Witcher spin-off games are *extremely* weird
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I’m sorry for the huge gaps between videos. It’s really frustrating me, too, but I honestly don’t know what it is I’m doing wrong or where I can speed things up without cutting corners.
I keep picking topics that really interest me, and I try (not saying I always succeed) to make the best video I possibly can with zero padding. I don’t even know if it shows in the final product, but I keep working and reworking things until I feel like there isn’t a second of my audience’s time wasted.
Anyway, on a positive note I’m super happy to finally have this video out! Onto the next 👀
The videos have been sick don't worry mate. As long as the bills are getting paid, that's what's most important! If you gotta put out some lower effort sponsored content to make it by, so be it.
I don't mind the gaps between videos - the most important thing is the quality, and your videos are always Top Notch, so I don't mind if I have to wait to get them!!
I do understand though, I think UA-cam and twitter and all other social media really prioritise churning out content as fast as possible, and that adds a huge level of stress onto something that really should be enjoyable, not a chore, and then that leads to exhaustion and burn out. I love watching your videos, but I wouldn't want them to become unenjoyable for to make, if that makes sense?
Anyway I can't wait to watch this one!! Only ten seconds in and I'm already laughing at that witcher netflix burn 😂
If you have to choose, always pick quality over quantity. It's been my choice through life, and it's never let me down in the long run. Just be mindful of the law of diminishing returns and remember that the people who enjoy your conyent will find it and watch it.
Cheers!
So uh, do you think you'll do the videos about analysing the witcher 3 dlc
Amazing content uncovered a lot of Witcher products I didn't know of.
Thronebreaker sold just 10%: 13:47
Thronebreaker sold 3 copies: 14:36
Thronebreaker sold 2 copies: 17:14
Thronebreaker sold 1 copy: 17:56
😂
0 copies. It wasn't released. It wasn't even made. Wait, what are we talking about?
I was gunna say, my man's making me feel like I was the only person to buy it😂😂
That's Steam's refund system for you!
i am the proud owner of the -1 copy that was sold worldwide (i sold it to them)
Thronebreaker was a masterpiece! I enjoyed the Gwent puzzles it had but the normal combat felt kind of boring towards the end. The story and the soundtrack were excellent!
Never thought I'd read the words "masterpiece" and "kind of boring" at the same time.
@@targor9649 yeah I should have made it more clear that im refering to the story with the word "masterpiece"
totally agree the actual puzzle encounters worked so well but the combat wasn't the best. I really wish they'd make more
I didn't even know I could finish it without playing gwent.
I'm on my 2nd playthrough after my first in 2019 to get the 100% achievements... story is still great. i would have loved more witcher tales releases...
thronebreaker is a 10/10 for me man. it was such a great story filled with unexpected twists and turns throughout
How weird that all 3 people who bought this game is here in the comments for this vidya.
I couldn’t get over the play style 🥲
@@JACKXK Does everything need to be tripple A tier or what?
Heavily agree. Meve is such a great character. I wouldve loved to have seen her in the main title games
@@JACKXKyea i am also confused on this. No way the game sold a measly 3 copies and made back 10% of what was hoped for. That would mean the game was expected to sell a depressing 30 copies… that makes no damn sense.
Gwent artworks were so damn good, I constantly looked them up when reading all the Witcher books. I wish there was some kind of website where you could get a lineup of characters for each book, because it gets annoying to google each time I want to remember how somebody looks. Damn, maybe I should make it…
You should because i don't think CDProjekt will and it would be such a shame to lose all that.
Imagination is the solution
Seems like you're one for light novels, and you don't even know it
go for it lad
Those artworks are badass. There's only one thing I remember I didn't like - it's how they made Stephan Skellen's throwing stars the shape of the Nilfgaardinan sun :D That's some cartoony ass shit right there
Thronebreaker is AMAZING and it's such a shame that it does not get properly recognized.
Thronebreaker is one of my favourites!!! The soundtrack is also easily the best in the witcher franchise imo, which Is saying a lot
Thronebreaker is one of the best games I ever played, let alone the best as a Witcher game. And seeing how nobody really cares about it really hurts my soul. I always imagine people that worked on this game, engineers, programmers, voice actors, QA, artists, designers, writers, all of them putting their heart and soul into this, and no one really cares besides few hardcore fans, despite the game being a literal masterpiece. Like imagine being a dev for Baldur's Gate 3 and imagine if no one really cared about Baldur's Gate 3 today. That's how this game makes me feel, and as a dev myself, it feels really brutal to be a part of this industry.
