Dienos frazė: kažkaip pas tave hate driven world. – Deivė

Šiandien buvo pristatymas japonijos per anglų. Aš kalbėjau apie Idols. Arčiausiai tentacle rape perteikti mano neapykantą raudono klecko baltoj paklodėj šaliai. Grr.

Dar mažiau doro nuveikiau.

Bet panelė Angelė pakišo gerą idėją apie kursinį. Yay.

VDA picos.  Kažkur recepte reikalauja į jas narkotikų dėt. M-mmm.

Artimiausias dalykas meilei-pirmu-žvilgsniu man atsitiko, kai knygyne pamačiau Xenos (Inkvizitorius: Ateivių kryžius). Ar išeitų su mergina? Na, jei ateitų gotė su marškinėliais “My car is a Land Raider“, atsisėstų ant kelių, suimtų už smakro, pasakytų “aš – tavo Imperatorė” ir pabučiuotų… būtų nebloga pradžia (ir demonstruotų išmanymą W40K/Black Company).

Hmm…

Foto:

Atminti ginčui "Dragon Age vs. The Witcher" - desire demon iš DA

Saldžių sapnų ^^

Lord Out

В нета се появи ново геймплей видео от The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings което е още по нелегално от първото (клик), но пък компенсира със значително по отвратително качество

Както ще видите по-долу, видеото е записано от някакъв ултра вманиачен пират по време на презентация на експото Игромир 2009 (Gameworld 2009). За предпочитане е да не го гледате в HD ;|

Ако не сте разбрали нищо (което е логично) polygamia.pl са така добри да систематизират инфото и на английски тук.

PS: Мисля, че е време CD Projekt да пуснат нещо официално

Източник: Ultimate Wobblecam: The Witcher 2 [RPS]

Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings

The Witcher has sold over 1.2 million copies as a PC only game, which isn’t the best I know, but it’s not bad either. It’s one of the best games out there that has been severely overlooked. If any of you people out there are RPG fans you owe it to yourself to go pick this one up. It’s only 20 bucks on steam right now.

Some game footage has been leaked for the game’s sequel Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings. Witcher 2 has a chance to be like Half-Life 2. Half-life was a good game. Half-Life 2 was an awesome, genre changing game. The Witcher was a good game. Can it’s sequel be ground breaking?

The current generation of RPGs was birthed with Morrowind, Dungeon Siege, and Knights of the Old Republic, among other titles and perfected in Oblivion, Fallout 3, and Mass Effect. I think it’s time for some fresh ideas on the genre.

Witcher 2 has some interesting concepts from what we’ve seen of it so far. Dynamic NPCs that have things to do, innovative combat with finishing moves, a high end graphics engine, and a unique dark world for the story to develop in. None of this means “earth-shattering”, but it’s a good step towards something great.

Keep on gaming people!

Apparently, weekend deals aren’t enough for Steam these days. The digital distribution service is offering up 3 deals to help people through the drudgery of another work week:

The Witcher Enhanced Edition Director’s Cut is 50% off and available worldwide, coming in at $20 until October 29th. This RPG is massive, with a storyline estimated at about 40 hours minimum.

East India Company, the 2009 strategy game, is 60% off – $12 – until November 2nd, and now includes a free add-on, Designer’s Cut, which adds features to both singleplayer and multiplayer. A new expansion, Privateer, is also available for $10.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl is 75% off, making it just $5 ($3.75 in the AU store) until November 2. A sandbox FPS set in the area around Chernobyl, the game has RPG and horror elements.

Spiele sind irgendwann durchgespielt (Online-Rollenspiele wie World of Warcraft einmal ausgenommen). Was dann bleibt, ist das gute Gefühl, den Endgegner besiegt zu haben. Und in manchen Fällen bleibt einem auch der Soundtrack des Spiels im Ohr. Hier möchte ich Ihnen einige Beispiele für besonders gelungene Musik-Untermalungen präsentieren.

Secret of Mana (SNES, 1994)

Was für ein wunderschönes Rollenspiel. Motivierend, zu dritt spielbar und eben auch mit einem tollen Soundtrack. Und hey, in welchem anderen Spiel dürfen Sie Gegner vermöbeln, die „Pogopuschel“ oder „Turbopuschel“ heißen? Eben.

