Additional hours of gameplay: New major adventures set in previously unseen locations, expanding the story and introducing new characters, mysteries and monsters. Compared to the initial award winning PC release, the Enhanced Edition features lots of new and exciting content: In addition to its epic story, the game features a complex combat system that uniquely combines dynamic action and tactical depth. Thanks to the new, ultra-modern REDengine, The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings features both beautiful graphics and sophisticated in-game mechanics, drawing players into the most lively and believable world ever created in a video game.ĭefining new standards for realistic, non-linear game narration, The Witcher 2 spins a mature, thought-provoking tale to produce one of the most complex and unique RPGs ever released on PC. Still at Foltest’s side, Geralt is among them, unable to begin his personal quest to discover the mysterious assassin’s origin and identity… A month after the attempted assassination, Foltest’s armies stand at the gates of La Valette Castle, preparing for a final assault. The Order’s last bastions have yielded to the royal army, yet one more task remains - the Baroness La Valette announced her secession from the realm, and her fortress must be taken. He continues to protect the king, serving as his bodyguard as Foltest strives to bring peace to his kingdom. Soon after, he saved King Foltest’s life when the monarch was attacked by a witcher-like assassin. Entangled in the political turmoil that engulfed Temeria, Geralt helped quell the rebellion of the Order of the Flaming Rose. If those had been my first exposure (hah!) to the scene, I suspect my eyebrow wouldn't have raised anywhere near as much.Īgain though - excellent to know that CDP want to be sensitive as well as sexy.The player is Geralt of Rivia, a professional monster slayer, a witcher. I'm comfortable with admitting that basing my comments on my gut reaction to notes to seeing the demo played live on a big screen at GamesCom do seem overstated compared to poring over the shakycam small-screen Youtube clips. It’s not about that, let’s make it so players don’t want to have sex with her, they really feel for her." We’re gonna have to think about it, redo some graphics or redirect the scene. But it’s true that the way you show it, some of the players will think ‘okay so there’s a naked woman, maybe there will be a sex scene.’ "We wanted to show in a mature way that this woman is being tortured. These are words directly from the mouth of the Witcher 2's senior producer Tom Gop. Update: here's the telling quote, as I now realise a number of the more vocal commenters perhaps haven't listened to the interview. The comments are about 14 minutes in to the interview (original here), which also involves interviewer Total Biscuit reading aloud my scathing comments on the scene's original, heavily-boobed presentation in a way that makes me want to curl up and die from embarrassment. And, presumably, that they're aware that criticism of the use of titillating imagery in situations of suffering does not equate to a universal prudishness on the part of the concerned observer. While there's been a lot of disagreement as to the appropriateness of the scene, that the devs have acknowledged that at least some people are concerned is testament to how impressive and mature a game they seek to create. They don't want people to be thinking sexy thoughts when presented with a tortured woman, basically - so they're going to alter how the character in question is presented. lustily, the developers are having a bit of a rethink about that scene. Based on various comments about said torture victim arguably being presented somewhat. So, the chaps at Cynical Brit brought up some of the concerns around the depiction of a female torture victim in The Witcher 2 directly to CD Projekt Red, which led to a surprising revelation.
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