The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Yes. The Witcher 3 is an amazing game. Everyone and their grandma has talked about this and praised it as the best modern RPG of the decade/century/ever. And I, for once, have to agree. It is surely one of the best RPGs I´ve ever played. The narative is amazing, the story is awesome. Yes, we all know. But I would like to talk about (minor) flaws of this game instead. If you are a completionist, this game is going to became very easy soon. If you are like me and like to explore the world, finish most of the sidequest or just travel and fight what enemies you find on the way, halfway through, you will find yourself 5-7 levels ahead of the recommended levels for story and side quests. And even if you enable level upscaling of enemies, some encounters will become very boring as time goes on. I just don´t like the way the game handles leveling and it´s kind of forcing you to not finish everything on your first playthrough and then play the other half on NG+. And I kind of get why, but I don´t like it. The combat is somewhat simplistic. Yes. I´ve said it. If you´ve played Dragon Dogma, Nioh or other action RPG, combat of the Witcher will seem kind of... shallow. Not at first, but after a few hours I found out that the combat of the Witcher is more like combat in Batman games. Just mash two buttons (one after you level up eighter light or heavy attack) and you are good to go. Throw in some Signs, that are all very strong and can end your fight instantly. But overall, the story, main quests and sidequest are very good storywise. So good that I even cannot compare it to other modern RPGs. The world seems very alive and is filled with interesting details that make up great stories if a person pays close attention to them. Very fun game that makes it´s mainstream concurency shallow and boring (looking at you, Skyrim).

I know a game is good when I get near the end & feel a need to stop. Finishing it, no matter how much is left to do, means the game, for the most part, has ended. I had it on day 1, played for a good month or so. Then I stopped because I didn't want the game to end. Finally, I gathered up the courage & finished it, roughly 9 months later. The game is by no means perfect & it has its faults, but it's an experience I'll almost never forget. Usually when a game is forgettable, it's because it's crap, with this, there's so much story that you do end up forgetting some of it, especially if you take as long as I did to finish it. This is by no means a bad thing but proof to how much content they put in... & how bad my memory was. The open world in this is massive. It starts you off in a place called White Orchid, which you think "hey this is pretty big" but then it's kind of a tutorial zone. The other zones seem overwhelmingly big. The story is astounding. Bear in mind; I played 2 but not 1, so I had a reasonable understanding of what was going on. But, it’s a pretty good standalone story. The role-playing mechanics were really good because of how it affected both narrative & game play. Narrative wise your choices affected the outcome of quests & even had consequences that affected the world or NPCs. Gameplay wise you had skills & gear to 'mutate' your Witcher for your play style. Visually at the time, the game was pretty good although it wasn’t the best or even much better than other games, but if you plan on playing it today (i.e. 2020+), I highly recommend a mod like The Witcher 3 HD Reworked Project. Audio was exquisite, the music is addictive & the ambience in this game is complimented by it really well. It helped authenticate the different atmospheres while exploring & questing. My main gripe was Roach & how poorly he handled. Often, it was better to walk than to ride. Since my words are limited all I can say is The Witcher 3 really earned its ratings.

This game still runs good on my machine

My first Witcher title, i am at 70+ hours , still not far in the story, and i can't remember the last time i've had this much fun. Stunning graphics, great soundtrack, well written quests and sidequests, lots of content. This will be a great journey.

After 3 updates of this game, game cannot start. Its tragedy update. But game when I done is impossible. But now I can only delete and forget. It's a shame that the authors can't even do such a simple thing as ensuring that the game can be run after an update....