This game isn't bad, it's The Witcher, if you like the books/other games/tv show you will probably like the story of this game. Graphics are also pretty good, though the game is a decade old so manage your expectations a bit. That's about all the good I have to say about this game though.

Combat isn't very fun. Enemies that have shields or can block don't take damage while blocking (but you do when you block which makes no sense), nor do they have any stamina that would lead them to dropping their block. Most fights that have a lot of enemies in them just devolve into you running in circles and trying to single one out. It's not hard, it's tedious.

And on the topic of running around to kind of get the enemies in more favorable positions, it's very annoying how Geralt can't walk over roots or small rocks that happen to get in the way, instead he just gets stuck on them.

Some quests just don't tell you where to go, which is like a major sin for me with RPGs like this. I don't mind a little exploration, but the world is large enough that there should be giant circles on the map telling you to explore this area to progress or whatever, like Witcher 3 has. You will want to have a quest guide opened up in the side for it.


This game has very bad windowed mode & no borderless fullscreen. Bad windowed mode because hitting tab on basically most games fullscreen or windowed will cause your cursor to appear over the window so you can tab out and do other things. This game was made during a time when most people weren't multitasking while gaming so I understand somewhat, but I don't understand why this isn't something that has ever been added.



Overall so far in 8 hours of gameplay I'd rate this like a 4/10.

This game isn't bad, it's The Witcher, if you like the books/other games/tv show you will probably like the story of this game. Graphics are also pretty good, though the game is a decade old so manage your expectations a bit. That's about all the good I have to say about this game though. Combat isn't very fun. Enemies that have shields or can block don't take damage while blocking (but you do when you block which makes no sense), nor do they have any stamina that would lead them to dropping their block. Most fights that have a lot of enemies in them just devolve into you running in circles and trying to single one out. It's not hard, it's tedious. And on the topic of running around to kind of get the enemies in more favorable positions, it's very annoying how Geralt can't walk over roots or small rocks that happen to get in the way, instead he just gets stuck on them. Some quests just don't tell you where to go, which is like a major sin for me with RPGs like this. I don't mind a little exploration, but the world is large enough that there should be giant circles on the map telling you to explore this area to progress or whatever, like Witcher 3 has. You will want to have a quest guide opened up in the side for it. This game has very bad windowed mode & no borderless fullscreen. Bad windowed mode because hitting tab on basically most games fullscreen or windowed will cause your cursor to appear over the window so you can tab out and do other things. This game was made during a time when most people weren't multitasking while gaming so I understand somewhat, but I don't understand why this isn't something that has ever been added. Overall so far in 8 hours of gameplay I'd rate this like a 4/10.