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Posted April 16, 2012
<span class="bold">[url=http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/the_witcher_2]The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, the RPG Game of the Year 2011, gets a free update to Enhanced Edition, that packs a bigger punch than any DLC you’ll never have to pay for.

In case you’ve been living under a rock and have never heard about The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, it is “One of the best role-playing games in years”, “One of the most memorable and best written fantasy video games you'll ever play”, an RPG “You can't afford to miss”, because it “Redefines expectations for an entire genre”. Today, the final definitive version of the game is made available as a free update jam-packed with new features, upgrades, and extras.

To celebrate The Witcher 2’s glorious return we’re offering the game with a 15% discount off the full Enhanced Edition price of $49.99, so it’s $42.49 for the next three weeks. This special promo lasts until 7 May 2012 23:59 Central European Summer Time. Additionally, The first game in the series, The Witcher Enhanced Edition, will be available for 50% off (that’s just $4.99!) until 23 April 2012 at 23.59 Central European Summer Time.

The Enhanced Edition of The Witcher 2 features new locations, like the underground system of chambers beneath Loc Muine and a temperate forest in the Loc Muine mountains. A batch of new characters is introduced to the Witcher storyline. All new cinematics and cut scenes expand upon the story, including a new three and a half minute pre-rendered cinematic depicting the assassination of King Demavend of Aedirn, created by BAFTA Award winner and Academy Award nominee Tomasz Baginski.

In additon to more than 4 hours of extra gameplay, improved graphics, new characters, locations, quests, 36 minutes of new cinematics, GOG.com has added the Witcher comic book, new game map, game guide, manual, and soundtrack to your free goodies list, simply because we love you.

Note: This upgrade is available to everyone who has bought The Witcher 2, not just folks who bought it from GOG.com. The upgrade will be free to download from now until a few days after the apocalypse, and is available through the in-game launcher. Note that for faster connections and better error checking, we strongly recommend that you download your new copy of the Enhanced Edition through the GOG.com downloader

In addition to all of this great stuff, we're also running a contest here on GOG.com! It's been a long time since our last fun contest, so we thought we'd challenge you to make a cool, clever, or humorous poster or t-shirt design about The Witcher, Geralt, or anything related to the setting that you think would look great on your wall or your self. This contest will be open all week (until 23.59 Central European Summer Time--which 17.59 Eastern Daylight Time) for you to come up with something clever and amaze us all. Attach your entry to your post--or else post it on an image sharing service and link to it in your post. Once the contest is over, the GOG.com team will look at your entries and pick our favorites to receive a free game of the artists' choice from our catalog!

Spread the word around and show us what you've got in a post on this thread! Happy 'Shooping!
Posted April 16, 2012
Also, lemme see if I understood this correctly.

If I have a retail version of The Witcher 2, I can download the game from GOG by entering the CD key in their website. Am I correct?

Looks like it's time for me to start hunting for a used Witcher 2 at my usual haunts...
Posted April 16, 2012
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Tormentfan: Seriously! A 'playboy shoot'?!?

Who the fuck is this crap being aimed at?

I can see the point, however tenuous, of the card thing in the first one, and I understand the scenes in W2 'setting the stage' in as far as the feel of the world goes, although nudity in a game certainly isn't necessary to portray it.. but doing a mocked up porn shoot, it's just tacky and pandering, not to mention time being wasted making it.

So who is it supposed to impress? It's an 18 game, so, in a perfect world, it's only adults that would be playing the game and I don't know many adults who are hanging out waiting for this kind of thing, so it basically being aimed at younger teens who are still at the giggly stage with this kind of thing, and they shouldn't be playing it anyway.

I'm rapidly becoming less and less impressed with CDP.. Yes, the new content is nice, but the mistakes and bad decisions they are making along the way, from the BS that the game's priority was the PC, to the stupid comments in interviews and now this?

Where the hell is CDP's head at?
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SciFiCat: You are free NOT to download such content if you do not desire it and not to purchase the game at all if you are "less and less impressed with CDP" as you put it. Heck, you are free to remove yourself from this site, not post any further comments and don't buy a single game anymore if that is what it takes to get your message across to CDP.

As to how letting this content made available to others to download at their own free will, I don't see how this affects you on a personal level or why should it cause you such grief.
Because as far as I am concerned it takes what should be universally considered a mature and thoughful experience and gives it a gutter level spin. It's childish and tacky.
Posted April 16, 2012
Loving The Witcher 2! GOG and CD Projekt ftw
Posted April 16, 2012
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SciFiCat: You are free NOT to download such content if you do not desire it and not to purchase the game at all if you are "less and less impressed with CDP" as you put it. Heck, you are free to remove yourself from this site, not post any further comments and don't buy a single game anymore if that is what it takes to get your message across to CDP.

