The Witcher - EE Review @ Games Radar

[Dhruin]

PC Gamer UK supplies this review of The Witcher: Enhanced Edition. The score is 8/10 and here's a bit on the sccript improvements:

However, all this is just bonus content compared to the big addition – the new script. For reasons too silly to go into here, the original version’s translation didn’t so much get cut down as slashed to bits with a machete. Since then, the developers have scraped together the cash to pull the actors back into the studio, re-record a few thousand lines and slot them in. It’s exactly what the witcher doctor ordered... as far as it goes. The replacement lines are a massive improvement, but they’re resolutely a patch-job, not a full rewrite. Where before a question might be simply “Murderers?” you now get “Why do you say I work for murderers?” or extra flavor text such as “that flea‑ridden hick” instead of simply “Odo.” Go in expecting Geralt’s adventures through the land of tits and racism to suddenly smack of a Chris Avellone/Dostoyevsky tag-team, and you’re going to be disappointed. There are plenty of rough edges and dodgy conversations left over, not least the incoherent innkeeper from the very start of the game. They’re just not constantly shoved in your face any more, letting you focus on the bits that actually matter.

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[Zloth]

There's a more extensive review here (via GameRankings): http://www.gamerankings.com/itemrankings/launchreview.asp?reviewid=965114

EuroGamer gave the game a 7/10 on release and gives it an 8/10 now.

 

[Dhruin]

We posted the Eurogamer review a day or so back.

 

[Zloth]

D'oh! I'm not watching the watchers close enough!