The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition

There's a lot to enjoy about this, but for a game so highly praised, there are some surprisingly clunky mechanics on the PC version. Sure, Geralt can slay monsters & use magic, but making him go exactly where you want, or walk around an object without getting trapped because his little toe is caught on something, is harder than it should be on a AAA title. After release, the developers even added an optional movement tweak, but it makes little difference. The scope of the game world & story arc is staggering; the sheer number of sub-quests is huge. But it is the obvious amount of effort that has gone into designing all these elements that makes the teeth-gnashing mechanics all the more annoying. Compared to any premium FPS, the character movement & interaction is second-rate. The lack of finesse means fighting is pretty procedural. As long as you keep levelling up & improving your equipment, enemies that were previously challenging become easy enough to beat with some button-mashing. Also be aware there's a lot of trudging from A to B & tedious looting of objects. I thought the days of having to be on exactly the right pixel to activate something in a game was long gone, but there's plenty of time wasted here awkwardly repositioning around a box or sack until the 'loot' option finally appears. Then, after looting countless useless objects just to find the occasional gem amongst them, the inventory interface is lumpy, requiring tedious manual housekeeping. There's an awful lot to like about this game, it just feels like so much time was spent on creating its amazing universe that they neglected the fundamentals. It could have been great. If you're looking for an immersive world, a multitude of believable characters & storylines, & don't mind spending time on humdrum repetition, then dive right in. If you're looking for the fantasy equivalent of a slick FPS, your patience may be challenged.

As a completionist type of player, having most of the game achievements not being registered really bothered me. The functionality look abandoned, people reporting problems for a few years, that are never fixed. Other than that, the game is absolutely brilliant.

I have this game on Steam since launch. THIS IS A GAME.

Definitely one of the best games I have played and I highly recommend it to anyone that is a reasonable age. Very well made game, that I plan to play through again when I upgrade my GPU next.

The game is very good with only a few minor complaints: * Anything more than 5 levels below (quests, enemies) gives a very small fraction of the full XP. It would be nice if this scaled better. * Movement is sometimes a bit annoying, especially inside the city. That said, the game itself is fantastic. The story is engaging, conbat is fun, and the quests do a good job of tying everything together. Exploration of a relatively large world is also well done.