about, if you’re talking about Blaviken that was a lot more complicated, but to sum it up Geralt attacked to save hostages from being killed but the peasants who saw thought he massacred a group of innocents. If you’re talking about Rivia, he was killing rioters who were attacking and killing non humans, so Geralt was defending innocents at the cost of his own life when he got stabbed with a pitchfork. Witcher’s were celebrated heroes during the time when Monsters were practically everywhere. Once most of the monsters were gone though, people began hating them because they were almost no longer necessary. And began calling them mutants, And oh! How dare Witcher’s work for a living. Monster hunting is a safe profession that requires no materials at all! How dare Witcher’s get money for the work they do. How dumb are you to make this point?
I wish the witchers who "should be alive and on the path" made an appearance in Witcher 3. That would have been sick, especially if you kept letho alive. Could have been a whole epic sidequest
Don't read my answer if you want to play the witcher 3 because the answer is in the game /!\ THE WITCHER 3 SPOILERS : *spoilers* /!\ *spoilers* Emperor Emhyr used Letho as his puppet, he betrayed him after TW2 and never intended to fulfill that promise, Letho is a fugitive in TW3 so no school of the viper :( *spoilers* /!\ *spoilers*
@@grimelkin9040 Well if you help him in TW3 he join you and stay at Kaer Morhen for a bit, after the big fight Geralt tell him that if he want he can live here with the others witchers of the school of the wolf but Letho decide to go back on the road, a lonesome witcher. But i think he still have some kind of hope to rebuild the school one day and i wish that he will manage to do it. Letho is really a good guy behind that fucking terrifying look lol
It’s honestly not that hard of controls it’s better if you play the first two games before Witcher 3 cause of the story I do recommend you stick through Witcher 2 only downside is how long the game is
Geralt; "killing you won't change a thing. You going or not?" Letho, unmoving. "goodbye geralt." Geralt: *leaves* I think we know who's the Chad and who's who's soyboy
Geralt is the player while Letho was the pawn, the player can decide what he moves, what he does. Letho the pawn stayed there waiting on what the player Geralt chose to do, the pawn can only move forward or stand his ground.
No, there was a massacre at loc Moine due to the dude not saving triss. If you save her, instead of letting letho save her, you can avoid the massacre by letting one witch take the blame for a bunch of stuff in the game.
Geralt isn't as prickly as you. He could definetly understand Letho will defend himself Which is Geralt's own motto against tough situations Letho, overall, did nothing to Geralt. Geralt being involved in all this was something he never planned to do. He never attempted to kill Geralt either. And he protected Yennefer
Nah Letho definitely had to die. He took a contract to kill humans, he broke the code. In doing so he allowed unprecedented chaos and death down upon the northern kingdoms. You could argue it was supposed to be make the takeover less bloody, but kingdoms without kinds will turn into hellpits. In the end it is Geralts duty as a Witcher to bring down a fallen Witcher. This is coming from someone who has only played the games. There may be some hypocrisy that I'm not aware of but I don't play Geralt to kill humans for coin.
![The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Letho Cameo [Ghosts of the Past Quest]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/2ZeE6YG1t-Y/mqdefault.jpg)
"so ready to lay your cards on the table"
Damn he lowkey invited him to play Gwent 😂
Should have challenged him to an arm wrestling contest. Jesus look at those arms!
ITS TIME
Geralt: *nods slowly*
@Hoplit with a tad bit of synthol maybe.
That otta set him straight
That Letho guy....He was both pawn and player in the game. He used everyone who thought was using him - even the most cunning, backstabbing lords and sorceresses. True viper.
And he still managed to be honest, friendly and trustworthy
Honest friendly and trustworthy are all a stretch. Let’s not forget he killed an innocent monk who just happened to have the misfortune of trying to care for who he thought was a wounded man. Of all the things Letho did, that one is a true crime and the one thing that made me stop and question him.
@@811chelseafc i mean, the monk was corrupted, so killing him is not exactly a black/white matter
Ironically Emyhr played him after all
@@811chelseafcI didn't kill him since he is a bro he took care of yenefer , spared geralt when he could've killed him since he considers him a friend at the end he also saves Triss for you.
@@razvanefros411 what evidence is there that he was corrupted? I don’t recall anything. Took a bribe sure but that’s hardly something to be killed over.