I once stumbled Upon a artist on twitter who wrote about how much she enjoyed working on thronebreaker, I had to make sure she knew how much some of us loves this game
I love Thronebreaker
I played Thronebreaker on ps4 and I loved it so much, great story but if it wasn't related to the witcher, I wouldn't have played it for its gameplay. If you have an itch for more witcher lore, I highly recommend it
I just started playing Thronebreaker a few days ago and it's fantastic!
Does the goat reply
@@Zz0Z79your so obsessed with UA-cam creators that you have to point it out that you watch them
@@manwithballsonarm6775 nah idk who this mf is i just want him to reply
23:03 "Rogue Mage had only ONE player online.... which was ME" LMAO gave me such a laugh! what a great, well-researched, gripping video as usual. edit: it's such a same, it looks so beautiful!
*Nice You played that Witcher Crimson Trail. Mindblowing it has multiple endings too*
ua-cam.com/video/GJoM7V54T-c/v-deo.html this is the live action version of the bad ending
I remember playing Witcher: Crimson Trail when I was like 10 years old on my Sony Ericsson k510i, cause it was a well rated game on the store (and one of the only games). I have never played a Witcher game before and English is not my first language so I had no idea wtf was going on... but this video unlocked some memories. The whole KILL/SPARE mechanic, along with the font for whatever reason stuck with me; I also remember those respawning soldiers... And the thing I remembered the most to this day is that it was a game with no good endings (obviously my child brain couldn't figure out the good ending path) and thinking that the final boss was a witch, not a vampire. I am so proud of my child self for playing that game now.
Played Thronebreaker on Switch a few years ago and was blown away by it. It feels like handheld is the perfect home for that type of game. Also the optional gwent-based puzzles are really fun for anyone interested :,)
I couldn't agree more on Thronebreaker. Most underrated game ever, and highest quality one for its price tag at release. "Flawless writing, greatest soundtrack ever conceived by mankind": yes, that sums it up. If I were a billionaire, I'd contact CDPR to fund additional Witcher Tales sequels at no cost for them. It'd be the duty of a true patron of the arts, following in the footsteps of King Francis Ist of France and Pope Julius II.
CDPR got out the creative shotgun with these games, and proceeded to aim at their foot and pull the trigger.
yupp thronebreaker super underrated. also a standalone gwent player and its such a shame its dying but understandable as you mentioned, they really badly handled the shut down too many people thought it was shut down last year w the announcement and left - also the 2023 carddrops introduced so many issues they were arguably not positive content overall sadly
On the topic of Gwent- it was so goddamn good at the beginning. I think it was still in beta stage back then? It was like a great mix of Witcher 3 Gwent and some deeper stuff with nice visual glow up. I remember spending tens of hours on it, and then the overhaul happened. I reluctantly tried the new version and I honestly had no goddamn clue what was going on. I feel there was no chance any new player would get into it because of how convoluted and confusing it was.
Thronebreakers was such a hidden gem. The plot twist in that game was genuinely one of the few video game plot twists that got me
If you don't mind me asking, which plot twist in Thronebreaker are you referring to? Is it the one at the end of chapter 1, the one near the end of chapter 4, or a different one?
@@benl2140 Ah sorry, my fault for not explaining :) it was who was the traitor
You sound like boring loser nerds tho who is also extremely weird
I recommend Thronebreaker whenever possible, such a shame we won't ever get another story like that, it is a wonderful game.
Great video! Man, it still makes me sad Thronebreaker didn't do well. It's such an amazing game! It makes me even more sad knowing about the Iorveth game cancelation now :(
P.S. I've played all the games mentioned except for The Witcher VS. I had no idea that even existed lol
Iorveth yet again getting snubbed D:
I'm always surprised by the creativity and quality of your videos.. Don't worry about the long time it takes to churn these out, it's clear you have a high standard for what goes on your channel and that's why I think its been so successful!
As a huge fan of you and stand alone Gwent I would love a video on it. Your analysis here is great and I agree with most of it. But more and some gameplay would be awesome in my book. Probably not a big enough audience though
About Gwent related games. I might be the weird outlier but the standalone version of Gwent was so much more entertaining than the version in W3. In W3 Gwent felt like last minute addition what was a slog for me to get through just so I don't miss anything because who knows if there's something cool locked behind it. But the standalone version's complexity and depth was what made me change my mind about Gwent as a whole.
Thronebreaker is obviously a masterpiece that should be given more spotlight at release cuz more "witcher tales" slowly being pumped out when we wait for next big game in the series would do wonders.
