User:Vatsa1708/TWA
Being a PC gamer is a great experience. Even though most companies do not like our platform, there are still those willing to release games. CD Projekt is one of the companies willing to support the PC platform.
CD Projekt's recent release was The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, based on books by Andrzej Sapkowski. Witcher 2 continues the story of Geralt of Rivia, a sterile mutant with supernatural abilities and is trained to be a professional monster hunter.
Like most classic RPGs, Witcher 2 has a lot of things to do besides the story. Along with the sidequests, Witcher 2 consists of mini-games like fistfighting, and crafting useful and much required equipments such as swords, traps and potions. The difference between Witcher and other RPGs is the gray, ambiguous world that abandons right and wrong for a much more complex focus on choices and consequences. Everyone in this game is corrupt to some level. Even Geralt's friends have their own reasons for following him.
As with most RPG's, The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings features character leveling for Geralt by using talent points to customise him for the players style. There are four areas that you can spend points in: Training, Swordsmanship, Alchemy and Magic.
Combat consists most sword and magic at equal measures. His primary weapons consist of Steels swords (used against human enemies) and Silver swords (used against non-human enemies). Fighting only with the swords is not enough, mastering the magical signs will help a lot in combat. These signs can be used to influence dialogue interactions with NPCs. For instance, player can use the Axii sign to extract information from unhelpful civilians or control a few enemy combatants to fight with Geralt.
Unlike most RPGs that I’ve played recently, The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings is the most mature one in both style and audience. Witcher 2 conveys an awesome story with a few intimate and a creative language. Most consider the inappropriate for younger gamers (or the sensitive types).
CD Projekt rebuilt their graphics engine to give Witcher 2 a realistic image. This has allowed them to add great detail to the environments and sharp textures (Something which Bioware failed to do with Dragon Age 2). Optimization might be the only drawback for this game, since you'll need on of the beast graphics card capable of handling this game. The voice acting has defiantly received some attention, since even the most unimportant character does not sound static but has some emotions (Not like the annoying voices of Assassin's Creed and how they were recycled for Revelations or the citizens of Skyrim). During my playthrough, I heard only a few voices or static lines, repeat themselves.
If you want to experience an RPG which allows you to make choices either good or bad with proper consequences, (Not like the Renegade Shepard having a few forced paragon choices) then Witcher 2 is the best out there. I believe there are no reviews that might justify this game, but only the gamer who experiences it. If your PC can handle it even at medium (looks great at medium after the previous update) then I suggest you to play this.