This game had a lot of promise, the Witcher series built a very solid base of trust with the devs and the fans. We expected what they delivered in the previous games. The pros -when textures load right (looking at you car textures) the game looks really gorgeous -the world of the game is designed with so much care and you do notice when roaming around -Lore is amazing -Music sure helps with getting into the game when the gameplay and visuals fail to do so -Panam Cons I wont talk about the bugs, that's the smaller issue by far with the game, and I was lucky enough that barely encountered any besides lighting issues which patches fixed quickly. But as far as story and gameplay... Witcher 1 was even more fleshed out than this, in that game your choices at least mattered and we weren't forced into a scripted movie that even deaths were dediced in any car chase. Dialogue sure does not affect your story in the slightlest except if you kill a somewhat important character (as if even was possible). Spent most of my time trying to level up to check out all the stuff in the skill tree... to find that most of the skill tree is % upgrade for stuff you can already do and the other 70% is sitting going through dialogue, really nothing wrong with that, I love visual novels... but this game isn't supposed to be that. Gunplay feels lifeless, even with a sniper rifle doing 2 headshots... the npc wont even die unless you blow their head off. Stealth was enjoyable for the most part but the lack of difficulty with the AI just, rubs me off from keep doing side stuff besides the main quest. The biggest gripe for me... is how the horrible deadlines the devs had to put up with made you realise how much stuff had to be cut off. Just to end up with a story that's barely good, and that's is ignoring the lack of personality fixers have, you can't even go to them to get new side quests. All in all, my trust in CDPR devs is still there, but I will think thrice before buying their next game.
