Where the heck are the keys to all those locked doors?

[wmgibsonfan]

I'm in the Prologue, looking to find an alternative way into the Temple. Found the well, went through the soggy underground, climbed up into some tower. Mission directions say make your way to the Temple courtyard. Too bad the only doors that lead to some kind of progress are both locked. I've been up and down and all around this place and haven't found a single key. Also noticed that there were plenty of locked doors in the town that had no keys, no matter where I looked. Is this some kind of bug, or is there some Alchemy I'm supposed to use...?

[Furiey]

There are very few locked doors that you eventually get keys for, the ones you mention are not one of them.

I'm not sure exactly where you have got to but maybe some of this may help:

So you went down the well, through the sewers, up the tower, got the cutscene with the Scoiatel in the boat.
Carried on up the tower, fought the 3 guards, went through the gate facing the bit where the guards were and along the corridor to the locked gate at the end (looting stuff as you went).
To your right near the gate you climb up the broken bit of wall, follow the path into the graveyard where you fight 3 more guards.
There are then 2 doors that take you into the building where you fight 2 more guards.
Through the doors at the far end of that room into the courtyard.

[ForevaNoob Wonemorturn]

I know, kind of confusing. They should have made only silent doors and doors you know you should look for the key.
I have seen so many games making the exact same mistake...

[DeadByLag]

A lot of locked doors are intentionally placed to remain locked. Must have been the result of some developer meeting over the subject matter, "How can we annoy players?"

If you need walk-through guidance, can refer to the guides on quite a number of gaming sites.

http://www.ign.com/wikis/witcher-2/Prologue

[wmgibsonfan]

This is so great - I went to bed and got up to find a tidy, concise answer to my question waiting for me to read with my morning coffee!

Thank you, Furiey, for the info, and thanks also to ForevaNoob for the commiseration.
I haven't been gaming long - always too busy with work and family, now retired with leisure time and $$ to spend on a decent rig - and I can see that there are certain foundation skills that I have to acquire if I'm going to enjoy playing them!
Riotangel, thanks for the reference to the walkthrough. I know they exist for various games, some cover every pixel of the game, others are for specific missions/quests/places in a game, etc. I've even discovered the gameplay videos on YouTube. Things have come a long way since Pong!

[Furiey]

Glad I could help. I'm also an older gamer, although not yet retired. Things have certainly come a long way since pong - I remember playing that as a child!

[Bandy]

I baby sat kids who were playing pong...
There's a lot of us 'advanced' gamers out there who only had imagination to use before...