The Witcher

but we're, we're sort of exiting what I sort of more my like, I quite liked this from the years and getting into the stuff I really liked. So after this, it's all, I'll say it's all gold, but it's all games I like genuinely love. So that's okay, Matthew. What's your number seven? My number seven is Thronebreaker. Oh, yeah. The Witcher card game. The Witcher card game. I absolutely love this. I thought this was such a lush production. You know, they took Gwent, the card game from the Witcher three, they actually…

... I have a small book. I have a smaller book here. It is this one. It is The Witcher, Blood of Elbow. So don't look at the second one for the time being. ...

... I mean, I think I think it's true that there are only a particular handful of games where this would make sense. I think that The Witcher is one of those because it's so evergreen, right, people still play it a decade later and it's still widely available. ...

construction in any game i've played um it's one of the few games where i have gone back and played like every branch of it just to see how all the different stories played out because i was so intrigued but that first time was very very tough yeah it's um i think it's the prime candidate for a two giant men play episode the witcher 2 um we talked about the idea of doing three over like multiple episodes as well dummy matthew so yeah that might be a thing we can do at some point we do it and both go different…

... So he kind of came to mind, Matthew. What have you got for this one? I picked my beloved Vernon Roach, Rosh, the character I name, I can never pronounce from the Witcher series. I mean, most of the stuff you do with him is kind of unpleasant because everyone's just out for revenge and it's quite a grim world. ...

... My number two is borrowing from a widely reported rumour that's doing the rounds at the moment that The Witcher 3 is going to have another expansion in 2026. I think this rumour basically comes from some kind of investment call where they spoke rather mysteriously about something that was going to bring them, like, you know, income this year, but it's too soon for Witcher 4 and it's not a Cyberpunk sequel. ...

... But Jeremy, what about you? I sincerely hope we're going to get the trifecta and Jeremy is back on Witcher 3. Close, actually. ...

... Like, I don't know, I don't know why your hopes are all pinned on this one fucking game. Have you finished The Witcher? Like, just go, what's going on? ...

bad it's like 70 something but i feel like it's pumped up by a lot of like i'm the psp editor and i've done my cast aspersions on the psp or the psp editors of this world but you know i know what it's like when you're on a single format like that you tend to get a little bit excited like well they really might they really managed to make the witcher three work on switch we all lied um so uh like it happens you know yeah i wonder if balladeer did get cytopunk in the end um along those lines i'm not sure cytopunk…

on is the dlc phantom liberty obviously very good but um the base game you know was uh yeah but it was they invested the time to get it right and so 86 feels like a good value for the the very high quality game that this is and i feel like we've still got another decade of people talking about it and playing it very similar to the witcher 3 matthew what what your thoughts on this i gave it a seven launch but i genuinely i think i was rating it as as an experience as well like i i think i had more problems with…

So I just to touch on your point about this spread of review scores and the discourse around this, I think what's happening here is that there's there's a lot of stuff in this game, like a huge amount of systems and ideas. And it basically crips from, you know, Zelda, the Witcher 3, Red Dead Redemption, sort of Capcom action games, Dynasty Warriors, like it really is an absolute magpie. ...

... Like it does interesting things with like the magic systems and all that, but I think the novelty, the things that Fable as a franchise hangs its hat on, it's not combat. It's like, you know, when you talk about Witcher 3, you can like the Witcher 3's combat, but that game isn't necessarily known for its combat, right? ...