DarknessGlow: To CD Projekt RED,
I hate you. You've made a game that challenges my computer to run it to make it nothing short of beautiful. You made me examine the environments, looking at a gigantic overturned tree and wonder what could have forced this tree up from the very roots.
Then you proceed to keep egging me on and play for "just one more quest" or to gather "just one more crafting item" making it impossible for me to sleep! This madness cannot continue! Upon release of Witcher 2 I stayed up until the sun was shining through my windows without realizing it. I can only count myself lucky I had neither school nor work that day.
Throwing into the mix of these complaints you put in an engaging story. This is where my hate really begins to show. You don't give me clear right or wrong answers! You're forcing me to decide something for which there is no clear path! And sometimes only giving me seconds to do it! Why would you give someone this stress? Its difficult enough when you have to decide between a racist and a radical without the presence of mind that there will be a good and bad outcome for either decision!
And finally, the combat. Personally speaking I cannot tell you enough how much I lament the fact that you've made me plan ahead, made me look down into a cave and know who my enemy will be before they even appear and make me consider what it is I need to do before hand as you would if those situations were real. You have made it so I can't blindly click away in hopes of bashing my enemy to death but made every sword swing vital and every block needed.
For the potential loss of months worth of social interaction I hate you. You should be ashamed of yourselves for making a product that can glue a person to their seat for hours on end adoring the story/characters.
Regards
-DarknessGlow
P.S.
The fact that you give this to me completely DRM Free is insulting. Its like you're telling us that your product is so good that you don't even need protection because the fans of the previous game will buy this one without question and balance out the potential pirates. That's just insulting!
Nice post and I fully agree...