For less than a subway ticket, return to the origins of one of the legendary video game sagas with The Witcher: Enhanced Edition 18/20

game news For less than a subway ticket, return to the origins of one of the legendary video game sagas with The Witcher: Enhanced Edition 18/20

They all know The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt by heart. But have you ever played the first title in the series? It has to be said that the game is getting on in years: It celebrates its 16th birthday this year. Soberly titled The Witcher, this action-RPG from CD Projekt is quite literally the studio’s first game. It was released exclusively on PC in 2007 (a console version of the game was planned for 2009 but was completely abandoned). If you’ve never done it before, maybe now is the time to finally get your hands on it. Yes, The Witcher is currently discounted on the platform GOG

on the occasion of the “Summer Sale”, which lasts until July 3rd. So you can get it for the modest amount of… $1.19. If that’s not enough to convince you, be aware that the game only takes up 9 GB of storage space. Cheap and not difficult.

The Witcher tells the story of Geralt De Riv, a witcher, a man with supernatural powers and an above-average physiology. At the beginning of the game, your character wakes up after being missing for 5 years. Suffering from amnesia, he no longer knows who he is and finds himself in Kaer Morhen, the stronghold of the witchers. Throughout your adventure, your friends will help you restore your memory, but also help you find the magician Azar Javed, who stole your comrades’ secrets.

The game takes place in the northern kingdom of Temeria and includes some political intrigue that will show you what it really means to be a witch.

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The Witcher first name, solid foundations

You have to admit that the graphics of this first The Witcher as well as the combat system are not exactly outdated today, This first part, based on Andrzej Sapkowski’s literary universe, was fundamental to the success of the series in the world of video games.

The title introduced us to characters that will follow us in the other two works – like Zoltan, Vesemir, Lambert or even Triss Merigold. The game also builds storylines that will culminate in the two sequels. As an example we can cite the whole discrimination against witchers or magicians. Above all, The Witcher installed a selection system that will irreparably affect our relationships with other characters in future games. Throughout the first work, we constantly have to choose between following the Scoia’tael faction or the Burning Rose faction. The Witcher established the success of CD Projekt, a game that can be considered a “draft” since it gave the other two works a chance to express themselves.