The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

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  1. Alias--
    Sep 11, 2023
    1
    This game is terribly overrated. Uninspired and empty open world with exploration that consists of riding to question marks on the map. Gameplay is janky and combat is a chore. I don't know why everyone went crazy over this game but realized with Cyberpunk how bad CD Projekt is at game design
  2. Paradox981
    Aug 13, 2023
    2
    Nefret ediyorum senden oyun nefrett.Gerçekten görünce kusasım geliyor oynayanada sevene de gıcığım
  3. PitusiaGOL
    Jul 5, 2023
    0
    Absolute masterpiece of art, played it 2 times and i currently am on 3rd playtrough and its still fun, never bored of this game.
  4. KentKouh
    Jun 25, 2023
    0
    This game is too boring. You are gonna sit trough 4-5 minutes of dialogue every few minutes into this game. Combat feels so clunky, there is no likable characters, open world is too big and empty, traversing and fast travel is a pain. the pacing is a joke aswell. and ultimately the main story was too long. Overall, one of the most overrated games in history of video games period.
  5. kliibapz
    May 16, 2023
    0
    I've played countless games in the same style, but this game is another level that very boring in a way that I can't quite figure out. The graphics are broken, the story is standard but these are not a problem. Worst of all, the mechanics are very, very bad. Even Assassin's Creed 2 released in 2009 was more fluid than this. I said fluent, not fast. And I must add that I deleted andI've played countless games in the same style, but this game is another level that very boring in a way that I can't quite figure out. The graphics are broken, the story is standard but these are not a problem. Worst of all, the mechanics are very, very bad. Even Assassin's Creed 2 released in 2009 was more fluid than this. I said fluent, not fast. And I must add that I deleted and reinstalled this game 5 times and tried to play it in 8 years. This game doesn't let me play in any way?!… Expand
  6. nbaoldboy
    Apr 5, 2023
    0
    Enis abi senden gordum acayip yukseldim beklentimi karsilamadi para bosa gitti.Les gibi oyun.Begenmedim ben bunu https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EW6B0hN9Sps .
  7. Golgo
    Mar 26, 2023
    0
    Good game. Too bad Geralt movements are so bad. He feels so slow and heavy, like he ate a million burger and everytime he turn left or right, its like he is trying the 45 degrees bending of Michael Jackson. Absolute garbage. If only he moved quick and natural like in Elden ring then Witcher 3 would be a 9/10 easy.
    Hopefully the devs learn how to create proper character movements for Witcher 4..
  8. Guan320
    Mar 6, 2023
    2
    Самая переоцененная игра. Её называют РПГ, но тут нет ролевки, вам дадут отыграть только циничного седого качка. Это обычный слешер с диалогами из массэффекта, кучей гринда и гор лута. Есть интересные побочные квесты, но как только выходишь на основной сюжет, можно уснуть.Самая переоцененная игра. Её называют РПГ, но тут нет ролевки, вам дадут отыграть только циничного седого качка. Это обычный слешер с диалогами из массэффекта, кучей гринда и гор лута. Есть интересные побочные квесты, но как только выходишь на основной сюжет, можно уснуть.
  9. TIMOFEIKA
    Feb 12, 2023
    3
    Man I'm sorry. But I just cannot enjoy this game. I don't like the combat, it crashed six times in the first three hours, and the story is... questionable?
    I mean first of all the combat: I think the reason I don't like this is I just play a lot yakuza, and that has a lot different combat, but still! I keep on finding myself getting hit from behind when I'm doing a combo on an enemy, the    Man I'm sorry. But I just cannot enjoy this game. I don't like the combat, it crashed six times in the first three hours, and the story is... questionable?
    I mean first of all the combat: I think the reason I don't like this is I just play a lot yakuza, and that has a lot different combat, but still! I keep on finding myself getting hit from behind when I'm doing a combo on an enemy, the only good thing I can say about the combat is... I don't know....

