Is The Witcher worth it?

So is The Witcher any good and why?

So is The Witcher any good and why?

sebas117

Yes its worth it, its one of the best rpgs ever imo.

$13 on steam

I'm thinking about picking up The Witcher Enhanced Edition Director's Cut also. Steam is selling it for 66% off for it's holiday sale. Wow, I am buying WAY too many games because of this sale:lol:

Yes. Go get it.

It's worth it. I bought the Extended Edition retail at full price, but it is such a great RPG I don't mind. Good character development, story, and battles. I most likely enjoyed it also because it was a more mature RPG that you don't see much these days. So looking forward to the Witcher 2.

Yes, It worth every cent.

The best RPG in years along with Dragon Age: Origins.RichardStallman

Yes its worth it, its one of the best rpgs ever imo.

kozzy1234

[QUOTE="RichardStallman"]The best RPG in years along with Dragon Age: Origins.texasgoldrush

Yes, it's one of the best RPG's along with SW:KoToR & DAO. Can't wait for the sequel !

Yes, the Witcher is worth it and an excellent game because:

-Excellent story: it is based off a series of already-established novels written by a Polish author iirc; the lore, history, denizens, and all that are rich and full of life
-Characters: every single character is memorable and interesting
-Monsters: I thought the monsters were very interesting, and for good reason; Geralt, the game's hero, is a monster hunter.
-Voiceacting: for the most part, the voiceacting is fairly well done. Its not Hollywood Epic quality, more TV Movie quality, but I thought it was pretty good
-Gameplay: while the swordplay is simplistic, the strategy makes up for it. The signs you use, along with your alchemy (potions) really spice things up. Also, while I said it was kind of plain, it looks really, really cool
-Hot naked chicks, and you get to get your freak on with them.
-Atmosphere: forget your fairy tale setting typical of other RPGs; the Witcher takes place in a dark, dirty world full of jerks, bums, and bad people. Its just a gloomy, depressing place and the game is better for it.

[QUOTE="RichardStallman"]The best RPG in years along with Dragon Age: Origins.texasgoldrush

I agree - It easily destroys Dragon Age

Yes! Such a fun RPG

It has a nice story with interesting characters but it has terrible combat. The combat alone was almost enough to make be stop playing. Then again, it's an action-rpg so I guess it's not really fair to knock The Witcher for following some of the conventions of its genre (i.e. really bad, twitch-based combat).

The best thing I can say about The Witcher is that I usually HATE action-RPGs but I honestly enjoyed The Witcher enough to finish it. It's a good game it's just not a great one and it's well worth whatever sale price Steam is charging.

umm combat is perfect in the game.

want to point out that there is not really any roleplaying in the witcher

however, it has some of the best storytelling since half life 2

one of the best games of all time

It has a nice story with interesting characters but it has terrible combat. The combat alone was almost enough to make be stop playing. Then again, it's an action-rpg so I guess it's not really fair to knock The Witcher for following some of the conventions of its genre (i.e. really bad, twitch-based combat).

The best thing I can say about The Witcher is that I usually HATE action-RPGs but I honestly enjoyed The Witcher enough to finish it. It's a good game it's just not a great one and it's well worth whatever sale price Steam is charging.

-wildflower-

It has a nice story with interesting characters but it has terrible combat. The combat alone was almost enough to make be stop playing. Then again, it's an action-rpg so I guess it's not really fair to knock The Witcher for following some of the conventions of its genre (i.e. really bad, twitch-based combat).

The best thing I can say about The Witcher is that I usually HATE action-RPGs but I honestly enjoyed The Witcher enough to finish it. It's a good game it's just not a great one and it's well worth whatever sale price Steam is charging.

-wildflower-

I really didn't like it that much. And I've been playing PC RPGs longer than most on here (since early Ultima days and on)..

It's not really complex. It has bad VA. Bad animations. Bad combat system, the combat is so basic it will make you dibble and foam at the mouth. Bad itemization. Bad character progression, with no class system. Doesn't have much exploration, or freedom in exploration.

The main character is sort of mildly amusing I suppose. And yes you can screw witches among a few other females in the game. Lots of dialogue, and decent visuals. But a part from that, seriously what is all the fuss about over this game. There is not even one moment in the game where I thought "oh snap that was awesome" or even a moment where I could acknowledge the game for being creative. I don't get it. It's definitely worth no more that what it has on metacritic which is 86.. . It's a above average RPG and nothing more really.

Definitely preferred Oblivion/FO3/ and DA much more than The Witcher. Take it from a VET, If you haven't played one of those games get one of those instead.

yes

I really didn't like it that much. And I've been playing PC RPGs longer than most on here (since early Ultima days and on)..

It's not really complex. It has bad VA. Bad animations. Bad combat system, the combat is so basic it will make you dibble and foam at the mouth. Bad itemization. Bad character progression, with no class system. Doesn't have much exploration, or freedom in exploration.

The main character is sort of mildly amusing I suppose. And yes you can screw witches among a few other females in the game. Lots of dialogue, and decent visuals. But a part from that, seriously what is all the fuss about over this game. There is not even one moment in the game where I thought "oh snap that was awesome" or even a moment where I could acknowledge the game for being creative. I don't get it. It's definitely worth no more that what it has on metacritic which is 86.. . It's a above average RPG and nothing more really.

Definitely preferred Oblivion/FO3/ and DA much more than The Witcher. Take it from a VET, If you haven't played one of those games get one of those instead.

ShimmerMan

EDIT - I haven't finished The Witcher. yet. I am currently on Chapter 2.

The Witcher shouldn't be in the "worth it or not" type of threads...it belongs to a thread like "which is the best CRPG since BG2."

its amazing. buy it

The Witcher is worth it. It's a big game, lots of fun and a very well supported one at that. The devs put out the Enhanced Edition and that really made the game near-on perfect for me.