While faking insanity, Hamlet famously exclaims: "There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so." It was Shakespeare's critique of a world gone mad. The Witcher swallows this expression whole, instead of seeing it as a critique. In the Witcher, you're a Sephiroth-inspired antihero with white hair, black clothes, a scar, and a huge sword. You click click click your way through tedious fights in a world where most everyone is unlikeable. To keep players interested, you get regular chances to get down and dirty with as many animated girls as possible. You even get collectible trading cards (like Pokemon) for each one you bed. Then it's back to double-clicking through another fight, with little if any strategy. All narrated by Sephir... sorry.. Geralt's gravelly voice. The Witcher is fantasy for the George RR Martin generation. Nothing more, nothing less.
