| 📰 Title: | The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition | 🕹️ / 🛠️ Type: | Game |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🗃️ Genre: | Adventure & Action | 👁️ Visual: | 3D Top-Down |
| 🏷️ Category: | Adventure & Action ➤ Role-playing game ➤ Action RPG ➤ Misc. | 🏝️ Perspective: | Behind view |
| 🔖 Tags: | Action RPG; Action; Adventure; Stealth; Dark Fantasy; Mature; Nudity; Magic; Medieval; Multiple Endings; Atmospheric; Based on a Novel; Mythology; Open World; Difficult | ⏱️ Pacing: | Real Time |
| 🐣️ Approx. start: | 2011-05-17 | 👫️ Played: | Single |
| 🐓️ Latest: | 2011-05-17 | 🚦 Status: | 04. Released (status) |
| 📍️ Version: | Latest: - | ❤️ Like it: | 9. ⏳️ |
| 🏛️ License type: | 💰 Commercial | 🎀️ Quality: | 7. ⏳️ |
| 🏛️ License: | Commercial | ✨️ (temporary): | |
| 🐛️ Created: | 2015-02-05 | 🐜️ Updated: | 2024-06-22 |
| 📰 What's new?: | 👻️ Temporary: | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 💡 Lights on: | 🎨️ Significant improvement: | ||
| 👔️ Already shown: | 💭️ New version published (to be updated): | ||
| 🎖️ This work: |  |
🚧️ Some work remains to be done: | |
| 👫️ Contrib.: | goupildb & Louis | 🦺️ Work in progress: | |
| 🎰️ ID: | 14597 |
| 📜️[en]: | The 2nd opus in the series of action role-playing games based on the dark fantasy world of the writer Andrzej Sapkowski, in which the player is Geralt de Riv, known as Witcher, one of the last improved and trained humans, with special powers to hunt monsters. After rescuing King Foltest from an assassin at the end of the first opus, he finds himself locked up in dungeons awaiting execution for a crime he did not committed... | 📜️[fr]: | Le 2nd opus de la série de jeux d'aventures et d'actions basée sur l'univers médiéval-fantastique sombre de l'écrivain Andrzej Sapkowski, dans lequel le joueur est Geralt de Riv, connu sous le nom de Witcher, l'un des derniers humains améliorés et entraînés, avec des pouvoirs spéciaux pour chasser les monstres. Après avoir sauvé le roi Foltest d'un assassin à la fin du premier opus, il se retrouve enfermé dans les cachots en attendant son exécution pour un crime qu'il n'a pas commis... |
|---|
🏝️ Trailer: (202xxx♺),
🎲️ Gameplay: (202xxx♺), (202xxx♺), [fr](202xxx♺),
🏡️ Website & videos
[Homepage] [Dev site] [Features/About] [Screenshots] [Videos t(202xxx♺) t(202xxx♺) gd(202xxx) gu(202xxx) r(202xxx♺) r(202xxx♺) r(202xxx♺) lp(202xxx) ht(202xxx♺) g(202xxx♺) g(202xxx♺) g[fr](202xxx♺) g[fr](202xxx♺) g[fr](202xxx♺) g[de](202xxx) g[ru](202xxx) g[pl](202xxx) g[cz](202xxx) g[sp](202xxx) g[pt](202xxx) g[it](202xxx) g[tr](202xxx) g(202xxx)] [WIKI] [FAQ] [RSS: no] [Changelog 1 2 3]
💰 Commercial
• [Humble Store] [Steam] [GOG]
🍩️ Resources
• (empty, license): [Homepage] [Dev site] 🎬️ g(202xxx)
🛠️ Technical informations
[PCGamingWiki] [MobyGames]
🦣️ Social
Devs (CD Projekt RED [fr] [en]): [Site 1 2] [Forums] [mastodon] [PeerTube] [YouTube] [PressKit] [Instagram] [Interview 1(202xxx) 2(202xxx)]
Devs (Virtual Programming [fr] [en]): [Site 1 2] [Chat] [mastodon] [Facebook] [PeerTube] [YouTube] [PressKit] [Interview 1(202xxx) 2(202xxx)]
The Project: [Blog] [Chat] [Forums] [mastodon] [PeerTube] [YouTube] [PressKit]
🐝️ Related
[Wikipedia (The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings) [fr] [en] [de]]
[Wikipedia (Andrzej Sapkowski) [fr] [en] [de]]
📦️ Misc. repositories
[Repology] [pkgs.org] [Generic binary] [Arch Linux / AUR] [openSUSE] [Debian/Ubuntu] [Flatpak] [AppImage(author's repo)] [Snap] [PortableLinuxGames]
🕵️ Reviews
[metacritic] [OpenCritic] [iGDB]
🕊️ Source of this Entry: [Site (date)]
🦣️ Social Networking Update (on mastodon)
