The Witcher is the best role-playing experiance this gen.

The Witcher is the best role-playing game I have played all gen. The characters and story are great and the quests are also very fun to do. Its really unique in a way I must say. Its not like in most RPG's these days were theirs the whole "Moral" choices. Mainly just saying if your characters is good or evil. In the Witcher your choices are based on the opinion to your liking. Their is no real good or evil which I admire alot.

I just like almost everything about the Witcher. The Story, music,( 12) and the gameplay. I find it really sad to see The Witcher get overshadowed by other games like Mass Effect. I liked Mass Effect but I felt like the story lacked alot of depth and the majority of side missions were really bad. The Witcher is also a much more longer game clocking at 70 hours and managing to deliver a much better cinematic experience (at least for me.)

Yes, it the closest a RPG has come to the brillance of BG2 for me.

The choices are in the grey area, there is no good or evil choice, which makes them very hard to choose and worse to live with if it doesn't pan out how you hoped.

Have to say though i completed Mass Effect more times, just because iam a sucker for some sci-fi synth music! :D

It really is. The Witcher owns all.

People will disagree, but not me. Before I played it I wasn't expecting much. But after Act I the game just blew my mind. The story is great and told well. The decisions you make are, at most of the time very important and the decisions are never in black and white. The only 2 criticism I can find for the game is the occasional odd writing in places, and that it was pretty buggy in certain places. But the role playing is engaging , as well as its fun combat, having great visuals pumped out of an old engine, and a very under-appreciated terrific musical score. I haven't played it since its first release, and only finished it once, but it was an experience to remember that's for sure. I still really like Mass Effect though, I just felt that it was missing a certain something. Can't figure out exactly what it is yet though.

Just no!

I couldnt bring myself to play it

My bro who loves rpgs so much he even forced himself to finish two worlds couldnt play mpre than a few hours.

An rpg with combat that is that awfull, cannot make up for that flaw with teh super awesome moral choices alone.

Just no!

I couldnt bring myself to play it

My bro who loves rpgs so much he even forced himself to finish two worlds couldnt play mpre than a few hours.

An rpg with combat that is that awfull, cannot make up for that flaw with teh super awesome moral choices alone.

mijkil

what's wrong with the combat? :?

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Just no!

I couldnt bring myself to play it

My bro who loves rpgs so much he even forced himself to finish two worlds couldnt play mpre than a few hours.

An rpg with combat that is that awfull, cannot make up for that flaw with teh super awesome moral choices alone.

CaseyWegner

what's wrong with the combat? :?

The Witcher is pretty good, but it has its low points. The dialog is not all that well written, and combat is not all it could have been. I still think the Aurora Engine is to restrictive in alot of ways, its a great engine for user generated content, and small scale modules and adventures, but it just doesn't do large complex enviroments very well, and its limiting when it comes to design choices it offers develpers. I just could't shake the feeling that, although the overall plot of The Witcher was interesting, the actual gameplay and everything else had a huge "I have done this all before" feeling to it.

And the best RPG this gen so far is easily Demon's Souls.

The Witcher is pretty good, but it has its low points. The dialog is not all that well written, and combat is not all it could have been. I still think the Aurora Engine is to restrictive in alot of ways, its a great engine for user generated content, and small scale modules and adventures, but it just doesn't do large complex enviroments very well, and its limiting when it comes to design choices it offers develpers. I just could't shake the feeling that, although the overall plot of The Witcher was interesting, the actual gameplay and everything else had a huge "I have done this all before" feeling to it.

And the best RPG this gen so far is easily Demon's Souls.

evilross

Isn't Demon's soul only out in Japan?

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The Witcher is pretty good, but it has its low points. The dialog is not all that well written, and combat is not all it could have been. I still think the Aurora Engine is to restrictive in alot of ways, its a great engine for user generated content, and small scale modules and adventures, but it just doesn't do large complex enviroments very well, and its limiting when it comes to design choices it offers develpers. I just could't shake the feeling that, although the overall plot of The Witcher was interesting, the actual gameplay and everything else had a huge "I have done this all before" feeling to it.

And the best RPG this gen so far is easily Demon's Souls.

Isn't Demon's soul only out in Japan?

Are the console versions of The Witcher really cancelled?Flamestos

It's tied between Mass Effect and The WItcher for me. Mass Effect has the edge on story, and The Witcher has the edge on quests and gameplay.pyromaniac223

Too bad I can't play it because they think my disk isn't the original when I put it in :(

No, the best is still Fallout 3, even without the DLC.

