I love how CD project have at this point only made four major game Witcher 1 , 2 & 3 and Cyberpunk and they are treated like the devil because they underperformed on cyberpunk now I agree game was lacking in nearly all departments but to say that they are only a B teir dev and to constaly be comapring them the the absolute evils like Ea, Blizzard Activison, Ubisoft, Bethesda I feel is unwarranted to the level that it is
You are hands down one of the best channels on youtube. No shilling for vpns/shaving garbage, no toeing the line, etc. You remind me of old youtube with better editing, and I mean that in the BEST way possible. Good work!
As a Polak I have always known about The Witcher (I haven't read the books) so we all in Poland were waiting and checking every new informations about the first game. I knew that this was the Neverwinter Nights 2 engine so I went to the game like to classic rpgs like Baldurs Gate and Neverwinter Nights so thanks to that the combat didn;t bother me because it was not an action rpg for me but a classic one. Story was great, leveling the best in the series, missions fun. Really like the game. To be honest I don't like 2. Bugy engine, awful animations, the game is short and the worst of all the combat is really bad. The 3 game is great but it is more an action game with rpg elements than a true rpg. 3 is kinda disconnected from 1 and 2 in my opinion. Human-nonhuman conflict is gone and all this politic stuff is absent. Yeah this is my opinion. Thank you for your time.
I don't know dude, I still play Morowind and sometimes even Daggerfall, yet fighting system of first witcher made me say "forget it" after first two fights.. And the QTEs in Witcher 2 kind of ruin it for me too.. Which is kind of shame, I really wanted to experience the story and atmosphere of those games, but just no..
I don't mind the combat system, sure it's not great but not as terrible as you portrayed either. On higher difficulty it requires more strategy, planning and tactic than you would think. I would also recommend everyone to play with polish voices and english subs, they're great
Somehow this is one of my favourite games of all time i dont know why, mostly the great music and atmosphere i think, i could replay this game forever, also elves and dwarves didn't come to our world, humans actually came to their world
Been rewatching the classic review series, and it's deeply disappointing how low the views are. This is probably the worst offender. Can't even blame Synth for not bothering, even though these vids are just as entertaining as any others.
I'll probably get around to play the first one of these days good stuff dude Honestly you should talk about the classes more often modern games suck anyway
Got to say it, The Witcher 1 is still my favourite of the series ahahah I know the combat is really strange (especially since we are now used to a very different type of combat) but I actually quite like it, everything feels very strategic and rpg-esque and all that at least to me. Still, yeah it' very flawed but I think everyone should give it a go: I wasn't convinced at all before playing it (I played it waaaay after its release), but, again, it's now my favourite out of all the Witcher games ahahah. Fantastic review, really like your videos. Keep it up \m/
Yo, for the algorithm. Keep doing what you’re doing, brother. This channel should explode. Edit: For the record, Geralt did die in the books. He got stabbed with a pitchfork and was rescued and brought back to live via magic. He also had amnesia when he came around, so its lore friendly and cannon.
@@SyntheticMan Yeah I agree. The “nearly died/died, brought back to life and awakens with amnesia” trope is way too overused. It’s also puzzling that both Geralt and Yennefer, one a superhuman monster slayer and the other a powerful sorceress, are killed by village peasants. Geralt was trying to protect a group of non humans from a mob of angry villagers and gets killed. Yennefer, trying to rescue Geralt, also suffers the same fate. They only survive because Ciri rescues them both.
Yea except the whole brought back to life thing was only in the game so the whole canon question is only applicable if you consider the games canon which due to several inconsistencies between the books and the games I'd say they aren't but I also don't really care because I'm not supporting the Witcher anymore due to it being a stolen property
@@NotThatJonesShow I take it you’re referring to Elric? Also, I could have sworn that the pitchfork incident was in the books. I must have misremembered.
A remake would change the story, and the story is the best part of the game (it's the best story of the three Witcher games and I'll die on that hill). The game shouldn't be touched IMO, it's great how it is.
The old Witcher games for all their flaws had a ton of love and care put into them. I consider both, especially the Witcher 2, to be quite underrated. Hopefully you'll cover that game as well. It deserves a lot more love than it got.
I barely played 10 hours I believe, then I erased my save n installed some mods, most important is the white wolf for combat rebalance, since has been a time n I didn't really beat the vanilla version, I can't say for sure how much it improved but I can say it's playable
looking forward to the farcry 2 video ; it is definitely the best one imo . mechanics are a little jank , but it was made with integrity before the copypaste of 3 and beyond . anytime i play it , i get immersed in a mindset of survival behind enemy lines , especially playing on the hardest difficulty . the story has real 'heart of darkness' vibes to it too
I used to dislike the combat back when the game came out but I've replayed it a couple of days ago and I'd say that I like the combat here better than in TW3.
Yeah, the combat in Witcher 1 sucks ass. A Diablo-style "click it till it dies" would've probably worked better than having to time your clicks, what even is that? A best option would be turn based combat but you're not allowed to do turn based in the 2000's for some reason, I guess. CDPR claimed it be a classic rpg but as a fan of classic rpgs I'd say it isn't rpg enough, not enough stats, skills and build options. But the game is pretty great, aside from some tedium.
