The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 44 expert reviews

Excellent:

37
Good:

7
Average:

0
Bad:

0

Pros:

Graphically stunning even with settings at low.
Great and dark story.
Ability to import saves from the original game.

Cons:

Targeting system suffers from ADD and will lead to your death repeatedly.
Inventory system is confusing.

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Last revision on February 24, 2015

Reviewers Liked

Graphically stunning even with settings at low
Great and dark story
Ability to import saves from the original game
Incredibly beautiful, detailed world
Mostly excellent writing and characters
Story has more branches than a sycamore
Technically astonishing
Morally ambiguous choices lead to gamechanging consequences
A number of exciting and memorable moments
Challenging combat

Reviewers Didn't Like

Targeting system suffers from ADD and will lead to your death repeatedly
Inventory system is confusing
Awkward keyboard controls
No fast travel or transportation
Halfbaked, sometimes frustrating combat
Terrible tutorial
Wonky interface and quest design
Combat takes getting used to and never becomes fantastic
Pacing problems
Too many quick-time events
A variety of bugs

Expert reviews and ratings

Regardless of the lack of DX11, The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings is a visually stunning game and it's right up there with Crysis 2 as the best looking DX9 titles around. While patch v1.1 delivered a much-needed performance boost, The Witcher 2 is sti...

By TechSpot on June 03, 2011

PCWhat level are you? It's a question that is brought up often among my friends. Whether it is the latest installment in a popular FPS franchise, an open-world RPG, or a simple dungeon crawler, it betrays a truth about videogames as a medium: it is...

By Realm of Gaming on May 17, 2012

One of the first things you'll be greeted with as you embark upon The Witcher 2‘s lengthy campaign is a tutorial. This is new for the Enhanced Edition. You'll be shown the ropes with a quick combat lesson and then you'll be tossed into an arena.Inside...

By technobuffalo.com on April 25, 2012

The Witcher returns with another compelling story, and numerous gameplay tweaks designed to add enjoyment to a fan...

By GamePlanet on June 27, 2011

100

The Witcher 2 manages to rise some way above the average tunnels-and-trolls RPG...

By Computeractive on June 25, 2011

Games are rarely perfect, but they don’t have to be flawless to be enjoyable. The Witcher 2 is a godsend for gamers like me, who love RPG’s but are burned out on the idea of badly translated teenagers saving the world with impractical weapons and...

By Game Observer on June 23, 2011

100

Being a gamer is a great experience though it does have one major drawback. There is not enough time in the day to play and experience all of the games that I’d like to play. One such title is CD Projekt RED’s The Witcher, which I sadly never got...

By Game Chronicles Magazine on June 21, 2011

100

While I was playing the Witcher 2 (subtitled Assassin of Kings) my first thought was ‘something this beautiful can’t be perfect’ and while I was not wrong, it’s close enough to be called a masterpiece. The Witcher 2 may have a few flaws but it is a...

By Blogcritics on June 20, 2011

Set a short while after the events in the original title, CD Projekt Red's The Witcher 2 finds monster hunter Geralt of Rivia once again embroiled in twisted plots and politics as he strives to clear his name of a heinous crime. Maintaining the rich...

By Gaming Nexus on June 10, 2011

My experience with games started off with the Polish books. They’re a lot of fun and have compelling stories. So, when I realized that there were games out, they quickly caught my eye.Sure, the original game appealed for the hardest of the hardcore...

By GamerTell on June 09, 2011

“Incredible.” “Horrendous.” “Wow. I can’t believe that just happened!” “Ugh, I can’t believe that just happened.” “Geralt, you cheeky bastard.” “Geralt, you worthless bastard.” These are all things we said while playing The Witcher 2. It’s an...

By Maximum PC on June 07, 2011

The hero of The Witcher 2 looks like a cross between Edgar Winters and the saxophone player from The Lost Boys. During the dialogue, his delivery is very Christopher Lambert. He has amnesia, of course, and a hawt mage girlfriend. His name sounds like...

By 1Up on June 04, 2011

There’s something about fantasy games, I’m not really sure what it is. Maybe it’s implicit in the name. Its many different, but not dissimilar worlds offer some of the best examples at escapism we’ve got. Throughout literature we’ve loved fantasy,...

By NZGamer on June 03, 2011

The Witcher 2 is such a fucking treat. Rarely does a series so lavishly reward its fans for participating in a game's fiction as the Witcher series aims to do, but the fruits of CDProjekt RED's labor are readily apparent in Assassins of Kings, and a...

By Gaming Age on June 01, 2011

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