what is the best witcher game /v/?

1 has the strongest writing but dogshit combat
2 middling in both
3 is a slightly more polished version of 2 with a lot more content

>>381085396
The original.

>>381085396
It's the most linear progression possible - each game is better than the previous one.

Anyone meming TW1 is either delusional or trolling

1 >>>>>>>>>>>>> 3 >>> 2
They all have shit combat but thankfully 1 actually feels like it has an rpg system and prep time. Not to mention the best writing and quests.

Witcher 3 is probably the most solid game but I still had the most fun playing Witcher 2 on Dark mode out of all three games.

>>381085467
I don't understand hiw people can find 1's combat "dogshit" while simultaneously defending the absolute trash that was 2's game play.

I like 2 because it is the most linear, has the best lighting and has the hardest combat

>>381085467
>>381085540
>1 has the best writing
please don't tell me this, I'm almost done with the game and it has been torture from top to bottom including the awful writing. I only played it because I refuse to start a series in the middle.

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>>381085396

>>381085396

I liked the combat and sidequests of W3. Witcher 2 is my least favorite of the three

>>381085597
you literally just stand still and click

Those who put 1 above 3 want to show off how oldfag they are while realising fully, that 1 was goofy and clunky and much worse than 3.

>>381085669
Ayyy lmaoooo

>>381085669
was he abducted by aliens or something?

>>381085745
That's 1. In 2 it's all about the dodge roll.

>>381085649
You either got some shit taste, or you've played the game oddly.

Or you mix poor English dub to writing

>>381086349
meant for >>381085587
my bad

>>381085776
I think it's mostly based off which one you played first.

People who played 1 first usually consider it the best game
People who played 3 first (most people) usually consider it the best game.
I played 2 first and it's also my favorite.

>>381085776
I ain't old at all, and only got into the series back in 2013, and I still find TW1 the best and most enjoyable. It's literally way more fun to play, and has unrivaled atmosphere. I absolutely loathe the new pseudo-DaS game play of the console sequels.

>>381085776
This. The combat in TW1 was fucking dreadful, even in comparison to the other two games.

>tfw only ever played TW1

Is 3 worth it lads?

>>381087093
theyr'e all complete fuckign garbage

>>381087208
but that's just not true anon

>>381086859
How is it dreadful exactly?
It's simple, easily controlled, flashy as it should be, and provides some light tactics. Way better system than the endless rolling with regen HP the sequel (s) had.

>>381087093
More than 2, but its console roots do show.

>>381087438
yes

>>381087507
>console roots
The fuck are you talking about? It was out on PC before the 360 version was even announced.

>>381087691
I was talking about the TW3, dickweed.
But even TW2was being developed for the consoles from the get go. The xbox porting job was just outsourced at first, which didn't go anywhere. Finally CDP decided to make the port themselves, after PC version shipped.

1 has best story and atmosphere
2 has a better branching path choice compared to 1
3 has best soundtrack, combat

I like all 3 so it's like choosing between a type of good steak to eat.

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Atmosphere
1 > BaW > 3 > Hos > 2

Story
2 > HoS > 1 > BaW > 3

Gameplay
3 > 1 > 2

Side quests
3 > BaW > 1 > 2 > HoS

Characters
2 > HoS > 3 > 1 > BaW

Music
1 > 3 > 2 > BaW > HoS

>>381087093
Definitely. I got the GOTY edition on the last GOG sale. I still havent finished it tho and spend 100 hours on it.

>>381086520
Same, I even defend 2s combat, especially once fcr2 came out. I think 2 has the best use of player agency combined with immersion I've seen in a game and the best combat/encounter design in the series
Not a single fight or boss in TW3 felt as good as letho. Not a single group of enemies felt as good as the group management style of Tw2. Not a single sign or item in TW3 felt as good as 2's. Not a single monster felt as epic as the kayran. Etc etc.

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>>381085649
If you honestly didn't enjoy broing it up with my nigga Raymond Maarloev then there is no hope for you.

1>3>2

>>381088474
>that fucking nose

God i miss items like this in W3.

