Witcher 2 delayed and CE contents

simon said:
Yeah, thats more or less what I wanted to know was how much boxed is worth. Personally its worth the extra 100 - 200. Sometimes less, sometimes more.
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Would be really interesting to know how much each part of the packaging cost as well as the obvious making and shipping there of.

simon said:
I have all the Asterix and Oblix on pdf, but I would rather grow my current phyiscal book collection (around 17 of them :D)rather then just las it and stick with the PDF version that I have. Those are really a collectors and are difficult to find for under R110 each. To me its definately worth that R110 each
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I don't want to talk about those it's depressing. I wish I had more appreciation for those when they were around by the dozens.
 
Stefan9 said:
Basicly if you are on uncapped then there is no practical reason to want the retail version.
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Does Steam etc run any risk of getting hacked like PSN was. I have never bought a Steam digital copy before so I am just wondering if it is possible that should they get hacked or something your bank details could get hacked at all?
 
simon said:
Does Steam etc run any risk of getting hacked like PSN was. I have never bought a Steam digital copy before so I am just wondering if it is possible that should they get hacked or something your bank details could get hacked at all?
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There is, but I'm using paypal. Though even that as with everything isn't 100% secure.
 
For those who haven't subscribed to the Witcher 2 newsletter, I just got this in my inbox. Enjoy

The Witcher 2 Newsletter: April 2011


Hello everyone,
The RED team is back with an update straight from our Warsaw studios. We are less than four weeks away from release of The Witcher 2, which means only one thing! You will get to play it really soon! How does that sound, huh? In the meantime, you can read up on what's been going on in The Witcher's world over the past month.


The Witcher 2 - Lots of new gameplay footage

In the month of April, we put out a lot of new gameplay footage from The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings. This meant, we were able to provide lots of new information to our fans.

-Developer Diary: Character Development and Items

-Environment Slideshow showcasing various in-game locations

-Gameplay video on combat system

-Gameplay video from the CDP Spring Conference

Of course you can watch them all in the apropriate section at our official website .

P.S. It's just the beginning:), you can expect many more stunning gameplay materials in the near future.

Preview of Doppler Effect Contest winners' faces

A few months ago, we promised that we would show how the Doppler Effect Contest winners' faces look in-game. You can check the pictures below or watch them in motion in a short video we've prepared for you. We hope that the lucky winners are satisfied with the final result.


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The Art of War Contest results are in!

We have one word to say about this competition... Wow! We knew that our fans were creative, but the number and the quality of the original entries we received was far beyond what we expected. We want to thank every single person who decided to participate. If we could, we would give each one an award. We did pick three winners and four honorable mentions, but we wish we had more prizes.

Here are the winners:

1st place: Benedetta Barone - Nvidia Geforce 460 GTX + press kit (Entry)

2nd place: A. A. Kucherov - Nvidia Geforce 460 GTX (Entry)

3rd place: Dariusz Zieliński - Press kit + Geralt Action Figure (Entry)

Honorable mentions:

Krzysztof Urbańczyk - Press kit (Entry)

Guillaume Cheron - Press kit (Entry)

Valerian Prevost - Press kit (Entry)

Adam Pogorzelski - Press kit (Entry)

Once again, Congratulations everyone!


The Witcher 2 has gone gold!

The gold master version of our game has just been approved and has gone to production! It's been a long time coming but we made it and now we are just weeks away from the big day. As we enter the final stretch, we would like to thank each and every one of you for your continued support.


The Witcher 2 Preview Impressions

In April, we sent out a preview build to journalists all over the world and have been receiving very positive feedback ever since. Here are examples of what some top sites have said about our upcoming game:

IGN
'You should definitely keep an eye on The Witcher 2. It's got brutal combat, it's telling an epic story, it has deep character customization, and is certainly not afraid to show you a little skin every here and there.'

