Not really, unless you have a preference for their type of storytelling. Anyway it’s 11 years old and didn’t even need another dlc/expansion.
Out of all the games, Witcher 3 is probably at the top for best bang for the buck there buddy.
esc@piefed.social 2 days ago
scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 2 days ago
I do have a preference, and who cares about the age of the game as long as the content is good? Last time it was blood and wine, an 80 hour expansion. They haven’t let me down yet with content quality.
thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
I didn’t realize the highly regarded Blood and Wine would have so much possible playtime! Maybe that’s the playtime with the normal play through of the actual together? OK so I looked up howlongtobeat.com/game/33660 and it says 28 hours for main story and side missions on average, and over 40 hours for competitions. Which is still extremely impressive, as the DLC is of high quality.
thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
Anyway it’s 11 years old and didn’t even need another dlc/expansion.
No one is forced to buy or play it. The fact that the game didn’t need a DLC / Expansion speaks for the game. Nowadays games are developed with DLC in mind and cut off from the actual game just to sell you a part at launch. I wish more older games would get high quality DLCs like Witcher 3 does. CD Project Red does usually a phenomenal job of doing these expansions without abusing its user base.
Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I’ve never played it, but it’s on my list. It is kind of an old game now though - does it still hold up?
dreamkeeper@literature.cafe 1 day ago
Yes it’s still better than the vast majority of open world RPGs, even the new ones. It doesn’t feel like an old game.
It’s not perfect and the combat is mid, but the story and characters hold up as well as they ever did. Really good writing and voice acting. And the graphics were revamped a few years ago. It looks amazing with RT if your machine can take the performance hit.
iamthetot@piefed.ca 2 days ago
It’s very highly regarded, but I honestly didn’t enjoy it a ton. One thing that it does do quite well is its characters, which I think it also frankly one of the strongest aspects of the source material.
The gameplay was super mid to me though, leaning on not fun. Like, I don’t think I would have played it if not for a few mods on PC that I considered damn near necessary for my enjoyment.
Oh, another thing it did really well was its urban centers. I love me a big city in a video game, and Witcher 3 does have one of the best I’ve seen.
scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 2 days ago
I like story driven rpgs, and so yes for me it does. You do have to push yourself to get through the first training area though, that’d a slog. Once you get through and into the open world it’s one if the top games.