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Many minor side quests compliment each other without being inextricably linked in this way. One side quest might task you with the slaying of a wraith while another might give you clues about what led to the haunting in the first place. Each village has its story to tell, and the narrative governing the side quests all tie together like a gift waiting to be opened. This is very much Geralt's tale, and his sensitivity, charm, and dry wit makes the 100+-hour journey nothing short of a pleasure.ĬD Projekt RED have painstakingly given weight to even the most minor side quests, many of which breathe life and history into NPCs you might only encounter once in the game. Some fans looking for more influence over Geralt might find themselves disappointed as a result. Choices aren't as dichotomic as they might be in Dragon Age or Mass Effect, mainly because Geralt's general personality is quite integral to the plot. Seemingly innocuous decisions I'd made at the start of the game came back to haunt me 20+ hours in, which was equal parts surprising and gratifying. Situations often present dialogue choices, which can influence the story at a later date.

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Some of the dialogue is so witty that I've completely lost track of the fact I was playing a game, feeling instead like I was watching a big budget TV show.

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The voice acting is on the high-end for the most part, and the dialogue should provoke a full range of human emotion from even the most hardened hardcore gamer. The game world is meticulously consistent, adding authenticity and thus immersion to compliment those pristine visuals. The game world is meticulously consistent, adding authenticity and immersion to compliment those pristine visuals.įor me, despite having amazing presentation and gameplay, I feel that the greatest strength of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt lie in its narrative. Only he has the abilities and skill to track down Ciri across a sub-continent beset by war, plague and roaming monsters. Geralt is widely regarded as the greatest living Witcher, enjoying a degree of fame for his deeds. Superstition is rife, barbarous bandits prowl every dark corner and monsters encroach on every hamlet. The height of technology enjoyed by the denizens of the North amounts to trebuchets, sailing ships and basic metallurgy.

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The series is steeped in European mythology, as well as drawing on my fair continent's medieval history for its locations and setting. The blue flames in the eye sockets of his skeletal mask roar.The Witcher games are based on an eponymously titled book series by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski.

The King of the Hunt laughs, his teeth, rotten as the grave, snapping above the rusted collar of his bearstplate. Holes empty as the abyss stare out from it – once they were filled with precious stones, but these fell out during his race across the skies and became stars. A necklace rattles atop his rust-covered breastplate. Gaping eye sockets burn with a pale blue fire. A rust-eaten bascinet sways above the skull-like mask. At the head of the cavalcade rides the King of the Hunt. Suddenly the nightmarish cavalcade twists once more, the hooves of its ghostly mounts churning the light of will o' the wisps hanging above the bog. Their blades now glisten like unfailing stars in the black sky. The Riders sit astride skeletal mounts, bits of barding stuck to their sides like boils. Now the buffalo horns atop their helms penetrate one's view, now the crest betwixt them, and now the skull-like face exposed beneath their visors. Then the cavalcade contorts closer and closer, revealing more and more of their ghastly form. Journal entry A frail ribbon flickers across the sky, the Riders' spectral silhouettes barely discernible within it. One copy of it can be found in the large hall at Kaer Morhen keep, but it can also be purchased from a merchant at Hierarch Square. The second version is much rarer as loot.

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