>>381085776
The first game had the most "sharp" and true witcher-like atmopshere. Second and third were kinda bland with it.

>>381086520
false
played witcher 2 first, then witcher 1, then read the books
ranking goes as follows

Witcher 3 > Witcher 1 > Witcher 2

>>381089134
Letho was shit what are you talking about? He had a shield gimmick that forced you to do the same shit x times over.

>>381088474
>any character in 1
>better than Regis or Anna Henrietta
I took the bait

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>>381091212
>God i miss items like this in W3.

But we got something better in HoS

>>381085396
The 1st arguably has the best atmosphere, the second was weird, the 3rd is overall great but it lacks the gothic vibe.

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Who /Dijkstra/ here? I don't know why but I fucking love manipulative asshole characters like him.

>>381091212
HoS adds donkey's ears and Professor's glasses to wear, they are actually neat.

>>381092012
Probably best character in base game right until the shitty ended political plotline where he went full retard.

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>>381085396
they are all good.

I enjoyed 1 quite a bit. I got into the clicking combat and the atmosphere was max comfy. it's a good series, only shit posters will tell you it's not. anyone that bitches about witcher 3 combat instantly is known as a dumbass bc they've never experienced the combat of the first game. lol, it's so much worse.

>>381091715
play fcr2

Now that I've played all three quite extensively, I think 2 was my favourite.

The setpieces were much more comfy, and the story was better, much more intricate.

Witcher 2 was like a road trip with all your best buds. I liked how Zoltan and Dandelion travel with you to act II (though not Zoltan if you pick Roche path).

>>381092012

He is actualy a good guy who want to his country get up from the shit it's in

Till the fucking W3, I still regrett even starting that fucking quest

>>381092412
The patrician choice.

>>381085396
Even with the simplistic combat, 1 actually felt like a CRPG. One of the last games like that that wasn't a retro isometric game, and it nailed Medieval Fantasy Eastern Europe.

2 had a good story, but I found it unbearable to play. To this day I still haven't finished the Iorveth path.

3 has a lot of great content, but also too much mediocre open world content.

>>381086859

The problem with the combat in 1 was that it took until the final act before you could see it working properly. It's quite enjoyable at that point, they just kept it gimped for the first 4/5ths of the game.

>>381092951
see>>381092346

>>381085396
3 > 1 > 2

other opinions are
1. rose tinted nostalgia googles if W1 is at the top
2. special snowflake contrarian GoT fan if W2 at the top
3. asshurt gothicfag if W3 at the bottom

>>381092012
Why they ended the sidequest that way is beyond me. That was probably the only time I thought they just put a difficult choice in there because otherwise having Dijkstra be the best king would be too easy. I feel like it should have been a choice between fighting Dijkstra because he made some very shady deals with his underground colleges and making him king would put people at risk in the short term, or just making him king because he obviously knows what he's doing.

Witcher 3, despite the memes, is a materpiece

I really liked witcher 2 though due to it feeling like a chose your own story

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Having played 2 and 3, I'm reading through the books before playing 1 and then replaying the others. Are there essential mods for Witcher 1 I should know about?

>>381092012
best character in the game. absolutely. sided with him on everythong just for personal bias. like I would in real life.

>>381096901
just rise of the white wolf for some ui and graphics enhancements. FCR is a meme, but FCR2 for TW2 is legitimately necessary

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>>381096901
> modding witcher games

>>381085467
I actually think W2 had by far the best writing, but it was also the most un-Witcher one as writers delved too much into Game of Thrones style politicking and intrigues as opposed to Witcher work.

>>381085887
second picture is kinda cheating seeing as it was taken during company's summer retreat or something and that's his best, tan and all. third picture is what you get after three months of crunch.

>>381085396
Gwent actually.

>>381086396
If there's no better dub, that's not an excuse. Unless you unironically think people should learn some noname third world language

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>>381085396
I love how you can still tell characters from all three games despite obvious redesigns. So many sequels radically re-design characters or go for different art styles.

