As I was waiting for the release of Witcher 3, I've played through Witcher 2 and attempted to play through Witcher 1. The previous titles were good, but nowhere as good as this one. The open world, which in my opinion is one of the biggest differences from it's predecessors, is awesomely designed and provides you with countless hours of content. I also read the books and I must say that the main story isn't as gripping as the books are, but when you also do the side quests, which I do, as I consider myself a completionist, then they are able to rid the game of any shortcomings it may possibly have. If you're bored of questing in general, there are many side activities you can do, namely play Gwent, the game's proprietary card game, which is really entertaining. I personally play Gwent with anyone I possibly can and amassed some quite good cards. So in the end, the game was able to push Skyrim of my "best game I've ever played" pedestal and I believe it will persist there for some time. I also believe that it will be the game of the year 2015. If you are reluctant to buy the game, don't be, unless you completely hate RPGs in general, which I think is a huge mistake, because this genre is one of the most entertaining genres out there.
