Witcher 2 'leaked' video

[Niten_Ryu]

Like I've said before, Geralt is like rock star. A celebrity. Women want to be with him and men like to be like him. Geralt wakes up from the gutter, money and items stolen after heavy night of drinking and fighting in local alehouse. Geralt walks to nearest hooker and gets quickie in nearby alley. It's time to earn some more cash and kill some monsters because drinks ain't free.

 

Damn it feels great to play character like that. Reminds me of PnP adventures from the 80's

[Maria Caliban]

As long as they do not follow the "ancient wise beings that of some dubious reason fail to understand on how to procreate"-schtick, then i'm cool with it.

 

The story is actually Geralt teaching the dragon how to get it on. It's actually ends with the two singing

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I suppose there's some magical reason why Geralt is so attractive to people, since his personality (and the VA's ability) doesn't really shine any brighter than your average porn star's.

I don't know if it is part of the literature, but you do get some casual remarks along the way implying that the sexual prowess of witchers is legendary. Maybe a side effect of the mutagens?

 

I've only read one of the books and he comes off as rather sweet and romantic. I would say that Gerralt is far more promiscuous in the game. The original character is certainly not a ‘rock star.’

Edited September 19, 2009 by Maria Caliban

[Oner]

FAIL Pop, FAIL.

...

Or you have to be pretty ****ing stupid to not notice that both of us were being sarcastic.

And don't edit out my smiley, it's there for a reason.

Edited September 19, 2009 by Oner

[Guest PoziomyPion]

Why people waste so much energy on acknowledging they do not like something? Numerous times? Is it about getting some attention, or some weird need to fix other peoples preferences?

[Sannom]

I don't know if it is part of the literature, but you do get some casual remarks along the way implying that the sexual prowess of witchers is legendary. Maybe a side effect of the mutagens?

 

Some people tend to believe that sterility and disease-immunity make them more attractive than what they already are. Plus there is the mysterious and badass feel they have about them. And I think there is a theory that the mutagens have a side-effect about that.

 

Although, this said, I can't really believe that Lambert could have had many adventures, if only for his personnality The guy is a pain!

 

Like other people, I'm surprised they don't already have a publisher, with the success the precedent game was! Bah, they will find eventually.

[Slowtrain]

Just because they don't have one for this game doesn't mean they haven't turned any away.

 

They may be looking for a publisher to sign a multi game deal or agree to advance them on their next game.

[Morgoth]

Well I don't think Atari will publish it again, because their policy now is all about casual and online stuff.

[Pidesco]

Just in case anyone thinks I didn't like The Witcher, let me say I enjoyed it a great deal, and in fact I'm replaying it right now. I simply think it was, in a few ways, a wasted opportunity. The combat was crap but just a step away from entering combo awesomeness, and, like I said before Geralt really was a bad choice for a protagonist, especially in a game that tries to take itself so seriously.

[Blodhemn]

The Witcher's biggest problem was that you played Geralt instead of your own character. Not that I have anything against predetermined PCs generally, it's just just that in the case of The Witcher, it lead the developers into the crooked path of fan fiction, which screwed up the main character's development and turned him into some sort of magical superhero. The amnesia and all the sex were part of that. And the fact that no one outside of Poland knew who the hell Geralt was only made things worse.

 

Yeah I didn't like playing as Geralt. A lot of that had to do with the terrible voice acting(English) which came across as taking itself way too serious. It became especially apparent when it was "joke" time for one of the tacky/retarded lines to be read off in conversation.

 

One Witcher experience is enough for me. There were a few nice big quests as far as decision making and consequences but the reward was little and the actual gameplay for each step of the quests was, for the most part, downright boring. The game picked at your imagination and I felt that was more rewarding than anything you got that was actually executed in game.

 

Another game where you end up with tons of money through grinding out levels with nothing of worth to spend it on.

[Sannom]

Another game where you end up with tons of money through grinding out levels with nothing of worth to spend it on.

 

I never grinded for levels in the Witcher, but I did some grindage to get money. There a lot of little things to buy in that game that are worth a lot of money : books, alcohol for elixirs, recipes, sometimes ingredients, parts to enhance your blade, etc.

[Tigranes]

I enjoyed vanilla Witcher until I got to the final chapter, when the city was on fire and my computer simply crapped out (I had endured 5-10fps and +3min loading times until then). The story might well not have existed, since it hardly did much to the gameplay and wasn't that interesting anyway, but the gameworld and the themes of racial tension were delivered quite well within the game and the general fight-and-loot-and-quest play was very tight and enjoyable.

 

Graphics look excellent, with pretty good art design (if nothing mindblowing).

 

I like the voice acting of the guards, but the princess and especially Geralt was horrible.

 

The Gothic-style dialogue where you don't see the full response isn't great, but Geralt being Geralt, it wont' change too much to the game.

 

The force push (complete with Diablo 3 style FX) will be fun stuff, hopefully there's more magic / abilities this time round.

 

Quick time events and slow motion hollywood cinematics are retarded, but since TW1 story was forgettable as well, I'm not expecting much from this front. As long as it doesn't gag.