The actor playing Letho is great. When he asks "Want to fight?" you can tell that he doesn't want to.
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And he manages to show emotions at the same time he shows a lack of it given the witcher mutations
I spared him, but went back to a save to see what it would be like to kill him.
Middle of the fight he even says "I don't want to kill you Geralt", to which Geralt replies "I'll gladly kill you". The second those two lines came out I just felt awful for fighting him lol, it felt so wrong.
Knowing that he helped you in the past, and knowing that he also helps you fight the Hunt in TW3 is enough for me to always spare him when playing W2, or when starting a new W3 campaign and simulating the save.
"Care to tell me what it was all about?"
"Hmm... Kill as many rulers as we could. Lay the blame on the sorceresses. Breed chaos. Prepare the North. Soften it before the invasion."
These two lines are the fundamentals of the plot of the entire fucking game. They're barely anything, and yet they're so much.
lol
Love him or hate him - Letho is an absolute badass character
Letho is the best "villian" of the series
@@journeyforgg8736 I wish they fleshed out Eredin a little bit more. Letho did everything just to restore his order like most witchers would
@@BREAKocean eredin is fleshed out but in the books
Geralt: Ready to lower all your cards on the table?
Letho: nods
Time for another round of gwent
5 coins? 10 coins? the stakes are high
@@greenghost7907 500 coins? How about I'm doing none of them
Let's be honest here. There was nothing to gain by killing Letho. If you encounter him in the Wild Hunt, you can repair Geralt's friendship with him and even help him fake his death. After that, he'll either leave peacefully or will fight beside you at the battle of Kaer Morhen.
I fought and killed him the first time around because it just felt so... poetic, and I was still pumped after that dragon boss fight.
Then after the credits I immediately loaded my save and let him go.
I believe he deserves to die. Because of his selfish actions many people die. He helped to start an entire war. So yeah, Geralt may have no personal reason to kill him, but there are still greater reasons left why someoe wanted to kill Letho. And Geralt is known to hate people that cause the death of others. He goes out of his way to kill murderers he believes to deserve death. So actually I see both endings as possible solutions.
@@randomdude2026 actually no, the northern realms are the one who prepared to strike first so without Letho assasinations a lot of people will still die, besides it's war and geralt doesn't care about it secondly Geralt isn't that virtuous, third Letho and his friends helped Geralt to fight the wild hunts and take care of Yennefer after Geralt exchanges himself with her to go with the wild hunts. Letho is a 'good' person who is always in a bad position. In my opinion If he is from wolf school then his loyality will be equal or even better to other geralt wolf friends
@@jejepangetsu3133 You are confusing it with the second Nilfgaard war. Back then the northern kingdoms wanted to reconquer Cintra and Sodden. But during the time of Witcher 2 there was no ambition to attack Nilfgaard together.
@@randomdude2026 my point is even if there's no Letho war will still happened nonetheless and that The northern kingdom's aren't innocent (but still, foltest was killed after the second nilfgaard war so he supported war with nilfgaard). If Geralt hate people that cause the death of others he will hate foltest (well he already hates monarch though) but still he defended him from an assassin's. Roche isn't an angel too yet he doesn't fight him. Dijkstra is a dick yet Geralt only broke his bone. He is a witcher and a person trying it's best to survive and thrive in a war ridden world.
I'm pretty sure Letho would fit right in with the Gears of War franchise. Look at those biceps! Look at them!
Medieval gears of war
@Paraponera T I agree. However, sometimes not looking dangerous is the point though. Like in intelligence gathering. There are some dangerous people in the real world who like normal as fuck.
@Paraponera T guess that its the core of the viper school. Its not the poisons or the assasinations, but being cunning and slippery. Having layers of plans over plans in order to make it all fool proof.
@Paraponera T Bane?
Aside from GOW, he would right fit in with Fallout New Vegas as well. His dialogue options and characterization would blend in SO smoothly. I could imagine him meeting the Courier and being a possible companion option. That would be AMAZING.
I’m still salty asf about Iorveth not being in the wither 3
I know, that really bugged the crap out of me when playing the game.
I missed him.
