Christ Centered Gamer

Meditation can now be done anywhere out of combat. You can also mix potions and drink potions from this screen without actually meditating. There is also a crafting system, which isn't all that great, but it is neat. Also, potions can no longer be drunk in combat or outside of the quick-pause menu. Sad, but it does encourage you to think before you act.

Further, the graphics are nothing short of gorgeous. The models are so well made and textured that I cannot help but be blown away by them.

You can import your old save to this one. Some equipment transfers, some doesn't, but some of your decisions transfer. Like whether or not you helped Thaler, saved Adda, or a few other things. While not major factors, they do let you know that this is the same Geralt.

They've changed the combat system to a more action-oriented system, where everything is largely real-time, and as such you must constantly dodge and swing to be effective. It takes some getting used to, and is incredibly hard at first, but it's an inverse curve of difficulty and you'll adapt and level really quickly.

Talents have been changed to only four major trees, rather than a list for each little skill/attribute/style. It's nicer, and allows for more refined leveling.

Unfortunately, the sexual content has gotten a little worse, while less-often occurring. Rather than the blurred sex scenes of before, you now get a cutscene showing the lady in all full-frontal nudity, and everything about Geralt except his...manhood.

There's also a few unskippable sections of nudity, like the prologue and a few sporadic encounters, but sex has taken a smaller role in this game than before.

Also, the F-word has dropped in usage, with people usually preferring to say "Plough" as a crude word for sex and the verb use of the f-word.

Finally, the story is a bit shorter, and has the middle-of-trilogy feel to it, as the ending leaves a bit to be desired. Almost like The Empire Strikes Back or Mass Effect 2.


All in all, I love it way more than the first, and I adored the first. The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings goes on my list of the best RPGs not only of this year, but of all time. It's that good. Read the professional reviews if you don't believe me.

Also, I think there's a demo coming sometime in the next month or so if you want to wait. This game is a massive resource hog, as I can barely run it on high. Ubersampling = big no-no unless you have the highest of the high-end.