The Witcher is getting a remake… So I tried the OG version 

At least the game industry is actually remaking a game where it makes sense for once :'D

For me, Witcher 1 has the best story out of all three. The ambience and the world are incredible!

I still super appreciate what CDPR did in The Witcher 3 with Kaer Morhen. Despite getting so far, Technology advancements, different artstyle, Kaer Morhen had the same basic layout as in The Witcher 1. So many game series change how locations look and feel between games so much it feels like a different place. I really loved to walk through the same courtyard and revisit the interior. It feels like the same world, how it should be

It's still my favorite one! The music and the atmosphere. The best ones for me.

October 26 was the release date of The Witcher, Undead Nightmare and RDR2. What an impactful day for gaming

The first Witcher may not have aged so well But I played it and finished a few months ago and it’s atmosphere, art design and music are unmatched by most games now a days Sure the combat isn’t great, but once you get into the rhyme it let’s you “feel” like a Witcher I would highly recommend Joseph andersons video on it. Truly a diamond in the rough and I’m sure the remake will let it truly shine

The Witcher 1 had a Superb Story, Amazing atmosphere, Beautiful Music.

My body is ready for a Luke Stephens Witcher 1 and 2 retrospective

The stance that Witcher uses to strike from a high point, by keeping the sword high before he attackes is called "la posta di falcone". The Knights Templar of Pisa in Italy came up with and mastered this technique AND included in their training. It was used through the crusades when wielding a two hand sword.

You have no idea how EPIC the dialogs are in The Witcher 1, especially in the Polish language

The combat in this game actually gets really fun once you unlock some of the spells and delve into the crafting etc. I got so addicted to leveling up in this game and seeing all the different shit that can happen based on your choices. There’s so much replay value in it. It definitely does need a remake but the combat is a lot better then you show in this video lol.

This game was definitely the most atmospheric of the 3, i also liked the mechanics.

I wanted to finish W1&W2 before getting into W3 and that’s exactly what I did. It was around 2020/2021 and I still enjoyed this one a lot. After I got use to the combat and graphics, I had pretty good time.

TW1 hold a special place in my heart but I would never expect anyone to play through it for the first time in 2022, which is sad. It's clunky and janky, but the atmosphere is still soooooo good. Thank god for the coming remake.

As a non-gamer who just loved the Witcher books and wanted to try the game, the first Witcher was absolutely perfect. I get that it doesn't live up to modern standards, but from my perspective, I would love to see them update the graphics and that's it, I would gladly play it again. It was just so much simpler than all the other games I tried to get into. For a novice in gaming, the isometric view made it much easier for me and the mechanism for combos was enough to feel like I do have to do something but wasn't overwhelming. Upgrading the skills was also so much easier. The game was not overloaded with stuff and I knew what I needed to do to get better and progress. I just recently started playing Witcher 3 and it sometimes overwhelms me just how much STUFF there is. I end up using two basic recipes and that's it. I know that they make games for gamers, who get a lot of that much faster because they've played 10 or 20 similar games already, but Witcher 1 was great because a person who hasn't played a computer game in years can just get into it and enjoy the story. And that is something that is not easily encountered these days, I feel.

The original game was actually pretty good for it's time, even if it was a little clunky. Interesting story choices, as if they weren't sure how they wanted to follow the books and how I thought Triss acted more like Yen in this game.

the atmosphere is sooo good...never played more atmospheric game...the first and second act especially

You've absolutely gotta go through the original. It's janky as hell, but a fun adventure

witcher 1 has the best music and atmosphere. also the story is fantastic and number of choices is astounding.

I think Witcher 1 aged very well, except for a combat system, which can be a little weird for players who are used to a more modern action style gameplay. It's a 2007 game developed by rather small studio back then.

This was amazing game back there, the problem is in people who cares only about graphics or new gameplay mechanics, games back there was about stories they tell and atmosphere they made

This is going to be incredible in unreal engine 5. The atmosphere, story, acting and music is incredible. Not sure what they’ll do with regards to the combat, but if they just make it like W3 it will be fine.

