Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales on Steam - User reviews, Price & Information
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Discover a brand new RPG from the creators of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Facing an imminent invasion, Meve — war-veteran and Queen of Lyria and Rivia — is forced to once again enter the warpath and set out on a dark journey of destruction and revenge.
Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales is a rpg, adventure and card game game
developed and published by CD PROJEKT RED.
Released on November 09th 2018 is available only on Windows
in 13 languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Spanish - Latin America, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese.
It has received 16,638 reviews of which 14,782 were positive and 1,856 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.7 out of 10. 😎
The game is currently priced at 19.99€ on Steam, but you can find it for less on Gamivo.
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Windows
- OS: 7 / 8 / 8.1 /10 (64bit)
- Processor: Intel Celeron G1820 | AMD A4-7300
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 730 | Radeon R7 240
- Storage: 8 GB available space
- Sound Card: DirectX compatible sound card
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a The Witcher game in CRPG/graphic adventure/point-and-click style, plus GWENT incluse too, all in one place, damn! what's else?! it was a true drug to playing this awesomeness videogame! it did me to immerse into whole gameplay! ❤️ GRAZIE CD PROJEKT RED! ❤️
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The graphics, voice acting, and music are all great, and even though it's a spin-off, the quality is superior.
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Needed my fix of the Witcher world and was a bit fed up of Gwent so this worked as a nice middleground. The story is engaging, the moments are memorable and the decisions in this game feel like they have a weight. I feel like it is too common for decisions made throughout a single player experience to not have the appropriate weight attached but this game does that perfectly. Some decisions you regret immediately and others you'll find out the outcome of later whether it good or bad but that's how I like it. I'll admit the puzzles paced throughout the game I wasn't completely there for. I enjoyed a couple of them but for the most part avoided them as much as I can, probably says more about me than anything. I appreciate the work gone into them and it is clever how some of them work within a card game experience but it's just not the element of the game I enjoy. The battles themselves are fun with new cards being given to you enough so that you can experiment with new things. The Nilfguuard battles did get slightly repetitive, I kind of wish there was a bit more variance in what their battles looked like but that didn't detract too much from the general experience. There is definitely room for a lot of experimentation though, especially with all the trinkets you can use so that adds a lot of depth to the game which I hope to delve through if I were to play again. My main gripe with the game I'd say is that I felt like it was almost impossible to upgrade your camp to the max if you had moments where you lost all your gold or all your supplies which I understand is meant to add dynamic to the game but there were cards that I wanted to use for a long time but were always just out of reach due to setbacks. From a game that is probably for the most part only going to be played once by people I think it is a shame that the potential is there for players to not experience and mess around with the cards later down the upgrade tree for the camp. Overrall though I enjoyed the game quite a lot and would definitely recommend people to give it a try, especially if you enjoyed Gwent in the Witcher 3 and especially if you enjoy the multiplayer game. The characters are memorable, the voice acting, the music and the feel of the game is top quality, what is not to like! There are parts of the game that feel more dragged out but I think that was maybe more of a personal gripe with where I was at in the game due to setbacks in the previous chapter. (Arnjolf package is bloody broken though, make sure you pick him up in the swamp by siding with Lippy)
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Good game, manages to take Gwent and shape it in a more fun, focused direction fit to be the vehicle through which the game's conflicts unfold. At first, I was a bit disappointed that there is no punishment for failure, or different consequences for, say, succeeding at an assault versus flubbing it. After finishing the game, though, I've come to see it as necessary, since your draws are random. A particularly bad starting hand can mean watching the battle fail in slow-motion if you don't outright forfeit. The option to resign at any time (even in the middle of the AI's turn) and immediately retry is appreciated. A lot of the gameplay is Gwent, as special matches with story cards and unique objectives, head-scratching puzzle fights, and classic 3-round card battles. There are a lot of Gwent battles - probably a few too many, though you have the option to walk past plenty of them too, which should make repeated playthroughs quicker should you choose to skip some content. There is also the option, on the easy difficulty, to skip the Gwent battles completely and get on with the story. I think this removes some of the narrative weight of victory, though, and it will probably start to feel contrived that Meve wins battle after battle so effortlessly if you don't put the effort in yourself as the player. I don't recommend this game to anyone who dislikes turn-based strategy games. Make no mistake - the story here is worth it, but so are the cards. They should be enjoyed, to the best of one's ability, as a package. Player dialogue choices exist but do not drastically divert the narrative's direction, like they can (sometimes) do in the first two Witcher games. Instead, they can affect your Gwent deck (the in-game analogy for Meve's army), either by adjusting the resources with which you can make new basic cards, or upgrading and removing special Hero cards (that represent the side characters in the story). Like the other Witcher games, Thronebreaker has multiple ending variations based on the choices you've made in the story. Many choices will, in the classic Witcher fashion, have you picking between two or more evils. There is something to be said about Meve's status and perspective as a monarch as it relates to these choices, though. Unlike a witcher, Meve does not have the privilege of being neutral. In some respects, she has more capacity than anyone to be kind, but players will often find themselves feeling that cruelty - to enemies, but also to turncoats and deserters - is the more responsible choice. The enemy, Nilfgaard, is itself an unflinchingly cruel invading force hell-bent on bringing the Northern Realms to their knees, enslaving their people, and resettling their lands. It is a refreshing, more lore-accurate depiction of the empire after the weirdly whitewashed version of it seen in the Witcher 3. Even so, the game manages to invoke moral tension in player decisions regarding Nilfgaard's subjects. In fact, these are some of the stronger and more memorable choices you can make. One point of criticism I have is regarding AI deck variety: there are a lot of fights against Nilfgaard, especially near the end of the game. A lot of these battles feature very similar decks, if not actually the same. It doesn't help that some Nilfgaard cards are themselves anti-fun, having abilities that punish you for using special orders or placing units on certain rows. The units that don't do this tend to have rather boring abilities anyway (e.g. boost all copies of this card by 2 when played, damage an opponent by 2 each turn, etc.). I found battles against the Scoia'tael and Monsters decks to be much more cerebral and entertaining. All that said, this is a fantastic game with an unwarranted amount of developer love and care poured into it. The visual novel sections are delightful, the card puzzles are thoughtful, and the voice acting is perfect. The soundtrack is likewise impressive, and will give you earworms for days after playing. If you plan on playing the standalone multiplayer Gwent game, though, consider buying this game on GoG, since the exclusive cards you can unlock for multiplayer Gwent from this game only carry over on that platform.
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got witcher 3 for the story but stayed for gwent, got thronebreaker for gwent but stayed for the story.
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Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales is currently priced at 19.99€ on Steam.
Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 19.99€ on Steam.
Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales received 14,782 positive votes out of a total of 16,638 achieving a rating of 8.68.
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Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales was developed and published by CD PROJEKT RED.
Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales is not playable on MacOS.
Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales is not playable on Linux.
Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales is a single-player game.
There are 2 DLCs available for Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales. Explore additional content available for Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales on Steam.
Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
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Developer
CD PROJEKT RED
Publisher
CD PROJEKT RED
Release
09 Nov 2018
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Remote Play
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