On the one hand, I like the storyline, and the "abilities" system is a welcome break from the "standard" D&D-spinnoffs of everything else on the market, even if it doesn't make any more sense than what it replaces.In the niether-here-nor-there category, the graphics look very nice, except for the way Geralt often looks like he's "dangling" from the sword in the Iso views, rather than holding it up.On the other hand, why would you have to re-learn the same move with a silver sword that you already know with an iron sword? The whole fast/strong/multiple combat style thing may work as a "game balance" mechanism, but it's incredibly stupid and unrealistic as a concept. Having to learn each of them independently for each weapon is an obvious "point sink", NOT a rational character advancement system. Alchemy isn't a "system" either, it's a set of disconnected "powerups" and "enablers" You don't "learn" alchemy, you just collect formulas. Ultimately, the character advancement system isn't a set of 100+ "skills", it's a collection of "perks" atop an underlying base of only about half a dozen skills. To make it even more limiting, there is no Ranged combat skill, and no way to advance in the use of any of the other melee weapon types besides swords.The game might best be described as "multi-linear", since it's definitely not a "free-form" world. If it weren't for the constant interruption of the game by loading screens, it would feel a lot less disjointed. As it is, it feels like a collection of tiny "mazes", and there seems to be a lot of area between the "paths" which is inaccessable to the character (no fence-hopping).Then I find that, in spite of being "rated" for Mature players, it's actually a censored version of the game. My computer setup may not be a "state of the art" dedicated "gamer" system, but it's a big step up from "vanilla". The EN85000GT TOP NVIDIA card I'm using runs the game smoothly for about 15-20 minutes, then the video begins to self-destruct into either random pixels or else an expanded view of an individual "texture", such as a face or piece of wood grain stretched across the entire screen. It took me about 5-6 reloads just to make it out of Kaer Mohren (sp?).After a couple of hours and about 6-7 reloads, which was enough to get a taste of the character advancement system and bizarre weapon "perks" chart, I decided that I really didn't like this game. Since I've already paid for it, and can't get my money back, I'm eventually going to try to force my way through at least part of it.