I lost my Witcher 3 saves like 3 times, then I found out that I could keep playing my own story from 1 to 3. When I gave Witcher 1 a try, MAN, what an amazing experience. The atmosphere, ambience, sound and plots were more memorable than most games I've played recently. I'd recommend it even if it is 2022, just need a little patience. If you can finish Chapter 1, you are golden! It just gets better and better

I remember playing it back in the day, my first impression was not good at all, but once I got going I got hooked like hell, it's an awesome game, I will definitely play the remake.

Definitely do long-form critiques for 1 and 2. And since you'll play them fully to so so, carry your save file all the way to Witcher 3, like in Mass Effect ;)

I genuinely love this game, flaws and all. It may not hold up to today's standards but you can't judge a product of its time. Considering this was their first game, they did a spectacular job.

I was 18 when this game came out. It was amazing. I still have the original box and booklet and CD in my dresser.

This was one of the first games I played when I got my pc 2 years ago. There was a Witcher games sale and I got all 3 very cheap. Can't wait to see what the remake looks like. Probably gonna be more in line with the 2nd game. I don't think they go with the open world but the Witcher 2 open areas with quests.

*It's one of the greatest true RPGs ever made* Also the combat system is elegant and satisfying once you learn to use it and put a few points into your chosen stance

th eoriginal is amazing, theres some things i like in it , more than the newer games. 3 different camera angles, the 3 different stances, depnding on creatures you fight. Looks great, even today. Games dont need to be open world, just the areas need to be big enough for it to seem larger than it is. Open worlds are often just large walking simulators and empty nothing lands.

Legit been replaying this these last few weeks and then the remake gets announced! Lets gooo! Im probably more excited for this than the actual new trilogy

I love this OG version till today. And I've played it few times.

I have finished this game 13 times and it's a gem.

This game's engine is a heavily-modified version of the Aurora Engine, which was used for Neverwinter Nights. It's actually quite amazing how CD Project Red was able to take a game engine based off of D&D 3rd edition to a pseudo-action game.

A bit of a correction - I believe only two of the additional stories were created by CDPR. They include voice acting and are translated better. The rest are just a collection of fanmade short stories that were nice enough to include within the game.

I just hope the remake captures the OG's atmosphere, I loved the game just for that

The beginning section of the game is bad but it gets much much better the more the story progresses, I absolutely loved the atmosphere this game has

If you haven't, I would strongly recommend the Mouse control option. It's what I selected when I first played and I think the game was actually built with this control scheme in mind and Keyboard+mouse was added toward release because that was the way other games were going and a lot of users were now preferring "Over the Shoulder" controls. However when I went back and played OTS, it felt so clunky and weird and I found myself understanding the hate for the combat much more. The combat in isometric mode works fine because you are detached from the player character, so the abstract combat minigame is pretty reasonable and from just a practical point of view, the camera is more stable which makes clicking on enemies mush easier. OTS with the minigame combat is just bizarre because you expect to be in direct control of the character with LMB to quick attack and RMB to strong attack with target locking. Instead you have to actually click the enemy with your cursor (while the camera bounces around) to attack and quick/strong/group are attack modes which you select on screen or through keyboard shortcuts. It just doesn't make sense. So yeah try the isometric controls (I think you can change at any time) and see if it makes more sense, I know I really enjoyed the combat at the time and even more recently when I played it again and I know I didn't agree with the hate for combat at the time but playing OTS definitely gave some insight into why people didn't like the combat, I didn't like it either playing OTS.

Duuuuude yes, I would love a retrospective of the first two games as well. Just played through the first game a few months ago and I loved it