 

One to watch.

[Gorgon]

I played the witcher all the way to the end, twice, doesn't happen often. I'll get excited when it comes out.

[Gorgon]

I hope they keep the in-game cleavage and lose the postcards, they are just so indescribably stupid. Sex is fine, but does it have to be a minigame. At least it stops short of player input.

[entrerix]

instead of cards i think geralt should keep a black book with a note next to any person he's had sex with

 

"nicole - banged her on a tuesday afternoon, nice rack, annoying voice"

 

"sara - banged her, I was drunk"

 

"john - banged him, it was dark and I was wasted"

 

etc etc

 

way classier than the cards

 

 

(this post is joke post)

[HoonDing]

Book-Geralt was quite the opposite of the man-ho he is in the game.

 

I hope the amnesia runs off in the next game. Might open some interesting possibilities when Geralt suddenly realized the sorceress he used to love was not Triss at all.

[Magnum Opus]

I liked the game. Sex-cards were questionable (nice artwork, downright goofy in terms of "collectibles") but for the most part ignorable (didn't appreciate all the surprise secks, though. It was a language lesson, I swear it was!). Still, at least I didn't have to wade through any interminable and grossly over-melodramatic "romances" to get to it, so I suppose that was a good thing.

 

Story was solid for the most part, except for the lull with the Investigation in Vizima quest, or what ever they called it. Motivation dropped down the crapper for that part, but I won't bother detailing why.

 

Suffice it to say, I'm actually happy that there's another such game in the works. Will definitely be keeping an eye on this one. When it gets a little closer, anyway.... although, given the amount of patching the first game required, might want to hold off on any release-day purchases. Is a good policy to begin with, but in this case it might just be required.

[entrerix]

oh i will DEF be waiting for the special edition on this one.

 

even that version had bugs last go round, i cant imagine how bad the initial release version was

[Magnum Opus]

I think I lucked out with that game, personally, since even the original didn't break my spine with bugs. They were there, of course, but I didn't have quite so many troubles as others did. The EE was just so much better all around, though.

 

'course, I'm still on the fence: with a niche title, I never know how long it's going to be in the stores. In TW's case, I bought the original game on the suspicion that it wouldn't be around when I actually wanted it, and the EE because the patch was so bloody large. I don't mind either purchase, though. I ended up liking the game enough that it was like a "making of" process.

 

If I had to guess, I suspect my fears that TW2 will end up on a limited-time run will outweigh my confidence that they'll repackage the game at a later date once all the bug fixes come in. Ah well.

[Sannom]

although, given the amount of patching the first game required, might want to hold off on any release-day purchases. Is a good policy to begin with, but in this case it might just be required.

 

I don't think it will be necessary that time. CD Projekt RED was a noob developper at the time, and they completely overlooked some of the most technical things, mainly the loading times and the fact that the quicksaves should use a unique slot. The second game will probably ship with a lot less of those big issues, I'm sure, seeing that they're more experienced now.

[Blodhemn]

Another game where you end up with tons of money through grinding out levels with nothing of worth to spend it on.

 

I never grinded for levels in the Witcher, but I did some grindage to get money. There a lot of little things to buy in that game that are worth a lot of money : books, alcohol for elixirs, recipes, sometimes ingredients, parts to enhance your blade, etc.

 

I didn't use alchemy even one time in the game. That's just not my thing. Books? You could find plenty lying around or get 'em in quests.. same as all the other things you mentioned. Boring, standard stuff. Wasn't there like one armor upgrade to buy early on in the game and then nothing else till the Raven quest near the end? Maybe I missed something but I hit about all quests. It's a very stripped down game as far as good and unique equipment/items unless you're really into alchemy I guess.

[Sannom]

How the heck did you survive without alchemy in that game??? I mean, you can't go far without some Swallow potion to heal yourself, even the Cat potion is needed if you want to get through the crypts in that game! And don't get me started on the Beast!

 

Books and all that are not "boring" stuff, I felt they made them rare and expensive enough to always be happy to get all the information you need. You can hardly finish the drowner mission in the first chapter without the right book, or example.

[HoonDing]

I wonder if beating the koshchey is possible without kiss, swallow & willow potions...

[Blodhemn]

I didn't use any on the giant crab. It was kickin my ass at first but I was having performance issues. I guess since I practically put nothing into alchemy, my combat was a bit stronger.

 

I mainly just used the map and hit the alt key to find my way around crypts and every now and then picking up a torch.

[mkreku]

I didn't use alchemy either. It felt needlessly convoluted and user unfriendly. Also, I usually don't bother with potions in any game I play. Or spells. I prefer more tangible stuff like armour and swords and bows.

[Dagon]

Alchemy was pretty sweet, espesially when you played on hard:

some enemies were impossible to kill without the potions or oils.

 

Also the game is too easy even for today's standards, the combat gives you no challenge at all, I hope they will fix it in the second game.

Because even though the hard level of difficulty gives more satisfaction, it's still too easy.