In its heyday, The Witcher 3 was the go-to whenever you wanted an example of the technical and storytelling capabilities of triple-A games. Hell, when I bought the very laptop I’m writing this article in (don’t shame me, pc builders) every review site used The Witcher 3 to test it against similar models. I still remember the days where any new piece of gaming hardware, any driver update, and any new performance-related feature benchmarked The Witcher 3 as its selling-point. I think a companion system could have worked with a few select characters (Zoltan is one of the only ones that comes to mind), but I think the game was right to avoid it, even if it’s a popular concept in games like Skyrim or Dragon Age.Play the game in a brand-new way and fall in love with it all over again! Character interactions are pretty complex, so it would have been weird to drag Triss along on Yennefer missions, and having Ciri as a companion would be downright impossible most times as you’re spending the majority of the game looking for her. But the concept of a companion doesn’t really work well within the context of the game. I did feel a bit lonely playing through The Witcher 3 as Geralt, only interacting with others during specific missions. And it goes without saying that if you’re suddenly playing as Triss or Yennefer or Shani, Geralt’s lines won’t be magically re-recorded in the game’s numerous cutscenes. Nor will you be able to have voiced conversations with them. Unlike Skyrim, you’re not going to be able to give your companion your extra gear to “share your burdens,” as Lydia might say.
Obviously, there are limitations to this mod. There are a few NPCs you can sub in here, so you can wander around the countryside as someone other than Geralt and Geralt alone. The player here is using Triss Merigold, strapped with Geralt’s swords as their main character.
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