The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition

I really enjoyed the first game and was looking forward to The Witcher 2 and it didn't let me down. The story is amazing, the characters have more depth to them and the combat is way better than the first game IMO. I played through this game once soon after release and played through it again right before the release of The Witcher 3. I highly recommend this game and this series still a solid game in 2019.

In terms of graphics and combat, Witcher 2 is an improvement over the first game. But to me it felt like something was lost along the way. It got a little too linear, a tad bit smaller and narrow. The places didn't have the same great atmosphere as Witcher 1. The plot certainly improved. Better acting, characters got fleshed out more. Leto is a great addition to the Witcher lore. And Roche turned out be a good friend. Does feel like CDPR wanted to expand and add rather than bring back and use references to hit the nostalgia as it was with the first game. Witcher 2 went for bigger scale showing kings and conflicts of the north. Gave you some other points of view. Overall, it turned out very different from Witcher 1. Perhaps, that's where the problem for me lied? Maybe. I would still say it's a good game. Below the other two, but still fun.

writing, art and voice acting are very good, and they did a great job of using dark themes and slowly revealing a web of political intrigue to show how morally grey everyone really is i liked witcher 1's gameplay a little more, but this is still a fun game

Having play many old school RPG games on PC and after finished Witcher 1, i started this game. Although i enjoyed the first Witcher, i'm very sad to rate this game the way I do and these are the reasons why: -The game is way more like an action than RPG and instead being a PC Game, all concert seems to have been port by CONSOLE to PC (menus, controls, etc) -Having using a mouse to "click" and select what to do, the new keyboard-mouse control is difficult to use and force you to use a gamepad (aka CONSOLE game). -NO PAUSE!!! Really??? -1 camera mode STICK behind your head, make you dizzy while just moving the mouse and screen start spin all around... You can't zoom out and the only solution is to search internet for a MOD. I wish i had the isometric view (click = move there) of Witcher 1 -QTE?? wtf? Trying to make the game more action? Not to mention that this roll over thing you must do all the times at fights... (hmm action game?) -Now you have to drink the potions before a battle while you meditating (Really?) and you must have a sixth sense to foresee combat sequences or to die and reload many times. Conclusions: I set it to normal and i'll try to finish the game to see the story but no trying alternative paths or different choices, just a simple run to finish it and uninstall it asap. I'm very disappointed from the path that developers choose for Witcher 2 to make it a console game, pity...

It's been some time since the game were released, so you can take this review as a good start point to the answer to a question "Is the Witcher 2 still worth to play". First, the game length of game is very satisfying. It took me over 60 hours to finish the camping, tasting both patches and different decisions (and they change the story line drastically!). Comparing to some of newer games, this is an impressive result. The gameplay is immersive, the control is well designed (at least on Xbox controller). The artistic part of the game should also be mentioned: the landscapes are beautiful, and the soundtrack pleasantly caresses the ear. Now you could ask me why I give 4 instead of 5 stars? The game is so nice and perfect, doesn't? To answer it, I have to elaborate. First, the regular fight is very good designed, you really feel Geralt. But the bosses are disappointing. Only the first in Chapter 1 is done with contrivance. The rest of them are just annoying, spamming skills, with a lot of HP, and all you need is endless patience: attack, dodge, attack, dodge, attack, dodge, dodge, dodge... 0 skill required. And because of a bit unbalanced way the armor work you can build so big tank in end-game that you will just stay in place spamming attack button and win the boss fight. This is really not the way it's meant to be. The second flaw is about the storyline. At some point you have to chose the allay. If you decide to go to Verden, you can expect nice fantasy plot. But if you decide to stay loyal to Temeria... you will be punished. Why? I can't understand the developers penalize the player for this, and gives him situation where he can do some new decision but all anyways will go bad. Very bad. That was the biggest disappointment. But if you go into this trap, you can reload your save and change the decision. Maybe the second option was added later, and that's why it is so weak? Anyway the game is worth to recommend. The graphic and gameplay is still fresh even now.