Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales

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  • Summary: From the creators of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt comes a brand new tale set in the brutal and twisted universe of witcher Geralt of Rivia. The world stands on the verge of chaos, as the tensions between the power-hungry Nilfgaardian Empire and proud Northern Realms grow. Facing an imminentFrom the creators of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt comes a brand new tale set in the brutal and twisted universe of witcher Geralt of Rivia. The world stands on the verge of chaos, as the tensions between the power-hungry Nilfgaardian Empire and proud Northern Realms grow. Facing an imminent invasion, Meve — war-veteran Queen of Lyria and Rivia — is forced to once again enter the warpath, and set out on a dark journey of destruction and revenge.… Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7
  1. Xbox Tavern
    Dec 25, 2018
    95
    Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales slots into the world in which it’s set magnificently well. The game’s writing and its pacing is top notch, collectively pushing forward a story that’s deep, unique, and thoroughly engaging. Minor and infrequent framerate issues to the side, Thronebreaker offers an exceptional adventure, a compelling RPG, and above all else, a rich and entertaining card battling experience.
  2. XboxAddict
    Jan 9, 2019
    91
    CD Projekt RED is known for their quality and superb games, and this is no different with Thronebreaker, aside from performance issues. Even as a standalone separate experience from the core Witcher games, Thronebreaker is a great diversion if you’re looking for a deep and challenging card/RPG title, even giving you the option to skip the card portion completely if you wish, allowing for more people to enjoy it how they wish.
  3. AusGamers
    Dec 10, 2018
    87
    An RPG story-driven game unlike anything else out there. One that features one of the best interactive bits of fiction this side of The Witcher III – with a flawed, interesting and awe-inspiring protagonist in the form of Meve. No doubt, we can’t wait to check out the next Witcher Tale.
  4. MondoXbox
    Jan 2, 2019
    85
    CD Projekt RED managed in making extremely compelling an unusual genre for a narrative game, successfully mixing exploration, dialogues and card battles in a game that will please any The Witcher lover.
  5. Generación Xbox
    Jan 14, 2019
    85
    Thronebreaker is a great add on to The Witcher franchise, and it blends in a very unique way with the other games.
  6. GamingTrend
    Dec 10, 2018
    80
    Thronebreaker is a masterful RPG with a version of Gwent that is well-suited for a single-player experience. Even if you aren’t into card games, this one is worth a try for the story and RPG mechanics alone.
  7. Official Xbox Magazine UK
    Feb 27, 2019
    80
    A charming and atmospheric RPG, with varied by underwhelming card battles.
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 12
  3. Negative: 5 out of 12
  1. Nowakowski
    Feb 15, 2019
    10
    Great game so far, best card game I played. The gameplay is simple the graphics are beautiful and the story was engaging and phenomenal. IfGreat game so far, best card game I played. The gameplay is simple the graphics are beautiful and the story was engaging and phenomenal. If you don't like the card battle system you should still buy it for the story, quests and lore.… Expand
  2. Rex2G
    Apr 7, 2019
    10
    While I expected a standard Gwent experience with a nice story, Thronebreaker delivers above and beyond. For a Witcher fan, it is reallyWhile I expected a standard Gwent experience with a nice story, Thronebreaker delivers above and beyond. For a Witcher fan, it is really enjoyable to discover a new side of the North-Nilfgaard-Scoia'tael conflict, this time from the PoV of the most badass queen of the North, who will often have to choose "the lesser evil" in her journey to defeat Nilfgaard.
    From a game mechanics perspective, developers oviously put much effort into trying to keep things interesting, with a lot of engaging puzzles.    … Expand
  4. Logat
    Feb 13, 2019
    10
    Очень хорошая игра и расширение вселенной.
  5. jeffbizloc
    Mar 11, 2019
    7
    The gameplay itself was excellent in Thronebreaker as I beat it on the hard mode. But everything outside of the card battles and puzzles IThe gameplay itself was excellent in Thronebreaker as I beat it on the hard mode. But everything outside of the card battles and puzzles I did not enjoy.

    Pros:
    - The game itself was excellent as you battled with cards mainly trying to outnumber (versus destroy) your opponent.
    - The puzzles were my personal favorite part of the game. I could of just done a game of puzzles.

    Cons:
    - Major performance issues on the Xbox. Lag on battles, tiles that were just blank on the overview screen, fast travel and the load freezes.
    - I didn't really follow the story - I wanted to get to the gameplay and the text was too small to read (though they did have voice but again I was impatient)
    - The overview map I didn't enjoy it was hard to tell what you could and couldn't walkthrough
    - I wish you'd start with a new deck in each of the 5 sections. My strategies only changed a couple times in the game.    … Expand
  6. Trioux
    Jan 2, 2019
    2
    One of my favorite games of all time is the Witcher 3 and all of it's DLC. That said I purchased this game as a hopeful expansion to thatOne of my favorite games of all time is the Witcher 3 and all of it's DLC. That said I purchased this game as a hopeful expansion to that story with meaningful combat experience, though I knew game-play would be different. My take on what I purchased was a card game only remotely tied to Gwent from the game, which I thoroughly enjoyed because it was tied to the story line and gave you bonuses. I found this game to be a very loosely based story line with almost antiquated game play which could be found on a much less expensive game. This might be a great 2.00 game but not for the price I paid. Not happy and would not recommend this. I really hate even say this because I loved the all of the others so much.… Expand
  7. Nepen1he
    Mar 10, 2022
    0
    games out of politics, juegos fuera de la politica, jogos fora da política
  8. El_Toine
    Feb 14, 2019
    0
    I have never played a game as broken as this. Crashes, lag, fps drops...its got it all.

    Real shame tho; gameplay and story are great.

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