As to how letting this content made available to others to download at their own free will, I don't see how this affects you on a personal level or why should it cause you such grief.
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Tormentfan: Because as far as I am concerned it takes what should be universally considered a mature and thoughful experience and gives it a gutter level spin. It's childish and tacky.
I like it though. I take it with a grin and admire the artistic beauty of it.
Posted April 16, 2012
Well, I read all 4 pages of this and I am still a little confused. Sorry, I know that's on me.

I bought my copy of The Witcher 2 off Amazon, and IIRC it was a "special" copy somehow, as in it included a DVD with the making of The Withcer 2 and the audio for the Official Game Soundtrack, as well as the official game guide.

So, do I install that on my system (I was waiting to install it for the EE to be released) and then somehow update it here???
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Do I just put the CD key into the GOG redeem thing here and download GOG's version and never even bother with my CD (I guess it will be like a backup in that sense, since I can't resell it since I will use the CD key)???

Will the GOG version contain all the latest patches???

I'm assuming there will be additional patches with the new material, so how do we handle that??

Thanks for any info.

Oh, AND THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK GOG & CDPROJEKT. You both have a customer for life.
Post edited April 16, 2012 by OldFatGuy
Posted April 16, 2012
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OldFatGuy: Well, I read all 4 pages of this and I am still a little confused. Sorry, I know that's on me.

I bought my copy of The Witcher 2 off Amazon, and IIRC it was a "special" copy somehow, as in it included a DVD with the making of The Withcer 2 and the audio for the Official Game Soundtrack, as well as the official game guide.

So, do I install that on my system (I was waiting to install it for the EE to be released) and then somehow update it here???
OR
Do I just put the CD key into the GOG redeem thing here and download GOG's version and never even bother with my CD (I guess it will be like a backup in that sense, since I can't resell it since I will use the CD key)???

Will the GOG version contain all the latest patches???

I'm assuming there will be additional patches with the new material, so how do we handle that??

Thanks for any info.

Does the GOG version have all the updated patches??

Oh, AND THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK GOG & CDPROJEKT. You both have a customer for life.
The easy answer? Go to www.gog.com/witcherbackup. Download the game. Enjoy. :D

EDIT: Somewhat longer version:

1. yes, we are fully patched
2. You will update your game through TW2 launcher front end.
Post edited April 16, 2012 by TheEnigmaticT
Posted April 16, 2012
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OldFatGuy: Well, I read all 4 pages of this and I am still a little confused. Sorry, I know that's on me.

I bought my copy of The Witcher 2 off Amazon, and IIRC it was a "special" copy somehow, as in it included a DVD with the making of The Withcer 2 and the audio for the Official Game Soundtrack, as well as the official game guide.

So, do I install that on my system (I was waiting to install it for the EE to be released) and then somehow update it here???
OR
Do I just put the CD key into the GOG redeem thing here and download GOG's version and never even bother with my CD (I guess it will be like a backup in that sense, since I can't resell it since I will use the CD key)???

Will the GOG version contain all the latest patches???

I'm assuming there will be additional patches with the new material, so how do we handle that??

Thanks for any info.

Does the GOG version have all the updated patches??

Oh, AND THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK GOG & CDPROJEKT. You both have a customer for life.
The auto launcher takes care of all patches needed. The GoG version does have version 2.0 in it. But at the moment I think when you download the game, you will download the enhanced edition. At least that's how it looks like in my library. Then again I pre-ordered the digital premium edition here.
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OldFatGuy: Well, I read all 4 pages of this and I am still a little confused. Sorry, I know that's on me.

I bought my copy of The Witcher 2 off Amazon, and IIRC it was a "special" copy somehow, as in it included a DVD with the making of The Withcer 2 and the audio for the Official Game Soundtrack, as well as the official game guide.

So, do I install that on my system (I was waiting to install it for the EE to be released) and then somehow update it here???
OR
Do I just put the CD key into the GOG redeem thing here and download GOG's version and never even bother with my CD (I guess it will be like a backup in that sense, since I can't resell it since I will use the CD key)???

Will the GOG version contain all the latest patches???

I'm assuming there will be additional patches with the new material, so how do we handle that??

Thanks for any info.

Does the GOG version have all the updated patches??

