Yes but there should have been a tournament you could play after getting a complete deck that would actually be a challenge and im not talking about the DLC deck cuz that's just garbage
Remember to try and learn Gwent, it might look difficult at first but trust me it's not, and once you learn about it there's a lot more sub-stories that you can experience in this game, it's 100% worth it.
For brand new players, you can look up alchemy builds from a ton of different channels. Alchemy+combat builds are the most lethal in the game. Especially when you unlock mutations and extra perk slots in Blood and Wine.
Imagine advising NEW PLAYERS to watch guides on builds and progression. Watching any sort of guides to singleplayer game will spoil your experience and make it less exciting
It's possible to romance both Triss and Yen and still get the Triss ending in B&W: You can romance Triss, and then romance Yen ONLY during the first chance you get during the dinner. Then, you have to either ignore The Last Wish quest or tell her that the magic's gone, and then this won't lock you out of Triss ending in B&W
Just bought the game yesterday. I’m very excited, I’m a huge Skyrim fan with 100s of hours on it, and this seems like the next game that will garner those hours.
And to newcomers, if you feel this game is to hard for you, just say this to the boss that is making trouble to you "How about a round of Gwent", everything will be solved immediately, guaranteed!!
This popped up as recommended video, seeing this game compared to current RPG games like dragon age veilguard just shows how backwards we got in every aspect. Almost 10 years apart BTW.
They reduced the amount of health you get by eating food by a ridiculous amount, you used to heal 50-80 health per second now is 10 which is literally nothing for a higher level character.
@@lachlanc7092 it feels cheesy to heal with food? Wtf? For high level characters with over 5k health healing 50 per second was already really slow, but 10 is nothing, so this change made it so is pointless to use food at all in the game. Once again, WTF?
Over 300 hours in the game and still never finished the main story. Now starting a 4th playthru on Switch, determined to just mainline and finish the game. Wish me luck. 😅
When you get the quest to brew the swallow potion, if you can't find Dwarven spirit, wait until you begin to hunt the griffin and you will be given descent spirit automatically, if you then use it for the swallow potion instead, another will be placed into your inventory until you craft the quest potion
There’s a lot of great advice for starting the game. But the best possible advice is stay in your lane. Stick to quests close to your level, as well as enemies. A friend of mine tried to venture off early game and because he found it impossible to kill the wolves that were at a high level.. and made it boring just for trying to chew more than he could eat.
Red Dead 2 is phenomenal in different ways. It’s a smaller package in a nicer looking photorealistic world whereas Witcher 3 is a massive RPG that you could poor easily over 500 hours into and maintains detail and high level story telling in nearly every single quest.
Decoctions are a nightmare.I never use them because i'm saving them for dire situations...but those never come,I literally never had to use any of them in any situation.
@@thelukos The Alchemy Build. It's called "doping" because you drink enhancement chemicals that boost you're strength which makes you almost unkillable in game. It's really an easy way to play as opposed to magic and swordsman build
Anyone playing in 2024? I put in thousands of hours into this game many years ago. I havent played it since 2017- 2018 and decided today that i would revisit and start a new game. A tedious masterpiece is the greatest way ive heard this game be described. Even though this game is a decade old, it still feels so immersive. But some of the mechanics feel a bit dated by now, like the horse riding and UI menues. I absolutely love the dialogue and quests in this game though. It truly is one of the greatest games of its time. Even to this day. Hearts of Stone and blood and wine is some of the greatest DLCs I've ever played. I still put it above Shadow of the erdtree, and i say that as someone who absolutely loves Elden ring and fromsoft games in general.
@@Zaubsteryeah... I'm very new to the franchise but it's very obvious Geralt is meant to be a loner mercenary and that it's very important to the lore. U have friends u come across and make at times and might work with them but having a skyrim level companion acrually doesent make sense.
quen doesn't remove status effects anymore. You don't take damage as long as it's active, but it will break really fast and then you will take damage from bleeding, burning and poison again
No actually it doesent. It doesent tell u about using the crossbow underwater or holding a while galloping to save stamina. It doesent tell u how potions work. It tells u how to brew them but it doesent go into any kind of detail.
