Words cannot describe how well-made Witcher 3 is. Everything from the immersion, to the sound-design, to the story is incredible. I have not enjoyed a game this much since I first played Ocarina of Time as a kid. Pros: - Sound design is extraordinary - Almost every character you talk to is unique and have their own story - The story doesn't hand out a fairy-tale ending. Unlike BioWare RPGs, even if you do everything right you're going to be faced with negative consequences - Gameplay is vastly superior to The Witcher 2 (minus the problems I note below) - Your choices matter to the story. The game will force you to make difficult decisions where it seems that neither option is the right one. Cons: - Story has several "it happened off-camera" moments - Final boss battle is veeeeery disappointing (strictly gameplay-wise) - Hitboxes are extremely exaggerated with some enemies - General balance issues with monsters ("oh let's throw 5 wraiths at him when he already used all his potions after he barely made it past 3 wraiths") - Movement is sluggish on M/KB. Even unresponsive at times - Where the hell is Iorveth? - Roach. 'Nuff said - Graphics were downgraded, but then again I wasn't expecting to be able to run the game with the original graphics anyway Strictly speaking, all the cons are nitpicking. I was very cocerned that CDPR wasn't going to be able to do an open-world game of this scale and maintain the ever-important story. But thankfully, my concerns were laid to rest. The Witcher 3 is a modern masterpiece and quite possibly the best game I've played in the past ten years.
