I bought the new Witcher games in a recent steam sale. I didn't really like the first one(bad graphics, lame combat system). So now I'm playing 2. For me, it's a huge improvement. However it's really hard, even at normal. I'm currently stuck at chapter 1. You just get thrown into battles you cannot hope to win, for example 6 bandits with one boss among them who will kill you in a couple of hits, 5 drowners who will bring your health down by 1/5th every time they hit you. And the best of it all is that the game rarely autosaves. How am I supposed to complete this game?

I have been playing the Tekkit mod pack for Minecraft aswell. It's way better than vanilla.