Halo und Halo 2 (Xbox, 2001 und 2004)

Das wohl größte Verkaufsargument zum Erscheinen der Xbox von Microsoft war der Ego-Shooter Halo von Bungie. Der und die Nachfolger zeichnen sich nicht nur durch tolle Action, einen sehr unterhaltsamen Mehrspieler-Teil und für meinen Geschmack eine nahezu perfekte Steuerung aus, auch die musikalische Teil hat einen großen Teil zur mysteriösen Atmosphäre beigetragen. Hier zwei Kostproben.

Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne (PC, 2003)

Max Payne 2 ist für mich eines der mitreißendsten Spiele aller Zeiten. Das liegt nach wie vor nicht nur an den eindrucksvollen Bullet-Time-Sequenzen oder der immer noch hübschen Grafik, an den tollen Dialogen, dem Wortwitz oder am enormen Detailgrad der Levels, sondern auch an dem musikalischen Thema.

Turrican 2: The Final Fight (Amiga, 1991)

Altes kann so gut sein! Turrican 2 hat mir einen der größten Ohrwürmer der Spielegesichte beschert. Verneigen wir uns vor Chris Hülsbeck für dieses Meisterstück!

Command & Conquer: Der Tiberiumkonfikt (PC, 1996)

Mit Command & Conquer: Der Tiberiumkonfikt legten die damaligen Westwood Studios (die guten alten Zeiten!) den Grundstein für eine der erfolgreichsten Strategiespiel-Serien aller Zeiten. Überragende Technik mit brillanten Zwischensequenzen, saubere Spielbarkeit, Kane und  nicht zuletzt der variantenreiche Soundtrack machen es zur Legende.

Battlefield 1942 (PC, 2002)

Zugegeben, im Spiel selbst wurde kaum Musik eingesetzt, aber die Titelmusik ist zum Erkennungszeichen der Serie geworden. Nachfolger wie etwa Battlefield 2142 oder Battlefield 2 nahmen das Thema von 1942 und variierten es.

Command & Conquer: Generäle (PC, 2003)

Zwar hat dieses Spiel nichts mehr mit dem ursprünglichen Command & Conquer gemein, trotzdem ist es ein verdammt gutes Echtzeit-Strategie-Spiel mit einem hervorragenden Mehrspieler-Modus. Der Soundtrack liefert den perfekten Klangteppich für schnelle, fordernde Mehrspieler-Gefechte.

Anno 1602 (PC, 1998)

So schön kann Aufbau-Strategie sein. Mit Anno 1602 erschuf das damalige Studio Max Design ein beeindruckendes Spiel für alle Entdecker und Siedlungs-Tüftler. Mir war das Spiel zwar immer ein bisschen zu viel des Guten, aber der Grafik und dem Soundtrack muss man einfach Tribut zollen.

Medal of Honor: Allied Assault (PC, 2002)

Die Medal of Honor-Serie hat die Schrecken des Zweiten Weltkrieges wie vor ihr kein anderes Spiel auf den PC gebracht. Dramaturgisches Rückgrad war und ist der hervorragende Soundtrack.

Mafia (PC, 2002)

Mafia hat ist nicht nur ein hervorragendes Action-Adventure. Die Entwickler haben das Kunststück vollbracht, die Geschichte so mitreißend zu erzählen wie im Kino. Und wieder einmal hat die Musik wesentlich zur Atmosphäre beigetragen.

The Witcher (PC, 2007)

Der Entwickler CD Project hat mit The Witcher ein besonderes Rollenspiel geschaffen. Ein cooler Held, eine „erwachsene“ Welt und eben auch ein starker, stimmungsvoller Soundtrack.

Blood of Elves is the “sequel” to The Last Wish, which is the first book in the series which spawned that most excellent computer game, The Witcher. It’s by a Polish writer called Andrzej Sapkowksi.

