The Witcher 1 and 2 aren't necessary in the slightest. This isn't to say they're not good games, but in order to start anew with its own canon separate from the books, CD Projekt Red gave Geralt amnesia at the beginning of the first game.While The Witcher 2 is a definite improvement over the previous games, it's still unnecessary to play to enjoy The Witcher 3. CDPR even expected this, as a mechanic in place allows players who started on The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt to determine Geralt's choices throughout the second game.So in other words, storywise it doesn't make any difference which games you do or don't play before Witcher 3, because Witcher 3's story will still be a mess in every & any case. I never played Witcher 1 & 2 and didn't feel like Witcher 3's story is a mess. And obviously hundreds of thousands of people didn't.
Where to start with The Witcher games : I also would suggest to start with Witcher 3 because it has a good story AND gameplay / controls with a quite good balanced combat system on hardest difficulty. After 3 you can play 1,2 in any order. Both are good and horrible the same time.
Is it okay to play Witcher 3 first
You won't miss much if you start from Witcher 3. There's a few characters that have side quests that you'll be confused on, but it's not that big of a deal. All of the important plot from Witcher 2 is given to you at the beginning of Witcher 3. Witcher 3 is better looking, much longer, and a bit more casual friendly.
Is it necessary to play Witcher 1 before 2 : The witcher game series handles much like the books. each game is it's own story, but each game has events and characters that relate through other games or books. because of this, you do not have to play one game to understand something in another. although it may make a little more sense.
Skipping to it (Assuming you're not done the witcher 1) wont be that bad, youll get the references to the game that they throw off during the begining of the witcher 2 which will be good.
you can directly play witcher 3. the game make sure to explain most of the things and characters. though playing witcher 2 before hand will be better to get to know most of the lore and characters of the game. it is not necessary to play wither 2 before but playing it is advisable.
Do I need to play previous games Witcher 3
Absolutely not, I know some people who went straight to Witcher 3 and didn't have a problem at all. For the most part the stories in all 3 games are independent and you don't need to know what happened in them to understand what's going on in the later games.On the other hand, The Witcher 3 is a fair bit more permissive, with combat being smoother and faster, fitting in better with the open-world, free-roam structure. Geralt is also more resilient and quick healing with potions is more of an option than it was in TW2, which required you to drink all potions ahead of time.Yes, you can. But I don't recommend you to because you won't understand a lot of stuff in this game if you haven't played previous titles yet.. I would recommend you to watch some videos at least, so you'll start playing The WItcher 3 with all (or almost) information that you need.
It's not mandatory. Witcher 1 is a very different game mechanically from the others, though, so you might want to do that first and then play the other two. That's only if you plan on playing all three no matter what.
Does Witcher 1 affect Witcher 2 : Several choices, items, and a small amount of money are transferred to the sequel and are accessible at the start of the game. A small percentage of your orens (about 1% of your saved game from The Witcher added to the standard ~ 150 orens of a fresh game).
Should I play Witcher 2 or 3 first : You won't miss much if you start from Witcher 3. There's a few characters that have side quests that you'll be confused on, but it's not that big of a deal. All of the important plot from Witcher 2 is given to you at the beginning of Witcher 3. Witcher 3 is better looking, much longer, and a bit more casual friendly.
Is it necessary to play The Witcher 1
It's not mandatory. Witcher 1 is a very different game mechanically from the others, though, so you might want to do that first and then play the other two. That's only if you plan on playing all three no matter what.
You won't miss much if you start from Witcher 3. There's a few characters that have side quests that you'll be confused on, but it's not that big of a deal. All of the important plot from Witcher 2 is given to you at the beginning of Witcher 3. Witcher 3 is better looking, much longer, and a bit more casual friendly.You definitely don't need to. The Witcher 3 does a good job of explaining things. Although in the Witcher 2 you'll see what happened earlier to some of the characters who will appear in The Witcher 3 such as Roche and Phillipa.
Is Witcher 3 better than Rdr2 : Rdr2 has the best graphics and animations but the witcher 3 has more content and is more imaginative in many ways. O wish there was more games like these, my preference still goes to tw3 because it was such a blast with all the extensions but rdr2 was amazing as well.
