Aaron86: I'm just going to leave this here.

Also, a lot of the original Nintendo Hard games from the eighties were Nintendo Hard because they were (arguably bad) ports of arcade games. Said arcade games were typically powered by unlimited continues, which were powered by hopefully unlimited quarters.

Edit: I suppose TW2's "tutorial" also came as a shock to me because the tutorial sequence in the original Witcher actually did its job.

WBGhiro: I expect so called "professional" game reviewers to be able to read.

Delixe: Nah it's not Nintendo hard it's just very hard at the beginning, it get's much easier as you level up Geralt. The game simply throws you straight in with no help then laughs as you die.

kalirion: So it's more "Gothic 1 Hard" then?

kalirion: So it's more "Gothic 1 Hard" then?

Delixe: I haven't played it but if you spend the majority of your time in the early parts of Gothic 1 being murdered and the later parts being a fucking god then yes.

orcishgamer: Once one acquires a certain set of armor one could be called god-like.

kalirion: So it's more "Gothic 1 Hard" then?

Delixe: Well you don't need armour in The Witcher 2. In chapter 3 you can deflect arrows back at the bowman, block any hit even ones you can't see, paralyse all your enemies and generally wallow in your awsomeness.

WBGhiro: If you mean the controls, they're not bad at all ihmo an improvement over the original Witcher, but you have to spend some time understanding them first.

Aaron86: But when actually playing a game there tends to be a world of difference between reading about a mechanic and actually performing a mechanic. That's why tutorials got so popular to begin with.