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This game isn’t really my cup of tea because the whole ‘turn based’ fighting thing really turns me off games. This looks a bit better though so I might see if I can dl the demo I saw knocking around a while ago.

Dobry rewia BTW

Hi Katharine!
Greetings from Poland.
I really liked your review. The Witcher is certainly the best RPG’s released this year, one of the best RPG’s of the decade and - in my humble opinion - one of the ten best computer RPG’s ever. Despite the fact, that I just love the fighting system that CD Projekt RED implemented in the game I still think that this game’s biggest advantage over other RPGs is the storyline. It’s almost as good as in Fallout, Fallout 2 or Planescape: Torment.
BTW - wish you could experience polish version of the game. I had the pleasure of playing both polish and english versions. Even though I really enjoyed the UK version I’ve got to tell you - you are missing half of the humorous dialogue lines in english version of the game.
Oh, and as far as crashing is concerned - I had the same problem. Before downloading the patch from The Witcher’s website the game crashed a couple of times (five or six I guess). After downloading the patch I suffered only one crash, so the problem is almost fixed.
Thanks for the review.
Pozdrawiam P.S. You should definately check out Sapkowski’s books. They’re awesome!

Thanks guys
On combat - It’s not a bad compromise at all between turn based and more immersing systems, but it does take a bit of getting used to and whether you like it will be more of a personal preference than it being categorically good or bad. I think Go4broke is right, you need to try it out!

And good point about not being another Tolkien rip off. I took that for granted, but it is worth pointing out for those who are only casually interested in fantasy genre games.

And David - great to have a Polish view on the game, thanks for posting. It’s unfortunate that we often lose out in the translation. I will check out Sapkowski’s books - thanks for the recommendation.

No problem Kathrine. Just don’t make the same mistake that some of my excited about the game friends from US made - do not even try watching the polish Witcher movie (as far as I know it’s possible to rent it in States). It’s the lamest thing ever. It actually makes Ed Wood’s films look smart and professional. In fact it’s so horrible that very few people had the strength to watch the whole thing.
And by the way - it might be a rumor, but I’ve read on one of polish websites, that CD Projekt RED is going to release an expansion pack with a new story and a very powerful editor allowing players to create mods, quests, etc…

Correction here - it has not sold 1mln units- it is lunched in 1 mln units.. Ad meritum - this is most “grown up” and sirious crpg i ‘ve ever played . It makes Oblivion look like fairy tale..

Nice review, you get to the point without psychobabbling for hours like others do. Really enjoyed watching it since most strenghts of the game and it’s few weaknesses are listed. Good job on it. And your british accent is very cute .

Greetings from germany

This game is speculated to be coming to the Xbox 360. The developer (CD Projekt) recently put up hiring ads on their website looking for 360 programmers, specifically those with skill in “parallel programming.” (Which basically means porting a program that’s designed to work in one environment into a near identical product that can perform in a different environment or architecture.) It’s just speculation, of course,