The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition

Just as the title says. I 've been playimg since 2000, so I don 't know about older games , but since that time , it is , simply, the best open world game.

Next Gen Update: Performance extremely terrible with the same graphics settings as DX11 version. Even when I am lucky to get it perform normally like DX11, it still can triger strange performance drops, after a fast traveling for example. DX11 version works flawlessly. Less features? I say totally worth trading for a stable experience. --- Other than that, the game itself is worth every damn penny. - Graphics stunning. Even in DX11 mode you get Ultra+ textures and vegetation. Toussant is wordlessly beautiful. - Combat is okay, not its strong point. But you can have a fun build. - Side quests are each unique and all hand-crafted as far as I know, no procedural generated stuff. - Too many "?".

I know, I'm quite late to the party, but it's still an amazing experience, through and through! Part of the reason it took me so long was that I only started with the series quite late and to be honest, the first game really isn't the best. Then again it was a while until I played the second, which was a lot better, but at the time I didn't really have the time (or hardware) to play the third, so I waited again... and wow, was it worth it! I probably can't say much that hasn't been said already about it. I played the "Classic" version to get the original experience, and I honestly can't imagine the "Next Gen" version looking much better. The world is the most detailed and beautiful I have ever seen in a game and there is so much to discover, so much to do. The writing is excellent and even small quests sometimes have unexpected outcomes or twists (which is something I already enjoyed a lot about the second game). The main quest is a bit slow to get going (though the early parts are not boring - in fact the story of the Baron in Velen was among the best in the entire game), but I was surprised to learn how many different endings there are and which decisions had an influence on it. And then, the excellent "Blood and Wine" expansion, which is basically a game in itself, does it again. The only "bad" thing about it is that by the time you get to it (if you finish the main game and "Hearts of Stone" first), you don't really need most of the gear and other gadgets you find in it. But it's all great nonetheless. It's less of a sandbox than other open world games, but given the incredibly cinematic presentation of in-game cutscenes for even the smallest side quests, and the superb writing, this is more than fine (and there still is more than enough to discover off the beaten path - though the amount of smuggler caches in Skellige is a bit insane and wouldn't recommend trying to find all of them). If you are only slightly interested in RPGs, play it!

Ever since this graced my hands on the PS4, I have sunk a disturbing amount of hours into travelling around completing endless side quests for no other reason than, I just LOVE it. The atmosphere, the music, the voice acting....everything is just so good. I've bought the game on PS4, GoG, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and very recently Steam. Steam purchase was for no other reason but to give CDPR some more money, since I know I can play games from GoG on my SteamDeck... I just didn't want to do that. Anyway, I'm anxiously awaiting the next Witcher game, and I hope it runs great on my SteamDeck too!

picked up GOTY edition Jan. 01. 2017 and can't stop playing it. Intrigue, adventure, badass sword play and a freakin wicked story! What else do you want. 200hr gameplay...easy and then some. I humbly bow to you CD project red for a job well done and GOG for getting the great deals out. Thank you very much.