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The Witcher
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Atari Games |
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Atari |
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PC |
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Role-Playing |
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Blood and Gore
Partial Nudity
Strong Language
Strong Sexual Content
Violence
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| The Witcher combines spectacular and visually stunning action with deep and intriguing storyline. The game is set in a world created by best-selling Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski. The world shares many common features with other fantasy lands, but there are also some distinguishing elements setting it apart from others. |
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The game features the player as a "Witcher", a warrior who has been trained to fight since childhood, subjected to mutations and trials that transformed him. He earns his living killing monsters and is a member of a brotherhood founded long ago to protect people from werewolves, the undead, and a host of other beasts.
The Witcher
The witcher is a warrior who has been trained to fight since childhood, subjected to mutations and trials that transformed him. He earns his living killing monsters and is a member of a brotherhood founded long ago to protect people from werewolves, the undead, and a host of other beasts. However he is not an idealist who thinks that he can save the world. Killing monsters is his profession, he does it for money, not for fame and glory. He is a master of sword combat, whose battle skills are further enhanced by using certain magical powers. During the game the player must constantly make choices influencing the development of the character. All the modifications of the witcher, as well as changes in his appearance and inventory are reflected in the gameplay.
The World
The game-world shares many common features with other fantasy lands. However there are also many distinguishing elements setting it apart. The world is not black and white, and there's no clear distinction between good and evil. Therefore it is populated by believable characters that act like real humans. It is a vivid and colorful place bearing many analogies to our reality, it is also a world full of violence and vulgarity, a place where only the strongest and most cunning can prevail. From the player's point of view the most important feature of this world is existence of witchers. They are members of a brotherhood of warriors, trained to kill monsters in order to protect people. There are only few of them left now, and time comes for one of them to play a very important role in the story that is about to unfold.
During the game the witcher will have a chance tovisit many vivid and colorful places, including Kaer Morhen - the witcher's stronghold, great cities of Vyzime and Mayena, Old Castle of Temerian Kings, and lots of other locations full of interesting characters, terrifying monsters, deadly traps, and dangerous encounters.
- Dynamic and visually spectacular action
Real time combat with motion captured animations performed by a master of medieval sword combat.
Ragdoll and rigid body physics, powered by Criterion’s Karma Engine to simulate interaction with opponents as well as elements of surrounding.
- Deep and intriguing storyline
Interesting story full of twists and turns in a complex and coherent setting.
Most quests can be accomplished in several ways.
Three different endings that depend on player's actions and choices throughout the whole adventure.
- Original character concept and fantasy world
The main character is a professional swordmaster and monster slayer.
Game world which is more adult and less fairy-tale than typical fantasy.
The world which is not black and white and is inhabited by believable characters.
- Easy to use
Thanks to transparent and intuitive controls, players are able to enjoy the game right after beginning without a long learning curve. During the game depth of the system will be gradually discovered.
All actions can be done using the mouse only, however all possible shortcuts are fully configurable.
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| One of the best |
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By: Jimmy McMichaelson
Favorite Category: Role Playing
Date: Friday, May 23, 2008
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This game is truly a work of art, at least in my opinion. I'm fairly picky when it comes to games, but I think that this game was truly a very well-made game. I want to write this paragraph-by-paragraph since i think there is a good description for each one.
Challenge: There are 3 different difficluties that you can choose from, not like Oblivion where you have the slider and when you put i...[More] |
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The Witcher Review |
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New battle mechanics, a fantastic storyline, and a gritty setting make The Witcher one of the most engrossing, mature RPGs to arrive on the PC in years.
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