Longer review is here: http://pastebin.com/FHtsbxPY . Cliffnotes version: Gameplay: Much more refined and overall better than W1's gameplay, enemies and bosses are better, although bosses could have been a bit less cinematic and a bit more fun. 8/10 Story: Much more focused storytelling over W1's kinda generic "grimy medieval" setting. Dual paths seem to be a lot more impactful than in W1 as well. 8/10. Graphics: Art style is much more consistently good than in W1, optimization is fantastic despite a couple of laggy areas. 5/5. Sound: An occasional VA disappointment, although otherwise very spot on. OST is a bit less medieval-y than W1, but because of it has a lot more epic orchestral songs. 5/5 Overall scores are: 8/8/5/5; 8.7/10.
Full review at: pastebin dot com/WB8jY5N1 . Shortened version of the review: Gameplay abandons the traditional structure of CRPGs for better and for worse, overall game shouldn't have tried to be an ARPG and ends up being worse for wear because of it. 5/10. Story: Still the traditional fantasy fare despite the artificial layer of grime to make it a dark fantasy, characters are okay but nothing special save for a couple of them. Still presented enjoyably enough. 7/10. Graphics: Very impressive technically for a 2008 game, art design could have gotten a lot better a lot quicker than it did. 4/5. Sound: Soundtrack is good but again, not too far stretching from its fantasy roots. Sound design is quite good and definitely helps the game come to life. Voice acting is good, but nothing terribly impressive. 4/5. Cumulative score of 6.7/10. I only really stuck with this game because of The Witcher 2. If this game were just a standalone title, I would've stopped very early into it. As the title implies, it's Ultramega OK.
