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Video Blips: The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, Slage, Faxion, and more

Sexy_beast
Wednesday, May 18, 2011

The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings has just hit store shelves with a fair share of good reviews. Why it was made exclusively for the PC is beyond me, but the praise it’s getting may convince me to pick it up, nonetheless. It’s time I figure out what the hell a witcher is.

Video Blips:

• For those who have an insatiable RPG itch, you should probably pick up The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings. I’ve been looking for an excuse to give my poor, neglected PC something useful to do (besides writing for Bitmob). Thank you, CD Projekt, for giving me that opportunity.

Continue after the break for a look at the colorful hack-n-slash Slage, Faxion’s fight between a cake and a pie, and what Arnold Schwarzeneggar thinks about Mortal Online.

 

• Games like Slage are tailor-made for those with an attraction to cute things...bathed in blood. If you’re like me, anything to help fend off that Diablo 3 hunger feels like a godsend. We may have a worthy substitute here.

• Little is known about Faxion -- probably because the developer keeps releasing trailers like these. I’m not sure what I just watched. I think this was meant to funny, but I feel more confused than anything. Maybe one of you guys can clarify this for me.

• Mortal Online has been out for a while, and developer Star Vault is making a goofy attempt to attract attention, as many other games with small audiences have done. Again, I’m not sure what I just watched. I suppose a divorce can even make someone like Arnold fly off the handle. Why the hell is Mads Mikkelsen in this?

 
Tags: Video Blips, Diablo III, The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, Slage, Faxion, Mortal Online
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Rick Knight
May 18, 2011

The Witcher 2 is PC only because the damn thing is so beautiful. I don't see how it'd work on a console, given it's sheer size and ambition. The tech they have on display is just mind blowing.

But yeah, it's too bad that a lot of peeps will miss out if they're not rocking a gaming rig :(

Sexy_beast
Ryan Perez
May 18, 2011

Well, they do have plans to bring the game to consoles -- when that is, I don't know. You'd be surprised what people can get away with on these old, seemingly-dated machines.

I'm fortunate enough to have a PC that can run this game, though; thank God, because I've barely used it for anything. I never realized how dead the PC market was until I got a new gaming rig a year ago.

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Rick Knight
May 18, 2011

Yeah, here's hoping they make it work. At least they won't piss off a bunch of hardware junkies by doing it this way, unlike Crytek.

Oh ya man. The PC market is pretty rough. The majority games are console ports that really don't take advantage of your hardware and often come with a bunch of tech annoyances. You have to do a rain dance every time to get the thing to run the way you want it. 

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Matthew Anfuso
May 19, 2011

The Witcher 2 is...hard. Seriously, you can't just walk into the game, and spam the attack button and think you're going to win. Good game though.  Only problem is that it came out the same day as LA Noire, so now I have to divide my attention.

Sexy_beast
Ryan Perez
May 19, 2011

You got it? Nice! Do a write-up of that puppy and let everyone know your thoughts on it. I'm pretty picky when it comes to RPGs, so a "two cents" from a community member may convince me to cave in and buy it.

I too am pretty busy with L.A. Noire (though I get the feeling I'll have it beaten by tomorrow). So far, I think it's absolutely fantastic. I do have a bit of trouble with interrogations, though; sometimes it's really unclear whether or not someone is lying.

You see them peering cautiously off to the side, and you think, "That's it; this fucker is lying out of his ass." But after hitting triangle (or Y), they cuss you out and you get a big X on your notebook. What gives?!

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