Lizmichi said:
Oh yes yes burn Yahtzee for disliking something. It's not his job to like a game, it's his job to tell you what the game did wrong and why he didn't like it. He hated the Witcher so I'm not surprised he hated the Witcher 2. I honestly didn't like the Witcher at all so I guess I need to hang.
Guys it's ok for someone to dislike something you like. Why should what others think of something matter if you like it. That's fine really it is. I don't go after others for liking the Witcher or hating Dragon Age 2. I love Dragon Age 2 and I know that allot of people don't agree with me and that's fine. My point is let Yahtzee think what he thinks, you can disagree with him but god please people calm down.
I don't think anyone is protesting against Yahtzee's opinion, just at the manner in which he arrived to it.
Basically he ran it on a s**t computer(which is funny since my ancient Nvidia 9600 GT does fine on low settings), sucked big time at it(probably didn't use any strategy other than hack and slash, a by-product of playing too many dumbed down console games me thinks) and tried to hide it by having a go at the PC crowd to make himself look cool and save face at the same time.
His review shows everything that's wrong with many gamers today. I've been mostly a PC gamer for the better part of a decade, though not exclusively PC obviously. Witcher is in no way a complex game to learn, the only thing complex about it is its intricate storyline with many endings and such but it's not like this hasn't been done already.
To come here and read that some players:
-don't know how to use bombs in combat.
-don't know which sign does what(it's explained in the freaking journal).
-don't know why Geralt doesn't gulp potions during combat.
-don't know why we have a silver sword and a steel sword.
-don't know how to skip cutscenes.
-don't know what strategies and oils to use against particular monster(again, the freaking journal - see grapeshot with nekkers).
And so on. Gaming is becoming more and more dumbed down when a game like Witcher 2 is considered "difficult". It's only a bit challenging in certain sections but 90% of it is a freaking breeze on normal difficulty. And this is coming from a guy who isn't exactly a hardcore gamer.