    Second of all it crashes a lot: I don't know why but yeah, I have one hell of a beefy computer. It can run a lot of games on Max graphics. I mean it's the same people that made that glitchy mess.

    Last of all the story: I'm not a fan of it, the intro was confusing. I just don't know what to say.
    I hope I could play it someday and actually enjoy it.    … Expand
  10. klakshan
    Jan 28, 2023
    0
    Best game i ever played Love it . Currently on my 4th Playthrough Still soo emotional :) .
    I doubt any of other new and current game Developers build a game like this massive and beautiful.
    A true masterpiece!.
  11. ProffHarun17
    Jan 11, 2023
    4
    Mechanices and gameplay poor. I don't care it's story, if a game is bad for these things. Atmosphere is okay.
  12. cristikivu
    Jan 8, 2023
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game is inexplicably overhyped and overrated. It was hard coming into the witcher 3 without any kind of expectations or not hearing about how great it was from basically every gamer out there. I'm starting to believe not many people actually finished the game, but only started and were afraid to express their true opinion.

    Even though I do not need to back my opinion, I would like to mention that I have played Breath of the Wild, Elden ring, the God of war games, the Uncharted games, Ghost of Tsushima, Grand theft auto V, Civilization VI and others and I absolutely loved them. I also played other titles which I did not love, but were enjoyable or at least had one or two things I liked. Unfortunately, as much as I tried, as many times I picked up The Witcher 3 game, no matter how much time I had invested, I could not find anything that vibed with me. Besides a few of the main character models which are acceptable (appearance, personality and acting) the rest of the NPCs and characters are very annoying, predictable and downright ugly. Mind you, my most recent and longest attempt was with the next gen version. Strangely, it feels like a very old and outdated game. I played until I finished the red baron questline.

    The DX12 version with dlss and raytracing is unplayable for most people other than owners of 3080s, 4080s or above. I opted for the dx11 version which ran better altough had many stuttering issues at any settings (I own a 3060ti with a 5600x).

    The in-game mechanics, menus and combat system are poorly designed, counter-intuitive and confusing. Geralt moves and fights like a disabled person (no offence). The music is just plain repetitive and boring.

    Story wise, everything is just a plain mess. The whole universe and lore do not make any sense (keep in mind I loved Breath of the Wild and other similar games!) and did not draw me in. I did not understand gwent and I firmly avoided it although the game was constantly shoved in my face. The whole game atmosphere had a confusing dark and quirky tone with every character shouting insults or being rude to you. There are no shields, there is no stealth, no crouching, no ranged mechanics (no, the horrible crossbow does not count). Altough the environment is heavily praised for looking very good, unfortunately for me it looked outdated, repetitive, unoriginal and again, sorry, ugly.

    I do not mean to offend the developers of the game, who obviously tried to make something similar to a AAA game, but sadly, in my opinion, only created something resembling an indie game or a copycat mixture of many other more successful games.    … Expand
  13. Ratelate7
    Dec 21, 2022
    4
    Had potential, but is let down by a few things. The deal-breaker for me was the implementation of some less than savoury relationships time and time again, which were so shameless and ham-fisted by the writers that I couldn't reasonably approve of. Questlines are generally samey and boring, consisting of staring at a glowing line on the ground or walking into a sequence of designatedHad potential, but is let down by a few things. The deal-breaker for me was the implementation of some less than savoury relationships time and time again, which were so shameless and ham-fisted by the writers that I couldn't reasonably approve of. Questlines are generally samey and boring, consisting of staring at a glowing line on the ground or walking into a sequence of designated combat areas until the quest resolves itself. Most locations also follow a "formula", which means you're rarely going to discover a new location and find something out of the ordinary, rather than just one of the eight or so categories that new locations tend to fall under (like a monster nest or bandit camp). The characters are developed and intricate, seeing as how they've had a series of novels and games to be constructed, but there's always one or two scenes with them that sort of puts me off them as a whole.

