Windows

The Witcher

Description

Based on the books by the Polish fantasy author Andrzej Sapkowski, The Witcher is a new addition to the RPG genre from Europe, starring the main character from the books - Geralt, a professional monster-slayer.

The Witcher is a dark game with a dark world. War, rape, murder, poverty, genocide, discrimination, racism, torture, fanaticism - are just a few words that describe this setting. This is the world where humans rule, and non-humans like elves, dwarves and gnomes are subjected to cruel treatment. This is the world where Geralt has to live and subject to. Will Geralt be a victim to a few sentimental moments of kindness, or will he survive as a cynical bitter murderer? These are the choices that you have to make.

Using a heavily modified engine of Neverwinter Nights, The Witcher delivers fast-paced motion-captured smooth combat action, a unique morbid storyline and choices with severe consequences. The game features alchemy and an original real-time combo-based point-and-click combat system.

Alternate Titles

• "巫師" -- Taiwan title
• "巫师" -- Chinese title (simplified)
• "Ведьмак" -- Russian title
• "Zaklínač" -- Czech title
• "Wushi" -- Chinese title
• "Wiedźmin" -- Polish title

Part of the Following Groups

• 3D Engine: Aurora
• Amnesia-themed games
• Games with alchemy
• Games with Dating
• Literature-inspired games
• Scripting language: LUA
• The Witcher games

User Reviews

A grain of truth	St_Martyne (3563)
Choose your path, Geralt	Unicorn B. Lynx (65295)
Possibly the finest RPG I've ever played	Jeanne (59142)
Every man wants to be like Geralt, every game wants to be like The Witcher	Melody (119)
[v1.1] Legendary as a story-driven adventure game; Dull as an RPG	Indra was here... (13177)

The Press Says

Imperium Gier	Oct 24, 2007	9.3 out of 10	93
GamePro	Dec 04, 2007	4.5 out of 5	90
Yahoo! Games	Dec 14, 2007		90
Pelit	Nov, 2007	88 out of 100	88
Absolute Games (AG.ru)	Nov 14, 2007	85 out of 99	86
IGROMANIA	Dec, 2007	8.5 out of 10	85
PC Arena - Game Arena	Mar 17, 2008	8.33 out of 10	83
Jeuxvideo.com	Oct 26, 2007	16 out of 20	80
GameStar (Germany)	Oct 31, 2007	73 out of 100	73
Good Game	Oct 30, 2007	7 out of 10	70

Forums

Topic	# Posts	Last Post
Damn you Sigfried!	26	Indra was here... (13177) Dec 26, 2008
Thge Witcher Enhaced	7	stvedder (6592) Sep 01, 2008
Questions...[Warning Spoiler Alert]	5	Indra was here... (13177) May 10, 2008
Yahtzee hates the Witcher.	83	NatsFan (122) Mar 22, 2008
F****ng barricade!!!! Please help!!	12	Indra was here... (13177) Mar 19, 2008
Enhanced version coming in May	3	Unicorn B. Lynx (65295) Mar 17, 2008
Questions...	13	St_Martyne (3563) Feb 16, 2008
Did you know ..?	1	Jeanne (59142) Feb 13, 2008
Burn!	7	Schadenfreude (578) Feb 03, 2008
Censorship issues.	11	HandofShadow (49) Jan 05, 2008

Trivia

In line with the murky 'film noir' theme of good and evil largely depending on context and motivation, there is a tip of the hat to Raymond Chandler/Philip Marlowe as one of the pivotal characters is Detective Raymond Maarloeve, who speaks like a hard-boiled detective from any of Chandler's novels.