When comparing Costume Quest 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 Costume Quest is ranked 45th. 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.
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Pros
Pro Great turn-based combat
Combat is what you would expect for a normal turn-based RPG, but there is a cool timing based mechanic that allows a quick time action, that can help boost attacks. This gives a bit of a twist to the combat, making it a bit more enjoyable than your bog standard RPG as the player is given more choice as to how they want to execute more powerful moves.
Pro Good amount of content
The game is pretty linear, but there are three areas you get to explore (a suburban neighborhood, a grim mall, and the dark countryside) that each have hidden secrets and items to collect. This should take a good bit of time for those that enjoy completing a game 100 percent.
Pro Good save system
The included DLC has a newer save system (over consoles) that works better, which is applied to the whole of the game. This way there should be no issue with game saves, which is great for an RPG (as no one want to repeat content due to lost saves).
Pro PC version includes DLC from consoles
For what was an extra $5 DLC for consoles is included with the normal price of the game on PCs.
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 May be too child centric
While this game is great for kids, adults may find it too easy or cartoony.
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.