Why The Witcher 2 Needed an Enhanced Edition

[RhombusHatesYou]

The Witcher 2's hallmarks work just as well on the console as they did on Steam

Just want to point out that only the Steam distro version of The Witcher 2 requires Steam. Disc version is serial number authentication on install and the GOG version was DRM free.

Don't forget that if you have the CD key from the box copy, CDPR is giving everyone a "digital back up" if you enter your code on their site.

Indeed they are. I didn't forget it, it just wasn't relevent to what I was saying.

 

[Soviet Heavy]

Seriously, there appears to be a disconnect. If ME 3 is any indicator of what DAII was like, I can understand why people would have a problem with it.

Mass Effect 3 was much, much better than Dragon Age 2. Take that any way you like.

Sex and cursing, blood and filth, The Witcher 2's hallmarks work just as well on the console as they did on Steam - even if you can't pay a whore to do your bidding like you could in the 2011 version.

They took out the whores?! I liked the whores! =O
I always liked to roleplay that Geralt ended his day of witchery with a good old fashioned romp with the nearest doxy.

I'm sure it's still in the PC version, but I can't help but feel the poor console players are missing out on a vital aspect of the game.

To clarify, the women are still there in the whorehouse but, as far as I can tell, you can't pay them to do anything.

Did you talk to the brothel leader? She's the one you have to speak to to actually get with any of the whores.

 

[Woodsey]

Does it fix the bug where the game crashes all the time? I don't care how tweaked it is unless I can actually play it.

If its the one where it quits to desktop without warning and with no error message, try this: http://usa.autodesk.com/adsk/servlet/ps/dl/item?siteID=123112&id=9583842&linkID=9240697

Something to do with the game's memory cap, works for me, and everyone else I've seen with the issue.

I wish Capcom would take some notes from these guys.

I wish just about every major developer/publisher could take notes from these guys. Everyone else seems hell bent on treating their customers like shitty thieves while simultaneously spending millions making mediocre games because of "mass market appeal".

I don't know, for all the good CD Project Red does, the PC gamers still shit all over their game by pirating it a whole bunch.

We also bought it a whole bunch. 1.1 million copies is nothing to laugh at, especially for an exclusive to a 'dying' platform.

 

[Soviet Heavy]

I'd still argue that The Witcher 2 didn't "need" an Enhanced Edition, but we got one anyways, to improve on an already fantastic product.

 

[RhombusHatesYou]

Yeah that number is an estimate, but it's a very HIGH estimate.

It's also a an estimate so roughly calculated and filled with arbitrary values it's borderline 'pulled out of the arse'.

 

[Waaghpowa]

It's really ironic that you posted this image, because I could use it for every reply you've made. Games do get pirated a whole bunch, that's not my point is that even though it was an awesome game, and it was really well liked, it still got pirated a whole bunch. Yeah that number is an estimate, but it's a very HIGH estimate.

Also, I really don't appreciate you hijacking my posts to make some sort of inane point. No, I didn't watch your video either, mostly because I don't give a shit and it had nothing to do with what I was talking about.

I missed the point?

Let's see, I said

"I wish just about every major developer/publisher could take notes from these guys. Everyone else seems hell bent on treating their customers like shitty thieves while simultaneously spending millions making mediocre games because of "mass market appeal"."

To which you replied
"I don't know, for all the good CD Project Red does, the PC gamers still shit all over their game by pirating it a whole bunch."

I would see that as missing the point, since I spent several posts stating that they understand that they can't stop piracy, so it's best not to treat your customers like thieves. Which would be nice if EVERYONE had the same mentality. Then again, maybe we're both missing each others points since your post, in hindsight, is unclear and comes off as "Well a whole lot of people stole their game despite being nice, they should just say fuck off to PC gamers and go elsewhere".

And if you had bothered to watch the video, you'd realize just how over blown the piracy claims are, which is precisely why using the 4.5 million times pirated spiel is a waste of time.

 

[TheAmazingHobo]

Actually, you did. A perfect score kind of implies the game is perfect. Thats why its a perfect score.

