The Witcher - Preview @ GameSpot

Next on The Witcher's preview trail is GameSpot, whose article provides a nice example of how a seemingly simple quest in CD Projekt's game opens up to more choices:

All the game's quests are tracked in a journal, which keeps you informed about those you are on, and where you'll need to go next to continue. For the specific mission we were on, we needed to pay a visit to a riverside shack, where the leader of a local bandit group was residing. We'd previously learned that he had information on our quarry, but first, we'd need to gain his trust. So, a simple trip further down the river to dispatch some monsters that had been causing his trade business some issues was in order.

Read on to find out what happened.