Anybody Here Played the Witcher 2?

[Vince]

A few weeks ago I ran across a post inviting experienced modders to apply to be Beta Testers for their REDkit for the Witcher 2. The REDkit is their modding tool, like the CS or CK. On a lark I applied, listing my mods, experience etc., figuring if I won, I'd buy the game.

Today I was notified that I was selected. I'd like to know a few things before I buy it. As I understand it, it is DRM free and if I buy the DVD-ROM from Amazon, I won't have to sigh up with STEAM. Is that correct?

[donnato]

Wow, that`s great Vince. Sorry, I haven`t played yet but I`m interested.

[Vouivre]

You get the game sign up to their forums, and log in through there... haven't played it much but there was no steam involved. I have the game and they've done incredible work. They put quality above quantity... their first patch redid the tutorial section because it was too hard. No real bugs were fixed. I'd also suggest reading The Last Wish so you can get a feel for the story.

[Arthmoor]

I've played it, and yes, the DRM-free claim is correct. Although that's only true for an updated copy. The original copies (the one I bought) has DRM on it, but it's not Steam. It's their own thing that Atari made them attach at first. They had that stripped during one of the first major patch updates - and nearly got themselves sued over it.

I would expect the enhanced versions on sale now to be entirely DRM free. Buy retail obviously, because if you get it on Steam, Valve will force you to use the Steam client anyway.

It's an excellent game. Well worth the money. CD Projekt Red is one of the good guys who deserve to be supported.

[Vince]

Thank you all for your useful information.

@Vouivre, what is "The Last Wish"?

[Vouivre]

The Last Wish is the first book in the series of books that were written by Andrzej Sapkowski way back. The games were created after the events of the final book, greatly as an homage to the main character Gerault of Rivia. They're not for children because like in the game the themes involves but also the small bit of ideas are more for adults. I could say it might be the modern era's Lord of the Rings in terms of how it was written.

[Jac]

You can also get it at Good Old Game without DRM if you want a downloadable version. And the games are mostly certainly not for children, they earned that "AO" rating.