The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

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  1. aliens_exist
    Jul 12, 2021
    3
    After playing it for 8 hours i wanted to compare it to best games of all time (GTA 4, Assassin's Creed 4, Red Dead Redemption 2 etc) and what i found out was sad truth that Witcher 3 is very overrated, specially compared to games that i mentioned. Witcher 3 released in 2015, that is after all the other hit games were already released, including Skyrim that came out 2011. To be one of theAfter playing it for 8 hours i wanted to compare it to best games of all time (GTA 4, Assassin's Creed 4, Red Dead Redemption 2 etc) and what i found out was sad truth that Witcher 3 is very overrated, specially compared to games that i mentioned. Witcher 3 released in 2015, that is after all the other hit games were already released, including Skyrim that came out 2011. To be one of the best, Witcher 3 should have innovated way more and tried some new tricks, but sadly it's just generic rpg and nothing else, specially compared to other games that came before it and actually tried something new. What was new about Witcher 3? Absolutely nothing.… Expand
  2. 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
  3. TheBasicReviews
    Jan 27, 2022
    3
    Story: 65/100
    Gameplay: 60/100
    Graphics: 80/100 Music/Soundtrack: 70/100 Main Character(s): 50/100 Side Characters: 70/100 Regular Enemies: 70/100 Bosses/Boss fights: 80/100 World/Level Design: 50/100 Playability (Bugs and optimization after patches): 100/100 Would I Play It Again?: No, in my opinion this game is extremely overrated and that's one of the reasons why i'm harsher    Story: 65/100
    Gameplay: 60/100
    Graphics: 80/100
    Music/Soundtrack: 70/100
    Main Character(s): 50/100
    Side Characters: 70/100
    Regular Enemies: 70/100
    Bosses/Boss fights: 80/100
    World/Level Design: 50/100
    Playability (Bugs and optimization after patches): 100/100
    Would I Play It Again?: No, in my opinion this game is extremely overrated and that's one of the reasons why i'm harsher with this game, than any other game. In my opinion it simply isn't that amazing, extraordinary or special.
    Where Does It Rank In My Top 500 Video Games of All Time List?: Doesn't fit into Top 500

    Rating: 30/100    … Expand
  4. 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
  5. Grave18
    Mar 8, 2022
    3
    This creation of the developers, who miraculously managed to make this "masterpiece", received the approval of the players only thanks to the world thought out for them and the characters that already existed. Disgusting combat system, mediocre graphics, a lot of problems on release. A strange exception from the whole range of those games that they made before and after (Cyberpunk confirms this)
  6. 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
  7. ShinsFortress
    Sep 23, 2017
    2
    The game looks fabulous and sounds great. Set pieces great. I'm just tired of "forgetting" my skills and power between games. First chapel thing out of the first village? BOOM! Arse kicked by a stupid wraith or some such. "red" enemy.... *expletive deleted*.

    The first Witcher game was forgiven a lot, because did a lot of other stuff nicely. But CDPR have a LOT more resources now    The game looks fabulous and sounds great. Set pieces great. I'm just tired of "forgetting" my skills and power between games. First chapel thing out of the first village? BOOM! Arse kicked by a stupid wraith or some such. "red" enemy.... *expletive deleted*.

    The first Witcher game was forgiven a lot, because did a lot of other stuff nicely. But CDPR have a LOT more resources now and by #3 all the pretty visuals in the world do not make up for what is more of a reboot than sequel for a character who looks and sounds awesome but handles like a truck, not someone with Jedi reflexes.    … Expand
  8. KingMob4313
    Feb 22, 2016
    2
    Yet another console to PC conversion that misses the mark: No FOV settings, horrible controls, grotesquely bad graphics and simply no way to play it keyboard and mouse.

    I would have persisted through this game, since I've played much worse games, but nothing in the gameplay, story or progression is compelling enough to continue. First the story: the characters are boring, quests    Yet another console to PC conversion that misses the mark: No FOV settings, horrible controls, grotesquely bad graphics and simply no way to play it keyboard and mouse.

    I would have persisted through this game, since I've played much worse games, but nothing in the gameplay, story or progression is compelling enough to continue.

    First the story: the characters are boring, quests grinding and story lacks direction or focus. Character interaction is a neverending parade of inane characters and plastic-flat conversations.

    The gameplay is also clumsy and frustrating, with most battles consisting of constant roll-spamming and button mashing -- Batman game this is not. Strategy in the game amounts to simply save scumming so that you have prescient understanding of the next encounter that will happen in the game.

    I simply cannot understand how this game is this highly rated. It is worse than Alpha Protocol. Maybe everyone is distracted by the hilariously bad polygon breasts and awkward sex scenes? Note: I haven't got to those scenes, nor will I, since I stopped playing this game. I've only seen them on youtube and they are childish.    … Expand
  9. MegaMattTyrrell
    May 25, 2015
    2
    Yet again, just another over hyped game that you shouldn't waste your money on. Splatoon will be so much better. Don't waste your money on this game. Just wait till the price goes down.
  10. dyselehrt
    Aug 19, 2017
    2
    I don't really like the game. One of the worst RPGs I've played. I like the world and everyone in it except Geralt which I'm playing which ruins the whole game for me. I don't like his story and I don't like his voice acting. 2/10.
  11. Kaeldon
    Oct 22, 2015
    2
    I can see how the game has mass appeal. It's simple to play and 35% of the game is basically a good movie that you just watch rather than play. You have very little actual control over your character. The unresponsive movement and zoomed in field of view are the reason I don't play console games and ruin this title for me.
  12. Andante
    Mar 30, 2021
    2
    I dont really understand why this game is so beloved and appreciated. I wanted to like it and have given it many opportunities through the years but unfortunately after 1 hour of playing I always uninstall it. The major issue this game has is its atmosphere, its world and its characters. Tell me, why do I need to get depressed to play a game? It is a very violent game, characters seem oldI dont really understand why this game is so beloved and appreciated. I wanted to like it and have given it many opportunities through the years but unfortunately after 1 hour of playing I always uninstall it. The major issue this game has is its atmosphere, its world and its characters. Tell me, why do I need to get depressed to play a game? It is a very violent game, characters seem old and depressed and full of personal issues and problems.

    To sum it up:

    Pros:
    1) Graphics were good at the time the game came out.

    Cons:
    1) A depressive and sad game
    2) Too much violence without good reason
    3) World is just too large
    4) Fighting system is unresponsive and is hugely based on stats rather than skill.
    5) Characters are very boring
    6) Depressive Music...    … Expand
  13. robomartion
    Oct 22, 2019
    2
    Dull story, borderline amateurish writing and voice acting, this is quite clearly a game made by Eastern Europeans and not in a good way. The Witcher 3 is lowbrow and unrefined like a blunt instrument made by someone who believes they know what they are doing but in reality is far from qualified. If it weren't enough that the games writing and characters are out of some odd fan fiction,Dull story, borderline amateurish writing and voice acting, this is quite clearly a game made by Eastern Europeans and not in a good way. The Witcher 3 is lowbrow and unrefined like a blunt instrument made by someone who believes they know what they are doing but in reality is far from qualified. If it weren't enough that the games writing and characters are out of some odd fan fiction, the dialogue moves slowly and lacks choice, character control is oddly primitive, combat like an arcadey, spammy hack and slash, the skill system bloated and unnecessary and the environments are boring and samey, not invoking the slightest bit of curiosity or wonder and the much touted feature - the graphics - are technically strong, testament to the quality of the asset libraries they are from, but somehow hard to look at, suffering from poor, or perhaps no creative direction. I could perhaps forgive the game for some of these problems if had at least one redeeming quality but there are none.. even the menus are an unwieldy mess. It is a travesty and telling of the gaming community as a whole that games like the Witcher 3 receive unhindered praise with its glaring and fundamental problems unnoticed.… Expand
  14. effthat
    May 19, 2015
    2
    This looks like a fun game! Unfortunately, between the thing crashing every 15 minutes and the fixed, narrow FOV making me sick when I can play there's no way to know. Don't buy this yet, wait for someone to fix the obviously rushed port job.
  15. cirko
    Jun 24, 2015
    2
    This is a really bad game.. It's maybe big but it's bad, you will buy the game but end up agreeing with me..