Best RPG this gen is:

1. Fallout 3

2. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

3. Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

4. Mass Effect

5. Persona 4

6. Valkyria Chronicles

7. The Witcher: Enhanced Edition

8. Fable 2

9. Tales of Vesperia

10. Disgaea 3

Too bad I can't play it because they think my disk isn't the original when I put it in :(

smack_masta

I never had that problem with my games. It must be a program you have running. And cannot get it running then simply download an cd crack.

No, the best is still Fallout 3, even without the DLC.

Best RPG this gen is:

1. Fallout 3

2. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

3. Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

4. Mass Effect

5. Persona 4

6. Valkyria Chronicles

7. The Witcher: Enhanced Edition

8. Fable 2

9. Tales of Vesperia

10. Disgaea 3

ihsanqueen

I personally think that list is really bad. Zelda isn't an RPG its an action adventure.I don't like JRPG's much. Oblivion is laughable at number 2. And Fallout 3 I thought was good but not great.

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Too bad I can't play it because they think my disk isn't the original when I put it in :(

JangoWuzHere

I never had that problem with my games. It must be a program you have running. And cannot get it running then simply download an cd crack.

No, the best is still Fallout 3, even without the DLC.

Best RPG this gen is:

1. Fallout 3

2. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

3. Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

4. Mass Effect

5. Persona 4

6. Valkyria Chronicles

7. The Witcher: Enhanced Edition

8. Fable 2

9. Tales of Vesperia

10. Disgaea 3

ihsanqueen

SystemWars has become BlogWars. Seriously, isn't this much more fitting in the Witcher's forum and/or PC games forum? :PStevo_the_gamer

I was the loving the game when I first started playing it, but the more I played it the more boring it started getting.

IMO the combat gets very repetitive quickly and is unsatisfying. The storys pretty weak too. The concept of the story was great, but the cutscenes and story telling ruined it for me. Still a pretty good RPG (one of the best this gen).

I have to say Mass Effect and The Witcher are tied for best RPG this gen,although once DA origins comes out it can be a whole new ball game

I was the loving the game when I first started playing it, but the more I played it the more boring it started getting.

IMO the combat gets very repetitive quickly and is unsatisfying. The storys pretty weak too. The concept of the story was great, but the cutscenes and story telling ruined it for me. Still a pretty good RPG (one of the best this gen).

killab2oo5

How so? I don't get it. I felt like the combat was on of the best parts of the game. The story is also one of the best this gen. How far did you get in the game?

It indeed it the best roleplaying experience, altough to be honest....it's not like it has any competition. The only other RPG this gen that attempted a real roleplaying was an expansion pack to NeverwinterNights 2

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I was the loving the game when I first started playing it, but the more I played it the more boring it started getting.

IMO the combat gets very repetitive quickly and is unsatisfying. The storys pretty weak too. The concept of the story was great, but the cutscenes and story telling ruined it for me. Still a pretty good RPG (one of the best this gen).

JangoWuzHere

How so? I don't get it. I felt like the combat was on of the best parts of the game. The story is also one of the best this gen. How far did you get in the game?

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[QUOTE="killab2oo5"]

I was the loving the game when I first started playing it, but the more I played it the more boring it started getting.

IMO the combat gets very repetitive quickly and is unsatisfying. The storys pretty weak too. The concept of the story was great, but the cutscenes and story telling ruined it for me. Still a pretty good RPG (one of the best this gen).

killab2oo5

How so? I don't get it. I felt like the combat was on of the best parts of the game. The story is also one of the best this gen. How far did you get in the game?

No challenge? That is crap. The game does get harder when you go threw the game. I guess if you use alchemy alot then the game can get kinda easy because your constantly buffing your character during fights. but the boss fights in the later acts are pretty hard.

And how can you not remember which act you are on? Theirs 5 acts in the game along with a prologue and epilogue...And you also said you didn't finish the game so im going to say you diden't get all of the story so that complaint is sort of wasted.

No challenge? That is crap. The game does get harder when you go threw the game. I guess if you use alchemy alot then the game can get kinda easy because your constantly buffing your character during fights. but the boss fights in the later acts are pretty hard.

And how can you not remember which act you are on? Theirs 5 acts in the game along with a prologue and epilogue...And you also said you didn't finish the game so im going to say you diden't get all of the story so that complaint is sort of wasted.

JangoWuzHere

I played about 50 hours of the game and the story was pretty meh the entire way (and I said because of the crappy cutscenes and storytelling), what are the chances that the cutscenes and story telling will get better if they were sub-par the first 50 hours?

I have yet to actually play it, but its on my to do list.. The one thing that kind of irked me was you could not change the appearance of the main character..sSubZerOo

The Witcher is indeed very good. I loved it to bits.

