[quote name='The Crotch']See, a big part of my problem is that Geralt has this relationship built up with all these characters that I just don't give a

about. He's had plenty of time to get to know these people but to me they're just mohawk, tits, and "comic relief". And I shouldn't complain about that because
I'm the one jumping straight in to the second game, but the first kinda pulled that shit, too. They went the "the main character has forgotten his past" route without realizing
why that's A Thing in fiction, dumping him right in the middle of a bunch of people that know and respect and want to help him. Maybe their hands were tied by the novels or something; I don't know.
And yeah, there's some iffy combat and the whole thing can feel really god damn silly sometimes and some sidequests are a little

ed and it's unstable as all hell for me and... I really
want to like the series, and some parts of The Witcher 2 are genuinely cool, and CD Projekt itself is awesome (they run GOG and are responsible for a lot of really high quality RPG translation in Poland), I just... I can't get in to their games.
EDIT: Also, Steam never put FTL up for sale.
Everything is ruined forever.[/QUOTE]
The story of Geralt spand beyond the game. He is of Polish folk lore, which is why the game kind of expects you to know about the characters.
The book is pretty god damn awesome, just a bunch of mini tales of Geralt and how he proves his badassery around the world.