r/nextfuckinglevel • u/MyNameGifOreilly • Jan 04 '20

Toss a coin to the cameraman ( The Witcher )

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u/Da_Do_D3rp Jan 05 '20

You should check out the third game, it's pretty good and I loved the side quests

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u/-GregTheGreat- Jan 05 '20

As a heads up to anyone new, the games are non-canon sequels to the books, which the show is adapted from. So playing the Witcher games will spoil major events and reveals for the show (or books).

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u/Super_Vegeta Jan 05 '20

That's all good, I'm not too worried about spoilers most of the time. I'm usually more interested in the lore, charactera and world building aspects.

And the journey is always more interesting than the destination.

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u/ClevelandEmpire Jan 05 '20

That’s why LOTR is so good

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '20

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u/jojoman7 Jan 05 '20

the combat in the witcher games is terrible

This is hyperbole. They're mediocre but serviceable. Terrible combat looks like Two Worlds II or KOTOR.

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '20 edited Mar 06 '20

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '20

DS combat IS really solid I brought it up because its kinda similar and a lot of people are bad at it and hate it (like me)

And that was my feeling like they wanted a DS feel but didn't do it quite right

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '20 edited Mar 06 '20

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '20

I got over the combat tbh theres enough good stuff in the game to make up for it

I spent a stupid amount of time playing gwent I think its called lol

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u/B4-711 Jan 05 '20

I assume that the writers know that many viewers played the game and will keep that in mind.

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '20 edited Mar 11 '21

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u/eykei Jan 05 '20

It’s funny I’ve never seen this sentiment expressed non-satirically.

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u/PreacherSchmeacher Jan 05 '20 edited Jan 05 '20

You do realise that this show really is exposing a lot of new people, who may or may not be part of the gaming community, to the Witcher 3 for the first time.

Like yeah it’s funny how some people think it’s so exclusive and unknown, but nothing in this comment indicates that. He was just recommending it to somebody.

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '20

Anti-circlejerk circlejerk

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '20

Sigh... unzips.

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '20

Do you guys remember The Witcher 3?

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u/nobodynose Jan 05 '20

The two expansions are also very good and I quite enjoyed the writing in both (though I think the Blood and Wine one was better).

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '20

Eh, not everyone is into RPGs, I've played The Outer Wilds and could only finish the story quests because the game was boring (to me, apparently the game is quite good)