Preview The Witcher 2: Killing in the Name

[Ignatius Reilly]

I bought this game on Steam for a measly 5 bucks and felt it was a waste of my money. It's a watered down RPG fueled by a combat system that is essentially a string of non-stop timed button presses featuring a painfully dry hero with the charisma of chalk. God, I hate this game.

It combines two genres and fails so miserably that I'm surprised more people didn't pick up on this, maybe it was the sex cards distracting them to the game's major flaws? You're better off playing Devil May Cry 3 if you want to be a white haired pretty boy who kills demons and stuff with various giant swords.

Oh, wait, that's a console game so it doesn't count.

But seriously, give it a try, PS2s are pretty cheap now and it will make you realize just how dull The Witcher is when it comes to...game play. Sure, it has not RPG elements whatsoever, but big deal, both games come down to you being some obnoxious white haired douche bag, might as well play one with some actual charisma.

 

[WhiskeyWolf]

 

[Black]

I gave him a chance and he had me going til the devil may cry part.

 

[Burning Bridges]

Well, I think nothing at all is lost.

TW was not bad as some people make it, not as good either.

I quite enjoyed the graphics etc. but somehow gave up half way. Gameplay should have been better, combat was weak, but other things like Alchemy was ok. Customizing Gerald was also not developed enough but you could e.g. improve swords. The big weakness was that the game was so linear, and all the good options aside, sooner or later you realized that what you did really did not make much difference.

A real RPG it is not but has similar appeal.

TW is good for what it is.

 

[Metro]

TW was not bad as some people make it, not as good either.

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I quite enjoyed the graphics etc. but somehow gave up half way. Gameplay should have been better, combat was weak, but other things like Alchemy was ok. Customizing Gerald was also not developed enough but you could e.g. improve swords. The big weakness was that the game was so linear, and all the good options aside, sooner or later you realized that what you did really did not make much difference.

Those are pretty much my critiques of the game. It certainly isn't bad but, yes, nowhere nearly as good as a lot of people make it out to be.

 

[el Supremo]

Sounds good. I don't think even Mass Effect 2 had succubi, CDProject's really pushing the envelope here.

I do remember Succub from the first game. The Smith wanted to save it. His wife though, on the contrary. Choices and consequences in their's finest.

 

[Killzig]

I gave him a chance and he had me going til the devil may cry part.

Same. I was in agreement with pretty much everything up until that part.

 

[J_C]

I bought this game on Steam for a measly 5 bucks and felt it was a waste of my money. It's a watered down RPG fueled by a combat system that is essentially a string of non-stop timed button presses featuring a painfully dry hero with the charisma of chalk. God, I hate this game.

It combines two genres and fails so miserably that I'm surprised more people didn't pick up on this, maybe it was the sex cards distracting them to the game's major flaws? You're better off playing Devil May Cry 3 if you want to be a white haired pretty boy who kills demons and stuff with various giant swords.

Oh, wait, that's a console game so it doesn't count.

But seriously, give it a try, PS2s are pretty cheap now and it will make you realize just how dull The Witcher is when it comes to...game play. Sure, it has not RPG elements whatsoever, but big deal, both games come down to you being some obnoxious white haired douche bag, might as well play one with some actual charisma.

Wow, you are really running for the Troll of the Year title, aren't you?So far, you are doing good.