W1 did a LOT of things really well, especially in regards to combat despite how janky it is. It has perhaps the best prep for fights in the series because combat style, oils, and equipment actually matter too much to be overcome with simple skill. It also has bar none the best alchemy system in all of gaming: ingredients are plentiful, but strong alcohols are rare and valuable so you scavenge and save for those so you can make the stronger potions. These stronger potions are also valuable and rare enough that you don't get endless stacks of them cluttering up your inventory to the point where you never use them or completely forget about them like often happens in other games with complex alchemy systems. The fact that ingredients are divisble into base alchemical materials also means no specific ingredient is super vital (excepting those for unique potions, things like werewolf hair etc.) so you don't run into that issue where you have all the ingredients to make a good potion... except for that one you just can't seem to find, so you're stuck with your inventory full of the other stuff and you just want to brew it all into less space-consuming potions already. Besides the creation, using potions is also the best in the series in W1. It's a quick animation usable whenever you need it (unlike W2) and the effects last long enough that you don't have to hover a finger over a hotkey (W3) or worry about them running out in the middle of a damn cutscene (W2 again, Jesus fuck W2's alchemy system was a complete trash fire). It's just so damn good in all aspects it's insane how they completely fumbled it in the sequels. As a HEMA practitioner, I also appreciate it having the best sword animations in the series (excluding some of the sillier executions), with Strong Steel just oozing with that OBERHAU VOR VOR VORSCHLAG big dick energy and Group Steel being full on montante SPIN2WIN BABY. Also the parry animations are just, UNF. Oh and the mordschlags are awesome. It plays very weirdly, but it's all surely to give you more time to admire the beautiful animations, I'm sure! :D Another thing is just how damn poor you are in the game; it's the authentic Witcher experience of constantly having to scrounge for coins to make ends meet. In W3 when the Emperor offers Geralt a reward for finding Ciri it's just "lol, I make that in like an hour, whatever man", but when at the end of W1, Foltest offers Geralt gold to go take care of the Flaming Rose, Geralt's double-take is 1-to-1 my own reaction, because, HOLY SHIT HE'S OFFERING YOU A LOT OF FUCKING MONEY. W1 is my most replayer Witcher game. Partly that's due to how old it is and how long I've been aware of the series, but it's also undeniably because I love the game a lot.

The environment looks gorgeous, the atmosphere is great especially walking around the city. This is very impressive for a 2007 game.

I played this game about 8 months ago, and I loved it. I'm not too picky about old games. It's easy for me to get into them. Idk why others struggle.

I wanted to get into the witcher world back in 2021 and decided to play all the games, starting with the first one. Although at first I kind of was kind of reluctant to play it after seeing how it was and barely understanding anything, I decided to keep playing it. Turns out that even tho it can be hard to get into it, if you do it is amazing, I personally loved it and its probably my favorite although 3 comes in close. But the first one was just great and hearing its going to have a remake makes me happy and can't wait to play it, even tho I don't really play much videogames anymore.

Good analysis. This game is what introduced me to the world of The Witcher. I bought it when the Enhanced Edition was released. I still have it (on DVD). One thing to remember is this game used Bioware's Neverwinter Nights engine. They had club the engine into submission to do what they did, but in the end, I do like the story it tells. And if you can make yourself play it and The Witcher 2, it will definitely fill in some areas in the Witcher 3. But to really appreciate all of the games, you definitely will do yourself a big favor in reading the books. Once I found out the games were based on books, I purchased them and replaying the games now (I've finished all 3), many things that are said in the game that might seem coming out of left field now make perfect sense. I understand this game is old, but I do think if you really want to appreciate the entire Witcher game saga, you would do yourself a disservice in NOT playing this game. Plus, you can use the save game from Witcher 1 to feed into Witcher 2 and then to feed into Witcher 3. There are also some great mods out there that can at least make the textures look much better in both games. In the end, it's up to the user, but you can get Witcher 1 free on GOG so why not try it?

I bought the first Witcher game right after W2 came out and got such rave reviews (back when game reviews were mostly about the actual game). I felt exactly like you did in the beginning; I didn't even want to play through the prologue. But since I had payed for it, I decided to give it another hour or so. During that next hour I got completely hooked. Even though I only played through it once, I remember as many scenes from this game as I did from the sequel which I played several times. Though, for anyone trying it out today, I can imagine the jankyness may be just a little too rough. A good remake may definitely be worth checking out for old fans of this franchise.

I love the OG Witcher gameplay. Combat was very rhythmic in changing between styles mid fight looked very cool. Clunky nowadays. But cool

I remember there are some in game text that still left untranslated. A door in one of the inn still have polish description on it.

As a Pole, I grew up on the witcher, I've read books when I was in primary school (15 years ago) I played first witcher game when it premiered and it is a fact I can't look at it with such critique as people who started with the witcher 3. I know this game inside out because I played from start to finish like 5 times (not kidding) I can walk through locations from memory. For me it is a legacy, but I can acknowledge it's flawes. Anyway, I can't wait to play the remake

you absolutely should play the first witcher if you like the franchise. The first act is very clunky and might turn you off at first but if you push through to the second and third chapter, thats where it really shines. The games has a lot of heart, great amosphere and a pretty decent story. This game might not be a 10/10 but its a very solid game non the less with a pretty lengthy campaign. Go check it out if you love rpgs seriously its worth it past the first chapter.

