The Witcher III: Wild Hunt is a fantastic game, I would recommend it to anyone old enough for mature games, as it is a very adult game, but nonetheless is filled with excellent dialogue, real characters, extrodinary places. All in all, it tells its story as well as any book, which is good because it's based on books.

For chronological events, you might want to play the first 2, but I hear they were not as great. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt easily holds its own as a stand alone game regardless, and you will learn Geralt's history and character's pasts as you need to know of them as you play. The game is certainly not lacking in lore or written works within itself, which I find enhances it from being a good combat game, to being an excellent adventure you won't want to miss. It's, quite frankly, one of the best games I have ever played, and will keep one entertained for as long as they play it.

Excellent graphics and music, coupled with an exciting and not very predictable storyline with multiple endings makes for a very fun 70+ hours of gameplay. Scarecly a dull moment, sometimes cutscenes can be a little too much, but allowing you to choose your own dialogue options keeps your attention. Dialogue is excellent, action is awesome. Very in depth. Fully custumizable gear, equipment, abilities, and even steed allows for you to build your own style of play.

9.5/10 for the Base Game, for overall, exceptional gameplay and undeniably excellent storytelling. Highly recommended.
7/10 for Blood and Wine Expansion DLC. Due to, personally, I find some new enemies to be absolutely over-powered, or otherwise irritating to fight, or to be unrealistic. The new Gwent Faction could use a few tweaks in my opinion. One shopkeeper may cause a game breaking glitch, teleporting both himself and Geralt out of the map and causing the player to become stuck. Reloading a previous save is the only fix I know. There are many terrain bugs that hinder or completely prevent what would otherwise be perfectly normal horse-back movement. Continuously places the player into stressful, unfair, or unrealistic combat situations.

The Witcher III: Wild Hunt is a fantastic game, I would recommend it to anyone old enough for mature games, as it is a very adult game, but nonetheless is filled with excellent dialogue, real characters, extrodinary places. All in all, it tells its story as well as any book, which is good because it's based on books. For chronological events, you might want to play the first 2, but I hear they were not as great. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt easily holds its own as a stand alone game regardless, and you will learn Geralt's history and character's pasts as you need to know of them as you play. The game is certainly not lacking in lore or written works within itself, which I find enhances it from being a good combat game, to being an excellent adventure you won't want to miss. It's, quite frankly, one of the best games I have ever played, and will keep one entertained for as long as they play it. Excellent graphics and music, coupled with an exciting and not very predictable storyline with multiple endings makes for a very fun 70+ hours of gameplay. Scarecly a dull moment, sometimes cutscenes can be a little too much, but allowing you to choose your own dialogue options keeps your attention. Dialogue is excellent, action is awesome. Very in depth. Fully custumizable gear, equipment, abilities, and even steed allows for you to build your own style of play. 9.5/10 for the Base Game, for overall, exceptional gameplay and undeniably excellent storytelling. Highly recommended. 7/10 for Blood and Wine Expansion DLC. Due to, personally, I find some new enemies to be absolutely over-powered, or otherwise irritating to fight, or to be unrealistic. The new Gwent Faction could use a few tweaks in my opinion. One shopkeeper may cause a game breaking glitch, teleporting both himself and Geralt out of the map and causing the player to become stuck. Reloading a previous save is the only fix I know. There are many terrain bugs that hinder or completely prevent what would otherwise be perfectly normal horse-back movement. Continuously places the player into stressful, unfair, or unrealistic combat situations.