Anyone planning on playing this game.
It was a shame that there are Dragon Age 2 Thread none for this game.
Release date PC May 2011, Console TBA
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First Witcher is Epic so i have no doubt the second would be even better :wub:
Judging from the trailer there is a high change that Dragon Age 2 wouldn't be The RPG of the year :ninja:
I am playing the witcher atm and iam currently at chapter 3 it is a solid RPG (oviously dated from 2007) aside the terible voice acting and some odd choices at repeating charactor models for NAMED charactors that appear in the story, the gamplay is good, the story so far is engaging but could be so much better along with choices wich make fable look like a childsgame.
I am really looking foreord for this sequel as it looks like it has imporved every aspect of the first game, the witcher 1 was a seriously overlooked and underated game so I hope this game wideds the audience
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I am playing the witcher atm and iam currently at chapter 3 it is a solid RPG (oviously dated from 2007) aside the terible voice acting and some odd choices at repeating charactor models for NAMED charactors that appear in the story, the gamplay is good, the story so far is engaging but could be so much better along with choices wich make fable look like a childsgame.
I am really looking foreord for this sequel as it looks like it has imporved every aspect of the first game, the witcher 1 was a seriously overlooked and underated game so I hope this game wideds the audience
Yeah it was quite sad that the first game didn't get the attention it deserve mainly because it PC exclusivity and a pretty hard control (once you get used to it, was far better than many RPG).
Did I mention that it will be possible to import saved games from the first game.
Anyway PC System Requirements
OS: Windows XP/Vista
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.2 GHz or similar AMD
Memory: 1 GB for Win XP / 2 GB for Win Vista
Graphics: Nvidia GF 8800 512 VR or similar ATI
DirectX
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Hard Drive: 8GB for game and 8GB bonus content
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preview from RPGFan
preview from Gamerant
Best improvement of all IMO is the 1 chapter 1 loading screen thing.
Got my copy on tuesday and I am aware that not many reviews have been posted yet, people have been saying either the game is fantastic or absolute rubbish, This is my opinion of the game and I hope to help people relise that this game has already got my vote for game of the year.
Review: The Witcher 2
To start off metacritic has a lot of reviews by users almost all of them rate it a 10/10 (only bioware f**kwits gave is a 0) "The witcher 2 shows us that sequels done properly can be better than the first"
Story 9.5/10
So far I have played about 5 hours of the main story and I must say that if you enjoy a fantastic middle evil tale then this is instantly for you Geralt is back and better than ever, he actualy makes you like him in this game he is given more dept and more personality, the main thing is the story is done right (not like that unfinished dragon age 2)
Graphics 10/10
so far I am playing is game on ultra with a few settings disabled, it is by far the most detailed and outright best looking RPG, however there are some minor performance issues, at first I thourght I could only play on medium but I figured out I had to disable some settings to make it run smoothly, other than that if you have a good comp your in for a treat.
(no charactor models are repeated like the first game)
Gameplay 9/10
the game play is stunning, it is challenging, brutal and you feel a sence of satisfaction when you kill a mob of enamies, it takes skill and time to get used to the game play as it is unique ( think demon souls). ther is one gripe however I died at the stort of the game maybe a good 20 times due to a very poor tutorial system, Most people will not look at the manual before you play ( I was one) I strongly sujest you do before you think the gameplay is broken such as some noobs. The game is just challenging unlike assasins cread ( wich is a stealth game but you can take on like 15 guards at once???) Against mobs of enamies (human or monster) it is vital to roll, block and use or SIGNS (a MUST) everything at your deposal (including postions and traps should be used as the help a lot. So far boss fights are extreamly innovative and fun. Overall it is a fantastic system that works, as the game progresses you get stronger thus enamies become easier.
sound 9.5/10
no problems with the sound very exiting and done perfect, english voice acting could of been better, but it is a polish game
Overall 9.8/10
Now if your debating weather to buy LA noir or this or any other third rate game, I strongly suggest the witcher 2 as it is an experiance you rarly have with a game, where dragon age 2 got repetitive quick, and the environments dull, the witcher 2 gives you everything you could wish for in an RPG just give it time.
great game so far, not going to talk really though until i beat the game since don't want to be spoiled or spoil others.
must say though, i love the combat so far. environment and world setting are amazing. characters seem real (not saying graphics wise, but that the characters seem like how people would realy act)
easily best rpg experience i've ever had so far
Awesome news to hear.
Is it necessary to play the first game to be able to enjoy the sequel to the fullest?
kind of but if you look up the ending of the first game then thats all you need to know, there are some jargon in the language that even I have had some problems with
also if your planning on buying it dont give up after the first few fights because game play is extremly difficult in the prologue mostly because of the very poor tutoria I sugest to read the manual lol
playing the first game lets you recognize a few things random peopel talk about while you walk by them and some other little quirks, and also sets up the beginning of the game which is basically this.