Searched Velen so damn long and din't understand what I did wrong, but he was never there!!!
well atleast he in gwent's card
He was supposed to be in it and was going to take an important part in finding a cure of a new outburst of the catriona plague spread by nilfgaard to ravage the north but backfired to both sides, writers didnt feel it was good enough and got cut from the game
Better conversation than the whole GoT season 8
Muh Queen
SUHE IZ MAAA KWEEN
Better than the whole of Witcher 3
@@zafelrede4884 wow so edgy
@@zafelrede4884 Yeah no, not this one
I would never kill Letho, clearly, he meant no harm to Geralt. Especially, they used to ride together and even protect Yennefer. There were even times when he could have killed Geralt due to Geralt's loss of memory. Also, protected Triss and even care to explain whatever Geralt's questions toward him.
Not to mention, his story will continue in Witcher 3 and will provide a great additional story and ally. So.... there u go?
True brother.
Letho has a story in witcher 3? I played the entire game and only saw some references to him
@@caralho5237 if you let him alive, you can even met him and help him, and Spoilers: he can even help you defend Kaer Morhen
@@colasbernasconi1223 or you can just tell him good luck in finding a somewhere he can livr
@@colasbernasconi1223 i only played the witcher 3 so i didnt have the option
i wish cdpr let us have a quick brief of what happened in the first games to weigh in our choices, i'd totally let leto live
19:34
What the hell geralt, that was an awkward wave of goodbye
It was a more 'Stay there while I leave since I still don't completely trust you'
He looked scared.
@@jakechinn6561
Nah, more like: "I've had enough of your shit, I just wanna go"
Imagine standing infront of a taller bigger muscle man who can kill groups of people easily.
@@Hananiah70 they are both witchers, letho's muscle wont make any difference.
Letho is not from the School of the Bear, but bears do train at the School of Letho. Look at this fuckin guy
Bro must've been part of the school of gains because he is _built_
Witcher 2 is a hard game with fights relying on potion preparation...
then they give you a ~19-minute cutscene/conversation while the time is running, meaning your potions are most likely gone IF you decide to fight him lmao.
Here's some way overanalyzing on this scene. When Letho says if Geralt let's him leave he will and if geralt won't they will fight, hes saying he is a pawn . If you notice they the floor looks like a chess board and pawns can only move forward or stand their ground. In a way Geralt is giving them both permission to not be pawns by going their own way. Which considering Letho was just the blade to Emhyrs plan its clear he was a pawn. I'm sure its not intended but it's great subtext if you chose to see it that way.
damn dude, thats a pretty good way to view this scene
I saw the chess pattern on the flooring at the end and wanted to figure out the subtext but I never could, I appreciate you for answering and sharing it
2:04 .... "but first ..... A ROUND OF GWENT?!!!"
*Nods silently*
Man this is insane, the only game where you can just forgive the final boss and walk away. 🔥
Maybe only one *you* know.
@@Астанкельс indeed
Tyranny, Divinity Original Sin 2, Fallout New Vegas etc. Many games provide an opportunity not only to release the main villain, but also to go to his side. Streets of Rage - the first game I ever had, gave you the opportunity to switch to the villain's side at the end.
Everyone talking about joining villains, but there's only one game to this day where you can run away from every boss fight like a little chicken and that is Deus Ex (the original).
Letho is the best villian of the series by far..Eredin was a joke in comparison
gaunter o dimm?
Your mom?
But he's an elf! And... and he's eeeeeviillllll
@@Bloodletter8 Him being an elf is irrelevant, Iorveth oversaw the murder and rape of innocents so we view him as a villain regardless of whether he's an elf or not.
Eredin is just poorly written as a main villain
@@johnisaacfelipe6357 even worse, he was badly executed in witcher 3, we need a remaster for the story
Thanks for uploading, love this sequence, really made the game.
Can't we just have a witcher game based on Letho's journey and pov during these events, more like a parallel version of the witcher 2
Having never played any of the games, read any of the books, knowing only the merest scraps of lore, this 21 minute triumph of dialogue illuminated a fuckton, in addition to giving some pointers about what to read up on for a general view of the story
Letho is one of my favorite witcher his story is deep and he is a very interesting character
In the original version, at 2:50 he says the line "There is no accounting for taste" in latin. Knowing latin language was considered a sign of high education in medieval times. Plus in Poland, using latin sentences in the middle of conversation or in written works was a sign of high culture (and once again, education).
It was a great way to convey how intelligent Letho is.
It's something I adore in writing of both games and books- characters are never defined by their physical appearance and tropes associated with it, but appearance still influences them.
