There's nothing wrong that, but it's kind of a lot.Yes, unfortunately CD Projekt Red won’t just be unleashing REDKit and letting modders go nuts, as it has to make sure it has a good platform to offer modders first. The Witcher 3 demands at least 50 hours of your time, and can be stretched out to well over 100 hours if you like to get sidetracked. The Witcher 2 can be beaten, even with a handful of side quests, in fewer than 30 hours. If you're looking to dip your toes into the waters of these games, The Witcher 2 is a much more welcoming sight. Now that that's out of the way, let me also say: The Witcher 3 has a pretty slow start and is intimidatingly large. Let me just say real quick: The Witcher 3 is an amazing game. Depending on which of the two characters you choose to go with, the second chapter and the game's endings change drastically. After the first several hours, you have to make a choice of who to side with at a pivotal moment in the game. There's also the replay-ability factor of this game. It may not be as crisp in some areas as The Witcher 3, but it really holds up well.
This game is fluid and colorful with a great mix of environments. Credit: cd projekt redĮven though it came out in 2011, The Witcher 2 still looks really good, too. The fight against draug is just incredible.
It introduces the aesthetic of the game and the character Letho, an outrageously beefy and agile witcher who is going around the Continent assassinating kings. The introductory cinematic is stunning and gets things moving right away. Its sprawling open world filled with colorful characters and cool monsters is pretty enticing.īut if you're just breaking into the series, or have already played The Witcher 3, I would highly suggest its predecessor: The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings. The Witcher 3 is the latest and best-looking game in the series, and it received a ton of acclaim when it first launched. On Sunday, the game The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, which came out in 2015, set a new record for concurrent players on Steam. There are, of course, the original Witcher books by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski, as well as the video game series created by Polish developer CD Projekt Red. With The Witcher 's arrival on Netflix, there's a renewed fervor for the medium-crossing fantasy series.