Information

Gameplay

Kampsystem

Pro

Kontra

Fazit

Officially Finished.

Rhythmic Stance-Based Combat with the White Wolf

• The world is quite immersive and feels very alive.
• The game is quite impressive for a company the size CDPR was, and in my opinion it even beats Oblivion.
• There's a fair amount of places to explore that are relevant to quests you might come across further into the game, making exploration feel worth it.
• Great soundtrack, as The Witcher series has become well known for.
• Graphics are very impressive for a game this old. It really has withstood the test of time.
• People give this game criticism for its combat, but I actually prefer this system over the second game.
• The game explained the mechanics really well, so I never had to resort to Google searches.
• Does a good job of putting you in Geralt's shoes, at times making you second guess whether your choices were for the greater good.
• I recommend enabling Show Object Names, as it makes interactable objects (and NPCs) have names above them from a distance.

• The game is old and therefore only utilizes 1 CPU core efficiently, making framerates very unstable from area to area. I put this as Neutral because it's not the fault of the game, but of the technology available at the time.
• The difficulty has a few unexpected spikes throughout the game.

• The Steam version is extremely unstable. I could not get past the tutorial until I switched to the GOG version of the game.
• The inventory feels too small at times, and fills up relatively fast.
• The quest objective markers are a lot of times inaccurate, and have you remembering details from conversations about NPCs' whereabouts.
• The final bit of the skill tree requires Gold talent points, which I found to be lacking by the end of my playthrough.
• Certain potions are overpowered to the point of making a seemingly impossible encounter into a walk in the park, with little middle ground if you choose to utilize them.
• A lot of alchemy ingredients are borderline useless.
• The weapon stats are extremely vague and difficult to make sense of. Some weapons will have -% damage dealt, some won't have any damage stated at all, and some will have a flat X-Y damage value attached to them. How do you even compare? I ended up sticking with weapons that had +% damage dealt, but the [spoiler]Gwalhir[/spoiler] seemingly has a ridiculously low chance of hitting the target
• Some enemies [spoiler](the mutants)[/spoiler] towards the end can be unclear whether they are weak to Steel or Silver.

Should you still play the Witcher 1 in 2020?

Cons

Pros

Conclusion

I believe in the sword.

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