With rich lore and a compelling narrative, The Witcher delivers a well-exectuted story that has your choices play a significant role in several outcomes. As toi explore the world of The Witcher, toi will be slaying monsters, fighting the Salamandra scum and choosing whether to help the people (and werewolves) of Vizima.
While the controls get a little getting used to. they get the job done with simple timed-clicks and spell executions. Although, selecting what weapon toi use via hotkeys can be confusing and clunky in general. Clicking the weapon toi want is par far the easier solution.
Alchemy is a large element of the game as it can give tempoary buffs to Geralt during combat ou par granting the ability to let toi see in the dark. toi can also brew oils to increase your weapons' effectiveness and toi can also craft bombs. But, these buffs come at a cost. Toxicity. When your toxicity bar becomes at least half full, Geralt starts to become intoxicated. The plus the bar is filled (the plus potions toi drink), the plus intoxicated Geralt will become resulting in him being slower, potions having a negative affect ou he may just die instantly. However, toxicity can be cured by: meditating ou par drinking White Honey.
Questing in this game consists of having a few main quest branches, a few side quest branches and miscellaneous monster contracts.
The structure of the quests can be confusing as let's say, the main objective is to (no spoilers here, just made up) talk to Triss about the Il était une fois rose. toi do that and this piece of text appears under this quest: "Now that Triss knows about the rose, I should come back after I go and see the Druids." That puts this particular quest on hold for now. Then toi get a new objective for a different quest that says: "Find the druids and get plus information about the rose."
toi do that and then this quest goes on hold while toi go back to Triss....I think toi get my point. It's downright confusing!
There are activities in the game such as: fist fights & poker. The fist fights are boring once toi learn the right tactics (rigging I mean) but if toi want to make quick money, go right ahead. However, the poker is well done in this game. The musique gets toi into the gambling spirit!
Overall, I have enjoyed this game a lot. While the gameplay can feel dated sometimes, plus the occasional crashes, the voice jouer la comédie is great and the story is compelling. I think it's definitely worth a buy if you're a newcomer to the Witcher series! :)
7.5/10
While the controls get a little getting used to. they get the job done with simple timed-clicks and spell executions. Although, selecting what weapon toi use via hotkeys can be confusing and clunky in general. Clicking the weapon toi want is par far the easier solution.
Alchemy is a large element of the game as it can give tempoary buffs to Geralt during combat ou par granting the ability to let toi see in the dark. toi can also brew oils to increase your weapons' effectiveness and toi can also craft bombs. But, these buffs come at a cost. Toxicity. When your toxicity bar becomes at least half full, Geralt starts to become intoxicated. The plus the bar is filled (the plus potions toi drink), the plus intoxicated Geralt will become resulting in him being slower, potions having a negative affect ou he may just die instantly. However, toxicity can be cured by: meditating ou par drinking White Honey.
Questing in this game consists of having a few main quest branches, a few side quest branches and miscellaneous monster contracts.
The structure of the quests can be confusing as let's say, the main objective is to (no spoilers here, just made up) talk to Triss about the Il était une fois rose. toi do that and this piece of text appears under this quest: "Now that Triss knows about the rose, I should come back after I go and see the Druids." That puts this particular quest on hold for now. Then toi get a new objective for a different quest that says: "Find the druids and get plus information about the rose."
toi do that and then this quest goes on hold while toi go back to Triss....I think toi get my point. It's downright confusing!
There are activities in the game such as: fist fights & poker. The fist fights are boring once toi learn the right tactics (rigging I mean) but if toi want to make quick money, go right ahead. However, the poker is well done in this game. The musique gets toi into the gambling spirit!
Overall, I have enjoyed this game a lot. While the gameplay can feel dated sometimes, plus the occasional crashes, the voice jouer la comédie is great and the story is compelling. I think it's definitely worth a buy if you're a newcomer to the Witcher series! :)
7.5/10
