Phenomenal game. There is some jank, annoyances, things that could've been done better, but none are really worth mentioning. You won't remember them, but you will remember the characters - ones you met briefly and incidentally, and ones that stuck with you throughout the whole game. You will remember the quests, the stories they told - sad, humorous, small and epic. And you will remember your time in that world, doing mundane monster slaying as befits as witcher, dealing with lowlives and their problems, helping powerful rulers with their state affairs, and of course playing part in saving the world. Witcher 3 may not be as immersive as some other games, and your choices may not matter as much, but that does little to stop it from being a top contender for one of my favourite games ever.

What to say? I'm not yet fully done with the base game, and still need to play the Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine DLC contents, that I need to express my total enthusiasm in front of this third iteration of the franchise - and this comes from an usual jrpg (you read me right, once again...) and eastern games lover, as well as from someone who although had played some of the two first, never went through to the end with them.


It's jank, but good jank. And it's an action rpg, but with no doubt among the very best you can find on the gaming market to date. My only complaint is that there aren't enough beautiful / hawt women, gniark-gniark-gniark (because there are never enough, are they ^^)


But to speak more seriously / sincerely, playing it just expanded my horizons as a player - aside for certain exceptions I would have forgotten about, well it is one of my very first "westerner" game I'm about to beat as a single player game, and for which I don't regret playing one sole second. There were sometimes feelings of slow burn once roaming through its really large map, but before I could know, I was simply hooked to the game with no way out, aside the ending to come.

It's from 11 years ago, alright - but don't be fooled, this is a pure total ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ masterpiece, that I believe every player should at least try out. And come back to, if they first drop it. It's just as a classic medieval rpg developed with modern technology, should be done. Its story is full of passion, humor, fright, twists and turns, darkness, as well as moments of light / lightness, and most obviously, friendship, love and lust. Everything which has been ported to the screen in a masterful way, with a coherent world, charismatic (and much less) characters and foes, quests and subquests that are actually interesting, and a profusion of beautiful sceneries, all of this carried by an intriguing and captivating main story.


So, I won't spend my time describing all the aspects that make The Witcher 3 an absolute must-play, many have already done this long before me, in a better manner than I could - I'll just very strongly recommend to anyone who hasn't yet tried out The Witcher 3, to do so, and persist, if the first dozens of minutes feel tedious - this is one amazing game, one of the best of its generation and beyond, which I can safely say is making me a better / more cultured player, so I'll be expecting The Witcher 4 with very high hopes, so fears - and I once again hope that many late players will come to play the franchise in spite of its age, because this is not about the *FOMO* but simply about playing a game that may change your, perspective on gaming, in an evidently positive way.

Really deep game. Love all the story and RPG elements, and the lighting is really something. A ten year old game, and it still looks beautiful.