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I thought I might share one of the more satisfying experiences I've had in the last few years when it comes to gaming, a great RPG titled The Witcher.
This great game was originally released in 2007, developed by an independent Polish studio CD Projekt Red; and is a very non-lineal affair with lots of choices that have consequences that lead to very different points of view in terms of storyline and both main and NPC character development; making replay value quite interesting.
It follows a storyline that is a non canonical continuation to a great series of fantasy books with a much more mature tone than what is common to the genre by author Andrzej Sapkowski - which I am right in the middle of reading translated to my native language now, and loving every page Geralt of Rivia, the main character just kicks ass!
The original game was revamped for an "Enhanced Edition" in 2008, it was basically an upgrade in lots of aspects ranging from better dialogue translation and voiceovers to *lots* of languages, improvements to the combat system, etc; and was available to owners of the original as a free upgrade patch and to newcomers via a new disc release. A later patch was later released and touted as "Director's Cut", with further improvements.
As of now, I'm eagerly awaiting the sequel, which is scheduled to be released in Q1 2011; and according to news sanctioned by the developers, saved games from the first game will be supported to act as a starting point... which is just awesome, and hopefully all inventory items and in game money will be transplanted seamlessly.
I think I found an excuse to get a new PC soon ... :icon_cool:
Hopefully someone here will enjoy this info
This great game was originally released in 2007, developed by an independent Polish studio CD Projekt Red; and is a very non-lineal affair with lots of choices that have consequences that lead to very different points of view in terms of storyline and both main and NPC character development; making replay value quite interesting.
It follows a storyline that is a non canonical continuation to a great series of fantasy books with a much more mature tone than what is common to the genre by author Andrzej Sapkowski - which I am right in the middle of reading translated to my native language now, and loving every page Geralt of Rivia, the main character just kicks ass!
The original game was revamped for an "Enhanced Edition" in 2008, it was basically an upgrade in lots of aspects ranging from better dialogue translation and voiceovers to *lots* of languages, improvements to the combat system, etc; and was available to owners of the original as a free upgrade patch and to newcomers via a new disc release. A later patch was later released and touted as "Director's Cut", with further improvements.
As of now, I'm eagerly awaiting the sequel, which is scheduled to be released in Q1 2011; and according to news sanctioned by the developers, saved games from the first game will be supported to act as a starting point... which is just awesome, and hopefully all inventory items and in game money will be transplanted seamlessly.
I think I found an excuse to get a new PC soon ... :icon_cool:
Hopefully someone here will enjoy this info