‘The Witcher’ is "original, ambitious and inspired"

A bucket bangs against a wall to the rhythm of a clock that’s forgotten how time works. With each connection, the silence surrounding the carriage becomes slightly more conspicuous. No dogs bark. No song spills from taverns. A passenger alights and adds a series of raps to the chorus of metallic clinks, desperately hammering on a door separating hearth from snow. It’s likely his last breath is drawn before he even feels the talons piercing his spine – in the world of The Witcher, some victims aren’t even given the courtesy of outliving the title screen.