Oh, AND THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK GOG & CDPROJEKT. You both have a customer for life.
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TheEnigmaticT: The easy answer? Go to www.gog.com/witcherbackup. Download the game. Enjoy. :D
Darn if I knew it was going to be a one liner explanation, I would not have bothered.
Post edited April 16, 2012 by Senteria
Posted April 16, 2012
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TheEnigmaticT: Note to anyone who claimed their backup copy of TW2 and didn't see it on your shelf: you should have your game now.
On a slightly related note, will our shelves be updated to reflect the change? I'm still showing the regular TW2, but clearly from both this post and clicking on the shelf it's really the updated version.
Posted April 16, 2012
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TheEnigmaticT: The easy answer? Go to www.gog.com/witcherbackup. Download the game. Enjoy. :D

EDIT: Somewhat longer version:

1. yes, we are fully patched
2. You will update your game through TW2 launcher front end.
Okay, thank you. Does anyone else know if how future patches will be handled?? Will GOG include two downloads at that time, a small one that patches an existing installation and the large one that would be the updated setup file??

I just would like to know because it's such a huge file that if I have to download the whole thing everytime there is a patch I'd rather just wait until I think the last patch is out and then download it.

EDIT ADDED: OOPS, didn't see that last part in there, my bad. I guess the game will have an in-game check for updates and do it that way??

That's cool. I like that.

THANK YOU AGAIN GOG.

My favorite gaming company on the planet. I've done all I can to help LOL. I've bought lots of them here. You guys are great.
Post edited April 16, 2012 by OldFatGuy
Posted April 16, 2012
Thanks for epic game CD Projekt RED.
Posted April 16, 2012
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TheEnigmaticT: The easy answer? Go to www.gog.com/witcherbackup. Download the game. Enjoy. :D

EDIT: Somewhat longer version:

1. yes, we are fully patched
2. You will update your game through TW2 launcher front end.
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OldFatGuy: Okay, thank you. Does anyone else know if how future patches will be handled?? Will GOG include two downloads at that time, a small one that patches an existing installation and the large one that would be the updated setup file??

I just would like to know because it's such a huge file that if I have to download the whole thing everytime there is a patch I'd rather just wait until I think the last patch is out and then download it.
Sometimes if there are difficulties, GOG puts the patch in the game's filelist. But updates for the witcher generally go through the launcher. Then again I do believe GOG updates the installation files as patches come out. But i'm no expert.
Posted April 16, 2012
Congrats to CD Projekt RED and GOG.com for the Enhanced Edition, and thanks for making it available to all previous customers at no additional charge.

I purchased another copy to show my appreciation!
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Senteria: Sometimes if there are difficulties, GOG puts the patch in the game's filelist. But updates for the witcher generally go through the launcher. Then again I do believe GOG updates the installation files as patches come out. But i'm no expert.
From what I could remember and what I found, full installers were made available in these versions:

* 1.0
* 2.0
* EE (not sure which version this is)

Standalone patches were made available at these patch levels:

* 1.0->1.1
* 1.1->1.2
* 1.2->1.3
* 1.3->1.35
* 1.35->2.0
* 2.0->2.1

The standalone patch for the Enhanced Edition is available from here:

http://www.thewitcher.com/ee_manual/

The page doesn't (currently) say, but it sounds like that patch is for retail and digital distribution versions of the game.
Post edited April 16, 2012 by deoren
Posted April 16, 2012
Sorry if this has been asked elsewhere before, but I've had this issue for some time now. How does one go about setting up the Downloader to download multiple files at the same time?

Every time I've tried to set up a few files for that purpose, it just goes one at a time. Attached is a screenshot of my current settings for it.
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Posted April 16, 2012
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TheEnigmaticT: The easy answer? Go to www.gog.com/witcherbackup. Download the game. Enjoy. :D

EDIT: Somewhat longer version:

1. yes, we are fully patched
2. You will update your game through TW2 launcher front end.
WOW!!!

I just clicked on that link, typed the code in from the back of my manual, and I've now got The Witcher 2 showing up on my shelves.

So easy even I could do it!!!

THANK YOU AGAIN!!

This is just awesome. I mean, having an "update" like this without charging extra is in itself awesome, but to then let folks who bought it elsewhere get the GOG version as a backup too is just doubly awesome.
Posted April 16, 2012
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Garugo: Sorry if this has been asked elsewhere before, but I've had this issue for some time now. How does one go about setting up the Downloader to download multiple files at the same time?

Every time I've tried to set up a few files for that purpose, it just goes one at a time. Attached is a screenshot of my current settings for it.
Currently Downloader's concurrent connections don't split between files in the queue - it's only one file at the time in multiple parallel sessions. However, parallel downloads in multiple connections are in the Downloader's roadmap :)
Post edited April 16, 2012 by Destro
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