    1. The controls are **** sometimes you cant even jump over the smallest things, the riding controls are also **** Sometimes when i'm almost death i see, where the **** is my sword.. you need to enable your sword in every fight, and sometimes you have to do that over and over    This is a really bad game.. It's maybe big but it's bad, you will buy the game but end up agreeing with me..

    1. The controls are **** sometimes you cant even jump over the smallest things, the riding controls are also **** Sometimes when i'm almost death i see, where the **** is my sword.. you need to enable your sword in every fight, and sometimes you have to do that over and over while fightning the same ****ing mob.

    So then how the hype.. Marketing budget, and they give people free dlc, some stupid new armor, size on your hardrive.. for a stupid armor dlc.. 100-200 mb.. yes.. just for an armor.

    You will end up buying this, but i hope you will come and write your review here.. and tell the truth. Graphic are good, but the game is almost unplayable.. This game made me realize of good real life controls are.. lol    … Expand
  16. Axlegear
    Sep 27, 2015
    2
    While the graphics are quite gorgeous and the gameplay is solid, the game also leaves much to be desired. It becomes somewhat repetative for an RPG of it's caliber, and the story is only medeocre with plotholes that show a rushed development focusing on the graphics. It adds absolutely nothing to the mix as far as new mechanics or innovation, even ripping off others. It has a barrel ofWhile the graphics are quite gorgeous and the gameplay is solid, the game also leaves much to be desired. It becomes somewhat repetative for an RPG of it's caliber, and the story is only medeocre with plotholes that show a rushed development focusing on the graphics. It adds absolutely nothing to the mix as far as new mechanics or innovation, even ripping off others. It has a barrel of bugs that most gamers of the past half decade have become accustomed to, but is still unacceptible and below par for the level of completeness and polish that was standard for thirty years before.
    A game with no vision, only visuals.    … Expand
  17. Juleulven
    Oct 25, 2015
    2
    I'll give a 2 for graphics ... its nice...
    Controls (Keyboard / mouse) are abysmal, sluggish, lagging and whatnot... and that was AFTER the gamefolderbin***.ini modification ..

    graphic are nice but really just a repetition in the different areas ... (the few i saw).
    The storyline are probably great BUT i really had NO patience in waiting for it...

    Go Play Skyrim instead....
  18. thewarcritic
    Nov 17, 2015
    2
    honestly it feels more like a movie than a game, the gameplay was unimpressive and easy, and i find it worse in pc than in consoles(it should be played with a controller), geralt is not that likable, most of the world is empty so it`s not as big as it seems, the only thing great about this game is graphics everything else is below average, i liked the first 2(mostly the 1st) yet anotherhonestly it feels more like a movie than a game, the gameplay was unimpressive and easy, and i find it worse in pc than in consoles(it should be played with a controller), geralt is not that likable, most of the world is empty so it`s not as big as it seems, the only thing great about this game is graphics everything else is below average, i liked the first 2(mostly the 1st) yet another overrated game that i should of waited for a sale to buy.… Expand
  19. eclesis
    Apr 19, 2016
    2
    Overall a big disappointment.
    On the plus side : The gameplay is solid. The open universe is consistent, well structured and quite beautiful. The city of Novigrad is big, credible and alive.
    However, beyond that, the game has a lot of weaknesses : - In terms of gameplay, from time to time you will control another character for fight scenes. Since the character is overpowered, there is    Overall a big disappointment.
    On the plus side : The gameplay is solid. The open universe is consistent, well structured and quite beautiful. The city of Novigrad is big, credible and alive.
    However, beyond that, the game has a lot of weaknesses :
    - In terms of gameplay, from time to time you will control another character for fight scenes. Since the character is overpowered, there is no challenge and no interest to those sequences that you will suffer till the end of the game.
    - The difficulty in the game is not consistent and you will find hard press to kill one lonely Archgriffin when on the other side the end boss is a piece of cake.
    - The main plot is quite bad. It's not epic at all. It's not well written. It has no rhythm. The ending falls flat.
    - The secondary quest are for the most part not related to the main plot. A big parf ot them are generic and very mmorpg like. By the way, this mmorpg feeling is emphasized the equipment design. Differents colors for common items, magic items, rare tiems, relics, sets. The game boast a large panel of weapons and armors with no soul and identity.
    - A part of the secondary quests are there to bring back sides characters of the last episodes. However, most of the time it's a botch job and you can't help to feel that the characters are juste here to male a cameo.
    - Most of the side quests consiste of getting from point A to point B to deliver something then suffer a ton of dialog where your choices will not have a great impact on the game except deprived you of more dialogue if you choose to be roleplay and refuse to do something. So you will take every quest in fear of missing some great part of the story that will never come.
    - The game introduces a concept of points of interest that you can see on the map. At first you will find it interesting but it will quickly become repetitive and boring.
    - Your choices and decisions have less impact in this opus than in the previous ones. Only one choice has a true impact on you game experience. Some choices do impact the destiny of countries or side characters but you don't feel a big connection to what happened because it happens a the end, does not affect your experience when you play the game. You can affect the end of the game but the mechanics behind it is very silly (when you read some walkthrough to undesrtand why you get one ending instead of the other). However don't feel sad if you had the bad ending, go to youtube and watch the other endings like everyone else. Don't play the game again since it has no replay value like the previous one (The Witcher 2).
    - Some will object that a big part of the plot is the father/daughter relationship between the two main protagonists. But this relationship is so weak that its feels like a bad tvserie. It's also true for all the relationships between Geralt and his lovers.
    - Speaking of choices, you will discover that the choices you made in the previous episodes have no significant impacts on the story. There are only some cameo apparitions. The saddest part it that the whole "Temeria plotline" does not take into account "The La Valette heirs" and the choices you might have made in the previous episode.    … Expand
  20. Calasade
    Jun 12, 2019
    2
    Universal acclaim for this game is something I will NEVER understand. I suspect that most who give this game a positive review are casual gamers unfamiliar with what a true RPG is, or simply it's a matter of being caught up by the incredible aesthetics, which the Witcher 3 has in spades.

    It is a gorgeous looking game, at least on a high-end PC. Another positive is the story. It's    Universal acclaim for this game is something I will NEVER understand. I suspect that most who give this game a positive review are casual gamers unfamiliar with what a true RPG is, or simply it's a matter of being caught up by the incredible aesthetics, which the Witcher 3 has in spades.

    It is a gorgeous looking game, at least on a high-end PC. Another positive is the story. It's heart-touching at times.

    BUT...

    The Witcher 3 suffers from serious faults.

    The role-playing is shallow (and sometimes non-existent, like when Geralt is forced to break his moral code). Sometimes, decisions are wrongly reflected and other times, not reflected at all. Most of the game is filler, meaning the majority of playing-time is consumed side-quests that have no impact at all on the main story or even Geralt. Worse, however, is that the side-quests use the same formula. Trust me when I say that once you've done one side-quest, you have pretty much done them all.

    The game also lacks replayability. The ultimate end is determined by a handful of decisions that come in short order following the Battle at Kaer Morhen. Simplistic, to say the least, but the true offense is that none of the decisions you make leading up to Kaer Morhen dictate any real change with that main battle or modify how the world reacts and treats Geralt. The game is always the same.

    Other faults include crappy, oh-so-crappy game mechanics. Not that fluidity is required when fighting, mind you. This is perhaps the easiest game I've ever played. Even on the so-called "Death March", it's a walk in the park.

    Do yourself a favor. If you're looking for that all too rarity of a game, meaning a cRPG set in an open world, check out Assassin's Creed Odyssey. It's not nearly as dumbed down and the decisions you make actually determine how the game reacts to you.

    But better yet, go old school if you want a real cRPG experience. Check out Pillars of Eternity or the Baldur's Gate series, the last of which has been the king of all role-playing games since 2000.

