The Witcher 2007

Is it still worth playing?

CD Projekt Red's 2007 action role playing game for Windows, based on Andrzej Sapkowski's novels, in which you play Geralt of Rivia, a monster hunting Witcher. His fighting is built on three styles, fast, strong and group, switched at any time, with steel swords for humans and silver for monsters and combos made by timed clicks. Preparation counts as much: alchemy covers potions, oils and bombs, unknown potions can fail, and drinking them raises toxicity. Choices are where it gets its weight. A decision system has consequences that only appear in later acts, which discourages saving and reloading, and the story splits into three major paths among many optional quests. A world full of quests, with choices whose cost arrives later, still keeps each act worth the time today.