Geralt returns, still plying his trade as an alchemy-enhanced, monster-slaying Witcher, but he starts his new adventure languishing in chains and with some touches of amnesia. For those who like a sense of continuity, a few references are made to your choices in the first game, although they don't affect the story. It's a good starting edge, but there's plenty later on that makes this look like practice gear. Taking place shortly after the events of the first game, The Witcher 2 imports your original Witcher save, though it weakens your armor and weapons, and not all of your cash makes it over.
With The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, CD Projekt RED proves that its first outing was no fluke. The Witcher's deep alchemy crafting and character development system put the developer, CD Projekt RED, on the RPG map. Its gritty backdrop, based on the books by Andrzej Sapkowski, combined mature medieval fantasy, strange science and social cynicism in its grim hero, Geralt the Witcher.
The Witcher emerged from a Polish dungeon and took the RPG genre by surprise.
