The Witcher Review

This page is a gathering of reviews for the video game The Witcher. As additional reviews for The Witcher become available, this page will be updated. The Witcher is a role-playing game for the PC that was based on a book series by Andrzej Sapkowski. The game was released to generally posiive reviews on October 30, 2007, receiving aggregate scores of 81% from both Metacritic¹ and Game Rankings².

Fast Facts

1. Developer: CD Projekt
2. Publisher: Atari
3. Platform: Windows PC
4. Genre: Action RPG
5. Mode: Single player
6. ESRB rating: Mature (M)
7. Release date: October 30, 2007

Pros

1. Beautiful graphic environments³
2. Super combat animations³
3. Good monster designs³
4. Excellent musical soundtrack and sound effects³
5. Good voice acting³
6. 40 hours of initial playthrough and three different story lines to explore³
7. Fantastic story⁴
8. Innovative new combat mechanics add depth⁴
9. Realistic NPCs with realistic problems⁴

Cons

1. Lots of bugs³
2. Long load times³
3. Unspectacular secondary character models and random animations³
4. Odd dialog⁴
5. Cheesy voice acting⁴

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