    The graphics are very good for the year it was released, and it's a very polished game mechanically and thematically. Unfortunately, the "minor things" and "nitpicks" eventually build up to become very noticeable, and this means that the experience eventually becomes too cynical for me to enjoy it. The music is okay, but nothing special, with some of the tracks widely regarded as amazing seeming too emotional and movie-like for my tastes.    … Expand
  14. fray_bentos
    Dec 20, 2022
    3
    I was really excited to play this game after enjoying other open-world action-RPG games such as Zelda:BotW and OoT, AC:Origins/Odyssey, God of War (2018), Horizon: Zero Dawn, Batman Arkham games and GTA:V. I waited for the "next-gen version" to release. The game looks gorgeous, and some of the story and character development seems very good (though a bit long-winded for me). However, II was really excited to play this game after enjoying other open-world action-RPG games such as Zelda:BotW and OoT, AC:Origins/Odyssey, God of War (2018), Horizon: Zero Dawn, Batman Arkham games and GTA:V. I waited for the "next-gen version" to release. The game looks gorgeous, and some of the story and character development seems very good (though a bit long-winded for me). However, I play games to play them, not to watch them. My main bugbears are: The combat and character movement/interaction with the world is clunky, buggy, and frustrating. The inventory system is overly complicated. There is an overwhelming amount of stuff to do. Sections of the game are gated off by levels (as enemies become too tough to tackle). Ultimately, much to my surprise, I find the game dull and boring, and I am not finding it fun at all. After reading around it seems that many people have the same experience with the same issues flagged. Many of the game mechanics are very similar to in the AC games, but I often felt that they were done better in the AC games, especially the combat, inventory/loot system, and hunting for clues. Then, I hit a bug where I hit a black screen fast travelling between sign posts; a bug that apparently dates back to 2015... I uninstalled and moved on to other games in my backlog. In the future, I will look for action RPGs where the action and gameplay takes a more central role. I found Red Dead Redemption dull for similar reasons. Not for me.… Expand
  15. Sonyfucy
    Dec 15, 2022
    0
    Stop blocking Russian Users, you look like a stupid rasists nothing else. There’s no reason to blame average people.
  16. Nyakuya
    Dec 13, 2022
    0
    They just chose the worst way possible to deliver this "free upgrade".

    1) They put it over (crushing) the original game code, (they could have added it as a separated game, like with the Bioshock games, or The Elders Scroll). 2) They made it mandatory. If you don't want it or if your PC was just-enough to play the original game, with these update you are screwed, as it will drain more    They just chose the worst way possible to deliver this "free upgrade".

    1) They put it over (crushing) the original game code, (they could have added it as a separated game, like with the Bioshock games, or The Elders Scroll).
    2) They made it mandatory. If you don't want it or if your PC was just-enough to play the original game, with these update you are screwed, as it will drain more resources and you have no choice about it.
    3) They will break all the mods that you have installed, and again you can't just choose to turn the "free upgrade" off.
    4) They took the change to also force-feed you their "RedLauncher", yet another annoying software that wasn't on the original game when I bought it.
    5) They broke steam overlay. When I try to open it inside the game it's like it tries to do so (because it produces some kind of "obscuring" over the game), but fails to open it.

    This is more like a "Free upgrade either you like it or not, just gulp it down (or throw the game you bought) because we say so".

