The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings

The Witcher was a great example of how to adapt a literary work to a game in a way that is interesting both for connoisseurs of the original work and for those unfamiliar with her. Do justice to the five great books-plus-short stories that compose the body of the work based on The White Wolf “-not to be confused with Elric, as both characters share nickname was not easy task, but the leaders of project were also big fans of Andrzej Sapkowski’s stories and they knew it was a great opportunity to meet a new public works of Polish author-which also has a point of national pride since the study is there - . It squandered the opportunity and created a great game and a digital interpretation of Geralt. Besides that, the great support given to the game, with two major upgrades completely free, has allowed the title has surpassed one million units sold and has become a leading for lovers of the genre.

It has long been known to the Polish company plans to expand this series, which went through an adaptation of the first game console with a combat system adapted to the pad and a sequel. Unfortunately, plans for the console version have been frozen due to significant disagreement with the study being conducted by the conversion. But plans for the second part have not changed and most of the original team of first part are working on the sequel. It was expected to offer details of the game as a game of this kind has a longer development time than normal and CD Projekt have bad experiences with too much advance notice of a project-something that happened with The Witcher and its constant revisions and delays, “but an” accident “has provided us with some important details that offer the first clues of what to expect.

Technically, the first hint of a sequel is in the video itself finale of The Witcher, Geralt where, after collecting the reward of the king, is facing a mysterious murderer as clever as him with the sword, just the ability to improvise monster hunter allowed a second advantage to take the opportunity to eliminate his opponent. To his surprise, the mysterious assailant turns out to have the same kind of eyes that has every sorcerer Geralt and once they pass the test of herbs and become mutants. That’s the little wink study is offered to fans and does not allow to speculate too much. However, a recently leaked video and made public through channels like YouTube has provided us with much more information about this sequel, starting with his nickname: Assassins of Kings.

The video in question, in the words of company representatives, was made six months ago after percolation and is for domestic consumption, intended for a presentation when looking for producers interested in the game, indicating that Atari no longer will ensure the future of the series-Alpha material is made very early, which is felt in areas such as frame rate or voices, made by the developers themselves and not by professional actors to serve as a reference before seriously go for dubbing, but offers more interesting information on aspects such as technology improvements and differences from the first part.

The first innovation is technologically important because the engine has been ruled out of the first part to create a completely new and optimized for what the studio needs. Remember that the base of the game is the Aurora engine-the same used in the first Neverwinter Nights, but with significant modifications and adaptations which cost more than a disappointment to the team. The new engine is made from scratch, which offers greater flexibility and allows to incorporate technology that allows much wider, much more careful environmental light-with major changes in terms of day / night cycle and weather conditions, and other details that make the game even more visually appealing in its early stage of development, which speaks volumes about the potential final game as the first part was very evocative scenery and a great finish chart at large. The physics engine has also been improved and expanded to be more realistic and dramatic, which will be felt especially in combat.

It is too early to make major considerations deeper details of this sequel and it is certain that it will take some time to meet them. From CD Projekt was made clear that there is still enough time for details and official game that fans should be patient for a process that seems long and involves not only development time that lies ahead, is also related to the search for adequate production. There are no release plans or dates, and even the first official trailer of the game going for long, but thanks to the accident is as we have access to this information so early.

The only certainty is that the game is for PC, but does not rule out a conversion to consoles, something that depends on the wishes of the producer is made with the rights of the games. So all that remains is to be patient and await developments.