You know, I agree that the Dragon Age II review was flawed, but this is really just being unnecessary confrontational about it.
Did you ever get a "perfect score" in school ? In college ? In a work evaluation ?
Did it mean that what you did was a beacon of perfection that shall never find equals amongst all of humanities endeavours ever ?
No, of course it didn´t.
All it meant was that your work was judged to be worthy of the highest rating within the framework of the scale.

 

[TheAmazingHobo]

Actually, you did. A perfect score kind of implies the game is perfect. Thats why its a perfect score.

You know, I agree that the Dragon Age II review was flawed, but this is really just being unnecessary confrontational about it.
Did you ever get a "perfect score" in school ? In college ? In a work evaluation ?
Did it mean that what you did was a beacon of perfection that shall never find equals amongst all of humanities endeavours ever ?
No, of course it didn´t.
All it meant was that your work was judged to be worthy of the highest rating within the framework of the scale.

No, I never got a perfect score, and I dont know anyone who did.

Maybe giving perfect scores to imperfect things, then denying a perfect score implies perfection is an American thing.

I wouldn´t know about that.
I´m German.

And if you truly never got an "A" (or a Sehr gut, seeing how you appear to be German too) in school (you know, the grade which by your logic implies perfection, because it is the highest) nor know anyone who ever did, you are a very interesting statistical anomaly.

 

[Simonoly]

Gosh, there's lots of arm waving going on here. Apart from the atrocious reused maps and dire setting, DA2 wasn't really that bad. I don't for one second agree with the perfect score DA2 received on here, but do we really need to keep jumping down the throats of The Escapist staff whenever possible? There are many other reviews of DA2 that slated the hell out of DA2. Try reading one of those. The Escapist is not the be all and all of games journalism. And I can't believe I'm still seeing the old "you were paid off by " accusations. If they were, how on earth would even know? It seems unnecessarily rude to make such assumptions when you have zero evidence. It's almost in tin foil hat territory.

Anyway, I just thought I'd come on this thread and say I'm having a whale of the time with The Witcher 2. Didn't have the opportunity to get it on my PC as I am in need of some upgrading but the quality of the xbox port is extremely high. I am very impressed. Reading this has gotten me quite excited about what's to come. I'm also liking the quest handbook that accompanies the game. It's actually kind of cool to have something clarify the story and choices you can make. And it's written in a way as to inform without spoilers. Hats off to CD Projekct.

 

[TheAmazingHobo]

"Sehr gut" hardly equals perfection. Not even "1+" equals perfection. 100 out of 100, meaning all possible points scored, equals perfection. Thats why they write that shit down at the end of every test, instead of just giving a number between 6 and 1. And no, I never got that, and I never saw anyone get it. (100/100, not sehr gut or eins or whatever.)

Although if they screw down the difficulty of tests even further to artificially boost statistics any further, that is indeed going to become a rare thing...

But anyway, back on topic, the DA2 review was fucking puzzling to say the least, but whatever. I really should have let it rest. I couldnt hold back the comment though, my intense CDProjekt fanboyism just spilled over. So im just going to leave it alone now, think my part, all the good stuff, and never read a review on this site again.

Ah screw it, I still don´t really get you (it seems to me, that you perfectly understand that a "Sehr gut", the highest rating amongst 6 possible ratings doesn´t imply perfection and that 100/100 kind of does. Yet you argue that the escapist giving the highest rating amongst 5 possible ratings equals perfection.), but that topic is so fucking dead it´s not even a valid target for "Create undead" anymore.

And yeah, CDProjekt is awesome and cares way more about it´s actual paying customers than Bioware does.
This entire "Enhanced Edition"-thing should be more than enough prove, if there was any doubt to start with.

 

[Susan Arendt]

The 5/5 for DA2 will forever stain this site's credibility.

The EA ad revenue's probably worth it though.

And all the players who said they liked the game...were they also paid by EA? I'm curious. A good swath of the people in this very community really loved DA2, so are they also on the payroll?

