Wait A Second.... They Actually Care?

[Fappy]

So I have heard some great things about CDProjekt, but I wanted to reserve my judgment until after I beat The Witcher 2. Strangely, my opinion of them started forming at the title screen.

"Do you want to use HD font size?"

What. The. Fuck.

More specifically, where the fuck has this option been hiding since 2007? Is it possible that some developers understand not everyone owns HD televisions and that trying to read HD-sized font on an old tube is damn-near impossible? Wow. Hats off to you CDProjekt. Seriously.

Just wow.

For the record I own an HD tv, but I have many horror stories about about trying to play new games on old tubes. Not fun.

Also, no spoilers please. Just finished Act 1.

 

[ChupathingyX]

Wow...that's great.

Thankfully I'll be purchasing a HD TV soon so I won't have to put up with this tiny, blurry text anymore.

Also hopefully The Witcher 2 is released for PS3.

 

[Zhukov]

Yeah, those guys get a lot of things right.

Also, Letho is really Geralt's father.

 

[Jazoni89]

CD Projekt are one of the very few companies nowadays that do care, that's why they made a superb Xbox 360 port of the Witcher 2, that does the PC version justice.

Incredible graphics for six year old hardware, I must say. It's quite amazing really how they pulled it off, while still making it look fantastic.

Take note, the guy's who were in charge of that extremely shitty 360 Risen port, or that buggy ass PS3 Orange Box port...yeah I'm looking at you, you bunch of porting clowns!

 

[DustyDrB]

Vanquish also had this feature. It should be standard. I use the big text even though I have an HDTV.

 

[BloatedGuppy]

Really loving Witcher 2, with some key exceptions.

"OOOOODRRRRIIIIINNNN!"
"ODRIN! HERE BOY! ODRIN!"
"OOOOODRRRRIIIIINNNN!"
"OOOOODRRRRIIIIINNNN!"
"ODRIN! WHERE ARE YOU?"
"OOOOODRRRRIIIIINNNN!"
"ODRIN! HERE BOY! ODRIN!"
"OOOOODRRRRIIIIINNNN!"
"ODRIN! WHERE ARE YOU?"
"ODRIN! WHERE ARE YOU?"
"ODRIN! HERE BOY! ODRIN!"
"OOOOODRRRRIIIIINNNN!"


Shut. The Fuck. Up. SHUT UP.

 

[Norrdicus]

Also, Letho is really Geralt's father.

But Letho isn-

Ahhhh waaaaaait... I see, I see, my bad

 

[Emiscary]

I can't be the only guy who was put off by exactly how meaty Letho is. If he wasn't a mutant I'd have a damn hard time suspending disbelief lol

 

[Zhukov]

"OOOOODRRRRIIIIINNNN!"

Who's that?

I don't remember anything like that.

 

[BloatedGuppy]

Who's that?

I don't remember anything like that.

Spoiler

Presumably you sided with Iovreth.

Or you played without sound.

Also note I'm early in chapter 2, so no spoilers for me either, please.

 

[Zhukov]

Who's that?

I don't remember anything like that.

Spoiler

Presumably you sided with Iovreth.

Ah, that would explain it. Yeah, he was my favourite character in the game.

...

Also, umm... Scoia'tael is made of people.

 

[StriderShinryu]

Haven't got that far into the game itself yet, but the packacge is indeed an amazing one. A real manual, a hint/guide book, a soundtrack (on an actual CD, not just a digital copy), extra material on the game discs for those who didn't play part 1 and, if you pre-ordered, a pretty cool wicther amulet keychain. And that's the basic version of the game that retails for the same price as any other new releases, not the collector's edition.

Even if the game itself wasn't good, I'd almost recommend buying the game purely to show your appreciation for the developer and publisher.

 

[DoPo]

"Do you want to use HD font size?"

That actually sounds pretty cool. Such a small thing and yet shows so much understanding and care. Well, at least more than not having the option.

And the font size would really come in handy - towards the end of the game, you find the Necronomicon and it is normally a bit hard to read. You then use it to ask Vesemir some questions but first the game asks you for a few random passages from the book, so not reading it would really be annoying. And if you answer incorrectly, you'll end up summoning a Garkain.

 

[bobmus]

Though I don't really fancy the game myself, the HD font sizing thing needs to become more prevalent. Badly.

 

[Smertnik]

It's kinda crazy that in this day and age still almost no video games offer the option to resize the font. Even disregarding the issue with SDTVs (I still have nightmares about playing PS3 games before I got myself a HDTV) sometimes I can hardly read stuff even on a HDTV, like in RDR, for instance. It can't be that hard to include a few different font sizes - pretty much every thing with text in it does it nowadays.

 

[Wayneguard]

I wish Skyrim had had that option. Oh and the option to not freeze every time I play too. That would be nice...

 

[Soviet Heavy]

Really loving Witcher 2, with some key exceptions.

"OOOOODRRRRIIIIINNNN!"
"ODRIN! HERE BOY! ODRIN!"
"OOOOODRRRRIIIIINNNN!"
"OOOOODRRRRIIIIINNNN!"
"ODRIN! WHERE ARE YOU?"
"OOOOODRRRRIIIIINNNN!"
"ODRIN! HERE BOY! ODRIN!"
"OOOOODRRRRIIIIINNNN!"
"ODRIN! WHERE ARE YOU?"
"ODRIN! WHERE ARE YOU?"
"ODRIN! HERE BOY! ODRIN!"
"OOOOODRRRRIIIIINNNN!"


Shut. The Fuck. Up. SHUT UP.

Once you find him, and take them to the bar, they shut up. Even Geralt gets sick of their whining.
"Odrin, get up and stop fucking around!"

 

[Lugbzurg]

How about this?

Perfect Dark had a language filter. As soon as I saw that, I immediately switched it on (turning vulgar language off) and haven't looked back since. Now, where has this feature been hiding since 2000?

 

[GenericAmerican]

CDprojekt is one of my favorite companies because . . . they actually DO care, it's crazy.

 

[Zantos]

Shit a fucking doodle, that's actually pretty good. That has annoyed me on a fair few games. Even if you do have a HDTV, they still expect you to sit with your face planted to the screen if it's not a biggie. I hope this is an option we see more of.