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Summary: It feels pretty brutal to give a thumbs down to The Witcher 2 given how much I loved this when I first played it years ago. I think my feelings on it are more complicated than that, but unfortunately there are only two options on Steam and I definitely can’t say I recommend this game. Despite the fact that I have some nice things to say about it, it has just aged a little too much to be something I enjoy and tell other people to try. It’s aged way better than its predecessor by a country mile, but sometimes even a valiant effort isn’t enough.

Review: The first thing I want to acknowledge and give credit to is that this game is a straight improvement on the first in literally every way. It’s shocking how much they learned from their mistakes and this game is quite possibly the best example of why bad games need sequels, because they absolutely improved everything. Combat, characters, writing, world and quest design, art style, you name it it is almost certainly better in this game. Exploration especially is a real highlight. I loved touching every part of these maps, especially Act 2 which is absolutely the high point of the game. A lot of parts have aged relatively poorly, but I want to give credit to this game for being a real achievement for the studio. Life Effect

Unfortunately, I am reviewing it today, not 14 years ago (♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ time flies), and by today’s standards this game just doesn’t quite hold up. The most obvious way it doesn’t is gameplay, specifically combat but also itemization and preparation. The combat just isn’t… fun? It definitely looks a lot better and feels a lot more dynamic than Witcher 1, but once you spend a lot of time with it it really loses its luster because for the most part you just upgrade your dodge roll and just spam that until you win. The enemy types start out promising in the first area with a couple cool monster types that are both different and a pretty sick boss fight, but that variety never grows to a more interesting point.

There are unique items that you can use to augment and assist combat just like the other games like oils, bombs, and throwing knives, but they all just kinda…suck? For lack of a better word? That’s unfair for bombs, because the combo of Dragon’s Dream and Dancing Star is straight up sick as hell and can just clear anything, but other than that I don’t think I used a single other type of bomb because why bother?

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