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The Witcher is basically an intereactive novel, not an RPG. The game unfolds in "chapters" which require that you complete one chapter before moving onward. Unfortunately you aren't told in advance what you need to do to move on, and in the meantime you're saddled with an inordinate number of fetch-and-kill quests and spend all your time running back and forth across a small area of unattractive countryside. Options that would be logical don't exist in the game. The much-vaunted "attack combos" are really just an animation loop that you continue by left-clicking at the appropriate moment. Some weapons are rated for damage or conditions, but the focus is on "Witcher swords" which don't have stats and so can't be compared to other weapons. There is no indication whether you should even bother with other weapons. In games like this, it's usually a useful tactic to gather weapons and armor from your fallen opponents to make some quick money, but that's not possible here. Nothing seems to wear armor, other weapons can't be added to your inventory. Items gatherable from fallen monsters are restricted until you own a series of very expensive books. Some of the quests require that you obtain items that allegedly grow like plants but can't actually be found anywhere and so have to be purchased with large amounts of currency that there is no way to obtain. Innumerable game-breaking bugs will stop you dead (literally trapping you, unable to continue the story) while you google a possible solution. In its day, the graphics were probably bleeding-edge attractive, but today resemble the gothic-inspired mannikins of Blood from a decade earlier. Too many NPCs are identical in appearance and name, which makes completing the boring quests even more tedious. After hearing glowing praise about this game for years, I can't only describe it as an utter disappointment.

Unplayable. First off, all cut scenes show up as a frozen image with the voices playing in the background. Secondly, the combat is a miserable experience. It looks like my actual sword strike is some kind of Quick Time Event. So, I hit my LMB once, the teeny-tiny, near-invisible cursor changes to a sword with a slash through it (indicating that I'm not supposed to hit that button again - as if I'm paying attention to the cursor shape instead of the guy attacking me with a sword), the character runs through its sword strike animation, and the cursor gets reset to a flaming sword (indicating that the LMB is OK to use again). This is slow. If I do the natural thing and just repeatedly hit the LMB because nothing seems to be happening, all that happens is the character waves his sword around over his head because the animation is getting interrupted and reset.

I have to admit, I struggled a bit to really get into this game at first, but after the first 25 hours or so, I was hooked. If you haven't played this game yet, pick this one up during this upcoming sale for 4.99. That's frickin steal.

I found the combat in this game far too challenging at first, to the point where I almost gave up on it. But this game really does reward you for sticking at it. Before long, you're pulling off come awesome fight moves and taking down multiple enemies. The storyline is rich and deep, and really gives you a sense of being in the actual game. Played properly, this game should go down in any gamers history books.

This game is so good i've flipped every table in the house.