🕹️ Title:
🦊️ What's:
🏡️
🐣️
🔖
📦️
📖 Our entry: (homeless)
🥁️ Update:
⚗️
📌️ Changes:
🦣️ From: 🛜️
🏝️ https://www.youtube.com/embed/
🦉️ https://www.youtube.com/embed/
🦝️ https://www.youtube.com/embed/
🦝️ https://www.youtube.com/embed/
🕵️ https://www.youtube.com/embed/
🕯️https://www.youtube.com/embed/
🕯️https://www.youtube.com/embed/
🎲️ https://www.youtube.com/embed/
🎲️ https://www.youtube.com/embed/
🎲️ https://www.youtube.com/embed/
🎲️[fr] https://www.youtube.com/embed/
🎮️ https://www.youtube.com/embed/
🎮️ https://www.youtube.com/embed/
🐧https://www.youtube.com/embed/
🐧https://www.youtube.com/embed/
🕶️
📚️ Name is a
📜️ "An action role-playing game in which the player is one of the last humans, with special powers to hunt monsters" 📜️ .
🌍️ Wikipedia:
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings (Polish: Wiedźmin 2: Zabójcy królów) is an action role-playing hack and slash video game developed by Polish studio CD Projekt RED for Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, OS X and Linux. The game was released internationally for Microsoft Windows on 17 May 2011 and for Xbox 360 on 17 April 2012.
It is a sequel to the 2007 video game The Witcher. Like its predecessor, the game is based on The Witcher series of fantasy novels by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski. The player directs the actions of Geralt of Rivia, an enhanced human called a Witcher who hunts monsters. The fantasy world in which his adventures take place owes much to Polish history and Slavic mythology.
The game was a critical and commercial success, selling more than 1.7 million units for the PC and Xbox 360 as of May 2012.[10] The third installment in the story, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, is in development for a May 2015 release date.
Gameplay
The gameplay of The Witcher 2 is a marked departure from that of its predecessor. Player movement is accomplished solely through the keyboard, and combat has changed from the rhythmic minigame style of the original game to a more fast-paced style.
The combat system is more complex. The abilities to lay traps and to aim and throw ranged weapons are new additions. The protagonist, Geralt, also has an improved offensive and defensive arsenal, with a wide range of melee and ranged weapons, armor, bombs, traps and secondary weapons such as hatchets and shovels. Upgrades are divided into four distinct paths: an initial training path, which includes generalized upgrades for various core abilities and must be invested in before the other paths can be accessed; swordsmanship, which improves Geralt's sword fighting abilities; alchemy, which includes perks such as reducing the negative effects of potions; and magic, which improves Witcher Signs.
The Witcher 2 includes a stealth mode in certain parts of the game, where players must remain undetected as they make their way to a certain objective. Players have the option of stunning enemies if Geralt manages to get behind them, but the player may choose to take a less subtle approach and simply engage the guards in combat. Several new minigames were introduced, including arm wrestling.
Plot
The player controls Geralt of Rivia, who is one of the few remaining witchers − genetically enhanced and trained humans with special powers. The Witcher 2 features an extensive cast of vivid characters with developed personalities, which has often been cited by reviewers as one of its strengths.[12] The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings contains many different paths and storylines, along with multiple endings.