The combat was pretty good and the story itself was even more compelling. So was the world, man those environments sucked my in so much I played the damn game for hours without stopping.

The Witcher is in my top 5 RPGs of all time. It's truly a pure RPG masterpiece.

I just hope developer won't ruin the sequel considering it'll be multiplatform.

The Witcher is in my top 5 RPGs of all time. It's truly a pure RPG masterpiece.

I just hope developer won't ruin the sequel considering it'll be multiplatform.

IgGy621985

The Witcher is the best role-playing game I have played all gen. The characters and story are great and the quests are also very fun to do. Its really unique in a way I must say. Its not like in most RPG's these days were theirs the whole "Moral" choices. Mainly just saying if your characters is good or evil. In the Witcher your choices are based on the opinion to your liking. Their is no real good or evil which I admire alot.

I just like almost everything about the Witcher. The Story, music,( 12) and the gameplay. I find it really sad to see The Witcher get overshadowed by other games like Mass Effect. I liked Mass Effect but I felt like the story lacked alot of depth and the majority of side missions were really bad. The Witcher is also a much more longer game clocking at 70 hours and managing to deliver a much better cinematic experience (at least for me.)

JangoWuzHere

I whole heartedly agree with this opinion, and even made a thread about this last week.

EDIT - and the game actually made me laugh. I can't remember the last game I played that actually made me laugh...probably Psychonauts.

Most people only use the swords and have no idea that you can move while fighting. They just click when the flaming sword pops up.

The way I fight, it looks like The Matrix or something. It's incredible how many animations there are, and how fluid they are...

Even more impressive is that all the fighting sty1es are based on real medieval techniques.

No, the best is still Fallout 3, even without the DLC.

Best RPG this gen is:

1. Fallout 3

2. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion

3. Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

4. Mass Effect

5. Persona 4

6. Valkyria Chronicles

7. The Witcher: Enhanced Edition

8. Fable 2

9. Tales of Vesperia

10. Disgaea 3

ihsanqueen

yeah finished that game like 7 months ago..... simply beautiful

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The Witcher is the best role-playing game I have played all gen. The characters and story are great and the quests are also very fun to do. Its really unique in a way I must say. Its not like in most RPG's these days were theirs the whole "Moral" choices. Mainly just saying if your characters is good or evil. In the Witcher your choices are based on the opinion to your liking. Their is no real good or evil which I admire alot.

I just like almost everything about the Witcher. The Story, music,( 12) and the gameplay. I find it really sad to see The Witcher get overshadowed by other games like Mass Effect. I liked Mass Effect but I felt like the story lacked alot of depth and the majority of side missions were really bad. The Witcher is also a much more longer game clocking at 70 hours and managing to deliver a much better cinematic experience (at least for me.)

alextherussian

Man, I really need to finish this game, I bought it but haven't had the time to really get into it.

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I was the loving the game when I first started playing it, but the more I played it the more boring it started getting.

IMO the combat gets very repetitive quickly and is unsatisfying. The storys pretty weak too. The concept of the story was great, but the cutscenes and story telling ruined it for me. Still a pretty good RPG (one of the best this gen).

killab2oo5

How so? I don't get it. I felt like the combat was on of the best parts of the game. The story is also one of the best this gen. How far did you get in the game?

It really is. The Witcher owns all.

Aljosa23

No its not Fallout 3 beats the living poo out of it. In every way imaginable Fallout 3 is better, i find it surprising that people say other wise. You talk about the choices in the Witcher being in the Grey area thats far from the truth in most encounters, its actually quite blatant what your actions will result in most of the time. Honestly if you can not see how vastly superior Fallout 3 is to Witcher you need to go back and play Fallout 3 its literally a work of art. While the Witcher although excellent is limited and on tracks throughout most of the game.

Guy above me if you played on Wimpy mode known as normal no wonder you finished it in 30 hours or less.

Dragonfire why dont you inform us how lol the Witcher is better than Fallout 3? I mean really come on tell use? Anyone?

Fallout 3 is the current pinacle of RPG games and may remain so for a long time, no other game is out where your reactions to the environment and NPCs within it can affect you surroundings so much. No other RPG game allows the player to manipulate so many different parts of the environment EG, Hacking computers to get information, trigger automated turrets, control robots, start up a factory processing line. How about the FACT that you have the ability to be Good, Neutral, Evil and most if not lol all NPCs react differently to your standing within the world.

Fallout 3 you can Allie with many different factions, you can become a cannibal, slaver, Paladin of sorts, the list gose on and on.