Was The Witcher as good as I remember?
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- Join me as I power through Geralt's amnesia by collecting sex cards and playing dice poker.
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Songs:
All of The Witcher OST
Enclosure from the Metal Gear Solid OST
Cultist Base from the Doom Eternal OST
Redial Remix - Bomberman Hero by BKNAPP- / redial-remix-bomberman...
Diet Fresh by Joshua Morse- / diet-fresh
Swap by Lacheque- / swap
What's on your mind? by DJ CUTMAN- / whats-on-your-mind
Mods used:
The Witcher Overhaul Project- www.nexusmods.com/witcher/mod...
Rise of The White Wolf Enhanced Edition- www.nexusmods.com/witcher/mod...
Complete Sword Overhaul- www.nexusmods.com/witcher/mod...
Perfect Blood- www.moddb.com/mods/the-witche...
Perfect Blood Fix- www.nexusmods.com/witcher/mod...
Realistic Moon HD- www.nexusmods.com/witcher/mod...
Geralt Face Retexture- www.nexusmods.com/witcher/mod...
Carmen and Friends- www.nexusmods.com/witcher/mod...
Timestamps:
00:00- Intro
01:41- Witcher universe introduction
03:52- Prologue- Attack on Kaer Morhen
19:15- Chapter I- Village of Idiots
37:11- Chapter II- Detective Adventures
49:20- Chapter III- Banquets, Drugs and Bank Robberies
01:12:55- Audible Ad
01:14:36- Wrapping up Chapter III
01:24:26- Chapter IV- Stale Fairytales
01:44:08- Chapter V- How to Remain Neutral in a War Between Zealots
01:56:57- Epilogue- Winter is Arriving
02:05:03- Final thoughts
02:12:20- Outro
Thanks for watching! - Hry
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The biggest side effect to Witcher mutations isn't the infertility, it's the development of a glaring weakness to 2 ft. high fences
And alcoholic drinks because I just downed like a full 5th of whiskey and I don't have near the blurry vision that Geralt gets after one beer.... Or it's just really good beer.
@@nicholasramirez8417 Are you drinking European beer or American piss water?
@@Serahpin
That’s mostly a myth my main man.
@@Serahpin scotch whiskey.
@@nicholasramirez8417 yes, but after a bottle of vodka, will you black out, or still see blurry vision?
Geralt: "Eskel, I have amnesia"
Eskel: "Bro, you're Darth Revan"
Or -Gunslinger- Strelok?
Naaaah he's starkiller's clone
Definitively Revan, he can't even jump pass a log.
@@onje_berdy1590 marked one
Amnesia is helluva an excuse
I know why they did it, but it's REALLY weird to see Geralt's friends just straight up not tell him about his life. They actively chose not to talk about his daughter, his lover, the wild hunt, etc.
Maybe because they wanted to make something inspired by the first books, but not spoiling everything about the books. And in fact, TW 1 it's one of the best places to learn about this saga, and read it after finishing that game. Was more like: this game it's inspired by the book saga "The Witcher" and if you want to know everything and cacth our little easter eggs, you need to buy and read all the books.
TW2 and TW3, still better by leagues to TW1, they start spoiling parts of the original story, and was more like "well, we don't care if you read or not the books, because we gonna tell you everything that happened until the ending of the books, and if you didn't read the saga, well, not our problem, LMAOxd"
@@Frendlu for the record this was a decision largely made because the author of the books openly talks shit about the games to this very day. He's mad he took a lump sum instead of royalties on the games and has created a very adversarial situation between himself and CDprojekt
I always thought this was weird and annoying, especially in they witcher 3. "Oh, you know where my daughter is? Instead of spending a whopping 30 seconds to tell me, I guess I now need to risk my life and perform some pretty massive favors for you (for free). FFS look at all the shit Geralt did for the bloody Baron just for a quick story.
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@@nightshadehelis9821 The Baron segment literally almost put me off from 3(I'm still getting open world fatigue now but at least there's more going on), like holy fuck how many times do you want me to do fetch quests in the exact same area for a whopping 15 minutes combined of story I don't even really care about yet, like, god damn dude
The ending where it becomes apparent that Jacques is Alvin is even more of a mindfuck the more you think about it. Jacques has to orchestrate many of the main plot points in the game because that's what happened when he was a child. His actual agency as a character is very limited by his time travel shenanigans. It's a tragedy.
Dude obviously hoped it wasn't a stable time loop, or there wouldn't have been any point. And Alvin might have never learned much about Jacques his first time around, which may change the tragedy's flavor.
Frankly, it wasn't that Apparent that Jacques was Alvin until Witcher 3. While many people suspected it, we lacked clear confirmation and him wearing that amulet isn't 100% solid proof.
@@Killerbee_McTitties Actually it was very apparent, because Jacques literally parrots back to him entire phrases that Geralt tells Alfie earlier in the game, and you get to choose which phrases you say to alfie and that changes which phrases Jacques says to you.
@@Killerbee_McTitties he has alvin amulet at the end
@@darkfool2000 I have some suspicions that the letter in Witcher 3 was there because even CDPR got tired of speculations if Jacques was Alvin or not when they thought they made that clear.
I can't believe that Salt might be able to make the full Witcher series before Joseph Anderson can finish his Witcher 3 in-depth video lol
That shit gonna be like 10 hours long
Yeah that guy HAS GOT TO be crazy. 5 fucking hours for Witcher 2? I was going insane after about half of it and he was actually talking faster and faster
@@lindgrenland haha he’s a mega nerd
Thank god I’m not the only one who thinks this.
