Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales

I like Gwent - both in TW3 & the online game - but this takes the fun and makes it a grind. You'll spend most of the time running around a 2D map looking for resources. Boring. The rest of the time you'll be playing Gwent. Fun, right? Well, sort of. I'd estimate one third of the Gwent matches in Thronebreaker are "regular" Gwent matches: 3 rounds of play using the deck you've built. The rest are custom story or puzzle matches, which feature unique decks and rules that have nothing to do with your deck or its synergies. Further inhibiting player freedom, puzzle matches only offer a single route to victory. Compounding the restrictive Gwent play, there's no manual save, only an autosave. The choice-laden story is decent and the presentation is good, but if Gwent is what you're after, go play the online multiplayer game, you'll have more fun. I did, anyway. Incredibly disappointing.

You should play it I wrote like 2400 words before realising it crossed the limit of 2000 and was halfway through. That alone can tell you why you should play it especially at a discount.

If you like the gwent you'll like it. I'm not a gwent player. But GOG refund policy is awsome so its all good.

If you love Gwent, you should add one or two more stars. Overall it is a solid game of Gwent against AI opponent. The story is interesting but nothing too good. It is the same old choose the lesser evil (spoiler - there are not any). And the gameplay is the same old Gwent with the overpowered cards. I also need to subtract one star for the very cheap final boss. I finished the game on hard, but for this one fight, I needed to change diffulculty to easy. You see, I barely got two or three building upgrades throughout the game (on hard mode, resources are very spare and I collected every zkurvenou thing). You really need to cheese the game to beat this last guy "fairly" with some specific cards (which I didn't have). - so, this very poorly designed boss leaves a very sour aftertaste. You know what? Do not add any stars, just play Gwent instead - you will have more fun.

And finally I've met with this game in 2023, after 5 years. The only thing I can say - it's a great pity that I didn't finish it earlier: a wonderful story with hard choices, great visual design and an interesting gameplay with lots of riddles. Worth every minute and every cent. Great job, CDPR!