Reply With QuoteI don't even remember all that! But I do remember that the combat isn't all that great and there's a lot of boring fetch quest stuff. WHATEVER, I loved everything else. Geralt is super-dreamy!
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I don't know about best ever, since in the end you still end up shoehorned into one of three options.
Please look forward to it!
I don't even remember all that! But I do remember that the combat isn't all that great and there's a lot of boring fetch quest stuff. WHATEVER, I loved everything else. Geralt is super-dreamy!
Electronic cigarette.
Keep going, don't look back.Originally Posted by Some Stupid Japanese Name
tunnel vision ftw.
This is out tomorrow.
Oh hell yes it is.
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It looks like a hell of a port, not sure when I'm going to be able to get to it though
Thank you, Satoru Iwata
Some thoughts that come to mind thus far with the Enhanced Edition (360), having not previously played any of the Witcher series:
Impressions: I've played a good bit these last three days and yet at this point, I've scratched the surface of Chapter 1. The game is absolutely packed with content in a number of ways, all under the umbrella of fine, interesting design. The atmosphere and the environment steal the show imo, they are incredible. The lighting is fantastic too, but I personally can't speak about the overhaul from the original. I can say that I'm enjoying the game even more than I thought I would, despite the high expectations and desire to play this to start.
Comparison: Coincidentally, I recently finished my first playthrough of the original Mass Effect, and maybe it's just me but I feel that a lot of what this game is and does is so very similar. A LOT, but handled much better in many areas and with much greater depth. (In fact, seeing what they've done, I'd gladly hand the keys to the Mass Effect franchise to CD Projekt RED if the theoretical choice presented itself.) And similar to Dark Souls, really nice job in handling the voices of the characters involved.
Performance: Basically it's outright recommended to install the game. Which I did, so I don't have any idea how the performance suffers for not doing so. But the game handles the massive, intricate environments well with very brief load times/transitions - it's all fairly seamless imo. Which is good stuff considering how great the game looks. Like Rumpy says, it's an impressive port for the 360.
Recognition: Still have a bunch to play obviously, but now I have a sense as to why the original The Witcher 2 received the praise and acclaim it did last year, including GOTY mention (as this thread probably attests). Speaking of, I say nice job by Warner Bros Interactive publishing this at least for North America. Batman: Arkham City was in my Top 5 last year, and if I keep enjoying The Witcher 2 EE, it will be two years in a row that that is the case for a Warner Bros Interactive-published game. Which might be even more of a surprise/feat with both being fantastic, engrossing single-player games in this COD-motivated day and age. Please keep it up.
Contemporaries: I haven't played the full game of Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, but I have to think they were incredibly well served by releasing their game earlier this year than this (and Diablo III). I wouldn't be at all surprised if it suffers quite a bit in comparison. And on that note, it's pretty crazy how in the span of maybe 5 weeks, we'll see this, the aforementioned Diablo III, Atlus's Game of Thrones game, and Capcom's Dragon's Dogma all be released. I wish Atlus well with their game, and despite my dislike for Capcom these days, Dragon's Dogma looks pretty interesting. But from what I've played thus far, they've got to be great to match this. Plus I think The Witcher 2 EE with its story can really appeal to the Game of Thrones crowd, so it's a pretty good time with Season 2 having recently started.
Last edited by Geo; 17 Apr 2012 at 03:11 AM.
Anyone comment on how the PC version is after the update?
Last edited by Frogacuda; 17 Apr 2012 at 09:46 AM.
Please look forward to it!
The PC version is largely unchanged aside from the awesome new intro cinematic, a few more post-act videos and the ~4 hours of additional content in Act 3. The UI, controller, camera and lighting changes are unique to the 360 port.
I'm disappointed that the controller tweaks didn't come over. The lighting changes are pretty dramatic but that's more subjective. The PC version still looks great so long as you turn off the bloom.
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