At the end of the last game an assassin tried to kill the king, but you happened to be there and thwarted it, THUS the king basically hired you as a personal body guard. being as he is the king, you can't really refuse, thus why a witcher would be cuaght doing a job like that.
Enjoyed this game quite a bit. Finished one path (Roche's) and will reload to to the other (Iorveth’s), as that decision offers the biggest change by far, altering half of the game's missions.
The first game was a real diamond in the rough–a noticeably limited budget held back some aspects of the game, which were partially fixed in the enhanced edition. The story and varied gameplay was the glue that held the unweildy beast together
The story here follows up nicely from the first, the only main difference being that there is no neutral path and that Geralt is more unavoidably mired in the politics and plots within the game. I am very pleased to see a true branching storyline, which I haven't seen in a game for a while, sadly. Both branches use the same maps, but the conservatism here is nowhere nearly as noticeable as DA2. Only a few characters show up from the first game--Zoltan the dwarf, Dandelion the bard, the girlfriend sorceress Triss, and the king of Temaria. Geralt's backstory is fleshed out further in this game (in some very nicely done flash animated scenes) and, in a nutshell, is essentially on a manhunt while doing his best to get through a very fractured social and political atmosphere. There is also a bit more focus on locating a person of Geralt's past connected to the mysterious Wild Hunt of the previous game.
The game is more cinematic and "linear" this time around, but certainly for the better. Outside of the Prologue, there are three principal areas in the game, and each gives an ample amount of sidequesting and rummaging around for items. There is none of that MMORPG-style "collect 10 basilisk skulls" type quests, thankfully, but a few monster-slaying quests are a bit similar (but not nearly as irritating).
Combat is certainly difficult and is more of an action-RPG in that sense. Thankfully, customizing Geralt is pretty multilayered thanks to various forms of alchemy and crafting that can be done in the game. The combination of Signs and the "annihalation" bar later in the game can make it a bit easy at times, however.
Maybe even moreso than the first game this is one dark RPG, though it is thankfully a very well-humored, and Geralt doesn't get mired in a sense of hopelessness and beakness. The rough-around-the edges, brash tone of the first game are ever-present in the sequel, almost to the point where I wondered how the game maintained a hard "M" rating rather than "A-O." Women at times in completely nude (and extended) sex scenes with Geralt, language that will keep Sunday school attendees far, far away, and very gory images give this aplenty. I think Geralt's ever-present undies (hidden very skillfully during the sex scenes), and partial alternative swears (i.e. plough, whoreson) may have somehow kept this in the "parental guadance" range. Thankfully, the serious and well-written plot and dialogue keep the game from delving into trashy pulp fantasy fiction.
Noting such, this has some noticeably "grey" moral choices thorough out the game. Sure, there are some clear "good guy" choices to make, but I found many where I wasn't sure if I made the "right" choice. They tend to be a personal preference than a "right or wrong" decision, and some have a relatively large impact in the story later on.
Right now, I'm already impatient for the sequel
There are QTE's in this game, but it is thankfully optional. There is one QTE minigame in the prologue that is pure evil, that no other event in the game comes close to. Took me about 30 tries to finish (I could have skipped it, but I was stubborn).
Hear that the game's awesome, tho difficult. Gotta say, I wouldn't mind playing it but no way in hell with my computer. But the ESRB apparently let slip rating the game for the Xbox 360, and the developers of the game basically gave a wink wink nudge nudge to wait for E3. But to make it a Microsoft exclusive and not release it on PS3 would be really stupid.
Just gonna leave this here….:ninja:
http://www.dualshockers.com/2011/05/29/president-obama-receives-the-witcher-2-as-a-gift/
Witcher 2 Now officially come to xbox 360 in april 17 along with enhanced edition for PC
Really looking forward to this! 
Heard this game was amazing. I might get around to playing it if I ever pick up the first one.
So, after having http://www.systemrequirementslab.com (which is a lying piece of shit website) tell me my laptop could run this game I went out and bought it for $30. Turns out it cannot, so I'm out of $30 now considering you can't return or sell PC games. The game is perfectly playable on lowest settings at 640x480, but at that resolution it is utter garbage. 1040x600 visually is better (tho again bare minimum settings) but performance suffers, basically a whole second between my action to when it appears on screen. Of course dummy me completely forgot that the game IS in the works for OnLive, but considering my internet got cut down in speed I'm not sure if that'd be a better option anyways.
Oh well, I guess I gave my money to a developer that made an apparently great game I can't play. Guess there's that.
That says you meet the minimum requirements which doesn't really mean anything at all. And I've slowly learned that that website isn't very good.
That says you meet the minimum requirements which doesn't really mean anything at all. And I've slowly learned that that website isn't very good.
Up until recently it had a Recommended settings tab as well, in which it also said I passed. They've since removed that from the site.
Up until recently it had a Recommended settings tab as well, in which it also said I passed. They've since removed that from the site.
