The Witcher

The Witcher

October 26, 2007·Single player
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Ratings

82
User Score
812 ratings
88
Critic Score
2 reviews
85
Total Score
814 combined

About

Based on the novel series by Andrzej Sapkowski, The Witcher follows Geralt of Rivia, an amnesiac witcher (problem solver and slayer of monsters) whose home, the Kaer Morhen citadel, is besieged by an organization called the Salamandra, who steal their valuable potions and get away. Throughout the game, Geralt must resolve people's moral dilemmas, connect the dots of his past and track down the Salamandra.

Storyline

The game begins when Geralt of Rivia, one of a few remaining "witchers" – traveling monster hunters for hire, gifted with unnatural powers, is transported to the witcher stronghold of Kaer Morhen by fellow witchers who had discovered him unconscious in a field. Geralt remembers almost nothing of his life before that point. He is taken to Kaer Morhen, the base of the witchers, where he meets a sorceress named Triss Merigold. The castle is attacked by a gang of bandits named Salamandra, led by a criminal known as the Professor, a mage named Savolla who controls a large, praying mantis-like monster, and another mage named Azar Javed. The witchers and the sorceress manage to slay the monster and kill Savolla, but the Professor and Azar manage to escape with the mutagens that genetically alter the witchers. After curing Triss of the wounds she received while fighting Javed, Geralt and the rest of the witchers head off in different directions in order to find information on Salamandra.

Release Dates

PlatformDate
PC (Microsoft Windows)Oct 26, 2007
PC (Microsoft Windows)Oct 30, 2007
PC (Microsoft Windows)Nov 09, 2007
PC (Microsoft Windows)Apr 11, 2008
MacApr 05, 2012

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Screenshots

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Game Info

Developer
CD Projekt RED
Publisher
CD Projekt RED, Atari, Inc.
Release Date
October 26, 2007
Franchise
The Witcher
Collection
The Witcher
Perspective
Third person, Bird view / Isometric

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Platforms

PC (Microsoft Windows)Mac

Genres

Role-playing (RPG)Adventure

Themes

ActionFantasy

Game Modes

Single player

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