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.

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Alternate Titles

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

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User Reviews

A grain of truth	St_Martyne (3563)
Choose your path, Geralt	Unicorn B. Lynx (63675)
Possibly the finest RPG I've ever played	Jeanne (58906)
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... (13176)

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The Press Says

AceGamez	Nov, 2007	10 out of 10	100
RPGWatch	Dec 01, 2007		100
Imperium Gier	Oct 24, 2007	9.3 out of 10	93
ActionTrip	Nov 06, 2007	91 out of 100	91
Game Shark	Nov 30, 2007	A-	91
Vgames	Dec 23, 2007	90 out of 100	90
Atomic Gamer	Nov 01, 2007	88 out of 100	88
GamesFire	Nov 14, 2007	85 out of 100	85
Jolt (UK)	Nov 01, 2007	8.2 out of 10	82
GameStar (Germany)	Oct 31, 2007	73 out of 100	73

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Forums

Topic	# Posts	Last Post
Damn you Sigfried!	26	Indra was here... (13176) Dec 26, 2008
Thge Witcher Enhaced	7	stvedder (6436) Sep 01, 2008
Questions...[Warning Spoiler Alert]	5	Indra was here... (13176) May 10, 2008
Yahtzee hates the Witcher.	83	NatsFan (118) Mar 22, 2008
F****ng barricade!!!! Please help!!	12	Indra was here... (13176) Mar 19, 2008
Enhanced version coming in May	3	Unicorn B. Lynx (63675) Mar 17, 2008
Questions...	13	St_Martyne (3563) Feb 16, 2008
Did you know ..?	1	Jeanne (58906) Feb 13, 2008
Burn!	7	Schadenfreude (578) Feb 03, 2008
Censorship issues.	11	HandofShadow (48) Jan 05, 2008

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Trivia

In October 2008, one year after the release, the development studio CD Projekt RED Sp. z o.o. announced to have sold one million copies of the game (including the enhanced edition).

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This entry to the MobyGames database was contributed by Rabbi Guru (1238) on Oct 25, 2007.