The thirty-first round of Articles of Excellence saw a number of reviews in the running, with Dark Moor's review of The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings coming out on top. Although describing it as a great game and scoring it a nice 4.2/5 she also discusses how it's not without its flaws as, despite fixing the issues of the previous title, The Witcher 2 brings some new downsides to the table with such cons as a rushed storyline and dysfunctional difficulty system.

So what kind of adventure are we going on for this game? Well, what happens is that Geralt is accused of killing a lot of kings and is then thrown into the slammer. He manages to escape, and is out to clear his name, but to do that, he must uncover a series of conspiracies while trying to regain his memories (yeah... he still has amnesia). Once again, the direction that the story goes depends heavily on the decisions that you make throughout - no two playthroughs are the same unless you make the exact same choices on a subsequent playthrough. Even the smallest choices can make big impacts, especially early on.

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