Unfortunately – and I knew this before I bought it because a Polish girl warned me but I forgot the warning – Gollancz sci-fi have done the dirty and released the English translation of the third book in the series without releasing the second. The inner sheet on the book even acts like Sapkowski has only written the two books, but he hasn’t, he’s written at least 3. I got several chapters in before I started thinking “there’s an awful lot of assumed knowledge here” but because the first book had a lot of unstated or implied information (see below!), for some time I assumed the “second” book was doing the same. Sadly, it wasn’t, and now I know everything that happened in the second book even though I don’t read Polish. This is a Bugger. However, the book is excellent so I shan’t stop.

The Last Wish is essentially a set of fractured fairy tales, fairy tales with a twist or revision to the original story. The central character is a Witcher who runs around the world protecting people from Monsters, which in many cases are the Monsters from the Fairy tale; but sometimes the humans involved are the real monsters. Often the Witcher drops into the fairy tale after the original story is over. But the book really doesn’t bash you over the head with its fairy tale element, so for most of it you just feel you’re reading a set of vaguely related short stories about a washed up Polish rock god with mutant genes[1]. I liked the character, I liked the world and I liked the stories, and I liked the subtle element of fairy tale revisionism built into them[2].

Blood of Elves is a much less literary effort, using a standard fantasy trilogy-style narrative structure, less special fairy tale references, and occasional shrek-style references to modern ideas. Geralt (the Witcher) is on a quest, it’s simple, it goes from beginning to end (so far). It’s also got more of that desperate sense of struggling against the darkness. However, it still has the key elements of the original – some very dry cynical wit[3], Geralt is the same, the sense of a world on the cusp of modernity but surrounded by magic and evil powers. It’s very fun to read, alternating between dry humour, satire, dark emotional depth and good old-fashioned fightin’ and lovin’. It also has a much better depiction of inter-racial conflict (between elves, dwarves, humans, etc) than many other fantasy stories, and the central conflict in the book seems to involve issues of racial harmony very strongly[4]. I do wonder if this part of the book reflects Polish cultural debate about Europe, though I don’t know enough about what’s going on in Poland and their attitudes towards Europe, history or modern race relations to be able to make a judgement.

This is part of what I enjoy about the Witcher, actually – there are hints of cultural references I don’t quite get that make the whole thing a tad more mysterious than it might otherwise be. But mostly I like it because it’s funny, dark and well written. I should probably advise waiting for the books to come out in the proper order but, hey! We all enjoyed the Firefly series despite this sort of philistinism on the part of its producers, so hey – go and read it! Screw the linear time thing! If you had to sit through distorted narrative structure in the whole of the first book, why stop now!?

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[fn1] That’s just what he looks like – you’ve all played the game, you know what I mean!

[fn2]: My partner, who is really into fractured fairy tales and studied them at University, was not so impressed; she is a much better judge of literature than me and a much harsher critic. So maybe my opinion is best taken with a grain of salt. But you knew that.

[fn3]: of course when I lived in Australia I knew nothing about Poles; but since I came to London I’ve met and worked with many, and they do seem to have a wickedly dry and cynical humour in general, more fatalistic and biting than the British without some of the worst of the ascerbic rudeness that comes with British sarcasm.

[fn4]: I’m not entirely sure what the outcome of this discussion of racial harmony will be. I think it might be something like “we’re all fucked anyway, so can’t you just get over it?” but I’m reserving judgement.

Era inevitable. La segunda parte de The Witcher está en camino, y es que tras el millonario éxito del original, parecía más que lógico que la adaptación de la obra de Andrzej Sapkow contara con una secuela, The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings.

De momento no hay anunciadas plataformas o fecha de lanzamiento, aunque se sabe positivamente que PC sí estará entre ellas. Por otra parte estamos al tanto también de que el título incorporará importantes mejoras visuales, así como un nuevo sistema de diálogos. Por otra parte el combate ha sido descrito como “más dinámico y sangriento”, lo que unido a un nuevo sistema de físicas dinámico deparará unas luchas que mezclarán espadas y magia verdaderamente espectaculares.

