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I see that all the Witcher series and bonus additions are now available a super discount. However , is it necessary to purchase everything. For example do the enhanced and game of the year include all the expansion packs and bonus material. Is it necessary to by the original version and the expansion packs as well? Or can I just buy the game of the year addition and be done ?
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CeltiCraig: I see that all the Witcher series and bonus additions are now available a super discount. However , is it necessary to purchase everything. For example do the enhanced and game of the year include all the expansion packs and bonus material. Is it necessary to by the original version and the expansion packs as well? Or can I just buy the game of the year addition and be done ?
For Witcher 1 and 2 there is only one complete version of each.
For Witcher 3 the "Game of the Year" version includes everything.
For The Witcher (Enhanced Edition) and The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings (Enhanced Edition), you receive everything as olnorton mentioned. They include all of the official patches, gameplay improvements and graphical touch-ups that the games received. As for The Witcher 3, I definitely recommend going for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (Game of the Year Edition) as it's the complete, definitive way to play the game. It gives you both of the expansions, Hearts of Stone and Blood & Wine, both of which serve as an awesome outro to the story of the game overall, adding somewhere around 50 hours of new content; even more if you take your time with them. It also automatically includes all of the free DLCs that CDPR released, as well as some seriously awesome goodies. Get the Enhanced Editions of 1 and 2, as well as the GOTY Edition for 3 and you won't have to worry about buying anything else if you don't want to.

That being said, I'd also recommend checking out Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales and, if you really like the series, The Witcher Adventure Game. The latter is a digital adaptation of the Witcher board game and can be a bit of fun on the side (includes a multiplayer option, but I haven't played it with anyone yet), while the former is a medium length narrative-driven RPG with combat based upon the optional Gwent card game minigame in The Witcher 3. It's a lot of fun and well worth the purchase, especially if you enjoy the other Witcher games and want to support CDPR.

Oh, and if you're interested in Thronebreaker but aren't sure if you'll like the combat, either play Gwent in The Witcher 3 or give the free Gwent: The Witcher Card Game a try. Either will give you a taste for the combat in Thronebreaker but even if that combat isn't your thing and you want to play the story, CDPR gives an option in Thronebreaker to skip any battles with automatic success. This is great for me as I am particularly bad at Gwent, meaning I can just focus on the narrative instead of getting frustrated with loss after loss.

In general, I highly recommend buying all of the Witcher games on GOG. Not only are they fantastic games but GOG and CD Projekt as a whole, they deserve every bit of money we give them due to the way they genuinely care for their players.
Post edited May 22, 2020 by JakobFel
... and don't forget the books!
The 2/3 with the short stories are ok, but the 5 books series is great stuff explaining the story before the PC games started.