Every RPG Fan Owes it to Themselves to Play The Witcher 2

I have never been so blow away by a game OR a movie or any sort of entertainment media. The Witcher 2 is BEAUTIFUL. Ive absolutely loved very few games and I am very pleased to add the Witcher 2 to my top picks. Not only do you get an amazing story you also get a game with great gameplay, great atmosphere, and wonderful pacing. Its as if the devs knew they needed to change the pace as the game progressed so as to keep a grip on the player.

You play the game as you like and make decisions that can completely change the story. I love it. Ive only played through once and cant go through again but let me tell you...just that ONE play through makes me desperate for the Witcher 3. It was like playing an entire grizzly sexy season of A Game of Thrones. You learned to care for the characters AND for the mystery surrounding the events in the game. The devs certainly set up the Witcher 3 but not without a satisfying and fulfilling ending that brings you some closure. Ive also never played such a mature game with nice humor.

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Go @*#&ing buy it. lol. Its worth every damn penny and more.

Agreed,it is a classic sir,and I played it in 3D last night and good lord! :)

I never beat it but got pretty far. I gotta go back and finish it.

great gameplay

Gamesterpheonix

A crappy attempt to copy Demon's Souls doesn't count as great in my book. The combat is beyond awful.

The first game was much better.

I'am currently palying on PC. Tried the first Witcher and I couldn't get into it, but I'm loving the second one.

Very good story, and combat is pretty good but I think the game needed a lot more polish.

Probably give it an 8/10.

[QUOTE="Gamesterpheonix"]

great gameplay

Baranga

A crappy attempt to copy Demon's Souls doesn't count as great in my book. The combat is beyond awful.

The first game was much better.

[QUOTE="Gamesterpheonix"]

great gameplay

Baranga

A crappy attempt to copy Demon's Souls doesn't count as great in my book. The combat is beyond awful.

The first game was much better.

Narrative divergence through character interaction (that being dialogue in this case) is probably the least significant aspect to role-playing. Nor is it exclusive to role-playing.

[QUOTE="Gamesterpheonix"]

great gameplay

Baranga

A crappy attempt to copy Demon's Souls doesn't count as great in my book. The combat is beyond awful.

The first game was much better.

If i just want to play to experience the world, combat and story then would this be a good game for me? I don't want to be bogged down in numbers and stats and mixing potions and having to follow a bunch of random rules that add nothing to what makes a game fun.

[QUOTE="Gamesterpheonix"]

great gameplay

Baranga

A crappy attempt to copy Demon's Souls doesn't count as great in my book. The combat is beyond awful.

The first game was much better.

If i just want to play to experience the world, combat and story then would this be a good game for me? I don't want to be bogged down in numbers and stats and mixing potions and having to follow a bunch of random rules that add nothing to what makes a game fun.

hoola

[QUOTE="Gamesterpheonix"]

great gameplay

Baranga

A crappy attempt to copy Demon's Souls doesn't count as great in my book. The combat is beyond awful.

The first game was much better.

Anyone else think CDPR's reveal next month is gonna be a TW2 expansion and not TW3?

[QUOTE="Gamesterpheonix"]

great gameplay

Baranga

The first game was much better.

to each his own I guess. TW2 is a 6.5/10 in my book, I can see how it was able attract certain type of gamers, after all, you spend 70% of time watching emotionless NPC face and explore the dialog rather then give the freedom on players hand, QTE boss fight, awful inventory system. meaningless crafting etc. and don't make me start on the combat. (maybe because I played Demon's souls before I played TW2)

in any event, I wasn't expect this game te be even duller than the first Witcher, I bought the game because I was completely cheated by the well put out commercial trailers and music, which are the only good parts of TW2, visual presentation is much better than the first, but still a 7.5 for its time. for ti's gameplay I tortured myself to get to chapter 2, the only thought I had in my mind back then was to finish it quick and never touch it again, thanks got chapter 3 is only 2 hours long.

to each his own I guess. TW2 is a 6.5/10 in my book, I can see how it was able attracte certain type of gamers, afterall, you spend 70% of time watching emotionless NPC face and explore the dailog rather then give the freedom on players hand, QTE boss fight, awful inventory system. meaningless crafting etc. and don't make me start on the combat. (maybe because I played Demon's souls before I played TW2)

in any event, I wasn't expect this game te be even duller than the first Witcher, I was completely cheated by the well put out commerical trailers and music, which are the only good parts of TW2, visual presentation is much better than the first, but still a 7.5 for its time, I totured myself to get to charpter 2, the only thought I had in my mind back then was to finsh it quick and never touch it again, thanks got charpter 3 is only 2 hours long.

