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So I just read this book on history of games called “Blood, Sweat and Pixels” and was fascinated by the chapter on The Witcher 3 and mostly how the team put in so much thought and care in every single side quest. And seems that there are a lot of moral decision to be made on each adventure. So I finally decided to give it a try. Got any advice for me?
Good thing to remember about builds. Geralt is a sword fighter first and a magic user 18th. Be good at slicey.
Take your time with the combat tutorial - Understand the difference between a dodge roll, a sidestep, a parry and blocking.
Other than that, have fun!
And in general: Dodge monsters, parry humanoids. Many of the monsters have attacks that are too large or erratic to reliably parry, but you can abuse the hell out of the I-frames from dodging. But soldiers go down much faster when you parry them.
Play with a controller. Makes the slippery-ass controls feel way more natural.
Clear the entirety of the first map. You’ll save yourself some headaches and power up Geralt a bit which helps a ton in the early game.
Quen and side step a lot during combat. Focus on getting sets of armor and weapons because they are better than whatever weird ass stuff you throw together from loot. So that means you’ll have to visit armorers a lot. Do not ignore Gwent. It can be fun. Pick one girl and do not romance them both. Make sure you make Ciri as happy as possible. A lot of quests are about choosing the lesser evil. So basically you’re setup to make a bad choice no matter what. Which makes it interesting honestly. This game is really interesting and rich in story. Explore everything. Have fun.
I try to get everyone to try playing on Death March, no fast travel.
I did my first playthrough like this. There’s so much to see in the world and so many paths to take. Fast travel is neat and all but you may miss out on so much. I took it a step further and also didn’t leave regions/nations until I completed the map. I found more incidental quests by taking a wrong turn or a shortcut over a hill than I did by following the main quests.
On Death March: It’s actually not hard at all and feels like how the gake should be played. What it actually does is forces you to look at the bestiary, learn or guess weaknesses and attack patterns then use potions, spells and pils to fight enemies. It actually feels like playing the witcher as lore accurately as possible. Going to the local herbalist, buying supplies, meditating then hunting down the enemies.
I disagree, it made the enemies become damage sponges and currently making the game less fun. Whatever difficulty setting is one/two below the hardest is an acceptable balance between completely wasting my time or challenging fun.
Interesting! I never really found the combat to be all that tedious or enemies too difficult so long as you kept up with alchemy, oils and gear upgrades.
Obviously, different strokes for different folks. There’s a reason one of the difficulties is story only.
Banging prostitutes sometimes gives xp
Ignore the advice you saw in this thread, except for the one about trying the DLCs, and enjoy the game however you wanna play it. Romance both options if you want, be a terrible dad if you’re so inclined, etc. Have fun, it’s your first playthrough so enjoy it unspoiled ane cherish it, you will love it and go for a 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and maybe even more runs and you can minmax things later on in these runs.
The only thing I’d say you shouldn’t do is skip the dialogue and cutscenes, and sidequests. This game has a very well-crafted story (which is the main attraction) and that goes also for the sidequests so enjoy them fully.
Pace yourself.
This is a huge game, i though i was as at end game twice but it just keeps on going. I have yet to start on the DLC’s and i was actually hoping to have move to the other sp rpgs on my todo list.
Don’t romance them both.
Kill all the cows in White Orchard. Repeatedly. Farm them. Good early game coin selling their hides.
you got me in the first part, but if there’s no secret cow level I ain’t killing those cows for shit
You just need to kill one more cow.
There is one.
No advice really, just wanted to say I absolutely love the game and have played through provably 6-7 times now. Very addicting and is especially comforting to play in the winter, with all the beautiful scenery and sounds.
Oils
Keep Quen up, roll about, hit stuff.
There’s a couple of enemies where this doesn’t work, but it should get you through the trickier combat sections.
Don’t forget the DLC, and for all the praise Blood and Wine got because of it’s size, don’t sleep on Hearts of Stone - it’s the most memorable part of the game for me.
Witcher 3 can be played like the puzzle game on max difficulty.
You don’t have to grind level or have good controller skill to beat those boss in max difficulty. In fact, it like puzzle game. If you know how to beat the boss (read in game wiki), or have oil, spell, or do something before, … you can beat a boss easily, without need much skill or overlevel.
Pick lots of ballise fruit in White Orchard. It is tougher to find later on.
