Recent reviews by Scherge

Shooter-driven movie-length cutscene, showing what "Die Hard" would have looked like if John McClane was a drug-addict with a serious death wish. In Sao Paulo. With 50 times increased death count. In Slow-Motion.

Hard to compare with most other shooters including it's own predecessors, and maybe you shouldn't. If you're the person who can overlook some rough edges in the gameplay for a good story presentation, this might be for you.
Take it as it is, shoot-dodge like hell, enjoy the ride. Ending even gets as close to a happy end as Max will ever get.

I sure had lots of fun. Recommended.

War. Deceit. Terrorism. Murder. Sex. Treason. Prostitution. Violence. Loyalty. Espionage. Racism. If somebody tells you that Witcher 2 is for mature audiences, this isn’t because it’s exceptionally bloody or gory for a title of its genre – it’s because of the world and stories that it presents.

It’s true: the graphics are mostly really good, even stunning in places. Battle is tactical and you have to learn how to use both your weaponry and your magic abilities in order to succeed. Music and sound are pretty good - the nice use of different dialects is a good reason that you should consider playing it in English even if that’s not your native language. The flaws that actually bothered me were few - like the fact that Geralt (your character) puts up the same facial expression for 80% of his dialogue.

Yet it’s the storytelling and the way you shape WHAT story unfolds that I enjoyed most.
Geralt has a real talent to end up as the “right guy in the wrong place”. And even though he progresses through the quests for pretty personal reasons, he constantly finds himself forced to make decisions that have a much larger impact than his personal fate. Who will you trust? Who will you help? By the time you finish the first chapter you will have made decisions that will not only control the way you experience the rest of the story, but also will shape the lifes of many of the characters you met and – in the end – maybe even the rise and the fall of the nations that you cross. As usual in the Witcher games, you will find that not all of your decisions have the effect that you hoped, and often you only can try to choose the lesser evil.

When I finished the game I felt the urge to play the Witcher 3 (which isn’t released at the time of this writing). Not because of the (hopefully) good gameplay and graphics that I expect – but because I wonder where Geralt's personal story and the big events that happen around him will finally lead.

So do yourself a favor, get past the crappy tutorial and average prologue and then – starting with the first chapter - play one of the finest RPGs that are out there.