Prologue
At the start of the game, Geralt is in prison under suspicion of assassinating the king of Temeria. After interrogating Geralt, commander Roche decides that Geralt is innocent and aids him in escaping the prison. The two, along with sorceress Triss Merigold, go in search of the kingslayer.
Chapter 1
The trio arrive in the trading town of Flotsam and are ambushed by Iorveth, who is a witcher in league with a rebel group and is also believed to have assassinated the king of the neighboring country of Aedirn. Geralt saves two friends from being hanged in the city square. With the help of sorceress Síle de Tansarville, Geralt kills a monster that is disrupting the town's trade routes. Geralt discovers that the true kingslayer, known as Letho, intends to betray Iorveth. Roche arrives with an armed force. The player chooses between assisting Iorveth (which results in the slaughter of nonhumans in Flotsam) or Roche (which results in Iorveth's capture and a feast in Flotsam), thus setting the path of the second chapter. After a duel with Geralt, Letho kidnaps Triss and forces her to teleport both of them to Aedirn.
Chapter 2 (Iorveth)
If Geralt assists Iorveth, the pair sail to upper Aedirn. There, they become embroiled in a rebel plot against King Henselt of neighboring Kaedwen, and they assist the rebel forces. Geralt completes three missions: formulating a poison antidote for rebel leader Saskia, determining Triss’s whereabouts (captured by spies from the empire of Nilfgaard and taken to Loc Muinne), and lifting a battlefield curse that is preventing the rebels from defending a nearby town. The rebels defeat King Helselt’s army and Henselt is forced to acknowledge Saskia's terms. Geralt discovers Saskia is actually a dragon taking human form but she is under mind control by her advisor, the sorceress Philippa Eilhart. When Philippa teleports Saskia and herself to Loc Muinne, Geralt and Iorveth follow.
Chapter 2 (Roche)
If Geralt assists Roche, Roche has Geralt assassinate the town’s commandant for spying for King Henselt of neighboring Kaedwen. Geralt and Roche sail to upper Aedirn. There, they become embroiled in a rebel plot against Henselt, and they assist the king. Geralt discovers an insurgency in the Kaedweni army: loyalists who are convinced Henselt is conspiring with the empire of Nilfgaard. Geralt completes three missions: determining Triss’s whereabouts (captured by spies from Nilfgaard and taken to Loc Muinne), lifting a curse on King Henselt, and lifting a battlefield curse that is preventing the king from marching on a nearby town. Geralt defends Henselt from two witcher assassins and uses necromancy to discover they are in league with Síle de Tansarville, who has already fled to Loc Muinne with fellow sorceress Philippa Eilhart and entranced rebel leader Saskia in tow. Geralt defeats Henselt's personal guard. Geralt either allows Roche to murder Henselt in revenge for his men (and causes a civil war in Kaedwen) or convinces him to spare the king.
Chapter 3
Geralt arrives at Loc Muinne, with either Iorveth or Roche depending on whom he assisted previously. The mages have called a meeting to establish a new magical ruling body known as the Conclave, and all royal leaders are at Loc Muinne. Philippa Eilhart and Síle de Tansarville intend to use the meeting to establish their own power, with the still-entranced Saskia as leverage.
If Geralt arrives with Iorveth, he must choose between rescuing Triss or rescuing Philippa, who is the only person capable of lifting the spell from Saskia but who was captured and blinded by the king of Redania (and the spell over Saskia’s mind is broken). If Geralt arrives with Roche, he must choose between rescuing Triss or rescuing kidnapped Princess Anais of Temeria (who is sent for protection to King Radovid of Redania or back to Temeria). The mage-royal meeting is interrupted when Nilfgaardian forces arrive with Letho, who reveals the sorceresses' entire plot, but Síle escapes. If Triss is rescued − regardless of who Geralt assisted − the ambassador of Nilfgaard dies, the sorceresses’ plot is revealed, and either Roche is outlawed (and the rule of Temeria remains unsettled) or Iorveth is grievously wounded.
Geralt chases down Síle, who either dies or escapes. Geralt either battles the dragon Saskia or breaks the spell over Saskia's mind.
