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The Witcher

This is the main culprit why I was away from the online gaming world and at the same time my savior when I had no internet during the weekends. I suck in making reviews so my apologies if things gets all jumbled up.

The Witcher, as far as the PC game is concerned, is a story about you, a witcher, and your choices. I think it's the closest thing to "role-playing" because you decide not just the story flow but the attitude your character wants to manifest.

This is Geralt also known as "White Wolf". He's a witcher. Witchers were once a human that undergo mutation called The Trial of the Grasses. The mutation leaves them heightened senses, stronger and faster than the average human being. But what's unique about Geralt, aside from his white hair, is he's not completely stripped off from his emotions. Thank gawd he's still ruthless.

The game is set-up in medieval times where knights, sorcerers, vampires, werewolves, and gods exist. Caught up in the middle of  a fight between humans and nonhumans, Geralt struggles to be neutral but the need to choose is inevitable. It's more on exploration and talking than fighting. You'll spend most of your time running around for your quests.

Gameplay is ok. Stat distribution is different from the normal. I like the "mini games" like fist fighting, poker dice, beer drinking contest (sometimes you need to out drink NPCs to squeeze more information from them) and sex. Now, now, before you start putting on that devilish face, it's not like what you're thinking. The sex scenes per se are just cut scenes and shows a card with a visually stimulating image of the woman. Each woman has different images. Access to it will depend mainly on the situation and how you talk to them.

Another thing that I really liked about this game is how they made it quite realistic.

• When it rains, townspeople run for cover.
• They sleep when it's time to sleep.
• Female main characters wear nighties when they sleep.
• You see them walking on the street on a certain time going to where you can find them.
• There are certain quests that you can do only during night or day.

And the best part - the graphics. My screenshots will speak for themselves. Pardon to some images that are taken in low resolution.