If any game deserves a hype thread it has to be this one, so why hasn't anyone made one?
The Witcher 2 is the sequel to the highly acclaimed 2007 RPG the Witcher, a game that gathered a dedicated following with it's shades of grey moral choices, mature themes and rich fantasy world based on the novels of Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski. The witcher went on to sell over 1.5 million copies, but it was not without it's flaws the game was criticised for it's long and frequent loading times (somewhat rectified with the enhanced edition patch,) limited variety in equipment, combat that mostly consisted of timed mouse clicks, there is actually decent depth to the system but you don't need to use it outside of the highest difficulty level and the fact that most of the quests boiled down to fetch quests.
The Witcher 2 looks to deliver everything you could possibly want from a sequel, and promises to improve on what the original did best while also eliminating the problems it had, and will also allow you to import your save from the witcher one and have your choices carry over. The Witcher 2 is built with a cutting edge engine developed specifically for the Witcher 2 that not only allows for stunning visuals but also uses streaming so the game will only show a loading screen during the initial load and between the 3 acts, so yeas it will be theoretically possible to play through the entire game with just 4 loading screens! Not that you would be able to finish the game in one sitting of course lol. The best part of the engine tho is the fact that it was designed to facilitate the creation of RPGs with numerous branches in quests allowing the developers to push the moral choices to the next level with hundreds of decisions affect how the game plays out and how NPCs react to you. Even minor side quests will have multiple choices that will affect how they play out. The game world will also be much larger and will contain hidden areas to explore and tones of side quests and mini-games.
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The main quest line of the Witcher 2 will be shorter than the quest line of the first game but will consist of far less fetch quests. That doesn't mean that the Witcher 2 will have less content as the amount of side content has been increased with more mini-games and longer side quests that will contain their own moral choices and mini stories. There will also be a much larger veriaty of armor and other equipment in the game.
The combat of the witcher has probably seen the biggest changes between the games, the new combat system is more dynamic with the stance system gone in exchange for a Batman: Arkum asylum inspired system that will allow you to chain together combinations of heavy, light and wide attacks. Additionally stealth has been added to the game allowing the player to take out enemies without a fight or slip past them intirely. That is not to say everything has changes as alchemy and magic return better than ever allowing the player to mix in a verity of spells, bombs and potion effects into combat.
And if you are one of those people who hate DLC then you will be glad to know that if you buy the game from good old games you can get a completely DRM free copy of the game as well as give 100% of the purchase price directly to the developers as the GoG and the developers of the Witcher 2 are owned by the same company. The game will also be available on steam for the same low price of $45 US. But if you prefer physical copies of your games the Witcher 2 has something special for you because even the standard edition (it's even cheaper than you average console game) contains a cloth map and a making of DVD, and for those looking for a little extra the collectors edition contains all this...
The game will be released world wide on May 17 2011 exclusively for PC
So are you hyped or what?
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