Just got a last minute purchase of The Witcher 2.

 
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In anticipation for The Witcher 3 (which would have been my first Witcher game), I wanted to get the second one to see what I would be putting myself through.

Luckily, this game is free with GwG on Xbox 360, and it's currently 11:20 where I'm at, on January 31st. Talk about perfect timing.

Now, without spoiling* anything, does anyone have any recommendations or comments about this game before I play it? Considering I have virtually nothing else to play, I'm ecstatic about this.

*Spoilers include things like "the ending will make you cry" or "watch out for that twist!" Don't give me any hints or allusions to what happens in the game, I want to go in blind.
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I suck at the game, I'm literally playing on easy and got destroyed by these little monster things that can dig underground.


 
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I suck at the game, I'm literally playing on easy and got destroyed by these little monster things that can dig underground.

Shit fuck balls. Is it at least challegingly rewarding?


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Witcher 2 sucked shit.
The entire series is shit, actually.


 
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Witcher 2 sucked shit.
The entire series is shit, actually.

I never liked you, man. Sorry.


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Witcher 2 sucked shit.
The entire series is shit, actually.

I never liked you, man. Sorry.
The entire game is made to stroke the cocks of elitists who like 50% of gameplay to be menu systems that could easily be phased out.
Have fun with the boring combat system.


 
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Witcher 2 sucked shit.
The entire series is shit, actually.

I never liked you, man. Sorry.
The entire game is made to stroke the cocks of elitists who like 50% of gameplay to be menu systems that could easily be phased out.
Have fun with the boring combat system.

That's not why I don't like you.


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Witcher 2 sucked shit.
The entire series is shit, actually.

I never liked you, man. Sorry.
The entire game is made to stroke the cocks of elitists who like 50% of gameplay to be menu systems that could easily be phased out.
Have fun with the boring combat system.

That's not why I don't like you.
Don't try to derail your own thread.


 
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Witcher 2 sucked shit.
The entire series is shit, actually.

I never liked you, man. Sorry.
The entire game is made to stroke the cocks of elitists who like 50% of gameplay to be menu systems that could easily be phased out.
Have fun with the boring combat system.

That's not why I don't like you.
Don't try to derail your own thread.

I'm not. I didn't ask for your "review" on the game, or for you to tell me that it's designed for elitist wankers. I was looking for tips, basically.

I don't like you because you're insistently negative, for no apparent reason.


 
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I don't like the combat system.


 
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I suck at the game, I'm literally playing on easy and got destroyed by these little monster things that can dig underground.

Shit fuck balls. Is it at least challegingly rewarding?
I dunno I barely went anywhere past the prologue


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Witcher 2 sucked shit.
The entire series is shit, actually.

I never liked you, man. Sorry.
The entire game is made to stroke the cocks of elitists who like 50% of gameplay to be menu systems that could easily be phased out.
Have fun with the boring combat system.

That's not why I don't like you.
Don't try to derail your own thread.

I'm not. I didn't ask for your "review" on the game, or for you to tell me that it's designed for elitist wankers. I was looking for tips, basically.

I don't like you because you're insistently negative, for no apparent reason.
does anyone have any recommendations or comments about this game before I play it?


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The game has a great story to it, and the choices are brilliant (In the sense they are shades of grey).

You might like the combat, it's not for everyone but I did enjoy it.


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The combat is weird, the first Witcher never had that problem, not sure what the hell happened.


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I played medium difficulty, and I never had to oil my swords or anything.


 
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The game has a great story to it, and the choices are brilliant (In the sense they are shades of grey).

You might like the combat, it's not for everyone but I did enjoy it.

Well I was watching some of the Witcher 3's combat. Is it anything like that?

It seems to me like it's a tic-tac-toe system, similar to the Arkham game's formula (albeit, a bit for fluid and complex).


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Yeah, the base of the combat is the same.


 
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Yeah, the base of the combat is the same.

Then I'm looking very forward to this.


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I am the heart of the Force.
I am the revealing fire of light.
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Immortal in the Force." ― The Je'daii Code
Yeah, the base of the combat is the same.

You might want to check your eyes, the base combat is similar but improved in many ways.
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A flower which blooms on the battlefield
The game has a great story to it, and the choices are brilliant (In the sense they are shades of grey).

You might like the combat, it's not for everyone but I did enjoy it.

Well I was watching some of the Witcher 3's combat. Is it anything like that?

It seems to me like it's a tic-tac-toe system, similar to the Arkham game's formula (albeit, a bit for fluid and complex).
Dodging is your friend when in combat, otherwise you'll get your shit pushed in.


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Played the first Witcher for like 20 minutes.  It bored the shit out of me, and felt incredibly clunky.  I should give the second one a try.


 
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The game has a great story to it, and the choices are brilliant (In the sense they are shades of grey).

You might like the combat, it's not for everyone but I did enjoy it.

Well I was watching some of the Witcher 3's combat. Is it anything like that?

It seems to me like it's a tic-tac-toe system, similar to the Arkham game's formula (albeit, a bit for fluid and complex).
Dodging is your friend when in combat, otherwise you'll get your shit pushed in.

So, it's Arkham's formula with more significant punishment for failure?


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The game has a great story to it, and the choices are brilliant (In the sense they are shades of grey).

You might like the combat, it's not for everyone but I did enjoy it.

Well I was watching some of the Witcher 3's combat. Is it anything like that?

It seems to me like it's a tic-tac-toe system, similar to the Arkham game's formula (albeit, a bit for fluid and complex).
Dodging is your friend when in combat, otherwise you'll get your shit pushed in.

So, it's Arkham's formula with more significant punishment for failure?
No. You don't just spam X and Y to fly scross the map to hit an enemy when it prompts yo to. You need to roll and block or you'll die.


 
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The game has a great story to it, and the choices are brilliant (In the sense they are shades of grey).

You might like the combat, it's not for everyone but I did enjoy it.

Well I was watching some of the Witcher 3's combat. Is it anything like that?

It seems to me like it's a tic-tac-toe system, similar to the Arkham game's formula (albeit, a bit for fluid and complex).
Dodging is your friend when in combat, otherwise you'll get your shit pushed in.

So, it's Arkham's formula with more significant punishment for failure?
No. You don't just spam X and Y to fly scross the map to hit an enemy when it prompts yo to. You need to roll and block or you'll die.

Considering I'm not a casual pleb like most people at the Arkham games and actually use the proper counters when necessary, this sounds exactly like what I do.


 
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You will find out who you are not a thousand times, before you ever discover who you are. I hope you find peace in yourself and learn to love instead of hate.
I'll just torrent witcher 3, if it's good ill buy it