Witcher 2 patch 1.2 arrives tomorrow

By Fred Dutton Published 2 June, 2011

Brings new Barbers & Coiffueses DLC.

A new patch for The Witcher 2 goes live tomorrow, developer CD Projekt has announced.

Update 1.2 brings with it over 50 improvements including balance tweaks, key mappings, improvements for combat target locking, fixes for importing The Witcher 1 save games and various exploit patches.

A full changelog is expected any minute – we'll update as soon as it comes in.

The update will also add a new DLC pack called Barbers & Coiffeuses that adds five new haircuts for protagonist Geralt.

As rumoured, the developer also confirmed its acclaimed RPG is heading to Xbox 360 later this year.

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Comments (23) Latest comment 12 months ago

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  • Boomerang #1 12 months ago

    FIVE new haircuts!!?!?!?!!1

  • arcam #2 12 months ago

    Reverse Mohawk, Comb-Over, Mullet, Beehive, Perm.

  • craziii #3 12 months ago

    pwnsauce!

    I finished the game twice. now I got withdrawal problems. expansion pack needed.

  • smelly #4 12 months ago

    10 gig this time? :-)

  • thesonglessbird #5 12 months ago

    I'm currently downloading the 1.1 patch...2 hours to go. If this patch is another 9GB, I'll be really pissed off!

  • GreatBlackthorn #6 12 months ago

    Whew, a hefty patch!

    [link url=http://en.thewitcher.com/patch1-2/
    ]http://en.thewitcher.com/patch1-2/
    [/link]

    Stopped since I reached Chapter 2 in anticipation of new patches. Such love for their product.

  • Haloboy #7 12 months ago

    Geralt would like awesome bald come to think of it. That's how you make a bad ass a supreme bad ass. Five you say? I won't know witch one to choose.

  • neilka #8 12 months ago

    "Islamic–themed and similar textures have been deleted and/or replaced"...?

  • JohnCartney #9 12 months ago

    @neilka A carpet in a brothel with Islamic motifs removed, apparently.

  • Bumbuliuz #10 12 months ago

    I'm just hoping that there wont be another 9GB Steam patch ;)

  • captainCandy #11 12 months ago

    JIHAAAAAD

  • SvennoJ #12 12 months ago

    No full screen support yet. No fixes for sound over speakers, main channels still keep disappearing randomly with the latest HD realtek drivers. Maybe next week? At least my fragile mind won't be corrupted by Islamic carpets anymore.

  • ISmoke #13 12 months ago

    No word on fixing the Xfire issue then? :(

  • Phishfood #14 12 months ago

    Its really no wonder they had problems gettings this on the 360 if they gotta patch it this much. Its almost like the PC gamers are they beta testers for the 360 version.

  • Vortextk #15 12 months ago

    What crossfire issue? Bleeding lights? AMD said they're working on that.

  • dfunked #16 12 months ago

    Nice that game saves are now compressed automatically... The saves from my first playthrough alone took up over 2GB!

  • abigsmurf #17 12 months ago

    Seems they've finally fixed the prologue.

    The dragon section has to be one of the worst pieces of game design I've seen in a long time. It's very difficult if you pick it after playing in order, it's near impossible if that's the section you pick as you first start playing the game.

  • rottingyoda #18 12 months ago

    @abigsmurf

    I too started with the dragon section on Hard mode. It was tough going for 15 minutes alright. The rest of the 3 hour epic prologue was infact spoiled by that first 15 minutes.

    Man up.

  • Darren #19 12 months ago

    No fullscreen 16:10 resolution in the second patch??? Oh c'mon, CD Projekt, is it *really* that difficult to do when the modding community has already released a hack for it (albeit slightly buggy)? :?

    And why is there no New Game+ option so I can start the game on level 32, only playing it on Hard instead of Normal?
    Edited by Darren at 03/06/11 @ 12:11

  • abigsmurf #20 12 months ago

    Good for you Yoda, you're a big boy now!

    Others however lack your totally awesome, amazing skills and had extreme difficulty with it.

    It's a tutorial section, it's supposed to teach you about the game's mechanics. Not to assume you already know the mechanics and present you with a section where you'll die in the first 30 seconds 20+ times.

    Penny Arcade sum it up best: [link url=http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2011/5/25/
    ]http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2011/5...[/link]

    But hey, what do they know about playing games? They need to man up!

    It's not about being "hardcore" it's about the fundementals of game design. If you throw people in at the deep end without teaching them to swim first, they're going to drown. If you throw another group of people into the deep end after a few swimming lessions, they won't drown. It's a simple concept that every other game producer grasps.

    Even tougher games like Ninja Gaiden, Baldur's Gate or DMC3 ease you into the mechanics, giving you a chance to get a feel for the game before they get difficult.

  • rottingyoda #21 12 months ago

    Well thats great for 99% of games out that spoon feed you but I pressed the 'HARD' mode for a reason. I want the deep end, I want to be overwhelmed but with superior technique will overcome this. If YOU found it so hard then press the 'EASY' option and then feel you're way from there.

    I shouldn't have to loose my experience because people found 'extremely difficult' too difficult. I too died serveral dozen times in the opening few moments of the game but perseverance toward a challenge and hard work I guess are traits I demand from a game.

    Moaning 'cause you're ice-cream is too cold is not justification to call the opening of a game broken. Tuff, yes. Easy, no. I enjoyed the trial and error. You didn't. That doesn't in any way mean your idea of "game mechanics" is any greater than mine

  • dfunked #22 12 months ago

    I still had problems with the dragon section on my second playthrough and ended up dropping the difficulty for the second time!
    Fair dos to whoever managed it first go on insane difficulty without even taking any damage, but I got well and truly fucking roasted!

  • rottingyoda #23 12 months ago

    All that said. Really not looking forward to the dragon section on insane. Will be very tuff but at least I can say after 'yeah, i did that on insane'.

    Least you die to well armed soldiers. I remember morrowind and those stupid slugs kickin the bollox outa me at the start of the game. Least I could run away, rob a few spoons, sell'em and come back with a mallet (that missed 94% of the time)