I finished this game and I haven't finished watching this but here's my opinion anyway! Combat sucks Story was charming and memorable Characters are charming and memorable Art style is incredible And you seem to have the same opinion
I'll probably never play this one. It really has very few things going for it. Story is great and all but if I have to get through pain to see more story I'm not interested tbh. Doesn't look that appealing to the eye either. The Witcher 1 is a really hard sell.
You're here. You officially qualify for your Niche Game Card. You now know the joy of walking the barely traversable path. Never stop playing games on hard.
I am of the opposite opinion in regards to combat. I think it's great and well design. The fact that you have to manually click at the right time to chain the attacks, choose the right fighting style and sword based on what enemies you are facing, and potions are important at the highest difficulties, make the combat much more interesting than your classic cRPG isometric point and click combat system, where the action is abstract and automatic.
Thanks for the review dude. I never heard of this game either until the Witcher 3 came out and it was massive success. Probably gonna have to pass on it though because of the combat. One thing I absolutely can't stand in games is "Consumable Items" used to buff your stats all the time. Some games do it well, but too many fail or just give you magic spells to have the same effect. It's annoying because I just wanna fight, I don't wanna keep thinking about what buffs I have or don't have, ya know.
Finally playing this beautiful fossil for meselfs. It’s combat is pain, but as an avid lover of 2 and 3 (they’re in my top 10 games of all time), it wouldn’t feel right avoiding mouse controls forever, and missing out. The books really make you appreciate the games more too. Such a great franchise. Also here to remind Synth to play 2! Favorite one of the trilogy. The political story just feels the best. Plus, Vernon Roche! Best based bro 🤟🏻
Oh, right, I forgot to mention this the first time I watched this: I think I know why combat sucked so much for you - though it is bad by default. You used the 'blizzard' potion - the slow-mo potion. It's *awful*. The slow-mo effect lasts for ages, and it doesn't help enough in combat to compensate for how janky and horrible it makes it feel.
I for one was surprised how loose and unfocused Witcher 3 is. The story wrestles the open world for attention. Instead of adapting the progression system to an open world (and they were already halfway there - limited active skill slots, the need to find a master blacksmith for better gear), it's been crippled not to interfere too much (which it still does anyways). The crafting system exists only to split up relevant items into multiple pickups to fill the vast world. Alchemy was gutted to make it more convenient, but potion duration has been cut down so much that a bottle of water heals more HP total than a dedicated witcher potion. The chapter 4 slowdown in W1 was anticlimactic, but the entirety of W3 is like that! Go ahead and explore the inviting world as Marigold keeps repeating the urgency of your main mission every time you come back or travel to another region. W3 has excellent production values, but as far as system design goes it's the one that is barely acceptable unless you're a sucker for a nice world and good storytelling. Imagine the same game, with Bethesda dialogue and voice acting. What would you reccommend that for, to anyone? Sure, it looks pretty, but graphics whores were complaining about a downgrade a whole lot, so I wouldn't bet on that one either. Regarding fast travel and other "quality of life" stuff, I actually diskile the design direction to make everything as smooth and comfortable as possible, so the only possible challenge that remains is to press the prescribed button(s) at the exact times. FromSoft ARPGs have gone from being lost in a world that lets you improvise various tactics (DeS, DS1) to following a quest compass to the next boss that requires dodging 20 times in a row in between openings for any attack (Elden Ring). Your overall assessment of the game is all right, but at times you sound like a Far Cry player who stumbled into RPGs through W3.
One thing i got from your videos is that you just might be generally bad at videogames(and also you play it on hard the first time)like i played this game and spent 55 hours on it at the beggining of the year and played it on hard for the first time and didn’t ever feel like bitching how hard it is at one point. Even the parts where you got stuck on it took me like maybe a few tries but nothing to pull my hair out.
I love how after all these years most people still compare this game's and Witcher 3's combat systems together, when they are talking about how CDPR could never make an enjoyable combat system, yet they always miss out talking about the actual worst they ever made, which was in Witcher 2. While the first game's combat is a farce, it is at least functioning as intended. Witcher 2's fails at that miserably.
I ain't playing this shit cause the combat look trash. I beat the witcher 2 tho, and as for CD project red, never trust a company who's game is being marketed by xbox. RIP xbox
Interesting. I havent play witcher 1 or 2. Only 3. Its nice to see the starting point of a franchise. Keep going man. I would love to see a Ratchet and Clank retrospective from you!!!
Most people will want a remake of the earlier game they cherished including me. But after seeing major gaming industry squeezing funless, soulless game more and more my thought on remake games shifted slowly. Doing remake nowadays may result in getting retconned, unnecessary cash-grabbed, politicalized and neutralized to a point that it's not even worth the risk to participate in. There are dedicated remake games yes, but the higher you expect, hoping for the better, the higher you fall and felt disappointed once the actual game doesn't act out to your liking drastically.
witcher 3 felt grindy to when i played it but i think the series is overrated bcuz nobody talks about the first witcher game and it doesn't look appealing well at least to me but everyone talks about it's sequels as if its the holy grail of gaming when they're flawed as hell
@@SyntheticMan Nice. I mention them because they’re also really good “eurojank” type rpgs like the Witcher. MandaloreGaming has a pretty good review of Gothic 1.
