while others bash The Witcher for being far too limiting with skills and equipment (completely missing the point of the game).
If they say so they completely missed the point of the game (not developers). Witcher is not any "standard-fare leveling" game with rich loot. It was meant to be game about Witcher and only Witcher (of course its some sort of limitation to present story of one predefined character) and so it is. Its not a game for everyone. If you are into "diablo stuff" or dont like Witcher character, you probably wont have much interest in this game.
Indeed, this is exactly what I meant, Farflame. Strict ARPG fans can't comprehend why most of Geralt's skills are just passive enhancements, that you basically wear the same armor for the whole game, and that you can't carry more than four big weapons at a time. The Witcher doesn't need that stuff, because it does everything else so right...