In urma aparitiei neintentionate a unei prezentari ptr Witcher 2 : Assassins of Kings cei de la CD Projekt au confirmat ca lucreaza la acest titlu declarand :

“Of course, we can’t and won’t try to deny the facts. The movie that appeared on the various sites yesterday presents our newest project, The Witcher 2, which we’ve been working on for some time. We made something about half year ago, to present the first playable version of the game.” said Adam Kiciñski, CEO of CD Projekt RED. “Currently we are looking for a potential publisher (or publishers) for this title, and this leak is an uncontrolled side effect of that process. For today, we are not commenting on anything that concerns the game itself.”

The Witcher 2 ainda não está anunciado oficialmente, mais cai na rede um vídeo do jogo, que está sendo produzido desde o ano passado.

Este vídeo pelo jeito foi feito para poder atrair distribuidoras para o jogo, isso segundo a CD Project.

Veja o vídeo abaixo.

Wreszcie doczekaliśmy się pierwszego zwiastunu kontynuacji polskiego przeboju z 2007 r., czyli Wiedźmina, znanego zachodnim graczom jako The Witcher. Co prawda, ów filmik dostał się do sieci w sposób nie do końca oficjalny (podobno… ale o tym za chwilę), ale najważniejsze jest to, że nareszcie dane nam jest zobaczyć Wiedźmina 2 w akcji. Ba, dane nam w ogóle zobaczyć, jak ów sequel się prezentuje.

Uznałem, że najlepiej będzie przeanalizować trailer niemalże klatka po klatce.

(klikaj na obrazkach, aby powiększyć)

Na początku wita nas informacja na temat technikaliów filmiku, a także ostrzeżenie o poufności materiału. Zachodzi jednak pytanie – po co wiadomość o tajności, skoro oglądać go mieli jedynie wtajemniczeni wewnątrz studia CD Projekt RED? Na dodatek prezentację zamieszczono w zaskakująco dobrej jakości. Nachodzi mnie najprostsza odpowiedź – najprawdopodobniej mamy tutaj do czynienia z wyciekiem kontrolowanym. Zauważmy – pierwszy trailer z Wiedźmina 2 wywołałby sensację, to pewne. Natomiast pierwszy zwiastun, który na dodatek został wykradziony, narobi wokół siebie jeszcze więcej szumu. Nie od wczoraj wiadomo, że jeśli chodzi o działania marketingowe, CD Projekt nie ma sobie w Polsce równych. Powyższy trailer zdaje się to świetnie potwierdzać.

Gdy tylko film ukazał się w sieci, od razu nie było wątpliwości, że jest prawdziwy, bowiem do obejrzenia zaprasza nas nie kto inny, jak sam Marcin Iwiński:

Wkrótce zresztą pojawiło się oświadczenie CD Projektu, w którym potwierdza się prawdziwość “przecieku”. Z lakonicznej notki prasowej dowiadujemy się też, że film “przedstawia nasz najnowszy projekt, Wiedźmina 2, nad którym pracujemy już od jakiegoś czasu. Stworzyliśmy go pół roku temu, na potrzeby prezentacji pierwszej grywalnej wersji tytułu. W chwili obecnej trwają poszukiwania potencjalnego wydawcy (lub wydawców) dla tego tytułu, a sam wyciek jest niekontrolowanym efektem ubocznym tych działań. Na dzień dzisiejszy powstrzymujemy się od wszelkich komentarzy odnośnie samej gry.” Czas więc na opis moich pierwszych wrażeń z obcowania z trailerem.

Po pierwsze, dowiadujemy się, jaki tytuł będzie nosić kontynuacja Wiedźmina – Assassins of Kings (Zabójcy królów). Zapewne szykuje się fabuła rozpisana na szeroką skalę, w której dużą rolę odegrają (uwaga, spoiler!) tajemnicze, zamaskowane postaci – jedna z nich pojawiła się już w pierwszym Wiedźminie, w animowanym przez studio Tomasza Bagińskiego outrze. Najwyraźniej to właśnie ci wojownicy o wyraźnie wiedźmińskich cechach mogą być tytułowymi zabójcami królów (koniec spoilera).

