The music, the atmosphere, the story. Truly incredible, and if this is the only way we'll get more Witcher games then I'm fine with that. I have to say, this is far more than I expected from a Gwent single-player experience. Amazing environments, dialogue, well written characters, even the aftermath of battles, seeing the bodies puts into perspective what's actually going on
The RPG elements are nice, but I like how they're able to let loose with the cards and not worry about "balance"... allowing for some great combos. Armour and loyalty mechanics are good ones, and could be used for future card sets (I'm assuming they won't abandon this). The armour particularly is a good mechanic since it makes Gwent feel like Witcher 3 Gwent again -- large armies hitting the battlefield... where things don't just instantly get removed. Your opponent plays something scary? No worries, you have something worse lined up -- definitely something to consider.
The captive in the intro alluded to Queen of Zerrikania (also a mage), offers tantalizing prospects of more untold stories. Ofier, Zerrikania, Nilfgaard, do it!
I read stories articles about TB not selling well upon initial release, but hopefully they'll consider making more: grow the playerbase with mobile (and I'm sure the Witcher show will help bandwagoners find their ways over to the games and eventually Gwent), and surely there will be better outcomes. I personally will pick up the next one on release should CDPR choose to make another (I wasn't playing Gwent at the time of TB release, so didn't consider it much). I don't what it is about this universe, but I've always underestimated how good the games would be, and had my expectations blown away (except with W3, since I bought it at full price after finishing W2 that I picked up on $5 steam sale not thinking it was going to be anything good).
After being sorely let down by Blizzard over the last years (I think it's safe to say Blizzard will never return to what they used to be -- Warcraft 3 Remastered may be my last purchase with them) I'm happy to see companies like CDPR taking the torch.
For what it's worth, this game is phenomenal, and I'll be spreading to friends to get this, even if they don't play Gwent multiplayer. Like I said before, I'd love to see more, even if they did one from the perspective of an antagonist (perhaps the misdeeds of the infamous Letho), or a story from the perspective of sorceresses (Yen preferrably
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The RPG elements are nice, but I like how they're able to let loose with the cards and not worry about "balance"... allowing for some great combos. Armour and loyalty mechanics are good ones, and could be used for future card sets (I'm assuming they won't abandon this). The armour particularly is a good mechanic since it makes Gwent feel like Witcher 3 Gwent again -- large armies hitting the battlefield... where things don't just instantly get removed. Your opponent plays something scary? No worries, you have something worse lined up -- definitely something to consider.
The captive in the intro alluded to Queen of Zerrikania (also a mage), offers tantalizing prospects of more untold stories. Ofier, Zerrikania, Nilfgaard, do it!
I read stories articles about TB not selling well upon initial release, but hopefully they'll consider making more: grow the playerbase with mobile (and I'm sure the Witcher show will help bandwagoners find their ways over to the games and eventually Gwent), and surely there will be better outcomes. I personally will pick up the next one on release should CDPR choose to make another (I wasn't playing Gwent at the time of TB release, so didn't consider it much). I don't what it is about this universe, but I've always underestimated how good the games would be, and had my expectations blown away (except with W3, since I bought it at full price after finishing W2 that I picked up on $5 steam sale not thinking it was going to be anything good).
After being sorely let down by Blizzard over the last years (I think it's safe to say Blizzard will never return to what they used to be -- Warcraft 3 Remastered may be my last purchase with them) I'm happy to see companies like CDPR taking the torch.
For what it's worth, this game is phenomenal, and I'll be spreading to friends to get this, even if they don't play Gwent multiplayer. Like I said before, I'd love to see more, even if they did one from the perspective of an antagonist (perhaps the misdeeds of the infamous Letho), or a story from the perspective of sorceresses (Yen preferrably
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