Yeneffer is beautiful, but she used to be a hunchback and she has some spite left because of that fact.
Geralt often uses the prejudice towards witchers for his own benefits, claiming that his mutations rob him of all kinds of human emotions.
And Letho is a big, bulky man, but not only is he highly clever playing everybody like a fiddle, but he is also aware of how others perceive him due to this appearance and uses the fact others underestimate his intelligence.
Letho and Vergil are the only characters I favor more than their "rivals".
i wanna b e able to imitate Lethos voice so bad.
TYRANNICAL dmc vergil?
Miner Moleman Yeah he is badass but his voice won't CDPR should think about his voice actor in the future
@MusicisLife8393 his from devil may cry. His half demon and half human. In devil may cry you get to play as dante who is vergils younger brother
You only like Letho because of the biceps.
This voice actor has to be in witcher 4 pls. What a scene, the voice made 80 percent of the drama.
- Mark Lewis Jones
As someone who played The Witcher 3 first, now I get "The Hanged Man" reference from the start of Velen
The hanged man tree they are talking about is a different one than the one in Velen
@@AB-fr2eiare you sure
@@BiomechanicalBrick there is multiple hanged man trees in the witcher world
That hanged man three where they faced the wild hunt is in Nilfgaard
@@AB-fr2ei got it 👍
Letho: I paid the monk a lot of Oren’s to keep silent…
A second later: actually it was only a loan cos I killed him later. Only the dead can keep a secret
This dude cooold
Letho is my favorite character in the entire series. So interesting, so complex. As strong and dangerous as he is cunning. His motivations are logical and relatable, and despite being a remorseless killer, he has a clear code of honor. I never killed him in any of my playthroughs, and I was glad when he showed up in 3.
Lol I thought they would hate each other all ways but when they met each other in witcher 3 it was as if they were buddies 😂
“Wraiths cannot he killed only driven off, every Witcher knows that.” I feel like I have killed a number of specters in the Witcher 3 especially boss ones that are per say haunting a village and I pretty much told every quest giver I killed them, are they not actually dead?
Wraiths are already dead in the first place
He probably didn't have time in the middle of combat to perform the the steps necessary to completely remove them.
What is dead may never die
@Paraponera T actually he usually says "they're gone" or "they wont trouble you again" or something like that. I dont think Geralt ever says "I killed those ghosts" or whatever
In witcher 3 you cant kill ghosts, it's even mentioned a few times that he has to drive them away, because for some reason when they died, their ghosts cannot move on, usually because of hatred, revenge or curse, so it is up to Geralt to force them to move on.
Tells letho to leave
*Geralt leaves himself*
Never kill Letho he is good guy
yes he give vodka. he good.
@@classic8529 🤣👍
I only killed him once for the achievement but reverted my save for Witcher 3, but no idea why you'd kill him permanently, he's such a great, well-written character.
@@classic8529 I find no fault with your reasoning
Witcher 2 is a goddamn beautiful game.
Love the way letho says teleport, "TELLY PORT"
13:25 ''Only the dead can keep a secret.'' that's what Emperor think so he betrayed and tried to kill Letho afterwards...
A shame I wanted his school rebuilt, maybe he still can
@@nicbahtin4774 Letho isn't dead if you don't fight him at Loc Muinne and invite him to Kaer Morhen. Otherwise if you don't help him in Witcher 3, he either gets his wish and disappears or if you don't invite him, he flees to Zerrikania as I recall.
@@_MaZTeR_
I know. I just hate that so many of TW2 plot points got berried in the TW3 the point that everything from before TW3 got red coned.
I had to let letho live I understood why he did what he had to do
Hey we have the same picture lol \m/
@@TheMetalhead678 ayeeeeeee lmfao what where the chances of that
@@TheMetalhead678 Not anymore
Overall TW2's story was far more compelling than TW3's. Loved the complex politics, gray characters (like Letho) and it was paced well. TW3 is overall an amazing game but I couldn't care less about the Wild Hunt (cartoon villians) and Ciri (generic chosen one). It was carried by subplots like the Bloody baron and the dlcs
I agree with that wild hunt part. Every other villain is so much more interesting than those guys. Heck, even some random NPCs are more interesting. It is the lack of interaction and actual confrontation that makes them feel so uninteresting.
