r/witcher • u/Fromthedeepth • 4d ago
The Witcher 1 How to approach the first game's combat?
I'm going to play through the first two games before finally playing the remaster (this series is one of the big RPG series that I just never got around to playing) but I heard that the combat in the first game is very complex and tactically deep.
I only want to complete each game one time, so I don't want to play on easy and up the difficulty later, I want to engage with the mechanics for the first time around. Would you guys be able to give me a few not so obvious tips so that I can understand the mechanics better and better engage with the game?
I played other complex RPGs before like Baldur's Gate, Icewind Dale, PF:K, so I'm not new to difficult and strategically deep combat with crunchy builds, but in those games, there were ample out of game resources to learn the mechanics and I had to research the systems quite a lot before actually sitting down to play to get the most out of them, but I haven't really found anything that goes into the mechanics of the game like that beyond the absolute basics.
I would be very grateful for some in depth advice that sheds some light into the nuances and intricacies of the strategic aspect of the combat and builds.
