The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
This third-person dark fantasy Western RPG and sequel to The Witcher (2007), featuring multiple endings and branching narrative paths, follows the travels of Geralt of Rivia, witcher, who, after being falsely…
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings is an adventure developed by CD Projekt RED, released 17 May 2011 on Xbox 360, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It currently starts at $2.99 at GOG. The main story takes about 28.3 hrs to finish.
What The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings is
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings is an adventure game developed by CD Projekt RED and released in 2011. It was published by Atari, Inc.. It is available on Xbox 360, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Havok Physics. It carries an ESRB M age rating.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The player is Geralt of Rivia, a professional monster slayer, a witcher. Entangled in the political turmoil that engulfed Temeria, Geralt helped quell the rebellion of the Order of the Flaming Rose. Soon after, he saved King Foltest’s life when the monarch was attacked by a witcher-like assassin. He continues to protect the king, serving as his bodyguard as Foltest strives to bring peace to his kingdom. The Order’s last bastions have yielded to the royal army, yet one more task remains - the Baroness La Valette announced her secession from the realm, and her fortress must be taken. A month after the attempted assassination, Foltest’s armies stand at the gates of La Valette Castle, preparing…
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 52 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the The Witcher series
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings is the sixth of 37 entries we hold in the The Witcher series. It arrived 3 years after The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director's Cut. The next entry was The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings - Collector's Edition in 2011. Its critic score of 86 is 4 points above the series average of 82. The highest-rated entry is The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Free Next-Gen Update at 100.
How it was received
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings holds a critic score of 86 out of 100. That places it above 86% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2011 averaged 68, so it scored 18 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 85, across 1,400 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 28.3 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 50.1 hrs, roughly 1.8 times the length of the critical path. At its current cheapest price of $2.99, that works out to about $0.11 per hour of the main story, or $0.06 per hour if you finish everything.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel 2.2 GHz Dual-Core or AMD 2.5 GHz Dual-Core, 1.5 GB (Win XP), 2GB (Win Vista/Win 7) of RAM and GeForce 8800 (512 MB) or Radeon HD3850 (512 MB). Resolution: 1280x720.. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 25GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it costs, and where
The cheapest verified price right now is $2.99 at GOG, 85% below its usual price.
What it launched against
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings launched on 17 May 2011, within three weeks of L.A. Noire, Terraria, Infamous 2 and Dirt 3. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4.
Released around the same time: L.A. Noire, Terraria, Infamous 2, Dirt 3.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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