The Witcher Adventure Game Reviews

Bought this because I can't find the actual boardgame for less than $70 (HOLY SHIT!). Although, after playing this I wouldn't want the boardgame because setting this up seems like a logistical nightmare meant for a computer. Anyway, I liked it. I looked at some of the negative reviews. This just isn't a game I would want to play online. It's a game meant for good ol' fashioned couch co-op, an art that is lost to a shitty generation (OMG not other people in the same room!). The video tutorials, if watched left-right top-bottom, start heavy but break down each component until by the end you're like, "ok, I didn't think I would, but I get it." Anything you think you didn't get, the computer does all of the heavy lifting for anyway. Seriously, you don't even really need tutorials. The computer holds your little baby hand and guides you through every step. This game is really fun with one of those shitty touch screen all-in-ones if you're unfortunate enough to own one (but hey, here's something cool it can do!) The AI in this game are little bastards.

The Witcher Adventure Game is a board-like game where you are given quest cards, make decisions, and let your luck do the thing. Before you even try to play this game you need: -[b]Patience![/b] It takes like an hour for a game to finish depending on the how many quest cards you need to complete. -[b]Decision Making Skills![/b] Every choice you make may or may not affect the situation you are in. You need to read a lot of texts then try to make up a decision depending on you current situation or strategy. Overall, this game is good but somehow many people do not like these types of game. I recommend you to try it first then see for yourself! [i](Leave a like if this review helped you! An award if you're feeling generous! :3)[/i]

I would have liked to give this game a good review but I cannot. The singleplayer AI is absolutely horrible so offline mode isn't any fun after you learn the game. Online is horribly unbalanced due to Triss being able to teleport around acquiring 2 leads per turn compared to the other characters 1, thus completing the quests 2x as fast as the other characters. Every 3 game match I get into with a halfway decent triss player completes the third quest in 14-20 turns while everyone else is finsihing their first or getting onto their second. This would be an easy fix to simply allow the teleport card to be used before travel only or limit only 1 lead from travelling per turn. Its also quite annoying how you can't directly hinder an opponent, You might draw a card randomly by chance to slightly hinder them but it's nothing significant and will likely hurt you just as much. Other than the balance and horrible AI it is a pretty fun game though

This board game is only interesting in the first five hours, then it becomes quite repetitive as it lacks depth. Achievements requires a lot of grinding. Multiplayer is very dead.

I own the physical board game, which is pretty enjoyable to play. Having seen this on sale, I decided to buy it. Though I would like to give it a good review as I would the physical board game, I can't, considering it has a serious problems. I only have a few hours on record because I attempted to play about seven games, all of which were ended short because of random disconnects or game freezes. I don't have this problem on other games. Unfortunately, this game does not give you the option to reconnect, which I would argue is maybe the most important feature for a lengthy digital board game. At least in my case, the game cannot be played. It's real shame. The game has been out for a while, so it seems like they have just decided it isn't worth it to implement a reconnect feature. If you think you'll like the game, buy the physical one. It's a ton of fun. You should know that it focuses a lot on solo play, though. The game feels more like a race between friends than a PvP competition. You can make a few decisions to hinder other players, but they are far and few between and will most likely happen at random, making it nearly impossible to plan a few turns ahead.

The Witcher Adventure Game is a surprisingly well made digital board game adaptation, which massively shines during multiplayer due to its depth and an absolutely stunning amount of content as well as immaculate love for detail. The target audience is a small niche though, as is is made for diehard Witcher fans and boardgame enthusiasts alike. For most people of the general public not belonging to both of these groups it might start to feel a bit convoluted as time passes, yet the game itself remains one of the best digital boardgames I personally have played in the last couple of years. Do recommend. Just be aware that you need to be both a Witcher fan and boardgame enthusiast to be able to fully appreciate this title.

Fun board-style game set in the Witcher world. What I will never understand is why the devs used Yarpin as your dwarven friend, ignoring Geralt's best friend ZOLTAN FREAKING CHIVAY. It will always bother me.

This recommendation is conditional. If you were interested in getting the physical board game, as I was, I would definitely recommend this as it could save you $60 if you decide that it's not for you. Another condition is to have friends you could play this with if you don't plan on getting the physical game. If you do not meet either of these conditions, then this game gets a little hard to recommend at the moment. The AI is fairly stupid which, for the first game or 2, is fine. But after 1 game for me, I was able to face-roll the AI. I think I won by almost 45 victory points. It's always possible that the devs could improve the AI. But as of right now, that's where other people would come in to play. Ultimately, this game was fun enough to convinced me to buy the physical game, but I can't imagine playing too many more games against the AI.

I would say 50% strategy, 50% luck. Which for a board game that's pretty good. + good music. + the AI is not faceroll easy, but also doesn't cheat + I didn't feel like I didn't have control. You do feel like you have choices and that your choices matter. The game doesn't play itself for you. + the ability to play against other real life people :) - would like the ability to skip AI's turns. The AI in comparrison to other games is quite quick, but if you're playing a 5 quest match with 3 AI opponents it drags out. Enjoying the game and would recommend it to anyone that likes board games :)

This is a good realization of the board game. It is playable as hot-seat or online and may give you many hours of enjoyable experience. But there are some flaws that need to be fixed to make the game perfect: 1. When a player have to do a choice, he/she can't access to the game map and/or any player hero sheet and resources including his/her own. This may easily lead to wrong decisions and waste fun. The board game is obviously free from this limitation. So, the possibility to "minimize" the choice and take look at the game state will make the game much comfortable. 2. Some choices are not clearly described. For example, Triss Merigold has a spell to look at the two top investigation cards then put one on the bottom of the deck and the other back on top. When this spell is used, the game show two cards and say to the player just "choose one of them". What will be happen next with the chosen card is unclear. 3. The rules of the game says that proofs can't be exchanged back to leads. So, the investigation successes of a hero converted to proofs must me "protected" from any bad events that force the hero to spend leads. But in the computer version proofs ARE exchanged back to leads every time a hero must spend more leads than he/she have. 4. The AI is wery weak, so the single-player games are dull and not enjoyable at all. 5. There is no russian language, sadly to many and many russian-speaking Witcher fans. 6. In network games, when a player quits at the characters selecting stage, all other players are forced to quit and try to start network game again. That allows one player to abuse many other. 7. Triss "Teleport" spell is mightly overpowered. It allows Triss to collect two leads in a turn without any risk. I think, this is not the board game disbalance but the wrong implementation in computer game. Some other abilities with the text "when you perform [stated action] {do something in addition}" also work weird in the computer game.