I often like to tell people: Witcher 3 has many flaws and weak points. And those flawsare so numerous, you could write an entire book about it. However, if you went ahead and tried to write down everything great about this game-it would fill an entire library! This game is MASSIVE! And when I say massive, I mean to say it's the biggest and most detailed modern game (as of 2019) and one of the biggest and most detailed games of all time, in the history of video gaming. The very size of the map and how detailed it is left me awestruck the first time I began to comprehend how big it is. Unlike some other franchises, the map is never bland, every part is different. And most of it (aside from disappointing southeastern part of Velen) is filled with quests or interesting, challenging monsters to kill. Also, if you are hardcore gamer, start playing on the highest difficulty......you won't regret it. Aside from boss fights and dog fights in the very beginning of the game, the game is easy (it's funny how challenging a pack of wild dog is before you level up). However, boss fights on the highest difficulty will be one of your most challenging experiences in gaming and not just frustrating but insanely hard. The graphics, the facial expressions, characters stories.....side quest. Many fans and I argue that the weakest points of the vanilla game are the main story and cartoonish black&white main villain. However, CD Project Red (like every time before) listened to fan criticism and fixed all biggest complaints that in expansions (tehnically DLCs), which are so massive that some other developers would sell them as separate game and charge 60$ for it. And now you can buy the whole thing for 50 dollars! FIFTY!! That's ridiciliously low for all the stuff you get! Meanwhile, some strategy games and simulators charge hundreds of dollars for much less. What are you waiting for!? Play the game, be amazed!
I agree with everything other reviewers pointed out, just one more thing I would like to add. The final drop that spilled the ocean for me was AI. I remember years ago when I played this game....sometimes, you were supposed to fight with your desired faction but weird and highly annoying stuff happened like your own ally pushing you out of your cover because he intended to use it. And obviously, that wasn't the intended game mechanic, that was another developer oversight. I like the idea of fighting with other groups but it was poorly executed. Also,when enemies threw grenades, they tended to kill themselves or throw them at impossible angles with perfect 100% accuracy. And what I mean by that is, almost every grenade will hit you in the face, not just land close to you. Popular mods for Shadows of Chernobyl that gave enemy NPCs ability to throw grenades have the same problem, but the developers didn't bother to fix it and probably thought it's good enough. Acceptable for free mods, but unacceptable for a paid product. Call of Prypat fixed all of that, you should buy it instead and skip this one.
