The Witcher: Enhanced Edition

the story, alchemy system, and everything in this game is great. except the combat xD

I like this game, but at the same time I find it boring at times. There are also STILL, after 14 years... some translation errors in the game that are a little bit annoying, like the meaningless "Skinnable items available" that pops up relatively often! The worst bug in the game is perhaps the problems people are having getting inside the hospital towards the end of the game. I had the same problem playing the game three-fours years ago. And the bug is STILL not fixed 14 years after release! The game contains FAR to much game padding in the form of far to little capacity for items and weapons that leads to having to spend far to much time on managing your inventory. There is allso FAR to much walking back and forth to investigate, questioning people, getting quest items and so on. Monsters like Drowners respawns to boredom and beyond in some areas like "The swamp". It gets boring when you have killed the "1000'th" Drowner... Some of the extra missions seems to be "prototypes" (missing voice overs and not much to do for example) and are mainly recycled areas from the game itself. The fighting is basically just simple "Point and click". The game have to load every single time you walk in/out/upstairs/downstairs somewhere. Crashed three times, but I never lost any Save Games. To me the graphics looked OK, at least considering that the game is 14 years old. All in all I rate this game to 3/5. Mainly because of the boring game padding. But if a lot of walking back and forth, tedious inventory managing and fighting a lot of the same monsters over and over and over and... does not bore you, and if you take into consideration the ridiculous low price of the game, you might rate this game to at least 4/5, and perhaps even 5/5 if you do not compare the game 1 to 1 against more recent games.

[ENG] I must be honest, it's probably going to put people off the first time due to the outdated (even for the time of release) graphic. but i highly suggest you guys to keep playing it slowly and enjoying the experience without rushing it, while at the same time understanding the core mechanics of it. Another thing. mess around with the settings and create your own keyboard/mouse layout. there are many possibilities, but you can play this like a standard RPG or like a MOBA, and you can choose to only use the mouse (yes you can play with the mouse only) You will, most likely, start enjoying this game after a couple of hours (and the introduction of course) but don't mind the outdated mechanics and/or graphic, this is a true gem. [IT] sarò onesto. la prima volta che lo giocherete probabilmente non vi piacerà, ma consiglio di continuare e oltrepassare le prime ore (e l'introduzione) noiosetta. imparate e comprendete le meccaniche di base tranquillamente, senza fretta. Un piccolo appunto, giocate con le impostazioni. questo videogioco può essere completato come un GDR standard oppure come un MOBA, e non solo, potrete addirittura decidere di giocarlo usando solo e soltanto il mouse senza per forza decidere di utilizzare la tastiera. Magnifica gemma nascosta (almeno prima dell'uscita del terzo capitolo) ma devo dire di averlo apprezzato maggiormente rispetto al secondo e al terzo capitolo della saga.

Great but bad controls

I enjoyed reading the Books, but never thought I would love this game even more despite being a classic title. It's truly Beautiful with the environment, the characters, and even interesting story telling all the way. I forgot the time flying by as I played on non-stop. Also the game's filled with rich character dialogues that gives an interesting look into their roles in the story. The Combat, boy oh boy, I know some people may think its a bit clunky, but I Loved the combat in general. Sometimes it does feel a bit clunky when fighting with alot of enemies like controls not responding when pulling off the combos, but Geralt's Acrobatic combat moves are just so Awesome to Look at! flipping over enemies and the Pairovette! Also when players get used to the deep alchemy parts of the game, you will have to use it to fight bosses later on. It did make me feel like a Witcher since I had to craft potions to prepare for what types of monsters or enemies or bosses I have to take on. Potions that can save you from danger in getting blinded, or bleeding, or poisoned, etc...combining ingredients and managing my inventory etc... I Truly Recommend this Game to All Witcher Fans, or anyone that would like to try it!