This thread smells of stupidity -- The game is not that hard on Normal mode which is what you should play if you are new to the game. I don't quite understand why everyone says the Prologue battles are hard. I'm an average gamer and breezed right through it. Died a few times as I figure out the game.

Exactly my feelings. :(

But not all players have the same experience with video games. Many expected the combat to be similar to The Witcher 1 system, some maybe aren't used to fighting games but still play TW2 because of its amazing story/universe.

I'll be the first to admit I died countless times in my first play-through. Prologue was a nightmare, Chapter 1 was horrible until Kayran fight forced me to learn how to fight properly. I started a new game today and guess what? Prologue was a damn breeze, I didn't see a single Game Over screen. Chapter 1? My biggest concern was when to save so I could reload and see different character reactions.

This game isn't hard once you get used to using signs and rolling away at the right time, but until then, yes, it can be problematic for some.

I was playing Pinball as that was all there was when i was young then Pong came along folowed by other Arcade stuff such as " Space Invaders " . I got my first "Computer" in '83. It was a Commoder 64. I have been gaming ever since. : ) As the the Technology advantced, so did the quality of the games and now I am like " Why should the kids have all the fun? " : ) Granted, some things are a little more difficult for us older types, but we manage. : )

HAHAHAHAHA!! "spinning Geralt!! That was EXACTLY my problem too, especially with the Karyan. I, too, have been using just the mouse for movement in other games so that battle was particularly hard for me.

That was a great description !

You guys are more intrepid than I, I just remapped my keys to where the mouse could be used for movement as I am accustomed. 4 keys to move when I could use one button kinda aggravated me.

Using the word significant in this context very uninformative, the ambiguity of the word is astounding in that sentence.

That word can hold a plethora of meanings for each individual and telling someone they are "playing the game wrong" is just petulant.

Unlike witcher 1, the command window accepts more than 1 input per sequence of swings, therefore unlike witcher 1 when you enter a series of blade motions which only accepts one input from the mouse and determines whether you've failed or succeeded in linking the next swing, the witcher 2 doesn't have that system.

So for example if there is lag or stutter, then the playstyle of one click one swing is out of the window.

I obtain about 40+ frames in 1920x1080 with everything on ultra sans uber sampling per sec so one click per swing combat is viable on my end, but if I throw on uber sampling then there are areas where my frame rate drops to nearly 20+ frames which makes precision timed swings much more difficult, this coupled with insanity difficult creates an atmosphere where multiple clicks ensures survival. This is definitely more clicks than I would use for witcher 1 but this is in no form "doing it wrong"

"Significantly more," compared to something as constant and familiar to the OP as Witcher 1's combat, is a valid way of describing the wrong way to play. You can certainly try to click-spam your way through combat, but you won't get far. Petulant? Only if frenzied clicking actually works. Clearly it doesn't for the OP.

I would have used the word "more" on its own, but you do need to click a little faster in Witcher 2, hence "significantly." It makes sense given the OP's description of combat as a clickfest, so I'm really not sure why you're splitting hairs, here.

I'm sure that's true. That's not the fault of the game though, and responses can't be tailored to the few whose game isn't working properly due to their system. It's natural to assume that someone is playing wrong when they detail dying "ninety billion times" shortly after describing combat as a "clickfest," which is a style of play that would lead to said ninety billion deaths.

Random click fest would lead to an early grave however timed click fest actually do no harm towards your game play. The redundant part about that strategy is that once you learn when to spam clicks you would have already figured out that you don't need numerous clicks to accomplish your goal.

Despite what others say about not requiring numerous clicks to down enemies, compared to W1 enemies are significantly tougher, as in they require more hits to be killed. Thus this ultimately leads to more clicks on the mouse.

I'm not sure if it has to do with the level progression in this game but monsters seem to level with you as you move through the game. So far in my hard run(the level of difficulty below insane, I'm not sure if its called advanced or not but anyways) monsters have never been too easy, at least when I first encounter them. I'm in the chapter where I just rescued Triss from the dengeon and harpy's are becoming easier to kill.

I am not trolling, just stating a fact that I didn't think it was going to be such an action game. Thought it was more RPG

And it only took you 5 years to reply. lol.
See you in 2021.