The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition

PROS: • Pretty environments. • Cool cutscenes. • Decent plot and worldbuilding. CONS: • Until endgame, Geralt feels like a total weakling. Both magic and sword blows have little effect on his opponents. Too much grind is required to defeat them. You always have to roll around them and try to hit them in the back. You can’t break through the armored enemies’ defense stance. • The game forces you to abuse Quen (magical shield) a lot, since Geralt is incredibly vulnerable to damage. You have limited opportunity to cast other signs (spells), since stamina regeneration is blocked while it’s in use. This translates to a monotonous gameplay. • Unfair character progression. The skill-tree makes it seem like you should focus on one of three paths (mage, alchemist, swordsman). If you don’t invest talents into certain abilities (e.g. riposte—counter-attack), however, you’ll put yourself at a big disadvantage and might have trouble with completing the game. • Half-way through you’re required to play as different characters. They share stats with the witcher; they cannot use his fighting skills, however. All of your previous strategies become useless, which results in an extremely frustrating experience. • Geralt moves like a puppet. His animations have no weight. • Potions have to be consumed ahead of time. Their duration is far too short. You have to wait until their effects expire until you’re able to choose other ones. • Traversal is constrained by invisible walls. • You can only roll, not dodge. • The music is too pompous and sounds generic. • No fast travel, which results in lots of backtracking. There’s no sprint. • The fistfighting mechanic has been reduced to a QTE sequence. • Boring arm-wrestling. • Horrible stealth. • Mutations are irreversible meaning it’s only worthwhile to do them at the end of the game, when more powerful mutagens become available. • Annoying death-screen. • Confusing map.

I even could say that it's the best rpg i have ever played

whell the improvement is rly seen when you play both games the graphic's in this game are just shock&awe like when you kill a npc whit your sword you see the blood gushing or squirting out off the lifeless body and that's just cool and realistic another thing is you see more improvement in the sex scenes no more cards but real sexscenes this game gets a 5star rating from me greetz Locomotor79

This is the gratest game ever, I liked the previous game, it would be great if it had arrived to the ps3 instead of being cancelled :P Definitely this game is a MUST have, excellent story, excellent gameplay, excellent soundtrack and excellent goodies!! I'm very happy with my purchase I'm wishing the ps3 release :)

This game is definitely a strong contender for best RPG of the year! It simply puts more recent rpgs to shame (ahem, DA II I'm pointing at you). Whereas other developers have decided to 'dumb' down certain game mechanics in order to appeal to the masses, CD Projekt has kept true to the RPG formula: deep customization, various decision points, strong character development, epic storyline, and excellent combat mechanics to top it all. Bioware need not look further than this game to draw their inspirations from. Why they would take an amazing original IP such as DA:O and bring it down with a subpar sequel is beyond me. CD Projekt please keep up the great work. Your dedication to true RPG gaming has not gone unnoticed. I will continue to support your projects so long as your path stays true to dedicated PC gamers such as myself.