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?
In the first region in the midst of the first small village two neighbors are arguing. They are not giving a quest, they just talk to each other and listening gives such an insight in how war can turn people against each other that have been living peacfully and been friends for years.
Do the side quests and take your time with the dialogue. Some of these stories are impactful, mostly sad and worth your time. If you are told that you should talk to people to find out more about your contract, do it. Some of these quests can be done with only talking to one person but you want to get the information from everyone and especially their side of the story.
Do not look up the outcome of decisions. Make your decisions and live with them at least at your first playthrough. Most decisions have impact and seeing the outcome unfold makes this game special and yes often there is no “good choice” - that’s war for you.
Last: Buy every Gwent card you can get your hands on and play with everyone you can. If you can’t win just come back later with better cards and obliterate them - it will feel goooood!
The DLC’s are a must.
Try out difficulty settings - there is a sweet spot for most people somewhere but what it will be for you no one can know, but it would be a shame if you play through the game not having found the difficulty that fits you best because you “always play on <insert difficulty>”.
Have fun, I wish I could play this game for the first time again.
There’s a mod that makes picking up loot less of a pain in the ass. Game is unplayable without it imho.
sad console game noises
Context: I like immersion and getting the most out of a game’s systems.
I see someone said the opposite, but I’d recommend playing the one difficulty above normal. If you don’t you’ll barely ever need to interact with some parts of the game like the alchemy system.
Also the game lets you heavily customize the interface. I personally hate being led around by a dotted line/arrow, so if you feel the same know you can turn all of that off.
To add to this.
Don’t let yourself get overleveled for main quest line.
I played on normal and am the kind of person that plays main quest lines when there’s nothing else left to do in current part of the map
The result was the main quest line was very unsatisfying in terms of challenge due to being several levels too high
I knew nothing of the game and presumed as a “witcher” I’m supposed to kill witches. Be, um, …selective.
Be, um, …
selectiveseductiveftfy.
I believe kill is the wrong verb…
A little death can be good.
Heh clever. Petite mort.
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There is a setting for an alternative character control mode. Use it, the regular one is dogshit.
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The level difference between Geralt and enemies is very important. A difference of +/- 4 can make fights ridiculously trivial or a one-hit KO. Same goes for jobs’ recommended difficulty.
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Getting swarmed by level 50 sewer rats is not fun.
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Although this isn’t quite relevant before finishing the main game, be sure to pick up both the DLC once you’re finished.
Both DLCs are fantastic standalone stories, super rich in content they could even beat some full priced games. You could play the DLCs before finishing the main game (and there is an additional game mechanic introduced in Blood and Wine), but on a first run I would still recommend playing it after to not get distracted and take away the impact of the main story.Blood and wine is a masterpiece
Be a good dad to Ciri. It’s extremely important.
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.
Roll around on the ground a lot during combat. Works wonders.
There’s nothing worth finding in the seas around skellege.
I cannot up vote this enough. If you need smugglers caches then go for it. Otherwise that’s just a headache.
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
Edit: the story and the game are fantastic, I hope you enjoy it like I did. I recently finished the game and started with the extensions.
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.
Just one: enjoy.
Be supportive of your daughter…dont make my mistakes
Also a good advice for real life. Another instance of games imparting good advice for real life (☞ﾟヮﾟ)☞
…also in the game!
“But I thought I was helping!”
-Me after the bad ending.
I should have had a snowball fight.
Banging prostitutes sometimes gives xp
Pace yourself.
This is a huge game, i thought i was right before the 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 moved the other sp rpgs on my todo list by now.
Its great though, if only cyberpunk was this big but they purposely kept it short because 70% of witcher 3 players didn’t get to the halfway point