Dettlaff? You hate him for what he does but also understand his actions. Olgierd? Hate or love him, but he is a likable character, as much of an asshole he is. Gaunter O'Dimm is just a fun and interesting villain or ally, depending on your choices. Syanna has very understandable reasons but goes to absurd lengths to achieve them.
You learn their stories and experience aspects of them. You actually feel like those are real people. The wild hunt though, is such an abstract enemy, with no true goal unless you actually take the time to research them or have read the books and played previous games.
Ciri though? Nah, I cared for her. They could have done it better, but I think they didn't do it badly. But it's all a matter of opinion I suppose.
I'd strongly disagree. TW3 is chalk full of beautifully written characters. TW2 is a beast game regardless though.
To be fair, you would have appreciated Ciri and the Wild Hunt more if you read the books.
You're missing a lot of context and characterization.
@@Baalslegion07Whatt, you can team up with Gaunter?! That choice was never apparent to me...
@@leventebolyos8060 Well Gaunter always tells you what to do and you can just do that. You can for example fulfill the wishes you grant Olgierds dead brother in a bad way. And you can then basicly just trick Olgierd. You dont need to save him. You can just go with Gaunters plan and basicly say "well played Gaunter" and he just rewards you for it and the rewards are NICE. Its a bad ending for Olgierd and if you fully went with Gaunters stuff also for his brother and Iris but it is a great ending for a morally grey Geralt.
And if you play it all like a good guy and only end up sacrificing Olgierd, I personally find it to be the best ending. Olgierd might have changed a bit, but he still did unforgivable shit and was a bad - if likable - person right until your last favor for him. So if you dont think he deserves happiness, you can fuck him over and get great rewards.
5:29 - I became interested in Witcher because I saw the old TV show (2002 I think). So I decided years later to read the books. I liked Geralt's character very much. But then I just couldn't get over Yennefer. I so strongly disagreed with his taste in that woman, that I just stopped reading the books. I was glad that she was absent in the first two Witcher games. And now at the end Letho talks about Yennefer, and her description and distaste for her character completely mirrors mine. It's so funny. I nearly forgot she existed, and his description is so on point. Having temper tantrums, trying to seduce people for her gains, trying to turn people against their friends, everywhere she goes she gets her and her accomplices in trouble, having whims and vigor of a duchess, yet being just a simple arrogant witch.
I think someone even described her relationship with Geralt as toxic. I just don't like her one bit. I fail to see why would Geralt of all people see anything in her.
Still better than Netflix's witcher
Their fates are intertwined by magic at a time when Geralt and Yennefer were against each other, but Geralt ended up saving her life. After that, they were bound to one another magically
They don't love each other because of that Djinn. Geralt's wish was to have kids with Yen to protect her from Djinn's anger. Djinn bounded their destiny with Ciri's destiny. He wanted Ciri to become their child. They fell in love during the process.
@@homoxymoronomatura It was trough magic, in witcher 3 you can break their bond in a mission in skeliige.
@@Hananiah70 Witcher 3 isn't canon
Even Letho tells Geralt to ditch Yen, lmao!
My computer glitches when I couldn't question him i clicked on one of the questions and it activated the "let's finish this"
When they started talking about cards, I was sure the final battle would be a round of Gwent
Im told the motto of the School of the Viper is "doth thou even lift, brethren?"
Letho is arguably the most loyal character in this universe. The dude literally sacrifices a continent peace so his fellow witchers can come home to the school of the viper. Literally, me and my homies against the world.
While Geralt has a more strict moral compass he is very devoted to his fellow witchers as well. He would kill for them if it came down to it. Not innocent civilians at least. Letho in W3 shares a story were he let's his bounty walk free because he liked the guy after sharing a drink overnight.
To Letho things are usually just a job and no hard feelings, but he is far from being heartless.
In W3 Vesemir doesn't like Letho but they share a goal of better life/public respect for all witchers. Vesemir is often on Eskel, Lambert and Geralts ass to uphold witcher public image.
To play devil's advocate, the passive route has hardly done anything for the witcher caste. They are more successful when they carve a piece of world for themselves. (School of cat)
Lambert throttles people that make him angry. Letho throttles people if it serves a purpose, it's a job or it helps a fellow witcher. Geralt throttles people if he deemed them evil according to his own code, is protecting someone or self defense.