Już pierwsze ujęcia pokazują, że Wiedźmin 2 działa na zmodyfikowanym silniku Aurora, czyli tym samym, jaki napędzał pierwszą część (w kolejnym oficjalnym komunikacie stwierdzono, że zastosowano nowy engine – cóż, we wczesnej wersji i tak wygląda, jak poprzedni). Mnie osobiście taka postać rzeczy nie przeszkadza, grafika w Wiedźminie broniła się nie tylko poziomem technicznego zaawansowania, ale przede wszystkim – przynajmniej w moim przekonaniu – jakością projektów lokacji czy postaci. Trudno po tym krótkim trailerze wyrokować, jak będzie się miała rzecz w ‘dwójce’, bowiem widzimy jedynie obozowisko żołnierzy gdzieś w górach (to Kaedwen – sugeruje to wymienione w trailerze imię Zyvika, członka Dun Banner, służącego królowi Henseltowi, a także podpis jednego z przeciwników Geralta podczas ujęcia z walki), aczkolwiek widać pewną poprawę w stosunku do poprzedniej odsłony gry. Zapowiedziano nowy silnik odpowiadający za cykl dnia i nocy oraz cieniowanie – i rzeczywiście, wygląda to całkiem nieźle, co można zobaczyć na obrazkach powyżej.

Mimika twarzy póki co pozostaje taka, jak w ‘jedynce’, czyli… taka sobie. Nadal jednak mamy do wyboru kwestie dialogowe, a nie jedynie pojedyncze słówka sugerujące kierunek, w jakim pójdzie rozmowa. Rozbudowano nieco gestykulację – jak widać, postać może na przykład objąć Geralta, co też panna lekkich obyczajów robi na obrazku powyżej.

Krótki wycinek rozmowy pozwala też przyjrzeć się nowej fryzurze wiedźmina. Nie przeszkadza mi taka zmiana, ów fryz trochę (ale tylko trochę) przywodzi na myśl komiksowe wcielenie Geralta.

Twórcy prezentują też przykład wpływu działań bohatera na otoczenie – zniszczenie znakiem Aard kilku beczek owocuje zainteresowaniem gapiów, komentujących zrobiony przez białowłosego bałagan. Przy okazji mamy mały pokaz silnika fizycznego Havok.

W grach – a RPG-i są tutaj dobrym przykładem – liczy się ukazanie żyjącego świata, sprawiającego wrażenie realnego. Postacie niezależne mają zajmować się swoimi sprawami, tworząc iluzję rzeczywistości. W stosunku do ‘jedynki’ liczę na zwiększenie aktywności NPC-ów i liczby ich zajęć. Musztrowanie żołdaków wygląda całkiem dobrze i… zabawnie.

CD Projekt RED najwyraźniej nie rezygnuje też z ‘dorosłego’ klimatu produkcji – pojawiają się więc wulgaryzmy (co ciekawe, na filmie ocenzurowane!), dużo krwi i niejednoznaczne postaci, jak Zyvik, który najwyraźniej nie darzy sympatią elfów.

Walka przypomina tę znaną z pierwszej części, a więc ponownie będziemy mieć do czynienia z systemem sekwencji i klikaniem w odpowiednim momencie. Myślę, że to dobra decyzja, bo taki sposób toczenia walk sprawdzał się nie najgorzej. Dochodzi teraz nowinka w postaci możliwości zrzucenia wrogów z wysokości znakiem Aard – poprzednio, o ile mnie pamięć nie zawodzi, można było strącać w ten sposób jedynie ciała pokonanych, a nie walczących.

Zaprezentowano także walkę z bossem – tutaj ujawniono kolejne novum…

… czyli QTE (Quick Time Events). Podpowiem – to system interaktywnych filmików, podczas których w odpowiednim momencie należy wcisnąć klawisz odpowiadający symbolowi pojawiającemu się na ekranie (coś takiego znalazło się chociażby w Tomb Raider Legend). Jeśli wykonamy to poprawnie, szala zwycięstwa przechyli się na naszą stronę. To niezły pomysł, o ile nie będzie stosowany zbyt często. Jako ubarwienie starć z ważnymi, trudniejszymi przeciwnikami – może się sprawdzić.

W pierwszym Wiedźminie mieliśmy do czynienia z paroma nieprzyjemnymi monstrami o sporych gabarytach, by wspomnieć o przerazie, zeuglu czy Kościeju. Twórcy gry szykują nam kolejną niespodziankę…

… smoka.

