Tips for completing The Witcher asap

[aleque]

Tips for completing The Witcher asap

Hi

I have tried playing The Witcher 1 several times (2-4 times) and just went "dead" in it. The furthest I got was some place in a swamp and getting some books for Kalkstein. But I was stuck and just stopped playing due to frustration. The game overall just annoys me (interface, inventory, little font size, combat, hard to find objectives), but I still feel like I want to complete it before moving to Witcher 2 and then Witcher 3.

I decided to start all over again, because now I forgot the names, events, etc. Gonna have to complete it in a frenzy not to piss myself off too much.

Can someone please provide me with a few tips on how to complete Witcher 1 as painlessly as possible? Which mods should I acquire to make life easier? Which walkthrough should I follow? Any general advice?

I think, I will end up skipping the crafting part, take a simple melee spec and skip all the unnecessary side quests and secondary activities (like screwing hookers). But I would still like to hear some opinions, whether I should do some specific "secondary" activities / quests, anyway.

I just hate playing a sequel, having some reference in my face and being totally clueless. Like a character saying "long time no see, Geralt!" and I am like "who the hell are you..?"

Any advice is welcome to go get The Witcher over with so that I can get on with my life and play part 2 and 3.

Also, what is it exactly that gets transfered to Witcher 2 when I import the save game from the first game? I assume some main decisions, but what about my spec?

Thanks in advance

 

[kachna96]

I just hate playing a sequel, having some reference in my face and being totally clueless. Like a character saying "long time no see, Geralt!" and I am like "who the hell are you..?"

Then read the books first, you'll feel like that a lot in Witcher 3 without the book knowledge. And after that you might enjoy Witcher 1 a little bit more
If you're not into reading, then all the monster contracts are not necessary to do (which is about 50% of side quest, no kidding). Invest your ability points into health&swords but also in igni&inteligence, igni is too OP later in the game so you can just spam it and win almost every fight.
I can't say much about mods, never used any of them but rise of the white wolf mod is quite popular here.

 

[dragonbird]

Get The Book Of All Knowledge
http://www.nexusmods.com/witcher/mods/245/?

It gives you all the books you need in the game, to give you the beast/plant/potion info instead of having to take the time to find them. Definitely worth it for a fast playthrough.

 

[aleque]

Thank you for the replies. Any further advice is quite welcome. The last time I tried playing TW1 I got frustrated with that there was so much in the quest log and journal. Sure, it's nice having lore but I think it was too much. I wish it was just a little more streamlined like Mass Effect and Dragon Age. I hope it gets better in the sequels.

 

[Greyboxer]

Everything about the game gets better in the sequels, have no fear there. I run a number of mods with my Witcher EE and got quite used to it, coming straight from W3 to W1 was a shock, but mods eased the pain of it all. Its really a great game and loads of fun. I got addicted to dice poker