So I started this up, I've played it a lot and I love it!! This is seriously the most insane game I have ever played. There are no loading screens in game, which add extreme immersion (Can you imagine reading a good book and pausing every 15 pages for a minute or two...yeah? Thanks Skyrim) Also Horse Combat, it is insane and utterly badass. I found a bandit camp I jumped my horse over some wagons galloped through the camp while lopping heads off and cleaving bandits in two...all in slo-mo haha!! I absolutely love the horse combat mechanic. The extensive, well written enjoyable lore is very nice. In Skyrim books were for nerd and you being a dragonborn and all powerful superhero didn't need them, in the Witcher, don't read books? You die, they give solid help on what monsters are weak too for example and provide clues, written between the lines so to speak, for quests. There is no magic marker telling you were to go. No, instead, say your searching the forest, you have a big yellow circle on the minimap (This is your area so to speak) and using your Witcher sense you discover clues and track animals etc. It also touches on darker for realistic aspects, Skyrim had racism is like saying the school bully teased people, in the Witcher that school bully? Yeah he beat everyone to a pulp. Racism is strong, violence and tensions are intense. Storyline is important and immersive. In every way this game is targeted for older gamers looking for mature and deep storyline. Its tough and brutal in parts, you will die, a lot if you don't prepare. I can't tell yet if monsters level up alongside you but I do know that running through a forest, fighting wolves (level 8) when suddenly this huge level 23 (I'm level 6) monster charges outta the bushes and hands my ass to me. Frustrating yet satisfying, it feel real. Also the world in super dynamic, abandoned village? Clear it, people move in, rebuild. Also dialogue is super important and can heavily affect outcomes!!
