Extremely ambitios game that manages to do all the essentials right, but it's not the best game out there from a technical point of view. Pros: The plot in interesting, characters are good, the quests seem interesting and there are many ways to approach them, the open world is big and beautiful (as expected) and the gameplay is solid, so it does all the essentials right. The level of costumisation (character creation, character development, etc) is also fairly deep. Cons: I haven't encountered any major bugs in the little amount of time I've spent, but there are a ton of minor annoying glitches. I think the cake needed a bit more time in the oven. The NPC's are as lifeless as they can be, which is very disappointing because unlike bugs, it's not really something that can be fixed in the future - this is a major flaw of the game. Verdict: Not the best action open world game and definitely not the best RPG out there, but one of the best games that combine both. As good as it is (and it is) it's not something so special we've seen before (as it was hyped to be). The story seems promising so far... If it proves to be top notch until the end of the game, I might change the review to 5 stars, although as I said, since the bar was raised so high, the game itself is below expectations for me.
The shorter expansion of The Witcher 3 is about quality over quantity. Thew highlight of this expansion is the story, which in my opinion is on par with the one in the main game though with better pacing being much shorter. The characters are very gray and interesting like we are used to in The Witcher universe, actually if there will be another The Witcher game, my bet is that Gaunter O'Dimm will be the main antagonist. The enchantments are a nice thing, though I find the Runewright to be much too expensive in order to make level 3 enchantments. There are really tough and unique boss fights in this expansion, which is great, also new monsters, which is always nice. The gear in this expansion is diverse and well-fit for a level 30-40 character. Overall: Superb This is how expansions should be done. Bravo CDPR!
This is a very interesting card game. It maintains the feel of a Witcher game with its tone and music, but it's much more sophisticated and balanced than Gwent from The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, which is a good thing. I believe the choice to remove a row was to make the cards appear bigger on screen and I don't think it's a bad thing since it did not mean that much, yet I cannot say it's a good thing either, I'm neutral to this change. I also like the microtransaction options in this game. For example the Starter Pack gives you a fair boost if you're a newcomer and it's not expensive at all, I think it's totally worth it. I think it's a good idea that many microtransactions are based on meteorite powder. With it you can make your cards animated or buy new boards, skins and avatars. It's pretty cool for those who want them but it's fair that they don't give any gameplay advantages, so you can pay for cosmetics instead of paying for winning which is great for either type of player. I don't have any big complains. One thing I would like it would be to have cards of more characters (Detlaff for instance was an interesting one and also very tough to beat, and characters from Blood and Wine in general). Last, I think a recruitment resources cap of 175 instead of 165 would be more suitable since considering you have a deck of 25 cards, the average recruitment cost would be 7 instead of 6.6 and it wouldn't be a big cap difference so you would still need to choose your cards carefully instead of just choosing the most powerful ones. That being said, I give this game a 5 star rating because all the small things I would add or change are entirely subjective.
