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In a while you forget the game mechanics, forget the names, most of the characters, the plot, but what stays with you for years, or maybe even for life, is the game's atmosphere. It's what makes the game unique. For me The Witcher is the most atmospheric modern game. Places in the game are true masterpieces. And the one that left the most vivid memory is the Swamps. You first come there in a rather weak state, so each new step portends lethal danger. Gosh it was scary! It was hostile, unwelcoming and full of deadly monsters that tested your battle tactics to the fullest. It's amazing how real it felt - the water, the trees, the sunlight, the sense of danger. But as you explore the Swamps you grow stronger. And after a while it starts feeling like home. You now know every nook and cranny, you are the master of the place, the most dangerous thing there. A swamp where not many people dare go - isn't it a perfect place for a lonesome witcher? I very much hope the second part which is coming very soon now will give the same experience.

There's something about this game that truly makes it great, despite some of its flaws. It's a notion I can't really describe. While the combat is a bit mundane, the true greatness of this game comes from its deep, complex story and the immersion surrounding it.

The Witcher has received so many accolades that I just do not understand. The gameplay is simplistic and repetitive - it's basically a really simple timing game without the complexity of four buttons like rock band. The voice acting was awful, as if delivered by a line of fence posts. Not that I blame the actors, the dialogue itself certainly didn't give them much to work with. And the whole package was juvenile in it's execution. Literally collecting cards of women you sleep with like they're baseball cards. I'm not above a little juvenile fun, but this didn't even seem self-aware. While the 'Enhanced Edition' has at least rectified the buggy nature of the original game (a state that most games don't reserve an 'Enhanced' edition for), it only allows the rest of the games flaws to come to the surface.

This game has it; a dark brutal fantasy-world, with a mature theme. The Witcher forces you to weigh in on choices of moral dilemma, and it delivers without pardon or excuses leaving you to deal with it. The landscapes, surroundings, towns, people and monsters, all of these elements has their place to help you tell your story, and make you feel you are a part of it. The pace is at times flashing forward just to make a brutal halt, as if it lets you ponder and digest. Lots of action, but it also is alot of social dilemmas for you to handle and this is when the pace slows down, as it should. The NPC's is beliveable, as is the monologues/dialogues, hence why they are brought to life, nurturing a depth seldom found in the games of today. So if you look for a fantasy game. If you look for a rpg with great story. A rpg with mature feeling and settings that are dark and grisly under the blank, cold sky - this is it.

The game is good, very good, however I have to give it 1 star because of how extremely unstable it is to play on a mac. Crashes constantly. I've probably crashed over a hundred times now, it's a testiment to how good the game is that I'm still slogging forward even though it's constantly crashing. My advice is don't play it on a mac if you have any other option because it's just embarrassing how often it crashes. CDProject Red should really be ashamed of themselves.