The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt starts off with an understandable tutorial and a goal that pretty much stretches throughout the entire game, the side quests themselves doesn't feel like just some filler objective but some of them even lead into the main story-line, giving them weight in contrast to other RPGs/open-world games, not only that but some of them even has an effect on the outcome at the very end of the story. That alone is a reason to buy this game. But wait! There's more. The combat; some would say it's just spam Spacebar to win and in some cases that's correct, but for the most part it just feels natural seeing as you are constantly fighting monsters that can kill you in 3 hits unless you use Quen (shield sign/magic) or push them away with Aard (windblast sign/magic). The music itself makes the combat or even chases way more intense than they would've been without it, the flow of the combat added with the music just makes it feel more like dancing between enemies than an actual battle which is what they wanted to do so mission accomplished CD Project Red! I could not find a single character which was not at all interesting or made me wonder about their backstory, Yennefer and Triss are more than just fan service *cough* Quiet *cough* and you can chose to romance one or the other... or both but hear me out; just don't, you will regret it. Every single little choice either in dialogue or in action changes an outcome of its own little story. After playing games like Elder Scrolls, Dragon Age and Fallout I feel like this game has put a whole new bar to pass if a game should be counted as an AMAZING open-world RPG. All of this combined: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt will forever be one of the best games I have ever played. Maybe someday in the next decade a game will come along to surpass its brilliance, its amazing story, its fantastic open-world and its-out-of-this-world soundtrack. Until then; this is the best game I have EVER played and it damn deserves it. 10/10!
