The Witcher 3 – Notes

Narrative: You play as the Witcher Geralt , a monster slayer, and follow his story as he tries to track down his elder blood ‘daughter’ (he treats her and calls her his daughter even though she isn’t his daughter) who is being hunted by ‘The Wild Hunt’. You travel to different locations meeting different characters who give you different quests to do in order to gain knowledge of where Ciri might be. The second half of the story is more about trying to defeat the Wild hunt as they chase you both.

Characters: There are many characters through the story, some who play as small part in 1 -2 missions and some that stay relevant through the whole story. The main character is Geralt the Witcher you play as through the game, he is joined by a hole cast of characters many of which are returning characters from the previous two Witcher games such as Yennefer, Triss, Vesemir, Ciri, Enhyr, Dandelion and many more.  

Game Play: The gameplay of the Witcher 3 is great and players can chose what they want to do. There is a lot of intense fights and battle through the game but there is an equal amount of exploring and adventuring through the massive maps. If players would prefer to have their hand held and only follow the main story they can simply do one main mission after another until they reach the games end although it is not encouraged, in some cases main missions will be too hard as the player is too low level so they are forced to do some side quests to level up.  

  

Visuals: Visually the game is stunning. The world looks photo realistic from its vibrant forests and fields to the dark dank caves and swamps. The graphics couldn’t be better.

Sounds: The sounds of the game are very satisfying and also very realistic, as you run through woods you hear the sounds of your feet snapping twigs and crushing leaves, while on snow you can hear the sound of squelching snow. Every one of the creatures have unique sounds which fit their height, size and appearances.   

Music: The Witchers 3 sound track is one of the best parts of the game, it is done by a small band who use instruments representative of the time the game is set in which fits with the feel of the game. As you enter combat the music will kick in with some faster pace music which makes battles more intense and while you explore the land more wondrous music plays helping you get lost as you aimlessly travel.  

Difficulty: The Witcher 3 can be as hard as you want it to be. If you play on the easiest difficulty the game will really put up no challenge as creates die quickly and you take such little damage. Bump the difficulty up and you will find that creates hit much hard causing you to have to become better at dodging and timing you attacks and utilise your positions and spells effectively to survive.

Replay ability: The Witcher 3 is very replay able as many of the choices you make will affect the ending of the game, meaning that you can play through the game a number of times exploring different paths and getting different outcomes.

Genre: The Witcher 3 is an open world, action, role-playing game.

Target audience: This game is aimed at a more mature audience as it explores ideas such as racism and presents very graphical scenes of gore and nudity.

Personal Response: I really enjoyed the Witcher 3 and liked getting invested it each of the different characters and seeing where they ended up at the end of the game. The gameplay was fun and intuitive, the graphics were breath-taking and immersive and the story (for the most part) was fun and engaging.