I never met one person that genuinely liked the game, but ok, maybe it's my friends with their tastes. What infuriates me however, is that even people that liked the game would point out numerous flaws of it. Most fans would say some of the characters were cool (even I liked varric, and I think DA2 was the worst moneygrab BW ever pulled) but they complained about the graphics, combat system, endlessly spawning enemies and EVERYONE complained about reused maps.

You simply cannot give a 10/10 to a game with that many glaring flaws. I know EA didin't pay you, I know you probably had to give it a good score to have review copies, bonuses, invites and such, this is the reality ov reviewing nowadays. But giving DA2 10/10 was totally bending over to EA and it forever stained this sites credibility. And you know it.

Oh, I know it, do I? Gosh! Also, we don't do scores out of 10. Just a minor nitpick.

We gave it the score we did because we believed it was an excellent game. We never said it was perfect - we've never said any game was perfect.

Actually, you did. A perfect score kind of implies the game is perfect. Thats why its a perfect score.

I guess no one comes here for the reviews anyway...

Flawed thinking. If a 5 means perfection, we'd literally never use it, which would therefore make 4.5 the top score a game could actually get (or 4 at the time the DA2 review was written). At which point then 4.5 implies "the best a game can get", and so on. If you're never going to use the top of your scale, then your scale is inherently broken. Of course, that's part of the problem with scores to begin with.

 

[Ticonderoga117]

Spoiler: Just watch this regarding piracy, It's only 5 minutes

This video is humorously awesome. Thanks for the link.

 

[Waaghpowa]

Spoiler: Just watch this regarding piracy, It's only 5 minutes

This video is humorously awesome. Thanks for the link.

And informative!

 

[CardinalPiggles]

Pretty much explained my feelings towards the EE. The thing I loved most about playing on the Xbox was the combat just felt so much more satisfying. Although I think it's moronic to think someone might accidentally miss the chronological order of the prologue.

I'm really looking forward to playing TW2 on my PC again though, once I get it upgraded.

The 5/5 for DA2 will forever stain this site's credibility.

The EA ad revenue's probably worth it though.

And all the players who said they liked the game...were they also paid by EA? I'm curious. A good swath of the people in this very community really loved DA2, so are they also on the payroll?

I'm certainly not, and I thought DA2 was a great game.

Now can we stop discussing DA2 on this thread, it's pointless!

 

[stiffy]

The 5/5 for DA2 will forever stain this site's credibility.

I agree, unfortunately. I have not logged in to this site for a LONG time, but when TW2 comes up here......I get Pi$$ed!

At the time of Tito's review, I was shocked, that he had not seen the quality I'd seen, I disagreed with him. I wanted to know who this guy was, and how on earth he had the stones to "MEH" at such a bad-ass game. All I found to his credit (aside from his writing stuff) was an embarrassed You tube stand up video, so I shrugged off.

Then Sterling(Jim)was also non-plussed too. It seems as though he wanted more of 'Nintendo-ized' Witcher. I wondered to myself, "Why on earth did these guys I like to read not react to the stuff I LOVED about the game?"

Then I realized......"Oh these guys are WRONG. Thats why."

I don't care enough to get into the (said in crybaby voice)"AWRT is subjective, I like what I like. Everything is taste and Unique." WRONG!!!!!!

Picasso is a better painter than Thomas Kinkade (RIP). If you disagree with this, then you have sh*tty taste in art, and btw are WRONG.

Tito's Witcher 2 review was bad, I give it 1.5 out of 5 stars. His objectivity as a reviewer, I will not get into. I dont care if he got the vapors from DAII (obviously) and gave it a post-coital high review. He was wrong and so is his review.

I cant take this site as seriously because of this. If this is what the site offers as their opinion of certain games, I do not want to waste my time with more reviews or lame features, people are reportedly not getting paid for (sorry that 1 was old and off topic). And I voiced my opinion by NOT VISITING THE SITE......until now that is.....the White Wolf FTW!!!!!!!!