That's why you use EXP exploits I'm not sure if they still work, but there's the cyclops exp glitch in skelege that will get you from lvl 25 to lvl 35 really quickly, the heart of stone expansion nekker nest that's the same as the cyclops, gets you from lvl 25 to 35 and the blood and wine exp and money exploit from the hanz gang hideouts Hopefully they still work
@@VergilTheLegendaryDarkSlayer Why are you telling people how to ruin their game? You get low XP when you’re a higher level. You can’t expect to mow down weaklings and expect a payout. Stick to quests that match your level if you don’t want to be disappointed.
Entry #10 is incorrect. They game *does* tell you that horses galloping on the road does not lose stamina. Just after Geralt saves Bram the merchant from the griffin and he starts to ride after Vesemir again.
Turn off fish eye effect when using witcher senses in gameplay options and turn down the hair graphics so you don't get a performance hit and noodle hair.
it doesn't tell you that when you finish it you will feel empty and not know what to do with your time, you look for another game to fill the space but nothing compares to The Witcher 3
I wish the game had a story recap or something. My friend told me to get the game and I am so damn lost on who everyone is and whats going on. I can’t even play the previous games because I only have my PS5
![10 Next-Gen Witcher 3 Secrets! [Yennefer Changes, New Equipment and More]](/img/n.gif)
The side quests about finding Ciri and defeating the Wild Hunt is great and all, but the main story about winning the Gwent tournament is even better.
The Witcher 3 is a great card game with nice open-world minigame
😆
Ya witcher 3 is definitely my favorite card game. Too bad they didn't just focus on that. All the running around between matches can get annoying.
😂🤣😂🤣🤣
Yes but there should have been a tournament you could play after getting a complete deck that would actually be a challenge and im not talking about the DLC deck cuz that's just garbage
Remember to try and learn Gwent, it might look difficult at first but trust me it's not, and once you learn about it there's a lot more sub-stories that you can experience in this game, it's 100% worth it.
So many impatient people have completely missed out.
Gwent are the best cards game in a game so fun.
Gwent meta
The witcher 3 is a open world card game with side content of a action rpg
forget that, it was so boring lol
do not speed run the game. take it in slowly and enjoy everything to the fullest.
All the side quests are different, totally worth doing them if you like story.
After all these years the witcher 3 is still so beloved by gamers of all platforms worldwide is impeccable.
Definitely sleep with all of them. Definitely do that. Why? Because the fall out is hilarious and a sight to behold.
I did yen and triss and ended up with triss and it didn’t blow up.
For brand new players, you can look up alchemy builds from a ton of different channels. Alchemy+combat builds are the most lethal in the game. Especially when you unlock mutations and extra perk slots in Blood and Wine.
Spoiler about Mutations plonka.
@@urbanprojectz sorta, but brand new players aren’t gonna have any idea what I’m even referring to really.
Imagine advising NEW PLAYERS to watch guides on builds and progression. Watching any sort of guides to singleplayer game will spoil your experience and make it less exciting
@@nerdoutreachprogram5358 lol brand new players aren’t going to be in Toussaint either 😅
I’m a new player 😮
Dodge, dont roll unless you have to. Potions help a ton
Dodge the attack, keep the stamina. Roll only to get distance if you are low or trapped
On pc is dodge the alt button?
Feels like 2015 again with videos like these making comeback
You can safely romance Kira in every playthrough
You just can't romance both Triss and Yen
It's possible to romance both Triss and Yen and still get the Triss ending in B&W:
You can romance Triss, and then romance Yen ONLY during the first chance you get during the dinner. Then, you have to either ignore The Last Wish quest or tell her that the magic's gone, and then this won't lock you out of Triss ending in B&W
@@Korelie who wants triss?
