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Definitely gonna pick this up. Can't wait to play it

I preordered it and played it for a couple hours (splitting between this and LA Noire) and it's an amazing game. It's the game that Dragon Age II should have been. The World is beautiful, the story is a lot more engaging and there's a full-nude scene about 5 minutes in.

The only negative is the controls. They're annoying and can hinder combat. Movement is always important, but because it's such a rich RPG, i'm willing to overlook it.

I had the same taught but I couldn't be arsed with the witcher

So just jumping straight into witcher 2

Thee_UniQue wrote:I had the same taught but I couldn't be arsed with the witcher

So just jumping straight into witcher 2

Do NOT play the witcher 1.

I have played some of it before, not that impressive. Maybe back then it was, now it's kind of old. (I'm that used to good graphics and smooth controls.)

It's so bad, I played it when I was still in a "I must complete all games I play" phase rather than just dropping bad games and it has left me beaten and scarred. Hopefully it doesn't dissuade anyone from playing witcher 2, which is not a bad game.

First witcher is why I haven't picked up or even paid any attention to Witcher 2. God awful controls, shitty inventory system, and a few other problems I've forgotten made Witcher 1 just a terrible experience.

There are two versions of the Witcher game.

The first one was really unpolished, broken, terribly translated, etc. They took it and fixed it, re-releasing it as the "enhanced edition" and that's with what people fell in love.

In the second one traps and a lot of other preparative things make up a large portion of the combat. It doesn't have the pause and plan gameplay like Dragon Age I, but a lot of strategy goes into every single battle. Although when you do go to select a spell, it slows down the game. On normal mode you can and will get wrecked.

dom wrote:full-nude scene about 5 minutes in.

sold

Enhanced edition is the one I had gotten, still found it to be a pile of trash.

MrJoey wrote:Enhanced edition is the one I had gotten, still found it to be a pile of trash.

+1

The First Witcher was ALRIGHT at best. The game wasn't really worth playing all the way through. I played it for a couple days and was like meh, then gave it up.

However, the consensus of reviews give this game within the ballpark of 9-9.5/10 which is amazing. I am going to pick up a copy off steam soon or when it goes on sale (one can hope).

Played 3 hours straight of the witcher 2, amazing game.

I was about to complain about the graphics but then I realized you can change them in the launcher. I also realized my computer can't run this on ultra, which is odd.

There's just so much to do! I waste all my time looting every single box.

Witcher liked it

Witcher EE loved it

Witcher 2 - raped it

I'm glad a lot more gore/nudity came back on the EE too

I finished playing the prologue on normal and it was amazing.

And sure I died a lot, but each death forced me to learn new things.

But I seem to have lost my silver sword at the start of the 1st chapter

when you arrive at the island there's a chest with a diagram that teaches you how to create a silver sword. you just need to go to a crafstman and craft it, you might need to buy some materials from him to do it. i did that as soon as I could access a crafstman and 20 minutes later I get a diagram for an upgraded silver sword, ugh.

Finished first play through. Great game. I'm running through a 2nd play through. This may be the first RPG game I've played in the last 5 years where decisions actually have some impact. I don't expect the end conclusions to be drastically different but there definitely seems to be a different chapter 2 and parts of chapter 3 plots based on the decision you make.

The puzzles etc were all manageable. I admit I did google for help in chapter 3 with some rune ordering. The riddles made little sense to me. I think there is a problem in translation from Polish/Czech to English there.

The combat also satisfying. The game combat progression is odd though. The Prologue with just a crappy weapon, no gear really, and dodge only a short distance, the combat is brutal. During the Prologue I believe I died maybe 50 times. No joke. But from Chapter 1-3 I died maybe 10 times. It gets much easier. I'd say Normal is brutal for Prologue. But once you get a few points into the talent tree, it's time to crank up the difficulty to hard.
- But... You can't change the difficult once you start the game unfortunately. It's one of the few things they should have copied from Dragon Age. Everything else from DA they could ignore.

