The Witcher - EE Overview @ Gamebanshee

Gamebanshee's Steven Carter takes a look at the recently released Enhanced Edition of CDProjekt's cRPG, The Witcher and stresses this article is more an examination of the effectiveness of the patching of the game than a review. On the dialogue improvements:

I know there are some players out there who would prefer scripts and scripted events to be as terse as possible so they can concentrate on killing things, but the changes to The Witcher’s script are actually more subtle than I expected them to be. Conversations flow better, NPCs are more conscientious about telling you where they’ll be and what you’ll need to do to complete their quests, and all of the nonsensical comments have been removed. Better yet, CD Projekt Red achieved this without the script seeming much “wordier.”...

On dice poker:

Another nice change is that CD Projekt Red improved dice poker. When the game was initially released, the dice poker opponents were monumentally dumb, and they’d often roll dice at random, without any regard to whether they were helping their hand or actually hurting it. But now the opponents are both smarter and luckier, and so it’s much tougher to get through the dice poker quest in the game. It also means that you can no longer use dice poker as a source for easy money. But on the downside, dice poker also isn’t as much fun to play any more. Opponents constantly roll full houses and six-high straights, and you’re now much more likely to lose than to win (I lost to Dandelion 10 times in a row before I finally beat him).