The Good
Dark, foreboding world that looks, sounds, andfeels lived in Fantastic story populated by realistic NPCs withrealistic problems Innovative new combat mechanics add depth in place ofmindless clicking Cinematic visuals and a superb soundtrack.
The Bad
Could have done a better job introducing the new combat mechanics Odd dialogue and somewhat cheesy voice acting.
Dontbe afraid of change. Even though The Witcher may scare off some peoplewith inventive combat that replaces comfortable old rapid fire clickingwith rhythmic sword swinging, there is no need to avoid one of thedeepest, most adult role playing games to hit the PC in years. Polishdeveloper CD Projekt has crafted one of those landmark games that movesthe goalposts for everybody, a truly grown up take on swords and sorcerythat breaks just about every fantasy tradition in the book. Once youexperience a grimy medieval world so realistic that you can practicallysmell it, quests that reject simplistic good and evil for ambiguousdecisions and consequences, and, yes, newfangled battle mechanics thatadd welcome twists to left click scrapping, youll find it awfully hardto go back to the usual D&D rip off.

Built on a 2007 editionof the Aurora Engine that powers Neverwinter Nights, The Witcher issomething of a cross between action RPGs such as Diablo and more complexplate mail potboilers such as Neverwinter Nights. Essentially, thedevelopers work both sides of the street. On the one hand, you haveexactly one character choice in the form of greasy haired Geralt ofRivia, the monster hunting mercenary witcher of the title, along withother ostensibly dumbed down features such as big bunches of combat andGatling gun quick leveling up. But on the other hand, you also get apostwar fantasy world called Temeria that feels lived in (if notpostapocalyptic), as well as plot points that involve serious moralchoices. Story and setting have been borrowed from The Last Wish, aPolish fantasy novel published way back in 1990 by Andrzej Sapkowski,and for once such an adaptation has been pulled off successfully.

Ifyou do not see enemies, put the game in full screen throughWineskinSettings > set screen options (right mouse button on thegame, show package content). I prefer windowed mode. (Translated Google)

REPLACED BY WINE ENGINE TO 1.3.7, FIXES SOME BUGS WITH BLACK BEAMS OF THE CHARS.

How to change to English:

On the main menu you have to click on third button
1. you will see the settings pane with 2 sliders slithly under the upper menu
2.you have to slide the two slider to the left (the names before sliderswill change to something with an a on the beginning a... wordstand for english)
3. and then hit the right button on the bottom to accept changes