![]() This does not mean you should be reckless. So, the guiding philosophy is: If you have to fail, fail faster so you can try again faster. To put this another way: while strategy #2 makes every encounter slightly more dangerous, it allows you to make multiple attempts for every single attempt at strategy #1, so for me #2 is the more efficient way to go. ![]() While at the same time, these 12 hours could have been used for 2 or 3 separate attempts using the faster strategy #2. It’s very frustrating to spend so much time carefully advancing and building your character only to die 12 hours into the attempt from a simple mistake (or bad luck). Sure, following strategy #2 you’re more at risk, but the risk is there anyway. I've started with approach #1 above, but after dying twice I've decided it’s not worth it. Your character will be a bit less prepared for future fights, but if you fail you’ll fail faster and can jump into the next attempt. Progress as fast as you can in the main storyline – skip all side quests.This allows you to level up more and buy better equipment, giving you a better chance at next battles. Take things slow and try to complete as many side quests as possible (except for the most dangerous ones).There are two main strategies for completing the game on Insane difficulty: The fight was still a challenge, but I realized that if I can beat the dragon conclusively on Dark, then Insane should be within my reach.Īnd in the immortal words from another (much different) Guide: DON’T PANIC! I've never before thought I’d try the game on Insane, but when I finished the game on Dark the fight with the dragon at the end was the easiest fight I had all game (and in the past, the dragon fight was so difficult for me, even on Normal difficulty). Even though I've died many times while playing on Dark, by the end I've realized that it has trained me for Insane: Since on Dark difficulty you are so vulnerable to enemies you simply can’t afford to get hit, so the whole game you practice dodging, blocking and attacking from the flanks. I highly recommend finishing the game once on Dark difficulty before attempting Insane. But I will give a few tips relevant for Insane difficulty for all parts of the game. ![]() This also means that I won't give step-by-step instructions on where to find certain characters, how to solve riddles, or how to beat a boss like the Kayran - there are plenty of guides, walkthroughs and let's play videos for these (not to mention a lot of details on the wiki ). I assume that anyone attempting to beat the game on Insane difficulty has already finished it at least once before. The guide below obviously contains spoilers for the entire game of The Witcher 2. But after several attempts, once I've finally managed to reach this goal myself, I've decided to take the time and write down not only a few suggestions, but a more complete (and hopefully useful) detailed guide to this. ![]() I've seen several tips and tricks in various forums on how to go about achieving this goal. According to current Steam statistics, only 0.8% of players have achieved this (and 18.5% of players have beaten the game at all, in any difficulty). Accomplishing this will give you the Madman achievement. This is my attempt to create a guide on how to beat The Witcher 2 on Insane difficulty.
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