>>381097017
thanks senpai
Is the FCR meme not worth it for Witcher 1? If so, why do you think so? Thanks in advance.

>>381097315
It will kick your ass and is not recommended for first timers. Like, people can't get out of tutorial alive. You can't really change Witcher 1's combat to a more action game no matter how much people want because it still runs on Aurora engine that was not built for it.

>>381096901

Rise of the White Wolf for improved graphics, Faster Movement Mod at 25% to survive the unbelievable long back-and-forth trecks

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Can mods fix this piece of shit?

>>381098982
read the post above yours

>>381089134
Letho is really just as bad as the average human boss in TW3, hit 3-4 times or he parries, Aard or move away, repeat.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COYwr4b6nuY

The DLC in TW3 have much much better bosses like Olgierd or Detlaff.
https://youtu.be/Ih27CmFgTPc?t=141

>>381097482
>>381098497
thanks a lot mates

>>381085669

They actually crunched the most developing Witcher 1. ;-)

>>381085396
obviously 3.
if anyone tells you otherwise, they are a massive contrarian and a hipster.

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>>381085669
JUST!

>>381085396
1 got the best quest and overall old-school RPG feeling to it
2 Balanced like shit. Skills are shit. Combat is shit. Boss fight? Also shit.
3 People complain about combat and and they'd be right. I still give them a lot of point for making the best open world to date. Quest? If yout expect every RPG to be like old pen&paper RPG or NWN why are you playing this?

>>381092012
He fucked with Roche so he had to die.

>>381097281
Why did TW1 Zoltan have down syndrome?

I never played a Witcher game

Can I just jump in Witcher 3 and still be fine?

>>381103127
yes but don't do that

the other witcher games are great and you should at least give them a go. Unless you're like a dude in his 30's with a wife and kids who gets to play one game a year then yeah play TW3 and have fun

>>381103127
you can. but you are a huge faggot for doing so

>>381085396
I am playing Witcher 1 right now. I am at the golem grave yard where you can be zapped by lightning. I am just about to kill myself because of how boring it is. Please tell me this is the most tedious part of the game.

>>381103428
in witcher 1 the prologue.chapter 1 and the swamp parts of chapter 2 suck ass

it gets much better soon

>>381097281
>top
>when he sees you banging his sister

1 was great, i want to play 3 but i can't bear the combat and story and everything in 2

1 for RPG , atmosphere and writing if you can appreciate it past the horrible voice acting

3 for the better overall gaming experience, landscape porn and ammount of content

2 is good but it suffers a lot from being a transition into 3 having the shittiest combat in the series, the worst RPG systems and overall everything. It's still a pretty good game by other games that are not witcher standards

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>>381102235

>>381103428
It's worth playing once, but there are so many shitty parts of the game, which you happen to be on. Then it gets good again, then it gets shit again, then it gets good again.
Honestly, the best part was the part toward the end that seemed the most open world, TW3's direction was the right choice

>>381085396
Story: 1 > 2 > 3
Combat: 2 > 3 > 1
World: 3 > 1 > 2
Characters: 2 > 1 > 3
Waifus: 2 > 1 > 3

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>>381103127
Yes, 1 would be the best introduction to the Witcher universe but 3 is a close second and has the advantage of having the best presentation so play that.
2 is kind of its own story, it adds a bit to the characters and lore but feels kind of like a side story, gameplay wise it's kind of clunky, much more than 3 at least.

>>381103127
read the books

Witcher one excels in both gameplay and story
Witcher 2 was terrible in both gameplay AND story
Witcher 3 was ok in both gameplay AND story

1 > 3 > 2

>>381104745
I agree with this. Either do TW1, TW2, and TW3 or just do TW3. TW2 is a terrible start even though it's an alright game. You start the game not even knowing what the hell a Witcher is since being a bodyguard for a king is way out of the norm for a Witcher.

>>381085396
I dont like 3 as much because open world.
2 was just roll to win.
1 was fun for me on a gamepad.

They all got good stories tho so I like em all.

