When comparing Celestian Tales: Old North vs The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, the Slant community recommends The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings for most people. In the question“What are the best PC RPGs?” The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings is ranked 26th while Celestian Tales: Old North is ranked 75th. The most important reason people chose The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings is:
The whole series is based of off a book series of the same name, so there is a lot of good influence to be found, in particular The Witcher 2 is a deep story that has much to do with politics and moral choices. Definitely one of the better stories found in a modern RPG.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Good design
The art design is well done, which colorful portraits and backgrounds and even well done player characters.
Pro Difficulty is balanced well
Once the payers party is complete they level at the same rate making for an even balance that evolves evenly the longer one plays.
Pro A well-told, dark story based on a book series of the same name
The whole series is based of off a book series of the same name, so there is a lot of good influence to be found, in particular The Witcher 2 is a deep story that has much to do with politics and moral choices. Definitely one of the better stories found in a modern RPG.
Pro Ambiguous moral choices
The choices made in game are not always easy and may stick with the player for some time, which is quite a feet for a game to accomplish as many do not have such good writing.
Cons
Con Feels unfinished
During the game there are places on the map that are shown but that the player never gets to visit, which gives a feeling of parts of the game being unfinished.
Con Very tough and unbalanced at high difficulty
Play it on normal. Hard modes are frustrating even for expert players
Con User interface can be confusing
While some ares of the UI make sense a lot of it is pretty convoluted which makes playing the game frustrating at times. Basically it is one of those games that if you put it down for any gap in time you will forget a lot of the controls.