{"id":27230,"date":"2021-06-01T15:52:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-01T14:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.prod.gmgfarm.net\/?p=27230"},"modified":"2021-06-01T15:52:00","modified_gmt":"2021-06-01T14:52:00","slug":"the-witcher-2-ending-choices-and-consequences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/vpce-0921aaf1c67156043-4t1vg0wq.vpce-svc-0cf8d5d00172470c2.us-east-1.vpce.amazonaws.com\/the-witcher-2-ending-choices-and-consequences\/","title":{"rendered":"The Witcher 2 Ending Choices and Consequences"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
There are few games as narratively ambitious in the RPG genre as The Witcher 2. It\u2019s simply filled with moments where your choices as the player matter to the game\u2019s plot and to the world.\u00a0Sometimes these are signposted and obvious, sometimes decisions happen without you even noticing.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Witcher 2 offers a massive amount of choice, even giving the player an entirely different second act depending on decisions made in the first. So it\u2019s no wonder that the game also has a colossal amount of endings, with the original version having sixteen different outcomes you can experience (eight in the PC version and Enhanced Editions).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What happens in the game even has effects which reverberate in The Witcher 3. Here\u2019s a rundown of the decisions you can make in The Witcher 2, and how they affect the game\u2019s endings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Note<\/strong>: Spoilers for the end of The Witcher 2 lay beyond this point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Siding with Iorveth or Roche<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
One of the biggest decisions in the entirety of The Witcher 2 is if you decide to side with Roche or Iorveth at the end of Chapter I. This decision splinters the game and gives you a different Chapter II depending on what you\u2019ve chosen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you side with Iorveth you\u2019ll experience the game alongside the rebellious Scoia\u2019tael, Roche, however, will see you fighting alongside the humans with King Henselt\u2019s army. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This will be the largest decision you make and will heavily influence which options you\u2019ll have available to you at the end of the game. So make your choice carefully! Or play the game twice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Iorveth Ending – Saskia or Triss<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
If you side with Iorveth, near the end of the game you\u2019ll be presented with another choice. This is between saving Triss or helping Iorveth save the life of Saskia, who\u2019s being controlled in her dragon form to attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Whilst Triss will survive no matter what option you take, it will change Iorveth and Saskia\u2019s fate, changing the ending radically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Roche Ending – Ana\u00efs or Triss<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
If, however, you went with Roche, you will be given a different choice. This time it\u2019s between Triss and King Foltest\u2019s daughter, Ana\u00efs. Both Triss and Ana\u00efs will survive if you choose the other, but Roche and Ana\u00efs\u2019 eventual fates can be deeply cursed by refusing to aid them when given the chance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
King Henselt is a jolly sort, until you get to know him better. If you side with Roche in Chapter I you\u2019ll get to know King Henselt rather well, which is deeply unpleasant. At a point in Roche\u2019s storyline you\u2019ll get the chance to decide King Henselt\u2019s fate, with drastic consequences for both the ending of The Witcher 2 and also Geralt\u2019s reputation going into The Witcher 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
By the end of the game, if Henselt is dead you\u2019ll see Roche be labelled a traitor and Temeria disintegrate into baronies. If Henselt lives, however…well. Can you live with that decision, knowing what you find out about him during the game? It\u2019s your choice!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ana\u00efs with Natalis or Radovid<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
The final decision which influences what ending you get in The Witcher 2 is determined by whomst you sent Ana\u00efs with, either King Radovid or John Natalis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you send her with Radovid it means the merging of Temeria and Redania with little hope for Ana\u00efs\u2019 country to be free again. Sending her with John Natalis means Temeria won\u2019t descend into civil war, but it may mean future problems for this now-weakened nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So there you have it, if you\u2019re planning on playing The Witcher 2 you should now know what you need to do to reach your desired ending, or if you\u2019re skipping it you can get up to speed on the characters and decisions. Which ending did you choose if you played it? Head over to our Community Forum<\/a> and have your say.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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