At the time when player was adjusting to game (not the other way around in modern garbage) combat system combined with animations blew people away. We were use to simple animations and attrition tactics. Witcher offered us fights which we could win by skill, not invested skill points. Witcher has wonderful dubbing (I guess only Polish), cool, cool combat system for a time and I play it till today. It has its ways, just like your best ex girlfriend which you were too stupid to hold her back then. Every part of witcher franchise is a masterpiece if you, as a player, will adjust to it. Then they will love you as much as this girl you lost.
For the algo. You’re probably my favorite person making game centric content right now. As an aging, bitter, cynical nerd - you’re a decent friend simulator.
The best thing about this game is that you can feel love and effort that developers put in it. Bunch of enthusiast made game out of their favorite fantasy book, how can you dislike it?
Awesome video! I was never able to understand how to mix the bombs. Maybe I just missed something here or never had the correct ingredients. Fortunately, I was still able to beat the game without the bombs 🔫💻⚔😱
I liked the de-escalation, it was strange sure but it was interesting. The combat was trash but I did replay the game. No way that a game were you collect girls you sleep with would be allowed to exist.
Gonna pick this up during a sale, this was the real CDPR people knew and loved. Apparently, Warhammer 40k wants to go "mainstream" and appeal to a "wider audience" now. God Emperor spare us...
I'm not even a fan of 40k (just never got into it) but even I know that if the SJWs corrupt it, that's a major blow to masculinity in general. I really hope "mainstream" just means AAA action game in this case.
@Synthetic Man, I've never bought the miniatures. Got into 40k due to a few of the games and books. Hopefully, it'll mean bigger budgets for the video games. There's a lot they can do in the setting. But, it is indeed concerning to hear stuff like that. Just look at Star Wars, Star Trek, Halo, etc today... They apparently already did a comic book with Marvel lol.
Heresy! "They" have already infiltrated all of our favorite entertainment mediums. Movies, comic books, tv series, video games, table top D&D (which its easy to just not do it via the DM) but now 40K? I already thought Sororitas and the sisters of battle was laughable enough already. Outright stupid imo. The best game Ive played is Warhammer 40k inquisitor martyr. Im a primarily IARPG fan and 40k is perfect for it. Neocore did a good job. Much to improve but that game is the game i put the most hours on the entire last generation and it only came to consoles end of 2018. I bought it Mar of 2019. Like you, Ive never tabletop 40k but the lore and at least one game are great. (arguably dawn of war 2 is supposedly good but I hate RTS)
@FatherSaunders, I've heard the Dawn of War games were good, well, the 1st two. I've played a few Space Hulk games and that Deathwing game. I'd recommend checking out Warhammer 40k Space Marine which was released in the early 2010s for Xbox 360, PS3, and Pc. You can buy the Steam version pretty cheap on sale. Real shame it sold poorly and didn't get a sequel. Hoping Warhammer 40k Darktide turns out good. Funny enough, it was remembering the low budget PS2 FPS, Warhammer 40k Firewarrior, that pulled me in lol. If I'd ever try the tabletop, I'd be interested to try out Space Hulk. Ya can tell it was heavily inspired by Aliens 1986. I'm no "hardcore" fan, but it'd definitely suck to see Warhammer 40k get diluted to mush like most "Western" escapist entertainment lately. Warhammer 40k gave pretty fair warning what kind of grimdark setting you're getting yourself into, especially in the books. Some of those fan films/videos are pretty cool too.
@@Gruntvc Thank you for the reply. Yes I also have Deathwing and have watched all of the most notorious one "Space Marine". I liked Deathwing but it was too damn hard for me after many tries but the grimdark, fun, graphics and atmosphere are there. The fan fade movies are freaking amazing and GW has hired a couple of them for being so good. I hope that that is a good thing lol as GW overall has done well, but they drop the ball a lot too. Helsreach and Astartes are amazing.
At chapter 3 i at some point by accident threw out a quest item, dont know when, but when i found out, all my save files missed the item and i could not bring it back. So gave up on the game. I never really got in to the first game anyway. The second game however is so much better. About halfway you get a branched story, whatever one you choose, you get a whole other game out of it. Its really insane, you should really try it.
For those of you complaining about the combat mechanics. Go for a Sign build, because it manages to make the combat more interactive with your enemies rather than the feel of the Sword -baseball bat swinging feel. It doesn’t feel authentic. Magic actually feels fun. And you can make boss fight fun
The combat system is one of the best ever. It requires you to time your attacks and your skill as a player increases as well as the character's. You need to set up so that only a few enemies can attack you at once. You also have to know/choose the correct combat style to match the enemy. You also need to study up on Witcher lore. Geralt was killed in the last book and resurrecting him without memory was CDPR's way to continue the story unburdened. The elder races (elves, dwarves, monsters and so forth) lived in the world and the conjunction of spheres mixed humans into the world (or vice versa). Oh, and you should play it with polish voice acting and english subtitles.
This is one of my favourite games. I love the story and the atmosphere. The twist about the identity of the final boss was fantastic too. That said, there is really no good reason to play this game on hard; it disables one of the main prompts to chain your attacks together, and it gives a lot of your opponents a tonne of stuns which make combat feel horrible. Oh, and heads up; witcher 2 is a massive downgrade from witcher 1. The story is nonsensical, and it just focuses on sex jokes the entire time. The script is massively dumbed down to.
