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The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition

Still call Bioware the king? Be prepared, CD Projekt performed regicide.

The sequel to what was arguably the best RPG this generation, and it most certainly lives up to the reputation. Some still prefer the 1st to this, and vice versa, but neither are wrong. As it's just going back and forth about which masterpiece resonates more with them. And even if you didn't like the first, you might like this. Again CD Projekt delivers a mature game that is deep, engaging, and fun. With incredible writing and characters, and choice that matters. It doesn't handhold you by giving you a good dialog option (for good characters) and bad (for bad), it's not black and white. Which makes the decisions feel real, as you weigh your options and think about the effect of your choices. Not funneling you into a certain character archetype, and calling it freedom. Making the Mass Effect system that is gloated over by the masses feel amateur. As it blends the deep, moral ambiguous dialog system in the first game and the cinematic presentation of Mass Effect. The combat despite being very action based is quite deep and challenging, requiring the use strategy. And it's all-around fun, never did I feel like an enemy encounter was interrupting, which is quite something for an RPG. The story is great, but might be a little hard to take in (with the immense lore and characters) if you haven't played the first game. And I'd also recommend the novels too. The soundtrack is great, though I did like the music in the first game, if only a bit, more. And now for the graphics, some of the best in gaming if your rig can handle it, end of story. I do feel I should bring up an issue a lot of people had, which is the final act. And while it does sorta come to a close pretty abruptly I wouldn't really say "rushed" and the Enhanced Edition does a good job of alleviating that issue. Now to talk about gog, if you plan on getting this game, which I very highly recommend you do, gog is the way to go (at least when it comes to digital distribution). As it has loads of extras and is completely without that dreaded thing known as DRM. So download the game and appease the great Zoltan, as the only thing worse than a sad dwarf is a very sad dwarf.

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