So, I got a new graphics card (970 GTX) to play through the Witcher 3 again with higher graphics qualities…
But upon installing it, I was reminded that I could import my save game from The Witcher 2:
Having played through 3 once already, I know there’s a simulated save game import through a barber shaving interrogation scene, but I thought… ah hell… I should prob just replay 2 so I can remind myself what the story was about and have a more meaningful experience with 3. I remember thinking that there’s all this mention of Yennefer that really didn’t make sense to me when I played 2 way back when, but now having played 3, I could appreciate mention of her like people who’ve read the source books…
I don’t have much space on my HD, though, so I had to uninstall 3 to make room for 2. Then I got this:
Jeez. Ok. What the hell… Might as well uninstall The Witcher 2, install The Witcher, and start completely over!
I do remember The Witcher relatively well, having done a review of it for E-Learning, but I never played through the Enhanced Edition.
But, you know, then I thought: there’s probably some good mods that’ve come out since The Witcher was first released… And lo and behold:
Hurrah!
So, last week, I finished The Witcher with Rise of the White Wolf. The Enhanced Edition seemed like an improvement, but it was still pretty clunky. Combat takes some getting used to, characters clip and stutter like crazy in cutscenes, and there’s something seriously wrong with how Zoltan looks…
Anyway, this week and next and maybe longer, I’ll be playing The Witcher 2 (with mods). And hopefully in October I can finally do my second comprehensive playthrough of The Witcher 3. Maybe by then there’ll be some good mods for it, too.
*Knowing what I know now, it seems crazy that no one in The Witcher mentions Yennefer explicitly (though, interestingly, there are little tidbits here and there of the Wild Hunt and a tale of a witcher and a sorceress being in love, etc.). And, wow, Triss totally took advantage of Geralt’s memory loss… Making me rethink what choices I want to make in 3 next month…