play it, that is all.
The Witcher
Game » consists of 8 releases. Released Oct 26, 2007
The Witcher is an Action Role Playing Game developed by CD Projekt RED and is based on the book "The Last Wish" by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski. An Enhanced Edition was released in September, 2008. A director's cut version was released for North America on July 31, 2009.
Why should I play The Witcher?
It's honestly boring, maybe the witcher 2 will be more interesting. If that's the only game available for rpgs these days. I'll quit wrpg games alltogether. Mass effect another bioware game has moral decisions too which character lives or dies. So that make sit better? Just because dragon age doesn't, doesn't make it worst. Storyline stuff isn't very important getting you a better score.
For others mentioning mgs4, that might be the only exception i've ever seen where they overate a game because they are fanboys of the game and the cutscenes are so good, they forgot they are reviewing a game because there wasn't alot of gameplay. However the gameplay is the same and more refined compared to ps2 mgs games, even if there wasn't alot of gameplay. The length of gameplay doesn't really matter, there are some high scoring low length games out there.
So in conclusion, having moral conquences, or decisions gameplay wise doesn't improve the game or adds to the gameplay, that's just a story device and games aren't reviewed for it's story.
No, they don't. I'm trying to that they are equal! I'm not saying that gameplay isn't important, because in most cases it is. That still doesn't meant that the story aspect of a game should be disregarded. The story is usually relevant to the game's genre. Arcade-ish games don't need a good story, their gameplay is fun enough to suffice. The FPS genre however, usually needs an exciting story (at least for me), but that's purely due to the mass amount of them that exist. Same with RPG's to a lesser extent, I don't want to spend a large amount of time without a interesting story to keep me fueled. Video game writing has come a long way since the 'arcade' days, Mass Effect, Bioshock and I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream (among many others) prove this^^" @mylifeforAiur: Let me ask you a question, does donkey kong, or pac man, or tetris needs a good story line to have good gameplay or to be considered a good game? "
You know RPG stands for Role-playing game. If the role-playing isn't up to snuff why should i care for the game?" @mylifeforAiur: For me it's like 70% gameplay 30% story. Watch this youtube video, it reflects my views. Even shows how the story of the witcher doesn't mean anything if the gameplay isn't good. I mean sure the story might be good to you, well not to me. That 30% of the score needs to have better gameplay. Having three stances and clicking the mouse at an enemy is really not what I call great gameplay.
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You are right about the gameplay importance, but RPG is a genre that is traditionally based upon a interesting story, that makes the player stroll among the good and bad gameplay decisions of games. Without it you have only the functionality of the gameplay.
You still haven't answered my question yet. Did you play the pc version of dragon age orgins or the console version? The console version's score is lowered and the experience is lowered overall for gameplay. There are no tactics.
ah, I played the PC version. I generally play the RPG when possible in the PC." @Jeust: I don't know, maybe it might have fun gameplay. You can create your own characters and choose your own orgins story. I mean even oblivion had a medicore story, some guy sees some vision, you open a few portals and get the king to a specific spot to finish the game. Is that a great story? No, however the gameplay is fun. Maybe some of you casual games doesn't really care about gameplay anymore, over story and motivations because the witcher if you skip all the cutscenes can't stand on it's own.
You still haven't answered my question yet. Did you play the pc version of dragon age orgins or the console version? The console version's score is lowered and the experience is lowered overall for gameplay. There are no tactics.
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About Oblivion i think the fascination had to do with the amount of things you could do. You could live a lifetime (in a real week) of pillaging and exploring creepy ruins without even reaching the endgame. ^^
And you are right about the Witcher standing greatly in the cutscenes, still it did another thing. It played with the mind of the gamers as from time to time, you could save or kill characters, that later would appear again and have some degree of influence in the story, or you would have access to criptic entries in their diaries that foretold of something that the given character was conjuring (plans) that now that he's dead you can't know until you fall on their trap.
Dragon Age had variation in the beginning with the origins, still that didn't last much more than the origin story itself. When you got to the Warden's encampment the game followed greatly the same plot.
Maybe you like low AA games better, they tend to be innovative, tries to be different, has mediocre gameplay yet it has alot of appeal. There is nothing wrong with that, lots of ppl like AA games when the genre appeals to them. However you shouldn't tell ppl who likes gameplay more than graphics or story which is probally the last category I find important to say the witch is automatically good because it appeals to your AA level taste in games. My main problem is mostly with the gameplay and the dull story. I can't even force myself to play it anymore. The pacing is horrible, it goes on forever and the characters is uninteresting. With oblivion and dragon age orgins, I can at least create my own characters with is more interested than some guy with long white hair with a sword.
Maybe for me, i'm the guy who doesn't like cutscenes and won't view them a second time if I can skip it during a second playthough going right into the gameplay.
I am the guy that likes cutscenes and will view them a second and a third time, before going into the gameplay.Maybe for me, i'm the guy who doesn't like cutscenes and won't view them a second time if I can skip it during a second playthough going right into the gameplay.
I think this summarizes our divergences. ahaha
And you are right about what you said. I am probably more of an AA guy.
It doesn't. I can appreciate a game that gives me a vivid experience of some fantasy for hours to no end. Oblivion is a great game on its own right.It goes against everything you believe in for a good score and highly rated game.
I played trough dragon age origins on the pc on Normal difficulty and I beat it in 40 hours (done everything including 2 dlcs). The only replay value for the game as I see it is to play other beginning stories, (noble etc) and after that maybe start a new class. But I can't get myself to play this game again because I thought it was boring (especially the mage arc). Bioware said this game would be on par with baldurs gate 2...they lied.
I'm thinking about testing the witcher to see if it's as good as they say. But that will have to wait till christmas because of finals. Maybe I'll write a review with my crappy english...
Yo, The Witcher is the absolute shit. Like someone said a few pages back, wait for it to go on sale for a ridiculously low price sometime in the next two months, play it, and have the time of your life.
It absolutely does start slow--no doubt about it--but once it revs up it does not let you down at all.
You have to let it grow on you. The first couple hours I thought were kinda lame, but then it got epic. Easily one of my favorite PC games.
I played the Witcher and loved it, but be advised the game has some issues, i played it for 42 hours (according to Steam) and in that time the game must have crashed back to desktop about 8 to 10 times on me, other than that its a really great game
I definitely think you should play it, if only because you have enjoyed western RPGs and this is an interesting example of one.
I ended up really liking it, but it was a slow burn. The first chapter is easily the worst in the game and I never got along with the combat system, but I ended up loving the world and the characters you meet.
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