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A fully realized world with amazing characters.Very nice visuals that still hold up today.Amazing storyline.Great sound track.I can't say much more than that, get this game.
So who knows, maybe it's a great game. Maybe I got a lemon, but The Witcher doesn't work on my system running 32-bit Windows Vista, 2GB memory and a GForce 7200 graphics card. Basically I'm able to get to the opening fight scene where the tutorial begins and the game freezes. I've uninstalled The Witcher, downloaded the 1.3 patch, re-intalled it with still no luck. I also lowered all my settings to the lowest possible graphics and that seems to help. Can't move my character.
Maybe you're not as lazy as me about finding patches and fixes for a game that should work perfectly right out of the box. There's probably a patch or some hoops I can jump through to get things to work, but I'm not in the mood. Maybe it will run on your system just fine. Can't pause or escape. It's control/Alt/Delete or nothing. But if you're a Vista user you might want to avoid this one.Update: I got slightly less lazy and tried running the game as administrator, and I was able to get things to work.
To run the game as administrator, right click the game launcher and choose "run as administrator."
but it took me about 2 months to complete the whole game.if your still kinda iffy on getting it. "there is no good, no evil- only decisions and consequences" each choice you make leads to a different story inside each side story. let me un-iffy-i-fi it for you.GET IT. you better ask yourself "why did it get 100 awards if it sucked."now, you should know that this isn't an open-ended RPG.
and really addicting.story: the story is so good it could be made into a movie. it is extremely fun. but after a while it gets really easy. but it's not Devil May Cry cool.
but it does get more up beat when your facing bosses and stuff like that.replay value: perfect. it's all very complicated, but believe me, it's a very good story.gameplay: at first it's a little hard. and if you ever played oblivion, the gameplay will come easily to you.graphics: they are amazing. but if you don't have the right computer for them. i've played alot of RPG's and this is no doubt the BEST.besides winning over 100 awards for best rpg and selling over 100 million copies worldwide, being a pc game only.
it's more backround music. kinda mellow. i played the game 3 times (trying to see what all the stories were) and i NEVER had any trouble.this game is the absolutely the best RPG ever. and if you don't believe me. i recommend windows vista home premium server pack 1 with an intel centrino dual processer 3.0 GHz, 3 GB RAM, and nvidia GeForce 93000 GS 512MB. there is five side stories corresponding with the main story and each side story is unique and very interesting. so it does end.
they aren't as spectacular. it'll run real smooth on that ^.^ music: the music is kinda cool. unlike oblivion for instance. OR REGRET IT.
and once you make it through that process, if you're running Windows 7 you have some cryptic error messages you have to solve before you can play. On Windows 7 64 bit with an ATI 5850. While it's commendable that you can upgrade this version to the enhanced edition FOR FREE (legally)., that process is far from intuitive. I don't have the heart to give this game the 1 star it deserves. or until this game is patched. If you have Windows XP and a reasonably modern system I imagine this game would be tremendous fun.
The most recent Catalyst updates did lessen this problem, but it's still bad enough to render the game unplayable.
Once you get past all of that, it SHOULD play.
Just from the little I have played it, I can just feel that it has potential.
This game has TONS of technical problems so BUYER BEWARE.
no, it most definitely is not fun.
assuming you don't have an ATI 5000 series video card (like me) If you do, well.
you're going to be greeted with some heavy screen distortion that makes the game virtually unplayable.
but until ATI fixes their drivers.
I won't know for sure.
If you look at the one and two star reviews you will notice a constant complaint - the combat. Just the combat alone makes this game a must not buy because like in all rpgs, combat is a main focus of the game. It is truly awful, try the demo and see for yourself. It is unlike any other rpg, you have to click at the exact moment when a silly flash happens on the sword, it is based on twitch reflexes and is like an arcade game. Lets just say even the developer knows this design was a total lemon and will be changing it for the witcher 2 (quietly though). Unless you want to be play an arcade style rpg skip this, there are many other rpgs with real depth and good combat mechanics than this available.
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