The Witcher in 5 Minutes

Before you play The Witcher 3, catch up on the twisty tale of Geralt of Rivia and a few important characters that you may have forgotten. (Covers The Witcher and The Witcher 2)

[sth]

IGN forgot the most important part: Witchers are immune to STDs and so Geralt bangs every maid, witch, lady, and female magical creature during his quest and collects nude selfies.

[KevinGeneFeldman]

Watched the whole video, still confused.

[Omasisi]

I watched a 30 minute video explaining witcher, but somehow this 5 minute videos explained it better

[sleepjamal]

this video REALLY needs captions, because of all those crazy names

[xtndwayne]

who else is playing witcher 3 but did not play the first 2?

[ScreenTeamShow]

Okay, after watching about 4 other recaps, this one actually made it all clear and mentioned important things that the others didn't even mention. Thanks IGN, nice video.

[MoHimdi]

Just picked up the witcher 3 thanks to a ps4 sale, this does help out.

[admiraln]

Thumbs up if you watched the video first, then started Witcher 3, then came back again cuz you still had no idea wtf's going on.

[jessej]

I’m starting to think I’m too dumb for video games.

[Roch_C]

As someone who has played both games I must admit this is probably the best brief summary of the witcher 1 and the witcher 2

[michaellattimore]

Since Game of Thrones is ending(the show is catching up with the end of the books) it would be genius for someone to make a similar styled show using the Witcher lore on HBO....just an idea.

[ErikHansenDrums]

I'm about 40 hours through Witcher 3 and really wishing I watched this before starting... would have made understanding a lot of things quite a bit easier. Either way that was a pretty informative and interesting recap.

[danielbaguette]

Anyone watching this after the Show came out?

[sentro]

OMG ty ty ty so much! i was so confused after i started the witcher 3, and had no idea what the references to these past characters were.

[vangazon]

Few years now and I haven't played this game beyond the tutorial fighting part.

[XXXXXXXXXXXYZ]

People should still at least play Witcher 2, it's an incredible RPG that still stands today in terms of gameplay, graphics and story. You make a lot of important decisions in it and a few will impact the story of Witcher 3, such as the choice of sparing or killing Letho the Kingslayer Witcher. I know this for a fact because you can also slightly see him from behind in one of the trailers. And of course if you do play the 1 or 2 you will actually care for the characters that Geralt encounters such as Triss, Yennefer, Dandelion, Zoltan and many more.

[mezuki]

The Wild Hunt: Every decision you make will bring devastation!

[vKILLZNEv]

THANK YOU! This is like the 4th video I've watched trying to catch up. Definitely the best explanation yet.

[MIxosmefistous]

I genuenly thank you for this IGN.. THis is a helpfull video, that will improve the witcher 3 experience for players like me who are new to the series..Hope you do more videos like this for games like Metal Gear Solid, Splinter Cell, Hitman..
While i do love these games i haven't played the really old ones extensively and get into their story and i don't think i am able to pick them up and play them(talkin about games like Spliter cell:Pandora tommorow or Hitman:Silent Assasin)
Please make more videos like these that tell the story of their predecsesors!

[IWILLNEVERDIE]

THANK YOU I FINALLY KNOW WTF IS HAPPENING