Letho is like Geralt but more disciplined, methodical and chaotic.
Letho is a great character. Wild Hunt was great, but as we have learned from GOT the most compelling stories are the ones involving relatable human plotlines and not so much the fantasy ones.
Matthew Glen nah night king was most relatable to me. And i loved his plot line till there wasnt one
@@kamekazi1123 lmao yeah right
Cody Vandal seriously. I literally wanted him to win. And i wanted to know his backstory. But the incompetent fucks couldnt even do that.
Letho, aka Joe "Popeye" Rogan.
JL-XrtaMayoNoCheese not enough... uh whatever he's smoking nowaydays. Horse pills or something?
Letho prediction about Sile fate is incredible
Most awkward hand gesture of farewell ever.
Right! i was thinking the same its like loser boy is telling ''umm goodbye then'' to the girl he fell in love if they even make remastered of this game they should change it
I've always liked letho
In D&D, my character is a Witcher from the School of the Viper. One of the two unknown Witchers mentioned by Letho.
Which edition of D&D? Is it a homebrew class?
There are no witchers in D&D.
Harry Agámez sounds like someone isn’t a fun DM
@@2Minihats For real, that guy sucks
@@andressauvage7738 I just critically hit him with my silver sword, it doesn’t matter
It's just too good. I usually dont watch videos that last 20 minutes and that you dont really need to watch, just listen, unless i'm myself busy with something (dishes for instance). But this time, I was glued to my monitor. I couldnt stop listening. The voice acting is amazing, the story is amazing, the dialogues are amazing. When I see how high in quality it can get, it hurts even more when you play games like Halo infinite, ruined by some of the most dogshit story/dialogue/voice acting i've ever seen.
1:50
Geralt: "Ready to lay your cards out on the table?"
Letho: Wanna play gwent? 😂😂😂
Future witcher game you'll incarn a witcher from the school of the viper : letho, auckes or serrit
Would love to play as Letho
Can’t understand why anyone would wanna kill Letho.
I kill him beacause of what he did to the north, rather than what he did to Geralt. He just sowed chaos on the north, opening the way to Nilfigard and leading thousands to die on the process, while believing in some fake promisse from Emyhr to restore the School of The Viper. He was selfish and naive and I'm mad at him by that time of the game. But I understand the reason to spare him, he is not evil, he spare Geralt's life on their first fight and even save Triss if you didn't save her first. That's why I always save Triss, because if he saves her I wouldn't be able to kill him.
becose the battle is so epic.
both choices are oddly poetic in their own ways
First reply is right. Letho is responsible for a lot of death, war, and extinction of nations all only to reopen a mercenary school that didn't actually reopen.
I only fought him just because I wanted a fight lol. He made a lot of sense.
i was soo happy to see Letho again in wild hunt. minor quest deserved more screen time. same goes for Iorveth. Scoia'tael in general. many other characters from the books too.
so applying letho nilfgaardians treat witchers worse than nordlings. it's no wonder i sided with dijkstra.
Having played Witcher 3 first and Witcher 2 later, I had been thinking that there is no way I would spare Letho in the end (I knew we have an option). Then so many events happened and saw how politics are very dirty and there is not a single innocent person among them. I noticed that I can not keep killing every evil I see. For this reason I spared Henselt first, then sparing Letho was even easier when he told us that he and Geralt was friends. Involving in politics that much and witnessing that there is no good- greater evil or lesser evil- is something I like about this game and maked it a different experience that I consider worth playing. In W3 we are not that deep into politics. Sure, we help Cerys or Hjalmar but this is just honest help with no dirty schemes. There is assasination of Radovid but that is also pretty straight forward without complicated moral choices.
If I'm going to be honest I absolutely see Letho as a potential protagonist for the future Witcher games
best pal i want a letho storyline how everthing happen 1 of the best witcher mc and mostlly a normal witcher shouldve because mutations won't make you handsome but that kind of brute and strong
Such a nice guy.
Letho was.
I miss iorveth in witcher 3, he should have been in the battle of Kear Morhan,
Elves vs elves nice
I just have came along with this dude in Witcher 3's side quest.
Letho would be the best buddy one could ever hope to have.
Until he gets mad at you and decides to kiII you for no reason in cold bIood
@@Hananiah70 I don't think Letho ever did something without reason.
