The Witcher: Enhanced Edition

I got it for really good price from gog.com since the game was a big 'hit'. But after forcing my self to playing for many hours I think: - Combat is absolutely BORING. It has no depth, no strategy while being somewhat more difficult to manage then normal hack&slash which have the same depth of strategy. I mean if it is shallow why try to make it look sophisticated by adding stances etc... Again it is BORING - The world and everything looks good but the voice acting and whole story do not pull you in and it is ALSO BORING. The world is not introducing itself and it takes a lot of time for you to get into it and when you do you realise it is not interesting at all... I don't know... This game had many good reviews but looks like it is not for me. So if you feel BORED for the first couple of hours... Stop trying and quit.

I bought this game because I've heard good things about the Witcher franchise and I wanted to play them in sequence to see if it'd be to my liking. Well, IT WAS. Ehem... The graphics are obviously dated but not to the extent of being an eyesore or distracting; seems like around the 15 year mark game visuals are just too abstract for my liking but that's me personally. Combat is simple, but not so simple that it'll put you to sleep. It's mainly about click timing and style changes, but you do still have to be mindful of position/movement, target selection and when, where and how to use your signs and alchemy. That is unless you're playing on easy, in which case nighty night! The main character is pretty neat, Geralt is basically whatever you make him. Some people are cringy edgelords so as thus so too will Geralt be. I personally found him to be a well meaning if not slightly passive aggressive guy just trying to make a living. There is the potential for optional sex cutscenes called 'romance cards' but unless you're struggling with sex addiction even worse than I am, you should only expect to see one. Maybe two. If at any point in time you want to see Shani's grandma naked, call your sponsor and/or therapist immediately! The story is really interesting in my opinion because you can take the middle road or pick a side. For instance there's some freaking cannibal living in the swamps who doesn't want you to kill him because he doesn't eat children. Well, if you're a fedora tipping centrist then by all means let him live. I for one don't think the cannibal and the cannibalized are the same! In the end the story leads you to beat down this idiot named Azar Javed who is basically the biggest 3brain of all time. Have fun! My gripes with this game are that the Beast boss is way, way too hard for a low level boss, and I admit I used cheese strats to beat it. The other is that the Kikimore Queen boss is kind of buggy. But yeah, the game is good and you should play it!

Well. where should I start. I played TW1 when I was 15 years old(yeah I played it on a PS3 slim) I didn't that this IP was mainly a Book saga but i fell in love with the fantasy slavic world, The level design, the graphics, the gameplay mechanics and the story as well. I claimed it when it was free months ago but I will replay it when i have the time to do that. btw i also didn't know that GOG.com has actually a rate/review system but that's kinda cool to know hehe. Cheers CD PROJEKT RED :D

After finally reading the books I decided to play through the game series. I first played The Witcher when it was new, but I didn't get far back then. I was actually surprised how similar it is to the Witcher 3. A lot of ideas have carried through the series and there's some familiar gameplay elements. These ideas and elements have of course been refined (or changed if you like) throughout the trilogy. The Witcher is rough around the edges, but still very much playable and overall I enjoyed my playthrough. The combat is pretty easy on the medium difficulty setting. If you prepare well for combat (drink a few potions and enhance your swords, and make sure you have the right sword equipped!) you wont face any huge challenges. The story is great, but some things seem a little off for a book reader (at least for me). Mainly that Yen and Ciri have been replaced by Triss and Alvin, and no one bothers to tell Geralt about these most important women of his life! Triss certainly seems to be overjoyed for Geralts amnesia.. and a lot of other women too. My main gripe with the game is that there's a lot of just running back and forth and waiting around. There isn't any kind of fast travel (aside from a few portals in one chapter, and even those are pretty useless) or Roach, so you have to run everywhere. A lot of the time you have to meet a person or go to a place at a certain time, so if you have nothing else to do in the meantime you have to wait, and to wait you have to find a spot to meditate. I tried to manage my guests so that theres as little of waiting and running around as possible.

the improvement done to this game is good and it makes the game more immersive and enjoyable