Usually is new players@@kartikkaul560
0:36 Even IGN employees play with stick drift
lmao
@@DrengrYT 😭😭😭
😂
Just bought the game yesterday. I’m very excited, I’m a huge Skyrim fan with 100s of hours on it, and this seems like the next game that will garner those hours.
100 hours on skyrim only sounds like amateur stuff
that says hundreds, not hundred@@berghesein
thats great to hear id suggest you to play other games aswell
Yo can we get an update on the game ?? You can’t blue ball me like that
This game is truly a masterpiece! Can’t wait to put in another 500 hours on the 5 🤣🤣
Hell yeah! PC here but still hell yeah!
Two pieces of advice I'd give is don't believe every monster's sob story...and be a cool Dad to Ciri.
Max aard sign beside Quen since it can stagger enemies and you can always got an insta-kill
Definitely broken, especially with Piercing Cold
@@AndrewRyan11 Duuuude. Piercing cold, maxed Aard, Grandmaster Griffen build, 360 degree aard? OP AFFFFF. Just.. BAM… BAMMMM.
Body parts flying… frozen screams… and then *winds howling…*
And to newcomers, if you feel this game is to hard for you, just say this to the boss that is making trouble to you "How about a round of Gwent", everything will be solved immediately, guaranteed!!
You can also turn off the fish-eye and toggle colorblind assist.
This popped up as recommended video, seeing this game compared to current RPG games like dragon age veilguard just shows how backwards we got in every aspect.
Almost 10 years apart BTW.
They reduced the amount of health you get by eating food by a ridiculous amount, you used to heal 50-80 health per second now is 10 which is literally nothing for a higher level character.
I’m happy with this tbh, it felt super cheesy to me tbh
@@lachlanc7092 it feels cheesy to heal with food? Wtf? For high level characters with over 5k health healing 50 per second was already really slow, but 10 is nothing, so this change made it so is pointless to use food at all in the game. Once again, WTF?
@@Eraghost It felt cheesy because the swallow potion also healed for 80
They also nerfed the ursine gear by a pretty decent amount.
@@Eraghost food and shallow at the same time duh. Or passive skills
Over 300 hours in the game and still never finished the main story. Now starting a 4th playthru on Switch, determined to just mainline and finish the game. Wish me luck. 😅
When you get the quest to brew the swallow potion, if you can't find Dwarven spirit, wait until you begin to hunt the griffin and you will be given descent spirit automatically, if you then use it for the swallow potion instead, another will be placed into your inventory until you craft the quest potion
ive always found bombs lacking compared to potions and oils
also that when fighting wraiths, yrden is you lord and saviour.
The number one thing is not to turn on Ray Tracing on the PC if you want the game to actually run without crashing.
Use potions and oils. They replenish with time, you don’t have to keep making them.
That sounds like time to me…
First time playing Witcher 3, and with the next gen update~ Loving it!
You should start with the first two
Best advice for new players is to not look up tutorials. Play the game with your fresh eyes and adventure into the unknown!
There’s a lot of great advice for starting the game. But the best possible advice is stay in your lane. Stick to quests close to your level, as well as enemies.
A friend of mine tried to venture off early game and because he found it impossible to kill the wolves that were at a high level.. and made it boring just for trying to chew more than he could eat.
why im always above level for thee secondary missions
Look at those beautifully dark backgrounds look at the characters look at the spooky and deep mood of the story it's awsome!
Love that the Witcher 3 is on top again
Will always be on top
Simply the best game ever made.
Red dead 2...
@@antonimartinez9961 nah
@@antonimartinez9961overrated
Red Dead 2 is phenomenal in different ways. It’s a smaller package in a nicer looking photorealistic world whereas Witcher 3 is a massive RPG that you could poor easily over 500 hours into and maintains detail and high level story telling in nearly every single quest.
this game is nothing compared to RDR2
Downloading update...and jumping in again after 2years for the awesome journey.
Decoctions are a nightmare.I never use them because i'm saving them for dire situations...but those never come,I literally never had to use any of them in any situation.
So you can use them just to try out as well.