I love his videos a lot but I wish he’d cut back on detail to have it over already
"If you count the number of nuts busted in this series, you'd be able to feed a city of squirrels with it" - Salt Factory 2021
Just for reference that IS a hell of a lot of nuts =))))))))))))
This is one of your best videos, Salt. Never heed the urge to make shorter, more condensed videos. Your in-depth, long form content is what keeps me coming back and what gets me super excited to see that you have a new upload. You’re one of my favorite creators, keep it up!
Yuperoni
damn straight
100% I really enjoy his longer videos. I can’t usually watch them thru in one shot. So I return over the course of a few days. It’s got the satisfaction of a good book.
I mean this is still more condensed than other reviews of this series
This. Never do a quickie, do it properly
Shani is the superior choice in the end.
Triss knew Geralt was in a relationship with Yennifer and decided to take advantage of his amnesia to get what she wanted from him. Her motivations are selfish and greedy, and she lies to Geralt.
Shani's motivations on the other hand are entirely pure. She's unaware of Geralt's relationship and never lies to him. She is clearly the best girl.
She also has the best quest and romance scene in the Witcher 3 DLC.
The way of seducing Shani in the party it's great too
I mean triss and geralt had already got together long before he had amnesia
@@Oldhandlewasabitcringe """"got together""""
They fucked a couple of times and eventually Geralt still went back to Yennefer. And besides, that one time they *did* get together, it was still due to Triss' machinations
This man's out here spitting straight facts
@@damonboughton5177 actual human fax machine
For the record: King Radovid's favorite food - Fresh cut pieces of Phillipa Eilhart.
Eye see what you did there.
Eyes cream.
I assume its a real knife in the back
52:25 I just died lol
"There once were two games released the same year,
Each started a franchise which all held dear.
In both you must choose, one girl had to lose - but the choice was always clear.
One girl was a medic, one girl was a witch. The other a researcher, and the last one a b*tch."
🤣🤣🤣
And the bitch part will still work when he ends up meeting Yen
@@cympimpin20 Yen is a different kind of bitch. She just hits different in every way.
27:14 for me.
He gained a new subscriber with that one :D
Alina & Celina story is a huge easter egg for Polish gamers. It's perfectly understandable that youtubers from other countries don't get it, but the original story is known by everyone in Poland and instantly recognizable. The quest is loosely based on a poem called 'Balladyna' where two sisters (Alina and Balladyna, guess they changed it to Celina since the title name is very much made up) compete to become a wife of a prince by gathering raspberries in the forest. Balladyna does poorly and kills her sister Alina to take her jar filled with fruit and win herself a good life with a handsome and rich man. She is successful in that but later the crime she commited drives her to madness and she ultimately kills herself. The story is just a part of that easter egg though, because the author of the poem is ADAM Mickiewicz, whose biggest competitor was poet JULIUSZ Słowacki. They had a strong rivalry as contemporaries and their feud is pretty much a meme in Polish education system. The quest might seem silly but it really is just *chef's kiss*
Everything is correct here, except it's not a poem but a drama and it's author is actually Juliusz Słowacki.
She doesn't kill herself, GOD HIMSELF STRIKES HER WITH A LIGHTING
You know, the usual.
@@CosyGrave In a way, you're both right.
To win and protect her new life she kills her sister, then humiliates and chases out her mother, finally murders her lover who, at her demand, lead rebellion against her husband.
Then, as a new queen, she is told to act as a judge in criminal cases. The cases are, you guessed: poisoning of victorious general, murder of young girl in raspberry patch, and abuse of a parent by a woman who married into nobility, all 3 punishable by death apparently. After she declares "unknown" criminal guilty 3 times ("if not headsman, God shall punish") she's struck and killed by a thunder.
This is not the best game I ever played, but it is my favorite game. So much atmosphere. You don’t realize how generally bad video games are at atmosphere until you play a game that does it really well.
Not the best? Damn, if u think TW3 isnt the best game i really wanna know whats the best game in your opinion. I hope i dont sound like a idiot, I really wanna know
@@97carrera he said w1 was his favorite. It had amazing gloomy atmosphere
@@97carrera I would say W3 is Overall better but cant beat W1 in atmosphere and dark fantasy execution. W3 is very slavic, but books werent. There were parts of it but only PARTS. In book series we got mix of everything. Slavic, Celtic, even some Arturian Legends. In 3rd game world is sometimes too colorfull and heavy Slavic for me and im from Poland so i know what im saying. So im really looking towards Remake of first game.
"That sword is for monster's" is probably my favorite line in the series.
Agreed
Both for monsters
Mutagens that are stolen at the beginning of the game are potions used in "Trail of the Grasses" to mutate boys into witchers, of witch only 1 in 10 will survive it. "Ordinary" potions are just concoctions to boost witchers power, they are fatal to normal folk though. Mutagens in game are just game mechanics and don't appear in books at all.
Isn’t it 3 in 10?
@@desmond931 Uff you are testing my memory here. Trail of the Grasses was composed of two parts, I think you might be thinking about survival rate from part 1, final tally being at 1/10 but I'll admit I might be wrong here .
@@adgroom4983 fair enough
A lot of shit doesn't appear in the books, like literally all of Witcher 3, and it's better that way. The book isn't well written and the writer is a self righteous dumbass anyway.
@@newseager4021 I'd like to disagree, as much as the writer is an ass, I personally loved the books, they are written with a very rich vocabulary, and the descriptions of objects and places is adequate to the amount of more interesting things like dialogs or descriptions of fights, etc.
