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==Versions== ===''Enhanced Edition''=== At [[Game Developers Conference|GDC]] 2008, CDProjekt announced an enhanced version of the game which was released on September 16, 2008. The significant changes featured in the enhanced version are over 200 new animations, additional [[Non-player character|NPC]] models and recoloring of generic NPC models as well as monsters, vastly expanded and corrected dialogues in translated versions, improved stability, redesigned inventory system and load times reduced by roughly 80%.<ref>IGNPC {{Cite web|url=http://uk.pc.ign.com/articles/854/854416p1.html|title=The Witcher Enhanced Edition}}</ref><ref>The Witcher Official Site (PDF){{Cite web|url=http://www.thewitcher.com/resources/upload/img/news/2008/02/Enhanced%20Edition%20fact%20sheet.pdf|title=The Witcher Enhanced Edition Fact Sheet (PDF)|accessdate=2008-07-18|format=PDF}}</ref><ref>The Witcher Official Enhanced Edition Information Page {{Cite web|url=http://www.thewitcher.com/community/en/www/ee_description.html|title=The Witcher Official Site}}</ref> In addition all bugs are said to be fixed and the game manual completely overhauled. There are also two new adventures available to play through: ''Side Effects'' and ''The Price of Neutrality''. A new option is to mix and match ten different languages of voice and subtitles. For instance, players can now choose to play the game with Polish voices and English subtitles. Other featured languages are Russian, Italian, French, Spanish, German, Czech, Hungarian and Chinese. ''The Witcher Enhanced Edition'' also introduced some problems, most notably the "Cutscenes causing blurred graphics" bug which was not present in earlier versions of the game. The bug manifests in a way that all textures become blurred immediately after the player exits any cutscene or dialog, and remain blurred until the game is reloaded. On December 23, 2008 CDProjekt released a hotfix that addresses the issue, as well as fixing problems with EAX technology.<ref>Small gift for The Witcher Community {{Cite web|url=http://www.thewitcher.com/community/en/news/804.html|title=Hotfix}}</ref> Aside from the game enhancements, ''The Witcher Enhanced Edition'' includes a "making of" DVD, a CD with 29 in-game soundtracks, another CD with "Inspired by" music, the short story ''The Witcher'' from the book ''The Last Wish'', a map of Temeria printed on high quality paper, and the official strategy guide. In addition, a new and enhanced version of the D'jinni Adventure Editor is on the DVD with the two new Adventures. The game updates, as well as the box's extras, are available as a free download for owners of the original version who registered their game on the official forum. Furthermore, old savegames are compatible with the ''Enhanced Edition''.<ref>German The Witcher Site {{Cite web|url=http://www.the-witcher.de/?go=comments&id=528|title=The Witcher}}</ref> According to CD Project co-founder Michal Kicinski, the ''Enhanced Edition'' required a $1 million investment, and the company has shipped 300,000 copies of the retail version worldwide as of December 2008.<ref name="gamecytekicinskiinterview">{{Cite web|url=http://www.gamecyte.com/cd-projekts-michal-kicinski-talks-witcher-sales-piracy-and-drm|title=CD Projekt’s Michal Kicinski Talks Witcher Sales, Piracy and DRM|publisher=GameCyte|last=Hollister|first=Sean|date=2008-12-10|accessdate=2008-12-10}}</ref> As of August 1, 2009, the cumulative Metacritic score of ''The Witcher: Enhanced Edition'' was 86% based on 29 reviews.<ref>[http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/pc/witcherenhancededition?q=The%20Witcher:%20Enhanced%20Edition Metacritic.com]</ref> ====Director's Cut==== CD Projekt released a ''Director's Cut'' version of the game on 31 of July 2009, for the North American market. It is equal to the ''Enhanced Edition'' available to the rest of the world, but without the censorship applied to the North American version.<ref>[http://www.thewitcher.com/community/en/news/925.html Thewitcher.com]</ref> For the moment it is only available online.<ref>[http://www.gamespot.com/pc/rpg/thewitcherenhancededition/similar.html?mode=versions Gamespot.com]</ref> The company has released an official uncensored patch that makes the North American version the same as the international for those who have purchased a boxed version of the game. It can be found at Thewitcher.com<ref>[http://www.thewitcher.com/forum/index.php?topic=25142 Thewitcher.com]</ref> ===Console version=== On November 29, 2008 a video covering the console version of the game was uploaded on the Internet by an anonymous person. On December 2, CD Projekt Red officially confirmed that The Witcher will be ported to [[PlayStation 3]] and [[Xbox 360]] consoles and released as [[The Witcher: Rise of the White Wolf]].