The Witcher 2, Now delayed

[Bateluer]

http://www.vg247.com/2010/11/16/witcher-ii-confirmed-for-may-17-2011-release/

Well, kinda. Its a more firm release date now, May 2011. Dang.

 

[skace]

May 2011 sounds fine to me, I never knew it had an earlier date, that one sounds pretty reasonable though...

 

[Schadenfroh]

They need to take their time and do it right.

Still trying to get into the first Witcher. Feels like a "Fable done right," but the thing is, I do not like the "Fable feel."

Oh well, back to playing Neverwinter Nights community modules.

 

[Matrices]

How the hell is that game anything like Fable? Fable is childish fluff. Witcher is one RPG where your decisions actually bear real consequences later on, and the abundant discrimination in the game world is one of the more sophisticated realities presented in any game.

 

[Golgatha]

The Witcher 2 to be DRM free on GoG.com. Day one purchase.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2010-11-18-good-old-games-to-sell-the-witcher-2

 

[StinkyPinky]

It's on Steam for $45 if you pre-order. Nice price.

 

[KaOTiK]

The Witcher 2 to be DRM free on GoG.com. Day one purchase.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2010-11-18-good-old-games-to-sell-the-witcher-2

That is pretty impressive.

 

[JoshGuru7]

This will probably be a steam sale game for me, probably next summer or fall when it's down to $20 or lower. I'm looking forward to it, but there's enough good stuff coming out next spring (Brink, ToR) that I won't bother to pay $25 extra to play it the day it launches.

 

[KaOTiK]

This will probably be a steam sale game for me, probably next summer or fall when it's down to $20 or lower. I'm looking forward to it, but there's enough good stuff coming out next spring (Brink, ToR) that I won't bother to pay $25 extra to play it the day it launches.

I only buy games on sale from Steam now anyways. Very few games are now day one buys for me (Anything Warhammer 40k is instant buy).

 

[zinfamous]

The Witcher 2 to be DRM free on GoG.com. Day one purchase.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2010-11-18-good-old-games-to-sell-the-witcher-2

I went into this thread after getting this email.

I was somewhat shocked to see GOG offer a new game....

:hmm:

is this part of their restructuring? what is going on here?

 

[Dorkenstein]

GOG is owned (I think) by CD Projekt, the creators of The Witcher series.

 

[DaveSimmons]

^ right, the same company. I'm tempted to pre-order but I haven't finished the first one yet -- I keep getting distracted by other games like Mass Effect 2 and Fallout New Vegas.

 

[StinkyPinky]

Too many games...

Who said PC Gaming is dead?

 

[zinfamous]

i tried to go back to my game of witcher, after about 5 months without playing.

I'm somewhere in that swamp on the 2nd city, I think...have absolutely no recollection of the story and various cases that I was following at the time, pretty sure I was clsoe to finishing that chapter, or hitting the end action of it, anyway, but couldn't figure out what to do.

totally forgot the combat mechanics and got owned real quick. thoughts about starting over no good--as I was annoyed at how cumbersome the questing is, I just don't want to go back through it. eh.

 

[zinfamous]

Too many games...

Who said PC Gaming is dead?

I don't think the argument is that there aren't any games for the PC--it's that they are being progressively dumbed-down

So, from a certain point of view (a certain point of view?)--classic PC Gaming is, indeed, dead?

 

[Nintendesert]

I'm happy that the developer is delaying it and delivering a more polished game. I'm tired of the buggy crap that is getting released lately.

 

[sMiLeYz]

i tried to go back to my game of witcher, after about 5 months without playing.

I'm somewhere in that swamp on the 2nd city, I think...have absolutely no recollection of the story and various cases that I was following at the time, pretty sure I was clsoe to finishing that chapter, or hitting the end action of it, anyway, but couldn't figure out what to do.

totally forgot the combat mechanics and got owned real quick. thoughts about starting over no good--as I was annoyed at how cumbersome the questing is, I just don't want to go back through it. eh.

Chapter 2 was real cumbersome, I hated that chapter... it gets much much better after that chapter. The game was a real gem.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Yeah good luck releasing The Witcher 2 the same month of Dragon Age 2. Foolish move.

Edit - oops, 2 months later. Even dumber.

 

[zinfamous]

Yeah good luck releasing The Witcher 2 the same month of Dragon Age 2. Foolish move.

Edit - oops, 2 months later. Even dumber.

but people are bitching about how Dragon Age 2 looks like the complete suck.

 

[Lonyo]

Yeah good luck releasing The Witcher 2 the same month of Dragon Age 2. Foolish move.

Edit - oops, 2 months later. Even dumber.

2 months is plenty of time in which to play DA2.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

but people are bitching about how Dragon Age 2 looks like the complete suck.

Hmm really? I haven't even looked into it. All I know is I saw the box in EB Games with a May 2012 release date and knew I was going to get it.

 

[Nintendesert]

It's actually good timing. People will beat DA2 and still want their renewed RPG fix and grab the Witcher 2.

 

[Bateluer]

but people are bitching about how Dragon Age 2 looks like the complete suck.

From what I've read on DA2, I'd pick up TW2 over it in a heart beat. Will I buy DA2? Maybe, still a lot of time before its released.

 

[DefDC]

It's actually good timing. People will beat DA2 and still want their renewed RPG fix and grab the Witcher 2.

Ding Ding Ding!

For me anyways.