巫师3：狂猎-年度游戏版

巫师一：嗯，这个孩子骨骼精奇，天生慧骨，虽其貌不扬略有瑕疵，倘以雕琢假以时日必成大器！ 巫师二：嗯，多年不见这个孩子已成为一代大侠，声名鹊起叱咤风云，吾心甚慰！ 巫师三：我去，这孩子怎么成神了？！

I purchased a new PC to play the "next-gen" version but unfortunately the game is unplayable as of now (ver. 4.02). Running the game in 1440p (DLSS ultra performance) with RT enabled initially gives me about 30-40 fps. The game looks fantastisc but with continuos playtime of 10 to 20 minutes the framerate goes down to 20 and even 10 fps in some areas, which renders the game unplayable for me. Also I experienced stutter, audio sync problems and low CPU utilization of 10 to 20% on my my i7-12700F, which doesn't seem right. I followed the tech-support's troubleshoting guide but I couldn't solve the issues. Looks like this "next-gen" is only meant for the latest gen of high-end Nvidia graphic cards costing $900 upwards. Hopefully the devs will further improve the performance with Raytracing on mid-range GPUs like the RTX 3070. If so I will update this review to 5 stars.

Shadows flicker randomly and half the time I try to load a saved game, the frame rate drops by 50% or more and I have to restart the whole game to fix it. Raytracing effects have an insanely heavy effect on performance, but I wouldn't mind quite as much if I could actually play the game.

Best game I've ever played so why the 2 stars, you might ask. Because since the next gen update it's not a game that crashes sometimes (which game doesn't), but this is a crash that sometimes looks like a game. 50-60 fps, everything is good, then boom. Crash. Wanna switch to another application? No problem. Crash. Although I like the game and I like the changes the next gen version brought, the amount of crashes make it useless. If it's not on a 90% sale I don't recommend to buy it.

I sank hundreds of hours into the Witcher series, and I can honestly say that TW3 is the best RPG ever made. First of all, it's HUGE. Velen, Novigrad, Skellige - each one of those three areas is roughly the size of Skyrim, and each is packed with details and interesting characters. And there's Toussaint (Blood and Wine), which feels like a monster-ridden vacation to Italy or France. The story is extremely satisfying. You are not the One. You are the opposite of the One, a mutant, an abomination in the eyes of the Eternal Fire. Yet, your actions are what makes the world go round. There are no "some ___ stole my ___, go to a goblin cave, fetch it and be done with it" quests. If a quest asks you to fetch something, be ready to unfold the real and horrible story behind it, maybe remove a curse, and/or kill the quest giver based on whatever. There are contracts, which will have you kill legendary monsters. There is A LOT OF STUFF. The bottom line is, TW3 is well worth the money. Also, get the first two, there are many characters in TW3 that are first met in TW and TW2, so playing the first two games will help you understand who you're actually dealing with. Plus, they both have excellent storylines as well. PS. I hate portals.