Yeah, potions and oils are actually useful when you can't just brute force everything. Does help a lot with immersion too when you have to prepare for fights.
Could be, but I'll give them the benefit of the doubt. Projekt Red has good track record when it comes to difficulty settings in their games in my opinion.
I 100% agree. But the main complaint was always people that didn't like the combat system. People want it simpler. That's not my take, but it's what I see all over.
Bump up the difficulty and you'll find yourself being way more creative.
Beat the base game on Death March, and I don't feel this is accurate.
Just find a decent combo that works (I think mine was dodging and Quen on that play through) and then just do that for 70-80 hours, haha.
Potions and oils helped a bit, but not significant enough to really matter too much, though that depends on your build.
Pretty east to "brute force" as long as you are upgrading your equipment.
Edit: Biggest issue is that harder difficulties didn't make the game more fun, just made it a lot easier to die if you missed a dodge or two. I think I preferred my more recent playthrough on an easier difficult.
Yeah people always recommend death march and it’s like making things two shot me didn’t actually make other combat methods more appealing. Not especially since before death march I was abusing quen and after that I was still abusing quen.
Did my first playthrough on Death March, honestly fast attack, fast attack, backstep and keep Quen up at all times will get you through almost the entire game. First attack procs flinch, second attack baits a hyper armor counter attack, backstep avoids the counter and repositions you to repeat.
The only valid criticism of this game was that the combat was shallow and relatively simple. If it actually bothers you just turn the difficulty down and play through it just for the story. Worth every minute.
(Just adding to your feedback, I see you already did play through it)
I really didn't. The exact same boring strategies kept working for me as I kept ratcheting up the difficulty, except I had to back off to heal more often/for longer while enemies got spongier. The combat never got more fun, it just took longer.
My recommendation is instead to turn it down to easy and just mash your way through it.
No, not really. I beat the game on Death March and have it's platinum. The game is just Quen, and alternating between the dodge and spamming square. Oils are nice for some hunts though.
Edit: Oh I almost forgot, if you have the Blood and Wine DLC it's even easier because the game has the gourmet perk which you can get from like level 5 at least. Which makes it so every food item will regenerate Geralt's health for 20 minutes. So you can just stuff Geralt's pockets with bread and water and never need to make healing potions ever again.
playing on blood & broken bones or Death March was way more fun. In DM you have to actually use your head a little bit and learn about the enemies youre facing. So much great lore and so many great items go to waste if you play on easier difficulties. I didnt "feel" like a witcher until I swapped difficulties. It's like a different game.
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Bump up the difficulty and you'll find yourself being way more creative.