How is this the game of 2015? Yes, it's huge and no, it's not completely bad, but it has so many things that SUCK! The good: huge open world that feels like you're inside. Countryside destroyed by war, trees full of hanged corpses, witch hunt in the biggest city, but also tons of tiny stories that you find yourself caring about. And they finally brought Ciri and Yenefer and a storyline that continues the books. The bad: pretty much everything was better in Assassins of kings. Combat is almost the same, but in AoK, it was easy to change targets just by looking and someone else with you mouse; here, Geralt continues hacking in the same direction he's facing until he gets punched from behind, because he's too stupid to turn around. Also, the fast strikes could be actually fast stabs, not fancy pirouettes that take forever to hit a beast. And the game decides if you're in or out of combat. You can grab some ledges above you and pull yourself up, but not in combat. Doesn't matter that monster are too far away to do something and you could use some more space to maneuver or escape. Game says you're in combat, so tough luck. Potion drinking in AoK was awesome, new and in keeping with the books and commons sense: you drank you potions before combat and they lasted 10-15 minutes, so you could finish a dungeon before you ran out. Now, we're back to a diablo-esque drinking-in-the-middle-of-battle. Alchemy - you only make each potion once. Once. Then it sort of get refilled (up to a max of 1-4) when you meditate, using only alcohol, not the original ingredients. Am I diluting the original potion? Do we have homeopathy? The world seems to consist mostly of invisible walls and insurmountable knee-high fences. You wanted to roll out of the way of a golem's fists? Sorry, there's a log lying there, so you just roll in front of it, rather than over it. Also, devs dish out 16 DLCs, but don't fix bugs. Found at least 3 quests that can't be completed. Get AoK, this is crap.