    Play the Witcher 3 if you don't want to think, if you don't wish to be challenged, and all you want to do is ride around on the most irritating horse in the world while perusing the lovely scenery. If you want an action game with considerable role-playing options, something that's intended for thinking adults, look at Witcher 1 and Witcher 2. Witcher 3 isn't even the best in its own series.    … Expand
  21. eriktheviking11
    Aug 21, 2016
    2
    I played the first Witcher for a few hours before deciding, unequivocally, that the combat system was not quite as exciting or strategic as playing Pacman. I acknowledge the substance of the lore behind the series and I admire the philosophy of the CD Projekt Red team, which is why, after hesitating for so long, I decided that I'd give the Witcher 3 a whirl.

    After five hours, I've    I played the first Witcher for a few hours before deciding, unequivocally, that the combat system was not quite as exciting or strategic as playing Pacman. I acknowledge the substance of the lore behind the series and I admire the philosophy of the CD Projekt Red team, which is why, after hesitating for so long, I decided that I'd give the Witcher 3 a whirl.

    After five hours, I've abandoned the Witcher 3 and just won't bring myself to trust CD Projekt Red again.

    The combat, again, essentially requires dodging between groups of enemies or around single large ones and using the same repeated sword swings. The animations are different but the action is the same. While there are options to use some abilities, the fundamentals of the combat remain identical and very inane. There are no tactical elements to combat like you would have in a turn based RPG like Baldur's Gate, or RTS games like Starcraft, or stealth-action games like Deus-Ex or Dishonored, or even FPS/Third person fantasy games like the Elder Scrolls. The combat is repeatedly to run into a fight and dodge around with perfect timing and not get hit, which is the gameplay mechanic of a cheap, pump-and-dump console game... and such a waste of the Witcher's content.

    The flaws of combat essentially ruined the game for me. While the story is interesting, I can (and just have) read it on Wikipedia in 5 minutes to skip the drama (though I'm sure much time was put into the voice acting and animations). Without the drive to improve the character, who (like all RPGs) expresses himself primarily through combat, the side content has no meaning and the main story-line becomes only that - a story-line.

    I love that they tried to make something so epic in scale of integrated content and take the RPG to somewhere where it hasn't been before but this is still a game and the action in the Witcher is flawed at the core and has remained so through the series. My experience with the Witcher is so frustrating and annoying precisely because I want so badly to enjoy the game but can't get past its most basic flaw - the gameplay is terrible. The pursuit of a massive library of beautiful content is not an excuse for making a bad game.

    Also, as a post-script, the merchant system doesn't make any sense. You can sell a sword and not buy a piece of bread that heals 20% of your health... perhaps this is supposed to be how things are but I find myself totally ignoring merchants entirely. Furthermore, the crafting system has an incredibly steep learning curve, without any hint as to what makes sense to do or not, which is exacerbated by the nonsensical merchant system.

    And as a post-post-script, I really hate that I will not be able to convince myself to spend money on Cyberpunk 2077.    … Expand
  22. nysailorscout
    Feb 10, 2020
    2
    This game was incredibly overrated. Let me go over the problems:

    COMBAT & CONTROLS (-): The combat is like a bad version of Bloodborne. The controls are as stiff as a board and the targeting is unsatisfying. Most of the game can be handled by throwing up a magic shield sign (Quen) and mashing the regular attack button. There will be times where you are unable to pick up an object    This game was incredibly overrated. Let me go over the problems:

    COMBAT & CONTROLS (-): The combat is like a bad version of Bloodborne. The controls are as stiff as a board and the targeting is unsatisfying. Most of the game can be handled by throwing up a magic shield sign (Quen) and mashing the regular attack button. There will be times where you are unable to pick up an object without simultaneously using your "look" camera functionality and movement because you cannot do something as simple as face in a particular direction.

    WEAPON/EQUIPMENT VARIETY (-): There is only 1 primary weapon type for the entire game, which is outrageous for an RPG! Games from the 80's had more variety. In a single-player solo RPG, there needs to be more variety or it just becomes an adventure with tacked-on stats.

    MAGIC (-): The magic system is very clunky to use in combat, along with being too basic. This discourages people from making non-melee builds.

    NPCs (-): Most of the NPCs are ugly on purpose and usually dull. Some of the facial animations are frightening.

    VOICE ACTING (-): The English voice acting of Geralt is a forced low voice, so it is guttural at the expense of color and emotion. They could have just hired somebody that naturally has a low voice and we could have been treated to a more fully-developed Geralt.

    WRITING (+): This is a good point. The writers took time to flesh out characters, particularly Geralt. He is not a blank cipher. He has his own hopes and fears and complicated motivations. I wish more games would have writing like this!

    GRAPHICS (+): This is another good point. The special effects (like sunlight and riding) are excellent and it makes the world feel real. Yennefer is beautiful in a way that I never thought possible for a computer-generated image. She crosses over the uncanny valley.

    In short, The Witcher 3 would have been great as an adventure or movie! But as an RPG with poor combat, clunky controls, boring weapon/magic and shallow character customization and levelling, it is just not a game that I would recommend.    … Expand
  23. Hoag
    Mar 11, 2017
    2
    The Witcher 3, while a vibrant and beautiful open world, unfortunately fails at what makes a game, well... a game. It is simply not fun. The combat is a mindless early Assassin's Creed rip-off. The huge, vibrant world is ultimately empty and boring. Nearly all the missions amount to you activating your special powers to follow glowing red tracks. The difficulty slider only serves to makeThe Witcher 3, while a vibrant and beautiful open world, unfortunately fails at what makes a game, well... a game. It is simply not fun. The combat is a mindless early Assassin's Creed rip-off. The huge, vibrant world is ultimately empty and boring. Nearly all the missions amount to you activating your special powers to follow glowing red tracks. The difficulty slider only serves to make enemies damage sponges.

    The story is decent enough, but TW3 fails on the most important point: It's not fun to play, it's basically an interactive movie, not a game. 2/10.    … Expand
  24. Oniiichan
    Jul 21, 2020
    2
    Отвратительная боевка,сюжет не заинтересовал ни капельки,ещё и на моем ПК,когда я пытался выставить 1080р,игра выходила за рамки экрана.
  25. Soulo
    Apr 1, 2020
    2
    Just bought this game in 2020, for like $15,- dollar, so no harm done when i don't like it, which I do. How this game gets a 9.4 is beyond me. It is mine 1st Witcher I played, and I played it for 2/3 hours now, doing tutorial (learning mechanics, and it is not easy for keyboard/mouse combi, don't like control playing), and all i have been doing sofar is talking to NPC and no action, it isJust bought this game in 2020, for like $15,- dollar, so no harm done when i don't like it, which I do. How this game gets a 9.4 is beyond me. It is mine 1st Witcher I played, and I played it for 2/3 hours now, doing tutorial (learning mechanics, and it is not easy for keyboard/mouse combi, don't like control playing), and all i have been doing sofar is talking to NPC and no action, it is really boring imo. Graphics are very poor compared to the games i play now on 4k HDR, but its 2015 game, so I knew it wouldn't be the same.… Expand
  26. MichaelVickDog
    Dec 24, 2019
    2
    The combat is terrible, dodges can be spammed to effectively never be hit, sword range is atrocious, the end of your blade's hit box is about a foot shorter than your blade, and in general the combat is neither fun nor rewarding.

    The story is incredibly shallow and boring, which is to be expected out of such a simple premise for a story. A contributing part to the boredom is how long it    The combat is terrible, dodges can be spammed to effectively never be hit, sword range is atrocious, the end of your blade's hit box is about a foot shorter than your blade, and in general the combat is neither fun nor rewarding.

    The story is incredibly shallow and boring, which is to be expected out of such a simple premise for a story. A contributing part to the boredom is how long it takes to get into the meat of the game, 15 hours isn't enough to even begin to have fun with the story.

    Even the characters are boring, a prime example being Geralt. Geralt's personality revolves solely around having a cool voice and being sarcastic in the same manner as a middle schooler. I believe Geralt represents what CD Projekt Red storyboard developers wish they were, and in this manner, his character is incredibly shallow.

