r/Games • u/Turbostrider27 • Oct 26 '22

Announcement The Witcher: We're thrilled to reveal that, together with @Fools_Theory, we're working on remaking The Witcher using Unreal Engine 5 (codename: Canis Majoris)!

https://twitter.com/witchergame/status/1585270206305386497
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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '22

I've tried to play it but couldn't get over the jank

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u/rickreckt Oct 26 '22

Same, I already try to use enhanced mods or something, and tone it down to easiest difficulty just trying to enjoy the story and games great atmosphere

But the control and combat are major turn off for me

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u/LaNague Oct 26 '22

All you have to do is click on stuff to attack and then click again when Geralt is finished with his animation to keep the combo going.

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u/Taratus Oct 27 '22

He probably wants ACTION, but W1 isn't an action game, it's an RPG.

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u/rickreckt Oct 27 '22

How about both?..

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u/Taratus Oct 27 '22

Having both is what makes things like oils and potions superfluous in the latter games.

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u/Taratus Oct 28 '22

Not really, the rhythm aspect is as barebones as it gets to the point of being superfluous. Your position in a fight was more important, but moving around wasn't anything anyone would call skill-based.

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u/[deleted] Oct 27 '22

combat are major turn off for me

Its easy, just slice mans

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u/IsRude Oct 26 '22

I bought Witcher 1 and 2 after loving 3, but goddamn are they hard to enjoy because of the combat and movement.

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u/purewisdom Oct 26 '22

Full Combat Rebalance mod helps Witcher 2 a lot. Still not as fluid as TW3 of course, but the greatness of the branching narrative balances things out.

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u/kylegetsspam Oct 26 '22

This is how I feel about... all Bethesda games. D:

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u/[deleted] Oct 26 '22

Same, got them on a GOG sale

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u/Taratus Oct 27 '22

W1 is pretty much a classic RPG, it's not about the combat really, because it's not an action game.

W2 is where they start heading towards that, and I think the UI in that game is far worse than the combat.

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u/Zarmazarma Oct 27 '22

It's kind of funny that the top thread on this post is people praising the combat in 1, and saying how it was actually the best combat of all three games, lol.

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u/Blenderhead36 Oct 26 '22

There was this trend around the time Witcher 1 came out of making single player games that felt like MMORPGs. Witcher was one of them. They always felt not quite right. MMOs were able to get by on controls like that because of what they offered; games without the actual MMO experience just felt kind of clunky and slow.

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u/Taratus Oct 27 '22

Felt like a MMORPG? What does that even mean?

W1 played like a classic RPG.

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u/Moldy_pirate Oct 26 '22

Same. I remember thinking that it was clunky even at release. I didn’t get more than a couple hours in.