<ref>Console version announcement {{Cite web|url=http://www.thewitcher.com/community/en/news/770.html|title=Console version announcement}}</ref> The console versions have been put on hold due to financing problems on the 29th of April, 2009 <ref>[http://kotaku.com/5232664/widescreen-games-halts-work-on-console-witcher Kotaku.com]</ref> Remaining development staff are now reported to be working on ''Witcher 2'' only{{Citation needed|date=August 2009}}. On September 18, The Witcher 2 had supposedly leaked footage, this was announced on various sites throughout the internet. The Witcher 2 is a sequel to the critically acclaimed "The Witcher" game, and is said to be released on the PC, it is unknown whether it will be released on the console, or if "The Witcher: Rise of the White Wolf" will fill in this role. A link to the video interview can be found at Loot-Ninja.com<ref>[http://loot-ninja.com/2009/09/18/the-witcher-2-assassins-of-kings-leaked/ Loot-Ninja.com]</ref> ===Localization variations=== All the female portrait cards shown after Geralt's "sexual conquests" were censored ("retouched to a more modest standard") for the US release version.<ref>{{Cite web | last = Burnes | first = Andrew | title = The Witcher Preview | date = 2007-10-24 | url = http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/previews/35022/The-Witcher-Preview/p2/c1 | publisher = [[IGN]] | accessdate = 2007-11-17}}</ref> The in-game [[Dryad]] was also reskinned so her hair covered more of her body in this release.<ref>[http://witcher.gamepedia.com/Morenn Witcher.gamepedia.com]</ref> Some dialogue between characters is shortened in the non-Polish language versions. Lead Designer Michal Madej has disputed claims by fans that this was due to the sometimes crude language, but that the decision to edit down dialogue occurred because of production-related concerns in game development. Proofreader Martin Pagan noticed this shortened version during his work and writer Sande Chen confirmed that it was not due to censorship. Fans have theorized that it may have been done for voice acting cost savings, especially since much of the vulgar language has been retained. Such cost savings would normally occur during any shortening of dialogue, even in cases where no major crudity was involved.<ref>{{Cite web | last = Breckon | first = Nick | title = The Witcher Script Heavily Edited for English Audiences, Says The Writer | publisher = [[Shacknews]] | date = 2007-11-07 | url = http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/49819 | accessdate = 2007-11-17}}</ref> ====Contents of each edition==== The following table lists the contents of each edition in addition to the game DVD itself. "CE" means "Collector's Edition," "LE" means "Limited Edition," and "EE" means Enhanced Edition {|cellpadding="3" border="1" style="background: #efefef; border-collapse: collapse; text-align: center;" ! width=100 |<small>Edition ! align="center" width=30 |<small>Manual</small> ! align="center" width=30 |<small>Map</small> ! align="center" width=55 |<small>Soundtrack</small> ! align="center" width=50 |<small>Bonus DVD</small> ! align="center" width=50 |<small>Guidebook</small> ! align="center" width=70 |<small>"The Witcher" Short story</small> ! align="center" width=30 |<small>Artbook</small> ! align="center" width=30 |<small>Bestiary</small> ! align="center" width=30 |<small>Medallion</small> ! align="center" width=30 |<small>T-Shirt</small> ! align="center" width=30 |<small>Card game</small> ! align="center" width=30 |<small>Posters</small> ! align="center" width=45 |<small>Bonus music</small> ! align="center" width=45 |<small>Stickers</small> ! align="center" width=45 |<small>Leather bag</small> |- |<small>US/European/Chinese</small>||{{y}}||{{n}}||{{n}}||{{n}}||{{n}}||{{n}}||{{n}}||{{n}}||{{n}}||{{n}}||{{n}}||{{n}}||{{n}}||{{n}}||{{n}} |- |<small>US EE</small>||{{y}}||{{y}}||{{Y}}||{{y}}||{{y}}||{{y}}||{{n}}||{{n}}||{{n}}||{{n}}||{{n}}||{{n}}||{{y}}||{{n}}||{{n}} |- |<small>European LE</small>||{{y}}||{{y}}||{{y}}||{{y}}||{{y}}||{{n}}||{{y}}||{{n}}||{{n}}||{{n}}||{{n}}||{{n}}||{{y}}||{{n}}||{{n}} |- |<small>European EE</small>||{{y}}||{{y}}||{{y}}||{{y}}||{{y}}||{{y}}||{{n}}||{{n}}||{{n}}||{{y}}||{{n}}||{{n}}||{{y}}||{{n}}||{{n}} |- |<small>Polish</small>||{{y}}||{{y}}||{{y}}||{{y}}||{{y}}||{{y}}||{{n}}||{{n}}||{{n}}||{{n}}||{{n}}||{{n}}||{{n}}||{{n}}||{{n}} |- |<small>Polish CE</small>||{{y}}||{{y}}||{{y}}||{{y}}||{{y}}||{{y}}||{{y}}||{{y}}||{{y}}||{{y}}||{{y}}||{{y}}||{{y}}||{{y}}||{{y}} |- |<small>Czech</small> ||{{y}}||{{y}}||{{y}}||{{n}}||{{y}}||{{y}}||{{n}}||{{n}}||{{n}}||{{n}}||{{n}}||{{n}}||{{n}}||{{n}}||{{n}} |- |<small>Czech CE</small>||{{y}}||{{y}}||{{y}}||{{y}}||{{y}}||{{y}}||{{y}}||{{y}}||{{y}}||{{y}}||{{n}}||{{y}}||{{n}}||{{n}}||{{n}} |- |<small>Hungarian</small>||{{y}}||{{y}}||{{y}}||{{n}}||{{n}}||{{n}}||{{n}}||{{n}}||{{n}}||{{n}}||{{n}}||{{n}}||{{n}}||{{n}}||{{n}} |- |<small>Hungarian CE</small>||{{y}}||{{y}}||{{y}}||{{y}}||{{y}}||{{n}}||{{n}}||{{y}}||{{n}}||{{n}}||{{n}}||{{n}}||{{n}}||{{n}}||{{n}} |- |<small>Russian</small> ||{{n}}||{{n}}||{{y}}||{{n}}||{{n}}||{{n}}||{{n}}||{{n}}||{{n}}||{{n}}||{{n}}||{{n}}||{{n}}||{{n}}||{{n}} |- |<small>Russian LE </small>||{{y}}||{{y}}||{{y}}||{{y}}||{{n}}||{{n}}||{{n}}||{{n}}||{{n}}||{{n}}||{{n}}||{{n}}||{{y}}||{{y}}||{{n}} |- |<small>Russian CE</small>||{{y}}||{{y}}||{{y}}||{{y}}||{{n}}||{{n}}||{{n}}||{{n}}||{{n}}||{{n}}||{{n}}||{{n}}||{{y}}||{{y}}||{{y}} |}
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