If you imported a save, you can even bring in artifacts from Witcher 1 like Raven's Armor or Aerondight, giving you better starting equipment for the prologue (they are nerfed from literally legendary items made using Lost Technology to just barely better than standard issue, though). He doesn't have any of the combat style changing from the previous game, but that's just because the combat engine is different.
Bag of Spilling: Pretty much averted Geralt starts off knowing all his Signs and equipped with plenty of basic Alchemy formulas. Neither have any magical abilities, neither lets that stop them from racking up an incredible body count. Badass Normal: Vernon Roche and Iorveth. The Bad Guy Wins: No matter the choices made, and whether or not Letho is spared, he succeeds in his mission to destabilize the Northern Realms, throwing them into chaos and in fighting, softening them up for invasion by the Nilfgaardian Empire. Back-to-Back Badasses: During Iorveth's path. Looks badass and has the best stats of any weapons or armor in the game, but the shorter length of chapter 3 significantly limit its use. Awesome, but Impractical: The Kinslayer equipment, obtainable only in Dark Mode in the last chapter. Audible Sharpness: Played straight throughout, but particularly when Geralt is facing execution in the Nilfgaardian camp in Chapter 2 on Iorveth's path - the blade "sheens" while going slowly through the air!. Attack Its Weak Point: The Kayran conveniently has glowing "tumors" to indicate where you should start hackin' with your silver. A big theme in the game is whether or not letting these jerks get what they deserve is worth the chaos their deaths cause. Asshole Victim: The kings that are being targeted for assassination aren't really the nicest people. Those take on the appearance of a gritty comic book. Art Shift: The game has a generally realistic look to it, except whenever a flashback plays. Arrow Catch: Geralt can even deflect them back at his enemies. Anti-Villain: Letho, the eponymous assassin of kings, turns out to be doing all the dirty work under the order of the Nilfgaardian empire so his fellow witchers (who are heavily discriminated against in the south) can have a safe place to live. #English patch for the witcher 2 troll full size#
and returning to full size is even worse. It's described as every bone in your body being shattered and compacted.
And I Must Scream: A truly horrible one happens to Triss, when she's transformed into a tiny figurine. 
Triss is always saved by Letho if Geralt decides to save someone else and Roche can secure Anaïs alone, but this seriously affects the Modular Epilogue. Depending on the earlier choices, the full roster includes Triss, Anaïs, Philippa and Saskia and most of them are mutually exclusive.
The ending forces player to choose which girl he wants to save. Siding with Malena will earn the player only more trouble, while she is guilty of her charge. Always Save the Girl: Twisted every possible way. Almost Dead Guy: Ciaran on the barge, explaining Letho's betrayal. He keeps reminding that he has no personal grudge with Geralt, and that he can avoid any conflict between them just by walking away. Letho is surprisingly soft-spoken and polite compared to his thuggish, brutal appearance. He even has the guts to subtly taunt Geralt in King Henselt's camp about Triss while talking about a statue with beauty trapped within, the significance of which becomes clear to Geralt only later in the story. However, he is also very crafty, tricking people into revealing crucial information simply by asking them a few seemingly trivial questions. Affably Evil: The Nilfgaardian ambassador Shilard Fitz-Oesterlen is very polite around various influential people and has civil conversations with them which show how well educated he really is on matters about the Northern Kingdoms. Geralt can still find documentation that provides all the information he needs to effectively slay monsters. Anti-Frustration Features: Killing monsters now counts as research, with three kills required for full research. Plus, you'll play as a certain selection of participants in the first Battle of Vergen when you're trying to break the curse in Chapter 2. And Now for Someone Completely Different: Depending on what route you take through the game, you may briefly take control of Roche, Iorveth, King Henselt, Prince Stennis, or Auckes. Adrenaline Time: Used during the Enhanced Edition's new intro depicting Letho's assassination of Demavend. Many soldiers say that Henselt was an accomplished fighter not shirking from any battle and turned to lavish lifestyle only recently. Acrofatic: Henselt is fat but avoids Adipose Rex by being more muscle than fat.
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