I think yours is a pretty common experience considering that Witcher 3 was a huge mass-market success and Witcher 1 was a niche product made both by and for insane people. I say this as a shameless Witcher 1 apologist.
Witcher 1 has a decent story and world (in no small part due to the source material). But the gameplay itself is some of the worst that you experience.
They could have redone it as a Carmen San Diego style dialog game and it would have been better than the turd they shipped. It's really quite bad.
>Witcher 1 has a decent story and world (in no small part due to the source material). But the gameplay itself is some of the worst that you experience.
The Witcher 1 combat is secretly not bad. It looks like an action game though and the game does a terrible job explaining why this is wrong. So it feels absolutely horrible. You have to understand it's more of a rhythm game. It's closer to Assassin's creed or Batman combat systems. There's a lot happening on screen but you are mostly waiting for the right moment and choosing tactics.
The story carried Witcher 1. Gameplay was vastly improved in 2 and I have mixed feelings about 3, the game was definitely more successful and I think you can partially attribute that to changes that made it easier to play and thus much more console friendly.
I for one welcome a UE5 remake of Witcher 1 and will purchase it for sure, if only for nostalgia sake.
Ntrails|3 years ago
I almost regret how long it put me off 3
duped|3 years ago
They could have redone it as a Carmen San Diego style dialog game and it would have been better than the turd they shipped. It's really quite bad.
KVFinn|3 years ago
The Witcher 1 combat is secretly not bad. It looks like an action game though and the game does a terrible job explaining why this is wrong. So it feels absolutely horrible. You have to understand it's more of a rhythm game. It's closer to Assassin's creed or Batman combat systems. There's a lot happening on screen but you are mostly waiting for the right moment and choosing tactics.
jpgvm|3 years ago
The story carried Witcher 1. Gameplay was vastly improved in 2 and I have mixed feelings about 3, the game was definitely more successful and I think you can partially attribute that to changes that made it easier to play and thus much more console friendly.
I for one welcome a UE5 remake of Witcher 1 and will purchase it for sure, if only for nostalgia sake.