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Contents Changes Main Features:Completely new, extensive Tutorial SystemThe new tutorial helps players fully enjoy the game from the very beginning and systematically explains the depth of The Witcher 2's combat and gameplay mechanics. It allows gamers to gradually and smoothly immerse themselves in the game world and Geralt's adventures.Special difficulty settingThe new Dark Mode presents players with a new challenge, the highest level of difficulty where every foe is now a significant challenge requiring careful planning and consideration. Dark Mode also features several new sets of equipment and items all linked together through a dark legend in the game journal.

These cursed items harm Geralt so long as the sets remain incomplete, but once the player collects all the components, the 's, 's and 's outfits provide great advantages in combat. Dark Mode offers dark-themed gear with very high stats such as:.

3 new sets of dark armor (light, medium, and heavy). 3 new sets of dark swords (3 silver, 3 steel).

Other Dark themes/elements in the gameCompletely new arcade-style ModeInfinitely replayable and progressively more challenging, Arena lets you hone your combat skills and techniques against all the different monster types from the game. Dispatch wave upon wave of progressively more difficult enemies, earning awards that you can use to upgrade abilities, experiment with new weapons and armor, and to test your alchemy skills. Hirelings can also assist you in battle—for a price. Combat waves will continue infinitely until your character is defeated, after which you'll see a statistical summary of results. Players can share their results with their friends by uploading this summary to the official Witcher forums or to Facebook.

Patch 1.3 was the third patch for and made available June 20, 2011.However, this patch was rendered obsolete as those with the had this already patched in, and those with the original retail version could now just install, which includes this patch, and along with some new fixes in 1.35.Official statement The long-awaited patch 1.3 is finally here. We apologize it took so long, but we had to make sure that all of the issues were addressed accordingly. The update includes a plethora of fan-requested improvements, including difficulty adjustments for the game's Prologue, support for a variety of aspect ratios and a host of other gameplay tweaks and fixes. Next to the long list of changes, this update also brings along free DLC - a quest called 'A Sackful of Fluff'.

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Steam patch will become available at later time. NOTE: Please keep in mind that all of the fan-made modifications are incompatible with the newest update. Make sure to uninstall them to avoid in-game issues.

We apologize for the inconvenience. Fixes. New FREE DLC – ' is a new quest in Chapter 2 of the game. To start the quest, visit the eccentric Elthon, who inhabits a solitary hut near the quarry outside Vergen. The quest will prove most rewarding to those who demonstrate patience. Game now supports 4:3, 5:4, and 16:10 aspect ratios. Item storage has been added.

Players can now store items from their Inventory at inns. To leave items in storage or collect previously stored items, talk to innkeepers. A 'Junk' panel has been added to the Inventory to provide greater clarity in item classification.

A new menu option has been added under 'Extras' – this enables players to view in-game animated sequences (flashbacks, memory flashes, dreams stolen by harpies) outside of the game. A 'Quickload' option has been added under the F9 key. The game's HUD can now be hidden in order to produce HUD-free screenshots! On newly installed game copies, the option to hide/show the HUD is available by default under the 'H' key. Users who have modified the key assignments on their installations should go to the 'Input Settings' dialogue of the Witcher 2 Configuration Tool to assign a key to this option. Please note that the game cannot be played with the HUD hidden.

A counter has been added for items placed in quick slots. Players can now create multiple items in the Alchemy panel.

Issue involving the game not running at 2560x1440 resolution has been resolved. Issues with nVidia 3D Vision technology have been resolved. Players no longer need to uninstall the related drivers. Assorted improvements have been made in the game's 3D Vision, SLI and Crossfire functionality.

Assorted improvements have been made for running the game in Ubersampling mode on nVidia cards. Key bindings have been corrected to enable configuration of mouse buttons for use by left-handed players.

Assorted key binding options have been added to facilitate configuration of controls and quick access to various in-game panels. Issue related to game settings being reset to defaults upon patch installation has been resolved. Patches no longer reset game settings. The configuration file is no longer over-written when the launcher/configuration tool is patched and over-written. The launcher now closes while the game is being patched, thus eliminating the resulting game patching error.

The launcher now closes completely and no longer continues to operate in the background. 'Installed game version is invalid or incomplete' error in updater when free space on system drive is insufficient – message has been corrected to reflect more accurately the nature of the error. Mutagens are now alchemy ingredients.