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Just shows the direction the industry has gone -- 70.152.25.161 20:09, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
I don't see why this is important enough to be mentioned, let alone deserve a full section. It just mentions common TAGES issues, and reads somewhat like a "how to crack this" guide (ie. "Daemon Tools Pro" can handle this as an IDE drive!"). I've also checked some other FA on games, and none of them even mention the type of protection used. Therefore, I'm of the opinion that the whole section should be deleted. Thoughts? -- VPeric 10:36, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
How is there no mention of the censorship in the US version of the game? Definitely seems like something that is at least worth a passing mention to me... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.7.115.18 ( talk) 22:28, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
-- LXS44 ( talk) 18:07, 18 November 2007 (UTC) I have edited the localization section to reflect comments from Martin Pagan and Michal Madej. Sources: http://www.thewitcher.com/forum/index.php?topic=3855.0 http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=915112&topic=39278731 (Martin Pagan's comments) http://www.rpgcodex.net/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=21134&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=125 (Michal Madej's comments)
Censorship in graphics:
http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/previews/35022/The-Witcher-Preview/p2/c1
In the European edition of the game this pose includes fully visible breasts and nipples. The North American edition includes cards edited to hide the majority of the breast and all nipples.
No censorship in English text: http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/previews/35022/The-Witcher-Preview/p2/c1
Language Keep little Johnny away from The Witcher, for there’s harsh language in them hills."
http://writerscabal.wordpress.com/2007/11/05/writing-the-witcher-and-andrzej-sapkowski/ (blog by Witcher English writers)
This game has repeatedly crashed for many Vista users and has become a major issue reguarding game playability. Crescentia —Preceding comment was added at 19:03, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
How do we decide what reviews to include in this section? There are nearly an hundred reviews out there for The Witcher now, from several different countries. BetaTesterDLA ( talk) 10:29, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
Should this section talk about changes and be using terms like 'now'? Perhaps it's better just to stick to a factual description of the game engine as it stands. I can see the case for mentioning significant variations in the use of the Aurora Engine between NWN1, KOTOR, Jade Empire, NWN2, The Witcher and Mass Effect for example, but maybe in an Aurora Engine article, not this one. BetaTesterDLA ( talk) 12:37, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
The Game Engine section is entirely unsourced. We should consider removing it if there aren't any references for its content. 77.164.107.1 ( talk) 22:41, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
OK, I'm quite baffled here on the plot summary of the game. I don't know whether or not the one stated here's supposed to be canon or not, but then again, The Witcher is a free-roaming RPG granting the player freedom to choose how the story goes. That means that the version stated here may or may not be the true course of the story of the game. Somebody should really look into this thing ASAP. - Frostmourne 16 ( talk) 08:28, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
The assasin being Lambert is pure speculation - I removed it. Ausir 18:22, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
Already done The 2007 version of the plot being complained about has been overtaken by subsequent edits. The plot description includes multiple plot lines. —
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Gaming Steve reviewed this game on his podcast, and it's definitely worth listening to. Listen to the episode here: [2], review starts at 110 minutes, 15 seconds into the podcast. I'm buying this game now because of this review myself. JACO PLANE • 2007-12-9 22:42
Despite the fact that CD Projekt had said previously that the Witcher would be PC only, they appear to be looking for someone skilled in parallel programming for the 360. [3] This would seem to indicate plans to port to the 360. 71.192.54.222 ( talk) 23:50, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
Anyway, as VPeric said, even if they plan to do :) they still officially deny it so it's a rumour so we can't verify it ( WP:VER). Lothar25 ( talk) 20:28, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
This has been verified in the form of "The Witcher: Rise of the White Wolf" as found on The Witcher's fourms. http://www.thewitcher.com/forum/index.php. 125.239.164.123 ( talk) 02:28, 9 October 2009 (UTC)
The game sold, so far, 600,000 copies. Just to lay those "million" gossips to rest. -- ReyBrujo ( talk) 00:46, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
While it's quite an interesting table, I'm not 100% convinced that the purchasers of the Russian collectors edition recieved superpowers. Also, what's the point of the "Leather Bag" if no-one recieved one? RayBarker ( talk) 09:44, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
I just noticed that my version does not seem to be in the list. I am german, and my "The Witcher" got the following things: Manual, Soundtrack and the making of. No map, guidebook or anything else. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.220.213.56 ( talk) 21:53, 30 December 2009 (UTC)
I have Polish Collectors Edition, is no lather bag, poster, bonus musik an stikers! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.80.128.133 ( talk) 19:20, 21 July 2012 (UTC)
