Yeah, Witcher 1 has not aged well but I would definitely be not as infatuated with the series if I hadn't played it. Witcher 2 I'd say is still an excellent game you can get for cheap and has a good story I would recommend checking out.
Here are some NSFW videos (with major spoilers for Witcher 1, minor-to medium Witcher 2) to catch you up on the general beats of the past games if you're interested:
1 and 2 are each less than $3. I'm not planning on picking them up. What's funny is W3 and Doom are the only games I'm interested in right now that would actually tax my video card. All the others are either small, indie, or both
I replayed W2 right before W3 and it still holds up in a ton of ways. Graphically it's really good, story-wise it's pretty good (maybe even better than W3), combat isn't bad, and that covers everything important, really.
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I have to disagree on Witcher 2. I dropped that game for almost two years because of how much I hated Flotsam. I got stuck for a long time trying to figure out where to go until I finally decided to just look it up online and force myself to get through it so I could carry over saves into W3. I will admit that the game did improve significantly after Flotsam but getting to that point is like pulling teeth.
Witcher 3 is incredible though, but for some reason I find myself unmotivated to play the Blood & Wine DLC which is the only set of quests I have left. Not sure why, might be distracted by other games at the moment since I spent so much time on W3.
I have to disagree on Witcher 2. I dropped that game for almost two years because of how much I hated Flotsam. I got stuck for a long time trying to figure out where to go until I finally decided to just look it up online and force myself to get through it so I could carry over saves into W3. I will admit that the game did improve significantly after Flotsam but getting to that point is like pulling teeth.
Witcher 3 is incredible though, but for some reason I find myself unmotivated to play the Blood & Wine DLC which is the only set of quests I have left. Not sure why, might be distracted by other games at the moment since I spent so much time on W3.
I advise you to at least start Blood and Wine. I just finished the main story last night and started in on Blood and Wine just to see what it was about and the two knights you meet at the start and the setting B&W happens in are adorable.
And for the record Triss and Yen can both fuck off. The true Path involves killing tons of monsters for tons of loot and sharing it with absolutely nobody.
Except for occasionally Ciri in a non-romantic sense to get her career started cause that is fucking hilarious that we just pulled a fast one on her dad and fuck that guy.
This may have been shared here, but I put hours into this game just being in the world, not trying to achieve or "do" anything besides follow the next path on the road. Never quite got WHY that clicked so hard with me until seeing this one, so I thought I'd share around.
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Here are some NSFW videos (with major spoilers for Witcher 1, minor-to medium Witcher 2) to catch you up on the general beats of the past games if you're interested:
Witcher 1 Story Recap, Major Spoilers
Witcher 2, state of the world at the start of the game, helps set the stage for 3, no real spoilers
Witcher 2, Geralt's recovered memories, information on the Wild Hunt and who Geralt is, somewhat major spoilers for Witcher 2
Witcher 3 is incredible though, but for some reason I find myself unmotivated to play the Blood & Wine DLC which is the only set of quests I have left. Not sure why, might be distracted by other games at the moment since I spent so much time on W3.
I advise you to at least start Blood and Wine. I just finished the main story last night and started in on Blood and Wine just to see what it was about and the two knights you meet at the start and the setting B&W happens in are adorable.
And for the record Triss and Yen can both fuck off. The true Path involves killing tons of monsters for tons of loot and sharing it with absolutely nobody.
Villainess 2: Geralt escaped
Villainess 1: Girl whats wrong
Villainess 2: Geralt escaped
Villainess 1: Girl whats wrong
Villainess 2: I let him escape!
Villainess 1: Well why did you let him?
Villainess 2: :winky:
https://www.polygon.com/2017/5/17/15651948/the-witcher-netflix-series-platige-image
"...only mights and maybes."
You joke, but I would watch the fuck out of ultra-high stakes Gwent that's preposterously and inexplicably serious.
Give me that Northern Realms Yugioh shit.