r/witcher

As of the current moment, the 3rd game is on sale on steam with DLC for a low price. Many have recommended it to me, as I enjoy games such as Skyrim and RDR 1 and 2. So my questions are as follows.

Is it so open world I can forget about the main quest for ages, because there's so much good things to see and explore?

And concerning Combat and such, while Skyrim has all these cool weapons and potions and spells, I always just go healing and sword or shield and sword, simple. And RDR always ends up with me just using a shotgun on all my enemies, screw the stealth. Is the combat simple enough I can just throw myself blindly at an enemy (bosses are an exception) or settings for simpler combat? I am NOT good at games that require complex combat.

I going through the story of blood and wine for the first time and something has been gnawing at me. I have reached the part where Geralt and Anna Henrietta went to the soirée and had a rather intense talk with Detlaff, Orianna and Regis over wine. Detlaff alluded to how a man would do anything to protect the one he loves, even kill innocents. Regis even said to Geralt that he would have done the same for Yennefer if he was in Detlaff’s shoes. Would Geralt actually kill innocents for Yen if she were captured? With the way I’m trying to play Geralt, I don’t think he would do what Detlaff did, at least not like that. I feel the game is trying to encourage me to sympathise with Detlaff. I understand that he’s being blackmailed and loves deeply for Rhena but I don’t think it’s an excuse. Despite the reason, people (questionably innocent knight maybe) have been killed and that can’t be excused so easily. Is this naive? Am I missing something? And as the title states, no spoilers for the rest of the game, please.

(Apologies if this question has been beforehand)

Last year I got Cyberpunk 2077 and got really into it. After about 200 hours in the game I decided I should try out The Witcher 3 since I've heard nothing but excellent things since 2015 and it being even better than 2077 but before I did, I figured it would be best if I played the first two games for better context.

But to my surprise I saw that they're only available to play on PC with Assassins Of Kings at the very least having an Xbox 360 port. For context I have (unfortunately as of late lol) always been an console player growing up due to PCs being way out of my family's financial range so I can't play the games on Steam or GOG and my 360 has long since died so that's out of luck. I knew that CD Projekt Red had always leaned more towards the PC base but after the mega success of The Witcher 3 expanding the company, I guess I expected them to have at some point since then bring the previous installments to consoles.

Has there been any reason as to why The Witcher 1 and 2 haven't been ported to modern consoles? Is it because of issues with their Engine or lack of interest from the playerbase and the company? Can I use The Witcher 3 as my gateway and still use it?

So in my Witcher 2 playthrough, i spared Letho.
I decided to import my savefile for Witcher 3, and I cant find him in Reardon Manor. I did the quest earlier and didnt even realise thats where he was supposed to be.

Does it mean i simply wont get to see him in my playthrough? And if thats the case, are there other things that can fuck up from the save import? I'm already 35 hours in so im not about to restart a new game.

Been almost a year now since I started looking, and still I wasn't able to find it anywhere.

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I heard CD Projekt Red sold GOG. I know back in the day it was kinda like the default place to get it from since it was owned by the developer. But now that it's no longer owned by them, Im not sure if that's the case anymore. I also know GOG is under new management and not sure if its gone downhill or uphill! I know Steam is most used for PC gaming and Im on there and also on GOG. Which platform would be better to play it on?

Edit: awesome thanks! Think I'll stick to GOG! Its frequently on sale on Steam too so might get it there later on just to add to my collection. Will play on GOG though.

Hi, I have a laptop that I just bought with integrated graphics and I wanted to know if I can run this game's classic version (not next gen). I dont mind lower graphics as long as it doesnt feel bad to play/feel clunky.

Specs:
CPU: Ryzen 7535hs
GPU: Integrated Radeon 660m
RAM: 16GB Dual Stick

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What should I get next?

I let the Scoia'tael take Haren Brogg's weapons in Chapter 1. I looked up what happens with the decision beforehand. But, forgot about it by the time I reached Chapter 2. Before leaving the sewers, I cleared out the Cultists' Crypt, and picked up a bunch of loot. As a result, upon exiting the sewers, I ignored Geralt's comment about the detective's house, and prioritized recovering my items from the jailer and consolidating my inventory. I continued to get side-tracked from visiting the detective for a while. I started Coleman's quest, The Rat, as well as Carmen's quest Working Girls. The location for The Rat is next door to the detective. So, I grouped them together. I saw the detective, fought the Salamandra assassins, cleared the house of ghost for Coleman (and got wine from the cellar for Conrad), took care of the thugs at the Working Girl locations, and returned to The Hairy Bear to talk to Coleman, only to find him dead.

I found out that the Scoia'tael killing Coleman is triggered by seeing the detective, and I was able to revert to an older save. Then, I kept Coleman alive long enough to talk to him at the docks, collect my reward, and get the information to clear Vincent of suspicion. After that, I didn't know how to advance the story further without seeing the detective. So, I turned Coleman in to the inn keeper since he was going to die anyways.

I still have a save from before I turned him in. Is there a reason to keep him alive longer? Does it make a difference with Vincent? How far can I get without seeing the detective?

Never touched a bit of Witcher stuff besides watching an episode of the show. I have heard great things about The Witcher 3, but im a bit put off starting it since not only is it the 3rd game, but there's also tons of lore and books that i wasnt even aware of. What should i know going into the Witcher 3 so i'm not confused?

I’m level 7 so still pretty new and I’ve been going off of the base defense number and hardly looking at the specifics underneath. I just learned that’s the most important of armor and read tamarian armor is the best around tbis point. I fast traveled to him but don’t see anything in his shop. I just got the game for 4$ on steam so I’m not sure if it even includes this dlc, but I thought that most Witcher 3 dlc is free? Is there a glitch or do I misunderstand how this game works with dlc?

Hi, im getting into the witcher and reading the main books. And i enjoy reading things so how would you read the witcher series in chronological order?