The world itself is very rich and niunaced, the biggest flaw that I think that you could stick to the series is the lack of consistency at times, however it is a common issue with most fantasy authors, as most of them don't plan out the whole lore beforehand. The books also take fairytales and folklore stories and twist them into a more dark versions of themselves which is an interesting take, and I think that the author did it in a unique way. (Since there are many other books that take a similar approach, however none of which according to my knowledge does it in such a way).
Got a good 60 hours out of this game on one play through. Best $2 I’ve ever spent.
wow , I only got 45 hours in one playthrough props to you!
@@Zinc_Nitrogen i had 83 hours of one playthrough with the adventures included.
@@Mr.Koray07 222 hours on mass effect legendary edition, you got nothing on me!
Am surprised you guys got lots of hours, for me even my all time favourite games has less then 20 hours for playthroughs. I guess I just try and dod main quests and some side quests but any sniff of tedium and il immediatly ignore it.
the card of the nurses with dying patients in the background made me burst out laughing
7:30 "The big monster is reffered to as 'Frightener', which is a bit... uninspired?"
The problem is that the English translation of Witcher is supposedly not that great. In the original language, Polish, 'Frightener' is reffered to as 'Przeraza', which to me sounds metal as fuck. 'Frightener' is even pronounced softly, while in Polish the word sounds rather sharp. It's sad that the translation lowers the quality of the lore in the game, as I quite liked what the monsters were called in the books.
Though seriously what else would you expect medieval peasants to name a creature like that? English is a bit of an odd language for having a lot of different vocabularies from different language families that often result in weird combinations when they name stuff but e.g. in German an airplane is a "flying stuff", an escalator is a "pull up", a sloth is a "lazy animal", a skunk a "stinky animal", a lightbulb a "glowing pear", a television a "far watcher", etc.. long story short: "Frightener" is exactly what people in such an environment would name that creature.
@@boahkeinbockmehr escalator is rolling stairs, elevator is the "Aufzug" which means pull up.
FYI from a Pole, Przeraza is derived from the verb przerażać, which means "to terrify", not "to scare" - that one's przestraszyć
So calling it a Terrifier would be both more metal in English (if a bit generic) and quite a bit less silly-sounding than Frightener, plus more semantically accurate to boot
@@slyseal2091 ah damn yeah i always mix those two up ^^
It's called "Chimera" in Russian, sounds a lot better than "Frightener"
There's no point in siding with Shani in Witcher 1 anyways, the game railroads you into cheating on her and partnering with Triss if you try to avoid Triss. It was actually one of the big criticisms I had for the game. While it's canonical, it devalues the idea that this was supposed to be an RPG.
I think for the 1st game they didn't want to stray too far away from the books. It definitely has some great euro-jankiness to it.
@@NewbOoyNS And then later started making him more wolverine to get away from the Elric comparisons.
Yeah but the Witcher isn't really a true "do what you want RPG" anyways. Hence why in 3 you can't blow off the "threesome" with Yenn and Triss
@@METALmurdererOG I thought you HAD to blow it off to avoid being punished for suggesting it?
@@METALmurdererOG Why would you blow off that?! I know adding Ciri to that would be perfect but you can't be that picky.
42:53 Haha, I made the exact same mistake the first time I played the game. Took me well over 10 minutes to kill the golem. When I played the game again years later I actually paid attention to what NPCs said, and the druid specifically mentions touching the 3 pylons to damage the golem. The entire fight lasted about 30 seconds.
I found out the hard way too, in many scenarios and battle tactics - you must pay attention to almost everything anyone says to you - that annoys me but also makes you play the game the way the developers intended. You wanna go against the advice - you pay the price!
Same haha.
42:53 IIRC, you're supposed to activate 3 big stones in turn when the golem is near them to hit it with lightning or something, which kills it pretty quickly. I was a bit puzzled on what to do, as well, but if you muck about in the area, you're kind of told what to do.
First time i played it i didn't know about the lightning either and it took me like 20 mins to kill the damn thing with a sword, my blood was close to boiling.
I ignored all the other factions and in the game and started my own, Milfguard
I’m starting to think the red in cdpr is a reference to their obvious red head fetish
It's not a fetish. It is rightful appreciation.
That's because redheads are better
Nah, Triss should die for what she tried to do to Geralt in first game. (She knew his choice before his "amnesia" and tried to abuse his amnesia for her satisfaction)
@@Kairax I mean yeah. Triss fucked up.
@@Kairax And her plotting with the lodge
Geralt’s appearance in the first game is the closest to his look in the books, which adds a nice touch of authenticity. I played it back in 2007 when it looked terrific, and I still think it holds up well today. The game offers an amazing experience with its rich storytelling and immersive world. If you can look past the nuances of its age, you’ll find yourself immersed in a world full of intrigue and adventure. Definitely worth giving it a chance!
It's very nice to see gamers appreciating the first Witcher. I'm Polish so I knew about Witcher way before this game came out because I watched the "Wiedźmin" series in 2002. I remember how excited I was when I heard that there was going to be a game about Witcher and how disappointed I was when I booted up the game and realised that my PC is too weak for this 😆 Years later when I finally got it to work, I was so in love with the world in this game because there isn't many games that are so Polish, so Slavic in its atmosphere. It just felt like home to me. It was finally a time for the foreign players to get to know a fantasy world that isn't so clichè and is not another Dragon Age or Neverwinter Nights type of this genre. Witcher 2 went a bit different path because it wasn't as unique as W1 in its setting but Witcher 3 followed more or less the same path as the first game. These games are also one of the reasons why the Netflix' Witcher series feel so bland to me. It just doesn't share this unique, slavic feeling that the games had. I know the show is based on the books but since they do a horrible job at being true to the books also, they could've at least try to make it look and feel more like games, instead the atmosphere of the show is just like another generic american fantasy. They've just completely missed the mark. Many gamers played the games first, then they read the books and I'm pretty sure that one of the most determining factors of them loving this franchise was the aforementioned atmosphere, which for us Slavs felt normal, but for the foreign players was something new, fresh, unique and fascinating.
