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This is what makes The Witcher: Enhanced Edition 'enhanced'

4:19 PM on 08.06.2008, Justin Villasenor 18 comments

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CD Projekt’s action RPG The Witcher was the subject of pretty solid acclaim when it released last year. Based on the fantasy book series by Andrzej Sapkowski, The Witcher put players into the shoes of amnesiac monster hunter Geralt, and presented plenty of long-running consequences depending on various choices made hours earlier in the game. Everything wasn’t all sunshine and roses, though, as the game suffered from various technical problems such as long loading times.

These problems, although somewhat addressed in patches, are promised to be completely fixed in the upcoming The Witcher: Enhanced Edition. Aside from the technical fixes, visual improvements, over 5000 lines of re-written and re-recorded dialogue, more than 200 new dialogue animations, an enhanced inventory, and improved combat responsiveness are also among the promised improvements we can expect to see in the Enhanced Edition.

Several more bonuses will also be packed in with the Enhanced Edition. There will be two brand new adventures, an adventure editor, a multilingual disk for people that want to listen to the spoken dialogue in different languages, the Official Soundtrack CD, a Music Inspired by The Witcher CD, an official game guide, The Witcher short story by Andrzej Sapkowski, a Making-of DVD with behind-the-scenes video footage, and a map of The Witcher’s world.

That sounds like one hell of a bargain for $50, and I don’t about you, but I’m definitely going to be picking up the Enhanced Edition when it comes out this September.


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king3vbo's Avatar
king3vbo at 08/06/2008 16:22
Once the game was all patched up, it was AMAZING. Honestly, one of my favorite Western-styled RPGs
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GuitarAtomik at 08/06/2008 16:24
I really want to play this fucking game but my poor computer can't handle it :[
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riomccarthy at 08/06/2008 16:29
I wish this is what would have come with it when I originally bought the game, though is the short story by chance what came with as the pre-order item?
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Solivagant at 08/06/2008 16:44
The Witcher is probably the last real CRPG until Bioware's Dragon Age is released. Any proper CRPG player that hasn't yet tried out The Witcher's mature and darker storytelling, with choices that matter, great and darkly humorous dialog, and fast paced but tactical combat system, should give it a try when the Enhanced edition comes out.

Definitely worth it.
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Ace Crikey at 08/06/2008 16:44
@ riomccarthy

The 'enhanced' changes to the game are being released as a patch for those that have the game already.
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NukaCola at 08/06/2008 17:10
Will the multilingual options be in the patch too? I sure hope so, I wanna play this game in Polish with English text.
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Ace Crikey at 08/06/2008 18:11
Hopefully they will be. There's a 'fix' here providing the original English subtitles (much better than what's in there at the moment).

http://www.thewitcher.com/forum/index.php?topic=6925.0

The Polish voice overs here.

http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/genmessage.php?board=915112&topic=40852234

I imagine the Enhanced version will be better than this quick fix, but it does work pretty well.
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Arttemis at 08/06/2008 18:54
@King3vbo, Solivagant - Wow, those are quite some statements!
I've missed out on The Witcher so far... looks like I'll be picking this up when it's released.
Alanar's Avatar
Alanar at 08/06/2008 19:22
Wow... Even though I already have the game, I think I might buy the Enhanced Edition. So much bonus content...
Wedge's Avatar
Wedge at 08/06/2008 20:14
Kinda wished it was a deluxe $30 release with just the game content... I don't pay $50 for games =X
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ArrestedDeveloper at 08/06/2008 22:08
I think I remember them saying if you already owned the game you got to download a patch that made your old version the enhanced addition.
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RJG at 08/07/2008 00:41
This is going to be epic. My old computer couldn't run The Witcher, so I didn't buy it, but with a new computer comes new responsibilities, so I'll be on this like Mario on mushrooms.
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TewDee at 08/07/2008 01:24
So...those that bought the old game are F-ed in the A?
Wedge's Avatar
Wedge at 08/07/2008 02:31
If what AD said is true, maybe I can pick up an older copy cheap...
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matoos at 08/07/2008 08:37
TewDee CDProjekt confirmed already some time ago that for those who bought the first version there will be a patch released via the games autoupdate functionality. Also, the additional adventures will be released as a free download, so no, I wouldn't say that we're effed in the A.
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Eschatos at 08/07/2008 09:49
It's out on the 16th. Will buy.
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