@@moonknightish Do you really expect an answer when you didn't even quote my comment correctly? I said the story was nonsensical. The *script* is what I said was dumbed down. Nonsensical is self-explanatory. As for how the script was dumbed down, try playing through the first conversation in the game; the one where your conversation choices are ignored and instead just replaced with Geralt saying "Fuck you". Top tier script writing.
Yes, of course. Though the question always turns to: "but is it high art?" And my answer is still yes. It's just another way for normies or pretentious people to be condescending to gamers.
The reason why Geralt has amnesia is because the devs wanted to set the game after the book series but didn't want Geralt to have all of his skills and knowledge that he acquired over seven books.
Dude, Shani is the girl you take to that wedding in Witcher 3 Heart of Stone DLC. Great girl, much better love interest in Witcher 1 then Triss. Triss just wants to use that boy while Shani genuinly wants to help. Also, Witcher games happen after the books. Amnesia plot is not only there because you need to start fresh, but because Geralt actually dies in books. So kinda makes sense. Anyway, other then that, yeah, I collected those cards like YuGiOh. And it was quite funny, give the flowers to peasant girl and you get windmill sex. It didnt age really good I need to admit. And you can literally skip it because it doesnt affect(probably even contradicts, not sure about that) Witcher 2 and 3. For example that kid is basically Ciri.
It's funny that you hate the combat that much I did at first as well but after some time I fell into this grove and I started enjoying it a lot, it's janky for sure and on hard it really can suck in the beginning but Idk I really liked it. The witcher is a great game and that twist ending is just amazing spoilers down below don't read if you plan on playing it. Alvin being the grand master of the order of the flaming rose aka Jacques de Aldersberg took my breath away when I first played it, I literally jump out of my chair and gasped, the stupid thing is looking back there were plenty of hints but I never picked up on it funny how that works sometime. I stared a new playthrough of this game about a week ago I lost my save so I decided what the hell let's play it again I haven't gotten very far yet but I'm enjoying it so much already.
The Witcher still is amazing to me. This first game did a lot of amazing stuff. I especially like the Alchemy system. It was the bread and butter of the combat system. I was very disappointed with the second installment because of all the dumbed down elements. Alchemy in Witcher 1 has all these secondary ingredients which can provide extra buffs when using potions. I often hear the Beast, which is kind of a boss for the first chapter, kicks everyone’s ass. It doesn’t have to be this way though, you actually research each creature and learn about their weaknesses. The beast for example has a particular weakness to Aard. So without any handholding the game actually instructs you to level Aard. You have to pay attention though. To journal entries, to clues. Use your alchemy knowledge etc. It has a learning curve, but if you make some attempt to actually get into it’s mechanics you will have a blast.
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Shani actually does show up in the Witcher 3, but she's only in the Hearts of Stone DLC.
Shani is better. I don't care if it's the bad ending, Triss is just unlikeable.
Witcher 1 warned us about the lockdowns and the horror of administrations
Shani appears in the Hearts of Stone dlc for Witcher 3. As for Aard, I'm glad I'm not the only one that refers to it as force push lol
I love how CD project have at this point only made four major game Witcher 1 , 2 & 3 and Cyberpunk and they are treated like the devil because they underperformed on cyberpunk now I agree game was lacking in nearly all departments but to say that they are only a B teir dev and to constaly be comapring them the the absolute evils like Ea, Blizzard Activison, Ubisoft, Bethesda I feel is unwarranted to the level that it is
You are hands down one of the best channels on youtube. No shilling for vpns/shaving garbage, no toeing the line, etc. You remind me of old youtube with better editing, and I mean that in the BEST way possible. Good work!
Nah.
God bless you bro, COMMENTING CAUSE YOU’RE THE BOMB.
As a Polak I have always known about The Witcher (I haven't read the books) so we all in Poland were waiting and checking every new informations about the first game. I knew that this was the Neverwinter Nights 2 engine so I went to the game like to classic rpgs like Baldurs Gate and Neverwinter Nights so thanks to that the combat didn;t bother me because it was not an action rpg for me but a classic one. Story was great, leveling the best in the series, missions fun. Really like the game. To be honest I don't like 2. Bugy engine, awful animations, the game is short and the worst of all the combat is really bad. The 3 game is great but it is more an action game with rpg elements than a true rpg. 3 is kinda disconnected from 1 and 2 in my opinion. Human-nonhuman conflict is gone and all this politic stuff is absent. Yeah this is my opinion. Thank you for your time.
i also like the first one most, by far actually
I see big booba. Good game 👍🏻
This game aged poorly but is still great like The Elder Scrolls games
I don't know dude, I still play Morowind and sometimes even Daggerfall, yet fighting system of first witcher made me say "forget it" after first two fights.. And the QTEs in Witcher 2 kind of ruin it for me too.. Which is kind of shame, I really wanted to experience the story and atmosphere of those games, but just no..
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They are the same shit combat systems, RP hidden behind action.
Scoitel = Antifa lolol. I laughed so hard. So true. Great video as usual man.
I don't mind the combat system, sure it's not great but not as terrible as you portrayed either. On higher difficulty it requires more strategy, planning and tactic than you would think. I would also recommend everyone to play with polish voices and english subs, they're great
The combat is basic but quite satisfying. learning what signs work best on different enemy's and using potions and oils when needed is quite fun.
