The Witcher

The Witcher

Released: October 26, 2007
Type: Main Game

Platforms:

PC (Microsoft Windows) Mac

Genres:

Role-playing (RPG) Adventure

Game Modes:

Single player

Themes:

Action Fantasy

Player Perspectives:

Third person Bird view / Isometric

Ratings

User Rating

82.2
Based on 769 ratings

Critics Rating

88.0
Based on 2 ratings

Total Rating

85.1
Based on 771 ratings

Summary

Based on the novel series by Andrzej Sapkowski, The Witcher follows Geralt of Rivia, an amnesiac witcher (problem solver and slayer of monsters) whose home, the Kaer Morhen citadel, is besieged by an organization called the Salamandra, who steal their valuable potions and get away. Throughout the game, Geralt must resolve people's moral dilemmas, connect the dots of his past and track down the Salamandra.

Storyline

The game begins when Geralt of Rivia, one of a few remaining "witchers" – traveling monster hunters for hire, gifted with unnatural powers, is transported to the witcher stronghold of Kaer Morhen by fellow witchers who had discovered him unconscious in a field. Geralt remembers almost nothing of his life before that point. He is taken to Kaer Morhen, the base of the witchers, where he meets a sorceress named Triss Merigold. The castle is attacked by a gang of bandits named Salamandra, led by a criminal known as the Professor, a mage named Savolla who controls a large, praying mantis-like monster, and another mage named Azar Javed. The witchers and the sorceress manage to slay the monster and kill Savolla, but the Professor and Azar manage to escape with the mutagens that genetically alter the witchers. After curing Triss of the wounds she received while fighting Javed, Geralt and the rest of the witchers head off in different directions in order to find information on Salamandra.

Screenshots

Involved Companies

CD Projekt RED

Role:
Developer Publisher

Atari, Inc.

Role:
Publisher

Game Engines

Aurora Engine

Keywords

bloody wizards vampire drugs magic minigames crafting dark fantasy elves gambling action-adventure steam witches backtracking multiple endings undead mutants dialogue trees based on - book amnesia racism easter egg nudity over the shoulder dwarves day/night cycle sword & sorcery alchemy meditation boss fight sexual content digital distribution single-player only cow polygonal 3d werewolves ea app original soundtrack release wasd movement bards treasure chest moral decisions side quests branching storyline downloadable content potion a.i. companion optional boss difficulty level multiple gameplay perspectives steam play violent plants atheism healer anti-hero gamersgate sleeping onlive evil organization regenerating health poisoning fire manipulation basilisks censored version creature compendium status effects ghoul astral projection foreshadowing sex work lycanthropy renderware

Alternative Names

Zaklínač Ведьмак Wiedźmin Witcher

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