Can I start from Witcher 3?

[Tim Drake]

How much would I be missing out on if I started from Witcher 3?

 

I hate playing older games that have many features that need perfected in it's sequels. I can start from Witcher 2 max but i'm a huge graphics buff so I can't start from 1.

 

Is it essential that I start from 2 or will i only miss a bit if I got witcher 3?

[itachipirate]

You can just jump right into Witcher 3 in my experience haha

[noisebomb44]

[Tim Drake]

 

I would rather have people talk to me than a random video I have no clue what it is

[Tim Drake]

You can just jump right into Witcher 3 in my experience haha

Any major points where you were confused?

[noisebomb44]

I would rather have people talk to me than a random video I have no clue what it is

he talks about the witcher 1 and 2, if they are worth playing before the third one, and if you should read the books before playing the witcher 3

[itachipirate]

Any major points where you were confused?

Nah not really. You'd be better off reading the books for story than playing Witcher 2 from what I've heard about that game

[Tim Drake]

he talks about the witcher 1 and 2, if they are worth playing before the third one, and if you should read the books before playing the witcher 3

Nah not really. You'd be better off reading the books for story than playing Witcher 2 from what I've heard about that game

Would it be essential to read the books?

 

Not that bothered on reading anymore

[noisebomb44]

Would it be essential to read the books?

 

Not that bothered on reading anymore

if you care about the plot

or 

if you like small european folk lores

[Tim Drake]

if you care about the plot

or 

if you like small european folk lores

I kind of care about the plot but I don't know if I care enough to go read a whole books that I might not even like.

[don_svetlio]

Take it from someone who played the third one blind.

Watch the 5 hour movie version of Witcher 2 so you are not completely lost as to what happened and who is who. It's actually quite entertaining and saves you the time playing it. It's somewhere on youtube.

[noisebomb44]

I kind of care about the plot but I don't know if I care enough to go read a whole books that I might not even like.

you can always listen to the audio books

[Atmos]

Yes, but a lot of the backstory of personal characters and information may be completely lost. I'd really suggest playing the witcher 2 first, then going to the witcher 3, but you should be fine if you just wanna do the witcher 3, you eventually pickup on the backstory.

[Tim Drake]

Ahhh so many mixed answers D:

[Tim Drake]

Take it from someone who played the third one blind.

Watch the 5 hour movie version of Witcher 2 so you are not completely lost as to what happened and who is who. It's actually quite entertaining and saves you the time playing it. It's somewhere on youtube.

But isn't that JUST cutscenes?

[don_svetlio]

But isn't that JUST cutscenes?

It's 5 hours of JUST cutscenes and the important story parts. Trust me, it's worth the time as it will prove invaluable when you make up your mind as to who to kill and not in the last one.

[Tim Drake]

It's 5 hours of JUST cutscenes and the important story parts. Trust me, it's worth the time as it will prove invaluable when you make up your mind as to who to kill and not in the last one.

Hmmmmmm... Idk if I like JUST cutscenes because even then you still miss shitloads.

[don_svetlio]

Hmmmmmm... Idk if I like JUST cutscenes because even then you still miss shitloads.

Trust me, it makes sense. I spent a whole night watching it on release week

[cd5josh]

I started on the third.  Doesn't seem the story picks up from the first or second, but more-so the story starts during the tutorial.

[don_svetlio]

I started on the third.  Doesn't seem the story picks up from the first or second, but more-so the story starts during the tutorial.

How far in are you? Did you simulate the Witcher 2 save?

[cd5josh]

How far in are you? Did you simulate the Witcher 2 save?

 

no i did not. and im not sure how far? Probably at least 10-20 hours of gameplay, but only level 10.  taking my time exploring, playing gwent, trading, and doing side missions.

[Tim Drake]

no i did not. and im not sure how far? Probably at least 10-20 hours of gameplay, but only level 10.  taking my time exploring, playing gwent, trading, and doing side missions.

Witcher 3 will be played soon.

 

What kind of settings would you recommend for my 980 and is there any tweaks I can do to make it look better?

[don_svetlio]

Witcher 3 will be played soon.

 

What kind of settings would you recommend for my 980 and is there any tweaks I can do to make it look better?

Ultra settings with hairworks off for the buttery smooth 60 fps experience.

[WereCat]

You can start from Witcher 3 but there may be a lot of things you wont understand. Those will most likely wont be important things but you will miss on some experience.

Also you probably wont care about some characters because you dont really know them but they are in fact really good characters but for that you would need to read some books to get good backstory of them. It is not required however. There is journal in the game that covers that somewhat but its not like the adventure you get with them in books.

 

After new patch 1.07 you can run Hairworks no problem on your GTX 980. They added more settings to it so you can lower the quality of it somewhat. I can run Hairworks now even on my GTX 770 which I was totaly unable to do so before (on low/mid hairwoks settings without AA which looks like shit though).

[Tim Drake]

You can start from Witcher 3 but there may be a lot of things you wont understand. Those will most likely wont be important things but you will miss on some experience.

Also you probably wont care about some characters because you dont really know them but they are in fact really good characters but for that you would need to read some books to get good backstory of them. It is not required however. There is journal in the game that covers that somewhat but its not like the adventure you get with them in books.

 

After new patch 1.07 you can run Hairworks no problem on your GTX 980. They added more settings to it so you can lower the quality of it somewhat. I can run Hairworks now even on my GTX 770 which I was totaly unable to do so before (on low/mid hairwoks settings without AA which looks like shit though).

Is there any mods that make Witcher 1 looks better like there was for Mass Effect?

 

If so I would play from 1 to 3.