The Witcher 2 Assassins of Kings Thread

[KieranD]

Wow the textures look really good in those screenshots.
Made my preorder awhile ago, its the Premium Edition which is a good deal for a brand new game and i don't usually buy special editions. Its like £25 on amazon but i got it for £21 with a code on another site.

[left4lol]

New Preview from gamebanshee
http://www.gamebanshee.com/previews/...-of-kings.html
Really nice In-Depth preview covering all aspect of the game

[left4lol]

New Preview from RPG Watch : http://www.rpgwatch.com/show/article...3&ref=0&id=403
nice to see the game rujnning well on laptop at medium-high

Destructoid article about men of the witcher 2 : http://www.destructoid.com/meet-the-...2-200876.phtml

Summary of Tomasz gop interview on Eurogamer.cz : http://www.vg247.com/2011/05/11/cd-p...aditional-dlc/
Funny how they said that DLC is traditional while Expansion is clearly older then DLC

5 days away

[1Kurgan1]

Those screen caps are just amazing, but seen Kingslayer make me wish he was the main character

[left4lol]

For those who still afraid that missing dismemberment. ESRB has confirmed it on their rating summary along with other hilarious thing

This is a role-playing game in which players assume the role of Geralt, a monster slayer who must hunt down an assassin to clear his own name. As players complete quests, they use swords and magic spells to kill enemy soldiers and fantastical creatures (e.g., specters, harpies, spider-like monsters) in melee-style combat; attacks are often accompanied by slashing sounds and screams of pain. Blood-splatter effects occur when enemies are hit, and damage sometimes results in dismemberment or decapitation—blood stains and body parts occasionally appear in the environment. Other cutscenes depict gore and more intense acts of violence: a close-up view of a severed head; a restrained woman's eyes getting gouged out (off-screen); a character being castrated (not depicted) before his throat is slit. During the course of the game, some female characters are depicted topless; there is also a fleeting image of pubic hair as a woman dives into the water. Players can initiate brief cutscene sequences that depict varying degrees of sexual activity: a topless woman rocking on top of man; a man caressing a woman's back; a man pushing up against a woman's posterior—sexual moaning sounds can be heard, though the camera cuts away from explicit sexual acts. Some sequences depict a cocaine-like substance being cut into lines; another scene shows a man's back as he snorts the substance. Language such as 'f**k,' 'sh*t,' and 'c*nt' can be heard in the dialogue.

Also new info from polish interview here (translated)

- Pre-orders amount to 111,000 so far.
- Pre-order numbers are very good, better than expected, world's biggest games' pre-order numbers generally are 200-300,000, and that's on 3 platforms, The Witcher 2 is only on PC, for now.
- They'll need to get additional copies out to satisfy demand.
- Projected financial results from DM BZ WBK for the year are hoped to reach a revenue of 197.8 mln zł, a net profit of 55.2 mln zł - ed) are "ambitious, but within reach."
- We have created, "The Witcher" from the outset with the idea that he will have many parts. So I'm confident about is that in the future, players will have subsequent episodes of the saga.
- Discussed the creation of a second title, which will fill the gap between successive "witchers" and further stabilize our results. It can be assumed that it will also be multi-sectional saga for long-term profits,.
- We want GOG to double sales next year (in 2010 amounted to 9.36 mln zł - ed.) This will be achieved through collaborating with the next two or three major producers.
- Intend to expand price segments GOG. We believe that Gog.com may be the second, to Steam, who is leading the world's largest distributor of computer games in electronic form.

Great news on preorder number, and it's look like they're going to expand GoG business in 2011. Perhaps we could see some newer game released in GoG .

[kbozz71]

I've been waiting on this game for soooooo long. And all the early reviews have been great. 5 more days.......tick tock...

[AltecV1]

i do hope they will do ok sales wise,and i guess i should go out and buy it,not download it from my Swedish friends

[kbozz71]

Originally Posted by AltecV1

i do hope they will do ok sales wise,and i guess i shoud go out and buy it,not download it from my Swedish friends

Hope you will buy, CDPR seems to be carrying the banner for pc gamers.

