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The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings

CD Projekt RED · Apr 17, 2012

PC · Xbox 360

Mature

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After helping to stop the rebellion undertaken by the Order of the Flaming Rose and saving King Foltest’s life, Geralt became one of the central figures of political turmoil in the Kingdom of Temeria. Geralt continues to protect the King in the monarch’s mission to bring peace to his state. The last bastions of the Order yielded to the royal army. The only remaining task is to pacify the rebellious castle of Baroness La Valette, who announced separation from the Kingdom.

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PC

Critic 8.7 (18 critics) · Gamer 9.0

8.6

Xbox 360

Critic 8.9 (29 critics) · Gamer 8.5

8.7

Critic reviews

  • Polygon

    Arthur Gies · Oct 24, 2012

    7.0
    In a sea of friendly, focus-tested titles from big publishers, it operates without much compromise. While that lack of compromise or looking back causes a fair amount of frustration and hassle throughout The Witcher 2's 30 hours-or-so campaign, it's impossible not to respect what CD Projekt Red has achieved: an adult action-RPG that doesn't talk down to its players – even when they're tripping over the scenery.
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    Lorenzo Veloria · Sep 28, 2012

    9.0
    The immersive world, memorable characters, exhilarating combat, and branching storylines will have you coming back to play it again and again. CD Projeck Red seems to have put a lot of TLC into its beloved Witcher series and have delivered an even more complete package (adding the new tutorial, quests, and cut-scenes) than was available at The Witcher 2's original release. If you haven't played this brilliant RPG, dedicate you're next thirty hour gaming binge to the Witcher 2.
  • Game Revolution

    Blake Peterson · Apr 30, 2012

    9.0
    The Witcher 2 is the best game that I have played in years and one of the best games I have ever played. As I mentioned before, though, it's hardcore, with a steep learning curve. However, that's an easy price to play for getting to play through one of the most intelligent multi-pathed stories in video game history. For fans of RPGs or story-based games in general, this is a must-buy.
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    Angelo M. D'Argenio · Apr 26, 2012

    8.0
    The Witcher 2 was one of the best western RPGs on the PC last year, and the Enhanced Edition just gives you more content while opening up the game to the console masses. However, you simply can't deny that it pales in comparison to the PC version in many ways. If you are a dedicated PC gamer, get The Witcher 2 on PC, which includes all of the Enhanced Edition content in a free patch anyway. Otherwise, pick up the Enhanced Edition on your 360.
  • G4TV

    Matt Keil · Apr 25, 2012

    10
    The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings is clearly a labor of love, with tremendous thought put into the story, presentation, writing, and now the Xbox 360 port. This is simply one of the most singular and enthralling RPG experiences in years, and it should be played by pretty much anyone willing to hold a controller.
  • GameSpot

    Kevin VanOrd · Apr 17, 2012

    9.0
    The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings - Enhanced Edition is an excellent port of a superb game, embracing many of the elements we love about RPGs without skimping on any of them. But it's the way it handles player choice in particular that makes it most notable. There are no contrived right-versus-wrong decisions to exploit. The results of your decision don't just influence minor details: they lead you down wildly disparate paths, each as entertaining as the others.

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Gamer reviews

  • Cole Montebon

    Apr 18, 2023 · PC

    9.0

    The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings

    **Story-wise**, it's overwhelming at times. You're just being bombarded with random information like "John killed Paul who was the second degree cousin of the wife of the brother of the son of the king of 639663778419th dynasty and he brought the hornless unicorn to the land of worcestershire sauce". _\[But something that may contribute to this is because I haven't played the first game.\]_ **Gameplay-wise**, it's fairly challenging, which prevents the gameplay from getting boring. **One thing I hate about the game** is its autosaving feature. It's basically nonexistent so it's very frustrating when you forget to manually save after progressing far or defeating a difficult enemy.

  • IR Gamer

    Apr 24, 2021 · PC

    9.0

    My First CD Project Red game and it didn't disappoint and played it twice

  • WiFaii

    Dec 22, 2020 · PC

    8.0

    Gameplay was a buggy mess but the great story telling made me stay invested. I started playing W3 before I completed this game and I can see how this game was the foundation for the Amazing game W3 is. My only complaint was that it was a little short. +Great soundtrack +Good voice acting +Good graphics for it's time. -Buggy combat and looting

  • Wallu

    Nov 14, 2020 · PC

    9.1

    The second game in the Witcher series deepens the lore and fixes most of the problems of the first one. It´s the shortest one of the series, but has some meaningful choices that takes you to different directions, so you really should play this one at least twice (I haven´t yet, so I´m still wondering what happened to some characters). Good one.

  • justin christy

    Jun 28, 2020 · PC

    9.0

    Saying Witcher 2 is a good game is an understatement. This game got overshadowed by Skyrim and never got it's chance to shine. The plot in this is extremely good. The politics in this game is realistic and the decisions you make are so hard, there is nothing straight black and while. This games give the ability to completely choose 2 different paths and each side has valid importance. You have to play atleast twice to understand both sides of the coins. Further more you wouldn't understand part of what's happening if have not played both sides. There were so much amazing side characters. The people who played only Wither 3 wouldn't know a lot of them. To put it short the game had a great story, hard decisions, decent gameplay and combat, beautiful graphics for a 2011 game, phenomenal characters and voice acting. The music was sub par but it was fantastic in few certain places. I would highly suggest you to try the game. The story will baffle you.

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