@@ElBandito Well he did kiII a bunch of innocent people. The monk he stole the uniform from, he cold bloodly kiIIed him for no reason. Also a bunch of other people.
@@Hananiah70 He killed the monk to keep him silenced. Any assassin trying to kill a king would do the same.
@@ElBandito He actually first robbed the monk, he could have let him live but he decided to kiII him. He didn't do it to kiII foltest, he robbed him to kiII Foltest. After he kiIIed Foltest he returned for the monk.
captain exposition
Bài hit làm mưa làm gió một thời của chị Bảo Thy. Cám ơn Đức Phúc mang nó trở lại với màu sắc mới ❤❤❤❤️
"I can't help how I look..."
I just love how everyone notices how impossible Geralt and Yen's relationship appear from the outside.
"The women turned out to be quite the character"
The line works particularly well, if you realise that Letho probably had an overall estimation judging by Geralt's personality.
And Yen, is in every way, opposite of Geralt's personality
If they could make chapter 3 longer...
I wish they'd remaster and release Witcher 2 for next-gen consoles.
Letho fell for the same trick Emyhr played on dozens of other people over the course of the three wars; give a little to get a lot.
He offered a portion of upper Aedirn to king Henselt in exchange for not coming to king Demavend's aid when Nilfgaard invaded, knowing he can just take it back later. He promised the scoi'atel their own province in the new Empire in exchange for guerilla raids on important targets, knowing he could cut them loose and let them twist in the wind.
And here he did it again with Letho, Serrit and Aukes, playing on their desire to see the School of the Viper reinstated, and totally reneging on their deal by sending assassins after him to tie off loose ends.
I don't fault Letho for falling for Emyhr's treachery, even if his actions caused irreparable damage to the northern kingdoms. The books and games take place over the course of more than a decade though, you'd think at least one person would realise why the Emperor is able to get people to do what he wants at almost no expense to himself.
I swear to God this game looked better when I played it like a decade ago.
Pam pa ram pam pam pa ram
Letho is pure badass. I only chose to kill him once for the combat and the loot, other than that I let him live every time
After knowing the history of letho and geralt i always spare letho.
Letho is a real G, homie with the battle of kaer morhen.
I feel like witcher 2 more badass and dark even Geralt look badass like a true witcher no feeling no face expressions (all that cuz its an old game less animated face techniques i know but this make him heartless ) Geralt in the W3 look nice and more human with all those face expressions mechanism
just saying
karimu senpai Yeah I prefer this badass Geralt over Witcher 3 Geralt because in TW3 he is like a normal retire guy who just want to live happily 😂
@@livy456 Yeah but they totally changed his personality if you played W2 before and now you playing W3 then you will say this is not that guy from W2 Lol
V - Trigger Well most characters aren’t expressive in Witcher 2 so that’s more on technical level.
Plus Geralt is human, people just want to call him a mutant.
The cinematic trailer shows how Geralt changed.
MusicisLife8393 Yeah but he’s still a human.
The populace prefers to call him a mutant though, despite all the Witcher’s have done for them.
MusicisLife8393 Bruh, you’re the only one making up facts.
-Which town are you talking about, if you’re talking about Blaviken that was a lot more complicated, but to sum it up Geralt attacked to save hostages from being killed but the peasants who saw thought he massacred a group of innocents.
If you’re talking about Rivia, he was killing rioters who were attacking and killing non humans, so Geralt was defending innocents at the cost of his own life when he got stabbed with a pitchfork.
Witcher’s were celebrated heroes during the time when Monsters were practically everywhere. Once most of the monsters were gone though, people began hating them because they were almost no longer necessary. And began calling them mutants,
And oh! How dare Witcher’s work for a living. Monster hunting is a safe profession that requires no materials at all! How dare Witcher’s get money for the work they do. How dumb are you to make this point?
I wish the witchers who "should be alive and on the path" made an appearance in Witcher 3. That would have been sick, especially if you kept letho alive. Could have been a whole epic sidequest
Letho is in witcher 3 , look it up
dose mucles are natural, letho did not used steorids, no way
Was that a indirect kiss, in the vodka moment?
Yes.
Forget Triss and Yen. I'm Team Letho
Put 400 hours with mods into Witcher 3, now I gota play Witcher 2 lol.