Somehow this is one of my favourite games of all time i dont know why, mostly the great music and atmosphere i think, i could replay this game forever, also elves and dwarves didn't come to our world, humans actually came to their world
Agreee, I've especially liked the darker atmosphere the first one had with the plague and the rain...
And the story is just superb
Been rewatching the classic review series, and it's deeply disappointing how low the views are. This is probably the worst offender. Can't even blame Synth for not bothering, even though these vids are just as entertaining as any others.
I'll probably get around to play the first one of these days good stuff dude
Honestly you should talk about the classes more often modern games suck anyway
It is a good experience
Got to say it, The Witcher 1 is still my favourite of the series ahahah I know the combat is really strange (especially since we are now used to a very different type of combat) but I actually quite like it, everything feels very strategic and rpg-esque and all that at least to me. Still, yeah it' very flawed but I think everyone should give it a go: I wasn't convinced at all before playing it (I played it waaaay after its release), but, again, it's now my favourite out of all the Witcher games ahahah.
Fantastic review, really like your videos. Keep it up \m/
Here to help him with the algorithm
The Witcher is my favourite series thank you pal 😊❤
Yo, for the algorithm. Keep doing what you’re doing, brother. This channel should explode.
Edit:
For the record, Geralt did die in the books. He got stabbed with a pitchfork and was rescued and brought back to live via magic. He also had amnesia when he came around, so its lore friendly and cannon.
Fair enough. Definitely works better in a novel format than a video game but it was handled decently enough in the game.
@@SyntheticMan
Yeah I agree. The “nearly died/died, brought back to life and awakens with amnesia” trope is way too overused.
It’s also puzzling that both Geralt and Yennefer, one a superhuman monster slayer and the other a powerful sorceress, are killed by village peasants.
Geralt was trying to protect a group of non humans from a mob of angry villagers and gets killed. Yennefer, trying to rescue Geralt, also suffers the same fate. They only survive because Ciri rescues them both.
Agreed, channel should be way more popular.
Yea except the whole brought back to life thing was only in the game so the whole canon question is only applicable if you consider the games canon which due to several inconsistencies between the books and the games I'd say they aren't but I also don't really care because I'm not supporting the Witcher anymore due to it being a stolen property
@@NotThatJonesShow
I take it you’re referring to Elric? Also, I could have sworn that the pitchfork incident was in the books. I must have misremembered.
This review was worth the wait, straight to the point and well detailed and the editing is on point keep up the great work dude!
Can't believe I'm saying this, but the game needs a remake.
The better the game is the less it needs a remake.
A remake of this would have been godly, but I doubt anyone is able to do it properly.
@@lukkkasz323 I don't know if it will be good either, but it is officialy coming after all!
A remake would change the story, and the story is the best part of the game (it's the best story of the three Witcher games and I'll die on that hill). The game shouldn't be touched IMO, it's great how it is.
It's in the works.
tl;dr: story great, combat garbage
The old Witcher games for all their flaws had a ton of love and care put into them. I consider both, especially the Witcher 2, to be quite underrated. Hopefully you'll cover that game as well. It deserves a lot more love than it got.
Dude that Yu-Gi-Oh joke was absolute fucking GOLD 🥇
I barely played 10 hours I believe, then I erased my save n installed some mods, most important is the white wolf for combat rebalance, since has been a time n I didn't really beat the vanilla version, I can't say for sure how much it improved but I can say it's playable
looking forward to the farcry 2 video ; it is definitely the best one imo . mechanics are a little jank , but it was made with integrity before the copypaste of 3 and beyond . anytime i play it , i get immersed in a mindset of survival behind enemy lines , especially playing on the hardest difficulty . the story has real 'heart of darkness' vibes to it too
i gotta replay it again, maybe watch blood diamond before i boot it up, but yeah, FC2 has stuck with me, and the buddy deaths always got me.
I used to dislike the combat back when the game came out but I've replayed it a couple of days ago and I'd say that I like the combat here better than in TW3.
Yeah, the combat in Witcher 1 sucks ass. A Diablo-style "click it till it dies" would've probably worked better than having to time your clicks, what even is that? A best option would be turn based combat but you're not allowed to do turn based in the 2000's for some reason, I guess. CDPR claimed it be a classic rpg but as a fan of classic rpgs I'd say it isn't rpg enough, not enough stats, skills and build options. But the game is pretty great, aside from some tedium.
I finished this game and I haven't finished watching this but here's my opinion anyway!
Combat sucks
Story was charming and memorable
Characters are charming and memorable
Art style is incredible
And you seem to have the same opinion
I’ve lost count of how many times I beat this game, my 2nd favorite Witcher game after Wild Hunt
Ah the witcher before the woke female crap started moving to the front and center stage. I feel like the netflix series has tainted the game.
bad combat design, shitty animations, toooo loooong boring dialogues, and dumb facial animations ruined this game for me.
Oh my god now way the review I’ve waited for
Great review. Love your style and realness. Keep it up. Hopefully you’ll go over the rest of the series!
I'll probably never play this one. It really has very few things going for it. Story is great and all but if I have to get through pain to see more story I'm not interested tbh. Doesn't look that appealing to the eye either. The Witcher 1 is a really hard sell.
You're here. You officially qualify for your Niche Game Card. You now know the joy of walking the barely traversable path.
Never stop playing games on hard.
