The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Video Review

[Sneak1101]

Not meant for children? Fuck that! I'm 14!

[TheRaggetyDoctor]

@Sneak1101 Watch your language,

[matternicuss]

Can't wait to finally play this when it comes for 360. While I would rather play it on a nice desktop, that will have to wait until I can actually afford a decent rig. Hopefully the 360 version does justice to the original.

[bigasmith23]

360 version will blow this away...pc gaming is officially dead

[cmcs7777]

@bigasmith23 Blow it away with its worse graphics and performance?

[BWHAAFlixYT]

SEX, NUDITY, VIOLENCE...THAT'S A 16 YEAR OLD GAMER'S DREAM GAME!!!

[TehJoker001]

"Get used to seeing game over screen" I regret Starting on Hard, Death every 2nd fight.

[TheVGamer]

@TehJoker001 Once you get to the Act 2 it get's A LOT easier. Too easy for some...

[TruthOverFacts]

rape, prostitution and racism handled "tastefully"?

Games...

[youscrewber]

Water is used to dilute....

[thundershock713]

Wait til he drops his fucking guard!!!

[ShirosakiX]

Got it on sale

[voltsfabian]

Funny cause the only game I would want to play on the PC is this one. While on my PS3 I get to play Uncharted, Metal Gear Solid, God of War, Tales of series, etc.. etc. LOL at graphics are an important part of gaming. I had more fun playing Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword than I did playing Killzone 3 or Battlefield 3.

[PcGamer4ever1]

@voltsfabian The Witcher 2 , Starcraft 2 , Starcraft 2 HOS, Diablo 3 , Metro 2033 , Stalker , SWOTOR , etc etc etc .

games.ign(dot)com/articles/121­/1216322p1.html

Consoles are finished

[Zain844]

@PcGamer4ever1 Metro 2033, is on Xbox 360 The Witcher 2 is also coming to the 360.

Stalker came out 5 years ago, it's irrelevant, people don't care about it anymore. SWOTOR is a MMO Monthly fees= Irrelevant MMOs only appeal to a certain demographic to. Most people don't like MMOs because of monthly fees. So really The only relevant games on that list are Starcraft and Diablo.

as for consoles we got Gears, Uncharted Zelda, Halo, Dark Souls, Red Dead, Metal Gear, etc.

[PcGamer4ever1]

@Zain844 Dark souls expected on Pc , rest is crap , mgs is too old now and yes uncharted is great .

[Zain844]

@PcGamer4ever1 Red Dead is crap yet it scored a 95 on metacrtic

Skyward Sword is crap yet it scored a 93 on metacrtic

Super Mario Galaxy is crap yet it scored a 97 on metacrtic

Gears 3 is crap yet it scored a 91 on metacrtic

I find it hilarious that if a game doesnt appeal to them then it must be garbage. As if their opinion is the only valid one. and I am willing to bet you havent even played most of even any of those games I listed.

[marc22ant22]

@Zain844 Read Dead is crap?????!!!

my god i just lost Faith in humanity

[PcGamer4ever1]

@Zain844 Diablo 3 , Starcraft 2 , SC2 Heart of the swarm , Jagged alliance , Battlefield 64 player multiplayer , ArmA 3 , King Arthur , Generals 2 . Open your eyes .

[Zain844]

@PcGamer4ever1 and the only games on that list that are worth a shit are Starcraft and Diablo

Just because a game is exclusive doesnt mean that it's relavant or that gamers will care about it.

Dark Souls on the Pc doesnt even have a confirmed release date, so for all we know it could be coming out next year lol.

Starcraft 2 HOS and Diablo 3 don't have confirmed released dates either lol.

[PcGamer4ever1]

@Zain844 You are shit .

[PcGamer4ever1]

@Zain844 penlun kuty da putra teri maau aan yehwan lolz

[PcGamer4ever1]

@voltsfabian ps3.ign(dot)com/articles/121/1­216256p1.html



[PcGamer4ever1]

@voltsfabian extremetech(dot)com/gaming/970­47-thank-you-farmville-pc-gami­ng-will-soon-overtake-consoles­

[club4ghz]

this was the best game i playd in a years!

[Sneak1101]

Me*

[Sneak1101]

And teens playing this: far from.dead...meaning ne lol

[SlyFox70100]

......and Crysis

[SlyFox70100]

Best. PC Game. Ever. (next to Elder Scrolls and DA:O)

[Sneak1101]

I love this game, I have it on my pc. I'm in chapter 2. I'm 14...lol

[thundershock713]

@Sneak1101 Well lets just get you a trophy

[BuRnTmAsH]

Excellent review!