    The UI is atrocious, way too many redundant menus, and interacting with them is incredibly janky and just detracts from an already non-user-friendly game.

    The controls, just like the UI, are awful. The general lack of maneuverability is showcased by the input lag involved with moving that makes any amount of walking a chore.

    But hey, at least the graphics look nice!    … Expand
  27. c00lest_nibba12
    Jul 20, 2020
    2
    Game physic is absolute **** expecially on PC. And too many options. To compare: Ghost of Tsushima is introducing new options gradually. If you never played games like Dark Souls III or Skyrim, you can easily get through options. But in this game: You have all options throw at the start, so you could play with it. + quests are very similar and boring. When im fighting i dont fell like imGame physic is absolute **** expecially on PC. And too many options. To compare: Ghost of Tsushima is introducing new options gradually. If you never played games like Dark Souls III or Skyrim, you can easily get through options. But in this game: You have all options throw at the start, so you could play with it. + quests are very similar and boring. When im fighting i dont fell like im there. + there is a bug with world map, that's disappears after a minute in menu.… Expand
  28. 3bdelrahman
    Jun 9, 2020
    2
    it's just and still Overrated game of all time.
    I got excited for The Witcher 3 when I saw the trailer from E3, and I bought The Witcher 2 just to get into the universe, but it was so dull I haven't played for more than an hour before I had to put it away =/
    Skyrim was my first TES game, and I absolutely loved it! It's gotta be the best non-MMO RPG I have ever played if you look past the    it's just and still Overrated game of all time.
    I got excited for The Witcher 3 when I saw the trailer from E3, and I bought The Witcher 2 just to get into the universe, but it was so dull I haven't played for more than an hour before I had to put it away =/
    Skyrim was my first TES game, and I absolutely loved it! It's gotta be the best non-MMO RPG I have ever played if you look past the bugs (which we kinda have to do if we're going to recommend the game as the bugs are temporary annoyances compared to all the fun you will have).
    You don't have to be a hipster or anything, just be honest and ask yourself if Skyrim really doesn't deserve the throne for best RPG ever, because no individual can make that decision, it's the gaming community as a whole, and Skyrim sold incredibly well because it's universally appealing to everyone in the gaming community of those who liked it.

    In my opinion the only game that can beat Skyrim, is a new TES game    … Expand
  29. ARSM
    Nov 18, 2021
    2
    The main issue for me is that there is no Role-Playing Game, because we have no role, but being the same Witcher. The only real change is how many allies you have in the end. But you can't build-up your own story and character, not even close.

    Also, the team promised to deliver the world, that is believable (quote: if you kill wolves, other animals will replace them in the area). But    The main issue for me is that there is no Role-Playing Game, because we have no role, but being the same Witcher. The only real change is how many allies you have in the end. But you can't build-up your own story and character, not even close.

    Also, the team promised to deliver the world, that is believable (quote: if you kill wolves, other animals will replace them in the area). But these far cry promises aren't in the game, so it feels static and becomes dead, if you trying to complete all quests on the map.

    The fighting system is very innertia-based, so you need to roll and dodge all the time, rather than just hit in proper timings.

    Characters are medieval and very unpleasant, there is no one you can really like, adore or care about, not even close.

    DLCs are great though: smaller areas, deeper stories, etc.    … Expand
  30. Flamingwarrior
    Dec 17, 2020
    2
    Witcher 3 review:
    Graphics - 8/10
    Story - 7/10
    Main character - 3/10
    Side Characters - 4/10
    Side quests - 3/10
    Overall - 2/10
  31. Mafosi
    Feb 12, 2021
    2
    Dont recomend, bad controls, if you just play this game you must play, butt if you play so many gmes at the same time dont recomend
  32. VogelFubar
    Feb 17, 2021
    2
    A lot will find this comment annoying and will find it not helpful, but to be honest, the game is waaaay too overhyped. Nothing is so special about it, even the dialogue mechanism. We have found that also in Mass Effect and Skyrim. The world of Witcher is very normal, nothing so special whether with the Atmosphere or the Landscape. I have played it until the last mission, and the fact is,A lot will find this comment annoying and will find it not helpful, but to be honest, the game is waaaay too overhyped. Nothing is so special about it, even the dialogue mechanism. We have found that also in Mass Effect and Skyrim. The world of Witcher is very normal, nothing so special whether with the Atmosphere or the Landscape. I have played it until the last mission, and the fact is, i couldn't play it anymore and lost my appetite of going forward. I uninstalled it and never get back to it again. To be so overhyped about a game is not a bad thing, but too much of a thing can be harmful, just like drinking Alcohol. sorry, but I'd rather buy WinRar.… Expand
  33. GoldenKeys
    Jan 15, 2022
    2
    Don't get me wrong, i'm not here to hate, but i have to honest. In my opinion Witcher 3 is extremely boring game. Like, very, very boring. Endless emotionless dialogue, pretty basic RPG open world and overall just nothing in this game motivated me to keep going, to get to the next quest, to meet next character, nothing. It was just so boring. I wish there was some interesting end-goal orDon't get me wrong, i'm not here to hate, but i have to honest. In my opinion Witcher 3 is extremely boring game. Like, very, very boring. Endless emotionless dialogue, pretty basic RPG open world and overall just nothing in this game motivated me to keep going, to get to the next quest, to meet next character, nothing. It was just so boring. I wish there was some interesting end-goal or anything that keeps you motivated while you do these basic quests, but there aren't. I have always been fighting against Nudity censorship in movies and video games, so that was nice that they had it, but that's not enough to have good game. Graphics are decent by 2015 standards, but everything else is just meh.… Expand
  34. Crow13
    Mar 21, 2022
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Unlikable characters, boring open world, too much meaningless dialogue, weird combat. Not recommending.… Expand
  35. JussaGamber
    Dec 9, 2022
    2
    It's just so generic and repetitive. Almost every character is unlikable. And it's way too bloated.
  36. 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.
  37. Paradox981
    Aug 13, 2023
    2
    Nefret ediyorum senden oyun nefrett.Gerçekten görünce kusasım geliyor oynayanada sevene de gıcığım
  38. elaintahra
    Apr 8, 2016
    1
    1. It is unplayable mess. The controls are AWFUL to say the least. The combat is so clunky I don't understand what has gone wrong with this development. Graphics are way too taxing = jerky gameplay with even medium settings. (I've got 1,5k€ computer, everything always ultra on other games). Awful narrow fonts. Menu system could do with a redesign.

    First small hamlet we went in a bar and    1. It is unplayable mess. The controls are AWFUL to say the least. The combat is so clunky I don't understand what has gone wrong with this development. Graphics are way too taxing = jerky gameplay with even medium settings. (I've got 1,5k€ computer, everything always ultra on other games). Awful narrow fonts. Menu system could do with a redesign.

    First small hamlet we went in a bar and I walked out there were three guys picking a fight (of course). I tried to jump over a stupid fence but no luck. Instead we end up running around the courtyard. Then they walked off (?)

    But the worst part, and I've only managed to play three times 20 minutes each, is the godawful nausea that sets in. Now, I am a seasoned player with ~25 hours a week of gaming and I've maybe got sick from 2 or 3 games before. First I thought it was caused by FOV (vanilla has only 60!!). I tried to use MIMM+ ALPHA, Nexus Mod Manager and all FOV mods that I could find but none seemed to work. Now that I think I got one working it still is so yerky movements in the game that its causing me to be physically sick within minutes.

    I feel also sick by the fact I bought it from store so I can't just refund. Fortunately I will try to get some money back by selling it.

    Lazy game devs, who omits FOV slider but implements a goddamn hair slider? Maybe if this was a Helloween simulator. If you have similar problems with FOV / Jerky = nausea, by from Steam so you can refund or stay away from this.