And Rogue Mage wasted so much potential, Slay the Spire type game with Gwent mechanics would be amazing, throwing into it a roguelite progression allowing you to each time get further and further in the game when showcasing some of the more obscure Witcher stories would be great!
So far I've played
Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales
The Witcher trilogy
Gwent: The Witcher Card Game
and every one has a special charm to it.
i've never even heard about any of these but i will definitely check out thronebreaker!! thanks for another great video, you make the best witcher content out there imo. keep up the good work! and dont worry so much about your uploading schedule :)
Thronebreaker is so amazing. One of the best experiences I have ever played
I've been to CDPR in 2019 while they were working on Cyberpunk. I walked around like Geralt in the HQ and now I am the proud owner of two physcial copies of Thronebreaker. It comes with a bunch of awesome goodies
I had zero idea there was a physical version, what platform is it for? Just curious.
I just recently discovered your channel , and i must say i enjoy it very much. Love your content! I was hoping you could do some “how to” videos on different part of the game. I know other UA-camrs may have done similar videos like that, but I really would like your spin on one. Like how to easiest get the griffin armor for example.
I first played the Monster Slayer before the pay to win update but I can say that there was a quest at the beggining I was just unable to get past with the great curse that blinded my ability to spot monsters before i clicked on them only increasing the pain beyond bearable. It had however, a lot of potential. At the very beginning there were some pretty interesting quests that I played in the countryside whilst I was visiting grandparents and I can truly say that for a moment I really felt like a witcher, which made me really interested in the game before it quickly all fell apart as my enjoyment was ruined.
I never tried Thronebreaker, mostly because the story is told to you in text form, it's the same reason why I don't find Nintendo games all that appealing. When I play a game I want a story to be told to me, I don't want to be the narrator, I love reading books but there's a weird limbo when it comes to games that have a lot of text in them where they are neither? I may not be the majority here but I would've jumped on it day 1 if it was narrated like the Witcher 3.
Good job bro. Loved your take away, I feel the pains man. Can't wait to watch you and your channel grow.
thronebreaker is really so underappreciated, making any choice that resulted in "you chose one evil in favour of another" had me howling, bawling, and crying on the floor but I loved every second of it. i also played it in the polish dub, which was a great experience ngl
Glad to have been the only person who ever played Thronebreaker :D that game was amazing, even if the gwent gameplay was far too easy, making the "risky" choices never really risky at all
Wow, I'm rather shocked to hear about Monster Slayer's disgraceful end! I quite liked playing it for a few months but ended up deleting it because of storage issues on my old phone and completely forgot about it until now...
Now im mad i want more games like thronebreaker, i loved every single part of it
Thronebreaker is indeed a great game. You gave me the idea to replay it again.
I replay it before any TW2->TW3 run. So many choices to make!
Thronebreaker was such a hunch-buy for me, but once I started I didn't regret it one bit.
I even recommended it to a friend who usually doesn't play pc games (but read the books) and she loved it (she skipped over the combat)! It's such a gem and also has good replayability. Maybe not immediately but after a year or so when you remember that game and want to feel the experience again, you can make other choices and see how those turn out. Such a gem!
You can skip a combat in Thronebreaker? How? Why I haven't heard about that?
(probably I was told in some sort of tutorial or something. Maybe I even read this... but I definitly take too big breaks between playing most of games I have... so when I'm coming back I didn't remember anything)
nah, the scrap of marketing it got never mentioned the easiest difficulty allows for skipping battles. cdpr massively undersold the entire game and then went pikachuface at the sales :D
i am glad you do not cut corners..i like your content for what it is..straight forward..no BS blaring disco music, or chest thumping..been with you from the start..one of my fav content makers..and you spotlight my fav game..thx
Fun fact, you are automatically the best video of my week because I've been waiting on someone being sponsorised by Displate for my christmas gift. Thank you ! Great video too !
Well done guy. On top of the displate sponsor I got another ad for them both before and during this video.
oh my god the way your footage of crimson trail just unlocked the memories of me playing this game when i was in school. insane.
AND versus too omg
This video kept me thoroughly entertained while i completed the mind-numbing task of preparing veggies for a roast. Thanks mate
I got Thronebreaker the other day and I'm so excited to play it. It was probably you're videos that made me aware of it and want to buy it at all.
Thronebreaker rundown was spot on, I enjoyed every bit of the game but I straight up skipped every battle (thank god there was an option for that, otherwise I would have uninstalled after an hour).
Ohh the gwent convo hit me hard! As someone who used to play the beta A LOT , and then when the game was launched and they changed everything, i still played a LOT in the first year (i mean, at one point i got top 50 worldwide), every time i spent months away from the game it seemed more complicated and more pile up of cards and mechanics that just make me tired.
