Comments on: The Witcher 2 Presentation Video Leaked

By: Vinraith

Vinraith — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:31:45 +0000

While the censorship was annoying:

1) You could always import the uncensored UK version

2) Shortly after release there was a mod that restored the cut content

3) Fairly recently the devs released a directors cut patch that removes all the censorship

And finally, my guess is Witcher 2 won’t have the kind of censorship Witcher 1 did, because I doubt they’ll use Atari again now that they have their own publishing presence.

By: Gallahad

Gallahad — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:27:08 +0000

They still need to fix Geralt’s frickin hair, it was buggin me the whole time, watching his hair clip through his armor. Still looks pretty good though.

By: rush

rush — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 02:08:16 +0000

http://www.freedom-gamers.com

By: Max

Max — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:10:08 +0000

The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings – official FAQ

http://www.gry-online.pl/S018.asp?id=547

By: no

no — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 15:52:55 +0000

Awesome, I can’t wait to be stuck with the heavily censored American version of this game!

Also, come on… “internal only — confidential”.

That’s why they’re introducing each person involved that someone in the company would already know? And that it has decent production value? Could this possibly be any more of an OBVIOUS fake “leak”?

By: Marshall

Marshall — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 05:35:18 +0000

So apparently, when you catch a mistake in your own comment, by the time you hit the “stop the internet X-button” it’s too late. Wish I’d known this before I double-posted a comment with a one-letter difference.

By: Marshall

Marshall — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 05:31:47 +0000

…which reminds me, I once dated a girl named Claudine, whose parents wrote CRaudine on her birth certificate.

And the oddities of language claims another victim.

By: Marshall

Marshall — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 05:31:08 +0000

…which reminds me, I once dated a girl named Claudine, whose parents wrote CRawdine on her birth certificate.

And the oddities of language claims another victim.

By: Vinraith

Vinraith — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 01:54:18 +0000

Sub titles yes, disabled audio no. Just leave it in Polish, that voice acting isn’t bad at all.

By: Snuffles

Snuffles — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 01:53:32 +0000

Pro-Tip: Disable audio, and turn on sub-titles. Trust me.

By: JKjoker

JKjoker — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 14:18:06 +0000

@Petrushka: uh, “Tactical Combat” you say … did you forget Dragon Age is a game made for consoles ? it will have as much tactical combat as Mass Effect or Kotor, the only difference is that you have “extra” lives to use once your main char kicks the bucket (if the AI doesnt get your other chars killed first)

even if you are thinking about Baldur’s gate combat, it wasnt that tactical, it was better than newer consolized rpgs but the realtime crap (and the high levels in bg2) pretty much killed any strategy other than sending your tanks while you nuke the enemies with your mages with the slight variation of being forced to debuff them every once in a while

if you want “real” tactical combat look at Temple Of Elemental Evil, now THAT was combat, too bad Troika/Atari screwed up everything else

By: Petrushka

Petrushka — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 06:40:24 +0000

@JKjoker: they do look pretty different to me, as well, actually. They’re both RPGs with character development, so long-term strategy in character builds is important to both of them. They’re both fantasy settings, so yes, the setting is similar. But there the similarity ends.

Basically, I wouldn’t underrate the importance of the distinction between a party-based game and a single-character game. With a party, you have tactical combat. With a single-character game, it’s more action-oriented (though it’s very simplistic, calling it a series of QTEs, as someone above did, seems unkind to me; I’d compare it more to the GTA games).

Now, normally I’d be much more interested in the tactical (party-based) game than the single-character game (I do long for a successor to Baldur’s Gate!). BUT the material I’ve seen for Dragon Age so far — the characters, the plot elements, the visual style — is all so bland and immature that, while I am eagerly looking forward to The Witcher 2, I’m not even considering buying Dragon Age, unless the reviews suggest that I’ve misjudged it completely.

Now, looking at this video, there are certainly things I’d hope to see change between now and release, even bearing in mind that it’s an alpha. The character animations are basically unchanged from the first game, and still look decidedly wooden — the seduction scene shown is only a slight improvement on the ludicrous Dragon Age one. It’d be nice if they could make combat less repetitive than it was in the first game (and maybe reduce the quantity?). And, obviously, there’s the voices (shudder).

So, I’ll agree with you that this looks much more interesting than Dragon Age. But the differences are more important to me than the similarities!