The Witcher 2 was my most anticipated game since october 2007, when I first finished Witcher 1 (not Enhanced, but in version 1.1, without any problems or large bugs). So when it came out, I immediately downloaded gog version (with CE on its way) and started playing May 17th. 6 days and some 45 ingame hours later, I finished the game. Now it has been two months and I still find myself checking these forums every day, thinking about the game every day, and watching its 3 utterly brilliant trailers (disdain and fear, hope, love and blood) every few days or so. I just cannot believe how good the game is. Please note that I had only 1 insignificant bug, I have 16:10 screen and small black bars mean nothing to me, and I had flawless, crash-free experience.I played on ultra details (1920*1200, uber off) with x360pad. So I am judging purely the game itself, since I did not and do not have any technical issues. Everything - from graphics, where its combination of artistic vision and technical superiority makes it best looking game I have ever played (and yes, I played other stunners like Uncharted 2, Crysis 1+2, Metro, Red Dead Redemption..), to gameplay itself, with extremely done quests without any filler, very fun combat that requires being careful, being prepared... to writing, which surprised me the most. In Witcher 1, there was some good writing in it, and some worse writing. I love the game to bits, but it was not completely on the level of books that preceded it (I read all 7 of them, first time 12 years ago, second time year ago, love them). Witcher 2 though....it is written so well it could have been written by Sapkowski himself. It just blew me away. Every single character is interesting. There are no caricatures. Story itself is just wonderfully done, and there are even two completely different paths to go through it, with many smaller decisions and consequences along the way. I played Iorveth's path only so far (will replay with Roche once 1.3 is out) and it was just incredible. It is just amazing continuation of books, and I hope if Sapkowski ever decides to write about Geralt again, he will not invalidate the stories of the games. Because if he does, I guess I would just ignore his next books, or take them as non-canon. Witcher 2 just seems so much above its competition. I want to thank the team at CDP for giving me such an amazing experiences. Everything they do, from awesome distribution of games in central europe, to forming GOG, to bringing Geralt to our screens in such amazing form...just thank you. I hope you will never change, never get bought, keep your current team (I hope Tomek wil return one day too) and keep creating games like Witcher 2 for us. My 2 cents are finished.
