Gaming With Children's Best RPGs of 2007
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Overall RPG of the Year (and PC RPG of the Year): The Witcher (PC) - somewhere between the amazing writing, the great setting, the cool combat, the excellent characters, the 80+ hours to make it through, and more - it hits you. Here is one of the truly great RPG's of all time. As mentioned in the review (amongst the great things about CDProjekt's The Witcher are the brilliant setting based on Sapkowski's novels; the depth, variety and novelty of the plot and quests; the wonderful variety of characters you meet around the game world and the interactions you have with them; the excellent graphics and music that terrifically convey a sense of presence in the world and the cinematics that help set the plot in motion; the exciting action-based combat that takes a bit to learn but is rewarding and satisfying once mastered; the tremendous role-playing opportunities present due to the deep skill system and character development possibilities; and finally the really great character of Geralt). It isn't perfect despite my '˜perfect' score - there are some minor annoyances and the need for a PC with some serious hardware (not in the Crysis stratosphere, but still some beefy specs), but ultimately this is one of those games that will still be on people's lips ten years from now as one of the great examples of writing and narrative in a game.