Smoka, który zresztą pojawia się już na początku właściwej części trailera:

Wiedźmin 2 zapowiada się dobrze, wręcz bardzo dobrze. Choć to krótka prezentacja z wersji alpha sprzed pół roku, klaruje się już jednak wizja sequela, który będzie po prostu – miejmy nadzieję – poprawioną, dynamiczniejszą i jeszcze bardziej emocjonującą grą, niż pierwsza część, oczywiście o mrocznym, sugestywnym klimacie. Czekam z niecierpliwością. Pytanie tylko: kiedy premiera?

Podejrzewam, że prędzej, niż na jesień przyszłego roku nie ma się co nastawiać.

Aun no sabemos si The Witcher llegara a las consolas, y es un hecho que tendremos una secuela llamada: The Witcher 2 : Assassins of Kings. Chequen este video.

В всеобхватното интернет пространство, изплюва първото видео от продължението на култовата игра The Witcher. Видеото е от ранна алфа версия на играта и уж е направено с цел презентации пред разпространителите (за това впечатление спомагат и множеството знаци “конфиденциална информация”), но показва достатъчно геймплей кадри, че да накара сърцето на средностатистическият фен да забие лудо

Спирам да говоря и ви оставям да гледате:

Ако видеото “случайно” изчезне, ето и линк към GT (клик)

PS: Ооооу The Witcher 2 ще ползва HAVOC!

UPDATE: Ето официалното изявление на CD Projekt RED по повод изтеклото видео:

“Of course, we can’t and won’t try to deny the facts. The movie that appeared on the various sites yesterday presents our newest project, The Witcher 2, which we’ve been working on for some time. We made something about half year ago, to present the first playable version of the game.” said Adam Kicinski, CEO of CD Projekt RED. “Currently we are looking for a potential publisher (or publishers) for this title, and this leak is an uncontrolled side effect of that process. For today, we are not commenting on anything that concerns the game itself.”

Да се надяваме, че след успеха на първата част младежите няма да имат проблеми с намирането на разпространител

Източник на горният цитат е shacknews.com

Introdução

The Witcher é um jogo baseado em um livro polonês do autor Andrzej Sapkowski que conta a história de Geralt of Rivia, e que aliás, já teve o trabalho adaptado também para quadrinhos, um filme, um seriado para a TV polonesa, RPG, card game, e claro, um jogo para PC. Com todas estas adaptações já é possível imaginar a qualidade da história e do universo do game, certo?

Mundo fantástico

Certo. O game apresenta um mundo extremamente belo e grande, com cenários incríveis que refletem um lugar bonito e ao mesmo tempo perigoso, uma atmosfera bem interessante e envolvente. O mundo de The Witcher é extenso e cheio de perigos, monstros surgem do nada, e você deve estar preparado para enfrentá-los.
Dentre os cenários que Geralt viaja estão uma fortaleza que serve de casa para os da sua raça, uma pequena vila com pessoas atormentadas, uma cidade atingida por doenças, e até um pântano.

Neste grandioso mundo existem várias raças, como os clássicos elfos e anões, mas também uma criação diferente, os witchers, que são seres criados, ou seja, mutantes que acabam dependendo de poções para viver. Estes ás vezes são odiados pelos humanos, ou exaltados por eles, mas normalmente sofrem de repugnação.

Um assassino perfeito

Um witcher tem como propósito matar monstros para ganhar dinheiro e manter sua vida, mas nesta jornada não encontramos apenas monstros para matar, humanos também, que podem ser tão cruéis quanto os próprios seres terríveis que atormentam as terras de Temeria.

Ao deparar com as crueldades do mundo, Geralt não pode mais apenas ver as coisas acontecerem sem fazer nada, ele resolve se envolver, e neste ponto surgem as consequências de suas ações. O jogador tem a possibilidade de fazer algumas escolhas, pro bem ou pro mal, e estas escolhas definem quem realmente é o personagem, e define quem o ajudará em suas aventuras.

