The Witcher demo out now
Get a taste of The Witcher's gripping characters and story in this overlooked PC RPG
Dec 17, 2007
If you've been hmming and ahhing over whether to buy CD Projekt's RPG The Witcher, thenthis demomay help you decide.
A 1.97GB taster just released lets you play the "first part of the prologue in which the seeds of the story are sown and the white-haired Witcher Geralt learns the rudiments of combat," says Atari, the game's publisher.
"The prologue is followed by the entirety of Act 1, during which Geralt of Rivia will see the first threads of the story weave their web around him and be called upon to slay man and beast to stay alive and earn his keep."
The Witcher drops you into the fantasy boots of professional monster slayer Geralt, and is based on the works of Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski. Check outour review.
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