The Witcher: Enhanced Edition

A little too late, but I finally got to play this classic After 56 hours I finally finished it (i played on normal since I didn't know what I was getting into) and I must say it was a good game, and in case you don't want to read the text wall bellow: Play it, it's worth every penny What I like: - The character and graphic desing, that icy wasteland in the epilogue was beautiful - The music: the boss theme is metal - The voice acting, Geralt is monotonous, but Iguess that sort of thing happens when you are an amnesiac - The writing: you got everything, drama, action, and comedy - The combat: yes it can be stiffy, but once you find your rythm and start mowing down groups of enemies with ease it gets quite satisfying, specially when you are using the full potential of your signs and potions - The power fantasy of being probably the most promiscuos badass (I wasn't expecting that) what could have been better - I should have played in the hardest difficulty, normal proved to be too easy, I only died once and it was early in the game when I was learning the ropes, most of the time I used potions/oils/runes out of curiosity - The inability to carry every crafting material present in the game, many time I had to throw away mats because of this, not game breaking since I rarely brew potions, but I felt it was a waste nonetheless -The inability to carry weapons in your bags to sell later, and yes, I am nitpicking because I always had enough money for whatever I needed, but still - some of the signs are effectively useless, hex sounds good on paper, not so much in practice, specially when Aard and Ignis are enough to dispatch most enemies Overall the game is good, I had a lot of fun, I should have played on hard so I could have used all my abilities to thei fullest, I'll most likely revisit the game in a year or two to play it on hard, change my story choices and focus in other signs, who knows, maybe I missed half the fun the game had to offer

While the controls and graphics may not be what gamers are accustomed to today, The Witcher is a classic that launched a passion for gamers to want to explore the world of The Continent. The World: The game makes use of tough moral decisions in a complex world that challenges your concept of right and wrong with themes such as racism, sexualization, and moral-ambiguity. The decisions you may think are the right one, may have unforeseen consequences. Combat: Some call the combat clunky, but the idea of needing to prepare for a fight by balancing the right buffs and debuffs to fight your own way makes the combat system that much more difficult. Like many RPGs, the game makes use of fighting styles with different styles being more suited to different enemy types. It is definitely worth a play for anyone who is passionate about fantasy RPGs.

13 years have passed since the launch and you can notice with the graphics and the clunky gameplay. Of course, at that time, in 2007 we had Bioshock, Halo 3, Assassins creed and Crysis, Portal and a lot of other good games, but, what makes The Witcher special? As I said, the first The Witcher has clunky controls, the combat system is not polished, you can't jump even small gaps and the same models repeat every single time. But everyone agree with one thing, the atmosphere its really good. It looks like a tight budget game (it is) but sometimes have nice details like birds, dogs, npc's that interact with anothers. The story its OK in the begining, and with more you play it gets better. My recomendation is, if you want to fully enter The Witcher world, you can play it if you want, honestly i dont think there's a problem if you don't want. Sometimes the game is in 1 dollar if you don't want to spend 10 instead. On my case, I first played the third game, but i dropped because I really like the game and I wanted to play the other 2 to understand what's going on, and also make a long playthrough with the saves of the other 2 games.

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!

Many people will tell you to skip this game and play The Witcher 2, but I fully recommend The Witcher, it's worth your time.