The Witcher is a very nice story-driven RPG. It is fairly on-rails as far as progression goes, there are side quests you can take but you are quite restricted in how you progress the story. Actions you take do have an affect on subsequent chapters in the game however which is a very nice touch. There could have been some more variety in the human models, there was alot of re-use for different (often quite important) characters. The voice over work was good, Geralt in particular was very good.
The combat is not very tactical, it essentially boils down to clicking the mouse at the appropriate time to get combo’s, however there is some need to pay attention to which of your weapons you are using (steel or silver) and the style (fast, strong, group). Certain enemies require different combinations in order to efficiently kill them. In addition you have the potion making subsystem which is used to assist with combat primarily. I found that I probably only used half to two-thirds of the potion recipes that I acquired however.
The ending was a little bit anti-climactic to be honest, however it won’t stop me playing The Witcher 2, although I believe that is more of a separate adventure rather than having much in the way of continuity from this game.