Well, I finished The Witcher 2 last night. I took Iorveth's path after Chapter 1.
- Gameplay does get a lot easier, especially when you toss half a dozen bombs into the melee, and stop carelessly dying ever fight.
- I felt relatively helpless as the protagonist - Geralt is getting manipulated by a lot of different parties, and there's nothing you can do about it. This isn't a bad thing. It's rather refreshing. Though at the end I thought "So this whole adventure was kind of pointless after all?"
- I felt a lot of character interactions - even with supposed friends of Geralt - were too expositiony and didn't really capture the warmth of it. Geralt also seems to be really, really tired and lacking enthusiasm in everything. Partially because it seems the whole world is out to manipulate or lynch you. Makes sense, but doesn't make for a very engaging protagonist.
- Felt a lot of the sexual content was tacky. Specifically, the encounter with Cynthia. WTF?
- The game economy was actually fairly well balanced. By that I mean that even at the end of the game, I couldn't buy all the weapons from the vendors that I wanted.
- Really enjoyed the journal entries by Dandelion. I'd like him to write my internal monologues.
- Monster hunting quests should really have quest markers.
- Some of the maps are really rubbish. I couldn't figure out how to access the wilderness north of Vergen for ages.
- I liked the Witcher 1 better.

On to The Wild Hunt.