Posted July 05, 2011
I really don't think that reviewers have put enough emphasis on how amazingly well written the story of TW2 is. A lot of mention its great, but it is in my opinion, the best story on gaming at least of this generation.
In a medium plagued with good concepts with mediocre plots (Bioshock, Assassins Creed), or that just plainly tolerates awfulness (call of duty), Witcher 2 comes off leagues above anything I've played in years. The characters have an incredibly depth to them, the story is well told and has interesting turns, the premise is cool, and so is the backstory and lore. It is really amazing by videogame standards and I cannot emphasize this enough in one paragraph
Think about it. This is an industry in which a game with no story (Mass Effect 2 I'm looking at you) gets passed off as a great story.
Sure, the presentation could still improve (it improved massively already from TW1 already), but its acceptable.
However, I do agree that the story relies too much on conviniencies in a few ocassions. Most notably SPOILERS, when they find out that Saskia is being controlled just because they decided to look at Philipha's house, and there just so happened that she left the book behind which just so happened contained the method she used. All because of a hunch.
And that small convenience moved the whole plot forward.
Other than that, its amazing.
In a medium plagued with good concepts with mediocre plots (Bioshock, Assassins Creed), or that just plainly tolerates awfulness (call of duty), Witcher 2 comes off leagues above anything I've played in years. The characters have an incredibly depth to them, the story is well told and has interesting turns, the premise is cool, and so is the backstory and lore. It is really amazing by videogame standards and I cannot emphasize this enough in one paragraph
Think about it. This is an industry in which a game with no story (Mass Effect 2 I'm looking at you) gets passed off as a great story.
Sure, the presentation could still improve (it improved massively already from TW1 already), but its acceptable.
However, I do agree that the story relies too much on conviniencies in a few ocassions. Most notably SPOILERS, when they find out that Saskia is being controlled just because they decided to look at Philipha's house, and there just so happened that she left the book behind which just so happened contained the method she used. All because of a hunch.
And that small convenience moved the whole plot forward.
Other than that, its amazing.