    Why are people giving this 10? I have no idea    … Expand
  39. jpr64
    May 21, 2015
    1
    I give a one because it exists : pre-ordered the game on gog 4 months ago, have an azerty keyboard, cannot play the english version because the controls are fubar, movements keys blocked, graphics not in relation with the video that make me buy the game 4 months ago, no redemption without a pad, had to wait to play the game when it was available on steam, customer service is just ugly...I give a one because it exists : pre-ordered the game on gog 4 months ago, have an azerty keyboard, cannot play the english version because the controls are fubar, movements keys blocked, graphics not in relation with the video that make me buy the game 4 months ago, no redemption without a pad, had to wait to play the game when it was available on steam, customer service is just ugly...

    Well, I will not say don't buy the game, just wait for the final version...

    … Expand
  40. DegenCutter
    Jun 17, 2015
    1
    A terrible game with a boring lead protagonist and clunky gameplay. I can't recommend this game to any fan of real roleplaying games. About the only positive I could offer is that the graphics are fairly pretty, but that doesn't make for a fun game.
  41. somedude14
    May 28, 2015
    1
    I must be the only one who's noticing all the problems this game is hiding beneath it's admittedly gorgeous surface.

    - Geralt controls like crap. It's like steering a truck, when he's supposed to be cat-like. - The leveling system is immensely punishing and limited. You're supposed to stick to one tree to reap the most rewards until later on, but there's no way to know this as a    I must be the only one who's noticing all the problems this game is hiding beneath it's admittedly gorgeous surface.

    - Geralt controls like crap. It's like steering a truck, when he's supposed to be cat-like.

    - The leveling system is immensely punishing and limited. You're supposed to stick to one tree to reap the most rewards until later on, but there's no way to know this as a new player, and by the time you figure it out you're in too deep to correct it without a hefty fee (1000 Orens to respec, which is a *lot* of money in this game)

    - Loot charts are all over the place... a level 4 quest will end with a cache that gives you level 7 equipment, and a level 14 quest will end with a quest that gives you level 6 equipment

    - This wouldn't be as much of a problem if you could just sell your things to vendors, but most of them are too broke to afford more than one equipment sale at a time (if you're lucky)

    - Just far too much garbage loot in general. It makes the crafting system immensely tedious. Do we really need 10 different kinds of food and 10 different kinds of drink, when the end result of each is the same? It just makes inventory navigation a bigger pain.

    - Inventory needs more filters. Oils and Potions should have their own tab, as should Letters, Notes and Books.

    - Crafting sheet needs organization. You have level 14 items being placed above level 4 items being placed above level 8 items. Doesn't sound that bad, but over the length of the game the hindrance of this really adds up.

    - Distribution of recipes for alchemy seems broken right now. You'll find enhanced and superior versions of some recipes long before you find the base recipes you need to take advantage of either (if you ever find them at all). This isn't as big of a deal on Easy, where you don't need any level of strategy to clear the game, but the higher you get in difficulties, the more important it becomes to keep up with gear and recipes, and since the distribution of both of these seems to be wild, it makes playing on anything above Normal with a build that isn't broken (like the current Adrenaline Points build) an exercise in futility.

    - Far, far, *far* too much time wasted traveling. Yes, the world is gorgeous, but sometimes I don't have the time to spend my time looking at things I've already seen. There's a fast travel system, but it's implemented incorrectly - instead of being able to select places you've already been from wherever you are and instantly travel there, you need to find a nearby sign, use it, and *then* you can fast travel to other places.

    - Main quest and some secondary quests are pretty interesting. However there is a *ridiculous* amount of "go kill" "go fetch" quests that are dressed up with VA to make it seem like something more than tedious padding that subscription MMOs utilize to drag out the leveling experience.

    - On that, leveling up in this is just way too slow, *especially* in the early levels. You'll be around level 30 when you beat the game, when you stretch that over 200 hours, it should be pretty easy to see why this is an abysmal rate.

    - Pacing overall just feels abysmal... you'll find a point of interest (most are not worth your time to check out in any way shape or form btw) that has enemies 3 levels beneath you (next to no XP) that are guarding a corpse that has a letter that starts a quest that leads you to a nearby treasure that gives you a bunch of underleveled loot... and then 50 feet in the other direction you'll find a Wyvern that's so powerful it just puts a skull next to its name and it one-shots you

    I know a lot of people like to argue poor design decisions as challenging game design, but the only way any of this is intentional is laziness or an eagerness to rush an unfinished game to market. Wait for the Enhanced Edition.    … Expand
  42. toxicon
    Dec 29, 2018
    1
    Don't really know what to say besides the fact that its an interesting idea, but CDPR made it into a mock game.
  43. belph
    May 19, 2015
    1
    The witcher controls really bad with keyboard and mouse. The graphics are fine, but that's about it. For my taste it has too much focus on action and the main character sadly is not who i want to play either. If you like Geralt and can live with playing him and also like buttonmashing on a controller that game might be great for you, for me its totally unbearable though.
  44. Mike56
    May 20, 2015
    1
    2013 trailers: Photo realistic graphics, CGI quality textures, insane polygons

    2015: cartoony graphics & bloom effects, boring repetitive quests, terrible optimization. Witcher 3 aka the biggest downgrade of this gen
  45. bumbaclad
    May 22, 2015
    1
    I really hope the programmers that made this package 15 years ago are still getting royalties. Hire programmers to link a bunch of framework together then create a team of only artists to rehash it into 100 different games. The Witcher is awful.
    Problems from this game engine package everyone uses:
    1) Movement is based on triangles making everything you do clumsy feeling. 2) Interacting    I really hope the programmers that made this package 15 years ago are still getting royalties. Hire programmers to link a bunch of framework together then create a team of only artists to rehash it into 100 different games. The Witcher is awful.
    Problems from this game engine package everyone uses:
    1) Movement is based on triangles making everything you do clumsy feeling.
    2) Interacting with shops has to buffer the scene causing every interaction with merchants to take 30 seconds to load.
    3) Games are made by teams of artists rather then programmers.

    The Wither has many nice graphics and an open world with invisible zone lines that force you teleport to a sign post. Graphics look really nice at first until you realize they rehash the same skins over and over for the same creatures just different levels. The Witcher just feels like another crummy rendition of Skyrim. Biggest gripes for me are:
    1) Hold you in a save game limbo rather then respawns.
    2) Target system that switches based on the games misconceptions on what it thinks you should attack next. Making fights almost random, I get stuck in save limbo and have a different result every time by just spamming left click.
    3) Spam food/potions to win gameplay.
    4) Dialogues full of cosmetic decisions that lead to the same exact outcome.
    5) It thinks it's an mmo; for example you sharpen your weapon and it is a buff that lasts 15 minutes regardless if you do anything.
    6) Full of mindless quests and "events" everywhere that you will wish the world was empty.
    7) Crafting/Alchemy is very unintuitive.
    8) You are a magic witch fighter hero dude who trained fighting on posts blindfolded with spiked obstacles swinging but you jump 2 feet from the ground and nearly die.

