The Witcher

AdventureRole-playing (RPG)
The Witcher
IDs
IDSteam
8020900
81
Critic rating
8.3
User rating
HowLongToBeat
Main35.18h
Extra46h
100%63.88h
Summary

Based on the novel series by Andrzej Sapkowski, The Witcher follows Geralt of Rivia, an amnesiac witcher (problem solver and slayer of monsters) whose home, the Kaer Morhen citadel, is besieged by an organization called the Salamandra, who steal their valuable potions and get away. Throughout the game, Geralt must resolve people's moral dilemmas, connect the dots of his past and track down the Salamandra.

Storyline

The game begins when Geralt of Rivia, one of a few remaining "witchers" – traveling monster hunters for hire, gifted with unnatural powers, is transported to the witcher stronghold of Kaer Morhen by fellow witchers who had discovered him unconscious in a field. Geralt remembers almost nothing of his life before that point. He is taken to Kaer Morhen, the base of the witchers, where he meets a sorceress named Triss Merigold. The castle is attacked by a gang of bandits named Salamandra, led by a criminal known as the Professor, a mage named Savolla who controls a large, praying mantis-like monster, and another mage named Azar Javed. The witchers and the sorceress manage to slay the monster and kill Savolla, but the Professor and Azar manage to escape with the mutagens that genetically alter the witchers. After curing Triss of the wounds she received while fighting Javed, Geralt and the rest of the witchers head off in different directions in order to find information on Salamandra.

Developers
CD Projekt RED
Publishers
CD Projekt REDAtari, Inc.
Genres
AdventureRole-playing (RPG)
Platforms
MacPC (Microsoft Windows)
Game modes
Single player
Perspectives
Bird view / IsometricThird person
Keywords
a.i. companionaction-adventurealchemyamnesiaanti-heroastral projectionatheismbacktrackingbardsbased on - bookbasilisksbloodyboss fightbranching storylinecensored versioncowcraftingcreature compendiumdark fantasyday/night cycledialogue treesdifficulty leveldigital distributiondownloadable contentdrugsdwarvesea appeaster eggelvesevil organizationfire manipulationforeshadowinggamblinggamersgateghoulhealerlycanthropymagicmeditationminigamesmoral decisionsmultiple endingsmultiple gameplay perspectivesmutantsnudityonliveoptional bossoriginal soundtrack releaseover the shoulderpoisoningpolygonal 3dpotionracismregenerating healthrenderwaresex worksexual contentside questssingle-player onlysleepingstatus effectssteamsteam playsword & sorcerytreasure chestundeadvampireviolent plantswasd movementwerewolveswitcheswizards

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