For the voice actors.... I've played the game in german and the voice acting was superb, if you ask me
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I am of the opposite opinion in regards to combat. I think it's great and well design. The fact that you have to manually click at the right time to chain the attacks, choose the right fighting style and sword based on what enemies you are facing, and potions are important at the highest difficulties, make the combat much more interesting than your classic cRPG isometric point and click combat system, where the action is abstract and automatic.
Thanks for the review dude. I never heard of this game either until the Witcher 3 came out and it was massive success. Probably gonna have to pass on it though because of the combat. One thing I absolutely can't stand in games is "Consumable Items" used to buff your stats all the time. Some games do it well, but too many fail or just give you magic spells to have the same effect. It's annoying because I just wanna fight, I don't wanna keep thinking about what buffs I have or don't have, ya know.
I pray one day cdpr remakes this and the witcher 2. That would be immense
maybe the people who jerk off the witcher 3 constantly will actually play them then
Guess what
You should check out divinity orginal sin 2 if ur into isometric RPGs. It's a nice break from all the mediocre
For the algorithm but i suspect i am late.
greatest fucking masterpiece of all mankind
Finally playing this beautiful fossil for meselfs. It’s combat is pain, but as an avid lover of 2 and 3 (they’re in my top 10 games of all time), it wouldn’t feel right avoiding mouse controls forever, and missing out. The books really make you appreciate the games more too. Such a great franchise.
Also here to remind Synth to play 2! Favorite one of the trilogy. The political story just feels the best. Plus, Vernon Roche! Best based bro 🤟🏻
the Witcher 2 s gameplay wasn't very good ether
Oh, right, I forgot to mention this the first time I watched this: I think I know why combat sucked so much for you - though it is bad by default. You used the 'blizzard' potion - the slow-mo potion.
It's *awful*. The slow-mo effect lasts for ages, and it doesn't help enough in combat to compensate for how janky and horrible it makes it feel.
I for one was surprised how loose and unfocused Witcher 3 is. The story wrestles the open world for attention. Instead of adapting the progression system to an open world (and they were already halfway there - limited active skill slots, the need to find a master blacksmith for better gear), it's been crippled not to interfere too much (which it still does anyways). The crafting system exists only to split up relevant items into multiple pickups to fill the vast world. Alchemy was gutted to make it more convenient, but potion duration has been cut down so much that a bottle of water heals more HP total than a dedicated witcher potion.
The chapter 4 slowdown in W1 was anticlimactic, but the entirety of W3 is like that! Go ahead and explore the inviting world as Marigold keeps repeating the urgency of your main mission every time you come back or travel to another region.
W3 has excellent production values, but as far as system design goes it's the one that is barely acceptable unless you're a sucker for a nice world and good storytelling. Imagine the same game, with Bethesda dialogue and voice acting. What would you reccommend that for, to anyone? Sure, it looks pretty, but graphics whores were complaining about a downgrade a whole lot, so I wouldn't bet on that one either.
Regarding fast travel and other "quality of life" stuff, I actually diskile the design direction to make everything as smooth and comfortable as possible, so the only possible challenge that remains is to press the prescribed button(s) at the exact times.
FromSoft ARPGs have gone from being lost in a world that lets you improvise various tactics (DeS, DS1) to following a quest compass to the next boss that requires dodging 20 times in a row in between openings for any attack (Elden Ring).
Your overall assessment of the game is all right, but at times you sound like a Far Cry player who stumbled into RPGs through W3.
One thing i got from your videos is that you just might be generally bad at videogames(and also you play it on hard the first time)like i played this game and spent 55 hours on it at the beggining of the year and played it on hard for the first time and didn’t ever feel like bitching how hard it is at one point. Even the parts where you got stuck on it took me like maybe a few tries but nothing to pull my hair out.
I love how after all these years most people still compare this game's and Witcher 3's combat systems together, when they are talking about how CDPR could never make an enjoyable combat system, yet they always miss out talking about the actual worst they ever made, which was in Witcher 2. While the first game's combat is a farce, it is at least functioning as intended. Witcher 2's fails at that miserably.
I ain't playing this shit cause the combat look trash. I beat the witcher 2 tho, and as for CD project red, never trust a company who's game is being marketed by xbox. RIP xbox
TW1 is the best Witcher
imagine playing this janky game on a crappy pc on release like I did. But it's still one of the best games I have ever played.
Interesting. I havent play witcher 1 or 2. Only 3. Its nice to see the starting point of a franchise. Keep going man. I would love to see a Ratchet and Clank retrospective from you!!!
you are missing out g
I am curious about your opinion on Gothic 1/2. I will like/dislike and comment, not matter what you think about it :P
Most people will want a remake of the earlier game they cherished including me. But after seeing major gaming industry squeezing funless, soulless game more and more my thought on remake games shifted slowly.
Doing remake nowadays may result in getting retconned, unnecessary cash-grabbed, politicalized and neutralized to a point that it's not even worth the risk to participate in. There are dedicated remake games yes, but the higher you expect, hoping for the better, the higher you fall and felt disappointed once the actual game doesn't act out to your liking drastically.
witcher 3 felt grindy to when i played it but i think the series is overrated bcuz nobody talks about the first witcher game and it doesn't look appealing well at least to me but everyone talks about it's sequels as if its the holy grail of gaming when they're flawed as hell
Bought these games on GOG a long time ago. Still need to play them.
