The first game is rough by modern standards. Most people (even the most diehard fans) will tell you to just skip it. The second is worth playing, but with the mindset of “this game was made in the 2000’s”. Because it is definitely showing its age too.
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ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
There’s a bundle that includes the first two games for like an extra buck I think. Buy them and then never play them.
mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com 3 weeks ago
First one was rough by the standards of when it came out in the first place. It’s rooooouuuuggghh.
YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
The bundle is $7.49. I just saw it but already have the first two.
PillowTalk420@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I kinda wonder if the first one is able to even be finished now… I had that one at launch and I couldn’t finish it due to a CTD bug somewhere in the final act.
kazerniel@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
or be like me, play Witcher 1, then play other stuff for 12 years, then start replaying it again to go through the whole series this time, then take a 6-months break 2 chapters in… 😅 (yea, I have issues)
samc@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
Witcher 1 really has old-school difficulty syndrome. Getting past act 1 was a nightmare for me, then somewhere around late act 2 the combat became trivial and I could just stunlock everything.
Rolive@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
The Witcher 1 is best played on the easiest difficulty. Just play it for the story.
kazerniel@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Yeah, that’s one of the memories I retained of my 12-years-ago playthrough that the first boss was the most difficult by far.
Another of my issues is that I’m a completionist and want to play every sidequest and get most unlockables. And that means either juggling 4 wiki lists while playing, or as I ended up having to do, unify them into a single spreadsheet for each chapter. Spending hours not actually playing the game 😑