Steam has it for $20 now on their Winter Sale but I'd rather get it here drm free and free of politics. Still $50 though.

It was on sale a couple of weeks back, for GOG's Winter Sale. Not sure if it was $20 though.

It was 60% off. As for the OP, add it to your wishlist and you'll get an e-mail every time it goes on sale.

Winter sale ended on Boxer day and the -60% discount with it. It will certainly go on sale fairly soon again but you can always pay full price.

The next big sale is likely to be in early to mid March, with the Witcher 3 virtually guaranteed to be on sale then.

I'd give it even odds to be on sale for a week before then, too, but no predicting when; it'll probably depend a lot on thematic groupings of the weekly sales.

To give you an idea of how frequent the sales are, have a look at the historical data.

Yes, it has been on sale for a million times already, and will be again before long.
Just to add a little info that hasn't been stated yet - if you purchase the game on Humblebundle (the store) that will also grant you a Gog key rather than a Steam key, so that's also something you might want to look out for if you wish to obtain the Gog version.
In the meantime, I recommend playing the first two games of the franchise to tide you over, if you haven't already :)

I don't zzzzink so.

I'd buy it at full price. I paid over $90 for my copy (with the collector's Gwent decks they offered with the expansions) and it was worth every dime and more.

EDIT: But the game will never be free of politics, what with all the political plot-lines you have to navigate... Like whether or not to make Radovid happy or what to do about your old friend Sigsmund.

Will people ever stop being so cheap?!

By "politics" I meant Steam's DRM and not allowing uncensored content sometimes. Oh yes I certainly have played them. The original is still one of my all time favorites (Bioware engine be damned)! In fact, outside of combat mechanics and that engine's limitations I still prefer its design next to TW2.

One question on TW3 though, how much is affected with an imported save from TW2? I have one with both killing and sparing Letho, but not sure if the game lets you choose which save to implement.


Thanks,

I commend you for having fine taste :) The first Witcher is shamefully underappreciated imho.
Regarding your question, there are a couple of things to note:
The game has a mechanic that will allow you to "simulate" a couple of choices from the last game (Letho being one of them) if you don't have an appropriate save at hand. This works fairly well and is implemented nicely (it happens after the prologue and is implemented into the story, you can't really miss it, but it's necessary to check "simulate save" whilst starting a new game).
You can also import your save from the last game (it will add a couple of odds and ends from TW2 you won't see otherwise - a certain optional tattoo, for example). You must use a save from the very end though. IIRC there's one autosave the game creates after the Letho bit, any earlier save will mean the choice isn't implemented correctly.

The sad news: it makes hardly any difference for the story, mostly it adds a line of dialogue or two here and there, the big choices (Saskia, Iorveth vs Roche) aren't really reflected in any meaningful way. Letho alive adds an enjoyable quest you won't get otherwise, though.

Every big sale GOG has It always seems to be part of it for almost half off or something. Not bad if you ask me for the hundreds of hours you can get out of that beast!

$1,800/month on doctor's bills makes it hard to be cheap. Sorry. :) Noty sure which is the complete edition so I:m just going to point to the GOTY edition and hope that works for you:

https://gogdb.yepoleb.me/product/1640424747

There's a history of pricing there for you. Looks like it goes on sale every so often.

Hope this helps