The Witcher

Extremely immersive!!!

User Rating: 10 | The Witcher PC

By StanKlinger | Review Date: November 8, 2007

I was waiting for game of this caliber since "the Torment"!
First adult oriented RPG in eons. Fortunately, I was lucky enough to read Sapkowski's Witcher books, which helps. ;)
To everyone who are complaining about the poor character creation at the start isn't as it is "supposed to be" in the real RPG, listen. You are playing established hero. It's same as you would want Frodo to be something else than hobbit. It cannot really be compared with "Oblivion" which is totally different cup of tea.
Even though you don't really have such a freedom as in Oblivion, strangely it will pull you inside and spit you out at the end, wishing for more.

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