As a big fan of RPGs I bought The Witcher (together with The Witcher 2) expecting a game that would deliver a solid, long story in a new universe. I wasn't disappointed at all! I basically had two issues with the game, which I guess are more interesting to hear about than what I liked about it: 1: Being built on a modified engine by Bioware, the controls feel clunky at times. So basically the same stiff controls you usually find in games like Dragon Age and Neverwinter Nights are also present here, the difference being that you only control one character in this game, so you end up expecting tighter controls. They've done pretty well adapting the engine though, so it's not all bad news! 2: A lot of the sidequests are inspired by the good old MMO-style of gathering pieces of monster and delivering to a questgiver. This is obviously optional, but since you get XP from everything you might feel compelled to run around doing the quests even though you can't stand them. With that said there's a ton of value for money here if you can get past the clunkiness that we all know and love from Bioware RPGs, and MMO-style sidequests.
