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Witcher 1 free on GOG.com

VrikaVrika Member LegendaryPosts: 7,989
CD Projekt Red is now giving Witcher 1 free through GOG.com

https://www.gog.com/gwent-welcome-bonus

You'll need to subscribe to their newsletter to get the game, but you can cancel the newsletter immediately afterwards.

Witcher 1 was released in 2007, and its gameplay is bad compared to modern games. But it has 50+ hours of excellent story. So if you like gameplay then it's likely not a game for you, but if you like single-player RPGs with good stories then it's worth checking out.

Witcher 1 received Metacritic score of 86 and Metacritic user score of 8.3
  https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/the-witcher-enhanced-edition
 
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  • AlBQuirkyAlBQuirky Member EpicPosts: 7,432
    Have they remade Witcher 1 yet? I heard they were going to update it. Is it the "updated" game or the original?

    Thanks for sharing the info :)

    - Al

    Personally the only modern MMORPG trend that annoys me is the idea that MMOs need to be designed in a way to attract people who don't actually like MMOs. Which to me makes about as much sense as someone trying to figure out a way to get vegetarians to eat at their steakhouse.
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  • ScotScot Member LegendaryPosts: 24,420
    Deserves a bump.

    If it is free it has to be the original?
    AlBQuirky
  • Asm0deusAsm0deus Member EpicPosts: 4,618
    edited October 2022
    Scot said:
    Deserves a bump.

    If it is free it has to be the original?

    It's the original but enhanced version.  I think there a new remake on the way but not out yet.
    AlBQuirky

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  • OldKingLogOldKingLog Member RarePosts: 601
    Thanks for the heads up, haven't played this since the year it came out.
    AlBQuirky
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  • IselinIselin Member LegendaryPosts: 18,719
    Nice thing is if you already own it, you can send the free copy as a gift.
    I might just do that. I already got it for free a while back together with the Witcher 2 and Witcher 3 GOTY when I bought Cyberpunk from them.
    AlBQuirky
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  • VrikaVrika Member LegendaryPosts: 7,989
    Asm0deus said:
    Scot said:
    Deserves a bump.

    If it is free it has to be the original?

    It's the original but enhanced version.  I think there a new remake on the way but not out yet.
    It's the original. Enhanced Edition was their update patch that was released about a year after Witcher 1 launched.
    AlBQuirky
     
  • Asm0deusAsm0deus Member EpicPosts: 4,618
    edited October 2022
    Vrika said:
    Asm0deus said:
    Scot said:
    Deserves a bump.

    If it is free it has to be the original?

    It's the original but enhanced version.  I think there a new remake on the way but not out yet.
    It's the original. Enhanced Edition was their update patch that was released about a year after Witcher 1 launched.

    Pretty sure there is only one witcher 1 game on gog and its the enhanced version so not sure what you are saying here. You should be getting this below from that link.



    Not this one here which isn't out yet:








    AlBQuirky

    Brenics ~ Just to point out I do believe Chris Roberts is going down as the man who cheated backers and took down crowdfunding for gaming.





  • DigDuggyDigDuggy Member RarePosts: 694
    A shame the witcher is changing actors :(

    ScotSovrath
  • VrikaVrika Member LegendaryPosts: 7,989
    edited October 2022
    Asm0deus said:
    Vrika said:
    Asm0deus said:
    Scot said:
    Deserves a bump.

    If it is free it has to be the original?

    It's the original but enhanced version.  I think there a new remake on the way but not out yet.
    It's the original. Enhanced Edition was their update patch that was released about a year after Witcher 1 launched.

    Pretty sure there is only one witcher 1 game on gog and its the enhanced version so not sure what you are saying here. You should be getting this below from that link.



    Not this one here which isn't out yet:


    I tried to say that "The Witcher: Enhanced Edition" is the original Witcher 1. They added "Enhanced Edition" to the name after one of their original free update/bugfix patchets.
    Asm0deusAlBQuirky
     
  • ScotScot Member LegendaryPosts: 24,420
    edited October 2022
    Qbertq said:
    A shame the witcher is changing actors :(

    Cavill was really good, better than I thought he would be. I have always thought him a bit wooden and said, "this will be a great role for him as Witcher's don't have much in the way of emotions." I guess people thought I was having a dig, but it was a genuine comment, I thought this title like Superman would fit his limited range.

    But having seen the series I have to say he has shown a subtlety of emotion simmering beneath the emotionally muting effect of becoming in effect a mutant. So, he has made me totally reappraise how good he is as an actor.
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  • AdamantineAdamantine Member RarePosts: 5,094
    Witcher 1 combat was already really bad at the time of release, and it only got even more stupid and pointless if you raised the challenge level.

    AlBQuirky
  • AlBQuirkyAlBQuirky Member EpicPosts: 7,432
    Witcher 1 combat was already really bad at the time of release, and it only got even more stupid and pointless if you raised the challenge level.


    That's why I never got very far in that game :)
    Adamantine

    - Al

    Personally the only modern MMORPG trend that annoys me is the idea that MMOs need to be designed in a way to attract people who don't actually like MMOs. Which to me makes about as much sense as someone trying to figure out a way to get vegetarians to eat at their steakhouse.
    - FARGIN_WAR


  • AdamantineAdamantine Member RarePosts: 5,094
    AlBQuirky said:
    Witcher 1 combat was already really bad at the time of release, and it only got even more stupid and pointless if you raised the challenge level.


    That's why I never got very far in that game :)

    Me neither.

    AlBQuirky
  • cheyanecheyane Member LegendaryPosts: 9,404
    I think I got to the third Act and I have not finished it.
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