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The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director's Cut

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16 September 2008 ESRB M

The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director's Cut is an adventure developed by CD Projekt RED, released 16 September 2008 on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 37.5 hrs to finish.

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What The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director's Cut is

The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director's Cut is an adventure game developed by CD Projekt RED and released in 2008. It was published by 1C-SoftClub. It is available on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Aurora Engine. It carries an ESRB M age rating.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Suffering from amnesia you remember nothing of your past. Kaer Morhen, the last remaining keep of the witchers, was attacked by a mysterious organization, just as you were starting to lick your wounds there. The battle is won but the secret recipe for the mutagen, a substance required to create more of your kind, has been stolen. The surviving witchers set out to find and reclaim it and punish everyone involved. Memory loss or not, you are one of them.
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and open world. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the The Witcher series

The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director's Cut is the fifth of 37 entries we hold in the The Witcher series. The next entry was The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings in 2011.

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How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 37.5 hrs.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz or Athlon 64 +2800 (Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 +3000 recommended). Athlon XP series, such as the Athlon XP +2400, is not supported, 1 GB RAM (2 GB RAM recommended) and NVIDIA GeForce 6600 or ATI Radeon 9800 or better (NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX or ATI Radeon X1950 XT or better recommended). At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 15GB.

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What it launched against

The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director's Cut launched on 16 September 2008, within three weeks of The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director's Cut, Rock Band 2, The Witcher: Enhanced Edition and Pokémon Platinum Version.

Released around the same time: The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director's Cut, Rock Band 2, The Witcher: Enhanced Edition, Pokémon Platinum Version.

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The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director's Cut — frequently asked questions

When did The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director's Cut come out?
The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director's Cut was released on 16 September 2008 for Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director's Cut?
At minimum, The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director's Cut needs Intel Pentium 4 2.4 GHz or Athlon 64 +2800 (Intel Pentium 4 3.0 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 +3000 recommended). Athlon XP series, such as the Athlon XP +2400, is not supported, 1 GB RAM (2 GB RAM recommended), NVIDIA GeForce 6600 or ATI Radeon 9800 or better (NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GTX or ATI Radeon X1950 XT or better recommended) graphics, 15 GB Free of storage.
How long does it take to beat The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director's Cut?
The main story of The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director's Cut takes around 37.5 hrs.
How many GB is The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director's Cut?
The PC version needs about 15 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("15 GB Free"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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