The Witcher: Enhanced Edition

This game is very frustrating, the monsters are way too powerful, and we cannot take some equipment that we find to resell it, everything cost a lot of virtual money, so when you earn 2 coins per mob and that you have the armor at 5000 coins, it is juste insane, and you will pay on average 400 coins just to have books to know about plants and about the monsters weakness.

Even after all these years the game is still good and it's not hard to list its strong points, which are many: story (smart and many hours long), atmosphere (music and drawings), characters (deep and memorable), combat system (easy and fun), levelling-up (it's not hard to create a character well-versed in both swords and magic). Sure there are only a few swords and armors for Geralt, but this and some other faults are easily forgivable.

The Witcher is a game that has been split into two entities. One is the game you will find discussed on forums. The game with amazing atmosphere and deep RPG mechanics unrivaled its own sequels don't match. The other is the game you play. The one were you go insane from navigating the same map back and forth with no plot progression. Hyperbole, but this game has issues preventing it from being some masterpiece. There are facets that make those individual parts a masterpiece, but, holistically The Witcher has tangible problems that affect the enjoyment. In the good Witcher, there's a setting and tone unrivaled. The level of immersion and atmosphere was masterfully done ought to the complexity of the writing and ability to interact with the setting. Everyone's favorite term "choice&consequence" is fantastically done. The choices are kept personal, not affecting the plot in major ways, but rather several small ways. Keeps the plot coherent while giving a degree of reality and tangibility. Small choices from Chapter 1 and chapter 2, spiral throughout the whole game. The RPGing is perhaps as complex as there has been in any game. The level of depth in the RPG mechanics is beautiful. Alchemy has multiple potions with various ways of making each one. The game leaves you to your own devices to solve many quests, which would be a nightmare if it weren't for the detail and interactivity allowed by the setting. When the game not only lets you get drunk with others, but encourages it ought to the secrets it may reveal, its difficult to not get enthralled. In the bad Witcher, combat consists clicking on enemies with minimal strategy from start to end. Enemies have stun and knockdown affects that are annoying. The story has one-dimensional, mustache twirling villains. The game has you holding W for minutes on end, multiple times over the same quest. I'm hitting the character limit so look at the negative reviews. The game has major design problems that hold it back.

- It did not age well - The story telling is somewhat decent and the plot/side quests are pretty good - Graphics were probably really good at the time the game was made but now they look pretty bad - The music and sound design is great - The combat and movement are just a pain

This RPG classic needs no introduction: It made Geralt of Rivia famous outside Poland. It is also "a game with a soul", unlike most video games. The game is more or less a standard RPG with exploration, questing etc. and the story somewhat above average. This is a one-character RPG, playable with either isometric or 3rd person camera. The combat is essentially point-and-click (like in baldur's gate or neverwinter nights), not reflex-based like in action games. But you also need well-timed clicks for extra hits in a combo, and you also use signs (jedi powers, witcher version, you cannot be a pure-class mage). Things like alchemy, mini-games (dice, fist-fighting and drinking), etc. spice up the game. The graphics was pretty good in 2007 (and still looks beautiful). Why not perfect score? First, the "quicksave" is actually a full save. Translation: you have to regularly delete (and backup, if you want) by hand, otherwise thousands of saves fill your disk. You must also disable GOG cloud, because of that. Second, the "Cannot load module - invalid IFO file" bug is VERY nasty. It can be cured with some "delete temporary .sav file" trick, but I prefer games which can be actually finished without hacker skills.