    This is a really tired and old game design only because it never improves. A new company takes the same tried engine/package adds new art and dialogue and calls it new. Not only do they keep the price the same, higher if you don't account for inflation, but remove content and release it as an expansion the day of. Luckily this game came with my new video card. And no one wants to play Gwent!    … Expand
  46. upulta420
    Jul 8, 2015
    1
    Most overrated game of all time! This game doesn't do anything new; it's a blend of all rpg's out there. Critics are praising it for no reason (maybe because 2015 has been **** so far for gaming or they haven't played Witcher 1 &2, which are by far better than 3). Then there is 'Free DLC Program,' which is just to create fanboys. These 'free' things could have been in the game but it wasMost overrated game of all time! This game doesn't do anything new; it's a blend of all rpg's out there. Critics are praising it for no reason (maybe because 2015 has been **** so far for gaming or they haven't played Witcher 1 &2, which are by far better than 3). Then there is 'Free DLC Program,' which is just to create fanboys. These 'free' things could have been in the game but it was a PR move. I am tired of doing same thing over and over in this game.… Expand
  47. EmilOfPower
    Aug 18, 2015
    1
    First of all - woah - such a high score. Of course its not really surprising when your game project has higher marketing budget than it has development budget. All the great reviews from various game writers and media are easily explained. The ugly truth is that W3 is pretty much an average game which does not work well on the PC. Clumsy controls, glitchy graphics. After the intro I got toFirst of all - woah - such a high score. Of course its not really surprising when your game project has higher marketing budget than it has development budget. All the great reviews from various game writers and media are easily explained. The ugly truth is that W3 is pretty much an average game which does not work well on the PC. Clumsy controls, glitchy graphics. After the intro I got to the very first forest fight and stopped there. Overrated is a good word for it. Advertising your product is important in this day and age, you need to promote, you need to make sure people know of you and what you've produced. That being said when marketing is employed to fabricate value when its job should be to simply promote an already valuable product, then you should know something is not right. I only hope the developer doesnt do the same thing to Cyberpunk 2077, it would be a shame.… Expand
  48. hg1802
    Jul 27, 2016
    1
    Nice graphics. The gameplay is repetitive and Boring as hell. All you do go to A get this , then go back to B get that... Even the music is boring and makes you sleep.
    Character movement and combat is very bad.
    Absolutely overrated.
  49. AegisSaige
    Jul 18, 2017
    1
    One of the worst games I've ever played, solely by virtue of the completely unintuitive controls and way of interacting with the world. I'd comment on the story and quests, but found the entire experience so unenjoyable that I never got through more than a handful of them.
  50. NaotoShirogane1
    May 24, 2019
    1
    Story is boring. All side quests are same (ubisoft formule). Charachters are annoying. Main quest designs are almost bad as side quests. Boss fights are not really boss fights. Is this really a rpg game ? Where is rpg elements ? 0/10. One of the worst games i have ever played. Play classic rpgs instead that fan-service game.
  51. turlock
    Apr 29, 2019
    1
    Absolutely appalling game, the pinnacle of style over substance and the most depressing part is how people completely eat it up. Just slap incredible graphics on an interactive movie and everyone will eat it up and two fingers to gameplay and the elements which actually make something a game instead of a movie.
  52. Morganfree
    Sep 27, 2019
    1
    To be honest not so impressive. Zero fight skills,poor history, boring gameplay.
  53. sportslegend
    Oct 2, 2019
    1
    Game lags a lot and too many bugs and very poor quality of game.Worst RPG game of all time
  54. tunahan43
    Oct 14, 2021
    1
    Hayatımda bu oyun kadar overrated bir oyun görmedim.Zamanında bende yaptım zevk ala ala overratedliğine kapıla kapıla 170 saat bu çöpe gömdüm.Ama pişmanım.Skyrim gibi bir gerçek var.Skyrim 100 se bu oyun 10dur benim için.Şu çöp oyunu abartmayı bırakın artık.Birde her zaman oynanabilir diye geçiyor .2021de indirsem 1 saat dayanamam .Ama skyrim gibi 2011 çıkışlı oyunu 2021de bile 100 saatHayatımda bu oyun kadar overrated bir oyun görmedim.Zamanında bende yaptım zevk ala ala overratedliğine kapıla kapıla 170 saat bu çöpe gömdüm.Ama pişmanım.Skyrim gibi bir gerçek var.Skyrim 100 se bu oyun 10dur benim için.Şu çöp oyunu abartmayı bırakın artık.Birde her zaman oynanabilir diye geçiyor .2021de indirsem 1 saat dayanamam .Ama skyrim gibi 2011 çıkışlı oyunu 2021de bile 100 saat oynadım.Enis kirazoğluna kapılmayı bırakın artık .Kendi zevkinize bakın .Şu çöpü enis kadar abartan yoktur Türklerde.… Expand
  55. Corefitz
    Feb 16, 2020
    1
    Waow... I have no words.

    What an absolute waste of time and money. Okay okay, so: First off, I've tried playing The Witcher 1... didn't even get past the tutroial, so that set a bar for me right from the start. Now I've heard so many great things about The Witcher 3 through the years, but I kept my distance because of an extremely bad and unsatifying experience. With that said, I    Waow... I have no words.

    What an absolute waste of time and money.

    Okay okay, so: First off, I've tried playing The Witcher 1... didn't even get past the tutroial, so that set a bar for me right from the start. Now I've heard so many great things about The Witcher 3 through the years, but I kept my distance because of an extremely bad and unsatifying experience.

    With that said, I decided to give The Witcher 3 a try... and oh boy do I regret everything about it.

    First thing that messes with me is the mouse sensitivity, either you put that thing ALL the way down and make navigation in menus insufferably slow, but your camera doesn't fly round when you're in character mode... or you just have 2000% motion blur all the time, but are able to normally navigate menus.

    So... Actually starting a new game! Now, as a brand new player to the series, I went all in on the tutorials, getting things explained and shown, little did I know I would have to sit and just read for hours before the game itself even started... or well, the games tutorial started. at this point I was already considering whether this was worth it, since this lowered every expectation I already had... I mean how can I be expected to remember all this stuff with no way of getting it explained again unless I have to break the pace of the game, minimize it and google stuff?

    So getting to moving around... barely, every time I move what seems no more then 10 meters, there's a new pop-up giving me another "this is important, you do it like this, which will affect the world you play in" generic message. Cool choices matter, I get that by now.

    So (extremely) slowly and with a ton of pauses because of explanations, I FINALLY get to the combat section of the tutorial. And what do I get... never before have I had to read that much to understand a combat system. I could go on about the wall of text new players are met with.

    After finnishing reading more stuff about this minor obscure detail in combat, I get to the actual thing... It's worse than Skyrims system. Extremely clunky, free-targeting-city unless you choose one specific target... which somehow always ends up in the back ranks so you might as well retarget, and suddenly, that target is in the back ranks... oh my lord. At this point I'm about ready to give up, Heavily discouraged by what feels like The Shakespere Collection in text, that has to be read and understood, and utter stupidity in combat systems. But I press on becuase there has to be some light at the end of this tunnel.

    Welcome to the actual game itself. Now please have en eternaty of go-here-do-this quests with absoultly no diversity. And if you wanna defeat this foe you've never seen before... guess what, you have to break the pace of the game, stop combat and read even more about how to even damage a Noonwraith.

    So at an all-time low in-game, I decide to try to get some more exp so I can be at least somewhat useful... Oh wait, let's pause the game becuase, during the tutorial we didn't make you read about skill points, brewing potions or weapon durability.
    Just great...

    After actually giving up on reading and just wanting to mess around, I slam my space button and just skip it, deciding to figure it out at some point when I really need it.

    So finally leaving the starting... town? I suddenly encounter an enemy that's no more then TWO WHOLE LEVELS above me... and suddenly all of my attacks are reduced by 90% in damage... Are you actually for real?... Fine whatever... I'll flee and come back later... but oh wait, your health is low and you can only heal by eating food which is horrendously slow... Now please be attacked by 8 Drowners at the same time, which all stun you and kills you... and btw you didn't save so please redo all your missions.

    I finally just gave up and closed the game.

    So what did I learn.
    - Unless you're willing to come out of the game with a PHD in Witcher stuff, don't open it up.
    - Whatever you try to do, assume you have to read about it in some random book, stupid pop-up or your journal.
    - Combat is insanely clunky, even if you side roll enemies still hit you and you lose 1/3 of your HP from lesser monsters... You never ever have the chance to counter attack because of sheer numbers disadvantage... And why do I have to choose between 2 different swords to even damage propperly (This should be something that comes naturally... not something a player should activly choose)
    - Story is very unimmersive and flat. at least the tiny bits I got to "experience" (Seriously, just 2 edge-lrods in some tavern)
    - There are so many systems that are so extremely confusing to new players, that they don't even bother learning them
    - The leaning curve in this game just requires you to be a working at NASA.
    - Unless you can connect a controller, the game is insufferable with mouse and keyboard.
    - The game, AT LEAST, uses a nice color palette.
    - Total playtime: 5.5 hours.    … Expand
  56. asgerthorn
    Mar 27, 2020
    1
    The Witcher was the most boring 10 hours of my life.

