Enhanced version of The Witcher coming May (hopefully!)

[kalniel]

Some quotes..

CD Projekt RED is pleased to announce that in May of this year, a completely new and improved version of The Witcher will appear in stores

The Witcher: Enhanced Edition will be a completely polished product. A product that is rarely found on the PC market. Of course, it would be best if the premiere edition could look that way. For different reasons that was not achieved, now we're trying to make up for it.

The most important improvements concern those elements of the game that the players criticized the most. So for example, over 50 new supporting character models will be added, so that the player won't run into the same person too often.

For example, aside from the game DVD, we are planning to include a DVD with a Mod Editor D'jinii, as well as two additional adventures, a video DVD with extended material concerning the making of the game, a music CD with 29 tracks from the game, a music CD with 15 tracks of music inspired by the game, an 80-page instruction booklet, a 112-page official guide written by the authors of the game, and a 50-page short story written by Andrzej Sapkowski. There will also be a map of the game world.

There's also an included mod editor called D'jinni that allows players to create or modify their own adventures in the world of The Witcher, as well as two completely new adventures created by CD Projekt RED.

Fans that have already bought the game need not worry, however, because the new content and improvements will be available to them in the form of a downloadable update

Full announcement can be found here:
A new, improved and enhanced edition of The Witcher approaches!

[toolsong]

Excellent!

So The Witcher will also be the best RPG of 2008?

[Veles]

Sweet, that's awesome, I'm gonna hold of carrying on from where I am until this is out.

Any idea when it's out?

[kalniel]

The download is pencilled in for March. Extended edition retail depends on publisher negotiations but should be May.

[Ferral]

I havn't played it since I killed the ghost hound at the end of act 1. Once it has been patched up to enhanced edition I am going to start it again.

[Ciber]

I've just ordered the witcher. I was thinking of cancelling, however it looks like i will be able to upgrade a standard edition.

[shamus21]

Yes same here just swapped my BioShock for a mate`s copy of the witcher, going put of playing until the new patch.

[Zadock]

Excellent stuff, I haven't gotten very far on the witcher.

Has anyone read the books at all? well... theres only one book in english and thats "The Last Wish" which is a collection of stories...

I had a polish girlfriend and she knew I was into fantasy stuff and she got me the last wish in english. I had no idea there was a game being made until I got to the last page where there was an advert. I think that "the blood of the elves", first book in a series of three, is due out in September. The Witcher is kinda like the Polish Lord of the Rings in terms of its fame.

[shamus21]

Excellent stuff, I haven't gotten very far on the witcher.

Has anyone read the books at all? well... theres only one book in english and thats "The Last Wish" which is a collection of stories...

I had a polish girlfriend and she knew I was into fantasy stuff and she got me the last wish in english. I had no idea there was a game being made until I got to the last page where there was an advert. I think that "the blood of the elves", first book in a series of three, is due out in September. The Witcher is kinda like the Polish Lord of the Rings in terms of its fame.

good info on the books was going to look into this.