Skinwalker
*teleports into you*
Apparently, a lot of people don't seem to realize that Witcher 2 was a fantastic video game with a marvelous story featuring a complex medieval political drama, with plenty of interesting characters, elaborate backstories, and more choices & consequences than 99% of decline-era RPGs. The entire middle section of the game is completely different, depending on the choice you made at the end of the first chapter, and the ending can shake out in a multitude of different ways, including having a drink and a heart-to-heart conversation with the final boss, instead of a battle.
Witcher 2 is a rare example of a fantasy RPG that FULLY avoids trite save-the-world muh-chosen-one "epicness" that is so pervasive in medieval fantasy, and thoroughly infests its sequel Witcher 3. Instead, it puts the protagonist in the middle of a rapidly devolving power-struggle between several factions, using espionage, assassinations, toppling rulers of kingdoms, rulers of other kingdoms striking back, a cabal of witches, and a powerful empire waiting for a moment to strike and take everything under its control.
Of course, Witcher 2 is not a walking simulator, and has a fairly decent combat system (better than Witcher 3, afair), but that's not the strong suite of the game. If you're a combatfag/systemsfag - don't bother, there's plenty of better ones out there. But if you like to play your way through an engaging story... you might want to check out the Asses of Kings.
Witcher 2 is a rare example of a fantasy RPG that FULLY avoids trite save-the-world muh-chosen-one "epicness" that is so pervasive in medieval fantasy, and thoroughly infests its sequel Witcher 3. Instead, it puts the protagonist in the middle of a rapidly devolving power-struggle between several factions, using espionage, assassinations, toppling rulers of kingdoms, rulers of other kingdoms striking back, a cabal of witches, and a powerful empire waiting for a moment to strike and take everything under its control.
Of course, Witcher 2 is not a walking simulator, and has a fairly decent combat system (better than Witcher 3, afair), but that's not the strong suite of the game. If you're a combatfag/systemsfag - don't bother, there's plenty of better ones out there. But if you like to play your way through an engaging story... you might want to check out the Asses of Kings.