I was the one who added the two new pictures. I haven't done this before, so if anything is wrong with the licensing, just let me know. If you want some more screenshots, I have some more, if you want to set up a gallery or something. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kingoftherings ( talk • contribs) 04:56, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
I added some additional information regarding the enhanced edition. If it's too long, would a list be more appropriate, or should the items of "lesser-import" be omitted? I'm impartial either way. Thoughts, comments? — Archon Magnus( Talk | Home) 02:03, 18 July 2008 (UTC)
Does anyone have a non-circular reference regarding the censorship/alteration between the U.S. version and all the others? Everything that I've seen has been user comparisons on forums and original research. Something from the CDProjekt developers or Atari would be nice. We could finally get rid of the "citation needed" in the variations section. — Archon Magnus( Talk | Home) 13:20, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
The Witcher forums are down at the moment, but there are Developer Postings there that you could reference. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.207.84.170 ( talk) 06:34, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
http://witcher.wikia.com/wiki/Dryad has images of the censored and uncensored Dryad models. —Preceding
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206.248.181.212 (
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18:55, 4 October 2008 (UTC)
http://www.thewitcher.com/community/en/news/839.html
I'm not sure about the 100 best selling games claim, but the number itself is probably sound. -- VPeric ( talk) 19:39, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
Reading the reception part, it seems like someone is desperately trying to discredit any negative reviews. Seems to me like a NPOV thing. First time edit here though I think so I'll leave it to one of the editors to manage. ^^ 150.101.157.14 ( talk) 05:17, 13 August 2009 (UTC)
I agree with you. Unfortunately, knowing the good editors here on Wikipedia, your comment would have a better chance of getting deleted or ignored at best, rather than managing to sway even the most concise reply from the fingertips of this article's editors. The inherent flaw that must be acknowledged about Wikipedia is that someone who would dedicate his or her time with writing an article on products which possess the ability to gather vocal fanbases is that one of those aforementioned writers *just* might be part of that fanbase and consequently, biased. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.123.37.240 ( talk) 13:37, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
No comments so I removed the POV template AIRcorn ( talk) 02:10, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
"He also curse Adda from a relapse of the striga curse" Is it curse or cures, cures makes more sense. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.108.7.136 ( talk) 16:25, 20 November 2010 (UTC)
Already done Thanks to whoever took care of this. —
Molly-in-md (
talk)
01:36, 6 February 2015 (UTC)
The list of the different retail editions is missing one notable entry. Some time after the Enhanced Edition was released the Polish stores "Empik" introduced an exclusive package that comes along with a figurine. This is an image of both the box and the figurine: http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/9443/wiedzminempik.png Aside from that it only includes the regular Enhanced Edition with the bonus DVDs and stuff. I'd add this myself but I don't want to screw up the table which would require another column for the figurine. Also I'd rather want to discuss the proper name for the column here (I mean, "Polish EEEE" for "Polish Empik-exclusive Enhanced Edition" would be weird). -- F4LL0UT ( talk) 01:51, 12 December 2012 (UTC)
Already done Thanks to whoever took care of this. —
Molly-in-md (
talk)
01:36, 6 February 2015 (UTC)
The use of the enhanced edition cover edition completely fails NFCC. The cover art is thematically similar to the original work, so it's not introducing anything new, and the cover art is not the subject of significant discussion. -- MASEM ( t) 04:40, 13 November 2013 (UTC)
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Just shows the direction the industry has gone -- 70.152.25.161 20:09, 19 October 2007 (UTC)
I don't see why this is important enough to be mentioned, let alone deserve a full section. It just mentions common TAGES issues, and reads somewhat like a "how to crack this" guide (ie. "Daemon Tools Pro" can handle this as an IDE drive!"). I've also checked some other FA on games, and none of them even mention the type of protection used. Therefore, I'm of the opinion that the whole section should be deleted. Thoughts? -- VPeric 10:36, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
How is there no mention of the censorship in the US version of the game? Definitely seems like something that is at least worth a passing mention to me... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.7.115.18 ( talk) 22:28, 6 November 2007 (UTC)
-- LXS44 ( talk) 18:07, 18 November 2007 (UTC) I have edited the localization section to reflect comments from Martin Pagan and Michal Madej. Sources: http://www.thewitcher.com/forum/index.php?topic=3855.0 http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/genmessage.php?board=915112&topic=39278731 (Martin Pagan's comments) http://www.rpgcodex.net/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=21134&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=125 (Michal Madej's comments)
Censorship in graphics:
http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/previews/35022/The-Witcher-Preview/p2/c1
In the European edition of the game this pose includes fully visible breasts and nipples. The North American edition includes cards edited to hide the majority of the breast and all nipples.