Epilogue
If Triss was rescued, the Conclave is restored and the mages work to seal Loc Muinne. If Triss was not rescued, a bloody pogrom of magic users occurs in Loc Muinne and throughout the Northern Kingdoms. Geralt finally confronts Letho the kingslayer, who reveals a Nilfgaardian plot to destabilise the Northern Kingdoms. After hearing Letho's story, Geralt can either let him go or duel him to the death. Geralt then reunites with Triss and either Iorveth or Roche, and sets off for Nilfgaard. A concurrent plot of the game is Geralt's attempts to recover lost memories from his previous life.
Un jeu d'aventures et d'actions dans lequel le joueur est Geralt de Riv, un chasseur de monstres, par le studio CD Projekt RED, portage Linux par le studio Virtual Programming.
Il utilise le moteur RED Engine (de CD Projekt).
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition est le 2nd opus de la série de jeux d'aventures et d'actions basée sur l'univers médiéval-fantastique sombre de l'écrivain Andrzej Sapkowski, dans lequel le joueur est Geralt de Riv, connu sous le nom de Witcher, l'un des derniers humains améliorés et entraînés, avec des pouvoirs spéciaux pour chasser les monstres.
Après avoir sauvé le roi Foltest d'un assassin à la fin du premier opus, il se retrouve enfermé dans les cachots en attendant son exécution pour un crime qu'il n'a pas commis...
🌍️ Wikipedia :
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings est la suite du jeu vidéo The Witcher développé par le studio CD Projekt. Il est sorti le 17 mai 2011 sur PC équipés de Windows. La version dématérialisée du jeu, vendue sur Steam et GOG.com, est éditée par CD Projekt. Les versions boîtes sont quant à elles éditées par Namco Bandai Games en Europe, et par Atari en Amérique du Nord.
Une version totalement repensée pour la console est sortie sur Xbox 360 en avril 2012, un an après la sortie PC.
Histoire
Basé sur l'univers médiéval-fantastique d'Andrzej Sapkowski, le jeu propose d'incarner Geralt de Riv, un « Sorceleur » (Witcher en anglais), un chasseur de monstres.
Extrait du dossier de presse de mars 2010
Après avoir aidé à arrêter la rébellion fomentée par l’Ordre de la Rose Ardente et avoir sauvé la vie du Roi Foltest, Geralt est devenu l’une des figures centrales du tumulte politique dans le Royaume de Téméria. Le sorceleur a continué à protéger le Roi durant sa mission pour restaurer la paix dans le pays. Le dernier bastion de l’Ordre a plié devant l’armée royale. La seule tâche qui reste est de pacifier le château rebelle de la baronne La Valette, qui a annoncé sa sécession du Royaume. Cela fait un mois qu’on a tenté d’assassiner le Roi, quand son armée arrive aux portails de la forteresse de la Baronne, se préparant à la bataille finale. Pendant ce temps, Geralt, coincé avec Foltest, ne peut pas commencer sa quête personnelle : découvrir l’identité et l’origine du mystérieux assassin aux allures de sorceleur, responsable de la tentative d’assassinat de Foltest. Une quête qui répondrait à de nombreuses questions...
Brève description de l’histoire
Le joueur prend le rôle de Geralt, un tueur de monstres professionnel qui s’est retrouvé embrigadé dans les troubles politiques du Royaume de Téméria en aidant à écraser la rébellion lancée par l’Ordre de la Rose Ardente, et qui a sauvé la vie du Roi en le protégeant d’un assassin aux allures de sorceleur. Dans la seconde partie de la saga, Geralt demeure au cœur des événements politiques. Il entame sa quête pour révéler l’identité d’un groupe d’assassins responsables du meurtre de dirigeants partout dans les Royaumes du Nord, pour découvrir leur connexion avec les sorceleurs ainsi que leurs mobiles. Son enquête le mènera jusqu’à la rivière Pontar, dans les tumultueuses régions frontalières entre Téméria, Kaedwen et Aedirn, où il sera pris dans un conflit opposant les plus puissantes forces de ce monde.