[paulcmnt]

RPG of the year!

[MarekUtd]

a tip to english speakers when trying to pronounce a polish surname like Andrzej Sapkowski's.....the W is pronounced as an F, the J is a Y. so Andrzej Sapkowski is pronounced Un-dgey Sup-cough-ski...not andrew sap-cow-ski.

[gogin1]

@MarekUtd well i learned something new today...and i was so trying not to lol =)

[udayaai]

the witcher 2 assasin creed...confused!

[nnecron]

I am both a fan of action game and RPG. As an action gamer, I think The Witcher 2's combat system is fun and even addicting at certain points, but there are some major balancing issues. These issues are relevant even after the patch 2.0. The most notable one is the bombs. They are not only cheap to produce, but they are also overpowered. Devs should have limited the number of bombs Gerald can carry, or made it more expensive and rare.

[FeralGhoul94]

OMG! graphics don't make the game!

[TIGERxBLOOD]

@FeralGhoul94 yeah but everything else does in this case..

[Arantre20]

@FeralGhoul94 Of course they don't, but it's pretty damn hard to ignore how sexy they are here :D.

[MarekUtd]

3:53 That's why the game will be good!!!

[MrMaxMerlin]

2nd Generation Intel® Core™ i5-2410M, 2.3-2.9GHz, (32nm, 3MB L3 cache) (Supports up to 8GB of Ram)

nVidia GeForce GTX 560M 1,536MB PCI-Express GDDR5 DX11

will this run this game on high settings?

[arntisuge123]

@MrMaxMerlin no, you`ll need a more powerfull processor, still u can run it on med/high ;)

[MrMaxMerlin]

@arntisuge123 how about with this processor 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ i7-2630QM, 2.0-2.8GHz, (32nm, 6MB L3 cache) (SKU - X2R201)??

[hhslf]

@MrMaxMerlin I think you'll be able to experience Witcher 2's graphics almost to their fullest. You might need to tweak some of the settings for the best FPS, luckily players get a lot of control over them.

[BlackKnight146]

LADIES

JUST USE CAN U RUN IT!

[FearTheCalm]

btw. Just put in my new evga gtx 580. This game on ultra is mind blowing. Visuals will make you crap your pants.

[umarA14]

Intel i5 Sandy Bridge 2500k

4GB 2133mHz

2TB Seagate 6gbps

Nvidia GeForce GTX 560Ti Phantom

4 Fans on case

1 Heatsink for CPU

Will this game be ok on my pc?

[reecewars]

@umarA14 yes



[FearTheCalm]

@umarA14 yes, you'll be fine.

[transexualtoothfairy]

@umarA14 It should be

[TheNSLeader999]

I like the metroid music at the end. Anyone else recognize that?

[benflo2]

i thought arm wrestling was waaaaay better implemented than brawling ....

in arm wrestling you had to do something whereas fist fights were just fun to watch there was not a single challenging fight

[MrSickestjoker]

fuck consoles they cant touch PC graphics and if you say they can your a dumb ass...

oh and dont say your pc is fast if you go buy if at a store build it then say its fast like a REALL GAMER DOSE

[jasminemoua24680]

cant wait to try it on my fast new computer =]

[bLiTZxImPaKt]

I just got the game and I love it, I just wish it wouldnt lagg as much for me.

[hemerogemma]

Is this a review, or a rundown!

[ZolotoPartii]

problem is reading is hard !!!! 21st century ! =)

[ZolotoPartii]

if you dont know some thing about the game ... spells, potions, history, la la la ets

thers a journal .... everything is there !

[Iratesnipe]

looks great, but what are the computer specs to run the game smoothly?

[crazymofoen]

In the mail! Just hope my pc can keep up with this baby.

[suvius4]

that was not even a review...

[Filbertfriend]

@suvius4 Yes it was you fucking idiot. He gave his opinions, and said it should be bought. How is that not a review?

[akashthaker]

would i still be fine playing the Game even if i havent played the first?

[sikhking3]

is this like a part 2 of witcher 1 or a whole new story?

[ShinigamiTM]

@sikhking3

both, it develops the storyline from the witcher 1 but at the same time it is a story on it's own.

[kungfuphyta]

ahh I wish I could afford a gaming PC just for this game!

[afropaladin]

Perfect review.

[MichaelScarn23]

cant wait for the 360 release

[TheDarkSparda]

Great review.

[oORagDollOo]

The Witcher 2 is the fucking shit

[Dr33mcrusher]

whaa! i thought the graphics were good and then i realized that i was watching in 360p

[Austendude2]

Can't wait for this game to come to xbox!