Gamespot
'Graphically, The Witcher 2 was a beautiful game to behold, with its soft, muted color palette and realistic-looking sunlight. On the high graphical setting there was an impressive amount of detail on both the character models and the environment. The Witcher 2's revamped gameplay, impressive visuals, and dark storyline make for an exciting role-playing sequel.'

Gametrailers
'The Witcher 2 feels rich, multilevel and complex - full of details to be explored. Four years and a custom built engine evidently made quite a difference.'

Destructoid
'Western fantasy role-playing games have moved in different directions over the years. Now it looks like we finally have a game that tries to do it all, and in doing so might blow anything away that we've grown to kind of accept in recent years. If you were one of those people that complained about Game X and said "I'll wait for Witcher 2 instead," then congratulations: you were right.'

Kotaku
'The Witcher was one of the best PC role-playing games of all time. The Witcher 2 might wind up being one of the best PC games of all time. Find out on May 17.'

PC Gamer
'I just finished playing through the Prologue and the whole first Act - ten glorious Witchering hours, give or take - but is it really the epic RPG we've all been hoping for? Hint: Yes.'
 
Pr⊕phet said:
Till you card gets cloned in-store, or take 2 gets hacked ;)
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Or you get mugged on the way to Bt games,ect to pay for the game...

With everything there is a risk but steam does miminize risk. This is the exact reason why your store info containing credit card info is stored on a seperate server as opposed to the steam forum info. That's why you need 2 logins for the forum and the store.
 
I see Witcher 2 will have permadeath :)

In recent times, we've seen that many of us aren't afraid of more challenging games. In a post-Demon's Souls world, we'll pass on the hand-holding, thanks. I'm personally a fan of player choice, so I think CD Projekt is doing it right with The Witcher 2.

Lead designer Mateusz Kanik talked up the game's difficulty settings to Eurogamer. There's Easy, Medium, Hard, and finally, what you came here for: Insane. In that last one, "You can save the game, but when you die the saves are disabled."

And don't think you can just bypass the enemies, either. "It won't be easy to not fight the monsters. We fixed that by giving all opponents special abilities which allow them to catch the Witcher." For instance, "Undead can dig into the ground and get up near the player."

Kanik says an achievement will be tied to Insane difficulty, so let's hope you're either up for the challenge or aren't OCD about pieces of text that show your in-game accomplishments.

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I'm not even gonna fool myself and try that difficulty. Hell, I probably won't even try "hard".
 
I know permadeath sounds like a challange but I used to play operation flashpoint and I hated the 1 hit 1 kill - dead forever routine..
what sounded like a good idea ended up being annoying and deserved to be patched out.
 
yeah I will be either play on easy or normal. I am not very good at computer games lol I still enjoy them a lot
 
Aussie gamers got kicked in the nuts by their censorship board again...

Why The Witcher 2 Was Altered for Aussies
By Tim Colwill - Tue May 3, 2011 12:50pm -

The Witcher is a quite, err, sexy game
Overnight, we received word that The Witcher 2 had received an MA15+ rating for "Strong violence, sex scenes, nudity and coarse language". With the game being rated 18+ in the UK, did the developers change anything for the Australian system? We've been in touch with Australian distributors Namco Bandai who can confirm that they did - and here's what it was.

Only one thing was changed: Geralt is no longer able to choose to accept sex as a reward for successfully completing a side quest. The idea of receiving sex as a reward was not suitable for inclusion within an MA15+ classification, so Namco Bandai requested that CD Projekt remove the option of choosing to have sex as one of the rewards for that quest. The quest and the character who offers it are still in the game, but presented in a "slightly different context".

We are assured that this is the only change made to the Australian version of the game: the rest of the game remains untouched.
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http://games.on.net/article/12392/Why_The_Witcher_2_Was_Altered_for_Aussies
 
Good news if you went with gog,

pre-loading starts tomorrow :)
witcher 1 premium for $4.99 tomorrow* :)

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*everyone, not just those who pre-ordered :)
 
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