There’s a mod that makes picking up loot less of a pain in the ass. Game is unplayable without it imho.
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Always buy new shoes in the afternoon - after your feet have expanded.
…Oh, you mean about the game?
The story was difficult to follow, for me, and plays a significant role in the game and is likely to influence your decisions. What I wish I did and what I recommend you, is make sure you pay close attention to it in the beginning, knowing who’s who, who’s battling who and why. Consider taking notes haha
But also, don't be afraid to just read this stuff online. The game is so big it gets tedious if you don't have a huge amount of time to devote to it. That can really kill motivation to keep going.
No not use any DLC equipment. While the combat in the game is far from perfect, using the viper gear (I think that’s what it’s called) ruins it further.
beware the botchling (don’t progress to far to fast, level up or things like the botchling will be frustrating)
As someone who’s owned the Witcher 3 since it came out, LMAO I have no idea. I never played that game.
I gave it about a three hours and got pretty bored, sadly. Just for me though, it was also a mood thing.
I just haven’t had a PC that can run it smoothly since I got it.
Don’t let the upgrade, potion, etc system overwhelm you. My brother gave up cause it seemed too complicated for him. If you mostly ignore it and just play for a bit, it comes naturally
This is what made me quit too
Like I told my brother. Just explore, do minor quests, gather ingredients and items. Once you have enough ingredients to make a potion or oil, the menu literally tells you and you can do it in one button click.
Just one: enjoy.
Stop playing this overrated repetitive game.
Yeah I mean obviously all these people must be wrong. It is a masterpiece whether you vibe with it or not but I just don’t see how it comes off as repetitive to someone.
World building and storytelling are top notch.
I personally found the gameplay a little lackluster here and there. Even on the hardest difficulty, I never really had to use potions for example. And looting never felt good to me, it feels very Diablo-esque in that you keep finding a sword that does +2 damage to your previous one. It rarely feels meaningful to loot anything.
Still an amazing game of course.
Are the games in book order or does it not matter?
The games are a sequle, CDPR got the rights to make a game based on the IP in the early 2000s and just did their own thing.
W1 was a bit rough, plot wise it tried to incorporate a lot of the existing world but played the amnesia card so everyone had to explain shit to Geralt (and by extension the player).
W2 is a direct follow up to W1 and put CDPR on the world stage by being the high water mark for graphics requirements around 2010. Still a very good game, a bit on rails for modern standards, but still fantastic for how it handles branching paths.
W3 + DLC won all the awards in their respective release years for a reason, they are magnificent and with CDPR spending 15 years in the IP they make tons of call backs to the books without the players feeling like they are missing something if you didnt read them.
There are 2 (ok… 4) TV shows.
The netflix shows starring Henry Cavil, king of the nerds, (who is being recast by the least hot hemsworth because netlfix pissed off the books biggest fan) and what ever that second one was that we dont talk about (There is also an anime, which is pretty good) and the Hexer, a made-for-TV low budget show that loosly follows the plot of the early books, it in polish and I dont think it was ever dubbed (I managed to find it with subtitles years ago).
I know this is more than you asked for but, enjoy the games, enjoy the books, be aware of the fan opinions of the shows.
No no this is EXACTLY what I was looking for. I’m the rare Witcher fan who’s read all the books, seen the shows (actually liked Season 1 Netflix despite changes, but now want the producers to never work again), but never played the games. I have W3 and def will play it now, especially cool to see the Wild Hunt in game.
Yeah, don’t get too hyped up. It’s really just a pretty average open world RPG. Playing Gwent is probably the best part, and even that isn’t nearly as good as Pazaak.
Mod the living shit out of it, if you are on PC. The vanilla gameplay is very outdated and boring.
Pay attention. The game wouldn’t always lead you to what you need to do. Some times you’ll have to figure things out. There isn’t just a marker on the map for what you need to do next. That messed me up because half the time I was following a marker but then there would be a line about giving someone an item or something in my inventory I missed. Ignore 100%ing every quest. Learn to parry and roll. Also, explore! I’ve run into very cool side quests! It feels really cool to just stumble into a story before a character even sends you out on the quest.
Iamsqueegee@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
I knew nothing of the game and presumed as a “witcher” I’m supposed to kill witches. Be, um, …selective.
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 2 months ago
ftfy.
EarMaster@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I believe kill is the wrong verb…
mox@lemmy.sdf.org 2 months ago
A little death can be good.