You can see how The Witcher slots in nicely with

similar expansive fantasy epics in the Switch’s

portfolio, such as Skyrim, Xenoblade, and The

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of portable play that publishers and players alike

saw in those games applies to The Witcher as

well, even if Geralt’s luscious white hair is a little

blurrier when it bounces as you watch him get out

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is a bit of a trickier proposition. And not just

because buying the popular hero shooter means

tacitly supporting Blizzard’s past controversial

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twitchy multiplayer shooter that requires a

constant online connection. So you can’t whip it

out on a bus. While I haven’t yet experienced any

technical issues while playing the game, other

writers have, including having entire colorful

character models going missing in the middle of a

match. Hopefully, patches have helped. Also,

esports players more hardcore than me are more

likely to care about wonkier voice chat and the

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not just because I wound up liking some of the

new characters I missed out on, like the cowgirl

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