Wait, are you saying Dragon Age is generic?
“Big man does all the talking, Glasses is his hype man throwing up gang signs in the background”
Camera pans to Glasses throwing up gang signs:
would be so funny if he could put a lil bit of copyrighted music with Eminem droping bars and the D12 group hyping him up during the song Kill You.
@@drewinsur7321
Big man: spitting bars
Glasses: “IT’S 50!”
Yes, we watched the video too, congrats on being able to follow along with the most basic jokes.
@@BudMasta Yeah, well, some things have to be reiterated for someone as inept as you.
Chapter 2 was weird, but I really liked the medallion vibrating next to Adar Javed. It really makes you feel cool when you find that out.
The quest with the dead sisters is basically one giant easter egg for polish literature from the romantic era (Balladyna and Dziady p.2 in particular). I had a lot of fun playing through this retelling and a more interesting take on books I had to read for school, but I can see how it would just seem pointless and confusing for people from other countries.
It's actually interesting for me to see that The Salt Factory seems to not like the fourth chapter too much, when for me and most of my friends it's one of the favourites, with really great atmosphere that feels sort of familiar and very Polish/Slavic. I wonder what other non-Polish players think about it.
Yeah, it's kind of funny to see how something so familiar to us and what we consider one of the best things in the game is at the same time confusing or incomprehensible to players from abroad. At one hand it makes you appreciate the game even more because of it as there are really not many RPG games where you can just breathe and live this Polish-ness, at the other hand though it makes foreign players scratch their head because they don't know what the F is going on which kinda also makes them dislike this particular type of quests.
I liked the 4th chapter, probably because i'm a Slav too (Croatia).
He straight up said the atmosphere was really great. The issue is just that the game does a bad job at making you care about any of the characters. The great atmosphere doesn't carry it for him. And that quest with the two sisters, even if it's an easter egg, is still executed in a laughably sloppy way.
@@ArvelDreth the game does a bad job at making you care about any of the characters??? That is not true, i was really invested in the story, it and the characters are interesting af.
@@TheDennys21 I meant the three specific characters in that particular side quest, sorry. In general the game does a great job of getting you invested.
That moment where triss asks you WHY you made your choice is one if my favorites in any RPG. So many games give you consequences for your actions but so few make you think about why you did it. Reflection is an important part of growing as a person so why is it so rare in a genre that's all about that stuff?
The salt factory does it again, covering a true classic in full detail. Looking forward to the full trilogy.
*Not nearly full but a lot of fun nonetheless😁
@@BiomechanicalBrick why not
@@Enward834 he’s probably comparing the video to other videos on CZcams talking about this game, most likely Joseph Anderson’s video.
@@TheStonewall117 I think he probably means Salt mostly focused on the main quest line and didn't cover much of the side content, even though some of the side quests significantly contribute to the main storyline. And some of the side quests he missed entirely. For instance, he said his first meeting with Dandelion was in the hospital. The actual first meeting should have happened at Shani's party, but it's a side quest that's quite easy to miss. Which is a bit of a poor design, since Shani's party has some of the best/funniest interractions between Geralt and his friends. This game is great for multiple playthroughs though, because you can discover a world of new content you missed the fist time around.
Salt posting another movie length video? The gods have blessed us.
#blessedbySALT
Witcher saltposting
@@patryk4198 Or, hear me out... Stop fucking preaching to me. I just wanna watch a fun video. Not have a foolish parley.
A blessing from the lord!
the quality and effort he puts into his videos never fails to amaze me
The game is actually insane for what it tried to pull off and how much of it lands graciously
At least twice the game any Fable game ever was.
Fun fact of the day. In the werewolf curing quest you can get virgin tear from Zigfrid, if you're on good terms with him. Dude got an oath to maintain.
This first cut scene is straight from the book. Glad your looking at the first entry.
I've played this game for like 13 times so far. Play it almost every year and absolutely love it, I'd maybe say that more than Witcher 3, but that's my personal guilty pleasure.
Fell in love with this game when I was a kid and was absolutely stunned by the impact that your decisions have, I was stunned even more after I realized that sometimes you just cant make a good choice. Awesome game storywise for it's time, not gonna lie.
same here. it was the first game I've played on my first personal pc back in 2007 when I was twelve, and I've been replaying it even to this day. every time feels like going back home. it intoduced me to Sapkowski, to polish language and from there - to a whole new horizon of culture and content.
despite the whole cyberpunk debacle, TW1 is the reason I can't bring myself to completely give up on CDPR. they've made a gem that changed my life not just despite all odd, but quite literaly from scraps. I say, right now they need to get their heads straight and remember where they've started. the frugal, purely enthusiastic spark that brought TW1, TW2 and even TW3 is till there, they just choose to do everything in their power to shoot themselves in the foot.
@@TheZirael Then what CD project did after Witcher 3??
More than half of the original Witcher team left including Karolina stachyra (writer of Bloody Baron), facial animator left due to crunch & horrible management.
