Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #341 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Atari
• Released on: 2007-10-26
• Platform: Windows XP

Manufacturer's Description
The Witcher represents the pinnacle of storytelling in role-playing games, shattering the line between good and evil with a world where moral ambiguity reigns. In a beautiful, rich game universe created by artists first, technology second, the player becomes his own hero in an epic, action-packed narrative uniquely defined by his actions. Returning to the roots of the role-playing genre with a fresh and modern approach, The Witcher emphasizes story and character development in a vibrant world, while incorporating tactically-deep real-time combat like no game before it.

Immersed in a vivid but harsh fantasy world, the player assumes the role of a white-haired witcher named Geralt, a renowned monster-slayer-for-hire and master swordsman with superhuman strength and reflexes. While trying to regain his lost memory, Geralt unwillingly becomes involved in a world-shaking power struggle. Created to provide entertainment for both fans of role-playing games and those seeking fast-paced action, The Witcher brings together epic storytelling and dynamic, visually stunning, and tactically deep action.

Customer Reviews

Absolutely Brilliant!
A really excellent RPG. Refreshingly different, great story, fresh combat and character development. Highly recommended, but wait for the enhanced edition due out shortly which will be even better.

Best RPG I ever bought!
I have been playing RPGs for over 20 years and despite advances in computing power and graphics technology none have surpassed the old D&D games of the early 1990's for gameplay; until now. In OTS mode The Witcher is the most superb RPG gameplay experience I have ever encountered. As an ex-computer progammer I have to take my hat off to the guys at CDProjekt for at last breaking the fantasy RPG mould.
Anyway, before I run out fo space let's get down to details.
Graphics: 8/10. Superb. However, repeating NPC character animations get a bit boring. Problems with some graphics cards at certain resolution that cause the game to spontaneously crash. You can usually find a resolution that is reasonably stable, but crashes do still occur so save often. There is an updated version due out soon which I hope will solve these issues.
Sound: 7/10. Appropriately supports the game. English language lip sync issues with NPCs. Again claimed to be addressed in the updated version.
Gameplay: 9/10: OTS mode is excellent and really immerses you in the game. Use of sword and 'signs' is well balanced. There are also opportunities to use your fists. Magic is mostly catered for by self-use of potions which you must learn to make.
Storyline: 8/10: I have only played about 1/3 of the game so far, so it's a bit early to comment on story line; but one thing's clear, there are many different ways to achieve the same objective. Also there are plenty of side quests that both add to and sometimes are inter-woven with the main story line. So in other words, the storyline is about as non-linear as you can get.

There's simply not enough space here to describe all the facets of this excellent game. If RPG is your bag I suggest you go buy it and enjoy finding out for yourself.

A truly amazing game
Few games have wowed me as much as this, after I got past the irritation of the loading screens I found the game to be much more than I expected. The game is visually astounding, however has to be called a system hog, as a result I would not purchase the game now, as I have heard (do not hold me to this) that there will be a new version of the game coming out later this year with lower loading times and an editor etc. The combat system in the game is different, and, in my opinion, good. It does not have the action in combat you often see, however it does let you have reasonable control over the fight, and flows nicely. The potion making is rather nice, offering a lot of gameplay just from getting those rarer ingredients, however for those of you who just want to get into the game it's totally optional, in on the lowest difficult setting unneeded. The story itself is tremendous, offering significant depth as well as tackling more controversial subjects, there are few games that I would think are 18 for a reason, and this is one of them. Overall I find the game is stunning visually and a lot of fun, as well as having incredible depth - a must buy!