Ведьмак

If you see reviews saying that this game is made great by the subsequent ones, just ignore them. You can't really expect children to review games. As flashy as W3 is, it strugles to capture the dark atmosphere of the W1. This is the only game where you can choose to go your own way and not get involved in events for one side or the other. Chosing the lesser evil is really really hard when your choice is between the the xenophobic genocidal regime vs. the terrorist supremacist group. It was really refreshing playing a game where the story is not some good vs evil, survival vs extinvtion boring thrope. W1 has nothing on W2 and W3 when it comes to graphics or mechanics. But the world is colorful, beautiful and full of lore. It feels more faithful the the central-eastern european heritage it comes from.

I'm about 20-25 hours into The Witcher. It was definitely fun at first because the atmosphere and the music really grip you. But the tedious combat (consisting only of clicking with no actual tactics beyond not using the "group" style if friendlies are around) along with every quest requiring you to run back and forth along the same paths for hours makes for a very boring and disappointing game. So much potential was wasted here. The alchemy system, gathering ingredients, the character interaction, the music, sound effects, all of that is very good, and the reason it gets two stars. The linear walking around and the combat destroy the game.

Всем советую начать познание мира Ведьмака с самого начала...это стоит того...

This game is sublime, let me explain: PRO: 1) Its plot is very solid with multiple choises that changes the future events and the developement of the protagonist and other secondary characters, furthermore not all of the events and plotwists are openly explained and this makes you think and theory about it. The end of the game isn't obvious and has a very cool plotwist 2) For a game of 2007 the so criticated mechanichs of fighting are pretty good, alternating weapons and spells for each enemy. The alchemy system, wich was described by some useless and overcomlicated, is fantastic and essential in more difficult modes. 3) The athmosphere is very cool with the locations, the music and the "potraied scenes" when you make important choises. 4) For all the fans of fantasy the bestiary is breathtaking, you can know description, popular beliefs, strong and weak points and all the story behind every single monster. CON: 1) As a pretty old game the graphic isn't his strong point. 2) It has some crush problem ( I resolved those by just deleting some old game saves directly by the game, it basically took me 5 mins). 3) The dialogues in my language ( Italian ) sometimes are very bad, with lack of empathy from some characters and overemphasis from others. 4) The repetitions of character designs can make you break the immersion in the game.

Gameplay: 9/10 Graphics: 9/10 Sound: 9/10 Voice:9/10 Art Direction: 10/10 Story: 10/10 Replay: 8/10 Simply you NEED to play this game if you love RPG's. It is flawless, or nearly so in every way. My one gripe is that while I loved the Aurora engine in 2002 (NWN), by 2008 it was seriously out of date. To Witcher's credit, they modified the hell out of the engine to suit the game. But it does feel clunky by today's standards. On to the goodness. The story is as rich and complex as any I've seen in a game. Better than Bioshock, better than Dragon Age. Yes, that good. The art direction is among the best I've ever seen. As good, at least, as Bioshock or Morrowind. Sound and voice are first-rate. No audio problems, no lo-rez sound. Voice acting is phenomenal, considering it's a localization of a Polish game (of course, they also knew the US would be their biggest market). Story-wise, I don't want to say anything except this a dark, gritty, ancient punk-rock, and ambiguous saga, and it's only the beginning. Game-play is keyboard/mouse Aurora engine. It's real-time with auto-pause. Character development can seem ornate and over-done, but you get used to it. It's the same combo of attributes, skills, and spells we're mainly used to. Combat and spell mechanics don't suck, but they could be better. The thing that really hooked me? You might not know the consequences of your actions for a couple of chapters. This is not a save/reload/repeat kind of game (unless you really screw up in combat). This is simply a phenomenal game that you deserve to play. Despite a few minor things, this is one of the best RPG's out there. If anyone buys it on my say-so, and doesn't like it after 10 hours, I'll personally refund your $1.50 :)