Since there's no DRM, you could always sell it on Amazon or elsewhere and recoup some of your loss.
Had a similar experience. Used it to test my new PC Build last fall. It ran it pretty well, but the occasional graphical glitches from my machine not being quite up to spec meant that I got rid of it.
Hang in there, Kierkegaard.
Since there's no DRM, you could always sell it on Amazon or elsewhere and recoup some of your loss.
Had a similar experience. Used it to test my new PC Build last fall. It ran it pretty well, but the occasional graphical glitches from my machine not being quite up to spec meant that I got rid of it.
It doesn't have DRM anymore but it still uses a CD key, so I can't sell it.
Well I guess you'll just have to drop some money to upgrade your computer :3 .
love this game, and the way cd project red treats you as a costumer is just heaps and bounds better than 95% of all current game companies
Well I guess you'll just have to drop some money to upgrade your computer :3 .
Only thing upgradable in my laptop is RAM.
Well then. Maybe you'll do better research next time you buy a PC game 
. Especially when it's labeled one of the most intensive PC games out at the time. Though it wasn't really your fault because that site burned me once too.
So has anyone played the 360 port? How is it?
Well then. Maybe you'll do better research next time you buy a PC game
I was really skeptical, but being not the best expert on these things comparing my specs it looked like it could handle it. My only option was to illegally pirate it first to see if it ran, then go buy it. But I didn't want to risk pirating a game especially one I was intending to buy. Ultimately I took the risk expecting I'd at least be able to play it on minimum settings. I'm gonna try at the disgusting visuals and low resolution with input delay mainly to try to justify my purchase.
I mean goddamn, I played MMO's on a 2002 budget Dell for yeeaaars despite every waking moment being poor framerate and lag, but dammit I did it.
Most MMOs aren't very intensive to run. But welcome to PC gaming all the same :ninja: . You might be able to tweak some stuff from the files to get it to run better. Look through this guide to see if you can salvage any.
Thanks, I think I have it decent now. The FPS still shifts and there's a minimal delay in input, but I'll be playing on Easy anyways so I don't think that'll be a big deal. Sadly fullscreening it seems to do a decent hit in performance than having it windowed, so guess I gotta play it windowed.
The input delay seems weird unless you're running it at like 10 fps. Turn off vsync if it's on since that's the only thing I can think of that would do that.
The input delay seems weird unless you're running it at like 10 fps. Turn off vsync if it's on since that's the only thing I can think of that would do that.
Everything is disabled. Basically Geralt does something .5 seconds after I press the key, or in the case of walking doesn't stop till .5 seconds after I let go or change directions.
Good thing I bought the console version and I'm liking this game…a lot.
I've often wondered about that myself; seems like being supported by people who only want you there so the world can end in fire (with you going to Hell in the process) would be somewhat off-putting
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Good thing I bought the console version and I'm liking this game…a lot.
I don't agree with CD Projekt Red releasing it on 360 and not PS3, dickish move. They said their team just doesn't have the knowledge to make a PS3 version, but they could've put one together with the money they've made.
I don't agree with CD Projekt Red releasing it on 360 and not PS3, dickish move. They said their team just doesn't have the knowledge to make a PS3 version, but they could've put one together with the money they've made.
It's not really a dickish move as much as it is a business move. If I remember right, the 360 has closer technology to that of the computer or something, so it's easier to emulate to. I'm not sure how long it would take to emulate a version to the PS3, but it's taken a good while since the release of the PC version for it to port to the 360.
It took a while I'm guessing because they never planned to make a 360 version but then after how well it sold they decided to.
I don't agree with CD Projekt Red releasing it on 360 and not PS3, dickish move. They said their team just doesn't have the knowledge to make a PS3 version, but they could've put one together with the money they've made.
No more of dick move then canceling the console port of the first game a few years back. Though we got the second one so it's water under the bridge well unless you don't have a 360 or a high end PC to run it on.
It's not really a dickish move as much as it is a business move. If I remember right, the 360 has closer technology to that of the computer or something, so it's easier to emulate to. I'm not sure how long it would take to emulate a version to the PS3, but it's taken a good while since the release of the PC version for it to port to the 360.
While nothing has been confirmed, CD Projekt RED has displayed some level of interest in the project, saying: "Sure we would like to see the game on PlayStation and we'd like to deliver it to those players," developer Marek Ciemak told NowGamer back at Gamescom in August. "But we can't do everything at the same time and it's a little more difficult than the Xbox version for us. Maybe if we have more manpower it would be a little bit easier."
Just for reference.
I've often wondered about that myself; seems like being supported by people who only want you there so the world can end in fire (with you going to Hell in the process) would be somewhat off-putting
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No more of dick move then canceling the console port of the first game a few years back. Though we got the second one so it's water under the bridge well unless you don't have a 360 or a high end PC to run it on.
If I remember right, there were a bunch of legal issues going around for the console port with some other company when they were attempting it.
