FRIST_008 Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales Review

Okay then. Thronebreaker. 10 hours later What is this? Gwent? Sorry, but no. A card game like Hearthstone where you need deck management? Nah... So what is it then? A card puzzle? Probably yes. In 50% of the battles you're given a deck that isn't yours at all, and you have to solve a card puzzle with 1-2 possible solutions. These puzzles take 10 to 15 minutes. They're interesting, and the Russian voice acting gives it all a real Witcher mood. And the cards in your own deck? Forget it. I've gone through 1/4 of the game without touching my deck. The cards I get, I have no clue what on earth they're for. The base deck is TOP. And what about the story? Is it interesting? Yes, the story is exactly what's addictive here. Even though the gameplay doesn't let you play for more than 2-3 hours at a time, it's the story that makes you come back. Lots of side stuff, lots of gray morality, no pure good in this world, constant knives in the back, and so on. But there's one BUT. The story and the way it's told feel like a very expensive, high-quality audiobook with pictures. So, in the end: the story and its branches are great, that's a solid 10. But the gameplay gets old pretty fast, within 2-3 hours, and then it starts all over again. So over the 40 hours the game is designed for, it probably won't hold up. I don't give gameplay like this more than a 6 or 7. In total and on average, we get 7-8 and a bit. Now let's look at my rating system: 10 masterpiece 9 I recommend it to each and every one 8 I liked the game, but I'll only talk about it if someone brings it up with me 7 the game has a lot of small issues or one big one Thronebreaker, especially because of the gameplay, isn't a game for everyone, but it's definitely important for anyone who loves story-driven games, and especially The Witcher. So, since they clearly didn't nail the gameplay, the game gets only an 8 from me. P.S. After finishing the game, my opinion didn't change much. But there were more choices of the lesser evil. Let's put it this way: the further you get, the more the game opens up in terms of the story and the decisions you made earlier.