Good, and as voting with the wallet also means rewarding positive steps, that will be rewarded with a sale. Unfortunately, not through Impulse, as it doesn't let me buy it.

BestBuy would be nice to pay the price in dollars, which seems to be cheaper, but I can't find any shipment option to the Netherlands. I don't think buying translatlantic makes sense here anyway, shipment costs can easily double the price of the game. Then locally the lowest price I can find is EUR 39,99, a bit too much to my taste so buying international makes sense. I placed an order at Amazon UK for GBP 22,34.

It's a very tempting purchase now.

I know they're working on an Xbox 360 version of the Enhanced Edition, and I'm not sure which one to get - I might wait and see how it fares come review time.

http://www.576.hu/index.php?mod=product&product=35996&PHPSESSID=008902f2d29e7e6275a3ce8b838c46a7

i honestly think the game is awful. if you are looking for combat, look elsewhere imo. if you like making potions, well then you may want to get it

What version is on impulse? And what hoops will I have to jump through to get this all patched up?

Had a ton of problems with getting hold of all the patch files (for those of us with a fresh installation). Got some great help on the forums, since the official download servers for the patches appear to be down. Just felt that I should share in case the issue pops up for anyone else;
  http://www.thewitcher.com/forum/index.php?topic=25061.0

I find the combat very interesting and definately unique. It actually manages to blend real time combat in a RPG contex in an engaging manner. Although if you're looking for combat, I'm inclined to agree with you - if you're looking for combat, why would you hunt an RPG at all?

WooHoo! Now there's a Director's Cut patch too!

http://witcher.wikia.com/wiki/The_Witcher:_Enhanced_Edition_Director%27s_Cut

I'm still pretty torn about this - half the people I talk to tell me that the game is utter crap, and the other half say it's pretty damn good. I like the more mature setting and themes - not saving a princess for once is a welcome change - however even after looking at gameplay footage I can't decide

I don't have a direct link, but a quick google search should bring up the original banned in the US stuff, like the "sex" scenes and cards. It's pretty easy to install and get your copy up to status with the unedited version of the game. 

I will note to anyone wondering, that the scenes are laughable, and worse and much more explicit scenes can be seen on any TV show that isn't a cartoon, and many that are cartoons.

To anyone who's never played the Witcher, it is, imo, a very fun game that is definately worth the full price of purchase, which is a comment I don't rarely use.

@ToJKa - for the love of all things holy please use mods in Oblivion. It makes that horridly bland game so much more enjoyable. I'd recommend Darn's UI, all of the Unique Landscapes, Natural Environments, Better Cities, and FCOM as the minimum requirements. FCOM (I guess) is optional, as it's a total rehaul of the game and some aren't into that, but it will increase your enjoyment ten fold.  It looks hard to install, but it isn't. You'll thank yourself for going through the trouble and making your game so much better.

My bad, i should have said "without any major overhaul mods". I have the weather mod, Darn UI (can't play neither Fallout 3 or Oblivion wihtout them) and few other minor ones. I'll look at installing those bigger mods once i've played enough with my current character, but IMO the game works quite nicely without them too.