The "What Free Game Should I get with The Witcher 2" Thread

Antar Bolaeisk · 10 May 2011 at 17:21

My choices are:

Beyond Divinity
Divine Divinity
Gothic 2: Gold Edition
Realms of Arkania 1 + 2
Realms of Arkania 3

I have ever played any of these and have only hear of Gothic in passing. Please help me decide.

Thanks in advance,
Antar.

bhavv · 10 May 2011 at 17:33

Is this a GoG thing?

Hmmmm, should I cancel my pre order at Game to get it on GoG? No box or printed map and strategy guide, but also no DRM, pre download, and a free game?

I cant decide!

Neil79 · 10 May 2011 at 17:35

DIVINE DIVINITY!!

Gothic 2 Gold edition is amazing however the control scheme could really bother you and DD is more playable and is a large rpg game

Your choice out of those really

Huw · 10 May 2011 at 17:38

Yeah you can't go wrong with either Divinity. The Gothic series is RPG Marmite; you'll either love it or hate it, and don't bet on being an RPG fan either - I'm a huge RPG fan and I hate the Gothic games. Very unforgiving.

Realms of Arkania are classic games but extremely old (I first played them on my Amiga). I can't really recommend them for new players.

Antar Bolaeisk · 10 May 2011 at 18:03

bhavv said:
Is this a GoG thing?

Hmmmm, should I cancel my pre order at Game to get it on GoG? No box or printed map and strategy guide, but also no DRM, pre download, and a free game?

I cant decide!

Yep it's a gog only thing. The other bonus with buying through gog.com is that the money goes straight to CDProjeckt Red, the creators of the game.

Neil79 said:
DIVINE DIVINITY!!

Gothic 2 Gold edition is amazing however the control scheme could really bother you and DD is more playable and is a large rpg game

Your choice out of those really

Huw said:
Yeah you can't go wrong with either Divinity. The Gothic series is RPG Marmite; you'll either love it or hate it, and don't bet on being an RPG fan either - I'm a huge RPG fan and I hate the Gothic games. Very unforgiving.

Realms of Arkania are classic games but extremely old (I first played them on my Amiga). I can't really recommend them for new players.

Coolio, guess I'll go with Divine Divinity then. Cheers guys.

Also, to those of you having problems getting your codes, you need to look at the plain text version of the e-mail being sent as apparently there's a problem with the html e-mail.

Huw · 10 May 2011 at 18:13

Antar Bolaeisk said:
Coolio, guess I'll go with Divine Divinity then. Cheers guys.

You're welcome. Hope you enjoy the game!

bhavv · 10 May 2011 at 18:19

I cant see where this offer is stated on the GoG site?

http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/the_witcher_2

badcompany · 10 May 2011 at 18:25

Gothc 2 !!

Antar Bolaeisk · 10 May 2011 at 18:28

bhavv said:
I cant see where this offer is stated on the GoG site?

http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/the_witcher_2

The offer must have expired today, it was there.

Huw · 10 May 2011 at 18:29

bhavv said:
I cant see where this offer is stated on the GoG site?

http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/the_witcher_2

I'd guess it's part of the "preorder bonus pack" but yeah, it's a bit silly they don't state it specifically on that page.

bhavv · 10 May 2011 at 18:31

So if I pre order it now on GoG instead, will I get a free game or not?

My mouse cursor is hovering over the cancel button for my Game preorder.

Antar Bolaeisk · 10 May 2011 at 18:32

bhavv said:
So if I pre order it now on GoG instead, will I get a free game or not?

My mouse cursor is hovering over the cancel button for my Game preorder.

Possibly not at this stage. Best bet would be to fire off an e-mail to them to find out.

gog.com said:
Purchase and Pre-download The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Digital Premium only on GOG.com

You only have 6 days left to pre-order The Witcher 2, but that’s not the great news today. The great news today is that now you can officially purchase and pre-download 95% of the game before launch day--a GOG.com exclusive! You won’t have to download the whole game on the release day with the whole world, so you’ll be able to play The Witcher 2 sooner. Get it DRM-Free only on GOG.com with the best digital distribution package available.

Pre-order now to grab the full exclusive bag of goodies with all of the bonus material: a virtual version of the collector’s edition artbook, the whole soundtrack with 4 unreleased tracks exclusive to GOG.com, wallpapers, avatars and a photo tour showing the behind the scenes work of your favorite CDProjekt Red team. Last (but not least!) you get one of five epic RPGs for free.

If you don't know what the fuss is about, our very own sister company CDP Red is about to blow the world away with the new Witcher 2 They listened to community and fan feedback, they incorporated all the changes people wished for and they have a whole lot of surprises waiting for you in the next installment of the Witcher saga.

It must still be available, just not explicitly mentioned on the order page which is weird.

Huw · 10 May 2011 at 18:46

I'd be very surprised if they reneged on that offer any time before the game is released; GoG are good guys. Actually, ask them on Twitter; in my experience you'll get a near-instant reply.

bhavv · 10 May 2011 at 18:49

I emailed them, will wait for a reply.

I already have Gothic 2 on CD, but would still like it on GoG as well.

Paul_cz · 10 May 2011 at 19:57

It is a toss up between Divine Divinity and Gothic 2 - both are amazing and very much worth playing. Get Gothic if you love exploration of beatiful worlds in games, get Divinity if you prefer funny dialogues and diablo-like combat.

Vtec9k · 11 May 2011 at 19:18

Went for divine divinity. Should help pass some hours before the Witcher 2 release

Neil79 · 11 May 2011 at 19:22

Have fun, it's a great game

talizker · 12 May 2011 at 17:45

Thanks for the advise here, going for Gothic 2.