The Witcher series APPRECIATION thread

[Berengar]

Witcher 2 is kinda cool(although maybe a little too ORANGE) and I enjoyed my time with it but the idea of playing through it again always sounds like a fuckin slog to me.

Was there ever a mod that de-console-fied the menus? Normally that shit doesn't bug me but those annoyed me by the end.

 

[Lord_Potato]

If I hated Witcher 3 gameplay, should I bother with the DLCs?

yes. Especially Heart of Stone has an excellent story. Blood and Wine is mostly more of Witcher 3 so it may be less appealing.

 

[Lord_Potato]

Witcher 2 is kinda cool(although maybe a little too ORANGE) and I enjoyed my time with it but the idea of playing through it again always sounds like a fuckin slog to me.

Sorry, but I'm afraid due to the completely different 2nd act due to your decision in the 1st, you are legally required to play it at least twice.

 

[Arthandas]

Controller seems to be the recommended way?

I'm sure you can comfortably play it with a controller, but I would never call it the recommended way - it's a PC game, not a console port (despite the shitty consolified interface). I'm not sure you even have access to all the hotkeys on a controller.

 

[Falksi]

Witcher 2 is kinda cool(although maybe a little too ORANGE) and I enjoyed my time with it but the idea of playing through it again always sounds like a fuckin slog to me.

Was there ever a mod that de-console-fied the menus? Normally that shit doesn't bug me but those annoyed me by the end.

I utterly hated the game for the first 15 hours, but then it all clicked with me and I then I totally thrived on it to the point I replayed it a further 4 times.

I'd say that you don't get to see the story properly without at least 1 replay, and personally I thought 4 full playthroughs gave the full experience (but the last 2 are just all about the small details).

Obviously alternate between which bro you side with if you do replay, and play it on Dark Mode alternating playstyles to in order to give it most variety.

If I hated Witcher 3 gameplay, should I bother with the DLCs?

I detest Witcher 3's sloppy, watered-down gameplay with a passion, but the DLC's are not only both far better paced, varied and more interesting than the base game, but they introduce enemies with some actually half-interesting attack-patterns which make combat far more bearable, dare I say even occasionally enjoyable.

 

[BruceVC]

Witcher 2 is kinda cool(although maybe a little too ORANGE) and I enjoyed my time with it but the idea of playing through it again always sounds like a fuckin slog to me.

Was there ever a mod that de-console-fied the menus? Normally that shit doesn't bug me but those annoyed me by the end.

I utterly hated the game for the first 15 hours, but then it all clicked with me and I then I totally thrived on it to the point I replayed it a further 4 times.

I'd say that you don't get to see the story properly without at least 1 replay, and personally I thought 4 full playthroughs gave the full experience (but the last 2 are just all about the small details).

Obviously alternate between which bro you side with if you do replay, and play it on Dark Mode alternating playstyles to in order to give it most variety.

If I hated Witcher 3 gameplay, should I bother with the DLCs?

I detest Witcher 3's sloppy, watered-down gameplay with a passion, but the DLC's are not only both far better paced, varied and more interesting than the base game, but they introduce enemies with some actually half-interesting attack-patterns which make combat far more bearable, dare I say even occasionally enjoyable.

Did you use M\KB or Controller?

 

[Falksi]

Witcher 2 is kinda cool(although maybe a little too ORANGE) and I enjoyed my time with it but the idea of playing through it again always sounds like a fuckin slog to me.

Was there ever a mod that de-console-fied the menus? Normally that shit doesn't bug me but those annoyed me by the end.

I utterly hated the game for the first 15 hours, but then it all clicked with me and I then I totally thrived on it to the point I replayed it a further 4 times.

I'd say that you don't get to see the story properly without at least 1 replay, and personally I thought 4 full playthroughs gave the full experience (but the last 2 are just all about the small details).

Obviously alternate between which bro you side with if you do replay, and play it on Dark Mode alternating playstyles to in order to give it most variety.

If I hated Witcher 3 gameplay, should I bother with the DLCs?

I detest Witcher 3's sloppy, watered-down gameplay with a passion, but the DLC's are not only both far better paced, varied and more interesting than the base game, but they introduce enemies with some actually half-interesting attack-patterns which make combat far more bearable, dare I say even occasionally enjoyable.

Did you use M\KB or Controller?

Controller mate. M/KB just doesn't work for me on Witcher 2

Remember though, I'm an old school consoletard who...alongside my BBC Micro...played Master System, Mega Drive and SNES games for years before getting a PC, so I feel more than comfy with either.