And not really having the mindset that you have to save them for special fights.
So you've never played Death March
@@Sassle16 played through the whole game in death march without that, its not like the game is hard.
Why would you save them? Meditating refills them so just use it haha
@@loveunit21 people don't realise that they refill, should be using them alot will make lots of fights much easier (that djinn)
Witcher 3 Community knows that doping build is the go to if you want an easy gameplay
Doping build?
@@thelukos The Alchemy Build. It's called "doping" because you drink enhancement chemicals that boost you're strength which makes you almost unkillable in game. It's really an easy way to play as opposed to magic and swordsman build
Anyone playing in 2024?
I put in thousands of hours into this game many years ago.
I havent played it since 2017- 2018 and decided today that i would revisit and start a new game.
A tedious masterpiece is the greatest way ive heard this game be described.
Even though this game is a decade old, it still feels so immersive.
But some of the mechanics feel a bit dated by now, like the horse riding and UI menues.
I absolutely love the dialogue and quests in this game though.
It truly is one of the greatest games of its time.
Even to this day.
Hearts of Stone and blood and wine is some of the greatest DLCs I've ever played.
I still put it above Shadow of the erdtree, and i say that as someone who absolutely loves Elden ring and fromsoft games in general.
To new players who find this. Pick up EVERYTHING
I’ve always liked the Alchemy Build and usually put my Skill Points in that!!!!
Actually the game says that crossbow have a lot of damage underwater and that quen protects you from bleeding and other harms in loading screen
You definitely have a old school hard drive. M.2 wont give you the time to read that 😂
Fun fact in Polish language roach is she it’s płotka
Oh hey, Slowbro has something to tell us!
Hope they also added companion mod in this game, the companion mod adds a new life in this game once the main story is over.
They didn't
That's like letting Geralt use a bow or make him a stealth assassin. That would totally destroy the immersion of the game.
@@Zaubsteryeah... I'm very new to the franchise but it's very obvious Geralt is meant to be a loner mercenary and that it's very important to the lore. U have friends u come across and make at times and might work with them but having a skyrim level companion acrually doesent make sense.
The game tells you can gallop on the road and it won't consume stamina, it says it on the loading screens hints.
4:20 Roach is she mate :D
How would anyone write off Alchemy? Alchemy has always been the strongest build in the game by far.
quen doesn't remove status effects anymore. You don't take damage as long as it's active, but it will break really fast and then you will take damage from bleeding, burning and poison again
You can fast travel to any port while on a boat
1:34 Haven't seen that female vampire and I've finished the game 3 times.
shes in the DLC
Literal load menu tips.
Uhhh, did you just refer to Roach a mare as male several times? She's a female and Geralt prefers mares
Typical IGN.
🙄
And no wonder mares are more tame than stallions
Freaking love the Witcher
So much more to learn but I'm still waiting for the next-gen update later today
Next gen update already out
@@askkedladd ??
@@yosh1562 It's not even 14th yet
@@AimeePiB It's already 14th, it's already out I'm downloading it on steam now
@@AimeePiB timezones..
SHITS AMAZING ON PS5 been playing since 4am it’s currently 6pm😅😅😅
Addictive right
Love your channel and the Witcher….The game actually does tell you almost all of these things.
No actually it doesent.
It doesent tell u about using the crossbow underwater or holding a while galloping to save stamina. It doesent tell u how potions work. It tells u how to brew them but it doesent go into any kind of detail.
it does if you read XD@@juanmccoy3066
Roach is a mare. Garalt always rides a mare.
Can't even stop Geralt addiction for gwent battle
Annnnd IGN does it again. They name 12 things the game doesn’t tell you because it’s mostly common sense
They should have added the "more XP" mod, you get like 20XP for completing a side quest. Absolutely disgusting.
