'What we showed at the Microsoft conference was the easy way to play. But don't expect the final version of the game to offer such an easy ride, executive producer John Mamais told Eurogamer. If you think it all looks a tad easy, then you're right. Geralt eventually tracks the griffin down, and takes just a few attacks to kill his quarry. It's not long before Geralt comes up against a number of bandits, and easily dispatches them with a combination of magic attacks and devastating sword strikes.
He prepares for combat, in classic Witcher fashion, by equipping a set of buffing potions and a small crossbow. Some who caught The Witcher 3's gameplay demo during Microsoft's E3 press conference were a bit worried by what they saw.ĭuring the five minute demo, set about 10 hours into the game, series star Geralt is off on a griffin hunt in the No Man's Land wilderness.