    I'm the kinda guy who played 900 hours of The Division, 800 hours of ARK, addicted to League of Legends, die hard Zelda and Mario-fan. I loved Diablo II, hated Diablo III. I loved Heroes of Might & Magic 2 and 3. I loved Subnautica, hated Divinity Original Sin II. Loved Resident Evil 2, hated Witcher III. Don't fall for all the    The Witcher was the most boring 10 hours of my life.

    I'm the kinda guy who played 900 hours of The Division, 800 hours of ARK, addicted to League of Legends, die hard Zelda and Mario-fan. I loved Diablo II, hated Diablo III. I loved Heroes of Might & Magic 2 and 3. I loved Subnautica, hated Divinity Original Sin II. Loved Resident Evil 2, hated Witcher III.

    Don't fall for all the positive reviews, go play Ori & the Blind Forrest instead.    … Expand
  57. Dukemon
    Jul 8, 2020
    1
    I've tried this game like 3-4 times but never made it more than 1 hour, the combat is horrible, movement animations feel clunky and it's too dense with so many needless potions
  58. rokushowins
    May 29, 2020
    1
    Finally got to play this game and ... it is a huge disappointment , first let's start with the gameplay.

    - I taked my time to read some reviews and as others have said it feels more like watching a movie than actually playing a videogame, there are even small side quest that have like 6 cutscenes,,, you only have to pick a dialogue option and walk a bit. -The combat is also very    Finally got to play this game and ... it is a huge disappointment , first let's start with the gameplay.

    - I taked my time to read some reviews and as others have said it feels more like watching a movie than actually playing a videogame, there are even small side quest that have like 6 cutscenes,,, you only have to pick a dialogue option and walk a bit.

    -The combat is also very limited, you can't jump, you can't use stealth and there are only 5 spells, so you pretty much have to fight the same style through all the game, so the combat gets very boring and repetitive after a while, even worse if you decide to do another playthrough.

    -The weapons are also uninspired, and the crossbow is one of the worst weapons i've used on a videogame, it goes from doing almost no damage to one-hit kill the same monsters if you are under water,it doesn't make any sense

    -The story was also forgettable, nothing i haven't seen in others games, you pretty much are the world savior, people complained about this type of stories in others games but in this game they decided that the story was great, wich is incomprehensible.

    But the worst part of this game is the open world design, aside of good graphics the open world feels very empty, compared to for example, Skyrim, cdproject chosed quantity over quality, there are much more npcs but 99% of the npcs just curse and spit, they don't talk with you and don't add anything to the game, in skyrim every npc was unique in some way, and they had something to say or even a quest related. i guess that cdproject knew that the open world was too empty so they decided to put a mark on the few npc's that have something to say or a quest to give you, wich makes exploration pointless since you already know where you have to go and with who you have to talk every time you get to a new town or city.

    -Other huge problem in this open world is that everything feels too scripted, theres no random events, so every playthrough is going to be the same aside the choices you make in certain points of the main quest or side quests, so the open world is pretty much just a barren land to get through your next quest

    -The dungeons are also too samey, in Skyrim every dungeon was different and had some story, item, or quest related to it, instead on the witcher 3 most of the dungeons are just small caves with a monster to hunt and nothing else

    -Aside from novingrad and maybe skellige port every town or city is copypasted and as i have said because of the npcs system that cdproject chosed, most of those "hubs" don't have a single npc to talk to, the npcs are just walking around repeating the same words or making spitting sounds when you try to talk with them, very sad    … Expand
  59. truelogicwarrio
    Jun 28, 2020
    1
    Dull copy-paste of other games with a mediocre plot. PR company made a name for this game, bravo!
  60. PanPrado30
    Dec 12, 2020
    1
    Very bad game with stupid main character. The world is emty and plot is writing on knee.
  61. IWantNewGames
    Apr 21, 2021
    1
    Visuals are nice for 2015, but that's where positives end for this wannabe RPG. Assassin's Creed at least tries to do something fun, like climbing and parkour, but Witcher 3 is just endless same old old same old.
  62. Free777
    Apr 21, 2021
    1
    One of the most boring games i have ever tried to finish. There's no fun to have here, that's for sure.
  63. gamingworld
    Jul 9, 2021
    1
    Not very good game honestly, i have played so much better stuff, this user score seems fake.
  64. DarkWaves
    Jul 12, 2021
    1
    Красива графіка, але не багато іншого. Не можна пірнати під водою, бойова механіка нудна, а загальному світовому дизайну бракує креативу.
  65. bannedgames
    Jul 13, 2021
    1
    Pros: Beautiful graphics
    Huge World
    Some Quests are fun

    Cons:
    Boring dialogue
    Monotone main hero
    No character creation like in Skyrim
    Quests are mostly boring
    You can't swim deep underwater like in GTA V
  66. 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
  67. klfnaslkf
    Sep 15, 2019
    0
    Самая скучная игра. Механика боя: перекаты. 2015год это провал. Надеюсь киберпанк не подкачает
  68. emrahoz
    Oct 4, 2018
    0
    Bad gameplay especially combat mechanics......................................1
  69. jeffholmstrom
    Apr 2, 2019
    0
    One of the most boring games ever played, no ide what people is on about!
    Way over hyped!
  70. RPGWizard
    Jul 8, 2015
    0
    The Witcher 3 have a big world but the game don't seem to know what to make of it. It's just about the main story line. Exploring is hardly rewarding, the witcher gear quests are mostly go and fetch, there are no complex dungeons, just some small caves, everything is easy rewarded, bland and empty.
  71. Akemiqq
    Sep 10, 2015
    0
    let me start telling you this, I bought the GOG version and I have been playing this game ever since it's released, currently I have its 1.08.4 patch which is considered as the latest . I admit I have a bit old PC but I can play GTA V with high settings fine, I can play Dragon age inquisition with high settings fine but not this game? why? some says this game is so demanding but to belet me start telling you this, I bought the GOG version and I have been playing this game ever since it's released, currently I have its 1.08.4 patch which is considered as the latest . I admit I have a bit old PC but I can play GTA V with high settings fine, I can play Dragon age inquisition with high settings fine but not this game? why? some says this game is so demanding but to be honest, when a game is so demanding it means either the game is graphically awesome or badly optimized but we everyone know Witcher 3 downgraded its graphic quality just before it's released and it doesn't have a realistic look so why it's so demanding? because it's unoptimized , the game is a console port and badly optimized, and there is poorly coded Maxwell favour Gamework on top of it.

    there are a lot of bugs in the game, character movement isn't that fluid like in GTA ,you feel like it's a bit robotic when moving, the same feeling has when fighting and riding a horse. water quality, terriann quality isn't that good either ,it looks like a bit cartoonish, the only pro side of this game is having good looking characters and weapons.

    animations are quite bad, character movement, tree shaking when it's windy are absolutely horrific. the trees shake like thick papers when it's windy, there is no realism at all in it. the water quality is quite bad, it doesn't even look like water, but some heavy fluid. combat is repetitive and boring and dull, horse riding doesn't feel like fluid, it's same as the character movement, so robotic, if you want the best character movement then go to GTA. the story is fine, level design is fine, the world is huge and wonderful ,there are a lot of places to explore , but the game performance discourages me from playing, who wants to play a game with 30fps and low?
    in towns it goes even low like 23fps, I reduced all settings lowest as possible but the situation is still same, I have seen that a lot of people defend this game, I dunno why, you need a gtx 980 to play this game with Ultra quality at 1080p@60fps but that card is so expensive, it just suggests gtx 770 as recommended means u should be able to play the game with max settings with 1080p@60fps with gtx 770 but it's quite impossible.
    when you set all settings to Ultra on gtx 770 ,the fps goes to 30fsp.so basically on a recommended system you can't achieve 60fps at 1080p on Ultra mode. then why it's even recommended?
    only SLI high end cards can pass the 60fps and single gtx 980 card can achieve 60fps in towns.

    this game purposely reduced the performance of AMD cards recently though it's fixed I am pretty sure still it favours Nvidia Maxwell users over other users. I feel like this game is developed to push people to buy Maxwell cards so it's more like a Nvidia marketing plan. Physx can't even be turned off.

