The story is actually quite connected, but it's not strictly required to understand the second game.

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http://www.gamelengths.com/games/playtimes/The+Witcher+2%3A+Assassins+of+Kings/ [External Link]

But it has multiple choices which branch the game, so it can be replayed multiple times with very significant changes in the plot.

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This is crazy, it's a fantastic looking game and I am so full of excitement right now it's unreal.

If you didn't see it, a promotional video made with in-game Witcher2 engine

52 and a half:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMc1ySC6Qao [External Link]

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@DrMcCoy: Thanks for the update on the project.

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How is Xoreos project doing by the way? It was supposed to target Witcher 1 too.

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Feel free to vote here: https://secure.gog.com/wishlist/games/to_cd_projekt_red_bring_witcher_3_and_your_other_games_to_linux_please [External Link]

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Quoting: IamNotAHumanSurely they could take some code from the PS4 version? (unless that's using directX as well?)

That can help, since it's supposedly POSIX based. But graphics APIs there are not portable (PSSL): http://twvideo01.ubm-us.net/o1/vault/gdceurope2013/Presentations/825424RichardStenson.pdf [External Link]

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@s_d: Making Witcher 2 port seems like way less work for them. They already had an OS X native build of it. Witcher 3 on the other hand uses new version of their engine, and there is no indication that it supports OpenGL yet. And using the same D3D -> GL translation trick like they did in the Witcher 2 won't work, since they are using DirectX 11 there.

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Really great news! Let's hope Witcher 3 is coming as well :D

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@Hamish: If it's DosBox, I don't see any reason why they wouldn't work on OS X already. Just some minor config modifications (same as for Linux) and it should be OK.

Related thread: http://forums.cdprojektred.com/threads/16917-How-to-run-GOG-DosBox-games-on-Linux [External Link]

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