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The Witcher 3 - Gwent. The best mini-games

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  1. What game: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
  2. Type of additional entertainment: a minigame built into the main campaign

Implementing card games inside the main story is nothing new - even in this text you will find another very successful and much older example of this formula. However, CD Projekt RED has earned a place among the best minigames, not only because this card mini0game is great (which is no doubt true). It is also an example of the perfect connection between the main game and the minigame. Even though it is optional throughout the majority of the game, Gwent is an organic part of the in-game world. Subsequent Gwent matches do not pull players away from the illusion of traversing fantasy lands - they are a part of it.

When traveling around Velen or Skellige Islands, trading and engaging in plot interactions, players can offer independent characters to play a quite elaborate card game, in which one has to arrange cards in three rows and try to earn more points than the opponent. The problem is that you have to win two rounds to win the game, and you only have one deck for all rounds. Instead of playing the most powerful cards from the start, it is often more profitable to play the weaker ones and encourage the opponent to use their strong units prematurely. As in the art of war, in Gwent, a lost "battle" can be turned into the victory of the entire "war".

This game also has an important collectible meaning to it. The first cards one owns do not count for much, but winning subsequent skirmishes, completing story tasks, and trading allows players to gradually develop their collection and create invincible decks.

The stand-alone version of Gwent has deviated sharply from its original design over the years of development. - Not just the thread - the best mini-games ever - dokument - 2020-06-14
The stand-alone version of Gwent has deviated sharply from its original design over the years of development.

The very good reception of Gwent is evidenced by two factors. The first is that its physical version, included in The Witcher 3 add-ons remains a treat for collectors to this day (even several tournaments have taken place). The second proof is Gwent: The Witcher Card Game - a separate production developed by CD Projekt RED, which managed to take over quite a fair share of the card games market. It may not be a serious threat to Hearthstone, but a stand-alone, commercial project with its own fan community.

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Michael Grygorcewicz

Michael Grygorcewicz

He first worked as a co-worker at GRYOnline.pl. In 2023 he became the head of the Paid Products department. He has been creating articles about games for over twenty years. He started with amateur websites, which he coded himself in HTML, then he moved on to increasingly larger portals. A computer engineer, but he was always more drawn to writing than programming, and he decided to tie his future with the former. In games, he primarily looks for stories, emotions, and immersion that no other medium can provide - hence, among his favorite titles, are games focusing on narration. Believes that NieR: Automata is the best game ever made.

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