Yes, worth buying.
It's at its lowest recorded price, $1.49.
- Story and characters: 208 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Graphics: 50 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Audio: 26 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Combat: 159 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Crashes: 52 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Bugs: 28 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Based on 87k player reviews · updated 5 days ago
What players think
The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.
Story: You play as Geralt, Witcher by profession.
The gist: this game is old, combat is janky though well defined, the visuals are nowhere close to what you'd expect from a modern game (Although you shouldn't expect that of a game from 20 years ago but since some people only care for visuals I though I'd mention it) and the quality of life isn't exactly there yet, honestly I'd say more than 35% of your play time will be walking from point A to point B, this is the kind of game I'd tell you to avoid if the world and characters and writing weren't so enthralling and good, you will not regret playing this game if you're a fan of the book or the third game or want to get into the series or if you just want a good dark fantasy story, the big caveat is that the game is quite janky and outdated in many regards which is something a lot of you aren't accustomed to, I'd say give it a try all the same and refund it if you can't help it.
The voice acting in The Witcher is honestly very good.
The combat even though its dated is totally fine with steams ability to enable controller support.
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Currently $1.49 (−85%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.
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