[NeckPickup]

I bought this for the unchecked racism, but played it again for the rape.

[askel90]

Not Andrew Saprowski, Andrew Sapkowski, other than that - great review.

[GregRK7]

Much better than IGN's Review!

[SuperCcgamer]

Hmmm ok I did well done :) thx

[SuperCcgamer]

H'm ok :) does it have built in wifi?

[SuperCcgamer]

If true plz help me. I've been looking all over Texas for a 4ghz one and even used but cheapest I could find was 500..how to u ocd? I really need to know, thx! :)

[ilikewiigames]

@SuperCcgamer look up Phenom II X6 1090T on Tigerdirect. Its the one I have. It Turboboosts to 3.6ghz on its own. Its got amazing performance for a very good budget. ~180$

[SuperCcgamer]

Try playing da2 on it ;)

[Pagweb]

Why doesn't he just use the silver sword for humans too?

[azerskater]

@Pagweb because he has a steel sword for humans...

[Pagweb]

@azerskater Why would he carry two? Are humans immune to the Silver swords?

[azerskater]

@Pagweb idk i guess so it's just a game man

[SuperCcgamer]

Apperently :)

[SuperCcgamer]

Yes I did :) they r. U have to pay a lot of money for a gaming CPU. But if u have a CPU that barley meets the games limits than it'll br laggy as hell. So r u fucking slow?

[forwardtwo]

@SuperCcgamer

Gaming CPUs aren't very expensive. My Phenom II x4 965 cost me about 180 dollars. Compared to other similar CPUs from Intel, it is rather cheap. I've OC'd it to 4.0 GHz and it is running like a dream.

[SuperCcgamer]

Hell no consle gaming is much better for other gaming needs..cpus r laggy and cost much more money for mostly rpgs, and rts games..consles- r the best for online, and shooters :) I'd prefer rts. But u my friend are biasing ur desciaion on ur tastes in gaming.

[SupermarketsRevil]

@SuperCcgamer Did you just say 'cpu's are laggy'? Are you fucking retarded?

[azerskater]

@SuperCcgamer consoles are NOT the best for online shooters, not even close. consoles are good for sports games, racing games, and a few others but keyboard and mouse is 1000 times superior to controller when it comes to shooters.

[SuperCcgamer]

@azerskater um no. maybe in your opinion but try to quick scope with a mouse ;), we all have opinions, in mine a 360 controller is the best and most comfortable. cant say the same with a keyboard and mouse...

[azerskater]

@SuperCcgamer what's so hard about quick scoping with a mouse lol? right click right click

[iiH3R3T1C]

is this an open world rpg with looting, leveling up, sidequests and stuff like that or does it have a linear story that you just have to follow??

[azerskater]

@iiH3R3T1C open world...don't think there's leveling up, there wasn't in the first game lol this game hasn't downloaded yet haha went on sale from steam for like 30 bucks

[UndercoverCracker]

Square sucks now....Bioware, Bethesda, and CD Projekt Red FTW!

[UndercoverCracker]

Just finished the first now I'm ready to import my saved game to the second one!

[azerskater]

@UndercoverCracker you can import your saved games?

[UndercoverCracker]

@azerskater Yes.

[azerskater]

@UndercoverCracker what are your system specs?

[UndercoverCracker]

@azerskater Icore 7 quad core 9 gigs ram and a 5670 hd radeon.

[azerskater]

@UndercoverCracker oh hahahah dude my bad I'm retarded I thought I was talking to someone else. I have the 5670 hd radeon too though, I just built my system a few days ago. Not as good as yours but better than my last.

[HaydenCalhoun]

is it ok that im 12 and the witcher 2 is my fav game ever, see we dont all play Cod all day (witcher 1 was great too)

[thelegendz]

This review was.... amazing.

[scampywiak]

now this was good review

[MeetMyMeatBE]

Not a big fan of RPG's. But I'm definately getting this one and Skyrim!

[rpellette]

great review!

[Terrr05]

This is a fantastic review. The reviewer is articulate, eloquent and, from what I can hear, detailed in his review too.

[Kulmataklaus]

The only thing The Witcher found was the uninstall button, this game is as painful to play through as breathing poison. After being a gamer for over 15 years, it has to sadden me how unpolished modern games are. You want to love this game, you try and you try.. Then you throw up. That pretty much sums my Witcher 2 experience. Good try, gudos... Polish it for a year and it'll be worth 40$.

[nate912001]

After playing a few hours of this game i have found that it pops right off the screen. With powerful hardware you can get an experience that is well above average. Yes it does help if you played the first game or read the novels, but this is a game not to be missed. It has a unique feel and if you put the time in to strategy the gameplay is superb. The problem is that you have to think and prepare for each fight on harder difficulties and it is far from a hack and slash which is great!!

