The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings

Branching acts that split the whole middle game set a high bar for narrative reactivity.

Released 2011 Developer CD Projekt Red Publisher CD Projekt Platform PC Genre RPG Era Digital storefronts & indie Website thewitcher.com ↗

Mechanics it built on

Ideas The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings inherited rather than invented — each traceable back through the ontology to a root.

Parry and Riposte Window ~~1997~~Crafting From Gathered Materials ~~1997~~Directed In-Engine Camera Language ~~1998~~Quest Journal ~~1998~~Consequential Branching Endgame ~~2003~~

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2007

The Witcher ~~2007~~

2011

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2015

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