Witcher 2: Never thought I'd say this, but....

....I think W2 is the first game that might actually have TOO much story. Good God, it's positively weighed down with it. Five minutes of a quest or fight then you run smack-dab into another cust-scene, or cut-scene with back story, or ten minutes of dialog with ten NPCs. I feel like I'm boxed in by the game's plot. I do understand that this isn't an open-world RPG, but....I'm somewhere in the second act, and trying really, really hard to like the game, but it's never really gelled for me. I feel like I'm on rails.

Anyone else agree?

PS--1. Yes, I'm a bro, and this story is cool. 2. TLDR version - Don't like W2 much. 3. And, no, I'm not blogging this. 4. o.0 (feel free to use)

....I think W2 is the first game that might actually have TOO much story. Good God, it's positively weighed down with it. Five minutes of a quest or fight then you run smack-dab into another cust-scene, or cut-scene with back story, or ten minutes of dialog with ten NPCs. I feel like I'm boxed in by the game's plot. I do understand that this isn't an open-world RPG, but....I'm somewhere in the second act, and trying really, really hard to like the game, but it's never really gelled for me. I feel like I'm on rails.

Anyone else agree?

PS--1. Yes, I'm a bro, and this story is cool. 2. TLDR version - Don't like W2 much. 3. And, no, I'm not blogging this. 4. o.0 (feel free to use)

attirex

No i don't agree, lol, but that's ok. I think story is important, (in all facets of entertainment) otherwise I won't care what happens to the various characters I meet (assuming the story is well thought out). That being said, yes the game is linear to a degree, but that doesn't make it bad imo. The combat is great compared to an open world game like skyrim (which isn't a bad game either), the characters are memorable, and it has 2 distinct paths that you can take (both of which are pretty different).

The only game in recent memory that I felt had too much story/cutscenes was Metal Gear Solid 4.

Hmmm... it didn't fell like that for me. In fact I was disappointed at how little interaction and side-quests there is with the NPC's around the hub areas (still waiting for something like Torment to appear a gain). The game does get more amusing as the choices you make takes shape. However if you are in for the combat, looting, getting stronger, the game is kinda scarce as far as the amount of battles goes.

should see some of the console stuff they have these days, uncharted games and metal gear solid come to mind.

Since the story is great, I love it. If the story was not good, it would be really boring, but if you follow the story you will be wanting to know how it progresses.

Never complain about a game having too much story. Why even play a game like this if you don't want story?

Never complain about a game having too much story. Why even play a game like this if you don't want story?

LUMIN4RY

Never complain about a game having too much story. Why even play a game like this if you don't want story?

LUMIN4RY

if you can last 1-2 hours of television or film, then playing through the Witcher 2 shouldnt be much of an issue imo.

It is an RPG, after all, based on books. Its going to be really heavy on story.

Has clearly not played metal gear solid 4.DJ_Headshot

Anyone who has not played MGS4, or the rest of the series for that matter, is really missing out ;). Yeah yeah yeah thye have a lot of scenes and story. I love it. They also have great gameplay, graphics, and so on.

I dislike the story in this game not because theres too much of it but quite simply because it confuses the living hell out of me. The story seems to rely on you reading through page long journal entries to know what the heck the characters are blabbering on about half the time. No different from Final Fantasy XIII's datalog entries. Maybe I just like simple story telling.

0.o

Cool story bro. Blog it.

Sorry I had to.

I havnt played TW2, but the story in the original was more in your face than I was used to, but luckily I liked the setting and maturity of it.

The Witcher seems like what you would get if HBO did RPG's.

I enjoyed it alot mainly for the story :)

The cutscenes are mostly terrible - especially the one with the king's kids, that was so embarrassing! The voice actors, especially Triss', are sleepwalking through the script. If they can't be excited by the inner workings of a pretend kingdom, how can I be?

Doesn't seem too bad to me at all.

I agree with a lot of the other posters that something like Metal Gear Solid 4 is a good example of too many cutscenes (at least in my opinion).

A little tip. Don't play Skyrim if you think TW2 has too much story

The cutscenes are mostly terrible - especially the one with the king's kids, that was so embarrassing! The voice actors, especially Triss', are sleepwalking through the script. If they can't be excited by the inner workings of a pretend kingdom, how can I be?

Baranga

That's your opinion. You don't like the game, fine, but don't state it like it's fact. Because it isn't.

Looks like you don't pay the story much mind.

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The cutscenes are mostly terrible - especially the one with the king's kids, that was so embarrassing! The voice actors, especially Triss', are sleepwalking through the script. If they can't be excited by the inner workings of a pretend kingdom, how can I be?

omenodebander

That's your opinion. You don't like the game, fine, but don't state it like it's fact. Because it isn't.