It's the one I've like most. And I played it to completion in 2017

I bet the remake is "Witcher 3 mechanics" + "Witcher 1 story" + "new side quests". A few tips for those who want to play The Witcher 1 for the first time: - First develop Aard, then Igni. Aard will allow you to oneshot enemies (I even killed a boss once like that), and use Igni occasionally to burn down a few annoying enemies from a safe distance (and one boss). Ignore the rest, they're not very good - Then develop your fighting styles - Strength, Dexterity, Stamina and Intelligence have some interesting things, develop them in the meantime (if I remember correctly Int has herbalism) - The controls are cumbersome at first, but after 2-3 hours you should get used to it and not even think about it. Maybe you will even like them (like me) - Alchemy is your friend - Enjoy the best storyline in the trilogy!

I would love your long form videos on The Witcher 1 and 2. Very interesting games that should have more discussion around them considering their importance to how big The Witcher has become.

The first Witcher was amazing, the combat is not that bad, you just need to upgrade Gerald and then is actually amazing!

not only its not bad, its the best out of three no doubt

I beat this game about a year ago. I have ADD so finishing a game for me is a huge accomplishment. It does have a lot of aged gameplay mechanics and can be a hard pill to swallow at times, but it was absolutely worth it for me! Throwing on some updated graphics mods helped a lot and the game looked beautiful at times.

I got witcher 3 on steam sale, watched a playthrough of this game and loved it for the story like you said

Feels same as the first rdr. It's datet, but you can see the masterpiece showing

This game is the best from the whole series.

I honestly think that the Jump from Witcher 2 to 3 is one of if not the biggest jump in quality to date, I suppose you could say GOW too but that was changed way more

This was actually the first game i ever gotten on steam. I have fond memories of this game. The story surprised me and I enjoyed it a lot. I probably wouldnt play it again due to how old the controls are though.

I actually enjoyed the Witcher 1 and 2 more than 3. They felt more focused and that they had more heart.

new players criticizing great games ... it doesn't have super ray tracing with cgi and millions of effects but good games never age ... those who doesn't understand that are not real gamers only casuals

I remeber seeing the witcher 1 in a 20$ offer around 2010 and bought it cause it cause it had all these quotes from sites and magazines in the box like "proof that single player is still alive on PCs" and other like that. And that is part of its legacy. The game came out in a period where WOW and FPS and MMOs in general were the mainstream. In any case, like a year later i got sick and stayed at home for 10 days. all i did was wake up, make coffee, play witcher, eat, sleep, repeat. Witcher 1 is in my top5 all time favorite games. Absolutely massive masterpiece. Once you play it for 1-2 hours and you get used to the battle system and camera it feels natural. Absolutely GOAT

The Witcher 1 definitely has the best atmosphere in the series for me, really love the story too. I just really hate the amount of backtracking and the swamp area (who doesnt?). And no, it's not about nostalgia because I just started playing Witcher series 2 years ago started from the The Witcher 1.

Now this Remake is well deserved and I'm down for it, hope they don't change the story and the rest they can do whatever.

I already did years ago great story poor gameplay tho but the story definitely made it worth it

Re playing this beauty again now. Once you fall in love with the jank. It's perfect 😊

I'm playing Witcher 1 again for the 3rd time. It's actually a masterpiece RPG. Play it on hard difficulty fo the full experience. You HAVE to use potions and alchemy. You are heavily inentivised to figure out how alchemy works so you not only have potions, but potions with buffed effects (ingredients often have 2 "elements", the dominant element, eg th colour, and the recessive element, eg nigredo.) If all ingredients in a potion share a recessive element, your potion gets a huge buff. Eg Swallow with Celandine, drowner tongue and cats eye not only boosts your haling, but you get the added bonus of 20% extra damage. On hard you need all the buffs you can get. I also love the witcher 2. But more for its wonderful plot. Witcher 3 is awesome, but I think it's the weakest game in the series. It's a great game, but CD Projekt red intentionally changed the story and made it more casual to attract a heap of new players, piggybacking off the "mythos" of the witcher 2. Heaps of people heard about how amazing withcer 2 was, but not many played it as in 2011 it required quite a good PC to run. W3 released on console, and didnt require much more than W2 did to run. So it had a bigger audience when it dropped. Also the W2 elven bath sex scene is legendary. The dialogue in the witcher 1 is legendary too. "Come and try it, Pleb"