Awesome job keep it going smashing 👍
love it when people know how to solve shit with they head
O nivel de influencia faz surgir novas questões
I always let Letho go, such a cool character. He makes an appearence in 3 as well.
I mean if you see that pile of corpses behind him it's probably wise to avoid a fight ngl
Damn I want to play this now
Damn, it was 20 minutes long?
Did the school of the viper ever got rebuild ??
Don't read my answer if you want to play the witcher 3 because the answer is in the game /!\ THE WITCHER 3 SPOILERS : *spoilers* /!\ *spoilers* Emperor Emhyr used Letho as his puppet, he betrayed him after TW2 and never intended to fulfill that promise, Letho is a fugitive in TW3 so no school of the viper :( *spoilers* /!\ *spoilers*
@@Paradodo6 oh right I remember that's why he was on the run and we helped him to run
Thanks for the answer that cleared a lot of things
@@grimelkin9040 Well if you help him in TW3 he join you and stay at Kaer Morhen for a bit, after the big fight Geralt tell him that if he want he can live here with the others witchers of the school of the wolf but Letho decide to go back on the road, a lonesome witcher. But i think he still have some kind of hope to rebuild the school one day and i wish that he will manage to do it. Letho is really a good guy behind that fucking terrifying look lol
I only played Witcher 3 on PC. I tried Witcher 2 but goddamn im having a hard time on controls.
It’s honestly not that hard of controls it’s better if you play the first two games before Witcher 3 cause of the story I do recommend you stick through Witcher 2 only downside is how long the game is
I never killed him or sile
Revenge is only just in self defense or when u avenge a fallen innocent, Letho was just a dagger in the emperor's hand
Geralt; "killing you won't change a thing. You going or not?"
Letho, unmoving. "goodbye geralt."
Geralt: *leaves*
I think we know who's the Chad and who's who's soyboy
Letho has always been Supreme. Smartest and strongest. Just look at those mf tanks for arms jfc
Geralt is the player while Letho was the pawn, the player can decide what he moves, what he does. Letho the pawn stayed there waiting on what the player Geralt chose to do, the pawn can only move forward or stand his ground.
Yeah, for me it was the best ending on my Roche path...cos an epic and cool but illogical fight is not always needed to end a great story🤷♂️
Why are there so many corpses where Letho is standing? I've seen another video where there are none... Did Letho kill all of those people?
No, there was a massacre at loc Moine due to the dude not saving triss. If you save her, instead of letting letho save her, you can avoid the massacre by letting one witch take the blame for a bunch of stuff in the game.
Wtf no one really killed letho? His last words were "i will kill you" in his speech. Ofc he dies. No one lives after threatening the white wolf
Geralt isn't as prickly as you. He could definetly understand Letho will defend himself
Which is Geralt's own motto against tough situations
Letho, overall, did nothing to Geralt. Geralt being involved in all this was something he never planned to do. He never attempted to kill Geralt either.
And he protected Yennefer
They did my boy Iorveth dirty by completely ignoring him in Witcher 3. Roache is my boy too but I like the scoiatel.
9:25 what happens if you click I need to know the whole picture
It will lead to the questions of Yennefer and the wild hunt
chads forgive him and get rewarded in the Witcher 3
I Killed him because the frustration that I have in the chapter 1 fighting him
Nah Letho definitely had to die. He took a contract to kill humans, he broke the code. In doing so he allowed unprecedented chaos and death down upon the northern kingdoms. You could argue it was supposed to be make the takeover less bloody, but kingdoms without kinds will turn into hellpits.
In the end it is Geralts duty as a Witcher to bring down a fallen Witcher. This is coming from someone who has only played the games. There may be some hypocrisy that I'm not aware of but I don't play Geralt to kill humans for coin.
False, Letho is a friend, not a foe. All witchers including Geralt kiIIed humans in cold bIood.
Better villain than Eredin, the most boring ass villain I know in gaming.
There are more boring villains. The most boring which comes to mind right now being Vayne from Final Fantasy XII.
Not the most boring antagonist in gaming but definitely in the Witcher series.
The main baddie from the first game was far worse imo. Eredin does suck, though. Witcher 3 makes up for it with Gaunter O'dimm. Detlaff was okay.
@@RatchetandSly G.o.D was defenitely more interesting, but the boss fight against Detlaff was the hardest in TW3 and also one of the most interesting.
letho isn't a villian