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Originally Posted by dcb  To be honest, you should check the back of the game manual. The Witcher had a huge team of writers, designers, etc, so for the story to have this "Beavis and Butthead" level of dialogue is really sad to see. |
Does it say writers? I'm curious, because nearly every game I have (and that's quite a bit, been reviewing them since 1978) has designers--chief programmers, who also did the writing--and programmers.
If so, it's possible the team simply hired bad writers whose work they liked. I can't make a rule of thumb about something like this, but some of the programmers I've known have only read AD&D fiction all their lives, aside from the part when they were required in school to look at something called literature.
Guess, I would ask, though, how many of the writers assigned to develop the game were actually professional fiction writers. Not that this is absolutely necessary, but far too many writers listed on game development teams are programmers-wearing-different-hats, or even (in at least a couple of cases I know) programmers under pseudonyms, double-listed in the credits. One of those games bombed. The other was a moderate success, but not on the basis of the writing--which the site reviewers faithfully avoided mentioning, because many of them could care less.