Ведьмак 2: Убийцы королей

OK first off its worth mentioning that in the 2 years since the previous review on here there have been many updates to the game. Its now quite polished with a slicker interface and additional content. Personally I don't find the inclusion of QTEs or the need to drink potions ahead of an encounter especially offensive. The combat system is about 50/50 in terms of the relative contribution of player skill and character stats - a better balance that witcher 1 in my opinion. Yes the combat is more visceral but you have to remember this is an RPG, not assasins creed with spells and monsters. Style wise W2 is a multi-branching directed story and that mechanic is fully exploited to give a true reading-a-great-fantasy-novel-and-getting-to-take-part experience. Its a totally different proposition to open world games like skyrim. Theres no doubt that W2 is headed for classic status. Its in current form it really feels like a fully fledged AAA title in most respects perhaps excepting the odd voice acting ehem ... "incident". Thanks to the likes of mass effect series, my expectations of production values are very high these days and W2 can now hold its head high especially in the story depth, graphics/animation and sound track department. Lastly I'd like to express my appreciation of GOG/cd-project for re imagining the developer-customer relationship, I feel that are the spiritual successors to Id software in the doom/quake era.

The Witcher 2 has quickly become my favorite game. The combat is intense, the graphics are beautiful, and the storyline stuck with me months after I finished. I keep finding myself coming back to this game, I loved every moment I spent with it. The story is so carefully crafted that one can almost sense a microhistory of the town and its people, (Flotsam, Verden, and Loc Muinne). I loved this game, and hope you give it the same chance! For those unfamiliar with the series: this is not the type of game where you customize your character, like The Elder Scrolls. This is based on a series of fantasy books, and the developers do a good job of sticking to the canon. If you're not into deep storylines and lots of cutscenes with pre-developed characters, this probably isn't for you.

It took me two years to play this, and now that I have - I wish I'd played it sooner. This game has some of the most ornate quests I've ever seen, and one in particular, Secrets of Loc Muinne, I was just mighty impressed with. This isn't a game made to waste some time on, it's an entertainment experience of the highest quality and worthy of anyone's time.

The Witcher 2 it's not an easy game to learn, it's not an easy game to get into, heck it's not even an easy game to play. The Witcher 2 has a complex but simple story telling it to you from a prologue while our main protagonist is sitting down on a prision table beign questioned about a situation that starts unwrapping itself as you play. The Witcher 2 it's not the kind of game that breaks the boundaries of gameplay, it's its own unique and special bowl of surprises mixed in a perfectly crafted fashion in order for you to uncover and discover the true shining of the pulp that this game has to offer.

It has it's flaws, still the most immersive RPG so far.