GameFan1983

Agreed,it is a classic sir,and I played it in 3D last night and good lord! :)

CUDGEdave

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Agreed,it is a classic sir,and I played it in 3D last night and good lord! :)

chrisrooR

- A Strong PC

- A 120Mhz Monitor capable of running 3D

- A Video Card capable of running 3D

- 3D Glasses

- The "cheaper" way to do it is to buy a monitor that "simulates" 3D using it's own hardware, like the Samsung S27A950. That's going to be my new monitor on my new build. You won't get the same type of 3D as the above configuration, but it's not that bad either.

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Agreed,it is a classic sir,and I played it in 3D last night and good lord! :)

chrisrooR

I have a GTX 570 and Phenom 2 965 and it ran perfectly fine in 720p 3D on a Panasonic ST30. It's one of the few games that you must experience in 3D.

Also, shutter-glasses > polarized. all day every day.

I tried to play it, but my laptop is absolutely incapable of running it, even though I meet/exceed the minimum requirements. That's the only game I've ever tried where the minimum specs are a straight up lie. My laptop exceeds the minimum requirements (just barely, but exceeding, nonetheless), and I get no more than 15-17 fps at minimum settings and 800x600 res. Completely unplayable.

I think the game has a good ambience and visual art style but CD prjeckt forgot to inject some good gameplay into all of that. The real time combat mechanics they used don't work well, I didn't find alchemy or "signs" any better. I can't really remember there being any serious puzzles in the game which made me have to use my noggin. Just a lot of NPC talking and then sub-par combat followed by listening to more NPCs talk.

im about 24 hours into my first play through .. toward the end of chapter 2. im loving TW2 so far

The Witcher 1 is the one that deserves to be played by every so called rpg fan. The Witcher 2 was a such a disappointment, it made me sad.ampiva

TW1 was a mediorce game that mostly consisted of fetch quests. TW2 had less of this, and significantly tighter pacing.

Wierd, everyone seems to divided on which witcher game they like more, for me its almost dead even.

Witcher1 did some stuff better (more missions, much longer game, had more rpg elements), while Witcher2 did some stuff better (Much better engine, better graphics, better controls and Starts off alot faster then Witcher1). For me I like some aspects of the combat better in witcher2, but then again I like some aspects of Wiicher1s also (part to is much more smooth combat, but witcher 1 had so much more depth with what you could do and level up,etc.. It just was not as tight so to speak)

Loved em both but for different reasons.

[QUOTE="Gamesterpheonix"]

great gameplay

Baranga

A crappy attempt to copy Demon's Souls doesn't count as great in my book. The combat is beyond awful.

The first game was much better.

I loved the combat. TW2 is one of my favourite games this gen.

How important is it to have completed TW1? I bought 2, but I'm in the middle of Chapter 2 in TW1 and....it's just not doing it for me. I'm on some stupid quest and even after reading online how to proceed, the blacksmith still doesn't let me forge the necessary item. So I kind of just want to ditch TW1 and move on to the sequel.LongZhiZi

The story has some interesting, though pretty obvious if you're paying attention, twists though. It's worth playing through just for the story. Skip all the sidequests.

At the beginning of Witcher 1, Geralt has amnesia. At the beginning of Witcher 2, Geralt still has amnesia.

[QUOTE="Gamesterpheonix"]

great gameplay

Baranga

A crappy attempt to copy Demon's Souls doesn't count as great in my book. The combat is beyond awful.

The first game was much better.

