History Videogame / TheWitcher2AssassinsOfKings

** Joan of Lukomorye mentioned is an linguistic pun on Joan d'Arc and a reference to ''[[Literature/MondayBeginsOnSaturday Monday Begins on Saturday]]'' by Creator/StrugatskyBrothers (In itself a reference to Creator/AlexanderPushkin's ''Ruslan and Ludmila'').

** Siding with [[spoiler:Malena]] will earn the player only more trouble, while she ''is'' guilty of her charge. A nice nod to the fact that not all girls are worth or should be saved.

** The ending forces player [[spoiler:[[SadisticChoice to choose which girl]] he wants to save. Depending on the earlier choices, the full rooster includes Triss, Anaïs, Philippa and Saskia and most of them are mutually exclusive. Triss is always saved by Letho if Geralt decides to save someone else and Roche can secure Anaïs alone, but this ''seriously'' affects the ModularEpilogue.]]

--> '''Geralt of Rivia''': I knew some who knew a bit about them.

** One of the books that Síle de Tanserville is mentioned to have bought from a dwarven merchant in Flotsam is called [[CthulhuMythos De Vermiis Mysteriis]].

* CutscenePowerToTheMax: Combat Acumen adds this as ''a gameplay mechanic''. Building up the adrenaline bar to its maximum level allows Geralt to perform {{One Hit Kill}}s on groups of enemies at the press of a button. While it doesn't work on bosses, it does work on certain larger monsters, which can turn the fights into walkovers. Additionally, these animations and a cutscene from when Yennefer is taken by TheWildHunt are the only times in the entire franchise where Geralt is seen DualWielding.

* WhamLine: "They have your eyes, Sire." Not a particularly noteworthy line in itself, but the fact it's said by a blind man isn't lost on King Foltest or Geralt. Foltest has enough time for a [[OhCrap look of stunned realization]] before the 'blind man' whips out a knife, [[LightningBruiser bolts across the room]] and kills him.

* TutorialFailure: The Witcher 2 has a rather lacking tutorial that fails to detail several in-game features properly, [[http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2011/05/25/ as put by]] ''PennyArcade''.

* DeconstructorFleet: Much like the rest of TheWitcher materials, being in a low-fantasy setting would fucking suck.

* HappyEndingOverride: VideoGame/TheWitcher ended on a somewhat victorious note, with Geralt restoring order to the Temerian captial of Vizima and helping it forge an alliance with Redania in the process. Not too long in the sequel, though, [[spoiler:Foltest is killed and all of Temeria falls into chaos. By the end, it either gets divided up, breaks into CivilWar, or effectively becomes absorbed by Redania. And that's before [[TheEmpire Nilfgaard]] invades the Northern Kingdoms in the third game.]]

* CallBack: In the prologue, Geralt is informed of the capabilities of the ballista by King Foltest. This later comes to attention when Roche expresses concern of Loredo's owning of the weapon and is surprised by Geralt's knowledge of its powers.

* WalkingArmory: Averted compared to the first game. Geralt only equips a steel sword and a silver sword, but has several pockets for bombs and traps (likely due to complaints that the optional weapons were ''completely'' useless beyond torches for light).

* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: In the Enhanced Edition, a new quest involves you encountering a golem. You can fight it out, or you can literally invoke this trope by way of LogicBomb.

* CallBack: In the prologue, Geralt is informed of the capabillities of the ballista by King Foltest. This later comes to attention when Roche expresses concern of Loredo's owning of the weapon and is surprised by Geralt's knowledge of its powers.

* CallBack: In the prologue, Geralt is informed of the capabillities of the ballista by King Foltest. This later comes to attention when Roche exresses concern of Loredo's owning of the weapon and is surprised by Geralt's knowledge of its powers.

The story opens with the assassination of Geralt [[TheHunter the Witcher's]] current employer, King Foltest, and Geralt being pegged as the prime suspect. Now Geralt must [[ClearMyName clear his name]] by bringing the real Kingslayer to justice. However, Geralt soon realizes there is far more at stake than simply hunting down an assassin of kings, as he is once again drawn into the [[DeadlyDecadentCourt political scheming]] of [[PowersThatBe those who wish to seize power for themselves]]. To complete his quest, Geralt must join forces with one of two potential allies; Vernon Roche, the noble, but [[HotBlooded hotheaded and impulsive]] leader of the Blue Stripes, an elite Temerian Army special forces outfit; or Iorveth, a cynical and violent, but [[WellIntentionedExtremist well intentioned]] elf who leads the last remnants of the Scoia'tael.

The story opens with the assassination of Geralt [[TheWitchHunter the Witcher's]] current employer, King Foltest, and Geralt being pegged as the prime suspect. Now Geralt must [[ClearMyName clear his name]] by bringing the real Kingslayer to justice. However, Geralt soon realizes there is far more at stake than simply hunting down an assassin of kings, as he is once again drawn into the [[DeadlyDecadentCourt political scheming]] of [[PowersThatBe those who wish to seize power for themselves]]. To complete his quest, Geralt must join forces with one of two potential allies; Vernon Roche, the noble, but [[HotBlooded hotheaded and impulsive]] leader of the Blue Stripes, an elite Temerian Army special forces outfit; or Iorveth, a cynical and violent, but [[WellIntentionedExtremist well intentioned]] elf who leads the last remnants of the Scoia'tael.

* WhamLine: "They have your eyes, Your Majesty." Not a particularly noteworthy line in itself, but the fact it's said by a blind man isn't lost on King Foltest or Geralt. Foltest has enough time for a [[OhCrap look of stunned realization]] before the 'blind man' whips out a knife, [[LightningBruiser bolts across the room]] and kills him.