But not in the aimless and disconnected way of Skyrim – curiously, The Witcher comes laden with a weight to each conversation choice that’ll mark allegiances and change routes to the end result.īut all this will be irrelevant to newbies because – sorry, kids – The Witcher is a hard egg to crack. Maybe! The Witcher 2’s cunning choose-your-own-adventure style of play allows myriad wavering from the point. The Witcher 2 seamlessly blends the brawling combat of a third-person beat ‘em up with the thoughtful and engaging alchemy of spell-casting to conjure itself up something mighty nice!Īs the chiselled Geralt, you’re sucked into a world of political turmoil and interracial betrayal as a secret assassin begins to off royalty, beginning with the cocky Foltest of Temeria, for which you’re blamed! Cue a bout of amnesia and a frenzied escape from imprisonment and, bingo, you’re off to discover a land of elves, dwarves, dragons, magic and sexy sex all in the pursuit of the kingslayers.

With the scent of Skyrim still fresh in your nostrils, and the shadowy figure of Dragon’s Dogma looming on the horizon, why have CD Projekt RED brought 2011’s open-world dragon-slaying PC fantasy to consoles? This is a market quickly becoming incredibly saturated with wizardry and elves and magic-tinted combat – where can Geralt of Rivia, the white haired Witcher possibly sit?

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