Antwort Do the Witcher games need to be played in order? Weitere Antworten – Do you need to play The Witcher games in order
You can skip The Witcher 1 and 2
The Witcher 1 and 2 aren't necessary in the slightest. This isn't to say they're not good games, but in order to start anew with its own canon separate from the books, CD Projekt Red gave Geralt amnesia at the beginning of the first game.While The Witcher 2 is a definite improvement over the previous games, it's still unnecessary to play to enjoy The Witcher 3. CDPR even expected this, as a mechanic in place allows players who started on The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt to determine Geralt's choices throughout the second game.So in other words, storywise it doesn't make any difference which games you do or don't play before Witcher 3, because Witcher 3's story will still be a mess in every & any case. I never played Witcher 1 & 2 and didn't feel like Witcher 3's story is a mess. And obviously hundreds of thousands of people didn't.
Where to start with The Witcher games : I also would suggest to start with Witcher 3 because it has a good story AND gameplay / controls with a quite good balanced combat system on hardest difficulty. After 3 you can play 1,2 in any order. Both are good and horrible the same time.
Is it okay to play Witcher 3 first
You won't miss much if you start from Witcher 3. There's a few characters that have side quests that you'll be confused on, but it's not that big of a deal. All of the important plot from Witcher 2 is given to you at the beginning of Witcher 3. Witcher 3 is better looking, much longer, and a bit more casual friendly.
Is it necessary to play Witcher 1 before 2 : The witcher game series handles much like the books. each game is it's own story, but each game has events and characters that relate through other games or books. because of this, you do not have to play one game to understand something in another. although it may make a little more sense.
Skipping to it (Assuming you're not done the witcher 1) wont be that bad, youll get the references to the game that they throw off during the begining of the witcher 2 which will be good.
you can directly play witcher 3. the game make sure to explain most of the things and characters. though playing witcher 2 before hand will be better to get to know most of the lore and characters of the game. it is not necessary to play wither 2 before but playing it is advisable.
Do I need to play previous games Witcher 3
Absolutely not, I know some people who went straight to Witcher 3 and didn't have a problem at all. For the most part the stories in all 3 games are independent and you don't need to know what happened in them to understand what's going on in the later games.On the other hand, The Witcher 3 is a fair bit more permissive, with combat being smoother and faster, fitting in better with the open-world, free-roam structure. Geralt is also more resilient and quick healing with potions is more of an option than it was in TW2, which required you to drink all potions ahead of time.Yes, you can. But I don't recommend you to because you won't understand a lot of stuff in this game if you haven't played previous titles yet.. I would recommend you to watch some videos at least, so you'll start playing The WItcher 3 with all (or almost) information that you need.
It's not mandatory. Witcher 1 is a very different game mechanically from the others, though, so you might want to do that first and then play the other two. That's only if you plan on playing all three no matter what.
Does Witcher 1 affect Witcher 2 : Several choices, items, and a small amount of money are transferred to the sequel and are accessible at the start of the game. A small percentage of your orens (about 1% of your saved game from The Witcher added to the standard ~ 150 orens of a fresh game).
Should I play Witcher 2 or 3 first : You won't miss much if you start from Witcher 3. There's a few characters that have side quests that you'll be confused on, but it's not that big of a deal. All of the important plot from Witcher 2 is given to you at the beginning of Witcher 3. Witcher 3 is better looking, much longer, and a bit more casual friendly.
Is it necessary to play The Witcher 1
It's not mandatory. Witcher 1 is a very different game mechanically from the others, though, so you might want to do that first and then play the other two. That's only if you plan on playing all three no matter what.
You won't miss much if you start from Witcher 3. There's a few characters that have side quests that you'll be confused on, but it's not that big of a deal. All of the important plot from Witcher 2 is given to you at the beginning of Witcher 3. Witcher 3 is better looking, much longer, and a bit more casual friendly.You definitely don't need to. The Witcher 3 does a good job of explaining things. Although in the Witcher 2 you'll see what happened earlier to some of the characters who will appear in The Witcher 3 such as Roche and Phillipa.
Is Witcher 3 better than Rdr2 : Rdr2 has the best graphics and animations but the witcher 3 has more content and is more imaginative in many ways. O wish there was more games like these, my preference still goes to tw3 because it was such a blast with all the extensions but rdr2 was amazing as well.