The Witcher : Enhanced Edition - Platinum (PC DVD)

I couldnt quite wait for Skyrim so i thought I'd give something else a go in the meantime. The Witcher reviews pretty well and I got it cheap enough. The problem is after only a few hours of gameplay I just can't bring myself to play anymore. The graphics are perfectly fine, even at two years old and visually the game seems well put together but the control system is terrible. Not only can the "white wolf" (thank you Michael Moorcock!) not jump (seriously?) but he is also terrified of any drop exceeding six inches. Gain all the experience you like, but rest assured you will forever be frustrated by the two foot fence, or worse still, the slight step down off a wooden jetty. The uninspired combat system is basically about selecting from one of three limited styles and timing sucessive mouse clicks so that your character swings his sword in slightly different circles. Nothing feels particularly intuitive, from the rather clunky skill system to the alchemy skill, and whenever you get into trouble a mystery wolf vibrates disconcertingly in the upper right hand side of the screen. Weapon choice is limited from the get go and most of the dialogue is atrocious. The blurb says this game has an adult themed backstory but from what I can tell, it was written by a 12 year old. There are limited options for talking to people. Most of the conversations you have will revolve around which order you ask your three or four rather banal questions in. Occasionally your character gets the chance to accidentally have sex (fade out, curtains in the wind, waves crashing on shore, trains going into tunnels etc), or even better, annoy an NPC into never talking to you again (sigh, reload, pick other option). The Witcher has none of Oblivion's open-endedness (is that a word?) or its immersive qualities and i can't help feeling I wasted twelve quid. Damn my impatience!

This is definatly a fantastic game and not your average fairy tale or medieval game you would think. This is probably the closest thing you can get to real if monsters and dwarves existed. Its an 18 for a reason dont buy it for your kids or yourself if you cant take a shock or two...infact only buy it if your prepared to have a laugh at some of the stuff this game produces. Brilliant Dialogue, ace combat system, easy to understand, never nothing to do due to a tight-knit community making mods for the game and adding side adventures for hours more fun, get drunk, play dice poker, get laid and get cards with smokin hot medieval chicks on them after you tap them. I really like the protagonist Geralt, he has a serious attitude and adeep voice without seeming emotionless, dull or boring. Hes kind of to the point but still shows alot of passion. Hes a fearless Witcher who suffers from memory loss but has the brains to retrace his life...a true warrior. 5/5 stars i found nothing wrong with this game...although be aware that a serial code doesnt come with this version, a slipup on Atari's end. you have to email there helpline with pictures as proof of purchase to recieve a registration key. You can still play the game fully dont worry...but you wont get any future updates or anything like that i think until you register i think. CLASSIC MASTERPEICE, a must buy.

The game has been described very well elsewhere - a very great pleasure to play. Voicings are now excellent (a surprising cross section of accents and types) which are most enjoyable. The added "bonus" adventures are a bit of a mixed bag - "The Swamp" one is a load of rubbish, whereas some of the others are quite lengthy and tricky. When I first played the game (Win 7 32 bit), despite patching the game to ver. 1.5, there were continual lock-ups/crashes. I tried running the game by re-setting to Win XP - but no luck - still continually crashed. On investigating this on the internet, I tried a number of "solutions" but with little success. However, on one site I found the following and can confirm it works - playing the whole game through. (I subsequently ran the game without this - and it started crashing again!) The fix is to "Enable 3GB switch on Win 7" (I have no idea what this does technically - but it seems to work) Thuis will also work with Vista. To do this :- 1. Right click on command prompt in the Accessories Program Group (accessed via the Start Button). Click "Run AS Administrator". 2. At the command prompt (on the Dos Screen) enter "bcdedit /set IncreaseUserVa 3072" Note syntax and spacing. 3. Restart the computer. To undo this :- 1. Do 1 as above 2. At the command prompt enter "bcdedit /deletevalue IncreaseUserVa" 3. Restart computer. It is also worth keeping the number of saved games to around 10 or so - this may also contribute towards fewer crashes. I subtracted one star from my rating as this problem should be patched by now.

What makes tyhis game a "miss" rather than a "hit" is the fact that there is only one character to play - you can't make your own. And if you don't really like Iron Maiden Groupies who have discovered hair straighteners, there's really no incentive to play. But I plugged on with this one, just to see how it panned out, and it turned out to be a reasonable RPG along the classic lines, with all the familiar quests and side quests, and running around to report back to various NPCs on your progress (rather too much of that in fact). This pre-dates Dragon Age and has a far superior game engine in my view - all those Xbox cross-over games seem to be identicle anyway - but sadly Dragon Age is far more engaging and takes the RPG crown, simply because of its diversity, though it does copy a lot of ideas from The Witcher. Nothing to write home about here but it will keep me amused until the next big thing in RPGs hits the scene.