Have you ever played Gothic and Risen ? Would be interested to hear your thoughts on those.
Nope, I'll add them to the request list.
@@SyntheticMan Nice. I mention them because they’re also really good “eurojank” type rpgs like the Witcher. MandaloreGaming has a pretty good review of Gothic 1.
At the time when player was adjusting to game (not the other way around in modern garbage) combat system combined with animations blew people away. We were use to simple animations and attrition tactics. Witcher offered us fights which we could win by skill, not invested skill points.
Witcher has wonderful dubbing (I guess only Polish), cool, cool combat system for a time and I play it till today.
It has its ways, just like your best ex girlfriend which you were too stupid to hold her back then. Every part of witcher franchise is a masterpiece if you, as a player, will adjust to it. Then they will love you as much as this girl you lost.
For the algo. You’re probably my favorite person making game centric content right now. As an aging, bitter, cynical nerd - you’re a decent friend simulator.
the moral lessons of witcher is simple, human can coexist with any race, except elves...
The best thing about this game is that you can feel love and effort that developers put in it. Bunch of enthusiast made game out of their favorite fantasy book, how can you dislike it?
I gave this one a good try for ~12 hours but I couldn't take it. I own all three games on Steam but haven't played any of them since then.
The story is what they are praised for, just watch it on youtube, way easier
Awesome video! I was never able to understand how to mix the bombs. Maybe I just missed something here or never had the correct ingredients. Fortunately, I was still able to beat the game without the bombs 🔫💻⚔😱
I liked the de-escalation, it was strange sure but it was interesting. The combat was trash but I did replay the game. No way that a game were you collect girls you sleep with would be allowed to exist.
That Hellhound boss was murder. I had to watch a tutorial to learn how to beat him.
Gonna pick this up during a sale, this was the real CDPR people knew and loved.
Apparently, Warhammer 40k wants to go "mainstream" and appeal to a "wider audience" now. God Emperor spare us...
I'm not even a fan of 40k (just never got into it) but even I know that if the SJWs corrupt it, that's a major blow to masculinity in general. I really hope "mainstream" just means AAA action game in this case.
@Synthetic Man, I've never bought the miniatures. Got into 40k due to a few of the games and books.
Hopefully, it'll mean bigger budgets for the video games. There's a lot they can do in the setting.
But, it is indeed concerning to hear stuff like that. Just look at Star Wars, Star Trek, Halo, etc today...
They apparently already did a comic book with Marvel lol.
Heresy! "They" have already infiltrated all of our favorite entertainment mediums. Movies, comic books, tv series, video games, table top D&D (which its easy to just not do it via the DM) but now 40K? I already thought Sororitas and the sisters of battle was laughable enough already. Outright stupid imo. The best game Ive played is Warhammer 40k inquisitor martyr. Im a primarily IARPG fan and 40k is perfect for it. Neocore did a good job. Much to improve but that game is the game i put the most hours on the entire last generation and it only came to consoles end of 2018. I bought it Mar of 2019. Like you, Ive never tabletop 40k but the lore and at least one game are great. (arguably dawn of war 2 is supposedly good but I hate RTS)
@FatherSaunders, I've heard the Dawn of War games were good, well, the 1st two.
I've played a few Space Hulk games and that Deathwing game.
I'd recommend checking out Warhammer 40k Space Marine which was released in the early 2010s for Xbox 360, PS3, and Pc. You can buy the Steam version pretty cheap on sale. Real shame it sold poorly and didn't get a sequel.
Hoping Warhammer 40k Darktide turns out good.
Funny enough, it was remembering the low budget PS2 FPS, Warhammer 40k Firewarrior, that pulled me in lol.
If I'd ever try the tabletop, I'd be interested to try out Space Hulk. Ya can tell it was heavily inspired by Aliens 1986.
I'm no "hardcore" fan, but it'd definitely suck to see Warhammer 40k get diluted to mush like most "Western" escapist entertainment lately.
Warhammer 40k gave pretty fair warning what kind of grimdark setting you're getting yourself into, especially in the books.
Some of those fan films/videos are pretty cool too.
@@Gruntvc Thank you for the reply. Yes I also have Deathwing and have watched all of the most notorious one "Space Marine". I liked Deathwing but it was too damn hard for me after many tries but the grimdark, fun, graphics and atmosphere are there. The fan fade movies are freaking amazing and GW has hired a couple of them for being so good. I hope that that is a good thing lol as GW overall has done well, but they drop the ball a lot too. Helsreach and Astartes are amazing.
Maybe I should check out The Witcher 1
I may not play any of the games you talk about, but I'll still watch every video lol xD
At chapter 3 i at some point by accident threw out a quest item, dont know when, but when i found out, all my save files missed the item and i could not bring it back. So gave up on the game. I never really got in to the first game anyway. The second game however is so much better. About halfway you get a branched story, whatever one you choose, you get a whole other game out of it. Its really insane, you should really try it.
Love your content, your reviews are great
THE GOAT HIMSELF!!!!!! GET THESE VIEWS/LIKES UP!
Great vid man. Just wanted to say Shawnee is in wither 3. In the Gaunter O dimm expansion
Witcher 1 has the best atmosphere of the entire series. Hands down.