You "tried" the OG version? You didn't even finish the tutorial, spent 10 minutes repeating the same stuff over and over, and then jumped to "new adventures" for 5 minutes (which btw is fan-made content added to the game post-release). I wouldn't call that "trying".

The combat system is still the best out of all of the games, especially Witcher 3's horrible combat.

Would highly recommend Joseph Anderson for the Witcher 1 and 2 critiques.

The main problem with combat that on beggining it has bascially like 3 attack animations because we have not invested any talents that unlock new ones. It takes a while to unlock, after that it looks much cooler, so its impressive in the beggining. When I played the game in 2007 it was really cool for me in general, but nowadays I wouldn't so amazed by it. Still I've completed the game 5 times so it the combat wouldn't be issue for me. Its just matter of understanding which stance to choose for given situation and enemy, I think that dodge system is even better than in W2 (although sequel has much better fightning system). All in all, it is really unique, fun and engaging that does not hold your hand all the time .

The gameplay in this game was outdated even in 2007.

The remake will be WOKE...screw it, playing the original version. Don't care, I am an old gamer.

TW1 is one of the greatest games i've played. The super dense and dark atmosphere is unmatched by neither TW2 or TW3. Even the world graphics have aged really well (thanks to precomputed lighmaps). The other two games in the trilogy excel at other things though: TW2 has the best combat cinematics and TW3 is the best allround package and a worthy GOAT (in my experience of 25 years PC gaming). I'm worried that a TW1 will never reach the world building and atmosphere perfection of the original.

I finished it once, the remastered version. The main issue I had was the frequency of loading screens which ticked me off. Looking forward to the remake.

Bought it on pc right after I played the 2nd game at release on the 360 and even then it was hard to get into. Can’t wait for the new version.

I've played 2, and played 3 for hundreds of hours. Never played 1. Always wanted to but now I'll definitely hold off. Really excited for this remake!

I've been watching so many Witcher videos, I really wanna go back and try to start and finish Witcher 3 again. I've never managed to finish it or start the DLC. I always get to Skellige, and get burnt out and need a break. But, as much as I wanna jump in, I also wanna wait another 2 weeks or so for the next gen upgrade to come out. With the updated controls, graphics, and photo mode.

I lovet the first Witcher and when the second one came out I loved the first one more. I tried playing the whole series again recently and with mods and improvements it's stil really rough. But the atmosphere of the game really was one of the highlights of my gaming hobby. If they manage to translate that in the remake, I'll be so happy.

Trust me guys if you play it super high it’s so much fun and hilarious i really enjoyed the story too this is a classic

This is one of my most favorite games ever. I have played and finished it multiple times throughout the years. And I somehow keep on coming back to it. And I used to play it on a crappy Sony Vaio laptop with a mobile graphics card. It was lagging, stuttering, freezing and crashing. I even had to lower the settings to make it work properly. But that didn't stop me from enjoying it. It's a fantastic game. Having read the books, the game somehow captures the world of the witcher extremely well. It's still worth playing. But I totally agree that it deserves a remake. The combat system will definitely be modernised. And UE 5 is shaping up to be an awesome engine. Looking forward to hearing more on this remake!

I'm excited for the remake and now my friend can play the first one. Hes only played the third one. I also hope they keep the conquest cards

Playing through the game right now, very clunky, loving it. Excited for the remake, excited to play 2 and 3 for the first time too.

I remember playing this around the time Steam released their Dualshock 4 support. I mapped those keys to the controller and played the whole thing with it.

Actually the development of The Witcher started as a Top Down game almost like Dota, and it was supposed be played with mouse only, CDPR later added keyboard support and changed it to an action rpg with over head camera.

