Just picked this up. Been thinking about this game for a while. 

I did too. Fuck me.

No seriously, fuck me the Steam servers won't download anything right now.

Someone convince me on this... haven't played it, not much knowledge of it in depth... is it worth it?

Five bucks for any game is worth it. In my opinion of course. Only mine though.

" Five bucks for any game is worth it. In my opinion of course. Only mine though. "

" @Snapstacle said:

" Five bucks for any game is worth it. In my opinion of course. Only mine though. "

You heard it hear first, folks. Snapstacle would pay $5 for Bebe's Kids. "

Bebe's Kids - that's the line of the night.

Played about an hour of it.
 
Meh. Combat seems kinda dull. Click... click... click, and the story is looking really cliche - Who didn't see that death coming? - and for some reason there are some pretty bad framerate issues, despite this being FAR from the best looking game I've run on this PC (Metro 2033 runs beautifully)
 
I'll put an hour or two into it tomorrow and see how I feel.

" Bebe's Kids - that's the line of the night. "

I'm above the minimum specs, but i'm getting some absolutely TERRIBLE framerate issues. It render's it unplayable. My video card's way out of date, so is that the problem...?

Must be a problem with the Steam version, I never had any real frame rate problems with my retail version. 
Anyway, one of my favorite RPG's in a very long time, 5 bucks for this game is a bargain.

Yeah, I picked it up yesterday too.  I have no idea when/if I'll play it.

I borrowed it from a friend a few weeks back after it didn't turn up on the Black Friday sales.  Been waiting for it for a while, and really loved it.  Definitely worth such a low price and picked up a copy for myself, just so I can play through those modules.

I played this awhile back and I don't really know what to tell you.  I'd imagine this game was a masterpiece when it came out, if you were a native Polish speaker.  As of now, some of the English voice acting and animations in the game are probably going to be a bit jarring.  There are mods that can fix the combat imbalances. 
 
All that said, this game is easily worth 5$.

" I'm above the minimum specs, but i'm getting some absolutely TERRIBLE framerate issues. It render's it unplayable. My video card's way out of date, so is that the problem...? "

This is one of the best RPG's of all time. Anyone who passes it up is a fool.

I really wanted to pick it up yesterday since I've heard great things about it (and what I've heard of The Witcher 2 sounds FUCKING AMAZING), but couldn't because someone fucked with my password and it took support too long to respond. :/
 
Is it still worth it, even at $40?

Hope the next batch of daily deals are better.  The past couple of days have been fairly disappointing imo.
 
@Three0neFive: You can get the retail version for ~$25 on amazon.  Fantastic game once they fixed it. 
 
Anyone else really dislike the ponytail they've given Geralt in Witcher 2?

Damn it. I can't believe I missed this. Would love to play Witcher.

 @Three0neFive said:

" I really wanted to pick it up yesterday since I've heard great things about it (and what I've heard of The Witcher 2 sounds FUCKING AMAZING), but couldn't because someone fucked with my password and it took support too long to respond. :/  Is it still worth it, even at $40? "

" Damn it. I can't believe I missed this. Would love to play Witcher. "

" I really wanted to pick it up yesterday since I've heard great things about it (and what I've heard of The Witcher 2 sounds FUCKING AMAZING), but couldn't because someone fucked with my password and it took support too long to respond. :/  Is it still worth it, even at $40? "

" Played about an hour of it.
 
Meh. Combat seems kinda dull. Click... click... click, and the story is looking really cliche - Who didn't see that death coming? - and for some reason there are some pretty bad framerate issues, despite this being FAR from the best looking game I've run on this PC (Metro 2033 runs beautifully)  I'll put an hour or two into it tomorrow and see how I feel. "

@yani

" Anyone else really dislike the ponytail they've given Geralt in Witcher 2? "

" @Three0neFive said:

" I really wanted to pick it up yesterday since I've heard great things about it (and what I've heard of The Witcher 2 sounds FUCKING AMAZING), but couldn't because someone fucked with my password and it took support too long to respond. :/  Is it still worth it, even at $40? "

$40?  Please don't.     http://www.amazon.com/Witcher-Enhanced-Pc/dp/B001AH8YSW/ref=sr_1_1?s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1293131565&sr=1-1 "

" @GunslingerPanda said:

" Played about an hour of it.
 
Meh. Combat seems kinda dull. Click... click... click, and the story is looking really cliche - Who didn't see that death coming? - and for some reason there are some pretty bad framerate issues, despite this being FAR from the best looking game I've run on this PC (Metro 2033 runs beautifully)  I'll put an hour or two into it tomorrow and see how I feel. "

Don't give up on it. Combat gets deeper when you have to choose the correct styles to be the most efficient, as well as swords. And story is far from cliche. You could say it has a slow start (Not something that bothers me, but many people pointed it out, as well as the combat), but once you get to chapter III, it really picks up and you won't regret it.  "

"

@yani

said:

" Anyone else really dislike the ponytail they've given Geralt in Witcher 2? "

A lot of people. And CD Projekt RED listened and now you can change it to the old haircut.
 

Probably already noted somewhere around here, but it's back at $5 today.  I resisted last time but I think I'll try it out in case it disappears for a while again.  If it's horrible then I'll just use the "it was only $5" excuse.

Thinking about picking this up.

I forget the name, but there is a mod that completely rebalances the game to make it much more enjoyable.  You will find out it is pretty easy without it.

Kinda off topic, but my Laptop (yes I know... Laptop) is pretty over specced for this game, but it still never runs consistently smooth for me, regardless of settings, I get anywhere from 8-45 FPS at completely irregular intervals. Anybody have any helpful insights?

" Kinda off topic, but my Laptop (yes I know... Laptop) is pretty over specced for this game, but it still never runs consistently smooth for me, regardless of settings, I get anywhere from 8-45 FPS at completely irregular intervals. Anybody have any helpful insights? "

I just picked it up too I tried to place this a while back but got sidetracked with other games 
 
Gonna give it a bash on these cold winter nights :)

Witcher's ace, I gifted it to my cousin because everyone needs to play this masterpiece!
Its up on Steam again for cheap, gogo!

"  I don't remember Torchlight taking very long, or that free Alien Swarm game..maybe I'm forgetting, it's been a while.  All my other pc games are retail discs so... "

" @pweidman said:

"  I don't remember Torchlight taking very long, or that free Alien Swarm game..maybe I'm forgetting, it's been a while.  All my other pc games are retail discs so... "

Thats because those games are a fraction of the size compared to the Witcher .  Also highly recommend this game to everyone! "

" @AlexW00d said:

" Kinda off topic, but my Laptop (yes I know... Laptop) is pretty over specced for this game, but it still never runs consistently smooth for me, regardless of settings, I get anywhere from 8-45 FPS at completely irregular intervals. Anybody have any helpful insights? "

Can't say for sure, but the game is known to become slow (insane loading times mostly) when you have too many saves. I quick saved A LOT and they didn't overwrite each other so in the end I had to delete around 580 saves or so, and that fixed the abnormal loading times. I'm not sure about FPS, though. Did you try lowering the settings a bit? My FPS usually only dropped when I was walking around large amounts of fire... "

"  Steam should offer P2P. "

"@pweidman:  Torchlight is like 500 MB. Alien Swarm is 2-3 GB. The Witcher is 20 GB. Also, Steam servers are probably very busy due to all the sales and traffic is probably through the roof with everyone downloading their purchases...  Steam should offer P2P. "

" @Snapstacle:  Are you serious? Because that picture seems like sarcasm.  Edit: Your story checks out. Which raises the question... Why the hell is Valve not using it? "