The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

I've put almost 150hrs into this game and I can safely call it the best game I have ever played. The game takes you on an amazing journey with interesting characters, plot lines, enemies and so on. It does that while looking gorgeous. While not the end all be all feature of a game, it truly does help players immerse themselves in the game's world, if the visual fidelity is top notch. Witcher 3 delivers on that front and then some. Graphics in this game made me stop a bunch of times and just look at the sights. Yes, they're that good, even though they did suffer a downgrade from the footage shown before launch. The sound quality is likewise very good. From character voices, to music, from monster growls and howls to excellent environment sounds. The sounds while in witcher senses mode is particularly good. It makes all of the sounds seem to be close to you. With a good pair of headphones or a good speaker system it can make you turn your head once in a while. The story is great and I felt kinda sad that the game ended. I wanted more stories about Geralt and others. Well, that's what the DLCs are for and I'm sure to pick them up. Getting back to the main game I really licked how they made some of your choices affect the world. Even seemingly good and benevolent choices could lead to dire consequences for individuals and whole communities. I dig that. It was fun to see how your actions changed the world around you. There's lots more I could say about this game but many before probably have said enough. It's a huge game with level of detail traditionally reserved for much shorter, more linear games. It's a masterpiece of a game for me and it will stay at the top of my list for many years to come.

127.5 hours. That is how long my play through of the Witcher 3 was. I've never spent that amount of time on one playthrough of a game. Usually I dive headfirst into an RPG, loving it, swearing that I will do everything the game has to offer. Then reality sinks in. Lulls in the story begin to wear on my patience . Repetitive tasks begin to diminish the amount of enjoyment I once felt. Slowly I begin to drift away, finding something more interesting to invest my time in. This was not the case with the Witcher 3. This game, or this experience, drew me in like no other game has done before and did not release me until I could find nothing else to do. For me, Witcher 3 will change how I look at games-especially RPGs-from now on. From the story to the sound/music design. From the gameplay to the art/visuals. And lets not forget the beautiful world and atmosphere. Almost everything about this game has been honed and polished to near perfection. I must stress that I did use "near" since I did encounter a few minor bugs during my playthrough, but nothing came close to derailing my experience. In fact, I do have to greatly commend CD Project for releasing a game that functioned right out of the gate AND proceeded to release an unprecedented amount of free content and patches that vastly improved the gaming experience across the board. This support of the game only added to my already immense enjoyment of it. I cannot stress enough how much I absolutely loved this game. I think it's one that everyone should experience. Both game developers and videogame fans alike. It's a game that I think shows just what videogames can become with a caring and talented company behind it. I hardly ever write reviews but I felt extremely compelled to do so in this case. If anything, I just wanted to offer up a small thanks for a job well done. They've created a masterpiece. Also, the Hearts of Stone expansion is incredible! Well worth the price!

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt starts off with an understandable tutorial and a goal that pretty much stretches throughout the entire game, the side quests themselves doesn't feel like just some filler objective but some of them even lead into the main story-line, giving them weight in contrast to other RPGs/open-world games, not only that but some of them even has an effect on the outcome at the very end of the story. That alone is a reason to buy this game. But wait! There's more. The combat; some would say it's just spam Spacebar to win and in some cases that's correct, but for the most part it just feels natural seeing as you are constantly fighting monsters that can kill you in 3 hits unless you use Quen (shield sign/magic) or push them away with Aard (windblast sign/magic). The music itself makes the combat or even chases way more intense than they would've been without it, the flow of the combat added with the music just makes it feel more like dancing between enemies than an actual battle which is what they wanted to do so mission accomplished CD Project Red! I could not find a single character which was not at all interesting or made me wonder about their backstory, Yennefer and Triss are more than just fan service *cough* Quiet *cough* and you can chose to romance one or the other... or both but hear me out; just don't, you will regret it. Every single little choice either in dialogue or in action changes an outcome of its own little story. After playing games like Elder Scrolls, Dragon Age and Fallout I feel like this game has put a whole new bar to pass if a game should be counted as an AMAZING open-world RPG. All of this combined: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt will forever be one of the best games I have ever played. Maybe someday in the next decade a game will come along to surpass its brilliance, its amazing story, its fantastic open-world and its-out-of-this-world soundtrack. Until then; this is the best game I have EVER played and it damn deserves it. 10/10!

This game was hard to get into at first, but the day i embraced it with open eyes and gave it an effort, i was drawn in and invested deeply into its main story, and along this long path i took with it am now at the bittersweet, for after hundreds of hours, i wish there was more of this amazing game. Thankfully its quite enjoyable to replay multiple playthroughs.

A must play for any fan of RPGs