The fight itself isn’t essential to the story, but it’s a great introduction to The Witcher’s combat. When you first start out, the opening cutscene segues directly into a fight. As a result, gameplay involves a variety of phases. The Witcher III is a true action role playing game. Here’s an overview of the gameplay in both The Witcher 3 and Skyrim.
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But there’s no substitute for quality gameplay. If all you want is great graphics, you can watch a “let’s play” video. If all you want is a good story, you can watch a movie.
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Two of the most popular games of the last decade were The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
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Now, we take open-world games for granted, from RPGs like Skyrim to action games like Grand Theft Auto. RPGs generally railroaded you through a pre-determined story, with gameplay that was identical from one playthrough to the next. Back in the bad old days of the 1980s, there was no such thing as an open-world game.