Ведьмак 2: Убийцы королей

Looks good on paper and bought this very inexpensively but still wasn't worth the price. Mouse sensitivity is ridiculous and even at lowest settings is too high, the slightest mouse movement and you're all over the place. And there is too much "button mashing" required that's harder to do on a PC and the WSDE movement etc etc. If you're on a PC, IMO don't bother. If this was more story oriented and less combat oriented (IMO this is really a glorified Mortal Kombat with some dialogue thrown in), it might be worth it.

It seems, however, to be an action game that's brought down with all of the worst aspects of consolitis; bosses that will one shot you, forcing reloads, "press the button during the cutscene" gameplay. I don't feel challenged; it just feels tedious.

It is really good and challenging. playing on normal alraeady died multiple times. Geralt will always outnumbered. so need to make strategic movement not charge into enemy.

I liked Witcher 2, very much, but it has less intensive story compared to the first game. It has been two years I completed the first, but still remember the twist. However, I really do not remember much from the second. The graphics are better, obviously, but the combat made me crazy. The skill tree is also not so detailed this time.

Perhaps gamers more accustomed to 1st-person slashers will mock my frustration with Witcher 2. All my time with Assassin’s Creed and the like have not prepared me for surviving in this game. I loved Witcher 1, thrilled by the rich environment, non-linear play, and the complexity of the story and NPCs. I wrote a glowing review here on GOG last year. I’ve been drooling over the previews for W2 for months. The soundtrack sounds great. The cut scenes and environmental graphics (what little I saw of them) look terrific. BUT… After wasting an afternoon trying to complete the tutorial mission on the barricades I gave up. With the exception of the crazy queen-bug scene, I made it through Witcher 1 with only 2 or 3 “deaths”. I lost track after about 20 demises on the Witcher 2 tutorial. I guess in an attempt to “action-up” the game the designers have transformed the combat into a whirl of swords and blood splashes. Geralt spends so much time spinning and swinging with the blurry camera sweeping in all directions it’s impossible to get orientated. The “tutorial” flashes HUD instructions in tiny 10 point font for an instant occasionally, but these are next to useless. It is possible to turn off the sickening motion blur “feature” in the game settings and slow down the camera—if not I wouldn’t have played as long as I did. But it’s still a dizzying and disorientating chaos. Gone is the point and click navigation that made getting around in W1 so easy. Now you must sit with your fingers permanently glued to the W A D keys. I might have lasted longer if the game would recognize my game controller. Despite tinkering with emulators and drivers for a few hours Witcher would not recognize the controller despite it having a game pad control settings window in the options menu. I know $20 or so will buy a universal emulator, but right now I feel like that’s just throwing good money after bad. Perhaps it’s made worse by playing a couple months in the boundless world of Assassin’s Creed but I find it laughable that our superhero mutant still gets hung up on ground obstructions a child of 6 would simply step over. So I’m not really judging the game here, I’m simply warning other potential buyers that Witcher 2 is a very different gameplay environment. After several hours of dying over and over in the same introductory scene I’m left disappointed, frustrated, and nauseous. I’m sure gamers more experienced with 1st-person shooter/slasher games will do just fine, but for me I’m giving it up as a loss. So buyer beware, W2 is a very different game than W1!