>>381104272
Been on the same boat forever. W2 is just so unbearable after W1. I don't have a problem with the story as such, but it's absolutely dreadful how everything in W1 supported the fact that you are a witcher, you do witcher things. Then you boot up W2, open your inventory to prepare a potion for the first time and ohhhhboy here we fucking go, uninstall.
Combat is stupid too. In W1 I'm pretty much neutral about it but in W2 I actively dislike it.

>>381104864
>Witcher 2 was terrible in both gameplay AND story

Iorveth's path in TW2 is the most interesting narrative in the whole trilogy.

>>381104272
>>381105052
You might actually like the combat in TW3 better. It's not the best in the world, but at least there's a dodge button and rolling around like a retard isn't the best tactic like it is in TW2.

>>381085396
Witcher 2. It has the best story and characters.
Combat is irrelevant in a RPG.

I haven't played any of the games but I've listened to all the audiobooks out so far and they're excellent

>>381104718
Oh, come on, Witcher 1's story is all over the place and super generic, it starts with some literally whos stealing the secret witcher making potions to make mutants, and ends with some fanfic Ciri wannabe that came out of nowhere.

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TW1 needs a remake down the line senpai.

>>381105061
It's also the least lore friendly.

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>>381105397
>came out of nowhere

>>381105332
>Combat is irrelevant in a RPG.
shit taste confirmed, go read a a book

>>381105332
To an extent, but honest TW2's combat feels tedious at times. TW3 is better. Still mediocre combat, but it's not nearly as clunky.

>>381105389
Now you wish they were as good as the polish ones.
https://youtu.be/pOKkMFJPf6I

>>381104718
Hate 2's combat. Dropped it playing on Xbox One. Only kept playing again on PC because I found a god mod. Enjoyable story.

>>381105397
So I take it you rushed through the game then.

Are Witcher games playable on Mouse+KB or do I have to be a controller fag for this shit?

1 = 3 > 2
this is true and you know it

>>381105853
They're all PC games first and foremost so yes.
TW2 has a a terrible console like UI though but even mkb makes it easier to navigate through.

How do I cope after end of blood and wine, lads? I feel empty and no other game makes me happy anymore.
how did you all deal with your TW3 withdrawal?

>>381106043
NG+ or Gwent

>>381105738
Sounds better but the English one was alright despite it being done by some old guy

>>381106107
finished ng+ on deathmarch. got all achievements. finished everything. not sure what else to do

>>381106043
By realize the best stories have an end.

Go play something less dialogue and quest driven now, you earned it. Maybe a platformer? I would avoid open worlds for a bit as they wont compare really.

>>381085396
3- Greatest "open world" RPG ever made (though it isn't saying much)
2-Really good
1-Other than first chapter thingy it's shit.

>>381106210
i started arkham knight, its alright not as bad as i heard it was

also thread theme:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8V4tYZHNUY8&list=FLS0hReChpwoIxBgrGwdrJHA&index=12

>>381106358
>its alright not as bad as i heard it was
A lot of things end up that way.
Especially if you dont hate games like too many people here.

I remember when I was a cynical fuck thanks to /v/ but now I'm free. Free to enjoy any shit or amazing game I want.

>>381085396
3's DLCs > 2 > 3 >1

>>381106358
>thread theme
THere aren't a ton of games where I just went "Wow" in. First time in Skellige is just jaw dropping. It's not like I haven't seen beautiful levels before, but there aren't a ton of places I've sat there and just sucked everything in.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gokhBJWSjeM

>>381092951
>To this day I still haven't finished the Iorveth path.
I'm the same but for different reasons. Everytime I come to the point where I have to choose I always go with Roche. I just like him way more. Iorveth always comes off like a whiny bitch faggot and even though I know after you choose his path he supposedly chills out I just can't bring myself to do it.