Die Ursprungsversion von The Witcher habe ich nach fünf Spielstunden wieder deinstalliert: zu viele Bugs, zu nervige Steuerung. Von der Enhanced Edition kann ich mich dagegen kaum mehr lösen. Befreit von nahezu allen Nervereien genieße ich endlich ungestört die anspruchsvolle Geschichte und die interessante Spielwelt. In der Enhanced Edition ist The Witcher zu dem rundum gelungenen Abenteuer geworden, das sich Rollenspieler von Anfang an erhofft hatten.

Pues, ¿que decir de este juegazo? Esta es la primera parte de la saga de videojuegos The Witcher, un juego con una historia increíble y con una inmersión que no te da ningún otro juego. Una obra maestra de Rol y de Acción fantástica, con un mundo tan grande, maravilloso, mágico y prometedor creado por Andrzej Sapkow (escritor de los libros de The Witcher) y CD Projekt RED, los encargados de llevar The Witcher al terreno de los videojuegos. El juego está totalmente en castellano, aunque sea importado desde Reino Unido. La edición Platinum contiene la Guía del juego en inglés, un manual de instrucciones y dos CD's de instalación. En el segundo CD encontramos material extra, tales como mapas, la guía en formato pdf, imágenes, un mod de The Witcher, la banda sonora, el artbook del juego, avatares, fondos de pantalla y las guías de las historias adicionales que incluyen en este pack, para que después de jugar al juego (que por cierto, es totalmente rejugable por sus múltiples opciones y caminos a seguir) puedas seguir disfrutando de esta maravilla. Recomendado 100%

The Witcher Enhanced edition do not deserve its title because it's full of bugs. The graphics are much worst then those I've seen in Dragon Age : Origin, and it's weird because they use exactly the same engine. I really dislike how the combats are done. The story might have potential, but I can't stand the gameplay to enjoy it. If the graphics wouldn't bug that much, I would give a better score.

どちらかといえばダークかつシリアスな世界観で、誰もが易々と受け入れやすいとはとても言えません。 とはいえスプラッターな表現は殆どなく……と言っても首が跳ね飛ぶとかはありますが……、 グロいとまではいかないかと思います。 Witcherと呼ばれる超人的な能力を有する職業ハンターたちが、 自らを壊滅状態まで追いやった暗殺者たちに報復していくところから物語が始まります。 一部の人は、というか私が大変興味があった18禁要素ですが、 さっさと説明しておきますと、洋風春画のようなものが画面に表示されるだけで、 そこまであからさまな描写があるわけではありません。 もっとも、大変美しく、またセクシーなイラストで、 ちょっと進めれば沢山のご婦人方と行為に励む様子が描かれています。 ですが過度な期待は禁物です、これはあくまでアクションRPGですので……。 難易度は3段階から選べ、苦手な方はぬるく、やりごたえを求める方はハードコアに遊べます。 しかしながら、本作の最強の敵はチャプター1のボスで、 二番目に強い敵がチャプター2のザコ（地面から突然現れるアレ）です。 これを突破するのに誰しも一度は挫折しかける強さなのですが、 逆に言えば、これらを突破できればあとはなんとかなります。 戦闘方法もやや大味で、序盤で手に入るSignを使うと殆どの敵が一撃必殺、 シナリオの展開もやや強引なところが散見されます。 錬金術も多用するとなるとどうしてもストレスが溜まる仕様ですし、 キャラの造形やシステムバランス等、まさに「洋ゲー的」と言えるのではないかと。 しかしながら、本作は小説が元ネタになっており、また日本語訳では発売されていないため、 ある種独特な世界観が全編通して描かれています。 全て英語ですが、Director's Cutにはゲームガイドブックも同梱されていて、 読解力があればまず攻略には困らないでしょう。 かなり異色なダークファンタジー、the Witcher。 是非この世界に一時浸ってみては如何でしょうか。

Geralt of Rivia is one COOL Dude! This game ROCKS!!! I am in my 50's and I thoroughly enjoy this game. I bought this copy to replace my original set as my X got jealous and scratched up my first copy. So, I ordered a new copy and packed his things and moved him out. Wal-Mart only had The Witcher2 which is the next installment in the series. I hadn't finished the game once yet. Too many distractions and not enough free time. So, I was ecstatic when I found a copy on Amazon. So, even if you don't buy this game...and you should....check out Amazon for all your favorite games that are out of stock in the stores. We parted fairly amicably thanks to Amazon. Game play is like other games where you follow quests and such. The game interface is easy to use even for a novice gamer and older folks. So, many choices change the game play that you will probably wear out the disk before you exhaust the possibilities. Just like in real life your game choices affect future events and outcomes..not just your score. I really like playing the dice poker sub-quest. There are a lot of "mods" on the forum to enhance your game play and a lot of nice folks, both older like myself and young folks to help and just interact with too. Not like some games where the experienced players snub and maltreat the newbies. CDPROJEKT guys and gals really did a fantastic job creating this game. For experienced gamers the difficulty levels can be ramped up to keep you happy and wasting too much time in Rivia too. For us not so experienced, the easy and normal modes are challenging, but not so frustrating that you give up playing. This is a single player offline game with an online version battle arena. It only costs you the price of the game. Money well spent.