    This review is not about the update itself, but about screwing your customer by forcing him to do what you want. This is not a good practice and should always be criticized.    … Expand
  17. dsdy
    Dec 12, 2022
    0
    There is no ukrainian localisation!! maybe because of russian man in the top position in localisation management maybe because of the position of someone else in the management of the whole cd project red. But now they made an upgrade for russian language in their game, despite this language being official in the one of the biggest terroristic states nowadays. I ask y'all to boycott cdThere is no ukrainian localisation!! maybe because of russian man in the top position in localisation management maybe because of the position of someone else in the management of the whole cd project red. But now they made an upgrade for russian language in their game, despite this language being official in the one of the biggest terroristic states nowadays. I ask y'all to boycott cd project red's products until they fix their mistakes. thank you… Expand
  18. Chalkbrood
    Dec 11, 2022
    4
    How does a studio put so much money and effort into something and have it come out so wrong? The story and the writing is mostly just fine (generic high fantasy with stupidly limited options during sidequests)
    People drool and clap for this garbage like it's somehow revolutionary but it came out in 2017 and it fails to do things that games in 2002 were capable of.
    It's impossible to know    How does a studio put so much money and effort into something and have it come out so wrong? The story and the writing is mostly just fine (generic high fantasy with stupidly limited options during sidequests)
    People drool and clap for this garbage like it's somehow revolutionary but it came out in 2017 and it fails to do things that games in 2002 were capable of.
    It's impossible to know where to start breaking down how awful the gameplay is so I'll just write a list of bullet points:
    -your horse's pathing is awful even when it's supposed to be automatic
    -the horse has a stamina gauge and I really cannot fathom why, it only comes up during a couple racing sidequests and those are so easy that it's pointless, so this mechanic just gets in the way of regular gameplay simply because there is a badly designed sidequest that it's relevant to
    -draw distance is miserable in some areas
    -npc dialogue is moronic and irrelevant, you will be fighting side by side with people and saving their lives for some pointlessly dull quest and they will shout things like "sorcery! he's a witch"
    -every bad thing that already exists about open world games is basically still present, most quests are shallow and bland, everybody waits for an eternity for you to do things cause you're the only person who can, etc etc etc
    -the basis of the game is that you are a witcher, a person who hunts monsters, and monster hunting contracts are miserably repetitive and uninteresting
    -there's an alchemy system that begs for your inventory to be cluttered, you will never ever remember what ingredients you need cause it's always just some flower or some blood or teeth or whatever stupid thing and it won't be relevant for 5 hours and then you'll need one if you want to craft some semi useful item, this wouldn't be so bad but you have a weight limit and inventory management is terrible in this
    -everything is weirdly dark, even during daytime, I found this unplayable without mods
    -the main character comes across like an idiot cause some moron dev decided that he should constantly be shouting out combat taunts
    -seriously the inventory management is awful, when you're looking at different weapons and armor it doesn't even show you a full stat comparison of what you're looking at and what you're wearing
    -a lot of sidequests have completely unsatisfying conclusions and it feels like it's because there are questions you're just not allowed to ask, like there's some forced stupidity so that no matter what there's something bad that happens. Save the orphans? a village is destroyed. Save the village? orphans are eaten. can you talk to the spirit that's gonna eat orphans and stop it? no. can you talk to the spirit about why it would destroy the village or ask it its motivations? no
    -incredibly convoluted, here is a snippet of what I did early game: I'm sent by a king to get his daughter. someone who has information about that daughter won't give it to me until I help him find his daughter and wife. I have to go ask two other people for help. one of them makes me find his goat before he helps me. then the guy with the information that I need reveals that I have to help him save the soul of his wife's miscarriage. then him and the guy with the goat ask me to go to a swamp. then I meet a little boy who knows another little boy who knows about some witches who want me to kill a creature that lives under a tree in another city. by the end of that paragraph did you remember what I originally set out to do?
    -weapon degradation, not necessarily a bad mechanic but it doesn't even matter in this cause there are so many weapons that are so similar that you just keep picking up so why is weapon degradation in the game? because the devs add terrible things without thinking
    -you gain abilities but you're capped at how many you're allowed to equip, this is like being in a sandbox and someone coming by and saying "no no, you can't use the shovel and the bucket at the same time", this is a terrible mechanic
    -seriously dialogue is terrible sometimes, "you have to find dudu to find dandelion to find ciri"
    "I'm going to go talk to whoreson jr." were two back to back pieces of dialogue, it's like the characters weren't even interacting with each other
    -terrible "detective" mechanic during monster hunts wherein you hold a button that lights up what you're supposed to do so that you don't have to use your brain. it's mind numbingly dull

