Is Witcher 2 more like Bioware or Bethesda?

[Felon]

Setting traps usually implies a slower, more cautious pace than usual. Is this a stealth combat game?

 

[Hand of Evil]

Setting traps usually implies a slower, more cautious pace than usual. Is this a stealth combat game?

No, while you can go stealth in places most combat is kill or be killed. Traps are interesting as there are "kind" of two two types; those you cast in combat and those you place. The "placements" are for setting of traps to lead foes to or part of a quest. Combat traps are "hold & damage" spells.

 

[Agamon]

To those that have played both, how does it compare to the first Witcher? I enjoyed that back in the day, and decided to wait for the console version of Witcher II, but I've got a big backlog of games I want to get to, so I'm wondering if I should just wait a bit on it.

 

[Argyle King]

I thank the OP for asking the question. I was wondering the same thing myself, but my tastes are the opposite. Currently playing through ME2, and -while it does have things I enjoy- I don't enjoy it as much as everyone else seems to.

I was trying to decide if I should pick up Witcher 2 or not.

(At the risk of derailing the thread, I have a side question: Why doesn't anyone in the Mass Effect universe invent melee weapons? ...or at least something which works better than the shotguns in the game seem to. I'm playing a vanguard, and I've had more success beating my opponents to death than using the shotguns.)

 

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[Deuce Traveler]

It's a lot like CD-Projekt and not much like Bioware or Bethesda. Seriously, you can't compare the three. The Witcher games are continuations from a series of award-winning Polish fantasy novels, so the game has its own developed lore and history that is more central European in origin rather than Bioware or Bethesda which are more American-centric.

The gameplay is also from a top down perspective while Bioware and Bethesda are predominantly 1st person or 1st person over-the-shoulder. The original Witcher was built using a suped-up version of the Infinity Engine that Planescape and Baldur's Gate used.

I don't believe you can or should compare the CD Projekt to Bioware or Bethesda.

 

[Hand of Evil]

To those that have played both, how does it compare to the first Witcher? I enjoyed that back in the day, and decided to wait for the console version of Witcher II, but I've got a big backlog of games I want to get to, so I'm wondering if I should just wait a bit on it.

It is a re-vamped game - combat and game view has change but it does have the same flavor, everything has been re-worked.

It is a very fun game to play, very good plot and story with a cool world.

 

[JohnRTroy]

It is a re-vamped game - combat and game view has change but it does have the same flavor, everything has been re-worked.

It's much more action oriented, over the shoulder kind of thing, and it's very much it's own thing.

Like people said, it's much more Bioware than Bethesda, but it's it's own thing. I think it's a worthwhile purchase for major RPG fans, the only reason I warned people about the combat is I don't want people to think this is a turn-based tactical RPG similar to old school ones or where you control a party of multiple people. It was one of the best games I played last year.

 

[Kzach]

The thing with Bioware games is that I never felt challenged by the combat in them. Whether Knights of the Old Republic or Mass Effect or Dragon Age or Baldur's Gate, combat was never the central focus of the game. These were, to me, primarily RPG's.

And that was a good thing. It meant that I rarely felt let down or frustrated by the story. It meant that I could feel heroic in combats without needing to practice some esoteric, real-time, combat system that would leave me dead more often than not simply because I didn't press A instead of B at the right time. The story and the character were the focus.

Given how combat-centric the Witcher 2 seems to be, I'm not sure I'd enjoy it. I'm the type that will obsess over excelling in something that challenges me, which I find exhausting and so I tend to choose which challenges I'm willing to be challenged by, very sparingly. In fact, the last time I felt challenged by any video game was with Myth 2.

 

[Felon]

I have a similar concern that the game will wear me out long before I can make a dent in it. And I won't even bother to sit down and play it casually to kill an hour. But regardless, Gamefly should have it here by tomorrow.