Yeah, I really also don't understand what's with
the the best endings lies with sleeping with the female path,
idea.
Whether you choose to collect the sex cards or not, has zero effect at all on the main story line of TW, they are just fun little minigames like brawling and playing dice, and in fact, they are even less crucial to the storyline or gameplay than brawling or paying dice, because the latter you can win some money with, and all you get with the sex thing, is the card.
Well, if you read the books, what you get to understand is that Geralt was an experiment, who not only went through the Witcher mutation that rendered him sterile, and created an aura that makes him irresistible to women (2 of the side-effects) but also retained his human feelings and emotions. So, in a way, the sex thing is part of Geralt's personal story, because he sits with the dilemma that he can never settle down and have children; but on the other hand, women are attracted to him, and he is also attracted to them, for physical and emotional reasons - that is why he tends to be so promiscuous.
Also, as far as choices are concerned - in TW your choices have consequences all the way to the end. I'm busy with my second playthrough, and I guarantee you that different choices makes the game experience quite different. I've also played the mini-adventures that came with the Enhanced Ed., and "The Price of Neutrality" has 4 different endings, all of them based on choices you make, so I really don't get the point about your choices not mattering?
Also, the TW is pretty non-linear in the sense of that there are many different ways in which to tackle and solve quests. You can play the game 3 or 4 times in a row, and do it differently every time.
Lastly I'd better not comment on the TW combat which I enjoyed very much, as I do tend to play quite a bit of action games as well, and from that perspective the combat was actually very nice, and quite a lot less hectic and rather more tactical than what most Action-RPG's offer up.
Well, this is actually the Drakensang board, so... anyway, regarding Drakensang: I'm not really far enough in the game to comment, but I'm actually liking it more and more the more I play it. Early days though, I haven't done the ratfight under Ferdock yet...
Oh, and I find the graphics very pretty. My only gripe is with some of the character models. Those who enjoy having a sexy woman as their avatar at times, will be sadly disappointed should they decide to choose the female warrior...
(I'm not talking about myself personally here, just a remark in general, you know?)
Oh, and talking of choices: my main gripe with Drakensang so far would probably be a lack of story choices. The story seems very linear, and there is only one way to solve quests.