    it's too bad, I was quite engaged and I wanted to see where the story was going but I just couldn't stomach how godawful this game was at every turn    … Expand
  19. JussaGamber
    Dec 9, 2022
    2
    It's just so generic and repetitive. Almost every character is unlikable. And it's way too bloated.
  20. afroman123456
    Dec 6, 2022
    0
    for me its the best game of the decade periode nothing come close to it i know its 7 years old now
    but i amlooking forward to play it again wirth next gen update soon
  21. valantdragon
    Nov 16, 2022
    3
    in all my years i dont think i have played a rpg that i found that boring,it baffling how anyone would call this the best game ever,the graphics and story are good yes,but everything else is terrible
  22. ToprakErguNig
    Nov 7, 2022
    0
    Sea YourFirst Hardrock
  23. waifuviolenta
    Sep 28, 2022
    0
    greattttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt
  24. davitolucena
    Aug 31, 2022
    4
    o jogo pode ate ser bom mais nao e para mim. o combate e zuado e fica fazendo poçao toda hora para derruba os boss e foda.
  25. MotokoK
    Aug 27, 2022
    0
    Hello, Russophobes! Poles! Damn developers! Your Dermovedmak is so **** that ptz!

    The minus of the game is the pumping. **** nightmare. Who made the design of the skill, and what the **** it was not easier from the second part made the skill pumping. Ato I got to level 100. half of the points in skill 5. The whole 5 points and. and mutation. Nahre was doing it without mutation Branch    Hello, Russophobes! Poles! Damn developers! Your Dermovedmak is so **** that ptz!

    The minus of the game is the pumping. **** nightmare. Who made the design of the skill, and what the **** it was not easier from the second part made the skill pumping. Ato I got to level 100. half of the points in skill 5. The whole 5 points and. and mutation. Nahre was doing it without mutation Branch was or passive one point to do. And also killed Radovid. Nothing changes and nothing. Consequence - no unrest. so on. ( I do not recomend this **** game to play. I will not support them, these fascists Poles. Thank you Witcher 3 **** Do not know how to make a game. Thanks anyway. Goodbye - this is my answer. I won't give you any money.    … Expand
  26. Shadowxxx
    Aug 26, 2022
    0
    Disgusting trash disgusting blood and trash kys ur the worst...............
  27. Overlamer1
    Aug 7, 2022
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. thanks cdr we Russians have supported you since the Witcher 1,2 we supported you during the enchantingly vile cyber fart and that's how you repaid us? You have lost our support forever, personally, I will not pay you a cent more, I wish you everything will go bankrupt… Expand
  28. oralcumshot4
    Jul 26, 2022
    0
    I cant say how much i love this game. I read all books and this game didnt dissapoint me!
  29. masterofposer
    Jul 20, 2022
    4
    GOOD SIDES
    -It makes the feeling of being a Witcher feel good with NPCs in the open world.
    -Well written side quests.
    -An enormous universe based on books.
    -Beautiful graphics.
    -Adequate level of RPG elements.
    BAD SIDES
    -Weak combat.
    -Awful level system.
    -Bad character animations.
    -The feeling of hitting.
  30. Dacherry
    Jul 4, 2022
    0
    The game is good, but **** you with your politics.
    Positive Review is not available in your region.
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#11 Most Shared PC Game of 2015

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Metascore
93

Universal acclaim - based on 32 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 32 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 32
  3. Negative: 0 out of 32
  1. RPGamer
    Jan 28, 2016
    90
    The Witcher 3 says no to all of this - it's a great game with a fully realized setting, it's a joy to play, the business model behind it treats its customers like human beings, and it delivers a story that finally hits the tone of the books.
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  2. PCWorld
    Jan 20, 2016
    100
    Probably the best open-world RPG ever made, but it still falls prey to some of the genre's worst traps.
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  3. PC Invasion
    Nov 4, 2015
    80
    I've made it pretty clear that it's hardly a flawless game, but that doesn't change the fact that The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is something pretty bloody special and you should absolutely play it.
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