No censorship in English text: http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/previews/35022/The-Witcher-Preview/p2/c1
Language Keep little Johnny away from The Witcher, for there’s harsh language in them hills."
http://writerscabal.wordpress.com/2007/11/05/writing-the-witcher-and-andrzej-sapkowski/ (blog by Witcher English writers)
This game has repeatedly crashed for many Vista users and has become a major issue reguarding game playability. Crescentia —Preceding comment was added at 19:03, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
How do we decide what reviews to include in this section? There are nearly an hundred reviews out there for The Witcher now, from several different countries. BetaTesterDLA ( talk) 10:29, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
Should this section talk about changes and be using terms like 'now'? Perhaps it's better just to stick to a factual description of the game engine as it stands. I can see the case for mentioning significant variations in the use of the Aurora Engine between NWN1, KOTOR, Jade Empire, NWN2, The Witcher and Mass Effect for example, but maybe in an Aurora Engine article, not this one. BetaTesterDLA ( talk) 12:37, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
The Game Engine section is entirely unsourced. We should consider removing it if there aren't any references for its content. 77.164.107.1 ( talk) 22:41, 3 April 2016 (UTC)
OK, I'm quite baffled here on the plot summary of the game. I don't know whether or not the one stated here's supposed to be canon or not, but then again, The Witcher is a free-roaming RPG granting the player freedom to choose how the story goes. That means that the version stated here may or may not be the true course of the story of the game. Somebody should really look into this thing ASAP. - Frostmourne 16 ( talk) 08:28, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
The assasin being Lambert is pure speculation - I removed it. Ausir 18:22, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
Already done The 2007 version of the plot being complained about has been overtaken by subsequent edits. The plot description includes multiple plot lines. —
Molly-in-md (
talk)
01:34, 6 February 2015 (UTC)
Gaming Steve reviewed this game on his podcast, and it's definitely worth listening to. Listen to the episode here: [2], review starts at 110 minutes, 15 seconds into the podcast. I'm buying this game now because of this review myself. JACO PLANE • 2007-12-9 22:42
Despite the fact that CD Projekt had said previously that the Witcher would be PC only, they appear to be looking for someone skilled in parallel programming for the 360. [3] This would seem to indicate plans to port to the 360. 71.192.54.222 ( talk) 23:50, 30 December 2007 (UTC)
Anyway, as VPeric said, even if they plan to do :) they still officially deny it so it's a rumour so we can't verify it ( WP:VER). Lothar25 ( talk) 20:28, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
This has been verified in the form of "The Witcher: Rise of the White Wolf" as found on The Witcher's fourms. http://www.thewitcher.com/forum/index.php. 125.239.164.123 ( talk) 02:28, 9 October 2009 (UTC)
The game sold, so far, 600,000 copies. Just to lay those "million" gossips to rest. -- ReyBrujo ( talk) 00:46, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
While it's quite an interesting table, I'm not 100% convinced that the purchasers of the Russian collectors edition recieved superpowers. Also, what's the point of the "Leather Bag" if no-one recieved one? RayBarker ( talk) 09:44, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
I just noticed that my version does not seem to be in the list. I am german, and my "The Witcher" got the following things: Manual, Soundtrack and the making of. No map, guidebook or anything else. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.220.213.56 ( talk) 21:53, 30 December 2009 (UTC)
I have Polish Collectors Edition, is no lather bag, poster, bonus musik an stikers! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.80.128.133 ( talk) 19:20, 21 July 2012 (UTC)