[MeshCreative2010]

I HATE the fact the that witcher was made famous by PC gamers. Now that they have the notoriety, they turn to the console crowd for quick profit$. Quite sad...

[zyrshaen]

@MeshCreative2010 WAT?

[MeshCreative2010]

@zyrshaen I jumped to conclusion. The first release was very rough and felt console-oriented. After a couple of patches, I am happy to report that this may be the best PC game I played.

[TubeTheUnknown]

@MeshCreative2010 Can't you see they've used console as an afterthought though, like they probably always will, be happy, the money they make from the console version will provide for an even better experience for future expansions.

[UnwillingOrigins]

@MeshCreative2010 I disagree. I see no problem w/ them porting Witcher 2 to 360. The problem I have is the console feedback forces the devs to turn Witcher 3 into a dumbed down generic dynasty warriors hack and slash just so they can make a profit.

[ApocalypticCarnage13]

@MeshCreative2010

This is how i see it, i do agree with you though at least we didnt get a console port.

[Blooodyh]

@MeshCreative2010 almost no one buys games anymore ... at least if they dont have multiplayer.... so the way they can make money is from consoles

[TheDarkBurna]

@MeshCreative2010 They make a game to earn money so it's not exactly sad, and very well understandable

[terra61]

@MeshCreative2010 who really cares? more money for them means more funding for the witcher 3

[zXJulianXz]

@MeshCreative2010 In the end those of us who play pc games rather than console games are still better off. We get better graphics potential, better prices for games and we dont pay for multiplayer like xbox live. What does it matter if console gamers get a stripped down version of what we get to play? :)

[halo6534]

@zXJulianXz Shut up and take your pc fanboy shit some where else. Games are great no matter what platform you play it on.

[XxMusashiYamatoxX]

@zXJulianXz - well I game on PS3, XBOX and PC, so I win motherfucker ;)

[BomimoDK]

@XxMusashiYamatoxX Not really. Those are the most alike gaming platforms. If you wanted to be a diverse gamer, you'd have a wii and a handheld along with ONE of those. Having 3 platforms with the same games is just retarded. Just my 2 cents.

[TheBowserone]

@zXJulianXz most game companies are 1st party or in the pocket of sony , microsoft and nintendo...pc gamers may get a big fish every now and then but they are practically left starving for most of the time and hoping that they get a port of a 1st party game....not only that but then you have to hope your current rig can support the specs....console gaming still comes out as the better option..i game all the time..dont wana have to wait once or twice a year for the killer app.

[TheFly212]

@zXJulianXz yeah those are all good reasons but pc gamers also have to update their rigs. This year back in September before BF3 beta was released I spent about 500 dollars in upgranding my GPU and RAM to Run games like the Witcher 2 and BF3. This happens about ever year to a year n' a half for PC gamers. So it can get quite pricey. With consoles you pay one time for hardware and thats it. So I say their r pros and cons of being a PC gamer. I play both PC and PS3.

[Synthettica]

@TheFly212 I get what your saying but 500 dollars? Lol did you order them from Korea? For a new GPU you can drop about 200 and RAM costs like nothing these days.

[BloodNinja185]

@MeshCreative2010 Is it really that bad, I mean buying an expensive PC just so I can play this is a bit much. although if it was my only choice I'd still do it. This looks so awesome.

[jobanjee666]

@BloodNinja185 dont have to spend a huge amount of a solid pc nowadays. :)

[islakid]

bought the game, regret not upgrading computer

[thatonehalfnigga]

@islakid hahahaah

[azerskater]

@islakid just buy a graphics card and you might be fine what are your system specs and did you get it on steam? (just wondering)

[sxyboyteen]

Epic Fail... Fucking boring... really? Single player... wtf us up with his shiny ass hair, herbal essence ftw... great example of a game with good graphics sucky ass gameplay...

[SHOTGUNBoltz]

@sxyboyteen Its single player, because its an RPG. The 'shiny ass hair' is made for the character and the gameplay is brilliant. If you dont like games that are Single Player just click off the video.

[patriautism]

When I first purchased this game and installed it, I realized how lucky I was to be a PC gamer. The last time I felt that was Crysis 1..

[MrPassDat]

damm i was getting ready to go buy this game then i noticed it was for pc not saying theres nothing wrong with the pc games just wish it was for a console

[ElderGeekDotCom]

@MrPassDat The developers just announced that it will be coming to the Xbox 360.