[caleb]

They sent out some premier day event invitations. Its in warsaw so if you're interested you can visit Poland .
Exlusive night sale with special attractions. Rock concert, fight show, meeting with game dev's, contests with rewards and surprises for the first buyers.

[left4lol]

Summary of Witcher 2 interview at gamestop facebook

Okay, time for the answers:

Q: Also, will there be a preload for Steam version? If so, when?

A: yes, might be wrong (sorry), but likely TODAY.

Q: will there be weapon combinations in tw2, and if so can they be mixed in with other commands? i.e. combo part 1 -> parry -> combo part 2?

A: oh yeah, you bet! Just wait and try - the way you phrased your question tells me you're gonna love TW2.

Q: In Witcher 1, the thing that struck me the most was Geralt's swordplay. It was so fluid, like a dance. Can we expect the same from Witcher 2?

A: we've worked with the same stuntment this time, so animations are motion-captured with the same quality again. Also, for the cutscenes we used professional cinematic actors.

Q: will Geralt start with the equipment he had in the Witcher imported save? and if yes, which items will that be?

A: If you import your save you will carry over some of your items. For example Raven's armor. There will be also some other benefits coming from importing savegames but I don't want to spoil anything. Last but not least - IT'S NOT OBLIGATORY. The game is a stand-alone and plays perfectly for anyone who didn't get a chance to play the previous part.

Q: What are the gameplay hours like?? According to previews i hear the prologue was itself 4-6 hours long, and first game had 6 chapters i think, and game was quite long, judging by the internet rave i think u have implemented at least 12 chapters.... and since its bigger i wanna know how much time will i be living the Witcher world. [the time me and my buddies spent discussing the various different stories and decision will be even more]

A: We're estimating around 40h playthrough for main storyline. But that SHOULD be doubled or tippled... for the non-linearity.

Q: Will the other DLC packs that are not a bonus to those who bought the game be available for download or packs.

A: Let me announce that all our DLCs will be FREE. All of them. If anything will be for purchase, those will be expansion packs. First DLC (side-quest called "Troll Trouble") airs together with the game release.

Q: If u saying that DLC is free, it means what's on offer at amazon will be free for those who bought from gamestop, digital or retail?

A: No, I mean other DLCs - to be released from now on. For example Mysterious Merchant Pack (specific for GameStop) is for GameStop only now.

Q: Any plans for native 16:10 support?

A: Yeah, we'd love to - in one of the updates.

Q: One thing i have been dreading for quite a while now is the voice-actor of geralt, it IS the same as from the first game......right?

A: Geralt's voice remained unchanged.

Q: In the demo hands on with gamespot, i saw you guys were playing TW2 on a xbox controller? will it have proper integration for gamepads from all major brands?

A: X360 controller works well out of the box. Tested.

<INTERMISSION> TW2 IS PC NOW, BUT WE PROMISE TO TRY TO PUT IT ON CONSOLES! </INTERMISSION>

Q: How much did Clint's Man-With-No-Name persona influence Geralt's bad-assery this time around?

A: and how much did Geralt influence Clint, huh?!

Q: Advanced graphics options???, (This is mine...just to make sure )

A: we're PC title, right? So yeah, over 20 uber-detailed advanced graphical settings in the launcher. And even the brand new graphical mode (really power-demanding at the moment) called "Uber Sampling" (with the umaluts, if you like).

Q: Will the Uber Sampling you just mentioned be able to run on a 2600K and Dual 580¨s ?

A: would have to check with the programmers, but likely yeah.

Q: DX11 support??

A: We're DX9 at the moment.

I think Tomas was answering the questions, anyway got to love how dedicated these devs are, answering questions about the game on facebook....I dont see Bioware or iD software doing that!!! CD-Projekt Red should be a role model for other devs.....!

Why can't other company have DLC Policy like Cd Projekt. Hell they are the first developer that didn't make me mad about 0 day DLC .