 

[Lyric Suite]

Only played the first game, was soured by what i perceived to be l1brul bias though i felt the quests and writing was better than what the Codex opinion of the game (Twitcher lol) had me believe.

Now that i'm reading the books i understand there's a more subtle context, even if Sapkowski is in fact a l1brul and Geralt's attitudes to religion are literally reddit tier, so this isn't something the games invented.

Once i'm done with the books i'll take on this series once and for all. Will have to check this thread then.

 

[BruceVC]

Only played the first game, was soured by what i perceived to be l1brul bias though i felt the quests and writing was better than what the Codex opinion of the game (Twitcher lol) had me believe.

Now that i'm reading the books i understand there's a more subtle context, even if Sapkowski is in fact a l1brul and Geralt's attitudes to religion are literally reddit tier, so this isn't something the games invented.

Once i'm done with the books i'll take on this series once and for all. Will have to check this thread then

I have never read the books but the narrative choices in W1 are much more nuanced and complex than trying to define them as liberal vs Conservative

And this is after playing them all years ago and now replaying them

I would say most of the choices are interesting " grey " choices. You can see both sides of the argument but then you make up your mind after consideration and I ended up having to consider many factors which the game provides

As I mentioned thats what the Witcher series really delivers on. The subtle context around choices you need to make

 

[BruceVC]

liem Witcher 2 is kinda cool(although maybe a little too ORANGE) and I enjoyed my time with it but the idea of playing through it again always sounds like a fuckin slog to me.

Was there ever a mod that de-console-fied the menus? Normally that shit doesn't bug me but those annoyed me by the end.

I utterly hated the game for the first 15 hours, but then it all clicked with me and I then I totally thrived on it to the point I replayed it a further 4 times.

I'd say that you don't get to see the story properly without at least 1 replay, and personally I thought 4 full playthroughs gave the full experience (but the last 2 are just all about the small details).

Obviously alternate between which bro you side with if you do replay, and play it on Dark Mode alternating playstyles to in order to give it most variety.

If I hated Witcher 3 gameplay, should I bother with the DLCs?

I detest Witcher 3's sloppy, watered-down gameplay with a passion, but the DLC's are not only both far better paced, varied and more interesting than the base game, but they introduce enemies with some actually half-interesting attack-patterns which make combat far more bearable, dare I say even occasionally enjoyable.

Did you use M\KB or Controller?

Controller mate. M/KB just doesn't work for me on Witcher 2

Remember though, I'm an old school consoletard who...alongside my BBC Micro...played Master System, Mega Drive and SNES games for years before getting a PC, so I feel more than comfy with either.

I use Controller for games that are designed for that like Far Cry or Assassins Creed but there is mixed opinions on W2

I typically use M/KB but I will use Controller for W2

 

[Lyric Suite]

Only played the first game, was soured by what i perceived to be l1brul bias though i felt the quests and writing was better than what the Codex opinion of the game (Twitcher lol) had me believe.

Now that i'm reading the books i understand there's a more subtle context, even if Sapkowski is in fact a l1brul and Geralt's attitudes to religion are literally reddit tier, so this isn't something the games invented.

Once i'm done with the books i'll take on this series once and for all. Will have to check this thread then

I have never read the books but the narrative choices in W1 are much more nuanced and complex than trying to define them as liberal vs Conservative

And this is after playing them all years ago and now replaying them

I would say most of the choices are interesting " grey " choices. You can see both sides of the argument but then you make up your mind after consideration and I ended up having to consider many factors which the game provides

As I mentioned thats what the Witcher series really delivers on. The subtle context around choices you need to make

I haven't gotten to the novels yet. People say they are kinda boring i don't know for now, but i can vouch for the short stories.

So far they have all been highly entertaining and fairly clever both in terms of their plots, themes and even in the dialog which is usually a weak point in fantasy writing (the only exception is Geralt's tendency to say nothing whenever the author couldn't think of a clever line for him. That gets old after a while lol).

As for any biases, the world is actually fairly nuanced with a myriad of shades of grey. Only Geralt seems to have a fixed ideological position but that isn't reflected by everybody in the world. For instance, he'll scoff at the idea the gods exist in his conversation with a priestesses but she obviously believes in her goddess and finds Geralt's attitude amusing so even if you were to argue Geralt's is a vehicle for the author's own point of view he doesn't try to beat you over the head with it.

 

[Lyric Suite]

BTW, one of the earlier stories is literally titled The Lesser Evil and it sets the tone for any choice or action Geralt is compelled to take, which i think the games tried to adhere to, or at least the first one did.