I've clocked hundreds of games and particularly enjoy RPGs, but this game surpasses them all. Individually, all the parts it's made of, the world, characters, story, combat, facial animations, etc, each are all loving crafted, higher quality and more interesting than so many others in the genre and then they all come together making the whole so much more than the sum of its parts. Having played the series from the start it took me a few attempts to get through the original game and a couple to get through the second, but with each they improved and this final chapter draws you in from the beginning and doesn't let go. So if you're on the fence about trying it based on the previous entries you can ignore them and start with this, or if you did play them you can enjoy all the references to your actions in past games and they way they effect this story in sometimes large and sometimes subtle ways. Side quests are genuinely interesting and the conversation and ambiguous moral system ranging from mercenary to altruist with their unforeseen outcomes fits the character and story tone seamlessly. I very rarely get off my arse to review things, but this game is just so fantastic I needed to gush about it just to get it off my chest, it elevates the genre and raises the bar for future games.
