Comment on I've started playing The Witcher. No, not the good one.
Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip 5 days ago
the first one has a standlone plot thats mostly disconnected witht eh latter two. 1’s gameplay was rough, but its a decent introductory on the world and the Geralt as a form of a mentor.
It’s visually a 3d action game, but plays like a top down ARPG(as it is an ARPG)
dustyData@lemmy.world 5 days ago
That’s because the first one was going to be a Baldur’s gate game. But it got canceled because interplay was on the brink of bankruptcy. So CDPR repurposed all the work done thus far, including most of the script, with a new license they had just bought.
Funnily enough, the mild success of the writing convinced CDPR to port the game to consoles and that also almost bankrupted them.