All i can say is RPG for the ages
When the reviews came out the critics were rather generous some not so generous,
Many reason for this was the fact the load times were rather long and alot of bugs unsolved.
But the enhanced edition is a whole different story it offers two new storys, over 200 new animations and 5000 more lines of dialogue. The loads times have been shortend alot and some of the more tedious bugs have been removed, but the game still is'nt perfect, no game is and if anyone says a game is perfect they are lying.
In my experience i would go through a door loads up game crashes, i go to a campfire sit down crashes, the game is known for the terrible and annoying crashes. Sadly most people are not effcted as much, but some have the same problems as me. And before anyone starts my computer can run this game 5x over.
But for the positives the game can expand to over 100 hours which is incredible for a pc rpg. Which means you will be in this game which has reach artistic detail, and an incredible soundtrack which adds to the feel of the witcher.
Some compare to fable in some ways which i can see but truthfully this is its succesor for many reasons. Its more adult orientated. Such as humour, sex and drugs, the game is fun.
The battle system in my opinion is a success, it is similar to the kotor, you can pause the game in battle to decide what to do, you can choose which swords to use which will appear on the screen and the spells you can cast. Which reminds me of an mmo, the way the toolbar is setup and is very easy to control.
The graphics for the game is just marvelous, when you walk into the town and it has a magical yet dark and rich world, you have the poor begging, the rich talking about how elves should be killed, and the hookers asking for sex, it feels more life like than most games the cities dont feel right for lets say oblivion the towns and cities are large and vast yet only 8-10 characters on screen it doesnt feel alive yet the witcher manages to do so.
The enemies look great on both high and medium settings though but sadly for low end gamers it just doesnt quite work, if you dont mind items dropping in as you run and the textures to look muddled then you wont mind i suppose.
The story is well represented and i have read the books of Andrzej Sapkowski and this game is a great adaption, and the darkness from his books can be felt in the game. Just like most games today consequences are used alot but the witcher makes you think, you can see where its going and its hard to decide what choice to make. After you have decide what to do, you begin to think what is going to happen hope it isnt bad ect. And i dont get that in many games im just not botherd yet this makes me want to find out it pulls you.
If you are the sort of person who loves to customise outfits ect sadly this falls short, you are limited to one style of outfit well sort of no spoilers promise. And the weapons range from, witcher swords, to rune swords, knives, hammers, meteorite swords axes, katan's and much more but its the same not much texture or detail, so shine like you would want to imagine. but it still is incredible when doing spins and films with your katana so that makes up for it i suppose.
So overall the game is fantastic, its blood thirsty and beautiful at the same time. If you like rpg's and you want something to pass the time and want something more than what many console rpg's offer then this is a must have. So what are you reading this for go and buy it. NOW
Also this game is going to soon hopefully have a larger mod fan base. which is why pc rpgs triumph these days.