Comments on: RPS-ish At-ish E3: Day 2, Part 2 – Atari

By: Tarn

Tarn — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:04:11 +0000

Interesting to see Witcher staff posting here. I’m impressed!

I played up to the end of chapter 2 of The Witcher and absolutely adored it, despite all the acknowledged problems. It was one of those games that was vastly more than the sum of its parts, although it was extremely difficult to actually put my fingers on why.

Having since played and finished Mass Effect, which I thoroughly enjoyed, I’m surprised to find myself still more excited about finishing off The Witcher once the EE is out. I was concerned that ME would make The Witcher seem rather ‘primitive’ but, despite its technological sexiness, The Witcher is really the far more progressive game.

Can’t wait! I may also re-buy it, despite buying the UK special edition in the first place…

By: Fredo

Fredo — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:17:37 +0000

Guys, a short correction to what I’ve said before. The saves will surely work but because of the engine changes, there might occur some problems on certain quest/story configurations. To enjoy the Enhanced Edition at 100%, you must start a new game. Believe me, it is worth it !

By: MeestaNob!

MeestaNob! — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:27:17 +0000

I’m mean the collectors edition of the enhanced version.

By: James T

James T — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 05:58:26 +0000

MeestaNob:
Get a better userna– wait, no; I’ve seen the Witcher SE occasionally here in Brisbane, so it’s around the place. Getting a bit harder to find this sort of thing as PC sections shrink though.

I don’t know that I’m ‘excited’ for this, having already played The Witcher and deemed it excellent, but I’m interested to see just how much they polish it up (will ‘catoblepas’ be pronounced in fewer than three ways?! …And will I have to keep exiting the game to clear the cache every couple of maps?!).

By: Mr. President

Mr. President — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 05:33:40 +0000

Thank god I haven’t bought The Witcher yet.
Doesn’t sound like the type of game I would play through more than once, well at least now I get to play the good version.

By: The Pope

The Pope — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 02:49:27 +0000

@K – I found the consequences screens pretty handy. Ideally, they wouldn’t be necessary, but I’m so used to games where all actions have the same result that a game does have to come straight out and say ‘this action did this, and wouldn’t have if you did something else’ for me to believe I have any effect on the story.

By: Tertiee

Tertiee — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 02:36:37 +0000

CD Projekt has stated the Enhanced Edition will come out “first half of September 2008″

By: MeestaNob!

MeestaNob! — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 01:44:38 +0000

Good news about The Witcher, do we have a guestimate of when it will be out (either retail or download)?

Also, will the new collectors edition PLEASE come out in Australia? I’ve been holding out for ages!

By: Tom Gop

Tom Gop — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 01:25:16 +0000

Hey guys. Thanks for the approval!
Fredo is actually from within the RED Team so I could as well quote him…
Once again – so happy to read good reviews.
Catcha later at Leipzig!
TG.

By: Rhygadon

Rhygadon — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:08:53 +0000

@Fredo — Really? Can you point to a developer comment on this? I’d love to think that I could continue my campaign rather than restarting, but it seems so unlikely. Even the *patches* for the original editions broke savegames, so it’s hard to imagine that such a complete revamp wouldn’t do so …

By: kuddles

kuddles — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:20:58 +0000

I loved the Witcher immensely, to the degree that even though I already own it, I plan on re-purchasing the EE to support a developer like CD Projekt. European developers are the last bastion of PC-centric titles, in some ways.

Did Atari mention if they’re keeping the censorship in the U.S. version for the enhanced version? I wondered if since Age of Conan released without much controversy, and the original censored version got an M rating anyways, Atari might realize how pointless covering up the nipples was.

By: oilypenguin

oilypenguin — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 22:58:29 +0000

holy crap! did we just get developer love? Me thinks we did (or some cruel joke played on us by those damned poles). I now feel obligated to buy a copy (this is me not kidding), my buddy played it and liked it but I have yet to get around to it, guess i have something to do while suffering through wow-burnout and being terrible at tf2