You can now download full game manual on Steam

TF2 now has 3 Witcher 2 items
http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Three-Rune_Blade
http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Hero's_Tail
http://wiki.teamfortress.com/wiki/Si...f&#39;s_School
Valve and their silly hats :P

[Funtoss]

i m waiting for this!

this and the elder scrolls skyrim

for now i will be enjoying my dragon age II

[left4lol]

New Witcher site is now online along with a new trailer

http://en.thewitcher.com/the-witcher/2/world/video/

Definitely the most epic video game trailer that i have ever seen. Even more impressive considering that it only contain in-game cut scene with no editing whatsoever

[AsRock]

Originally Posted by left4lol

New Witcher site is now online along with a mew trailer

http://en.thewitcher.com/the-witcher/2/world/video/

Definitely the most epic video game trailer that i have ever seen. Even more impressive considering that it only contain in-game cut scene with no editing whatsoever

And to think it's going be out on the 17th.

So what ya think is the best deal steam \ amazon or gamestops ?.

[Raijian]

Game looks okay. I had troubles getting into the first one, but this looks a lot better.

[WhiteLotus]

I just got it from steam. Thankfully my last exam is on the 18th. I think I am going to play this game once i'm done!

[left4lol]

Three New Launch Trailer
Hope : http://www.gametrailers.com/video/ex...witcher/713860
Love & Blood : http://uk.ign.com/videos/2011/05/13/...launch-trailer
Disdain & Fear : http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/thewi.../video/6313852

Developer note from Love & Blood trailer



And new gameplay trailer How to kill a Witcher :
http://www.g4tv.com/videos/52929/the...er/?quality=hd

[AsRock]

Originally Posted by Raijian

Game looks okay. I had troubles getting into the first one, but this looks a lot better.

LOL, gameplay over graphics any day. And as for the 1st one it had a good reason not to look the best to start it's a old game and the game engine is a lot older as it ran on the NWN1 game engine.

[Kursah]

I still play the original from time to time, loved it. One of the last games I bought hardcopy (and pre EE edition as well), just pre-ordered from gog.com, pre-loadiing now.

[Shadowdust]

I was going to wait for awhile before buying the sequel until the price went down a little but after watching the newest trailer, I just put it back on my pre-order list. This game looks to have a lot of potential and I love how the developers aren't treating us like we're the enemy. Now I need to finish the first one. xD

[KieranD]

Well apparently my copy of The Witcher 2 has been sent out on the 14th so should be here soon! Cant wait, i never did finish the original i think i got quite far and then had to reinstall windows and never kept a save

[AsRock]

Originally Posted by KieranD

Well apparently my copy of The Witcher 2 has been sent out on the 14th so should be here soon! Cant wait, i never did finish the original i think i got quite far and then had to reinstall windows and never kept a save

I found my saves. Kinda shocked i still have as there from 2008 lol.

It's a game worth finishing maybe you should pick it back up again ? :P.

[KieranD]

Originally Posted by AsRock

I found my saves. Kinda shocked i still have as there from 2008 lol.

It's a game worth finishing maybe you should pick it back up again ? :P.

I re-bought it on steam sale a while back i might just try and do a mammoth session this week. I really did like it i just didn't want to go and play through so much again.

[the54thvoid]

I bought it from Tesco Entertainment last night only to get delivery confirmation from Play this morning. I forgot i pre-ordered it a month ago. Doh!!!

[AsRock]

Originally Posted by KieranD

I re-bought it on steam sale a while back i might just try and do a mammoth session this week. I really did like it i just didn't want to go and play through so much again.

Let me check my saves and i can send ya one of mine lol.. There dated 08 but there is only 16 saves which i think is odd thats why i am downloading it all of D2D as i type this to check them hehe.

You remember were you was in the game ?..

[left4lol]

More Screen cap from Polish Collector Edition (They got the game faster) with Uber sampling
http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/2...5161343492.jpg
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running in 3 SLI GTX 580 at 60 fps

Live Stream from people playing Witcher 2 (Polish text, english sound)
http://thehouseofvidya.net/2/

Originally Posted by KieranD

I re-bought it on steam sale a while back i might just try and do a mammoth session this week. I really did like it i just didn't want to go and play through so much again.

Got some save here (courtesy of Neogaf)
Order, Triss: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=FVFOJTQP
Neutral, Triss: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=EKDCZW6Q
Scoia'tael, Triss: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=8EMTWZTO
Neutral, Shani: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=WQHMT19O
Scoia'tael, Shani : http://www.megaupload.com/?d=L11DCRD