The Witcher

**Cid Highwind** · January 9th, 2007

Well now during some surfing I stumbled upon a game called "The Witcher".

It's an upcoming RPG which is more mature and grim than Oblivion and Neverwinter Nights 2.

It's using the Aurora engine, which was used for Neverwinter Nights 1, but from what I can see they use a modified Electron engine, which was the name given to the NWN2 engine. The game looks better than NWN2, and hopefully it will perform better as well seeing how they opted for lightmaps rather than having lighting calculated realtime, and the game isn't focused on a toolset.

The story is based on a Polish fantasy novel, but like said it's more mature than your average Dungeons and Dragons story, involving mutant humans, violence, titties, violence, bribery, booze and violence. Somehow it doesn't surprise me there isn't a US release date yet

IGN has a video preview up which made me really interested in the game. In it he explains some of the features, and also says how they haven't signed up with a publisher. At this moment they have signed with Atari Europe, no US release date has been set yet. It is supposed to come out in Q2 of this year, in May according to Gamefaqs.

I hope Atari isn't going to force them to rush this product to prevent it from turning into another NWN2.

Screenshots can be found here

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Splatt · January 9th, 2007

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Originally Posted by Cid Highwind

I hope Atari isn't going to force them to rush this product to prevent it from turning into another NWN2.

I've heard about this game three years ago(i even have the magazine with all the screenshots and stuff).
So it seems there is no rush.

**Cid Highwind** · January 9th, 2007

lol well back then they didn't have a publisher, so I don't hope that signing up with Atari somewhere in the past couple of months forced them to rush the final part.

It seems the only two games on my wish list are ones that have been in development for a rather long time, the other one being Stalker

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Silenus · January 9th, 2007

Interesting game CID.
Thanks for the info.

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Exodus · January 9th, 2007

Like Splatt, I've heard about this one a long time ago. I would hope they're almost done delaying the game.

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inforce · January 17th, 2007

i was impressed by the girl in the green shirt in the video preview from IGN.. dude she was hot.. ahaha. Aside from that, i havn't played NWN2 but if it's based off that engine, i kinda like it. I have NWN Diamond but im getting rid of it because it was quite buggy.. Anyways looks to be a great game, awesome textures and lighting. The cinematics were up to par with some of square's work. Nice game. Keep us up to date on this.. ahaha.. Now if i can someday get my hands on Hellgate i shall be happy!

raksmey1309 · January 17th, 2007

WoW amazing...Dont know when can i kill my FX card.

inforce · January 17th, 2007

let me help you. I had an FX 5200.. omg. ahaha i got more use out of my TNT 2..

January 9th, 2007	#1 (permalink)
Cid Highwind Human Metal Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Holland / Hungary Posts: 13,548	The Witcher Well now during some surfing I stumbled upon a game called "The Witcher". It's an upcoming RPG which is more mature and grim than Oblivion and Neverwinter Nights 2. It's using the Aurora engine, which was used for Neverwinter Nights 1, but from what I can see they use a modified Electron engine, which was the name given to the NWN2 engine. The game looks better than NWN2, and hopefully it will perform better as well seeing how they opted for lightmaps rather than having lighting calculated realtime, and the game isn't focused on a toolset. The story is based on a Polish fantasy novel, but like said it's more mature than your average Dungeons and Dragons story, involving mutant humans, violence, titties, violence, bribery, booze and violence. Somehow it doesn't surprise me there isn't a US release date yet IGN has a video preview up which made me really interested in the game. In it he explains some of the features, and also says how they haven't signed up with a publisher. At this moment they have signed with Atari Europe, no US release date has been set yet. It is supposed to come out in Q2 of this year, in May according to Gamefaqs. I hope Atari isn't going to force them to rush this product to prevent it from turning into another NWN2. Screenshots can be found here __________________ PC Specs: CPU: Intel Q8200 @ 2.8GHz GPU: Sapphire ATi HD4870 / 1024MB / Core: 801 / Mem: 1000 Mobo: Gigabyte EP35-DS3 (rev 2.1) SPU: Creative X-Fi Xtreme Music RAM: 2GB Kingston HyperX DDR2 1066 @ 4-4-4-12 ~ 800MHz HDD: 1TB Samsung Spinpoint, 32MB PSU: Hiper Type-R 580W Monitor: Iiyama B2403WS / 19201200 Geometry Wars: 198.400 Lumines: 999.999 Join the NGEmu Folding @ Home community NOW!*

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January 9th, 2007	#3 (permalink)
Cid Highwind Human Metal Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Holland / Hungary Posts: 13,548	lol well back then they didn't have a publisher, so I don't hope that signing up with Atari somewhere in the past couple of months forced them to rush the final part. It seems the only two games on my wish list are ones that have been in development for a rather long time, the other one being Stalker __________________ PC Specs: CPU: Intel Q8200 @ 2.8GHz GPU: Sapphire ATi HD4870 / 1024MB / Core: 801 / Mem: 1000 Mobo: Gigabyte EP35-DS3 (rev 2.1) SPU: Creative X-Fi Xtreme Music RAM: 2GB Kingston HyperX DDR2 1066 @ 4-4-4-12 ~ 800MHz HDD: 1TB Samsung Spinpoint, 32MB PSU: Hiper Type-R 580W Monitor: Iiyama B2403WS / 19201200 Geometry Wars: 198.400 Lumines: 999.999 Join the NGEmu Folding @ Home community NOW!*

January 9th, 2007	#4 (permalink)
Silenus Pilgrim Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Hyperion Posts: 3,387	Interesting game CID. Thanks for the info. __________________ --ASUS G50VT-X1 - P8400 2.5GHZ - Geforce 9800GS 512MB - HDD 320GB - 4GB DDR2 800MHZ - WINDOWS 7 64 BIT - ZALMAN NC2000-- ...Mis sueños son mentiras que algun día dejarán de serlo...

January 9th, 2007	#5 (permalink)
Exodus ...and now they do. Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Null Posts: 16,924	Like Splatt, I've heard about this one a long time ago. I would hope they're almost done delaying the game. __________________ No, I don't like anime, Street Fighter, Japanese music or download video game music. Yes, I know, I'm weird.

January 17th, 2007	#6 (permalink)
inforce myspace.com/inforce Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Cedar City, Utah Posts: 314	i was impressed by the girl in the green shirt in the video preview from IGN.. dude she was hot.. ahaha. Aside from that, i havn't played NWN2 but if it's based off that engine, i kinda like it. I have NWN Diamond but im getting rid of it because it was quite buggy.. Anyways looks to be a great game, awesome textures and lighting. The cinematics were up to par with some of square's work. Nice game. Keep us up to date on this.. ahaha.. Now if i can someday get my hands on Hellgate i shall be happy!

January 17th, 2007	#7 (permalink)
raksmey1309 Away Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Kingdom of Cambodia Posts: 2,278	WoW amazing...Dont know when can i kill my FX card.

January 17th, 2007	#8 (permalink)
inforce myspace.com/inforce Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Cedar City, Utah Posts: 314	let me help you. I had an FX 5200.. omg. ahaha i got more use out of my TNT 2..