Screenshot from “The Witcher 3” The Xavierite
“The Witcher 3” originally came out on May 19, 2015, and it quickly drew in new fans as well as old ones. People loved its dark but fantastical world that blows you away with its well crafted and interesting lore.
With the release of the brand new remastered “The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt” that’s free for anybody who already owned the original, I thought it’d be a perfect time to go over this game again and explain why everybody loved it so much that it was awarded Game of the Year back in 2015.
I have a total of 176 hours on the PlayStation 5 version of “The Witcher 3” and 162 hours on the PlayStation 4 version. The one thing that drew me into this game was the story and how easy it is to get into for new players.
You play as Geralt of Rivia, one of the notorious Witchers who are monster hunters. He’s looking for his daughter who’s being hunted by a group of people called the Wild Hunt.
The Wild Hunt is a mysterious band of elves who want her because she has something called elder blood. It’s the player’s job to track her down and try to save her from the Wild Hunt.
The story is pretty simple when you get down to the bones of it. It’s basically just a story about a father wanting to reunite with his kid.
One thing I found very helpful is that the game gives you many opportunities to ask questions like who the wild hunt are, what does it mean to have Elder blood, and who is Geralt?
Even though there are two other games and a collection of books in this franchise, you don’t need to play or read them beforehand to understand the story. For many, this is their first introduction to the Witcher—myself included.
This new remaster includes a major graphical update and some quality of life options. You can now turn off stuff like weapon durability and carry weight capacity as well as quick corpse looting and more.
Some of my favorite changes include the changes to the character leveling screen, making it easier for you to get the perks you want faster and making it all around more cool-looking.
They also added the ability to transmog your armor and swords which means you can change the way your armor looks. That way, if you have a really cool set of armor but its stats just aren’t good anymore, you can make your new armor look like the old one. The same goes for swords.
I will say it’s strange that you have to complete the master armor quest line before getting the ability to do this, as that quest is level 24 so it will take a while for a new player to get to that point.
I did experience some bugs when I first started playing the remaster. For example, one of the bugs made it so the dialogue was lower than the background music which made it really hard to hear.
CD Project Red has been pushing out more updates for it, so hopefully any more bugs will be cleared up in the future.
The best parts of this game are the quests and the lore. There are so many quests that can keep you occupied for hours. You really get sucked into the world that “The Witcher 3” makes for itself.
I’ve replayed this game at least three times at this point and never get bored of the quest, which shows just how immersive the game is.
I absolutely love the lore as well. I often find myself reading through the bestiary to learn about the many different monsters this game has to offer.
With the announcement of “The Witcher 4” aiming to come out in 2028, this is the perfect opportunity for new and old players to play “The Witcher 3.”
You can now play “The Witcher 3” remastered on Steam, the Xbox Series, and PlayStation 5 as well on the Nintendo Switch 2.
I hope you all have a great and immersive monster hunting experience.
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