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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

Just finished Witcher 3 and got the bad ending. Properly traumatized.

Edit: As far as I can understand, the 3 places I went wrong were: Telling Ciri she doesn't have to be good at everything, joining as backup with the mage meeting, and not trashing the lab (I thought the necklace scene was sweet).

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Yep. My understanding is you just take every supportive dialog option when talking to Ciri and that's how you get the good ending.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I was trying to play supportive but also a voice of reason. Ah well. Live and learn I guess.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I totally understand and had the same experience as you lol

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Oh no. Good to have company :')

[–] [email protected] 17 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

What's more is I don't have a save far enough back to correct it.

Nothing to say, just wanted to cry a little on the internet over my poor choices.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Consider yourself lucky, I got the good ending and had no reasons to start playing again from the beginning...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

I don't have a ton of free time so I think I'm just going to have to be satisfied watching the endings on YouTube.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago

Time for a second play through!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I agree it is traumatizing but definitely worth experiencing, and maybe most true to world of witcher.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

I agree, but after playing through the trilogy and wrapping up the third with 100+ hrs, it hit hard. I wish I could have experienced a good ending first. Who knows though? Maybe I'll look back and be glad for it. It was a masterpiece of story telling and like you said, probably the most realistic ending.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

My first play through I got the same ending, but I didn’t take as bad ending. I thought it was a cliffhanger for a DLC or another game.