>>381085396
here's my lore noob view on them, at normal difficulty,
witcher 1 was very boring at the start until start of midgame, the swamp is all around shit, story and gameplay makes you feel like a witcher with all the alchemy and bestiary stuff, solid story, still feel bad about killing berengar.
witcher 2 is boring only until the end of floatsam so thats a big plus, you can beat any boss by spamming all the bombs wich is really fun in a stupid way, story is good but lacks the feeling of begin a witcher that alchemy gave me, bestiary not even needed, Letho single-handedly makes the game awesome and i really couldn't kill him,
i'm still playing witcher 3 but alchemy sucks, the bestiary is legit awesome and changes to the monsters like the werewolf regenerating or having to use yerden on wraiths makes me feel like i actually am a witcher that has to prepare and know the enemy, changes in bombs are understandable and the rest of the rpg stuff is quite good, but no dice poker really kills it for me, didn't get far in the story so i wont judge it but what i've seen is good, also Letho is back so thats a plus

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>>381108346
>the swamp is all around shit

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>>381085396
I liked them all, and it's hard to decide which is best. 3 has best gameplay and it's still one of the best looking games out there (on pc at least, don't know about consoles desu). 2 still looks great and plays great, but it's not really about being a witcher. 1 is really fun, even with the weird timing attacks. The story in 1 makes up for it (and it's great that Polish devs took the dragon age origins engine and created a much more polished game than DAO).

>>381109238
>and it's great that Polish devs took the dragon age origins engine and created a much more polished game than DAO
DAO didn't use the Aurora Engine though. You are thinking of the Neverwinter games.

>>381109532
ah, my bad. I was under the assumption it was the same engine

>>381085467
>>381085649
1 has the shittiest writing, I don't know how you can think otherwise. It's rehashed tales from the books with hamfisted quotes, the whole game is more like a fanfic than a continuation.
2 has the most coherent and well written main quest, but the dialogue is better written in 3. Writing wise 3 only falls flat in some parts of the main story and most of act 3.

>>381108346
Try the Preparations mod for the Witcher 3, requires you to re-craft potions one by one, meditate to brew them.
It's also entirely configurable so you can toggle off anything you don't like.
http://www.nexusmods.com/witcher3/mods/750/?

3 should receive special mentions across all games for it's facial animations during conversations. They nailed it

>>381110085
>someone who understands
>on /v/
Holy shit, anon.

>>381085396
The first one.

The third one is complete dogshi and B&W DLC is even worse

Witcher 2 had by far the best writing and story, it's superior to almost all the books even. And it's almost completely original

Witcher 1 was also good, but it relied too much on retreading the books, from plot points to entire passages taken from the books.

Witcher 3 is just awful sorry, I can't play it without cringing. It's Assassins Creed tier writing, just fucking awful. There are good bits sure, but just no

>>381085396
1=3>>>>>>2

Played through 1 and 3 three times each. Dropped 2 after 10 hours because it's a piece of shit. HoS has the best Witcher content.

>>381106006
Well. Witcher 1 was at any rate.

>>381111116
>played through Witcher 1 five times
>Witcher 2, two times
>Witcher 3, zero times

No matter how hard I try I can never get into Witcher 3, it just feels so god damn generic to me. It's like Ubisoft made the game or something.

>>381111259
Turn off the map markers.

>>381111486
It's not the map markers as much as the terrible quests that make me give up.

>>381111259
play on death march, turn off minimap and the POI crap, don't accept boring fetch quests

I have given the first game a chance 3 times. I love the atmosphere, music and the writing and even the swamp isn't that bad, yet I've made it as far as chapter 3 only once.

>muh lungs... some kind of curse?

>>381111646
Not sure I want to sit though the combat more than I have too, and if I'm gonna ignore all the quests why even play? It's not like the main quests were much more fun either. If anything there were worse.

>>381111609
I don't know what to suggest then, yes most of them use the witcher/batman/eagle vision thing but then what? It's only what links the interesting bits together, everything else about the quests is great.

>>381097071
To be fair, none of the books are actually about witcher work. They're all Geralt going "I don't get involved in politics" and then he proceeds to get involved in politics.

So we're just going to ignore the absolutely garbage voice acting in 1? That shit was so off putting I eventually changed the spoken language. But even in a language I didn't understand you could still tell how shit it was.

2 is incredible and has the best replay value just cuz of act 2.

