Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales

[h1] ★★★★⯪ [/h1] [h2] ✦ 𝟒,𝟓/𝟓 ✦ [/h2] [h3] I came for The Witcher. I stayed for the Queen. [/h3] ༺━━━━━━━━━━✦━━━━━━━━━━༻ ✦ [b]What a pleasant surprise[/b] ✦ ◆ [b]Thronebreaker was a massive positive surprise for me.[/b] After Rogue Mage completely failed to grab my attention, I expected to bounce off this game too. Instead, it absolutely captivated me and pulled me in from beginning to end. ◆ I'm not a fan of card games, but I genuinely enjoyed playing through this one. The story is incredibly engaging, full of twists, difficult choices and situations where there rarely seems to be an obviously good answer. ༺━━━━━━━━━━✦━━━━━━━━━━༻ ✦ [b]A different side of the Witcher world[/b] ✦ ◆ The story is told from the perspective of Queen Meve, ruler of Lyria and Rivia, during the Second Northern War with Nilfgaard. [b]It's a fantastic period to explore, especially for anyone familiar with Sapkowski's books.[/b] ◆ While Geralt is busy marching south and dealing with his own problems, we're fighting to keep our kingdom alive. [b]It's a brilliant narrative idea that makes Thronebreaker feel genuinely different from the other Witcher games.[/b] Instead of following the familiar characters, we get to see the war from the perspective of someone who actually has a kingdom to lose. ◆ The hand-drawn art style is also beautiful. The static story scenes won't necessarily appeal to everyone, but I personally think they fit the game's presentation really well. ༺━━━━━━━━━━✦━━━━━━━━━━༻ ✦ [b]A few cards missing from the deck[/b] ✦ ◆ My biggest problem is that [b]the game is just a little too long.[/b] The battles towards the end start becoming rather tiring, and the puzzles, which initially provide a nice change of pace, eventually become more frustrating than enjoyable. Their constantly changing rules can be quite a headache. ◆ The lack of manual saving is also an unfortunate decision. And then there's one particular story element that bothered me the most. Without getting into spoilers, [b]the betrayal trope is used far too often.[/b] ༺═──────────────═༻ ✦ [b]Thronebreaker completely changed my expectations.[/b] I went into it expecting another card game I wouldn't enjoy and ended up getting one of the more interesting stories in the Witcher universe. The excellent writing, difficult choices, book-era setting and beautiful presentation make it a fantastic experience, even if the game overstays its welcome a little towards the end. [b]If you're a fan of The Witcher and care more about a great story than the fact that the game is built around cards, Thronebreaker is absolutely worth giving a chance.[/b] [h2][i] 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒇𝒆𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝑰 𝒆𝒏𝒋𝒐𝒚 𝒍𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒂𝒅𝒎𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒘𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈. [/i][/h2]

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I am the fool for thinking I wouldn't be making tough decisions in a silly little gwent game.

好玩的一逼

nice

Эх щас бы в портеечку гвинта!