The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition

The Good --- One thing that makes The Witcher series great is that most of the plot and choices are morally gray. None of the characters are pure souls, and it all ties together beautifully to make for an intricate and engaging story. You will often be trying to choose the lesser evil, and figuring out which option is actually “lesser.” If you’re looking for a game where the choices are hard and have a big impact on the direction of the game, this is your game. The graphics in the Enhanced Edition make this 2011 game feel like it fits in with our modern games. The sound was good, but didn’t grab me enough to sing much praise. The voice acting is excellent. A great game to play if you are building up to playing the phenomenal Witcher III (some choices carry over), or a great way to get more of The Witcher if you are sad that Witcher III is done. The Bad --- I don’t consider anything here to be a deal breaker. Most of these are only irritating, but there are enough of them it dropped the game a peg for me. Combat isn’t too challenging. Enemies move formulaically. Once you get a system down, you can trash all the fights. And your system will probably feel cheesy and unrealistic. (Thanks Captain Kirk, the rolling really does help). The game relies heavily on quest hubs…and I can’t say HEAVILY in big enough font. Get to a new chapter and expect to spend 1-2 hours at the hub collecting quests, getting a lay of the land, figuring out the new plot angles, etc. You almost have to read your (very long) journal if you want to fully understand the plot. Sometimes the game doesn’t tell you the full outcome of your quest on camera. The game throws the world at you fast and furious. You get lots of strange names for people, kingdoms, and organizations. If you’re new to The Witcher, it’s a lot to keep straight early on. Your journal is the only thing that can really rescue you, and it will take ~2 h to read everything.

To keep this review short and avoid saying lots of blah-blah-blah. A great successor of the 1st Witcher, and a very promissing predecessor of the Wild Hunt. Enjoyed from beginning till end.

This game just got worse & worse to play; by the end I hated it. A few reasons... Leveling up: In general, combat earns squat XP. That being said you will gain a few levels from all the running back and forth from town to forest. There are 3 major skill trees & 1 minor skill tree. There are a total of 51 skills & each skill can be leveled up 2 times; for a total of 102. Your max level is 35 which leaves you with 34 talents to populate your skill tree. By the end of the game Geralt only can achieve a 33% in Witchermanship. And MAN do you ever feel it. On a vanilla run Geralt is exquisitely remedial at his profession. Expect to die. A lot. There is little narrative reason for this. Geralt in bread, borne, trained, and neutered for the job of monster hunting. There is simply no good reason for him to suck so loudly. The Economy: Not only will Geralt be forced to be an incompetent Witcher throughout the events of The Witcher 2 but, he will be broke as joke. Witcher 2 sports a savage sell back ratio of 1 to 24. Back in an era where a person could expect to only be able to afford one new set of clothes in his life time, Geralt can sell a sack of magical swords for roughly 20 Orens. Which isn’t enough for him to buy a pair of gloves. The first Witcher had a sell back ratio of 1 to 5 which is much more manageable. As with experience, money will come almost exclusively from quests. Combat earns you next to nothing. The easiest way to raise money I found was to arm wrestle. (If that isn’t a euphemism, I don’t know what is) Inventory: Geralt cannot haul more than 250 lb of crap. Which is strange because Witchers need a wide assortment of crap to witch. Perhaps there is some sort of “bag o’ holding” Geralt could employ? NO. Some spell that could help? NO. Perhaps Geralt could hire a mule? NO. But a transdimentional chest that is present in one location per chapter? Brilliant, YES. I just touched on the basics of why this game is awful. Refrigerated Gas Station Burger/10

I got all wicher games. Every game ist difrent. This part is more like good movie. Not an open world but it gives much freedom. Story is realy good. Just play it. I promise you won't regret it. :)

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