[MrPassDat]

@ElderGeekDotCom yheaaaaa this game looks awesome......do you have a date for it if you dont mind me asking

[Lukesparow221]

@ElderGeekDotCom is it coming to the ps3 as well? cause i really want to pick this game up, but i don't do pc gaming (my pc sucks) and i only have a ps3, no 360

[azerskater]

@Lukesparow221 yea it is coming to ps3 i think

[Lukesparow221]

@azerskater thats great news, if i happen to have enough money i'll definitely be picking this up ^^

[OLdSchool661]

@ElderGeekDotCom do you know the date?

[tddog2]

@ElderGeekDotCom :OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO yessssssssssssssssss!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!

[jerryisrippin]

@ElderGeekDotCom WHAT OMGOMGOMG SERIOUS ITS COMING TO 360?!?!?!? OMG :D ill still probably get it for pc as i think pc controls suit this game more :)

[Vergil177]

@ElderGeekDotCom Nothing for the PS3? :[ I'm not sure if my graphics card will be able to handle this game. Its only a ENGT240. =/

[luniarxox]

@ElderGeekDotCom well some1 need the extra money right?

[o0HoBart0o]

@MrPassDat Why would you want to play a dumbed down much less beautiful version of this game???

[TheToscaboy]

@o0HoBart0o because he doesn't have a PC capable of running it and doesn't feel the need to go out and buy said PC for the sake of playing this game, it's rather an obvious choice.

[o0HoBart0o]

@TheToscaboy Pay 10 dollars more for a much worse experience...I'll pass. PC gaming is sooooo much better then console gaming. And I have consoles so I know what I'm talking about.

[Hokageofgames15]

@MrPassDat Dont worry friend well if you have a Xbox 360. The makers of the Witcher 2 announced at E3 that they are Porting this game to the Xbox 360 so it is going to be the 360 before the end of 2011

[mikevisionHD]

@MrPassDat Its coming to the Xbox 360, confirmed.

[MrSkywin]

Looks awsome but first i going to buy first game :) DA2 was boring , Waves , Reused areas , can't change my companies armor like in DA1 It look like they took DA1 and took a knife , and just cut all the good parts and left it naked :(

[TheVGamer]

Waiting to buy new hardware to rightfully slay this beast of a game.

[shadowkid1993]

16 different endings ? 0.o

[shaunitai]

HI GUYS REAL NICE REVIEW.IS THE CONTROLS LIKE THE WITCHER 1? THX

[MikkiZHskDK]

ehm.. i was thinking, i am one of the person who finds it hard to run this smoothly even on lower settings, i even got 4gb ram and a decent grafik card with a nice processor. cannot remember name, but it soundet like he said there was a patch to fixing some of the lagging? is that so and if yes, what patch ?

[eMKayJR]

@MikkiZHskDK nope, there are lots of ppl that cant run it properly...either u need a monster PC, or w8 for the patches... CDPR are pretty quick with those and they will improve the performance.

[MikkiZHskDK]

@eMKayJR nice, ty for the quick reply. was also wondering, even though i set all my settings at max ( it lags ) cuz it was recommended as ''Low'' settings, then it still doesnt look as stunning as the review in here. not even close :s i see textures in the walls that looks bad and some effects that was crappy still, but in here it looks alot better :s so what could that be, it couldnt only be resolution? my is also onlu 12xx 10xx

[eMKayJR]

@MikkiZHskDK Its very likely the resolution. I guess TW2 was made for panoramic 1600x900 and higher. On the other hand it still can be your PC not being able to run it properly. But most likely the resolution.

[Sm3gH3adx]

BUYING THIS GAME AS SOON AS MY EXAMS ARE DONE WOOOOOOOOOH

[EckoStream]

There is no freaking ending in this game... its only trying to sell you a DLC... Its ridiculous... This game is crap, go play some real classic like NeverWinter Night or Baldurs Gate...

[eMKayJR]

@EckoStream Well if u had done some research you would know that CDPR makes FREE DLC's. But as most trolls you just can't control your jaw muscles... oh sorry, you finger muscles.

[JacrostheWHite]

@EckoStream Um idiot all the DLC for witcher 2 is free.

[ddguevara]

really don't get why people give this turd good marks, the combat is really unsatisfying, the interface and controls feels like from a mediocre game that was released 5 years ago. So overrated, im so annoyed by the little things like looting, god looting in this game is so fucking annoying.

[spartandud3]

When i first saw this game i thought it would be the same as the first, good but not note worthy, my god was i wrong

[jaymonie12]

Ask DSP how tough the combat is lol

[lxlANDlxl]

how much of the story would i miss out on/wouldn't apreciate fully if i play this before reading the novels/playing the first?