This game is great. It does have its downs (these mostly being bugs that do still happen sometime) but these are so heavily outweighed by the positives it really doesnt matter.

First the story is great, I wont say amazing as I did feel like the ending of the game was a bit rushed in the way of pacing but what else are you really gonna do when the enemy is a space-teleporting band of horse-riders. You can afford to make a story like this. I do say it felt rushed however as the beginning of the game is kinda slowish very methodical and thought out in its world-building while the end is just kinda "oh yea go to spot x so you can go to spot y on the other side of the map because story". This is a minor detail however as wherever you find yourself youre overwhelmed by the immense world-building efforts the devs have put out.

The sidequests of this game are amazing, probably the best implementation of such a system in any game I've ever played. It doesnt feel like its taking you out of the experience at all. From the witcher contracts to the random requests certain characters have it all feels good.

The world is extremely pretty, for a game from 2015 its darn impressive. I thought I may be giving the game too much praise since the graphical update did just launch so I decided to launch the PS4 version of the game that I own but never finished to kind of see how much of a difference is actually there and I must say the game looks amazing even in that version. Of course this is the PC so the graphical fidelity of certain things its better than on PS4 but the PS4 version still holds up and If i didnt know this game came out in 2015 I wouldnt have an issue believing someone if they told me this game came out in 2022. For an RPG the graphics do certainly still feel fresh.
Something weird I've noticed however, i believe this to be a graphical update thing, some side-character models seem more detailed and more textured than even Geralt? Which is just hilarious. I found Ermion's model looked ultra amazing while Geralts face was just nowhere close to what they did to Ermion. But alas it doesnt really matter.

You may think what you want about CD Projekt after the entire bad-faith fiasco with Cyberpunk but the witcher still holds up as one of the if not the best RPG of all time. I have no issue recommending this game. I would even go as far to say its a must play experience for anyone, anywhere. For a price as low as 10 euros for the entire experience with all the DLC there really isnt many better things you can spend that money on.

EDIT: DLC ADDITION
The DLC's are amazing, both offer a standalone extension to the games story and both are up to par or in some instances even better than the mainline story itself.
What an amazing achievement in game development.
I must say however that one rather *Magical* bit irritated me quite a fair bit near the end of the Blood and Wine DLC, It did look magnificent though.

This game is great. It does have its downs (these mostly being bugs that do still happen sometime) but these are so heavily outweighed by the positives it really doesnt matter. First the story is great, I wont say amazing as I did feel like the ending of the game was a bit rushed in the way of pacing but what else are you really gonna do when the enemy is a space-teleporting band of horse-riders. You can afford to make a story like this. I do say it felt rushed however as the beginning of the game is kinda slowish very methodical and thought out in its world-building while the end is just kinda "oh yea go to spot x so you can go to spot y on the other side of the map because story". This is a minor detail however as wherever you find yourself youre overwhelmed by the immense world-building efforts the devs have put out. The sidequests of this game are amazing, probably the best implementation of such a system in any game I've ever played. It doesnt feel like its taking you out of the experience at all. From the witcher contracts to the random requests certain characters have it all feels good. The world is extremely pretty, for a game from 2015 its darn impressive. I thought I may be giving the game too much praise since the graphical update did just launch so I decided to launch the PS4 version of the game that I own but never finished to kind of see how much of a difference is actually there and I must say the game looks amazing even in that version. Of course this is the PC so the graphical fidelity of certain things its better than on PS4 but the PS4 version still holds up and If i didnt know this game came out in 2015 I wouldnt have an issue believing someone if they told me this game came out in 2022. For an RPG the graphics do certainly still feel fresh. Something weird I've noticed however, i believe this to be a graphical update thing, some side-character models seem more detailed and more textured than even Geralt? Which is just hilarious. I found Ermion's model looked ultra amazing while Geralts face was just nowhere close to what they did to Ermion. But alas it doesnt really matter. You may think what you want about CD Projekt after the entire bad-faith fiasco with Cyberpunk but the witcher still holds up as one of the if not the best RPG of all time. I have no issue recommending this game. I would even go as far to say its a must play experience for anyone, anywhere. For a price as low as 10 euros for the entire experience with all the DLC there really isnt many better things you can spend that money on. EDIT: DLC ADDITION The DLC's are amazing, both offer a standalone extension to the games story and both are up to par or in some instances even better than the mainline story itself. What an amazing achievement in game development. [spoiler]I must say however that one rather *Magical* bit irritated me quite a fair bit near the end of the Blood and Wine DLC, It did look magnificent though.[/spoiler]