Preview Silven Previews The Witcher

[Sol Invictus]

Tags: CD Projekt; Witcher, The

There's a new preview of The Witcher up at Silven Crossroads [edit: just go to the <a href="http://www.thewitcher.com">official website</a>]. Here's a snippet:
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<blockquote>The fantasy world of The Witcher is inhabited by human, elves, dwarves, gnomes and many other creatures. The game takes place in the Northern Realms, where humans are currently the strongest, but most divided race. In this area, non-humans are repressed and often persecuted. Roads are dangerous, swarming with monsters, bandits, rogues and starving peasants. The Northern Realms are quarrelling and at war, and also being threatened by Nilfgaard, a powerful empire from the south.
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While these armies are fearsome indeed, what most of the townspeople view as the greatest danger are the monsters: werewolves, stregas, ghouls, graveirs, manticores which lurk in the forests, caves and swamps; boneheads, wyverns, forktails and flykites in mountain ravines; ghosts, wraiths and sprites in the woods. Add to this legends and prophecies that foretell of the end of the world and we have quite an immersive story. Of course from the standpoint of the player, the most interesting and important aspect of this world is the existence of “Witchers”. There are only a few members of this brotherhood left now, and the time has come for one of them to play an important role in this story that is about to unfold.</blockquote>
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Epic! Let's hope the game suffers from a 'Tyranny of Choices', as Warren Spector once said, or it'll be just like every other epic story ever made. In any case, the combat could be good.
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Update: Don't bother with this preview. It's ripped word for word from the official site, which offers a lot more detail than this.

 

[Kamaz]

I might be wrong, but...isnt the quoted text right from official Witchers web-site? I mean Copy/Paste and stuff like that. Didnt read all the article, though, but I feel some unexplainable deja-vu when reading it, though. Oh well, might be routine bugs in MATRIX anyway.

 

[Sol Invictus]

It's possible. I haven't looked. Is it?

 

[Kamaz]

Deja LU

It is not like 1:1, but..similar, you could say -

This fantasy world is inhabited by humans, elves, dwarves, gnomes and many other creatures. The game takes place in the Northern Realms - currently humans are the strongest but also the most divided race there. Non-humans (elves, gnomes and dwarves) are very often repressed and persecuted. The elves have only one free kingdom, some of them dwell in the forests and lead a hopeless guerilla-like war against men, which they are doomed to lose. Some elves have settled in towns and villages, creating separate communities. The dwarves are formally subjected to men and a lot of them live in ghettos in human towns. Roads and routes are dangerous - swarming with monsters, wild animals, bandits, rogues and starving peasants. Ragged and savage elven commandos roam through the forests, unpaid soldiers create confederations and set upon ordinary people

ANd..

But from the player's point of view the most important feature of this world is existence of witchers. They are members of a brotherhood of warriors, trained to kill monsters and protect people from danger... for a price. There are only few of them left now, and time comes for one of them to play a very important role in the story that is about to unfold.

Quotes are taken right from http://www.thewitcher.com/ World section.

 

[Sol Invictus]

Lame. I'm editing this post.