In 2018 due to clash with the egomaniac Adam Badwoski during Cyberpunk development, many veteran devs & game designers left the company
Yesterday I read they fired back to back Witcher 1/2/3 game director, Witcher 3 quest designer & hired ex Bioware dev who only worked on MMO RPGs such as The old republic & inquisition as a lead game director for Single player franchises
If I love part 1 u might wanna see document made about creation of game by polish CZcamsr Arhn.eu i think they made subtitles for that one
@@COHOFSohamSengupta That's what happens when a Indie developer goes AAA. Still, after the backlash of cyberpunk they are fixing their management which gives me hope.
@@AlbinoKneecaps After firing Witcher 3 lead director Konrad you want me support them??
The sole person who handcrafted the Witcher games
Firing him from the company is equal to firing Hidetaka Miyazaki from From software or Hideo Kojima from Konami (which did happen) or firing Cody Barlog from Sony Santa Monica
The fact that this game built on top of Neverwinter Nights editor is amazing, def. one of my favorite game of all time.
16:14 I don't know why but Vesemir bumping into Eskel and turning around was just awkwardly hilarious to me.
Well there goes me being productive on my day off. Getting cozy for this feature length video.
What compels people to consume immediately?🤔
You do realize that YOU are in charge of your life and you can actually make decisions like "i think i'll watch this later", yes?
@@RaymoZenitram like you who just focused on mine?
@@RaymoZenitram You're a clown. You did what you just told others not to do.
@@tydendurler9574 shut up
@@tydendurler9574 bro it’s a fucking joke how about you calm down. Try having kids if you want to tell someone what to do, the Internet isn’t the place for that.
"And it's pretty realistic for a mid level drug operation"
You know this from experience?🤔
The man's built his legacy under the facade of a "Salt" factory. What other white, crystalline substances come to mind when thinking of mid level drug operations..
@@pgiggles666 A small alcohol brewery? 😁
@@EinFelsbrocken i don't know about you, but I've driven past plenty of breweries and they have a pretty distinct smell.. Would be noticed pretty immediately
@@pgiggles666 hell yeah The Meth Factory
Bah, salt isn't hyper enough to be around meth or coke.
Man, I think it's about time I finally got into this series
Just play the last one first, if you enjoy it (and you will, Massively) then dabble in the ones before
@Ishryn It sucks even on deathmarch tbh, but I love the game. Euphoria mutation + Alc and combat build is super OP on any difficulty too, but at least you cant break the game that badly until you do Blood and Wine.
Do a “can you beat the witcher with only force push” video
Yeah, I took the time to play all 3, and I love it, BTW, don't forget for DLCS for Witcher 3.
Is the sex that got you interested in it isn't it?
1:45:34 In case you were wondering that was Geralt's dream. He wanted to quit being a witcher and live that bag pipe playing life with Yen.
It's from the books so most people playing the games wouldn't catch it. But if you do get that reference then it just paints Triss in a more insidious light.
She has been reading through his mind and lying to him by using his own secret wants. She's just playing him by telling what she thinks he want's to hear.
1:32:49 this moment is completely ruined in english version and i don't blame you for being confused. In polish version this scene is way more emotional and the elf gets really upset when Geralt says he's angry and she is about to break down and cry so Geralt tries to consolt her. It's by no means a perfect setup, but they are actually acting instead of reading from a script. That's just the most blatant example, but there a lot of lines that are either poorly translated or acted. The Witcher 2 improves in that aspect, but again original is much better. In Witcher 3 english version is actually pretty good. Original is still better, but not by a country mile.
Yeah. It makes me pretty sad that people dont play the PL dub cuz it has way more care put into it
I tried to play the games in polish for subsequent playthroughs. witcher 3 polish is great but it’s hard to understand the kind of emotions they are trying to convey through tone with the limited facial movements and my lack of knowledge regarding polish in the first 2 games for me, hence i later switched back to english for these.
AFAIK, The Witcher 1 script was written in Polish then translated, but The Witcher 3 (and probably 2) scripts were written in both English and Polish, then translated. The english is as original script as is polish.
The Polish language version in W1 is absolutely terrible, though. Had to change to English, the voice acting was just so bad.
@@PasserMontanus is this only because you dont know Polish?? i thought the voice acting was miles ahead of the ENG.
Most weird gameplay choices (swordplay, isometric view, etc.) can be attributed to CDPR using BioWare's Aurora Engine for this installment.
I don't know if anyone pointed it out so far, but the plotline with Alina and Celina is a pretty straightforward adaptation of "Balladyna" - a 19th century drama written by Juliusz Słowacki and has got quite many easter eggs that would be understandable pretty much only for Polish people (at least for those who know classical polish literature).
LOL! The Barghest waiting patiently and attentively for Geralt to hit on Vesna. 27:02 It happened to me with drowners in the Vizima sewers too. The monsters are so respectful during dialogue.
Salt: I don’t need google. I have my wife!
That’s like the old saying, behind each great man is a great woman
I feel as if though it's more to say she may be a know it all. Haha
Who knows though.
Funny seeing this now. I just finished the game with a few quality of life mods / meditate / alchemy anywhere, ai upscale textures. Loved the story and gameplay. Initially was not a fan of the rhythm / combo fight however after spending some skill points it really had a flavour to. It.
Its just so very unique. It probably is an objectively "bad" system; but it works in itself and is so specific that it stands out from all the oh so fluent "aim; press button to kill; aim" gameplay nowadays.
I loved that combat system, especially the finishers, I do wish more games had it 😂
I wouldn't want to mod the meditation, I like that you need a safe place/fire to meditate, I mean not even a witcher would just sit down in the middle of the swamp and meditate while there's a dozen monsters nearby.