If true, I think I wasted $7.50. I hated TW1 and was bored to tears in the first 2 hours. I only bought the second as I told it was vastly superior to the first one. Maybe we just like different types of games.

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[QUOTE="Gamesterpheonix"]

great gameplay

Cwagmire21

A crappy attempt to copy Demon's Souls doesn't count as great in my book. The combat is beyond awful.

The first game was much better.

If true, I think I wasted $7.50. I hated TW1 and was bored to tears in the first 2 hours. I only bought the second as I told it was vastly superior to the first one. Maybe we just like different types of games.

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[QUOTE="Gamesterpheonix"]

great gameplay

Cwagmire21

A crappy attempt to copy Demon's Souls doesn't count as great in my book. The combat is beyond awful.

The first game was much better.

If true, I think I wasted $7.50. I hated TW1 and was bored to tears in the first 2 hours. I only bought the second as I told it was vastly superior to the first one. Maybe we just like different types of games.

That 'timing your clicks' combat of the Witcher 1 was pretty terrible. Haven't played 2 yet, but I heard it being ripped on alot for the over-reliance of rolling around on the ground during combat.

Completely agree. Its fantastic. Its the game for people who thought mass effect wasnt a deep enough experience. it out classes basically every modern story driven rpg in every way. Its smart, funny, challenging, thoughtful and beautiful.

I have been replaying it with one of my buddies (forth time for me, first time for him) and man, seeing that game again and experiencing a fresh perspective on the witcher 2 vicariously though him has only solidified that game to me as one of the best this generation. Its has one of the most believable worlds in a game, right up there with the Half life universe and and bioshock. The first encounter we had with the endrega (it was the first time we entered the forest outside flotsam) was incredible and terrifying. My friend andrew say the endrega, and then looked flotsam's walls behind us and was like "oh my god, that is why those walls are so tall and have spikes on them..." to which i replied "lol yeah." Everything in the witcher 2 fits together so well. Im not saying its perfect, im just saying its the best at almost everything it does.

Yeah, The Witcher 2 is one of the coolest games ever. I am replaying it at the moment... Wanted to choose Rouche's path, but couldn't, went with the elves again... :)))))Ameliahunter1

That 'timing your clicks' combat of the Witcher 1 was pretty terrible. Haven't played 2 yet, but I heard it being ripped on alot for the over-reliance of rolling around on the ground during combat.

bussinrounds

Its one of the most over-hyped games, mostly because it was a PC exclusive. It was full of bugs when it came out and the combat/difficult was broken. I found the first game to be a much more interesting journey and generally a lot more charming. I liked the details in the towns and such. biggest_loser

[QUOTE="biggest_loser"]Its one of the most over-hyped games, mostly because it was a PC exclusive. It was full of bugs when it came out and the combat/difficult was broken. I found the first game to be a much more interesting journey and generally a lot more charming. I liked the details in the towns and such. FelipeInside

Every game has bugs. some are really bad, some aren't. From fallout 2 to baldur's gate, Obsidian games---- to pretty much the best of the best on pc.

Its one of the most over-hyped games, mostly because it was a PC exclusive. It was full of bugs when it came out and the combat/difficult was broken. I found the first game to be a much more interesting journey and generally a lot more charming. I liked the details in the towns and such. biggest_loser

[QUOTE="biggest_loser"]Its one of the most over-hyped games, mostly because it was a PC exclusive. It was full of bugs when it came out and the combat/difficult was broken. I found the first game to be a much more interesting journey and generally a lot more charming. I liked the details in the towns and such. FelipeInside

I think he meant prologue being the hardest, where you have to fight alot plate armor knights while yourself output little dmg with the default weapon you had at time, and all enemies felt like sheeps after pologue, also the armor rating is also broken from beinging to end.

it felt boring to me :|

gonna install it again and give it another shot.

anyone know some good mods for it?

[QUOTE="biggest_loser"]Its one of the most over-hyped games, mostly because it was a PC exclusive. It was full of bugs when it came out and the combat/difficult was broken. I found the first game to be a much more interesting journey and generally a lot more charming. I liked the details in the towns and such. Toxic-Seahorse