I think many of the criticism towards the game is legit. I was myself pretty hyped up by some of the features mentioned since 2018 that ain't in the final product or are really far away from what they were supposed to be. But considering the final product (and at least I didn't experienced many bugs and glitches) as it is, I'm loving it. I love The Witcher 3 as my favourite game ever and here I believe they wanted to go way far beyond what they did back in 2015, tho fell short and ended being a Witcherpunk: in terms of gameplay features feels like I'm playing Witcher 3 but in a Blade Runnery setting, wich is absolutely fantastic, but we were expeting more. Graphics are incredible, the sound desing is unbelievable and story, characters and side jobs are generally great (except for the more random NCPD stuff with almost no background). I was really worried they couldn't make a great story and characters after Witcher series, wich had really well pre-developed (in the books) characters and character arcs. But my oh my, I'm delightful to be wrong. Night City feels so believable and alive even if we are missing HUGE features that were talked by CDPR. I've never ever stopped so much in a game and just walk, look and exprience the world. Cause it feels like that, an experience. I'm not just looking thinking "wow, that looks great", and I'm getting absolutely overwhelmed by the entire package of graphics, desing, citizens, cars and sound desing. I know it's not perfect, I know it's missing huge things (like the very lackluster IA and ¿nonexistence driving IA?) but to me is already a five stars in my heart. Hope CDPR can save the day and with time and learning from their mistakes, make it more like the game they showed us during this time and, probably, they actually wanted to make.
When I first played Witcher 1 I knew something special was going on. I was fan of the books and having a game to enjoy this world in a different way was a dream. Happened the same with the second one. But the first time I played The Witcher 3 the game crushed me. Never thought a game could be so good. The evolution of The Witcher as a saga was incredible and almost three years after release I'm still in love with the game. The plot, the storytelling, the activities and quests, how the world is made... It have some mechanics I'm not a total fun, but I still feel is great overall and everything have sense. I keep coming back to play The Witcher 3 from time to time (I'm doing it right now), and this (5 or 6 time I replay it) is probably not going to be the last one. I always recommend it as one of the best experiences everyone can have, everyone should at least try this masterpiece, is a game that not only make me have fun playing, it also make me feel things about NPCs, about main quests and silly side quest or even random encounters. When I play I trully feel I'm part of this world and it story, and I think you can't ask more from a game.