Lakeside is so beautiful. I still go to sleep with the music playing on loop. The ambience is great and the tragedy of Murky Waters combined with the knighting by the Lady at the end feels poignant and rewarding. The whole chapter is worth playing the Witcher 1 and putting up with all its flaws.
Absolutely agree, can't wait for the witcher 1 remake just because I love the place and the whole Lady of the lake plot.
"If you counted the amount of nuts busted over the course of the witcher, you'd be able to feed a city of squirrels with it."
I don't think the Vitamin Shoppe will ever recover from that scalding burn.
That whole witcher in Mill scene was absolutely hilarious. Hands down great writing.
The atmosphere of this game is by far the best of the three
Nostalgia is a funny thing. But that's definitely whats speaking for you
@@idrinkmilk282 I have 0 nostalgia for the game but its just true. Not even the 3rd game comes close to it
@@idrinkmilk282 im a young teen who fucking hates older games besides Halo and yet I agree with the atmosphere being the best in 1
I can never get over the fact that Triss uses Geralt's amnesia to try to steal him away from Yennefer. Of course she is also believed to have died alongside Geralt but since Geralt is also alive now... well...
Curious if you read the books. They make the games a lot more enjoyable because all the references are understood and the backstory is more clear.
Not sure if you say this in the video, because I just started watching, but wanted to post before I forget to (the one downside of a video this long; amazing).
Almost finished with The Last wish. It's great!
I have not, but I honestly need to. They're near the top of my to-read list, but I can never bring myself to actually read unless I can go sit outside at some public area without a mask on. If I sit on the couch, my computer is... right there, calling me.
@@TheSaltFactory Use that Audible Sponsor money to get the audiobooks. They're pretty good.
@@TheSaltFactory same bro 😅
@@TheSaltFactory Be warned, the books will likely change your mind on Triss lol
I really wonder about your editing/writing process tho; you seem extremely fast and productive when compared to many other channels. I know your format is a bit less analytical and a bit more free form than others; but Im still very impressed.
You once said you write the script along the playthrough. But
A) Do you record the whole playthrough; and then sort through hours of gameplay; or do you alternate between recording and not recording?
B) Do you continue the script after larger chunks of gaming; or do you constantly update it; f.e. bc some very specific thing springs up that pushes you to immediately record what you thought of it?
I record the whole thing and sift through 150-300GB of footage haha. And the script editing depends on what's going on. Right at the beginning, I tab in and play, tab out and write. Happens every 5-10 minutes or so. Once it starts to become more about "do these quests", I tend to roam around and do them for about 30 minutes to 1 hour unless something interesting pops up or I get an idea for a skit or whatever. I don't record my voice til after the script is done, just because it would get hectic for me otherwise to sift through all the audio that way. Usually just record 4-6 pages at a time, edit those for 2 days, and repeat til done.
@@TheSaltFactory That was very informative; thank you.
@@TheSaltFactory based.
@@TheSaltFactory thanks, i love to hear how creators process their work.
When I played through I sided with humanity (the purpose of witchers) and took the route for a Neutral ending. The Scoia'tael seemed to me like all talk while killing innocent people, particularly villagers, women, and children
Right choice
"vodyanoy" is perfectly readable in russian and i guess polish too. it translates to "of water"
Would highly recommend the Full Combat Rebalanced mods that a *CDPR developer* made for the 1st and 2nd game, Enhanced Edition comes the closest for the 3rd. Fixes some issues with the combat and monsters.
Yeah Enchanced Edition is probably the best overhaul mod for TW3
thanks for the rec. the combat always turned me off for these games.
@@kamiljankos3585 Dunno man, the whole thing regarding the removal of I-frames just didn't click right
I love how there’s a section titled “Chapter I- Village of Idiots”
Regarding to Abigain being ressurected after dying during the cutscene - important characters are basically immortal and when they die, they wake up later like anything happen.
One note: there is one other way to get lore, and its more obsure.
If you give food to Old Women npcs when they ask for it, they can tell you monster lore. You can actually get a LOT of Bestiary entries this way.
Did you seriously fight the golem? You need to stick lighting rod in it and power the pylons! LOL
Also, if you would buy a book about insects then you would see the Detective bamboozle bit earlier
The detective quest is so ridiculously complicated its cool but requires multiple playthroughs to see how diverse it is
That puts the amaunt of attention he payed in question. He shouldn't have succeded with his dumbass aproach.
@@bencegergohocz5988 If you go to the video on CZcams that just has the song for the fight you'll see a good handful of people beating the golem in the same manner that Salt did. Except they were legends and were playing on hard mode which makes the fight take nearly an hour to do.
I don't think Salt really got the full experience since he played on normal which doesn't encourage use of oils, potions, thoughtful skill investments and doing your due diligence in reading and remembering information about the monster before the fight.
@@widen698 Clunky combat
@@thepetrifiedbard1646 It's also ridiculous in that I get always stuck in it, not knowing what do to next to progress.
Not gonna lie. When this notification came out I thought Joseph Anderson finally uploaded his Witcher 3 video.
I'll take this too though
Dude I had no idea he'd uploaded The Witcher 2, thanks for letting me know lmao
Had the same thought.
I love Salty and all, but this is not even close in quality. Dude missed so much, not to mention imagine blaming the stability of the game, after installing 30+ fan mods from different authors.
You mean Joseph "SOMA is not a horror game" Anderson?
@@Jakster840 hey man his witcher videos are pretty good tho
What I'm starting to piece together from various series here...
