The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

I am not really a huge fan of 3D 3rd person view (or 1st person view) games (I mostly play sth around BG, Neverwinter, Diablo), but this is really incredible. It feels like the authors combined their experience from Witcher 1&2 and developed the game that has all of: - amazing story, for me it was like reading the sequel to the original saga (I know it is a bit controversial topic) - branched plot: you can replay the game anytime, make different choices, and experience unique plot every time - great game mechanics: fighting a monster is not about how fast you click the mouse, you can really achieve interesting effects by combining sword attacks with Witcher signs and potions - good quality from the technical POV, runs smoothly on my average build PC, no significant bugs (and I bought it relatively early after the release) Highly recommended!

Once, every so often, there comes a game that defines a genre. Witcher 3 is that game. Once you play it, almost every other RPG is going to be ruined for you.

As I was waiting for the release of Witcher 3, I've played through Witcher 2 and attempted to play through Witcher 1. The previous titles were good, but nowhere as good as this one. The open world, which in my opinion is one of the biggest differences from it's predecessors, is awesomely designed and provides you with countless hours of content. I also read the books and I must say that the main story isn't as gripping as the books are, but when you also do the side quests, which I do, as I consider myself a completionist, then they are able to rid the game of any shortcomings it may possibly have. If you're bored of questing in general, there are many side activities you can do, namely play Gwent, the game's proprietary card game, which is really entertaining. I personally play Gwent with anyone I possibly can and amassed some quite good cards. So in the end, the game was able to push Skyrim of my "best game I've ever played" pedestal and I believe it will persist there for some time. I also believe that it will be the game of the year 2015. If you are reluctant to buy the game, don't be, unless you completely hate RPGs in general, which I think is a huge mistake, because this genre is one of the most entertaining genres out there.

I haven't been as immersed in a game since Morrowind. This game is a 10/10 for me. It's not perfect, but there's nothing in it that detracts from the experience. - Great graphics while running smooth - Top notch story, side quests and characters. Choices that really impact the world around you, and they are not obvious - Great soundtrack - The way you discover quests in the world and how they intertwine with the main story. - The cities are not small villages - Combat keeps you on your toes, monsters have different ways to fight. - World feels alive. - 80 hours in and still have a lot of content left (haven't even finished main story yet) Only a few small annoyances: - framerate drops a bit in novigrad (the big city) - some horse control issues

It's not about the game (the game itself is great), it's about controls. I *HATE* the person(s) who was(were) responsible for coding/testing the controls. Why does Geralt move forward when I press the "move backward" button (and it usually means - to get another hit in the face. And then another one. And another one. Oh, now Geralt is dead. Thank you.)? Why, when pressing, for example, the "roll right" combination, Geralt... rolls backwards (there's a chasm there, of course. Thank you for another "Load Game"). Fist fights starting with a hit in Geralt's face (with sometimes not even a chance to evade) are also very, *VERY* annoying (because after the first hit, Geralt gets another one, and another one, with no means to retaliate, and a fight is actually started with Geralt having 2/3 of his health). Getting stuck in a corner (yes, Geralt, of course, can't jump over that small small bench) always results in losing the fight.