The Witcher: Enhanced Edition

The Witcher: Enhanced Edition

Nineteen 2013 年 10 月 31 日 上午 11:10
Should I get it?
I tried playing this game last year, but I just couldn't get into it. I can't put my finger on it, but I didn't really like the atmosphere. Gamersgate has this on sale for $2.50, so do you think I should give it another shot?
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JDaniels 2013 年 10 月 31 日 下午 12:09 
Definitly! for this price there isn't much to ponder, I think...

But then again I'm a fan of the game. One could argue it's a little outdated today (it has some 5 years after all). If for anything else, buy for witcher 2' sake...
Alex 2013 年 10 月 31 日 下午 12:28 
To be honest, the worst part of the game is the prologue and Chapter 1, it's no wonder many people get turned off from it.

The two major complaints of the game is that A. The combat feels fairly one dimensional and B. sidequests are fairly repeitive being "Fetch me X number of drops from X Monster".

The Witcher 2 is the better game for sure.
Ragnarök 2013 年 10 月 31 日 下午 1:02 
Chapter 1 involves doing what a Witcher normally does in their line of work. Track a monster down, kill it and return to your clients for payment. No ZOMG SOOOO EPIC!!!111!! nonsense. The setting is essentially just a representation of the middle ages where every folk tale and morality play is a matter of fact instead of superstition.These faery tales are, just that, about faeries mostly. Ridding the world of creatures that are deemed as nusiances and or dangerous by nature. If your looking to fight Dragons around every corner, find a different game.

I don't really agree with The Witcher 2 being the better game. The first game had better music and an atmosphere that was less fanciful. I also prefered Geralt's appearance in the first game, small as that gripe is.
最后由 Ragnarök 编辑于; 2013 年 10 月 31 日 下午 1:10
JDaniels 2013 年 10 月 31 日 下午 1:06 
Interesting, I actually enjoy Capter 1! I like it's atmophere... Chapter 2, on the other hand, is waaaaay boring with all that errandry about the investigation. Also, I personaly don't see complaint B as a real problem.
noname 2013 年 10 月 31 日 下午 1:16 
引用自 Ragnarök
The setting is essentially just a representation of the middle ages where every folk tale and morality play is a matter of fact instead of superstition.
It's not representation of middle ages, Witcher has modern politics and problems, it only looks like middle ages (like any other fantasy).
Ragnarök 2013 年 10 月 31 日 下午 1:17 
This is the problem with cities, Geralt even mentions as much in the books. There is little to no work there for his profession. You just have to remember your mission, the investigation is the only real lead you have as to who murdered your friend and robbed your guild. The whole of Chapter Two is very much about taking a Witcher out of his element. Can't really blame it for being slow in a way.
Ragnarök 2013 年 10 月 31 日 下午 1:20 
It's not representation of middle ages, Witcher has modern politics and problems, it only looks like middle ages (like any other fantasy).

Because the Middle Ages never had these problems. I see nothing particularily modern about the politics or problems for that matter.
最后由 Ragnarök 编辑于; 2013 年 10 月 31 日 下午 1:22
BiggerBoss 2013 年 11 月 3 日 下午 9:46 
Sadly I'd have to agree, I couldn't get into this game either and the gameplay combat was frustrating. I may give this game another chance but otherwise I'll prolly delete it.
Endless 2013 年 11 月 3 日 下午 10:25 
I played this game for a bit so far. I gotta say, I really don't like the combat. I think that's probably the biggest reason I haven't continued playing it.
ChickenMcNugger 2013 年 11 月 4 日 上午 2:16 
I agree that the prologue & chapter one felt slow. I'm glad I carried on though, because it turned out to be one of the best game experiences I've had in a while.
Whatever you do, don't put the difficulty on easy though ;)
R o b i n 2013 年 11 月 4 日 上午 7:16 
There are better games out there and I wouldn't hesitate a second to remove this game from my shopping cart if I knew what it was like.
noname 2013 年 11 月 4 日 上午 7:38 
引用自 Ragnarök
It's not representation of middle ages, Witcher has modern politics and problems, it only looks like middle ages (like any other fantasy).

Because the Middle Ages never had these problems. I see nothing particularily modern about the politics or problems for that matter.
I don't think in Middle Ages people was tormented by questions about racism or religious problems. And Witcher is not about slaying monsters. So your description about it as "fairy tales come to life" is moot.
最后由 noname 编辑于; 2013 年 11 月 4 日 上午 7:49
Ragnarök 2013 年 11 月 4 日 上午 9:45 
The discription is hardly moot.

I suggest you take the time to read about how tens of thousands of Crusaders from the First Crusade held the city of Constantinople, for lack of a better term; hostage, or how in that same Crusade within many cities not just Muslims, but Jews were rounded up and put to the sword over religious and racial differences. The Order's operations within Vizima is quite obviously based on this.

When I was describing folklore, I was referring to many quests in Chapter One and Four but moreso in regard to how the mind of a poor medieval man would rationalize things that are unexplained.

For example: A child goes missing in the woods and turns up drowned in a river with no evidence or explanation. The child was a good swimmer and never got lost before, it must have been Faeries or Rusalka. Nowadays, we'd know otherwise, but back then common folk were superstitious. But what if it actually was Faeries or Rusalka? Welcome to The Witcher.
最后由 Ragnarök 编辑于; 2013 年 11 月 4 日 上午 9:54
noname 2013 年 11 月 4 日 上午 10:43 
引用自 Ragnarök
I suggest you take the time to read about how tens of thousands of Crusaders from the First Crusade held the city of Constantinople, for lack of a better term; hostage, or how in that same Crusade within many cities not just Muslims, but Jews were rounded up and put to the sword over religious and racial differences.
That's exactly what I am talking about. That with Crusaders there was no discussion in that matter, if you are not Christian then you are wilthy heretic and should be put out of your misery. In the world of Witcher elves and dwarfs still have their rights and diffirent religions can coexist in one place. Intolerance is there and sometimes it gets violent, but not like it was in times of Crusade. It is more like today.

引用自 Ragnarök
how the mind of a poor medieval man would rationalize things that are unexplained

Nowadays, we'd know otherwise, but back then common folk were superstitious
Superstitions exist even today, like some grannies cover TVs with a sheet, believing that it would help against radiation, or people placing cacti near monitors, or someone believing in existence of supernatural things like domovoy living in their closet.

But that's not the point here, Witcher is not about slaying monsters. It is more about politics and human nature. About those things that you don't want actually to argue about with your friends.
最后由 noname 编辑于; 2013 年 11 月 4 日 上午 10:44
Ragnarök 2013 年 11 月 4 日 下午 12:49 
Judaism and Islam were not forms of heresy. Each denomination had rights in many Christian cities before the Crusades and again afterwards, no different than in The Witcher.

If you think that none of the men ordered to do these terrible things had any moral qualms about it then you are oversimplifying the human condition. Slaying women and children will have most people questioning their faith at the end of the day if they aren't already monsters. The act of genocide is inherrently abhorrant.

The superstitions of today are nothing in comparison to the superstitions back then.

I'll end with a definition and a few quotes:

"Setting - In works of narrative (especially fictional), the literary element setting includes the historical moment in time and geographic location in which a story takes place, and helps initiate the main backdrop and mood for a story."

"The setting is essentially just a representation of the middle ages where every folk tale and morality play is a matter of fact instead of superstition."

Is it inaccurate to say the setting of The Witcher is a representation of a medieval world where faery tale creatures exist? You started arguing on points that I never made in the first place.
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