That's why you use EXP exploits
I'm not sure if they still work, but there's the cyclops exp glitch in skelege that will get you from lvl 25 to lvl 35 really quickly, the heart of stone expansion nekker nest that's the same as the cyclops, gets you from lvl 25 to 35 and the blood and wine exp and money exploit from the hanz gang hideouts
Hopefully they still work
You get XP almost only for main quests
@@VergilTheLegendaryDarkSlayer Why are you telling people how to ruin their game? You get low XP when you’re a higher level. You can’t expect to mow down weaklings and expect a payout. Stick to quests that match your level if you don’t want to be disappointed.
Just bought it for the first time on steam sale, have it downloading now, let's see how it goes
"This potion formula which you can find in a fixed" -someone who definitely played the game
Entry #10 is incorrect. They game *does* tell you that horses galloping on the road does not lose stamina. Just after Geralt saves Bram the merchant from the griffin and he starts to ride after Vesemir again.
You wrote "Guide for new players" wrong in the title
It does tell you when winds are howling
Yeah the side quest about finding Ciri and defeating the Wild Hunt is fun and all. But the main story about Gwent is better.
It definitely didn't tell me it's gonna start crashing after "next gen" update on a Steam Deck.
the sign tips were the best
4:15 Roach is a mare, fake fan >:0
that "written by IGN staff" tho
Turn off fish eye effect when using witcher senses in gameplay options and turn down the hair graphics so you don't get a performance hit and noodle hair.
No link to Witcher 3 guide in description :(
Look it up
Dudes turning your spies with mannequins and healers agaisnt you is more sad than vesemirs death
Lol a year later but notice the stick drift at 0:37 🤣🤣
Man is this the nexgen upgrade video? Looks way better on PC.
Roach is the main character, he just unbeatable
Roach is a mare
300 hours+ across multiple playthroughs...did not know you could shoot crossbows underwater.
Not the sharpest tool in the shed ey
@@shamus_6266 he's getting there..slowly... but still..
Against drowness it is pretty much imperative to use underwater.
Seriously?
Did you ever explore in skelege?
How you imagine to get them Treasures lol
Just got the game! Super excited to start it.
IGN, Keep grinding!
Igni works on mounted enemies as well. The fire causes the horse to panic throwing them off.
And u get a free insta kill too if ur fast or close enough.
thank you IGN 1:30
Roach doesn't exist to me. I've never ridden him, never will.
4:23 Bojack Horseman reference :D
First time ever playing this, bought for ps5 as always heard amazing things about it.. but it's alot of fetch quests lol
Almost 10 years and ign is still making witcher 3 content
So much to remember!
Just got this today from ma local pre owned games place,am sort of getting a Skyrim. And assassins creed hybrid vibes
Redownloading it to play more
Nice job but got some nasty glitches to work though dlc not working and sound bugs attacking and hitting enemies with weapons have no sound impact.
Is it fine to loot inside villagers house when no one is seeing you ? looks so that it has no effect.
2:16 and 3:26 The game actually does tells you about that.
it doesn't tell you that when you finish it you will feel empty and not know what to do with your time, you look for another game to fill the space but nothing compares to The Witcher 3
i keep getting killed by the most basic enemies like ghouls. my sword does no damage to them
I don’t like Gwent but I’ll make it a priority next time I’m in lol
THE MOST OP BUILD IS A FULL ALCHEMY BUILD, YOU JUST CANT DIE USING IT AND YOU CAN CAN USE MORE THAN ONE POTION WITHOUT REACHING MAX TOXIC LVL
Please stop screaming.
Not anymore 🎉
@Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmiam what they do?
I wish the game had a story recap or something. My friend told me to get the game and I am so damn lost on who everyone is and whats going on. I can’t even play the previous games because I only have my PS5
Absolutely enjoying the witcher 3 next gen patch 4.0 on my PS5🥂😏
Any tips when it comes to deck building for gwent?
Play everyone in gwent. I'm pretty sure every npc will give a card once if you beat them, if not most
Gerald rulz man! Yeah!!
Gwent addict here ..jist playing the game again to play it 😂😂😂
Just started playing it....great so far
This game is incredible. It will always be a standard.
Here we go again
thanks punches too