So I just started playing The Witcher 2: Enhanced Edition the other day. I'm a few hours in now, made it to Flotsam and fussed around a bit in town preparing to head out on my first side-quests.
I'm actually really surprised at how little I'm enjoying the game so far. I am a big RPG fan, and given the critical acclaim this game has received I was expecting to love it. Alas, it's not impressing me at all. It's VERY unpolished, with terrible AI, awkward controls, clunky combat and hit detection, graphics and sound glitches, frustrating interface design, etc., etc. The story stuff seems cool, but the actual gameplay is severely lacking.
Why are people so in love with this game? Is it mainly due to the story stuff? If so, that's fair enough I guess, but story alone is not enough to carry an entire game for me.
I guess I'm posting this because I'm honestly kind of baffled at this point. IMO it feels more like a 60% or 70% average review kind of game, not an 80%+ average as it is. Seems massively overrated. I really want to like it but I'm finding it hard to get passed how unpolished everything is.
What are your thoughts on it?
I'm actually really surprised at how little I'm enjoying the game so far. I am a big RPG fan, and given the critical acclaim this game has received I was expecting to love it. Alas, it's not impressing me at all. It's VERY unpolished, with terrible AI, awkward controls, clunky combat and hit detection, graphics and sound glitches, frustrating interface design, etc., etc. The story stuff seems cool, but the actual gameplay is severely lacking.
Why are people so in love with this game? Is it mainly due to the story stuff? If so, that's fair enough I guess, but story alone is not enough to carry an entire game for me.
I guess I'm posting this because I'm honestly kind of baffled at this point. IMO it feels more like a 60% or 70% average review kind of game, not an 80%+ average as it is. Seems massively overrated. I really want to like it but I'm finding it hard to get passed how unpolished everything is.
What are your thoughts on it?
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