The Witcher ( 1) concludes with Geralt foiling an assassination attempt on King Foltest. One would expect The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings to live up to the production values of its predecessor, especially with a newer engine, but one also would expect great things from Dues Ex: Invisible War after its seminal predecessor, but we know how that turned out. The concept of a monster-hunting mutant human created through magic and alchemy piqued my interest. I tolerated its outdated graphics engine (2002), awkward animations, and hideous NPCs (who thought it was a good idea for every elderly woman to have the nose of a witch, one tooth, a huge chin mole, and breasts to her waist?) for its splendid storytelling, plot development, and lore.
One such user, 47Pik would eventually recommend to me a game that I had never heard of, The Witcher, and bought it for me as a Christmas gift on Steam. There, I found some less rabid individuals who were not so much Nintendo fanboys as they were connoisseurs of good games like myself. I discovered a small, private message board called Wii Hardware Social. Developer: CD Projekt RED Publisher: Atari Genre: Action RPG Price: $19.99 ESRB: M Once upon a time ago in 2007, I found myself searching desperately for a sanctuary where I could shelter myself away from angry “(frat)core” gamers who vehemently cursed the very existence of the Wii as they found its overwhelmingly dominant presence on the market as a threat to the entire video game industry.