The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings

Pros

• Only CDPR game I've played is Witcher 2 and I loved Fallen Order.
• Literally just finished Witcher 2 which is officially my last game from 2024.
• I like Letho as a villain, so I'll try to explain why. For one, he looks like a generic video game villain, which masks that he's a lot more shrewd than you'd think on first impression.
• The Witcher 2 is probably my favorite RPG of the 360/ps3 era, but I agree with your criticisms. The story itself is great, but the *storytelling* is cumbersome at times due to the excess exposition.
• It's been years, but I remember really enjoying Witcher 2.

Cons

• I was doing okay until I decided on Roche’s path. That entire act was sooo confusing to me with all of the politicking and it carried its way into the final act IMO. Still enjoyed the game though.
• Out of all action and RPG games I've played, W2 combat felt the worst, easily. Took me 3 or 4 tries and playing the other two games to finally stick with it and beat it because of how bad combat is. Oh, and I hate how it looks, with bloo...
• I can’t comment on Witcher 1 as I haven’t played it yet. But yes Witcher 2 was basically hack and slash with a bit of magic and potions thrown into the mix. It wasn’t necessarily very good, but I enjoyed it for what it was…
• Witcher 2 had one of the clunkiest combat systems I've ever played. It was easily my least favorite Witcher game
• You found the combat in withcher 2 fun? I installed witcher 2 right after completing the first one and believe me or not I found the combat WORSE. As simplistic as it was in the W1 at least it felt unique and the animations were pretty s...