Um RPG diferente

O jogo é um RPG, com todas suas características, a evolução de atributos do personagem, muitas pessoas com quests para oferecer, etc. Mas uma diferença é o sistema de batalha, que pode não ser tão diferente, mas ainda assim inova. Normalmente em RPGs deste estilo apenas clicamos com o mouse nas criaturas, e assistimos o personagem deferir seus golpes, mas em The Witcher, você deve interagir neste momento da batalha, sendo que você clica na criatura, e em certos momentos o mouse muda de forma, se tornando uma espada em chamas, e neste exato momento o jogador deve clicar novamente, para continuar seu combo com golpes mais fortes e rápidos.
Isto se tornou uma boa mudança do estilo, pois você não apenas assiste, e sendo assim, o combate não se torna tão tedioso, que é como deve realmente acontecer, já que o combate deve dar emoção e sensação de perigo.

Quests reais

O jogo conta com pessoas que possuem problemas reais, não apenas para satisfazer seus desejos de completar quests. A maioria das quests são resultado de problemas reais de cada NPC, e por isso você se sente mais imerso.
Ao final do jogo, suas escolhas determinam as quests que você vai ter disponível, sendo que existem 3 opções, se aliar a Ordem, aos Scoia’tael, ou se manter neutro em meio à briga. A Ordem são humanos que combatem os Scoia’tael, que por outro lado, são uma unidade de elfos e anões brigando por sua liberdade.

Um fator diferente neste jogo, é a possibilidade de fazer sexo com certas personagens do jogo. Isto pode ser feito realizando o desejo das mulheres, algumas pedem um anel, outras pedem jóias, e até comida. Satisfazendo a vontade delas, é possível pegar uma Sex Card, que representa as mulheres que o jogador conseguiu ter a relação. Em alguns casos, há até uma animação mostrando algumas partes do ato, mas não chegam a mostrar muita coisa. Em algumas versões do jogo as cartas foram alteradas para mostrar menos, ou seja, tampando partes do corpo que ficam expostas, e pode acreditar, na maioria das cartas as partes realmente ficam expostas.

Conclusão

The Witcher é um jogo fascinante que prende o jogador por suas mais de 35, 40 horas. Com quests reais, história interessante, combate envolvente, e cenários fantásticos, o jogador fica focado do início ao fim. Mas para os que ainda vão adquirir o jogo, fica a dica para pegar a versão Enhanced Edition, que foi bem incrementada se comparada à versão original. Possui animações melhores, gráficos melhores, expressões melhoradas, bugs corrigidos e conteúdo extra. Aliás, um dos defeitos da versão original é que os personagens não expressam muito bem suas emoções, e isso atrapalha um pouco a experiência de jogo, mas nada que vá impedir de curtir bastante.

Notas:
Som – 8.5
Gráficos – 8.5
Jogabilidade – 9.5
História – 9.0

Total – 8.8 -> Cara, muito bom!

O que tem de bom
Ótimos cenários; quests inteligentes; bom sistema de combate.

O que tem de ruim
Expressões de personagens deixa a desejar; bugs podem ocorrer, mesmo que raramente.

The Director’s Cut lets gamers in North America experience wonders not commonly seen in their neck of the woods as they enjoy the developers’ original vision for the game.

You will be able to download it as both free patch for existing owners and as a stand-alone product at various digital distributors.

Note: The Director’s Cut patch does not contain patch 1.5 features. You must apply both patches if you want both 1.5 and Director’s Cut features. Patches can be applied on version 1.4

(Enhanced Edition) in any order. And remember, the Director’s Cut patch is only really applicable to those who have the North American version of The Witcher: Enhanced Edition.

You can Download at Patch Scrolls.com

[BEWARE, SPOILERS AHEAD]

Today, most role-playing games deal with heavy themes and main characters who have more problems than Windows Vista had on release (Zing!). Let’s look at a few examples.

Lost Odyssey:

Look at me brood

The main character, Kaim, is an immortal. He is cursed to wander the earth forever, unable to die. Everyone he ever becomes attached to he loses. At one point he is reunited with his daughter, who he thought had died. Shortly thereafter, she proceeds to die in his arms. Depressing! Lost Odyssey also deals with the theme of identity because, surprise, surprise, the main character has amnesia and slowly pieces together the memories of his incredibly long life. Hint: They’re not happy memories.

