The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

This is absolutely the best game I've ever played. No, I'm serious. I've played over 200 hours and I'm addicted to it. Amazing visuals, story, characters, the whole lot! This game broke my Dark Souls addiction, which is no small feat. Now I have to wait for a game to break my Witcher 3 addiction. It's going to be a while.

To start with: I've played witchers 1 & 2 repeatedly, probably to the point of obsession. Witcher 3 is a beautiful game with a great plot, and runs great on my machine (about 4 years old now). That said, the actual controls in the game feel incredibly awkward. Whether it is trying to go through a door, make a quick turn, or stop before jumping off that cliff, Geralt doesn't quite react the way I expect him to. There are other difficulties with movement as well as selecting what you want to interact with (no, I don't want to blow that candle out...). Overall, the game is worth it - however there are some issues that make me feel as though the game is still in testing. There could be workarounds as well, I just haven't found any that worked.

I just bought in on PC but i have this game on PS4 too <3

Witcher 3 is roughly as big as Fallout 4 or Skyrim in terms of hours of gameplay - about 200 hours from the base game and 80 hours from the DLC if you are thorough. The combat mechanics aren't as good as those in the two Bethesda games, but the storytelling in Witcher 3 is a notch above everything else I've seen. Many of the storylines in the main and side quests involve moral decisions that are more nuanced and thought-provoking than what you are used to seeing in other RPGs. There are many branching paths that allow you try different decisions. Consequences from those decisions can be shocking, and are not often predictable. The writing, quest designs, cut scenes, all the lore text, character bios, bestiary info, etc., are all top notch. And the game world is huge. Other than loading a save, there is no screen-loading anywhere you go, astonishing for a world this size. One minor quibble is that the dungeons in Witcher 3 are generally kind of small. Another minor quibble is that the game starts with an underwhelming tutorial zone that takes 6-8 hours. That usually leads to an unfavorable first impression in many first-time players. But once you are past that, the game really gets going.

Remember when playing Baldur's Gate and Knights of the Old Republic and imagining how it would look if they were rendered in, at that time, unconceivable graphics? 'tis Wild Hunt for you! TEH RPG game, the one you've been dreaming about, mixing amazing storytelling, insanely well fleshed characters, stunning graphics, killer music and a massive open world adventure which will keep you glued to the PC for days (first playthough was roughly 150 hrs long, w/o fast travel, because... immersion). Oh and you get Yen, Triss and Ciri and they're to die for, plus monster slaying and treasure hunting galore. Best 50 euros I've ever spent in my life! Ploughing fantastic!