Added to these, shortly into the game you'll earn a crossbow for longer range strikes. Cast any and you drain adrenaline, which replenishes in time before you can use any again. You've five spells - Signs - quickly selectable through a bumper button press that offer a mix of offensive and passive abilities. You can perform strong or fast strikes, block, parry. You've two swords one to tackle humans, the other monsters, with Geralt automatically unsheathing the correct one come clash. Real-time combat is core to surviving the wilderness - and city life at times - in Witcher 3. You're barely see a shadow of the 'Fetch this, Kill X of these' missions that plague other titles.This is the new gold standard for the genre.Įach is a chance to earn XP, grab items and equipment, and slay monsters. From this main narrative arc unravels multiple story and quest threads some important, others minor, but all intriguing. One that ultimately intwines with the stories and fates of multiple other characters you'll cross as you track down the whereabouts of a one-time ward who's now in danger. You play as Geralt of Rivia, mutated beast hunter for hire who's striking out across the world on a personal quest.
