![]() ![]() Maybe I'm stupid or blind, but I got lost so many times that I started getting aggravated. The amount of times I got confused and had to look up a guide as to where to go was way too much. The problem I had with them, especially the latter 2 hubs, was the map layout. The hubs themselves were great looking aesthetically, especially Vergen. The 2 major cons I had with this game were the hubs and the side activities. You could purchase books detailing the best tactics/oils/potions/signs to use, talk to people in the area and ask them for advice, or you could continually kill a certain type of monster to gain knowledge about it through actual experience. One mechanic I liked was how you learned the weaknesses of monsters. Some fights were difficult but with my tried and true alchemy build + Quen abuse, I didn't have any aggravating moments with it and barely ever dreaded a combat sequence. The combat, while janky at times, was passable. Overall, an amazing story that I'd consider better than the 3rd game. Sometimes he'd act as if Geralt was a long lost friend and at other times, just another obstacle in the way of his goals. I couldn't ever tell if he was being genuine or playing me like a fool, and his appearance and voice acting plays into that quite well. Letho, on the other hand, I was completely invested in because he wasn't inherently evil like Eredin and The Wild Hunt are. My number one complaint with Witcher 3 was how weak of a villain Eredin was in terms of character development and how invested I was in him. The best part about the story though was Letho, the antagonist. The twists and turns also caught me completely off guard at times, and it was cool to see how some of the characters ended up in the situations they were in during the events of the 3rd game. The story had some serious choices and consequences thrown in your face constantly, which I felt the Witcher 3 lacked in comparison to 2. The dialogue was more risque and very hilarious at times. I also enjoyed the banter and camaraderie between Geralt and his friends, namely Zoltan, Dandelion, and Zoltan's dwarven mates. Iorveth definitely lived up to the hype and was a pretty complex character with lots of flaws but justified opinions and ideals after seeing how non-humans were treated throughout the game. I chose to go down the Iorveth path because I've heard people ranting and raving about him and he wasn't in Witcher 3 so I wasn't that familiar with him, unlike Roche. I'll start off with the greatest strength this game has, that being its story and characters. After the release of the 3rd game (which became one of my favorite games of all time), The Netflix Series, and rumors of CDPR working on another Witcher game, I decided to come back to Witcher 2 and give it a fair shake. I tried playing The Witcher 2 leading up to the release of the 3rd game back in May of 2015, but ended up quitting because the game felt janky to me and I wasn't really immersed into the Witcher universe at the time. ![]()
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