I was the one who added the two new pictures. I haven't done this before, so if anything is wrong with the licensing, just let me know. If you want some more screenshots, I have some more, if you want to set up a gallery or something. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kingoftherings ( talk • contribs) 04:56, 25 May 2008 (UTC)
I added some additional information regarding the enhanced edition. If it's too long, would a list be more appropriate, or should the items of "lesser-import" be omitted? I'm impartial either way. Thoughts, comments? — Archon Magnus( Talk | Home) 02:03, 18 July 2008 (UTC)
Does anyone have a non-circular reference regarding the censorship/alteration between the U.S. version and all the others? Everything that I've seen has been user comparisons on forums and original research. Something from the CDProjekt developers or Atari would be nice. We could finally get rid of the "citation needed" in the variations section. — Archon Magnus( Talk | Home) 13:20, 6 August 2008 (UTC)
The Witcher forums are down at the moment, but there are Developer Postings there that you could reference. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.207.84.170 ( talk) 06:34, 28 September 2008 (UTC)
http://witcher.wikia.com/wiki/Dryad has images of the censored and uncensored Dryad models. —Preceding
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http://www.thewitcher.com/community/en/news/839.html
I'm not sure about the 100 best selling games claim, but the number itself is probably sound. -- VPeric ( talk) 19:39, 6 March 2009 (UTC)
Reading the reception part, it seems like someone is desperately trying to discredit any negative reviews. Seems to me like a NPOV thing. First time edit here though I think so I'll leave it to one of the editors to manage. ^^ 150.101.157.14 ( talk) 05:17, 13 August 2009 (UTC)
I agree with you. Unfortunately, knowing the good editors here on Wikipedia, your comment would have a better chance of getting deleted or ignored at best, rather than managing to sway even the most concise reply from the fingertips of this article's editors. The inherent flaw that must be acknowledged about Wikipedia is that someone who would dedicate his or her time with writing an article on products which possess the ability to gather vocal fanbases is that one of those aforementioned writers *just* might be part of that fanbase and consequently, biased. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.123.37.240 ( talk) 13:37, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
No comments so I removed the POV template AIRcorn ( talk) 02:10, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
"He also curse Adda from a relapse of the striga curse" Is it curse or cures, cures makes more sense. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.108.7.136 ( talk) 16:25, 20 November 2010 (UTC)
Already done Thanks to whoever took care of this. —
Molly-in-md (
talk)
01:36, 6 February 2015 (UTC)
The list of the different retail editions is missing one notable entry. Some time after the Enhanced Edition was released the Polish stores "Empik" introduced an exclusive package that comes along with a figurine. This is an image of both the box and the figurine: http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/9443/wiedzminempik.png Aside from that it only includes the regular Enhanced Edition with the bonus DVDs and stuff. I'd add this myself but I don't want to screw up the table which would require another column for the figurine. Also I'd rather want to discuss the proper name for the column here (I mean, "Polish EEEE" for "Polish Empik-exclusive Enhanced Edition" would be weird). -- F4LL0UT ( talk) 01:51, 12 December 2012 (UTC)
Already done Thanks to whoever took care of this. —
Molly-in-md (
talk)
01:36, 6 February 2015 (UTC)
The use of the enhanced edition cover edition completely fails NFCC. The cover art is thematically similar to the original work, so it's not introducing anything new, and the cover art is not the subject of significant discussion. -- MASEM ( t) 04:40, 13 November 2013 (UTC)
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