Wiedźmin 2: Zabójcy Królów - Edycja Rozszerzona

Never since the days of Baldur's Gate 1 and the original NerveWinter Nights have I been so impressed by an RPG. It blows Dragon Age out of the water, redefines the genre and impose itself as the new model to be followed.

I love CDP's approach to games. No dumbed down story, no DRM, no price gouging DLCs, and actually rewarding those who buy instead of punishing them. This really shows they're a bunch of gamers at heart. (Take note EA/Bioware!) I hope they keep this attitude as they get bigger and I'll continue to support them all the way!

Now, this is one fantastic game I'd never heard about before. Bought it for $30 on a whim from GOG sale and man! I was blown away by the narration, story line, acting/voiceover, gameplay and maturity in execution. There is ample gore, violence and nudity but none of it is there for cheap thrills nor they feel forced to insert titillation. They gel with the proceedings on screen very well. A solid RPG. Combat is fun. There are a few elements which may need more improvements but they're minor quibbles at this point. Overall, a solid fantastic game. A solid 9.5/10 from me.

Well it finally here amid some trouble and poor design choices (i'll get to those) but the Witcher 2 has arrived and arrived with a bang. Based off our ever popular Witcher. Geralt or Rivia; he's back and back with a vengeance. I really love the story as it runs right in line with the novels and you feel like this was a true continuation of the first iteration of the Witcher. NO SPOILERS will be given here!!! None the less Geralt is after as the name implies the king slayers and what a ride it is. On the gameplay side the of th fence the combat is much improved (IMO) over the first series, gone are the three stances you had to apply, but the still the choice of blade is there (Silver for monster, Steel for Humanoid), I absolutely love this mechanic. More than once I was flailing away at a knight and making no headway when I realized I still had my Silver sword out. A quick change of blades, a parry here and roll away there, a flash of raw power from my Signs and a dead knight lay sprawled at my feet. At no time did I feel so over powered that I had flash backs of DOA2, and at no time did I feel so weak as i could not think my way out of a situation and pick and poke a much stronger opponent to death (the only exception is my attempt to take on Two Wraiths at level 6...not a good idea). Now for the bad I think everyone can agree on. Why on Earth would not allow the game to have selectable keys???!!! By this the original version of the game came locked down with the WSAD configuration. Now for a lefty like me that just pisses me off. So off I go into the config.ini to reset my keys. WHY?? This is 2011 and not having this ability is just plain dumb. I can live with the assigning of keys outside the game as well as all other aspects of the configuration, but this is inexcusable. Also what is up with the fact you can't adjust the music or volume of voice acting. I hate having subs on, but you almost have to just to understand what is going on here. This also needs to be addressed. OK bad mouthing aside, I know there is the 1.1 patch out for the issues but I have had not had the chance to play it since then as I had to uninstall and re-download the game to get it to work (GGGRRR) but hey I will tip my hat to CD RED for their acknowledgment of when they screwed up and how they are right on top of the game. I don't knock game designers and developers for bringing out a title with a few issues as long as they fix them quick. QA is a hard job and you can never get all the bugs, just won't happen. Bottom line BUY THIS GAME!!!!! It is fantastic, I am already waiting on part III.

I bought the game recently, after very much enjoying the 3rd installment (Wild Hunt+DLCs). Huge disappointment, as the gameplay is very "heavy" (combat, movement) and very constrained (I was expecting some kind of open world). Also, playing with a controller is far from easy; inventory is a mess; drinking a potion requires at least 6 buttons pressed; radial menu is painful. It even features QTEs!