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During a recent press conference CD Projekt RED Studio announced an upcoming Mac version of The Witcher 2. The fantasy RPG sequel to The Witcher (which also recently made its way to Mac) is based on the writings of Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski, and follows the continuing adventures of the monster slayer known as Geralt.

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 only remaining task is to pacify the rebellious castle of Baroness La Valette, who announced separation from the Kingdom.
It's been a month since the attempted assassination of the king, when his army arrives at the gates of Baroness La Valette's fortress in preparation for the final battle. In the meantime, Geralt, stuck with Foltest, cannot begin his personal quest - to discover the origin and identity of the mysterious witcher-like assassin...

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[clocknova]

So is it a real, native port, or another buggy Wineskin job?

[doh123]

they said they will native port it... but that doesn't guarantee that it'll run good or not have major bugs.

[clocknova]

Well that's encouraging anyway.  Maybe they'll be nice and do a native port of the first game, too.

[Tacohead]

I actually just finished The Witcher yesterday and loved it. After the initial blackscreen issue, which vanished after the first time I played the only WINE-related issue I was having was occasional, but not frequent, crashes. However, I experienced no crashes during the final two chapters. There were a few annoying bugs carried over from the PC version, which is obviously exactly what this was, but I managed to get through them. Other than that I basically loved everything about this game. It had the most enjoyable alchemy system I've ever seen and the questing system was very well done. Even the combat grew on me although I still slightly prefer the combat systems in DA:O and KotOR.

While I'm glad to see that The Witcher 2 is coming to the Mac I have mixed feelings about it. I've heard it's consolized and uses the keyboard for movement instead? If that's the caae then I'll pass.

-PN

[Wumpus]

Tacohead, on 31 May 2012 - 11:16 AM, said:

While I'm glad to see that The Witcher 2 is coming to the Mac I have mixed feelings about it. I've heard it's consolized and uses the keyboard for movement instead? If that's the case then I'll pass.

Wait, you didn't use the keyboard for movement in the first Witcher? Its the only way I played. I know you can click around in the far away view but I hate that.

The second Witcher game is still very much a PC game. Check out some (PC) videos on youtube to get an idea and see what you think.

[Tacohead]

Wumpus, on 31 May 2012 - 12:09 PM, said:

Wait, you didn't use the keyboard for movement in the first Witcher? Its the only way I played. I know you can click around in the far away view but I hate that.

The second Witcher game is still very much a PC game. Check out some (PC) videos on youtube to get an idea and see what you think.

No I used the mouse. As a disabled gamer I have little choice in the matter. Please forgive me!

Now that I know The Witcher 2 is coming our way I'll definitely be researching it more, including watching some videos. Hopefully they didn't change the interface too much.

-PN

[UmarOMC1]

Tacohead, on 31 May 2012 - 01:43 PM, said:

No I used the mouse. As a disabled gamer I have little choice in the matter. Please forgive me!

What does your being blind have to do with your hands!?

[Wumpus]

Tacohead, on 31 May 2012 - 01:43 PM, said:

No I used the mouse. As a disabled gamer I have little choice in the matter. Please forgive me!
-PN

Oh sorry, I didn't know that. I can't remember if they removed the click only interface/combat. You'd have to check

[Tacohead]

UmarOMC1, on 01 June 2012 - 11:01 AM, said:

What does your being blind have to do with your hands!?

I can no longer use my Braille keyboard because I got Carpal tunnel syndrome after multiple playthroughs of the original Zork Trilogy a few years back.

-PN

[Tacohead]

Wumpus, on 01 June 2012 - 11:15 AM, said:

Oh sorry, I didn't know that. I can't remember if they removed the click only interface/combat. You'd have to check

After doing some checking it unfortunately appears they did just that. I'll look into it again when the game is finally released. Sometimes I have to get creative when playing certain games and this game will certainly merit such an effort.

-PN

[UmarOMC1]

Tacohead, on 01 June 2012 - 12:40 PM, said:

I can no longer use my Braille keyboard because I got Carpal tunnel syndrome after multiple playthroughs of the original Zork Trilogy a few years back.

-PN

Damn. Good comeback.

[UmarOMC1]

...any chance of the Mac version being Witcher 2: Assassins of The Kings Enhanced Edition?

[Thain Esh Kelch]

It is.