The Witcher - Review @ Play.tm

[Dhruin]

This reviewer (http://play.tm/story/15352) at Play.tm apparently hates fantasy and avoided The Witcher but ultimately, the game turned him around. The score is 80%, although the short text doesn't really explain what it was that broke through his dislike of the genre:
You might think, once you've taken into account that opening volley, that I'm not the best person to review The Witcher. I'm probably not. I wouldn't go near this game if I had to buy it. But every now and then reviewing games for the good of gaming does offer a few unexpected pearls in return (besides the free game and kudos, but forget that, we do this for the love of the culture - sort of). While certainly without being forced to play The Witcher I would never have bothered; what an experience I'd have missed out on. Indeed this review should have been in ages ago, but I couldn't bring myself to put a finger to key - there was so much to do and experience, I didn't want to utter a word with so much left to uncover and so I didn't, I waited, experienced and played.
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[Brother None]

Oh yay, one of those people who thinks the Witcher "doesn't match up with RPG player expectations"

It surely doesn't, if your experience with RPGs extends over Diablo, WoW and Oblivion.

[Corwin]

It's nice to see someone get an 'education'!! :)

[JDR13]

"Pleasingly, the game can be played for the top-down, no doubt homage to traditional role-playing games like Buldar's Gate and Diablo."


Um....."Buldar's Gate"?

[Fluff]

Um....."Buldar's Gate"?

Or, "I can't remember what that game was called but I gotta make it look like I'm familiar with the classics".