The Witcher games

[tjv]

Are you talking about the Enhanced Edition (either the mega-big box or the slimmer version), or the original release? AFAIK the EE shouldn't have DRM, but I could be wrong.

Yeah EE should be version 1.5. Which is free and doesn't have DRM.. It just that if you happen to get a older version of the disc it might earlier version with Tages (that can be patched out)..

[Mohorovicic]

dare to explain yourself?

No - I am a poet, not a warrior

[ado]

I started playing The Witcher recently, and find it to be quite an enjoyable and refreshing take on the RPG genre. It's certainly a very unique game with some superficial annoyances but those are easy to look past. The the only major criticism I have so far is the rather dull opening... the game didn't really grab me until the end of chapter 1, which took me around 6 hours to get to.

But it gets really good really fast after that.

[Casimir Effect]

Don't forget the texture mod in case you want things to look sharper.

http://www.moddb.com/mods/the-witcher-texturen-mod

[Grizzly]

Also, The Perfect Blood Mod, The Perfect Rain Mod, and the Black Edition do make the game a lot more visually pleasing.

Personally, I found the texture mod to introduce graphical bugs for some reason, but your mileage might vary.

[EBass]

I started playing The Witcher recently, and find it to be quite an enjoyable and refreshing take on the RPG genre. It's certainly a very unique game with some superficial annoyances but those are easy to look past. The the only major criticism I have so far is the rather dull opening... the game didn't really grab me until the end of chapter 1, which took me around 6 hours to get to.

But it gets really good really fast after that.

Yea its not the fastest starter but to be fair thats common amongst RPGs, its hardly the worst offender and I think the perhaps somewhat overlong intro section does a decent job of explaining what Witchers do and are, theres quite a lot of lore you've got to absorb.

[jnx]

Number two is impressive in many ways, but I enjoyed the first one more. They are both games I'd rather watch than play though.

[SanguineAngel]

Yea its not the fastest starter but to be fair thats common amongst RPGs, its hardly the worst offender and I think the perhaps somewhat overlong intro section does a decent job of explaining what Witchers do and are, theres quite a lot of lore you've got to absorb.

I agree! It's the beginning of chapter 1 where things get confusing - it always seems to me like you've missed out part of the game.

but god damn did i love that game. It just got increasingly better the further in I got.

[Vague-rant]

Shani > Triss

One of my biggest regrets about the Witcher 2 is that this is never addressed.

[Wunce]

I started playing The Witcher recently, and find it to be quite an enjoyable and refreshing take on the RPG genre. It's certainly a very unique game with some superficial annoyances but those are easy to look past. The the only major criticism I have so far is the rather dull opening... the game didn't really grab me until the end of chapter 1, which took me around 6 hours to get to.

But it gets really good really fast after that.

This, this, this.
I almost stopped playing the game because I'm not really a fan of RPGs but something chapters 2, 3 and 4 really kept me glued to my seat.

[Lukasz]

One of my biggest regrets about the Witcher 2 is that this is never addressed.

it was addressed with EE version. I won't spoil but go to wiki about shani and there is a

a quote from journal. that's all. a fucking journal entry about shani a girl which i found to be better than Triss. CDPR! I'm mad, is what I am

[Tikey]

One of my biggest regrets about the Witcher 2 is that this is never addressed.

Slight minor spoilers!
There is a small text in the journal if you import a Shani save into the second. Basically: "It didn't work"

[corbain]

Amazingly, they're still patching the Witcher 2, and even hired a mod-maker to make the official UI patch 3.2

http://en.thewitcher.com/community/entry/257

[Althea]

Amazingly, they're still patching the Witcher 2, and even hired a mod-maker to make the official UI patch 3.2

http://en.thewitcher.com/community/entry/257

Due to how it works, it's more like an semi-official mod/DLC than a patch.

[db1331]

One of my biggest regrets about the Witcher 2 is that this is never addressed.

I'm not going to pretend to be an expert on Witcher canon, but in the two books I've read, she only appeared as basically a one night stand. For all I know she could feature more prominently in any of the other books that have not seen an English translation yet.

Minor Witcher 1 spolier:

On my first trip through the game, I gave Alvin to Shani, because I thought Triss was actually going to turn out to be a bad guy in some hidden twist somewhere down the line. I didn't trust her after overhearing her conversation with the woman in the mirror at the start of chapter 3 or 4. But then once I really got into the universe and read the books, Triss seemed like the more natural choice over Shani, so I now side with her on any other trips through the game.

[djbriandamage]

I think I need to give Witcher 1 another try because I couldn't stick with it after 2 or 3 false starts. It got rave reviews and I tried to like it but was really turned off by the clickity click combat and the alchemy crafting.

[Althea]

I think I need to give Witcher 1 another try because I couldn't stick with it after 2 or 3 false starts. It got rave reviews and I tried to like it but was really turned off by the clickity click combat and the alchemy crafting.

Easy difficulty. Potions aren't needed on it, but I recommend you learn to use them regardless. As for the combat, it takes a short while to get into it and you will fluff it up numerous times, but it's not bad. Unique, anyway.

[SirKicksalot]

I'm not going to pretend to be an expert on Witcher canon, but in the two books I've read, she only appeared as basically a one night stand. For all I know she could feature more prominently in any of the other books that have not seen an English translation yet.

Minor Witcher 1 spolier:

On my first trip through the game, I gave Alvin to Shani, because I thought Triss was actually going to turn out to be a bad guy in some hidden twist somewhere down the line. I didn't trust her after overhearing her conversation with the woman in the mirror at the start of chapter 3 or 4. But then once I really got into the universe and read the books, Triss seemed like the more natural choice over Shani, so I now side with her on any other trips through the game.

After reading the books I started to dislike Triss. Yennefer is my waifu.