TW2 has the potential to be a masterpiece with future patches. But as of 1.0, it's only a great game. The story is superb, the art is stunning and the combat (once you understand all the mechanics) is gritty, complex and satisfactory. The main problem is the difficulty curve: it's inverted !. In the beggining, the tutorials are almost innefective (PC folks tend to read the manual, but if this game gets ported to consoles, it should be redone) and you tend to miss important info. Once you get the hang of the combat in the lower levels, the feeling is awesome. You must prepare for battles, keep your distance, avoid getting surrounded, set some traps, craft some bombs, manage your vigor ... it's a pure adrenaline rush. Then ... you level up and the game gets A LOT easier. Combats turn into a button-mashing chore. I finished the game for the awesome story, but the difficulty curve in the game left me with a bitter aftertaste. A mod like Full Combat Rebalance, by the CDP devs or by the modding community should do the trick. Once the game gets patched, i'll make another review.
