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Originally Posted by Xandax

Yes, it depends on definition of mature, however if you consistently focuses on the sexual content and the few reference to dwarf anatomy as the "mature content", then you are intentionally bypassing a large part of the games story which involves racial tensions to a degree not usually depicted in a RPG, drug abuse and other such elements which exists an-mass.

"racial tensions to a degree not usually depicted in a RPG"

Racial tensions are not usually depicted in an RPG? I always thought dwarves vs elves and half-orcs versus everyone else was pretty standard. Games like WoW where you have the Horde vs the Alliance are racially motivated. Most D&D settings have very high racial tensions. I can imagine there a plenty more examples, but racial tensions in fantasy RPGs is probably pretty common.

Originally Posted by Xandax

Well, this is completely wrong and just completely invalidates your entire post.
I care less about Jackass, I do not care much about "lewd" humour etc, yet I throughouly enjoyed The Witcher. What is your explanation for that?

You're right, I was generalizing.

Originally Posted by Xandax

No - doens't contribute negative to anyones enjoyment ... it does to your enjoyment

Yup, I edited this after I posted my response and apparently after you quoted me. I changed it from "anyone's" to "many gamer's."

Originally Posted by Xandax

As have been said prior - inventory icons are not "unrecognizable" to me, after I have played the game for a while.

Okay, but they are to me, and to many other people. *shrug* I'd assume if a large portion of a game's userbase commented that an aspect of a game was less-than-satisfactory that the game's developers would want to hear about it and take it into consideration for possible fixes and/or changes in future games.

Originally Posted by Xandax

Simplistic combat - heck most combat in any RPG is simplistic. Click this enemy, click this ability. That they simply choose another route does not mean the game is automatically bad.

I didn't say it's automatically bad. It is, however, less than ground-breaking and not anything I consider a "masterpiece" as so many fanbois are quick to vote.

Originally Posted by Xandax

Long loading is a problem yes, but waiting 10-20 seconds does not mean the end of the world for everybody.

It takes several minutes for me. Maybe you can blame me for not having a $3,000 state-of-the-art system to play on, but I meet or exceed all minimum system requirements, so my complaint is quite valid.

Originally Posted by Xandax

Long cutscenes which you can skip, unlike in many other games, and which to me are actually quite interesting is also not a negative factor.....

My problem with cutscenes is this - game developers often use cutscenes to relay the game's story or specific details about a character or other event. If I wanted to watch a movie, I'd watch a movie. If I wanted to interact with the environment, I'll play a game. Sitting idly by while a game relays it's story through a non-interactive cutscene, no matter how good it looks, is akin to watching a movie. Games are supposed to be interactive. In the few hours that I played The Witcher, the majority of time was spent watching cutscenes. If you choose to skip them, you miss out on story elements or perhaps plot points or even what you're supposed to do next.

Originally Posted by Xandax

So please do yourself a favour, speak only for yourself, no masked attempts at personal attacks by derogatory putting down an entire playerbase and if you want to judge the games "mature" content on your preconceived notions of the developers or your sole focus on sexual content then please be prepared to conscider the rebuttals.

Any generalizations I make about the players or developers doesn't invalidate the negative aspects of the game I have been discussing. You're right though, in that generalizations are not needed, and I will remove them from future posts. I was pretty annoyed by The Witcher after reading such glowing reviews. I guess I expected more/different than what I actually got.