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Editorial Review:
The Witcher represents the pinnacle of storytelling in role-playing games, shattering the line between good and evil with a world where moral ambiguity reigns. In a beautiful, rich game universe created by artists first, technology second, the player becomes his own hero in an epic, action-packed narrative uniquely defined by his actions. Returning to the roots of the role-playing genre with a fresh and modern approach, The Witcher emphasizes story and character development in a vibrant world, while incorporating tactically-deep real-time combat like no game before it.
Immersed in a vivid but harsh fantasy world, the player assumes the role of a white-haired witcher named Geralt, a renowned monster-slayer-for-hire and master swordsman with superhuman strength and reflexes. While trying to regain his lost memory, Geralt unwillingly becomes involved in a world-shaking power struggle. Created to provide entertainment for both fans of role-playing games and those seeking fast-paced action, The Witcher brings together epic storytelling and dynamic, visually stunning, and tactically deep action.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
Great RPG For some reason the beginning really turned me off, but once I got over this I really got into The Witcher. The story is great, and the quest tracker works brilliantly. It also looks great, and should look even better when the new version comes out next month, which by the way is absolutely free if you already own the original. The combat works well, with some extremeley satisfying moves and spells, and you really get your money's worth in terms of gameplay time. The 322mb patch also seems to sort out any... more info
You will miss out if you don't play this! I would say this is the best RPG I've ever played. I think a key test of any RPG is whether its world feels authentic. I feel I have actually lived in Geralt's world and there is no higher recommendation than that. It seems to me that the developers have looked at Oblivion, taken aboard comments about its shortcomings and set out to eliminate them in The Witcher. It has many of the features which so endeared Oblivion to its fans: good real-time combat, beautiful and detailed urban areas and... more info
Geralt = well aard As you can see from that awful pun, humour doth flow from me like a river...
Anyway, the witcher. The first thing that comes to mind for me when playing the witcher was, oddly enough, Oblivion. But not in the way you might think. The Witcher approaches the RPG genre from almost entirely the opposite direction from Bethesda's Classic. Rather than a sprawling, completely open world, we are instead given a handful of enclosed areas to explore through, with invisible walls keeping us on the right... more info
My first 3rd person game First off, I normally hate playing 3rd person games but this one has converted me to that genre. The game is so involved and intricate that it hurts. I totally enjoyed the game.