Salt doesn't pre plan any questing or anything, and just barrels forwards chasing map markers.
If you read the descriptions of the contracts beforehand, you can basically piece together which ones will take you where and not back and forth.
I've watched a lot of your videos, and this one is really amazing. The fact that as long as this was and as in depth that it was but yet is actually concise, is such a testament of your talent.
And your humor is fantastic and dirty as always
After this I really need the dragon age origins review
Blow this comment up guys
I have tried to play that game for years. I just can't get up the energy to want to continue past the training parts. No idea why. I also own the next two DA games but have never even DLed them yet.
@@trog69 bro tbh I always could see past the slow combat, graphic or engine. Bioware always gave me some of my best friends ever experienced in gaming. And to experience this always epic storys with this characters is always just something you don't get in other games aside from Mass effect and dragon Age. And to make decisions that actually change the complete series was something I never experienced like this at this point in my gaming history before
I played Dragon Age Origins shortly after I finished Witcher 3. The abysmal fall in quality was painful. And dated graphics had nothing to do with it.
@@PasserMontanus I still like the lore, characters and world more than in witcher 3. Witcher 3 is only superior in Gameplay and graphics in my opinion. Not saying Witcher 3 is bad. Still one of my all time favorites
I love the way the game hints at later games / events. It makes it feel like a genuine story. This is my favorite video of yours so far and I hope to watch it many more times :)
i really enjoyed this video! you brought up a lot of stuff that I never would have noticed when I first played this game years ago! And although the whole video was two hours long, I was entertained in every moment of it. good work!
Hey Salt, thank you so much for your hard work on these videos. As somebody looking at getting Witcher 3 for my Switch and never played the other 2 games this was super helpful.
That little jingle you wrote at 52:00 was beautiful. I demand a full album.
I think Witcher 1 is underrated. Yes, it is more important because of the next two games. But still it is a good game by its own. But most people says "read the first 2 games story on the net and then play third game". I don't agree. I think it deserves to be played, if you're not sure about that you can't stand those graphics and mechanics.
Not to mention you can read the books instead of game lore. I'm sure the books are better written than wiki pages.
I usually tell people to play Witcher games however and whenever they feel like, but I always insist on ppl reading the books; rather sooner than later 😁
@@EinFelsbrocken you're right. I've read the books and then I understood many things. Games throw you inside a stranger universe.
@@MySqueezingArm yes. Books made me understand better the Witcher story, characters and universe
This brings back memories for me. I had just killed the professor and the Kikimore queen when my HDD died on me. So I lost a 30ish hour save and had to restart from the beginning. I found it to be worth it as this series is one of the best things gaming has to offer.
The pulled back camera is likely an artifact of this game's creation: CD Projekt got its start localizing western PC Games, and became particularly known for BioWare. When they landed the Witcher license, they leveraged their working relationship with BioWare and licensed Neverwinter Nights' Aurora Engine. A lot of the weirdness probably comes from trying to take an engine designed for an isometric real-time w/ pause RPG and use it for a 3rd Person ARPG. And an engine that was old even when The Witcher 1 was released.
Just because there's a lot of Witcher content out there doesn't mean we don't want to see YOUR Witcher content. I personally love your videos man, I've watched most of them more than once and there aren't many videos that hold my attention like yours do. Keep doing what you're doing, it's great
I'm Polish so I always feel proud when my favourite youtubers make Witcher videos. I recommend the books. Idk how well they got translated but man, I love them so much. One of my favourite book series definitely. Btw that opening of the first game is from one of the books.
The translation is annoying, names of people and places change from book to book because they were released in weird order. Dandelion is called jaskier in one Dandillion in another and finally Dandelion. Also weirdly paced in last books but that might just be like original novels.
@@thepetrifiedbard1646 Bruh I'm not about to learn polish because they changed some names. The books in English are still one of the best series I have ever read.
@@AlbinoKneecaps not saying that just saying the translation has problems most obvious is the names changing and weird ways it is written at times
I played in English and French, read the books in English too, translation ain't perfect but it does the job. Awesome franchise throughout.
Never played this series but listening at work, you're making me want to pick this up real bad. Nice work, Mr. Salt.
Especially being a dad now, I'm still saddened by what happened to Alvin. It sucks, though in all the best ways. Not every story makes you feel good. I do love Jaques' last words, though. As I have gotten older, I have grown to like all the conflicts and how everyone was bad.
It's always very interesting to see the perspective of someone regarding the Scoia'tel and the Order who hasn't read the books.
And I'm interested in the opinion of one who has. Would you mind telling your thoughts?
@@DrMalsyn it would take a bit too long, but you should watch the Joseph Anderson witcher 1 video.
As someone with a limited knowledge of the books, bar some wiki-ing after sinking 100s of hours in the games and standalone gwent.
The scoiatel appear as backwards, racist shitlords who take pride in the genocidal accomplishments of the very social stratum above them(that even shuns them). The aen seide however seem like the worst degenerates in the universe, conquering, warmongering, genociding.
All in all typical fantasy elves, awful unintegratable liars who act stoic and preach some form of determinism.
The order is obviously inspired by how the christian church both unified and separated medieval europe. A medeival setting needs a church thats as strong as its kings, if not more at times. All in all, they seem like medeival catholics at their worst, crusading, self righteous torturers who constantly grasp for more power. W3 really doubles down on this, and we go full witch trials and undesireable cleansing.
