• ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml
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    There’s a bundle that includes the first two games as well for like an extra buck I think. Buy them and then never play them and feel bad about it.

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      or be like me, play Witcher 1, then play other stuff for 12 years, then start replaying it again to go through the whole series this time, then take a 6-months break 2 chapters in… 😅 (yea, I have issues)

      I love its atmosphere and writing, but the jank…

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        Witcher 1 really has old-school difficulty syndrome. Getting past act 1 was a nightmare for me, then somewhere around late act 2 the combat became trivial and I could just stunlock everything.

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          Yeah, that’s one of the memories I retained of my 12-years-ago playthrough that the first boss was the most difficult by far.

          Another of my issues is that I’m a completionist and want to play every sidequest and get most unlockables. And that means either juggling 4 wiki lists while playing, or as I ended up having to do, unify them into a single spreadsheet for each chapter. Spending hours not actually playing the game 😑

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    it took me a couple attempts at W3 before i really got into it, but after that i played all the way through. as a habitual game DNFer. it’s a masterpiece

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    I wish Cyberpunk went under -60% off. I don’t tend to buy stuff over -80-90% sale, so more patience for me… 😅

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      You’re not the only one. Pretty sure I got W3 with dlc for $5 ages ago. I’d like to get cyberpunk with dlc for no more than $15. Especially since I was pretty hype for that game. Had been itching for something with a proper world to explore and get lost in, felt like it was going to scratch that itch. I don’t often buy things day one, but I was taken in by the advertising and CDprojects rep. I took the day off work and then didn’t even buy it because of everything.

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      I played all the way once and less than 50% a half dozen times. It’s just hard to get into for some reason.

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    I’m so patient I haven’t played The Witcher 1 or 2 either. Should I get W3 Complete + W1 + W2 for 9.99 + 1.49 + 2.99 = 14.47, or get the trilogy bundle with only the W3 base game for 1.49 + 2.99 + 3.99) * 0.9 = 7.62 and wait for the W3 expansions to be more than 70% at some future date? (In other words, are W1 and W2 likely to keep me busy for a long time, and does a playthrough of W3 need the expansions installed at the start or is it more of a ‘complete the base game and then to the expansion content afterward’ sort of thing?)

    Also, are “The Witcher Adventure Game” and “Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales” worthwhile/important?