I enjoyed DA:O, played 50 hours and Awakening. DA2 was garbage. But Witcher 2 trumps both combined. The combat is much more satisfying. I don't need carcasses exploding everywhere. I don't need "PUSH A BUTTON AND SOMETHING AWESOME HAPPENS" retardedness from EA. (Yes it's EA, not BioWare. There is no BioWare, it's just a brand name, it's Farking EA, get over it.) The inventory could be better in Witcher 2. One thing DA2 did right was crafting. It's fine to find resources and to gather the important materials for specialized items. But having a vendor just be notified of locations for general resources, was a great idea.

Other than that, for plot, decision making, graphics, lore, and dialogue, Witcher 2 wins hands down! DA:O did have great voice acting, but Witcher 2 vastly improved over Witcher 1 in that aspect. I'd only say one character's voice acting was poor, and she's a main focus in Chapter 2 and part of Chapter 3. You'll figure it out for yourself also, she spends much of the time in a dire state. Rest of the voice acting was good. It wasn't exaggerated, it wasn't flamboyant, it was just as I expect people to converse.

Witcher 2 gets my vote for best RPG in the last 5 years. I never finished Fallout 3 because I kept sleeping on my keyboard and I just gave up. DA:O was good, kept me playing for the 50 hours, but the story was WAY too linear and the decision making in that had no impact. Didn't matter what you chose or did in that game. DA:O you were there for the rid, you weren't directing the direction of the plot. DA2 meh. Gothic series, just not my cup of tea. Borderlands not that much RPG. ME and ME2 are the same as DA:O, cinematic gameplay, there for the ride, not directing the plot. Too linear. Witcher 2 hit a nice spot for action, non-linear gameplay, and interesting plot in which decisions have some some impact and player is able to direct and have some influence on the plot. Could be better. But with voice acting in RPG games, you can't expect full blown RPG anymore. Your decisions and the plots are limited to what has been voice acted. And voice acting is expensive.

Been watching loads of gameplay videos on YouTube and can't wait to get it now. In fact, I might go to the store now and pick up a copy

Thee_UniQue wrote:when you arrive at the island there's a chest with a diagram that teaches you how to create a silver sword. you just need to go to a crafstman and craft it, you might need to buy some materials from him to do it. i did that as soon as I could access a crafstman and 20 minutes later I get a diagram for an upgraded silver sword, ugh.

Mmm I still haven't come across a better silver sword, though ever since I got the chest crafted from the kayran skin, my survivability went way up.

I can't recall where it's at.

I think it's a diagram called brutal silver sword, but the increase in damage is not that much.

Yeah I got it after I turned in the contracts from the sign.

Had some issues with Letho but I managed to get passed him.

OMW to chapter 2.

GG, buying disc for this, and the server that handles activation doesn't work.

They're doing something with the servers for the patch.

The game doesn't update til after you complete the registration. So if it's something that has to update to fix, then I'm still screwed anyways.

Played a couple hours and loving it so far

Too Farking short :<

Update me guys, how is it now that you're all further into it?

I'm deciding whether I should buy it or not.

It's pretty good, I've finished it. The story is engaging enough and the atmosphere is immersive; once you get past the clunky UI and initial difficulty of the game it's pretty much smooth sailing. Not the best RPG ever made by any stretch of the imagination but it's quite solid, a well told story (despite the ugly ass faces, maybe it's my graphics setting but there's something unsettling about the faces). Also, late game you don't become a become a god or feel that much powerful than the beginning tbh (I'd compare it to prince of persia growth, you get a lot of cool powers and definitely get stronger but nothing like JRPG planet dropping, time altering, kill everything in a city spells ), which may be a con for some people but I like because it doesn't screw over the difficulty curve and it makes him seem more realistic.

Also, the ending isn't really a satisfactory "ending" as it leaves room for sequels, always hate that. I'd say replay value is pretty mediocre even though there are so many different endings; you'll definitely replay it once or twice but not 10+ times looking for all the secrets and stuff.