The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition

Thank you CD Projekt RED for all parts of the Witcher....a Masterpiece :-)

Everybody knows the qualities of this game already, so I will only talk about the things I didn't like. - Too many plots and characters, alive or dead. So much that even reading books and lore of journal I don't understand 20% of dialogues. How are we supposed to know and remind the 3-4 characters and events they are talking about in just 10 second of dialogues ? - Sometimes we have to take decisions while we barely know anything about what we are supposed to decide and how we should react. For example at the beginning of chapter 2 when we walk with Henselt we are supposed to instantly make a historic decisions knowing nothing at all about ourselves and the character we are talking about. WTF ?!!! Except that, the game was beautiful, and it feels good to have depth in stories, even if for me it was here a bit too much deep.

First game, I have bought on PC. It is true masterpiece. Thats all.

The Witcher 2 is a different kind of game. I had been gifted the Witcher 3 on Steam, and I bought the enhanced edition here on GOG on sale for $10. The game's voice acting, dialogue, and graphics are all truly wonders to behold; masterpieces like Skyrim and Dark Souls cannot live up to it. On a technical level, the game is great, with keybinds and controller rebinds. I was still disappointed you can't bind multiple controller keys for one thing. The "special action" must be bound, but I never used it. The story is detailed, challenging, and engaging. Every moment felt important, even if I was dumping down harpy traps or blowing up nekker nests. Characters like Triss, Roche, Iorveth, and Letho are all unforgettable and have unique personalities, more so than any game I've played. The ending is satisfying, no matter what you choose in the end, and even something as small as gore and sex scenes are done well with a great deal of maturity, unlike Bioware's silly animations. There were a few things that bothered me, but did not detract from my experience. The combat is clunky, very much how clunky Dark Souls was, only you are rewarded for spamming the dodge key frequently. Upgrade trees are highly offence focused, and you often ignore the other perk points. But this doesn't mean combat wasn't engaging. One thing that bothered me was a perk that allowed you to hit multiple enemies at once, something that should be available from the start. Lack of fast travel made backtracking through levels, and side missions felt rewarding, but not as important as the main game. I still respect the developers, but it felt more restrictive and disagree with a design choice. This game used to be $50 and was likely dwarfed by other fantasy giants at the time, Skyrim and Dark Souls. I've played all 3 games for at least 60 hours, and I can count on 60 more hours from this game for the branching endings. Final verdict: Buy this game at full price.

love the game and has alternate path to choose from, 10/10