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Evaluating The Witcher 2 - Great story, terrible execution

The Salt Factory

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Join me as I explore one of the most confusing fusions of action and RPG that I've probably ever seen.

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Thanks to Twitter: GetGianni for pulling off a flawless Iorveth imitation.

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Songs:
Uhh, a video titled "Polish Slavic Music". It starts here: Polish Slavic Music
Most of The Witcher 2 OST
Steel for Humans from The Witcher 3 OST
Cleric Beast from the Bloodborne OST
One Winged Angel from the FFVII Advent Children OST
if god didnt want us to snort worms he wouldnt have made them cylindrical!!!!!!!!!! by MIMIDEATH - SoundCloud: if-god-didnt-want-us-to-snort
Jazzbstarct Flava' | Snippets by Herring Franky - SoundCloud: jazzbstarct-flava-snippets
Sea Shanty 2 from the OSRS OST

Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
04:08 - Tutorial and Prologue
26:00 - Beginning Chapter 1
33:47 - Exploration, combat and leveling woes
53:01 - Finishing Chapter 1
01:13:13 - Manscaped Ad
01:14:57 - Chapter 2: A lesson in exploration
01:45:05 - Chapter 3: CDPR and the waning budget
02:06:40 - Epilogue: Putting it all together
02:15:32 - Final thoughts
02:22:03 - Outro

Thanks for watching!

20 Comments

@sweetssandbox3526 4 years ago

finally a game based on my favorite fictional fantasy world, poland

@lbonn2282 4 years ago

It took me waaaay to long to realise that Iorvith's description of Roach wasn't the actual game dialogue.

@thebrosky1224 4 years ago

you are actually meant to lose your silver sword at the beginning, but you had 2 in your inventory due to the imported witcher 1 save.

@nilsjonsson1133 4 years ago

Iorveth roasting Roach in increasingly more bizarre ways is the most I've laughed in a good long while.

@datguyuno98 4 years ago

And now we await the 12 hour long Witcher 3 video, Salt and Joseph Anderson can compete for who had the most Witcher content

@assordante2205 4 years ago (edited)

My favorite part was when Hagrid busts in and says "You're a Witcher, harry." Fucking legend.

@jmporkbob 4 years ago (edited)

If you got the Aerondight sword in Witcher 1 and transfer your save, the part where Geralt sticks the sword into the dragon's mouth is when you actually lose it and Geralt is supposed to just have a normal silver sword after. It's cheekily mentioned in Witcher 3 if you get that sword again.

@ergile172 4 years ago

I lost it at the plastic recorder bit at 26:33 but i was not prepared for Iorveth to call Roche a cuddle monster lmao

@topcat59 4 years ago (edited)

That’s probably the best editing I’ve ever seen. Getting the Voice actor of that elf to make various of slide remarks towards him was absolutely hilarious. Like Anonymous dragon age 2 defender on /v/ got me there.😹

@Airyllish 4 years ago (edited)

Masterclass editing for Iorveth's introduction. You got me in the first third and I was rolling with laughter for the rest.

@jorgehanel8837 4 years ago

Letho probably didn't tell Geralt everything before Loc Muinne because of his proximity to kings and sorceresses, the people he is trying to currently trick. If Geralt told Triss, it could have blown Letho's cover very early.

@zayah4838 4 years ago (edited)

I'm pretty sure if I remember the books properly it was the elves who actually started the war, they also supposedly wiped out a lizardman race. So they aren't much better then humans they are just the losing side I guess

@thejohnhopkinscompany9599 4 years ago

"President Obama gifted The Witcher 2 from Polish Prime Minister" is not a sentence I expected to encounter today.

@TwoFacedKid4 4 years ago

One detail I really love is when retrieving the Dunn Banner and the ghost quizzes you on his brigades’ service at the Battle of Brenna; if you read the books it’s an incredibly easy quiz that rewards you for readership. I felt so smart when I caught his trick question and pointed out that Field Marshall Menno Coehoorn was in fact dead. I really appreciated that attention to detail from the developers.

@jsrobert20 4 years ago

That Iorveth intro was brilliant

@Lance_Lionroar 3 years ago

26:33 That Iorveth speech was truly a work of art.

@kurzackd 4 years ago

45:53 - first time I learn that the woman "spared" by the soldiers was actually Loredo's mother. Fascinating!

@OhLadyMeg 4 years ago

I watched a TW2 recap right before TW3 launched and the guy had a long detailed description of Iorveth’s side and how exciting it was. He referred to Roche’s side as a “spooky ghost story” and then moved on lmao.
I’ve only played it once and went with Roche.

@jonathan13co 4 years ago

Everybody discussing humans and elves but can we just take a moment to appriciate the dwarves? Literally flawless. Sturdy, humorous , elite warriors, master craftsmen, noble - Yarpen, zoltan, sheldon skaggs, dennis cranmer, barclay els, addarion bach... You just can't hate these guys.

@Romczy 4 years ago

Witcher 2 was nice experience. Played it multiple times years ago. Still remember few iconic dialogues. Foltest giving his "speech" in siege tower, Vernons reaction to punching the nobleman in prologue, Zoltans lines before crossing the mist, Geralts and Lethos first conversation. (All of that in proper language, not sure how these were delivered in eng version)