Nine Reasons to Play The Witcher 2

We’re certainly not lacking in splendid things about The Witcher 2, as Hooked Gamers adds their $.02 in this list of nine reasons to play the game.  We’ve heard this before:

7. The game world is interesting
Based on novels by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski, the world of The Witcher is far from your standard Tolkien-esque fantasy fare. It is filled with political intrigue that is never simply black or white. Its non-human races are persecuted freedom fighters, rather than the stereotypes we have come to expect. Geralt himself is also refreshingly free of stereotypes. He isn’t an orphan with a Big Destiny, a lost heir to the throne or a hero suffering from amnesia…well, OK, maybe he isn’t perfectly cliché free. Luckily, the amnesia story line from the first game is gone and has been replaced with more of the moral ambiguity fans of the series have grown to love.

6. It’s uncensored
Whether it is an elf, a merchant or that bad guy you just beat to a pulp, NPCs in The Witcher are not afraid to drop the occasional F-bomb. Also, the women aren’t afraid to show off their digital assets. However, when the U.S. version of the game was released, it censored a lot of the naughty bits. This time around, CD Projekt promises that the only difference between regional versions will be the languages, and that western gamers will be able to play the game in all of its naked, cuss-filled glory.

5. Choices matter
The Witcher 2 will allow you to import a saved game from the original. If The Witcher is still installed on your hard drive, CD Projekt says The Witcher 2 will automatically detect all saves after the last critical choice point, and either suggest the file to import, or allow you to choose from all the possible ones. Although the game’s opening will be the same for everyone, they say that decisions and events from the imported save may have an affect later on, giving those who never finished the original a reason to catch up before May 17th.