The Witcher rocks at a slow pace
The Good : The story is wonderful dark en sinister, the characters (NPC) are believable albeit often twins of another, the graphics are wonderful, the combat is great and the animations are good. Mature content is refreshing.
The Bad: Slow pace of the story (at points you have nothing to do but wait), long loading times, not much cool loot, inventory is small, world is 'fenced' (you cannot go anywhere you like).
In the end i just love to play the witcher as it keeps me coming back for more. Especially the more mature content and dark setting gives the game a less fairy-tale feeling. When seeing a drunkard piss of when getting drunk you just have to enjoy the realities of life coming to your screen.
Finally, as non-native English speaker I don't have a clue what the editors are talking about when talking about cheesy language. It all sound good to me, for once without the American tongue fall or dialect! :)