

The Witcher uses the old BioWare engine, whose save games are effectively archives containing binary files (structs) with data, most of them being in the GFF format. Since the game doesn’t offer a console, I would need to do this using a savegame editor. Sadly the game is not good enough for me to consider replaying all that, so I considered the alternative - reset the quest progress somehow. The problem at this point was that I had already played quite a few hours and completed quite a bit of content in between. This made me think - if my choice’s results are predetermined, I might as well play the ‘canon’ way as to not break continuity for myself when I’ll be playing the second game. Few days later though, I somehow learned about the Witcher 3 situation (probably from some forum). Witchers are meant to be neutral - petty politics aren’t my problem. After all, this supposedly isn’t really my problem. What happened was - I chose the option to walk away. The only problem is - this choice is ignored completely by Witcher 3 effectively making the first option canon no matter what you chose. The latter options will end with the spy dying. Now here you have three choices - you can either help the spy, the guards, or walk away. The only problem is that some of them aren’t signed, which makes the spy very suspicious. Afterwards, there’s an engagement in which guards claim that he’s now effectively fired, showing edicts proving so. During this quest you meet a guy who, like all good spies tend to do, tells you that he’s spying for certain people.

In Witcher 1 there’s a quest - All the King’s Men. Note - this post contains spoilers for the Witcher games.
