The Witcher

The first Witcher can (and should) be called a classic of the role-playing game genre. It stands on a par with such legends as Diablo, Gothic, Dragon Age(Origins) and Dungeon Siege(I). For me, The Witcher took second position in the list of the best and favorite RPGs, right after Dragon Age Origins. There is so much variety in it that even if you play through the game twice, you won’t see half of it. Of course, there are no fundamental changes between adventures, but there are many options for completing quests and states of the world. But I won’t go into detail, I’ll just outline the pros and cons.

+ Variety of quests (including their variability)

+ Character development (huge number of perks)

+ Alchemy (many potions and use of various ingredients)

+ Combat system ( 3 development paths, 2 swo… Read full

The third part of The Witcher has recently been released and it is quite logical to expect greater demand for games in this series, so I would first of all like to address this review to those who have not yet had time to get acquainted with the first part.

So, let's start in order: the game plot. Being tied around the fact that Geralt has lost his memory, it has little in common with the plot of the books; only some moments from the hero’s past are mentioned in passing in the dialogues. And even though a certain separate story is told throughout the game, not taking its roots from books, it is presented very competently and throughout all four chapters (and this is a VERY long time) it holds the player and does not allow him to leave to drink, eat, or sleep. It is not without reason that t… Read full

To be honest, I completed The Witcher for a long time and painfully.

For me, the most incomprehensible and terribly inconvenient thing was the controls.

The story is more or less interesting, but... I didn’t get to know her when the game was released, but now this acquaintance was difficult for me. I'm used to playing RPGs with Morrowind mechanics. Everything is completely different here. What was most infuriating was the attack followed by the mouse click and the top view, which was later adapted to modern RPGs.

The plot is not bad, the atmosphere really feels... so... ancient Russian. This is cool. This hasn't happened for a long time. The sounds and music are very monotonous, but for such an old game this is forgivable.

There are some minor complaints about the localization; the voice actors sometimes stop trying and voice out phrases in a dull mumble.

I completed the game a little over half a year ago. Fortunately, I was able to overcome the barrier of misunderstanding the combat, since I was already on the verge of uninstalling the game 5 minutes after the start of the playthrough. And after 5-10 hours of playing, I realized that, on the contrary, it was well-developed and worthy of attention. Different modes/styles of combat allow you not to get bored and constantly adapt to a certain type of enemy.

The game has a lot of advantages and for myself I have highlighted the following:

+ cards of women (in my opinion, a very cool feature that dilutes the gray everyday life of a monster killer 😉)

+ alcohol (opportunity to drink too much NPC to get a special item, the influence of alcohol on the course of battle, as well as the presence of perks… Read full

A worthy game based on Sapovsky's Universe. A story about Geralt that is not in the books. Both this and the 2nd part of The Witcher, of course, pale in comparison to the 3rd part of the game, but it’s worth playing them.

What to say about part 1:

+ I liked the combat. Unusual and varied.

+ Constant moral choice in the plot. Moreover, when playing through it again, the game still does not give answers to all the questions and it is not clear whether this or that decision was fair. This really immerses you in the painful and harsh atmosphere of the unfolding story.

+Original erotic content with trading cards.

- Lack of open world.