Dude
This video is such a deep dive into a world that I wasn't even aware about.
Nice job 👍
I had no idea you can speak Thronebreaker gwent sections. I made horrible decisions to avoit fights I couldnt beat. Why on Earth would they allow you to skip ......
Great video as always!
Love Thronebreaker. Played through it more times than I care to admit. It's really a shame it didn't sell well.
Dam it I just forgot that the Witcher show existed and then he mentions it within the first minute
The reality is that the Witcher as a concept is kind of tame. By that a mean, it's not so gimmicky that any writer can pick it up and do something super exciting with it. The Witcher requires very intimate writing styles. Devs approach Witcher games like it's Lord of the Rings, when they're really more like detective style narratives. It's film noir. The traditional RPG beat-em-up approach to games is not going to work for the Witcher.
I haven't heard of a lot of these. This a cool video thanks!
I thought Thronebreaker was an exclusively Gwent game and unlike Geralt, I am not a fan of Gwent.
Love your channel man, just getting back into tw3 again after a long absence and then onto thronebreaker!
Great video! I have only played Witcher 3 so this was interesting. Your videos are really well thought out and edited. I always watch them with full attention and never glance at the clock. Looking forward to whichever Witcher related content you plan to cover next!
Man i played Thronebreaker like a year ago, i love the game so much. Such a good story with so many different hard choices. You really feel the weight of the crown in this one
really enjoy your video's! thanks
Looking forward to picking up thronebreaker and the video pipeline. Keep up the good stuff. Supposedly Joseph Anderson’s witcher 3 critique is coming out this year. Not sure if neon knight is a fan or familiar but its bit of a meme at this point.
Finally someone else gives the hearts of stone writing the credit it deserves, its the best piece of witcher content for me other than a few single page moments from the books. Ice skating in tower of the swallow, geralt getting close to murdered in time of contempt and the attack on styga castle
I loved Thronebreaker so much, I would love for more like it. Standalonew Gwent was also fun for a while, amazing art and flavour as you said.
omg, noooooooooo. I had no idea there were plans for more 'Witcher Tales' games, and the next one being about Iorveth?!?!?! dang it
Thronebreaker is a damn masterpiece and I played it to death. Such a shame...
There was actually dialogue about Iorveth commando at the end of Thronebreaker
Thronebreaker was a game most similar to The Banner Saga trilogy, yet somehow it is impossible to tell from the marketing.
0:27 oh dear god wtf 😂😂😂😂
I played thronebreaker like 8 months ago and its so sad how little love it gets. I have never had a story moment in a game hit me as hard as a moment later in the game. Through off my game too because the card I lost was a major part of my deck.
hate to ask but is there gonna be a WWGD Witcher 1 edition??
gonna finish Witcher 3 first, and at that point I think it'll be better to just wait for the remake
@@NeonKnight sad 😔 but i understand
While Thronebreaker sales where worse than expected I saw a news that it break even some time ago. It's a shame that they did not continue with more Witcher Tales, at least for making universe richer. It would be much better way than some events in Gwent (I did play a lot of Gwent, but droped out soon after Midwinter Update).
BTW Another reason while it did not sale well was the fact on PC for some time it was exclusive for GOG.
I loved Thronebreaker! The storytelling was amazing!
Thanks for the commentary!
Thronebreaker's flop on sales is truly a shame
I wish the Gwent games actually felt like the witcher 3 gwent. You're so limited with cards, but the system enables weak cards to be useful, scorch, spies and weather effects were such powerful and fun mechanics.. It just were never fully replicated sadly
I actually bought Thronebreaker, but just couldn't really get into it. Played it for about an hour and sort of forgot about it.
TWMS on the other hand, ooh boy. I played it from the launch and it was fun going out and do the quests. Even grinding was somewhat enjoyable. But then the promised story expansions never came and the disastrous patch appeared...
I didn't even know that there were any spin offs aside from Gwent and Thronebreaker
An unexpected upload, awesome. I really have to give Thronebreaker a try, maybe when I finish my whatever number I'm on Witcher playthrough.
Damn, I'd never even heard of Thronebreaker until now and I'm still mad about it.
For anyone interested in that Witcher Board game, like I was because of this vid: it's called "The Witcher Adventure Game" and it's 80% off on Steam right now until December 12th.
Thank you for the shout-out to Hearts of Stone. The story and build in that DLC are excellent, and often overlooked when compared to Blood and Wine (which is longer and very pretty but, IMHO isn't quite as good a story.)
