The Witcher 2 Details

[Bateluer]

http://www.vg247.com/2010/05/24/witcher-ii-detail-explosion-engrossing-mature-storyline-promised/

The RPG sequel sees players return to the role of Geralt, who defeated the uprising by the Order of Flaming Rose in the first game, as well as saving King Foltest from a witcher-like assassin.

Geralt’s new quest sits alongside a personal mission of attempting to discover the identity of the king’s would-be assassin from the original game. Geralt must try to discover a group of killers responsible for the murders of rulers across Northern Kingdom, as well as try to connect the link between the group and the witchers, and whatever their end-game could be.

CD Projekt Red has promised an “epic, intense, emotionally charged adventure,” with three independent plots to have “several alternative events” depending on the player’s actions.

Cut-scenes will also be presented via the game’s brand new engine.

Sex and eroticism will also be key to The Witcher II, with CDP Red promising the subject will be “introduced in a much more realistic, involving and mature way, thanks to which sexual relationships are presented more credibly than in TW1.”

As for gameplay itself, CDP promises that it will contain “no FedEx missions” – going from point A to B to pick up package and back again – with the promise of more story-connected quests. It’ll also feature “extensive non-linearity within advanced gameplay mechanics,” meaning any allies you meet during the main plot will show “new and diverse possibilities and threads”.

The game will also have enhanced character development, with customisation decisions affecting the different types of gameplay experiences, as well as allowing players to battle enemies that have “a fixed difficulty level”.

Other new stuff includes “highly varied, breathtaking locations” throughout the game’s world, and a “unique, intuitive combat system” which brings together a massive list of “tactical elements”. What that means is to be announced in the future, apparently.

The developer promises the game will be the “best-looking RPG to date”. Big talk.

CDP is sticking with the Q1 2011 date it previously gave the game after the release of its debut trailer back in March.

So far, only a PC release is in the pipeline, despite previous confirmation that the game would be coming to the consoles.

 

[Pepsei]

Sex and eroticism will also be key to The Witcher II, with CDP Red promising the subject will be “introduced in a much more realistic, involving and mature way, thanks to which sexual relationships are presented more credibly than in TW1.”

nice... i rather enjoyed it in TW1, uncensored.

 

[Liet]

I think they mean no fun playing cards with nekked ladies on em.

I'm very, very excited about Witcher 2. The original just needed a bit more polish to make it perfect (and it's absolutely gorgeous with the character & environment high-res texture mods).

The final twist with the main antagonist at the end was wild... Didn't see it coming.

 

[TheVrolok]

I'm excited. I really really enjoyed The Witcher.

 

[AFurryReptile]

Really excited. Hopefully it doesn't bring my system to its' knees like the original did.

 

[Rifter]

0 intrest, could not get into the first. Im going to give it one more quality attempt as soon as i finish up some Ps3 games i just got but im not holding my breath.

 

[QuantumPion]

I recently bought the Witcher since I've heard so many good reviews about it.

I played it for about 5 minutes before saying "wtf is this crap? how is this supposedly so good?"

The combat is extremely lame, I got sick of it in a matter of minutes, I don't see how even good story and dialogue could make up for such lame gameplay, and I'm one that normally doesn't care so much about gameplay if the characters are good.

 

[Attic]

I recently bought the Witcher since I've heard so many good reviews about it.

I played it for about 5 minutes before saying "wtf is this crap? how is this supposedly so good?"

The combat is extremely lame, I got sick of it in a matter of minutes, I don't see how even good story and dialogue could make up for such lame gameplay, and I'm one that normally doesn't care so much about gameplay if the characters are good.

I did the exact same thing with it. I imagine if I gave myself over to the game and decided to get into it that I would find myself very immersed,.. I just didn't want to get myself into another one of those time sinks.

 

[MagickMan]

I tried really hard to get into the first one, because of all the people claiming it was "amazing", "great", "awesome", etc.. I just couldn't get past the halfway point. It's just too grindy and there's too much wandering, add to that the screwy combat system and I just gave up.

 

[TheVrolok]

I tried really hard to get into the first one, because of all the people claiming it was "amazing", "great", "awesome", etc.. I just couldn't get past the halfway point. It's just too grindy and there's too much wandering, add to that the screwy combat system and I just gave up.

Seems like a "love it or hate it" game.