WHAT A COINCIDENCE! I'm just starting the witcher 1 about 2 weeks ago. This year I have been obsessed with the witcher universe. I play witcher 3, then curious about witcher 2, then the netflix, the book. Avoiding witcher 1 cause the internet think the graphic and mechanic is aging. But the witcher itch finally makes me play witcher 1. So far it's really good on what makes witcher games good just it's not polished as other witcher games.
Yeah it's not bad. Have you read all the books?
I’m glad you gave it a shot. The murder investigation is a really good quest. No spoilers though. I hope you enjoy it. The books are fun but really…Slavic. No offense to Eastern European writing, I like it, but it’s so much different than anything I read. If you like it, try Metro 2033-2035. They’re Russian and inspired the Metro series. Also, Roadside Picnic. It’s another Russian book and inspired the game Stalker. They’re different from the Witcher but good books.
Get the tabletop rpg, it's very nice ! :)
@@ceres514 I haven’t played it yet. I really want to though
Honestly, this is definitely a game that needs a remake.
No, let them focus on The Witcher 4, stop whining and play the original.
@@Z3t487 there wont be a witcher 4 mate. They said that when cyberpunk was to be released and after that fiasco its even more unlikely!
@@UmbrageousZX This aged interestingly
@@EternalEdgeLord I love Geralt but please let my man rest. He's been through a lot.
@@sanguin3 I'm almost certain Geralt won't be the main protagonist in the next game. His entire story has been done and told incredibly. We'll probably play as an original character or Ciri.
I love how there's so much content in your videos but you make it bearable!
oh to be a giraffe necked villager having a boogie in the tavern
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They look like they know how to party.
His comment on "looting" and subsequent example made it worth clicking on this and made me happy.
His in-depth commitment to overlooked details, and explaining his opinions was just an added side benefit
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OMG you nailed it even if you know exactly whats coming and have a optimized guide the back and forth is still quite bad if you play blind or have forgotten or are trying a clean play through going in an organic order it gets really rough fast! THE FIRST MAIN AREA IS SUCH A SLOG!
I remember when this was supposed to come to the Xbox 360 and possibly PS3 under the title of "White Wolf". Can't remember why it got scrapped.
I just noticed that the sword the Professor is carrying at 48:20 is the Morgul Blade from Lord of the Rings scaled up. Additionally, the blades Azar wields are exact copies of Orcrist, also from LotR. But since that design of Orcrist comes from The Hobbit movies, I guess it is due to a mod?
Yes. That's why I advocate against aesthetic-changing mods too...
Just wanted to say, I adore whenever this channel posts new content. My go to fix for long essay style analysis videos.
You have the best breakdown bro have confidence in urself and the world is yours
Had this video popping in my recommendation.
I was looking for something to watch for 20 mins before going to work.
I was late an hour for work. Great video and I'm happy I found this channel.
Can't wait for The Witcher 2 and 3.
Ah yes very good, another movie to pop on at work tomorrow.
Currently obsessed with the witcher 3 again so you picked a good time to release this
In the books witchers have cat eyes and see as good in the dark as in broad daylight, it's so bizarre the games made up the cat potion and stuck with it throughout the entire trilogy.
One of the best review videos I’ve ever seen. Thank you my guy for this awesome video.
I can't get enough of your content! I love the length and girth of your analysis and the potency of your wit. Innuendo aside thanks for all the work that goes into these video's.
"Triss, another important character"
The TV show: I sleep
I haven't watched the TV Show yet but weren't they based on the early books where Triss isn't as important as she is in the games?
@@FraserSouris generally, yea
@@FraserSouris Yeah, the show actually expanded Triss's role in the early stories.
In the books Triss was a side character. The series, while failing majestically at portraying how she looks, actually got that.
@@BaulSDA not that the game got how she look either, they removed a big scar she have between her breasts in the books, and changed her hair colour, it’s chestnut in the book, it’s very red in the game, also the personality is not really the same either.
These are excellent videos salt. We require more of this content damn it.
1:48:46 It was a book reference
Yaevinn said this on the very end, during battle of Brenna
I never understood the absolute hate the combat gets. The rhythm clicker aspect is fun and getting good at it is satisfying.
Disclaimer: I haven't played this in a decade.
The hate is from players who can't git gud.
The problem i always had is there was never a challenging fight, either too easy or you get destroyed because your underleveled but yeah it ain’t that bad
It gets very boring and repetitive. Either less enemies and more tedious combat, or vice-versa. I couldn’t fucking replay it 10 years later, so annoying the combat got.
The hate for this game comes from people that like to have their handheld by the devs. I was one of those people that hated the combat, and thought it was just stupid. But the more I played it, the more the combat grew on me, and I just started loving the gameplay. My only issue is: being confined to one city for a period of time. It works well for the story, but overall - it gets boring quickly going to-and-fro from one cell to the next of the same city. The voice acting inmho is great, and shows the level detail CDPR put into their first ever game.
It's more about stats and knowledge than quick reflexes and control; the people that hate it judge it like it's supposed to be the latter when it's actually a different kind of system with a different appeal
Personally I find TW1 to have the strongest atmosphere out of the three. Also, even though it's obviously not the prettiest game some visuals stood out for me like Noonwraiths in sunny fields in Act 5(?).
Depending on what I crave at the time this game ranks either as #1 or #2 for me, eternally battling its older brother TW2.
For me they follow the chronological order... 1 is the best... 2... is pretty amazing... 3 is Cool but it fails in some aspects
7:40 "it hates loud noises"
geralt and triss: *REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE*
Man... I love the witcher so much. Everything fits perfectly, and mastering the games actually makes you feel like you have skill