Seeing this kind of dedication and commitment for Witcher world, I wouldn't be surpriced if Neon is going to learn polish for additional content.
massive fan of Thronebreaker. Meve just might be one of my favourite The Witcher characters.
Thronebreaker was amazing! I played it just after release and I loved it!
I got Thronebreaker years ago and ADORED it! I was so hyped for The Witcher Tales, but never actively looked for news about it. So I'm just learning through this video that there won't be more.
It absolutely kills me that there will never be a sequel. It was so, so good. TT^TT
Funny thing is, I remember clearly playing VS back in the day for a bit, found out it exists, tried it and that was that :D
The creative death metaphors made me laugh so much in this video
I was replaying The Witcher 3, and when I got to the A Hallowed Horn quest, I remembered that last time, Mithias got annoyed at me for killing the thieves. So this time, when I got to the thieves, and already knew that the horn was in a chest, rather than any of the thieves inventories, so I didn't actually have to kill them, I took care to not kill any of the thieves, while still retrieving the horn - which was a difficult job, as I couldn't loot the chest while the thieves were nearby, so I had to lure the thieves away from the chest, then circle back, and in the extremely narrow time window between when the battle music stops, and when the thieves return to the chest - as they start to return immediately once the battle music stops, loot the chest - made even more difficult by the game's janky input mechanics, where it seems to treat all inputs as a queue (moving, pressing 'e' to loot, etc), so I had to make sure not to queue up too much movement so I could quickly loot the chest before the thieves returned - anyway, I did it, after a lot of effort and time, and the cheek! Geralt still said that he killed the thieves when talking to Mithias, as if all that effort to not harm a single hair on their heads was for nothing!
I didn't know Thronebreaker had flopped so badly. Such a shame, it's such a fun game and so unique. Seeing footage of it here actually made me want to go and play it again, and I think I might just do that right now.
Battle Arena at least knew their lore except it was mainly Witcher 2 lore lol. I love how they had a character from an extremely obscure side quest. I know who that character was, but I beat all the Witchers & did everything in them. While most people wouldn’t know tho since Witcher 3 is when most people got introduced
I remember covering the launch of thronebreaker for a (now-defunct) online publication. Yes, the irony doesn't escape me.
It was one of the lowest read articles on the website.
You are literally the best Witcher creator
Oof 9 times on crimson trail. Props for doing it to capture the different choice outcomes and endings.
I loved Gwent actually and I almost platinumed thronebreaker. It was a great game and I wish I could play it again. I didn't know it sold THAT badly..
Thronebreaker went from selling 10% of the projected sales to 3 copies world wide, then only 2 copies world wide only just to ultimately sell 1 copy world wide.
I mean, I'm impressed, I've never seen someone manage to sell something in the negative amount!
These d@mn refunds
I remember this fatal update to mobile witcher go. I just wrote on Facebook "oh, so they decide to close The game?".
your speech on gwent thronebreaker and gwent standalone ARE FACTS
The Witcher 3 music in the background is so soothing and nostalgic.
I was one of the two people that played thronebreaker. Bought it on sale and just didn't play it for ages and ages only to be really disappointed when I did play it. You pretty much hit the nail on the head with your description... Amazing artwork, great story, fantastic voice cast, very chill time on the overworld map but jesus the battles... it just wore me down to the point that I was skipping every battle in the last area unless it was related to a trophy. A terrible shame.
HOLY FUCK WHO DID THRONEBREAKER THIS DIRTY IM SO FUCKING ANGRY
now you've made want to play witcher crimson trail
"Gwent was meant for mindless fun against stupid opponents"
Me who can't beat the AI
Thank you for explaining thronebreaker. I did indeed skip it because I did not like to play gwent in the main game. I wishlisted it immediately and looking forward to it.
throne breaker is one of the best card game ever with the most memorable story , i still remember doing everything to ensure queen meve got her kingdom back.
i did not know the Gwent aspect of Thronebreaker is skippable until now, thank you for telling us that, im definitely gonna finish it now
I must sadly say, as a witcher 3 gwint veteran(i also downloaded the mods to make it more interesting and it got much better, totally recommend the gwent redux mod) i also was very excited to play the standalone gwent when i found out it exists but i didnt manage to get into it as it was already too complicated when i tried it for the first time and in my opinion the tutorial was sadly also not good enough to explain how the game works so i didnt get into it. That also meant i didnt get into thronebreaker even though i tried(i didnt realise you can skip the gwent altogether, so i might give it a go again as i heard a lot of people praise the story). Nevertheless thank you for the great video and it is a shame that cdpr didnt market the gwent tales better.