Do I need I play first game to enjoy Witcher 2?

I have Witcher EE but disliked the game, I got about halfway in and quit. Now I have seen great write up's for Witcher 2 and am tempted to get it, but first off doesn it have the horrid control system that the first game did? And do I need to have played the first game to enjoy the story from the second?

I have Witcher EE but disliked the game, I got about halfway in and quit. Now I have seen great write up's for Witcher 2 and am tempted to get it, but first off doesn it have the horrid control system that the first game did? And do I need to have played the first game to enjoy the story from the second?

Raxzor

No.

But the TW EE is really a great game to play.

I would not play original game. Just go to wiki and read the plot of the first game.

Second game is revamped with new combat style (much more accessible in my opinion) and in general is much more user-friendly game.

I tried to get into original Witcher, but like OP, quit not even half way though the game. The combat was confusing, alchemy required you to have Ph.D to understand how it functioned and so on. Even developers admit that Witcher was their 1st game and it did have a lot of shortcoming in terms of accessebility.

If you didn't like the first then skip it like me. Why torture yourself playing a very bad boring game?

I tried to finish the 1st one three times and couldn't do it. First game was garbage if you ask me.

No need to play the first game. If you want to learn more about the story then read the books. Much more info from them then from playing the game.

The Witcher 2 is very good. Definitely not slow and boring like the first one. No boring click fest combat and the witcher 2 actually has a bit of challenge in it if you turn the difficulty up to hard.

That's my opinion.

Thanks guys I will read the wiki page and pick up the second game.