Fianl Fantasy VII:

Amnesia is cool

This is Cloud Strife. He’s another depressing hero with amnesia. He joins the army, but instead of becoming a super commando like he always dreamed, he fails and becomes an anonymous grunt. On a mission to his home town, his hero, Sephiroth, goes crazy and burns the town to the ground and kills everyone, including Cloud’s mother. On top of all this an evil corporation is sucking the very life out of the planet, slowly killing it. The worst part is that Sephiroth also straight up murders one of Cloud’s best friends/love interests.  Good times, right?

Eternal Sonata:

He's not taking a nap

Meet Frédéric Chopin (yes, the Polish composer). He’s dying. This entire game takes place inside his head. The game world is some fever dream he is having on his death bed. It gets mad points for having an original set up, but it’s still depressing. None of the characters exist. They’re all figments of Chopin’s imagination. When he fianlly passes away in the real world at the end of the game, they cease to exist. Starting to see what I’m getting at?

The Wticher:

Bad ass

Hey, look, another brooding hero with amnesia. I wonder if he has a tortured past. You bet he does! Kidnapped as a child, and raised to slay monsters, Geralt doesn’t lead a happy life. People hate him because he’s different. Everything in his world is a shade of gray, with no clear cut right or wrong choice. “Hmmm should I murder the witch, or the corrupt towns people who hired me to murder the witch.” Keep on truckin Geralt. I’m sure things will turn out ok eventually (That’s a lie. I’m lying).

Don’t even get me started on Dragon Age: Origins and it’s “new shit” (Seriously, look at their advertising campaign). No one is happy when an evil army called the Blight rises up and starts stabbing every thing that moves right in the face. While I have only seen videos of it, the dark fantasy setting does not lead me to believe the main group of characters will be walking around in bright sunny fields while laughing about how care free they are.

So what’s up with all these games being so serious and depressing? Where are all the bright and hopeful RPGs? You know, the ones where the main character smiles at least once.

For one thing, most role-playing games are epic in scope and story. To be epic, there needs to be bad stuff going down. This bad stuff usually threatens the world in one way or another, and the end of the world is a pretty serious topic. As  a result adult themes are injected into the game to help make it more believable, and the main characters usually suffer as a result. If saving the world were fun, everyone would do it, right? Surprisingly, saving the world can be a good time.

Peace yo

Ness is the hero in Earthbound. He fights off an alien invasion while going on a crazy adventure with his friends. His weapons include baseball bats and yo-yos. Best of all, he hasn’t forgotten about everything that has happened in his life before the game began. He’s just a kid having fun.

While I think Earthbound is one of the best examples of a “happy” RPG, it certainly isn’t the only one. Shiren the Wander is all about Shiren and his ferret questing to get to the top of Table Mountain. The game is hard as hell, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t just a fun adventure. The Disgaea series are a bunch of silly strategy RPGs filled to the brim with humor and murderous  exploding penguins.

Then there’s Pokemon, another game about being a kid and going on adventures. It also happens to be one of the best selling RPG series of all time. And lets not foget how adorable some of these things are.

Look how freakin adorable I am

Role-playing games don’t need to be super serious and dark to be good. Unfortunately, most games in the industry tend to be grim and gritty, and RPGs are following that trend. Lets try not to forget that a bright and fun adventure can be just as good as its more “maturely themed” brethren.

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The Witcher Patch 1.5

You can Download  at Patch Scrolls.com

Modifications:
- copy securities (DRM) are removed
- playing the game no longer requires the game disc in the drive
- patch solves problems with EAX and blurred graphics

Additionally:
- 5 bonus adventures made by the Witcher community: ‘Deceits’, ‘Blight of the Bogs’, ‘Wraiths of Quiet Hamlet’, ‘The Wedding’, ‘Merry Witchmas’.

In order to install patch 1.5 correctly, original Witcher game upgraded to version 1.4 (i.e. The Witcher: Enhanced Edition) should be installed.

The 5 community adventures are available in English language only.