Definitely. It's so underrated just because it looks dated. Contrary to popular opinion I even love the combat.
Shani was in Hearts of Stone.
For those of you complaining about the combat mechanics. Go for a Sign build, because it manages to make the combat more interactive with your enemies rather than the feel of the Sword -baseball bat swinging feel. It doesn’t feel authentic. Magic actually feels fun. And you can make boss fight fun
I hate this video!!....instant like. XD
That "ooooh yeah" in the house of the night fucking killed me
The combat system is one of the best ever. It requires you to time your attacks and your skill as a player increases as well as the character's. You need to set up so that only a few enemies can attack you at once. You also have to know/choose the correct combat style to match the enemy.
You also need to study up on Witcher lore. Geralt was killed in the last book and resurrecting him without memory was CDPR's way to continue the story unburdened.
The elder races (elves, dwarves, monsters and so forth) lived in the world and the conjunction of spheres mixed humans into the world (or vice versa).
Oh, and you should play it with polish voice acting and english subtitles.
the combat was still better than AC Valhalla
I still love the combat.
Fight me 😎
so what's up with Witcher 2 video
Off topic but have u even played a game called jet set radio ?
Never played it, but have seen gameplay before. Could make for an interesting video, I know there's a lot of Dreamcast fans out there.
@@SyntheticMan there is a similar game called “Bombrush cyberfunk” (correct me if I am wrong).
@@Notghosthound ya u right I'm looking forward to that
This is one of my favourite games. I love the story and the atmosphere. The twist about the identity of the final boss was fantastic too.
That said, there is really no good reason to play this game on hard; it disables one of the main prompts to chain your attacks together, and it gives a lot of your opponents a tonne of stuns which make combat feel horrible.
Oh, and heads up; witcher 2 is a massive downgrade from witcher 1. The story is nonsensical, and it just focuses on sex jokes the entire time. The script is massively dumbed down to.
How is Witcher 2's story nonsensical and dumbed down?
@@moonknightish Do you really expect an answer when you didn't even quote my comment correctly? I said the story was nonsensical. The *script* is what I said was dumbed down.
Nonsensical is self-explanatory. As for how the script was dumbed down, try playing through the first conversation in the game; the one where your conversation choices are ignored and instead just replaced with Geralt saying "Fuck you".
Top tier script writing.
this would benefit remake
awesome! thx for playing this
Just tryna help the algorithm
Engagement! Doing what they likeeee
I have a question for you, do you think video games are art?
Yes, of course. Though the question always turns to: "but is it high art?" And my answer is still yes. It's just another way for normies or pretentious people to be condescending to gamers.
I've been meaning to play the Trilogy on PC for awhile now, no change. Pre - Cyberjunk 2076 no problem, post Witcher 3...yeah no different from EA.
I’m the 420th like. Nice 👍
Yen > Triss
The reason why Geralt has amnesia is because the devs wanted to set the game after the book series but didn't want Geralt to have all of his skills and knowledge that he acquired over seven books.
Dude, Shani is the girl you take to that wedding in Witcher 3 Heart of Stone DLC. Great girl, much better love interest in Witcher 1 then Triss. Triss just wants to use that boy while Shani genuinly wants to help. Also, Witcher games happen after the books. Amnesia plot is not only there because you need to start fresh, but because Geralt actually dies in books. So kinda makes sense. Anyway, other then that, yeah, I collected those cards like YuGiOh. And it was quite funny, give the flowers to peasant girl and you get windmill sex. It didnt age really good I need to admit. And you can literally skip it because it doesnt affect(probably even contradicts, not sure about that) Witcher 2 and 3. For example that kid is basically Ciri.
It's funny that you hate the combat that much I did at first as well but after some time I fell into this grove and I started enjoying it a lot, it's janky for sure and on hard it really can suck in the beginning but Idk I really liked it. The witcher is a great game and that twist ending is just amazing spoilers down below don't read if you plan on playing it.
Alvin being the grand master of the order of the flaming rose aka Jacques de Aldersberg took my breath away when I first played it, I literally jump out of my chair and gasped, the stupid thing is looking back there were plenty of hints but I never picked up on it funny how that works sometime. I stared a new playthrough of this game about a week ago I lost my save so I decided what the hell let's play it again I haven't gotten very far yet but I'm enjoying it so much already.
Keep up the good work.
The Witcher still is amazing to me. This first game did a lot of amazing stuff. I especially like the Alchemy system. It was the bread and butter of the combat system. I was very disappointed with the second installment because of all the dumbed down elements. Alchemy in Witcher 1 has all these secondary ingredients which can provide extra buffs when using potions. I often hear the Beast, which is kind of a boss for the first chapter, kicks everyone’s ass. It doesn’t have to be this way though, you actually research each creature and learn about their weaknesses. The beast for example has a particular weakness to Aard. So without any handholding the game actually instructs you to level Aard. You have to pay attention though. To journal entries, to clues. Use your alchemy knowledge etc. It has a learning curve, but if you make some attempt to actually get into it’s mechanics you will have a blast.
Man I stopped playing the witcher 3 a 10-12 hours in because of the combat ,I am not even going to touch this with a 3ft pole then
That combat was painful to watch.
I only played the third one and hadn't even seen footage of the previous ones before......... wow!
Thank you brother! Love you and your content always! Also biggest witcher fan !! 🎉❤