Not really necessary at all. The start of witcher 3 sorta goes over the major plot points of the first two games, I think there was even a catch-up movie that recapped the first two.
The Witcher and Assassin of Kings are good, but nowhere near as good as Witcher 3. I wouldn't bother playing them just to catch up on the story.
edit: the movie
I did, and clocked in at around 180 hours by the time I was done. The question marks in the Skellige waters are extremely tedious and redundant (it's all just buried treasure you have to dive in for, and I experienced a glitch where "press X to dive" stopped working after a while). But to the best of my recollection, I didn't even get an achievement for clearing all of the question marks.Did most of you actually complete the entire game? Like every question mark, every gwent card and every contract or side quest? Considering going for it, but not sure if it's worth it.
Especially the gwent cards and 8000 smugglers cache's in Skellige. Gwent is fun, but it's a bit tedious to collect all cards when you don't know who you've played already.
Yeah, I have that book now. It only says how many cards are missing in in which country they are in. The book is not that helpful IMO.I did, and clocked in at around 180 hours by the time I was done. The question marks in the Skellige waters are extremely tedious and redundant (it's all just buried treasure you have to dive in for, and I experienced a glitch where "press X to dive" stopped working after a while). But to the best of my recollection, I didn't even get an achievement for clearing all of the question marks.
At some point near the end, you'll probably get a book called "The Miraculous Guide to Gwent" which shows all the cards you don't have. I'm not sure if it'll tell you the location as well, but chances are you'll be able to Google them and track them down. But it's just good practices to talk to every innkeeper, check their inventory for cards, and play Gwent with everyone who has the dialog option.
I think I'm gonna get the complete edition when it releases later this month. I have Witcher 2 on 360 but I never finished it. Do I need to finish it to enjoy W3?
Yeah, the world is so fleshed out it's insane really. That said, some things do feel a bit like a chore if you want to finish everything. Like the treasure hunts for all the Witcher armor and weapons. Same thing over and over again.Open world games should follow The Witcher 3's example and populate the world with interesting quests. Often times I didn't even want to use the fast travel option because I was worried about missing a hidden quest or event. Even now, after finishing the game I feel like I missed something somewhere. Definitely one of my all time favorite game franchises.
Getting my shit pushed in in Blood and Wine. Grattore and the Living Statues are cucking me. My build is shit. Witcher players, pls halp
Odd. I never really had money problems in The Witcher, but probably because I look damn near everything and sell everything I don't need. I loot food, drink, pelts, miscellaneous junk, etc. not to mention I play Gwent all the time. As the game goes on and you level up more and more just make sure you look out for chests and look your enemies. You'll end up getting quite a bit of gold. Also roam around the map looking for mini treasure seeker type quests (but be careful or else you'll run into an area thats way to high level and you'll get rekt'd.)I bought this game and started playing it over the weekend. So far I am really liking it, but I am a noob with this kind of gameplay.
I like the combat mechanics, even though that seems to be the biggest thing that people complain about. The striking is easy, the dodge is responsive. I just don't like how long it takes you to recover in order to cast a sign after dodging. Half the time I am mashing my button, hoping that I get the sign casted before I get staggered again.
I am only level 4 so far. I've killed a Griffen and a Werewolf, and now I just cleared the part where you are in the Elven ruins underground with that blonde witch, and you have to fight a couple wraiths that appear as dopplegangers of Geralt and Blondie.
My biggest beef with the game is the looting system. I am constantly fucking BROKE. Any time I get anything more than 100 coins in my possession, I have to spend it all on repairing my stuff. So I see all these armour sets that I would like to buy, but I never have money for any of it.
Is there an easy way to get some money in this game?