The Witcher 2

[Niode]

So who bought this game? I bought it from Amazon for the Premium Edition (as nice as the GOG-DRM free version was I just had to have a hard copy with all the yummy extras you get free with it, plus it was £4 cheaper than GOG to boot. A no brainer.) Finally got round to picking it up from the post office (it's so thick it didn't fit through my letter box).

I'm currently installing this behemoth of a game. One question I do have, I've played The Witcher: Enhanced Edition a fair bit but I am not very far in the game. What I played of the game I loved. Is The Witcher required gaming (to completion) or can I get away with skipping it?

[isiolia]

As I understand, you really want to have played through the first one, as the second makes the assumption that you have and doesn't really recap.

[Niode]

As I understand, you really want to have played through the first one, as the second makes the assumption that you have and doesn't really recap.

Yeah having played the first 25 minutes I'm completely lost. This game makes my system cry on high settings and that motion blur is so over the top I kept losing what was happening during the fighting. I love the graphics, it's a beautiful game, the draw distance and the vistas are incredible. I'm gonna have a go at playing with the motion blur off see if I can actually see what the hell I'm doing. I wonder if there's a way of toning it down, because in the options all I can see is on or off. Surely there's an .ini file or something somewhere that will let me set it to something like 0.25 rather than 1.

[brunoafh]

I really wish my PC could handle this game, it looks great and I loved the first one. You'll have to let us know how it is.

Is The Witcher required gaming (to completion) or can I get away with skipping it?

You'd probably benefit in a couple ways having finished the first one. The game is pretty story driven so not knowing what happens at the end would probably put a damper on your enjoyment of it. Your save file from the first one is also carried over. I'm not sure what's carried over, but I would assume your character stats or something and maybe some of the choices you made during your run through of the first game like in Mass Effect.

[J T]

I was so excited for this game, and so crushed when they released the System Requirements.

[fastbilly1]

I am trying to get into the first one. It just hasnt clicked yet.

[MrPopo]

One of the things that carry over is end game equipment. So I get to start off with my armor and swords from Witcher 1 (though they aren't THAT much better than the default gear).

[Hatta]

I was so excited for this game, and so crushed when they released the System Requirements.

No kidding! I could play this game on my current mobo, if I upgraded the processor and gpu, but that woulnd't breath all that much more life into this system. Better to wait and get a new system all together. Of course, by the time I do that the Witcher 3 will be out, and Witcher 2 will be $5 on GoG.

[brunoafh]

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I found this pretty funny. I guess the Prime Minister of Poland gave Obama a copy of the game.

[CFFJR]

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I found this pretty funny. I guess the Prime Minister of Poland gave Obama a copy of the game.

That's interesting.

Can't help but wonder if Obama will try to play it.