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This game was created based on the books written by a well known (in Poland) writter - Andrzej Sapkowski. Main character from the game - Geralt - is also main character in his books. The books were written in the 90's when Sapkowki was around 40 years old and it was he who created a ''non sissy'' fantasy world where lowlifes curse (like in real world), cultural people when they get angry also can start using bad language (like in real world) people enjoy sex and some of them use it to achieve their goals (like in real world), ther is a lot of superstition in the life of people (like it was in a real world in dark ages), ther is a lot of violence (like it was in a real world in a dark ages), there is rasism, politics and so on. So no - it wasn't created by a bunch of high school virgins, but by a normal mature guy who wanted to combine problems of our times with the fantasy settings.

The guys bahind the game - CDProject RED - payed mr.Sapkowki for rights to the world and characters he created in his books. They decited to make the world in the game exactly like it was presented in the books. They didn't put sex or bad language so thier game would sell better, as thise aren't important parts of their work which is a great long cRPG.

What I can't really understand is why so many people in US and western european countries have so big problem with computer games being _mature_ (is being mature a bad thing? I dont think so) and showing _normal_ things for mature people in them. I play computer games for more then 15 years and am bored with the childish approach to them and childish content in them. The Witcher was rated M (Mature) and to mature audience was it dedicated (the developers said it on many occasions). Normal adult person shouldn't be shocked by cursing or sex as these are probably normal parts of his life, so I really can't understand why so many people has problems seeing these in computer games (are computer games for children only? statistics show that most of the gamers are adult people...)

The author of this topic say that The Witcher looks like a game created by virgins... lets look from the other end... dcb are you shocked by the nudity and bad language? are you a virgin? or maybe a mommy of a virgin? 18 year old shouldn't be shocked by this game even if he is a virgin (sorry for using word ''virgin'' like it would ment some bad thing but it was shown thise way by dcb in his post). If you aren't an adult then you shouldn't play The Witcher, but if you are 18+ then... grow up.

Sorry for writing this much on this topic but I really think it's a problem that so many people including game reviewers are shocked by seeing a naked woman breast in a computer game. If this wont change then society will always think of games as of stupid childish things. There are hundreds of thousands of people that have they own children and enjoy playing computer games, and they are really borred of d&d universe with it's childish approach to fantasy universe. The Witcher shows that fantasy settings doesn't have to by for children only, that fantasy world can be mature and interesting for adults too, and for that we all (rpg fans) should thank mr. Sapkowki and guys from CDProject RED.