The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

I think others have spoken plenty about this game. I have waited years for another title to immerse me. I have found it in the Witcher 3. I bought the Collector's Edition, Steam, and now GOG. Although I jumped into the Witcher world on 3, I've been slowly catching up through various novel/story outlets and am planning to play 1 and 2 soon, once I am done with 3. The story is the usual heroic fantasy type. It is how it is delivered, and the characters that deliver it, and the world surrounding these characters, their reaction to the environment and changes, that makes it truly epic. I mean, my first playthrough I had about 138 hours into it and I had just finished the main story, bypassing almost all contracts and side quests. This was probably due to the Death March difficulty, but nonetheless, I'm going through my second playthrough now on an easier difficulty, taking my time to soak in all of the content I had missed the first time around. The only disappointment I can say with the game is the absolute ending, when you continue playing post main arc. They remove all of the critical characters, and the immersion for me immediately stopped. I have seen numerous threads and pages of complaints regarding this and supposedly they will be adding some post-end game content here soon to alleviate this. If you haven't played any of the Witcher games, you do not feel behind. There is an option when starting a new game to simulate Witcher 2, in which some dialogue is tailored in reference to Witcher 2 and allow you to respond as such. With it toggled off, the game just skips or picks your responses to these lines. Not a big deal. I didn't feel one bit left out having not played any previous game or read any previous book. Witcher 3 delivered it's own story, and opened up the whole Witcher world to me.

One of the best gaming experiences I have ever had. It made me laugh, cry sometimes I was angry joyous. It was an intense emotional and rewarding experience. I would recommend in good faith to anyone this game.Beautiful world, Excellent combat great quest main and otherwise. Characterization was done superberb. Even just npcs like aka the baron I found myself caring about them and their woes. This is the new standard for RPGs from now on I believe. Good job CDPR.

I will not say much other than to say that the Witcher 3 is one of the best games, if not the best game, I have ever played. I have read all the English books, played all the games, and I am always very impressed the amount of fan services that is in the game. If you can, read the books before playing the game. Even more so than in the previous entries the shear amount of references to the books add to the depth of the game. The story is fantastic, and unlike some games where secondary quests are throw away filler, they seem to have more meaning in this game. I also plays very well, better than Witcher 2, although I would tell you not to play on any setting lower than the second hardest or the game is too easy. Performance wise, I am running a i5 2500k, and a Gtx 780 ti. While running at 1080p at 60fps, I run a mix of Ultra and High with Nvidia hairworks off. The visuals are impressive and by far the level of detail in this game is greater than any game I have ever seen. It is beautiful and rich, and you will find yourself just staring at the scenery in awe.

The Witcher 3 has a good gameplay, but the best thing in the game is the scenario and the writing. There is a lot of interesting characters in the game, and most quests have a good story. Some of them had the best writing i have ever seen in a videogame, with big surprises you don't expect. The game often asks you to make choices, and these choices have a real impact. The graphics are beautiful, and the design is great. Some armors are really, really good looking. The landscapes and big cities are great too, but little villages in Velen and Skellige are a bit bland though, they all look the same. The only thing i really didn't like about the game was the handling of Roach. This poor horse stops at every little obstacle and i found it to be nearly unusable. But using it is totally optional, so it's not a big problem. Except for the horse races. These races can be frustrating. What more can i say ? Geralt and Ciri are great characters to play, they're really charismatic. Fights are cool, and you will fight a lot. Gwynt is excellent. If you're looking for a game with a good gameplay and excellent story and characters, you will like The Witcher 3.

One of if not the best story experience I've had in a game to date, excellent graphics, excellent game world, varied quests, lots of hidden loot. Weak point of the game is definitely the combat, which is shallow and easy, I only died a handful of times throughout the game and played it start to finish on the highest difficulty setting, which is a shame because the rest of the game is so damn good being weighed down by what should have been their key focus. In the end it's still an enjoyable game with lots to do, even at 50$ you'll be getting over an hour per dollar spent doing just the main story and light side quests.