A (Mostly) Coherent Review of The Witcher: Old World 

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I think this review saved me a lot of money and some possible disappointment as a fan of the witcher series, but not a huge long game guy without big payout

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She may be losing the battle, but she'll never give up the war 😂

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Thanks for checking out the video! I have played the game with 2 of the 3 expansions available at retail (Skellige and the Mages expansions). Both of them made the game longer and a shade more of a brain-burner, adding to the dimensions of the game that I already struggled to love. Between the two, I preferred the Mages box, mostly for the twist the Mage class added to the combat system, but neither of them polished away the problems I had with the game itself. That said, I'd be interested to hear opinions on this from folks who backed the KS and received the bevy of smaller expansions included in that.

What can I say. Play something else. I hate this new thing that makes a travesty of every story and source just to make everyone happy. Still what you say is correct they could put 2 sorceress in the core game. But the problem is that you would need the extra skill deck and that is not possible imo. So the fact that they made the mages expansion is a pro to that direction.

Thank you, and that's a great question! In our opinion, The Witcher is NOT a must have. It's a handsome box with a lot of interesting ideas, but its disparate pieces come together to create a game that is overlong, cumbersome, and rather flat. If you'd like to try it, we'd recommend picking up the standard retail version over the Deluxe: it's half the price and still gives you the full game experience (the MSRP for the standard version is $99.99-- we've been seeing secondhand copies going for $65-70, as well). We appreciate the sub, and we're excited for you to see our next video! :) we're in the midst of the editing process on it now, and it's going to be... wild.

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Thanks for asking! I love talking sleeves. The sleeves in this video are NOT from Go On Board, and they're VERY cheap little things-- they're 65 mm x 100 mm 'Thin' sleeves by Swan PanAsia. I ordered them off Amazon here: www.amazon.com/dp/B00DOG6RAO?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details It looks like they're currently out of stock, but packs of the 'Thick' version are still available: www.amazon.com/Swan-Premium-Card-Sleeves-65x100mm/dp/B010EJNQC0/ They're thin, but they've held up well over multiple plays. They're a teensy bit sticky, so the shuffle can be slow, but they don't slide around when you've got them stacked, the fit is nice, and the price is right. With these sleeves, my action deck (the tallest in the game) comes in under 5 cm tall, so not quite as towering as a full EDH deck in double Dragon Shields. Bear in mind this is without any of the Kickstarter modules that added cards to the Exploration decks-- if you've got those, your Exploration decks will be much taller than mine. In that case, the stickier Swan sleeves might be worth a try, just to keep them from slipping. Hope that's helpful. Best of luck out there!

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The female Witcher part is just out of respect for the lore. This game is set 200 years before the books/show/game, and it is explicitly said during those that there have never been female witchers, making Ciri an interesting exception. In short, they couldn’t add them without angering the core fanbase for not respecting the lore. That’s why they made an expansion with mages, who are known to count both men and women in their ranks.

@@RavenDumron In the TTRPG, female witchers are a thing even if only from the cat school and the video games took a lot from the TTRPG I think that's something they could have added because overall it's not that impactful. It's usually not something the fanbase cares about until someone brings up that it would be cool to play a female witcher. I'm pretty sure if there were options to play a cat school witcheress, there would not have been any backlash from the fanbase.

Imo as a woman I would like to play as a female even if it isn't canon, I don't think it's right for my ideal character to be locked behind a paywall

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​@@kiwisausageTotally get that. I think they did well with staying in-lore yet having Ciri as a time-traveler theoretically able to be there. But she should've been in the base game and I think they shot themselves in the foot not including her. That's even more true with the monster trail expansion which makes the monster fights sooooo much better! I found every single reviewer complaining about the same-ish battles because the base game lacks it. The worst thing: Nor monster trails nor Ciri are in retail yet. Ciri never will be, the other... I assume it's because marketing is braindead. It's really a pity because I feel like a lot of people will see these reviews and turn down the game when imo with the expansions it becomes truly great: Ciri and Mages give those that want female characters a chance to play with them, monster trails make battles more difficult and interesting, Wild Hunt gives player that aren't as competitive a mode to play with friends or family, ... The base game though has some great games going for it, mostly the deck building and the exploration/story, but it all falls flat when your selling point (fighting monsters) sucks.

@@couchpotatoe91 Perhaps they, like the real patterns in us and around us, just weren't allowed to be Witchers. Perhaps it was frowned upon and not written about or showcased in any way, much like women artists in the Renaissance. Note, that doesn't mean there weren't any! The typical patterns in the universe are complex beyond our comfort, and that means despite our best efforts of creating simple rules, they never actually work out that way.