The Last Wish – read it and DO NOT play it!
As a gamer I am used to observing many changes in games following book’s plot. But I have never expected such difference.
The story began when I played the game “The Witcher” earlier this year. I really tried to pass through all levels but I grew bored to death somewhere near the end…and gave up. This game had such a good PR campaign and then the content ruined it all. But I thought “there should be something really fascinating in this book in order for it to be noticed”. I read a lot about the author, Andrzej Sapkowski, and some parts of the book and understood that the game has nearly nothing in common with the real thing. The extremely limited game engine and the pathetic RPG-like gameplay spoil the fun of it and creates a bad image of the book, although there are some blind fans of the PC-version.
This is when I decided to buy the book. I was not able to find it in my native language so I decided to find it in English. The delivery of “The Last Wish” to Bulgaria was around 20 days so I decided to wait some more. And voila! A week or two ago I saw that the book is translated from a Bulgarian publishing house(Infodar) and bought it immediately. The interesting thing is that it was not a translation from English but directly from the Polish original. This is easily noticed when reading because the constructions are not similar to the ones in English and yet transformed to be more easily accepted. My congratulations go to Vassil Velchev for the proficiency in the skillful translation!
I am glad that I have read the book because I was disappointed by the game(as I mentioned above) but the book is on an entirely different level. It is written in such a way that sometimes you forget about the main character and allow your imagination to move on the details. The most interesting thing is that they are not even stressed on, but mentioned somewhere in the text. Andrzej Sapkowski won a real fan here and I would recommend to all of you – read the book and leave the damn game. There is nothing in common, even though the author approved the plot of the game. Moreover, he approved it’s polish version, which is the reason for the forthcoming new release.
You’re the pathetic and blind one.
Well, if you insist:) I gave a point of view…you gave…nothing:)
Such comments like yours are totally useless. Please, try to explain your childish point of view:) And please, sign with name so I can know who am I talking to.
well i happen to disagree about the game. It was the best RPG (that is actually an RPG) that came out in recent years. Maybe its a generation thing. I don’t know ’bout your age but us older rpg gamers who played the likes of fallout, baldur’s gate, torment, icewind dale, deus ex, grim fandango, etc. etc. certainly appreciate the witcher’s game version.
And in connection with the books/shortstories, the game was set years after the novels’ events took place. It was not a re-telling of the original, thus the ‘Based on the novels by…’ label.
Well, it’s a matter of opinion. I have played all of the games that you mentioned and that’s why I really do not like the Witcher(the game). They are incomparable…for example Baldur’s Gate and Fallout had their wonderful stories and gameplay + atmosphere..while here they are lacking, especially the gameplay and the atmosphere…So I do not understand why do you think that we older gamers all agree with you;) This is just my opinion and this of most hardcore gamers that respect the games that you mentioned.
Peace!
Sorry, i did not notice your pic! I agree Witcher does not hold a candle to the classics (not as deep ,not as immersive, not as thought-provoking). But in light of the status quo where fps games (think crysis, cod) rule the market and the gamers’ imagination, the witcher actually gave me some of that old vibe back.
didn’t mean to use a blanket statement there. i should have used ‘older gamers in general’, seeing as how people who liked the witcher also played some/if not all the ‘classics’ and people who hated it are gen y graphic whores and fps freaks who cringe at seeing pixelized games.
signing out dude and we agree to disagree about the game, lol
No problem:) It’s only natural for people to have different opinions:) I am happy that you understand my point of view,as I understand why many people liked it, still it’s not my type of game.
Btw, have you played some new interesting RPG? Because since NWN2 I cannot remember something interesting.(oh, Mass Effect was good)
I just finished The Witcher. I didn’t care for the extended Sherlock Holmes chapter, (I’ve read others love it, however), but the rest of the game is good stuff. Combat is enjoyable unless someone is expecting a shooter game, and the alchemy system is great. Once chapter 4 hits, it’d be hard not to play straight through to the end like I did.
It’s been awhile since I’ve finished a computer game, particularly one 30-60 hours long, and considered playing it again from the start immediately.
You may not like it, and that’s fine, of course, but The Witcher has won numerous awards including “RPG game of the year,” so there’s a whole lot of “blind fans” out there who disagree with you.
In comparison, Oblivion mostly bored me, and when a hard drive corruption ruined my saved games, I considered it a good excuse not to continue. Dead Space was so monotonous I had to turn on speed and one-shot-kill cheats to bother finishing it. And BioShock had, um, good music. Those two are more shooter-type “rpg” games, but they happen to be two I played fairly recently.