I have actually put more hours into The Witcher 1 than the other two games. The game might not have aged well in the graphics/combat department, but it is a very fleshed out world and game. It has a special charm and hard to describe polish to it that I really enjoyed. It seems like a lot of great ideas and passion went into developing this game. It simultaneously takes you on a nostalgic trip by giving you a game that feels old and functions in some ways to games we played growing up, while also giving us a great story in the world of the Witcher that we have all grown to love. And if you played Witcher 2 and 3 it's nice to get a little more backstory into Geralt. I'm very excited for a remaster.

I remember buying this from off of the shelf. It was a huge black box with the Witcher emblem on the front. It looked interesting, so I bought it after finishing my very first PC build.

I've played W1 three times, working on a fourth. I agree with all the issues you pointed out. This game is JANK personified and boy was it aggravating to get into. Despite those issues I enjoyed it. I liked it much better than 2, never played 3 and don't plan on it.

I played all RPGs and a lot of games generally, but I absolutely seriously consider Witcher 1 a masterpiece. What atmosphere! What art-direction! What a plot! What MUSIC!!!

Got Witcher 1 for free a few years ago and played it for the story, was a lot of fun, Played Witcher 2 afterwards, which aged much better and finished my journey with witcher 3. You will get something out of you old gamesaves each time you start the following witcher game and play it all from the beginning made it so much better.

Wanted to start with The Witcher 2 for a few days of gaming satisfaction then play something else but someone said to do the full series run starting with the first one and I don't regret it one bit. Then my love for the series began (started reading books after playing third one and even watched netflix adaptation). btw I'm very excited for the upcoming remake

Like you mentioned in the video, I'm a new-ish gamer and really just enjoy games for the story and world building. That's why I fell in love with the Witcher 3 game. I really wanted to play the other games but don't have the greatest skills and have a hard time adapting to different game styles, so I never even attempted to play the first two Witcher games. I've watched playthroughs and loved them but want to play them for myself and was very excited when they announced the remake! For very inexperienced gamers like me, this will be so great and bring all these stories to life again for many.

i played this game back in 2014 when The Witcher 3 was announced and i got really interested in the world and tone of it, but i didn't had a powerfull pc back then. While is true that it hasen't aged very well in many aspects, i just so nostalgic for it to introduced me to Geralt and his adventures. The atmosphere was on point in many moments.

You have to take into account that people are not returning for another playthrough of The Witcher for its great combat and silk smooth transitions. They play it for the story, charecters, environment, design, atmosphere, music, lightning and so on. And it's a shame that so many people give up on it in the tutorial just because of the combat or whatever. They don't come to appreciate the charm of The Witcher.

My first witcher a couple of years ago, I loved it 😁

I picked up the Witcher franchise by playing Witcher 3. I loved it. Then I tried playing Witcher 1 and Witcher 2. Read all the Witcher books, loved them. Then I tried playing Witcher 2, but quit at the first obvious fetch quest. Tried to play Witcher 1 again. Went to play Cyberpunk 2077 instead and loved it. I think you're spot on.

Out of all three main witcher games, the first has the best music and atmosphere (and so many hilarious NPC interactions). The second is the most visually beautiful for me, because of the eerie forests (and Iorveth of course, how dare they forgot to add him in to TW3!). The third has a lot of fun experiences compared to the two before, but the atmosphere is different. Very underrated game is Thronebreaker: The witcher tales, which storywise is a masterpiece for me. Every witcher game has its own set of pluses and I think it's worth playing. Even the Gwent for someone like me, who doesn't know a damn about building decks is fun because of the stunning artwork.

First time I've played The Witcher, I immediately closed and removed the game in the first combat encounter. I thought I had to press mouse key and it would attack like many games. It wasn't like that. You click to the target, it focuses and attacks automatically like top-down games, and then when the cursor icon turns into fire icon, you press and do high damage attack. I wasn't patient enough to understand that and I've already removed the game. After couple of years, I've met with Mass Effect series and blown away with the first entry. It wasn't as bad as The Witcher in terms of gameplay, but the story was so good! I've learned that sometimes it's really rewarding to be patient with clunky gameplay. I redownloaded The Witcher 1, played again and LOVED it! So my advice is be patient and try to enjoy what's there. You will like it. I liked the first game more than The Witcher 2. The Witcher 3 is the best though.

The way I cackled at how Geralt holds his sword when he’s fighting and running 😂 I had never watched anything about this game.