Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales

I'm a huge fan of the books and i always wondered what happend to rayla and meve. In the books Meve is a very respected Queen and all the kings took advice from her. Playing the game was like reading a book but you are choosing what will happen on the next page. sooooo damn immersive. Music: 6/5 Storytelling : 5/5 Voiceacting: 6/5 Visuals/ Artstyle: 6/5 Gameplay: 5/5 GOTY 2018 for me no doubt. Masterpiece in its genre!

Just wanted to shout out for the quality of this game, after reading an interview with joint-CEO Adam Kiciński telling about the somewhat disappointing sales of this game. This game deserves to be huge. It reminds me of the legendary old-school HoMM3 in many ways. Except that the creatures are represented by GWENT-cards. So the Gwent-battles are excellent (maybe somewhat too easy at times, but you can control that yourself by using a more challanging deck and not some OP-deck), just like most of the puzzels using these cards are a fun twist that break the regular gameplay. Some puzzles are quite hard, especially in the first stages. But nothing impossible to crack. Biggest plus is the story-telling. Playing this game is like reading a book on the Witcher-universe in which you make key decisions that will question your own sense of morality and justice. The only negative for me was the amount of time the AI needed to make its next move in certain battles (only on Bonebreaker difficulty). All in all, highly recommended!

I have read many opinions that demanding so much money just for a card game is not cool. Make no mistake, Thronebreaker is not just a card game. It s more like a deep, story rich RPG with combat replaced by Gwent. The Good: + Game is full of difficult choices that really matter, often resulting in unpredictable consequences at a later point in the future + Story of Quuen Meve's journey through forests, swamps, mountains and her own homeland is gripping from beginning to end + Everything is fully voice acted + Puzzles are varied and challenging The Mediocre ~ Characters that join you on your journey are represented by cards that can get added to the deck. That unfortunately means that if a chracter leaves you, you lose the cars as well. Personally I like this, as certain choises resulting in falling out with a character leaves you weaker (real consequences!), but not everyone enojys this from what I heard ~ Most bugs seem to have been fixed. I personally only encountered one situation where a puzzle ended in my victory at the end of turn when it shouldn't have. Other than that, a problem free experience. ~ Battles get a bit repetitive after a while The Bad: - Game balance (this is after the balance update). I played on the hardest difficulty and there are certain mechanics that still made this game a breeze when used properly. That is, until the last battle with aep Dahy. It was an incredible spike in difficulty and, due to how the balancing works, made aep Dahy's commander abilities absurdly overpowered. Not sure if you can even win that fight without a perfect draw. I gave up and lowered the difficulty for that one.

I don't really know what I want to write in my review, because I'm bad at reviewing stuff, so I'll just tell you, that even if you don't play the standalone Gwent - Thronebreaker won't be hard for you even on medium and hard levels. I think that if you'd like to start playing Gwent - this game is a good starting point. The story is amazing, tutorials are great and the RPG system is also implemented quite well. I've made 2 playthroughs in Thronebreaker, and trust me - there's no better feeling than completely destroying Nilfgaard in Gwent battles. Some battles are even more intense than most battles in The Witcher 3 (and I've made 5 playthroughs in TW3). Bought it for full price on PS4 and GOG, and was not disappointed. Give it a try! Catch Thronebreaker on a sale - or just refund the game if you dislike it - but give it a try. Looking forward to new The Witcher Tales games, well done CD Projekt Red <3

After first 30 minutes when I wasn't sure do I like it or not , game ended up being great. Really worth the money and have to be appreciated for unusual design and approach. And it was great to get into world of Witcher again .Just buy it