1 is fascinating but hard to play seriously. Playing it on easy with some speed mods made it very enjoyable, but I can't imagine I would've made it past act 1 if I played it vanilla because fuck man.

3 is my favorite game of all time. And that's without the greatest dlc of all time.

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the first

>>381111807
the game was tolerable, if not great up until Novigrad. But then, major nose dive in almost every way

>>381099742
>Olgierd
Just finished Hearts of Stone for the first time. Why the everloving fuck would you fight him?

I haven't played these games yet, but I really want to. If I were to read through The Last Wish and then play the first game, would it enhance the experience for me in some way?

>>381089134
>Not a single monster felt as epic as the kayran.
The kayran was absolute dogshit. Just put down yrden, dodge, and attack.

It felt like a lame Zelda gimmick boss, rather than a real fight.

>>381111949
Maybe, but for me it was too much to get over. I guess in Witcher 1 the more linear nature helps me get over a lot of the wonky gameplay and combat, but in Witcher 3 the open world design never really worked for me. I've tried it 4 times and always got bored no matter how hard I've tried. I've just given up at this point, I feel like I've given it my hardest shot and it's just not a game for me. Which is fine. bit of a shame, but fine.

>>381112146
That or it would make it worse, first game misses the mark on a lot of little things, you're better off playing the first two games first then reading the books, that way you get all the info at the same time Geralt gets all his memory back.

>>381105853
You can easily play them all with mkb. But the Witcher 3 is considerably better with a controller.

I fucking hate Dandelion's voice.

I want to say because it's American but Geralt sounds fine. He sounds like a nu-male out of modern times.

>>381112917
Bards are meant to be faggots, my man. It's completely in character.

>>381112146
The Last Wish is not enough, I found that Sword of destiny made my - already good - experience with TW2 even better the second time around. I just finished Babtism by Fire a few weeks ago, then met with a character in TW3 who is great, but I wouldn't even know who the fuck he was, if not for the books. Read all you can, they will do a lot for your enjoyment - and they are good too.

>>381112009
Hearts Of Stone being the best dlc of all time I'm assuming

>>381085396
>What's the least smelly pile of shit?

Nice thread OP

>>381085396
Anyone who doesn't say reverse order is retarded.

>>381108698
This triggers me

>>381114530
and retards have arrived

>>381115996
They were always here, only lurking. I could smell their salt from a mile away

>>381085396
3 >= 1 >>>> 2

2 is my favorite and if you disagree I totally understand and respect your opinion.

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>>381085396
1 easily has the best quest design and overall atmosphere. Locations or zones were just the right size in my opinion, not too big so you aimlessly wander around forever and not too small to feel like you're being railroaded. Combat was fine if a bit too simple and served its purpose for the duration of the game but nothing to write home about, however the alchemy system is the best of the three. Probably the best RPG of the three. The soundtrack was better or on par with 3.

2 didn't really hit home for me. I disliked the atmosphere and the political focused story line. Areas got smaller and linear with more loading screens, dropped some RPG elements and inventory got clunkier, it was a bit too consolised. Combat was just awful, it tried hard to be a souls like system but it missed all the beats and ended just being frustrating. Alchemy system was pretty badly implemented too, not only because of the nonsensical durations on the potions, oils and whatnot but the fact you couldn't apply them mid combat and you can't know what/when you're going to fight next making the alchemy more of a hassle than anything. Soundtrack was also unfortunately forgettable outside a few good pieces.

3 was more back in form. Main story isn't that great this time around but it makes up for it with great sideplots, interesting characters, nice attention to detail, amazing atmosphere, some of the best DLCs ever made and fantastic soundtrack. Pretty much everything on a technical level has been improved since the last two games. The world is very pretty, feels fairly alive and much better than 2's way of handling locations. Combat is an improved version of TW2 but since 3 is so long it does get a tad too repetitive and easy over time but it's not as bad as some make it out to be. Alchemy system has once again been improved since 2 but is perhaps a little too simple this time, 1 still has the best implementation.

3 > 1 > 2