Watchlist : The Witcher

We would like to inform you about a promising and graphically beautiful game called The Witcher. The Witcher is an RPG game with environments that might make you think of Fable. It is being developed by CD Projekt, a German game developer. The main character in the game is Geralt, a strong and talented sword fighter. Combat will be in real time and fast. A very interesting detail is that Geralt’s 200 combat moves are based on medieval combat techniques. His different swordfighting skills are all needed for the large collection of opponents you will encounter in The Witcher. The Witcher does not have a publisher yet, but going by the quality of this game that shouldn’t be too much of a problem.

The first area of The Witcher that we were invited to take a look at during our meeting was its combat, which will be played out in real time and appears to be quite fast-paced. Since Geralt is a swordmaster, many of his moves–which span some 200-plus animations–are based on medieval combat techniques. Geralt is skilled in six different swordfighting styles, which include steel and silver variants of the strong, fast, and group techniques. Each of these styles will be effective in a different situation and against a different kind of enemy, so while the group steel style is best used against gangs of weak human thugs and the like, for example, the strong silver style will be useful when you’re confronted by large monsters, such as werewolves.

In addition to his skills as a swordsman, Geralt will gain access to magical abilities as you progress through the game. Details on these are scarce at present, but during our presentation we got to see fireball projectiles and a spherical shield, the latter of which was shown only after we’d watched Geralt deflecting incoming arrows with his sword. We were also told about a magical trap ability that will let Geralt lay a trap that stuns enemies who walk into it, a telekinetic blast, and a mind-influencing power, but we didn’t get to see any of these in action.

CLICK HERE to read the full article at GameSpot.

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