Weekly Game Review: The Witcher

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Automatically generated comment thread for Weekly Game Review: The Witcher (http://www.i-mockery.com/weeklies/weekly.php?type=games&id=29).

[JJ the Jetplane]

I was thinking about buying this game, but I bought The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion instead. I think Oblivion may be a better game though.

[Dr. Boogie]

You thought wrong.

[Dungeonbrownies]

it looks fantastic.

[Fathom Zero]

I am looking forward to playing this soon.

[Dr. Boogie]

For anyone interested, there's a demo out that covers nearly the entire first chapter of the game. It's quite long.

[Ashmodai]

This game is amazing. A friend showed me the intro and the first level. Wow is the only word that could describe it.

[Colonel Flagg]

You should get royalty payments - you did a better job of marketing this game than they did.

[Copper]

Definitely interested in trying this one, but I really want to try and get the European version, due to the better "content" than the US version.

[Nick]

I remember reading about this game when it first came out. Those women you bed look horrible.

[Dr. Boogie]

There are quite a few unusually stacked peasant women.

[Jaimas]

Another classic example of us Americans losing out because - SHOCK HORROR! THERE ARE BOOBIES!!
I believe I speak for all Americans when I say that the people who rule that no game can have any adult content whatsoever can go fornicate themselves with an iron stick.

[Fathom Zero]

What do you mean by us "losing out?"

[executioneer]

well hey at least we can have games that let you kill children

[Copper]

Oi, if that's not an invitation to start a rant. Indulge me. Suffice it to say, I'm all for the rating system but I'm opposed to censorship, if that makes sense. The whole "I may not like what you have to say, but you can at least say it" deal. Or put in your games, in this case. Personally, I'd like to see more M or AO rated games, but that's just me, because, well, I'm an *adult.* What I don't like are people blaming the industry because of the content. If you don't want your kid shooting hookers and playing with "hot coffee" then don't buy them GTA in the first place. I'm all for people making informed decisions about what they let their kids be exposed to, but if it's just general ignorace, it makes me want to smack them on the back of the head sometimes. "OMG, my son is playing a game where he runs people over in cars! And has sex with women!" And who *let* him get that game? Personally, if the average consumer out there were just the slightest bit more intelligent, I don't think we'd have to worry about which version of the game got released. (And you're talking to a 7 year retail veteran, so by 'average consumer' I mean people that are generally not going to be found on the I-mockery forums...)

[Fat_Hippo]

I'm actually playing this game right now, and I can definitley recommend it to all of you. Combat is fun, so is the character and potions system.(how could you forget to mention potions in the review?!) I don't think the voice acting is too horrible, but yea, there are some akward moments, and I wish they hadn't used the same voice actors for so many different people. Graphics are cool, and with the new patch the loading times go much faster, when before they were just plain torture. So yea, It's a fun game, and if you're not offended by swearing, drugs, violence and sex, buy it.

[Dr. Boogie]

How could I forget to mention potions? How could you forget to read the third paragraph!?

[JJ the Jetplane]

I still think the elder scrolls is better

[Dr. Boogie]

And I still know you're mistaken.

[Sillygoth]

I've heard so much good and bad about this game that I wasn't sure whether or not to even bother downloading the demo, but after reading this review, I'm pretty sure I'll at least give it a shot. Amusingly enough, I daresay you're the only reviewer to draw attention to the demo's existence, and I know you're the only one I've seen make note of the lengthiness of the demo itself.

[Emu]

bioware can do no wrong, fr srs

[Magic Flyin' Lemur]

sigh..

Ok, fine, fine. But Yahtzee Croshaw's review still steered me away from this game. There, no link, no muss, no foul?

[JJ the Jetplane]

OBLIVION FTW!!!

[Fathom Zero]

SHUTfile:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/KRALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot-1.jpg UP

[Dr. Boogie]

Yeah, more like "Oblivion For The Wastebasket"!:lol

[executioneer]

oblivion was fun but it was seriously broken out of the box :( i can't stand games where the monsters level up with you, it makes for a very dull gameplay experience

[Dr. Boogie]

Yes it was. And by the time someone fixed it, I was already over it.

[JJ the Jetplane]

you made me sad....... I really don't mind that the creatures level with you, at least that way you never had to deal with running into level 1 enemies that die in one hit. Having to waste my time fighting weak, weak monsters when I was like, level 78, was always one of the few things that bothered me about RPG games. There were so many other things I couldhave been doing at the time, like fighting something worthwhile, or finding some secret super-weapons, or something.

[Dr. Boogie]

Yes, except that there was no point to doing any of that. What's the point of find a better weapon when that will just cause you to level up faster, and thus make your search for the next great weapon that much more desperate? For that matter, why level up at all? The whole idea behind leveling up is that you are then better able to tackle tougher challenges/enemies, but in this game, the best case scenario is that you and your enemies are always even, but more often than not, you level up too quickly and wind up struggling to defeat a single skeleton walking around outside a ruined tower.

I guess what I'm saying is that playing pre-patch Oblivion is like running on a malfunctioning treadmill; When it works, you're going nowhere; when it doesn't, your knees get scraped and you wonder why you wasted your money.

[executioneer]

you never run into level 1 enemies that die in one hit, but you never run into a monster you really should not fuck with either

there needs to be CONSEQUENCES for going into certain areas, dammit

[JJ the Jetplane]

True, i do think the game has it's flaws, like the fact that not one single enemy in the game will destroy on such an epic scale that it rips your sohinctor inside out(always a fun thing to have in a good game), I still think that the enemies don't need to ever get ridiculously weak. Have you ever played any Final Fantasy game ever made, ever? After a while, if you have to pass through an area that's already been passed through, you get hit with fifty random encouinters, which all take more time to load than to actually kill, and it's like, "REALLY? you're making me fight THAT? I could destroy that thing in one hit when it was STRONGER than me." Sometimes it just annoying. Sure, you could fly over the place, but sometimes, you wanna go and see if you can find any treasure you missed, y'know?

ps...I only hunt for the strongest, shinyest weapons, or at least the ones that fit my gameplay type.

[JJ the Jetplane]

i do realize that i spelled shiniest wrong

[JJ the Jetplane]

sohinctor = sphinctor by the way, it's hard to type on this strange gaming keyboard

[Dr. Boogie]

You know you can edit posts, right?

Your Final Fantasy analogy is faulty because Oblivion isn't a JRPG where you get into random encounters as you walk.

What I'm getting is that your only complaint is that you don't like fighting weak enemies. At the same time, though, you say you love to find the "shinyest" weapons, so in a way, your problem with weak enemies is your own fault. If you'd just quit exploring areas and looking for better weapons, I guarantee you'll stop encountering enemies significantly weaker than yourself. Furthermore, if you're easily killing the enemies in an area, what are the odds that they're guarding something that will help you become more powerful that you already are?

My advice to you is to stop playing RPGs that follow the Final Fantasy formula for random encounters. Once you do, you'll see that Oblivion is far from the best alternative.