Compared to witcher 1 the combat was way better. The story is in my opinion better as well, especially if your planning to play witcher 3 right after. However the witcher 1 in my opinion, captured the gritty atmosphere of the witcher better BUT that is because the sequel's story didn't allow it to, the kaedweni war camp came close, but wizima's streets and the swamp cannot be beaten
I like this game alot, never played something quite like it, really unique. It's sad that GOG didn't include gamepad support, i love playing with the gamepad. There's some third party software that can convert it to be able to play with a gamepad, so maybe i'll try that.