Though I don’t know the characters as well as someone who has played the first 2 games, I’m still already attached to most of them. Each of the main characters that I have played so far, are interesting in their own way. Never did I think to myself, “Well, this guy is clearly phoning it in today”, and that’s quite rare for a game this massive. The voice acting, even for the smallest role, is delivered in an interesting and meaningful way. The story and how it’s told wouldn’t be anything without the characters. The end result remains the same, but how you get there is totally up to you. This caught me off guard at some points, and I actually had to load up old saves and try different paths just to see where it would lead me. The game seems to adjust itself and its story, depending on the choices you make and which quests you decide to face first. There’s no set order in which you need to do them to advance the story. But the genius resides in how you complete those quests. Don’t get me wrong, you have a main goal, but there’s many quests to do in order to achieve that goal. One of the most interesting things I noticed is the seemingly non-existent “main” quest. Soon however, we discover that there’s a lot more to it and that the story is much more complex that we might think. To make things even easier, the premise for the first 20 or so hours of the game is rather basic: you are looking for your daughter (or not really) called Ciri, who is running away from a band of supernatural, dimension travelling beings called The Wild Hunt. If anything, the cleverly placed hints and previous story references make understanding the story behind the story actually quite fun and rewarding. However, it did not diminish my enjoyment of the game. Although it did help me understand better what was going on, you are very much just thrown out there, assuming that you already understand everything that’s happening in the world. Characters often reminisce about the old times and in order to understand their reflections, I found myself reading through paragraphs of character bios in the game menu. Most characters are already established and have a rapport between each other that I didn’t follow at the beginning. The story so far…įor those who are not familiar with the Witcher series, taking on the huge storyline and understanding the lore can be quite daunting.
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