Trailers: The Witcher 2: Combat Overview

[Jordi]

I can't be the only one who finds the accent of the guy in the video grating. I'm sure my own accent is much worse but this is a trailer for a major RPG, couldn't you have found an English person to read it for you? Maybe an eager fan? I'm sure you could have found someone to do it for free if you tried. I just found it distracting and at odds with the stunning visuals on screen.

Bitching aside I like what I see, everything so far makes it sound like an excellent game. It's a shame I won't be able to play it on my ancient PC.

I think this is far, far better than what you are suggesting. At least now you know (or at least get the feeling) that the guy telling it is not some random English dude, but a developer who knows what the hell he is talking about. Besides, his English is very good, he just has an accent and pronounces some words slightly wrong (but still in ways that you can totally understand what he's saying).

Anyway, the game sounds nice. But like you, I probably can't play it on this PC.

 

[lucky_sharm]

Kind of reminds me of Fable 3, except the combat actually looks challenging and varied beyond "spam AOE".

 

[TheComfyChair]

This and BF3 prove why PC-lead games are the way forward

 

[Canadish]

"Pffft! You guyz need more button-awesome connection! I mean, who sets up trapz during battle! And those swordz! Plzzz, my sword is like 4 of yours tied together!
What you need to do is stick a Dragon in right away. Your playerz will get bored otherwize!
Hawke rulez!

Though seriously, that is looking pretty slick. Cant wait to get hold of my copy.

 

[Stevepinto3]

1. Holy crap, were there colors in that game? Like aside from grey and brown? Damn, when did people start doing that!

2. What kind of accent was that guy speaking in. I could not identify it.

 

[JohnnyDelRay]

Can't wait for this. I'm almost reluctant to look at too much press for this game because I know it'll be amazing and I want it to rock my socks off on first impression. Combat looks ok, although a little clunky, still more interesting than the 1st. I read all the books, and they seemed very swordplay-heavy and technical, using a bunch of terms of longsword martial arts that I had to look up later. Concentrated a lot on footwork,weight distribution, parrying and all that. So this looks like it's trying to take that more into context, as well as all the magic.

 

[TheComfyChair]

1. Holy crap, were there colors in that game? Like aside from grey and brown? Damn, when did people start doing that!

2. What kind of accent was that guy speaking in. I could not identify it.

1) i know! What was that weird leafy colour?

2) Polish

 

[Zer_]

I have this on Pre-order. I can't bloody wait.

 

[ReiverCorrupter]

"Deadly Effective"? Someone has to make a Meme out of that. >.>

Yeah, I want to know how they got Borat to do the voiceover. Seriously, what the HELL was that guy's nationality?

 

[infohippie]

I don't think anyone is that interested in the combat, wheres the video for the chicks you can bang?

Your avatar makes your comment all kinds of disturbing.

OT: I have the Collector's Edition preordered, I'm really looking forward to this game. I feel confident CD Projekt Red haven't pulled a Dragon Age 2 here, they've simplified without dumbing down.
I don't know why people are complaining about the voiceover with it's Polish accent - I found it downright refreshing after being constantly subjected to heavy American accents in most other media.

 

[tetron]

It does look nice. I hated the whole stance thing that Witcher 1 had. It made combat into pretty much rock paper scissors except the enemy could only pick one thing, and you knew what it was. I always wanted to like The Witcher but everything that people said was wrong with it was stuff I can't stand. I'm looking forward to Witcher 2, for now.

 

[sumanoskae]

Frankly, I'm a bit disappointed to see that the skill trees have been cut down so drastically, but on the other hand, the Witcher's skill system was somewhat convulted and bloated, maybe this is for the better, I'm not sure.

Seems to me that this skill system was in need of a cut down, the only purpose of the three styles in the first Witcher was to make the combat feel more complex then it really was. It doesn't seem like you can do any less, just that there's less bullshit micro managing to work through. Remember, size doesn't equal depth.

In fact, it seems to me that you can do a lot more, in the first game there weren't any active abilities that you learned in combat, all the swordfighting talents were passive and there were no physics to speak of. Since the combat is real time and you have more control over the characters actions, you can be more strategic and specific then you could by just telling him when and who to attack.

The engine the first Witcher ran on was made for party based RPG's like KOTOR or Dragon Age, Dragon Age II went the action route for no conceivable reason other then to appeal to people who wouldn't play it anyway, but since The Witcher is set up more like an action game(One guy with special powers), it makes sense that the base gameplay would be controlled like an action game.

 

[Jubbert]

Time to collect some cards.

GOTTA CATCH 'EM ALL.

 

[ethan22122]

I'll be keeping my eye on this game, It's looking pretty good.

 

[Chase Yojimbo]

Colour me not that impressed. I really see not that many changes from the first one, the only changes I have seen so far is his horendous outfit, the combination of items and magic to increase effect, 1 or 2 more spells including a slow down feature to switch between them (as well as the mentioned bonus spell at the end of the skill tree), and the reduced skill trees (Though they are not really that reduced, they are moreso just varied for skills instead of extra damage and bleed effects and so on so forth, as an example from the three old Sword Trees).

I loved the first one, it kept me thuroughly entertained, and it sure as hell wasn't the combat that was doing the entertaining. Truthfully I think these guys have been wasting not only our time, but theirs as well. Don't get me wrong, I'll still play it, but unless the story was written by the ghost of Tolkien, I will care little for it.

The only game so far that has had gameplay make me really giddy is Skyrim, which is rare, very rare, and that will be the GOTY hands down.

 

[Yossarian1507]

"Pffft! You guyz need more button-awesome connection! I mean, who sets up trapz during battle! And those swordz! Plzzz, my sword is like 4 of yours tied together!
What you need to do is stick a Dragon in right away. Your playerz will get bored otherwize!
Hawke rulez!

Though seriously, that is looking pretty slick. Cant wait to get hold of my copy.

Actually... There will be a dragon to fight in the game, in one of the versions of act 2 if I recall correctly.

That's the only part I'm worried about, since in The Witcher's world, Dragons are super intelligent, and actually a nice and reasonable creatures, so I hope they won't change them into mindless beasts of destruction.

I'm still super hyped though. I have full faith in CDP Red. This will a great game and a strong GOTY contender.

 

[lambsheep]

Can't wait, I have pre-orded the collectors edition. SO AWESOME!

 

[AndyFromMonday]

So let me get this straight. This is a PC game that uses a circular HUD to select abilities? Also, by the looks of it you can only bind 2 spells at a time. BULLSHIT. I've got a goddamn keyboard at my fingertyps. Why the fuck should I put up with that crap? Give us key binding back assholes.