    I suggest that wait for like 2-3 years until more powerful hardware shows up and bugs in this game are fixed, then go ahead and buy because this game is worth, I heard that DirectX12 patch might come so soon which means there will be a tremendous performance boost since gtx 400 cards. don't buy now and wait, so you can have the game at cheap price too.    … Expand
  72. PowerfullPlayer
    Nov 11, 2015
    0
    Best game ever. Just best game... .
  73. Gadlajk
    Oct 18, 2017
    0
    The most overrated game in history, it's not bad but nowhere good as filthy casuals make you believe. Combat is and has been problem with previous witcher games, epecially combat animations they're horrible,jump spin attack animation alone is enough to knock one point from this game rating. Even with much better combat and combat animations this game isn't close to 10/10 because of otherThe most overrated game in history, it's not bad but nowhere good as filthy casuals make you believe. Combat is and has been problem with previous witcher games, epecially combat animations they're horrible,jump spin attack animation alone is enough to knock one point from this game rating. Even with much better combat and combat animations this game isn't close to 10/10 because of other problem like borign talents and items, finding legendary items is like very underwhelming. Tho main story has quality side quests are overrated, I've heard a lot of about side quests but kinda like in kindoms of amalur it's few big side quests and rest is meh. After 20+ hrs into this game I gave up trying to find out what's so good about this game.… Expand
  74. Apergy
    Aug 24, 2016
    0
    This game is a complete masterpiece, one of the greatest games of all time. Stunning graphics, absolutely heart warming campaign with endless potential for DLC. Great game, cannot recommend more.
  75. AndyTiran
    Oct 4, 2016
    0
    Lets start from saying that I bought it on sale and it still doesn't worth it..
    I`m really disappointed with this game. The truth is, Witcher 3 is a bad overrated PC game.
    It's so bad, mostly because of its CLUMSY, Repetitive and Dull combat mechanics. I lost interest on the first forest fight and stopped there. Main character feels like a heavy truck, not as a dexterous cat he meant to    Lets start from saying that I bought it on sale and it still doesn't worth it..
    I`m really disappointed with this game. The truth is, Witcher 3 is a bad overrated PC game.
    It's so bad, mostly because of its CLUMSY, Repetitive and Dull combat mechanics. I lost interest on the first forest fight and stopped there. Main character feels like a heavy truck, not as a dexterous cat he meant to be.
    Well yes, maybe the story would have been good, but I`m not going through the game with its bad controls and combat system, because when doing so, you literally feel physical pain and frustration.. so, so bad..
    Don't be fooled by high ratings, this game is absolutely overrated..    … Expand
  76. 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
  77. CzarSquid
    Feb 27, 2022
    0
    Why is there combat in my sex game? I don't understand why anyone would want to play this
  78. papadoc
    Sep 10, 2017
    0
    If you can plz explain to me how a convoluted Shadow of Mordor clone deserves more than a 0/10 then go for it buddy. I enjoy complex RPG's with complex elements to them, The "witcher" is simply but a psuedo complex so called RPG ( the witcher being a hack and slash a genre that deserves no praise what so ever). This little number is nothing like Skyrim, Skyrim being the creme de la cremeIf you can plz explain to me how a convoluted Shadow of Mordor clone deserves more than a 0/10 then go for it buddy. I enjoy complex RPG's with complex elements to them, The "witcher" is simply but a psuedo complex so called RPG ( the witcher being a hack and slash a genre that deserves no praise what so ever). This little number is nothing like Skyrim, Skyrim being the creme de la creme of truly great RPG's. Some people have dismissed Skyrim and I believe that is because they do not understand the complexity of genuinely complex games and that is a sad moment, when people cannot recognize greatness.… Expand
  79. Bobers
    Dec 12, 2017
    0
    Generic uninspired fantasy setting and a lead with zero emotion.
    The gameplay is good however, but everything else turns it down due to how generic everything is
  80. Zkuggi
    Nov 5, 2021
    0
    This is the flaghsip of game design. Great story, great world, great gameplay, great value. Just the most perfect game ever made.
  81. DeckBlack
    Jan 4, 2018
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. - Banal story. Very easy. Terrible balance. A huge number of question marks. Witcher flair. Horse racing. Orders for monsters. RPG Leveling which is worse than the games from ubisoft. Bad RPG. Monotonous gameplay. Overhyped.
    + Music. Graphics. Dialogs. The game by the book. Gwent.    … Expand
  82. Klausmetall
    Jun 14, 2022
    0
    Ни когда поляки не простят русским смерть Гитлера, а русские не простят полякам закрытие продаж Ведьмака в России
  83. dantah
    Feb 6, 2019
    0
    he camera and controls in general, are just unbelievably bad. combat gameplay is just horrible, flat map, empty, repetitive scenery wanted to like this game but the absolutely pathetic combat system
  84. rocco30
    Feb 6, 2019
    0
    I couldn't get into the game. It is extremely boring and dull. The voice acting was nails on the chalkboard annoying. The combat is very simple and shallow. I had to get a refund and get myself something else.
  85. Invisible_Mango
    Oct 24, 2019
    0
    Overhyped, overrated trash. Combat system sucks, the music is grating and annoying, I can't stand the main character, the world is so drab I have no desire to see any more of it. It feels to me the game makers deliberately tried to make this game as ugly as possible. Everyone else in the world likes it so there's that, but the only thing I got out of this game was the fact that it was aOverhyped, overrated trash. Combat system sucks, the music is grating and annoying, I can't stand the main character, the world is so drab I have no desire to see any more of it. It feels to me the game makers deliberately tried to make this game as ugly as possible. Everyone else in the world likes it so there's that, but the only thing I got out of this game was the fact that it was a good way to test my new gaming PC when it came out. I love big sprawling RPGs, but this one left a sour taste in my mouth.… Expand
  86. KojimbaMDN
    Mar 7, 2022
    0
    i did not like this game, its the only game i put down after 8 hours and said im done. i give them all the credit in the world for creating a work of digital art for sure, they nailed the theme and atmosphere they really did. but the gameplay just didn't do it for me whatsoever, nor did a lot of the writing and characters. im not a fan of cd projectk red, and i dont think the witcher 3… Expand
  87. Van_DiSarzio
    Aug 14, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Make sure you have a snowball fight with Ciri, otherwise she decides to top herself at the end.… Expand
  88. Kollenbet
    May 2, 2022
    0
    The writers of the series of games about the Witcher are untalented cuckolds. Geralt turned out to be a weak-willed idiot. Plot twists at the level of degradants.
  89. sumstuf
    Aug 12, 2020
    0
    I only played it after watching the show and i must say its one of the best games ive ever played. Also im kinda addicted to gwent. And you gotta play on the hardest difficulty for some challenge
  90. workers
    Jun 9, 2022
    0
    thumbs down, disappointed in cdpr and their moves, many negative reviews telling the same thing, never buying game from them again.
  91. PartII
    Jun 19, 2020
    0
    Its bad, gameplay is garbage, story is not good, its really bad. I am worried cyberpunk will be the same
  92. Hij45g
    Jun 29, 2020
    0
    It's so much tiering to play this game it's just dialogue simulator you have to talk Everytime and a choice comes every turn it doesn't have as many freedom it needs
  93. Heraldozka
    Dec 13, 2020
    0
    Game praticamente perfeito gráficos incríveis mundo incrivelmente grande, muitas coisas pra fazer, nunca fica chato, sla quantas hora de conteúdo e nada repetitivo, esse game sim foi bom.
  94. Kris9308
    Dec 12, 2020
    0
    Juego esplendido, las misiones memorables tanto las principales como las secundarias. totalemtne recomendado
  95. 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!.
  96. KalleTarrel
    Apr 1, 2022
    0
    It's a shame I wasted my time on this game, the game developers are trash)
    And I'll never buy anything from them from now on.
  97. emirhan12
    Nov 2, 2020
    0
    Şu ana kadar oynadığım en overrated oyun olabilir kendisi. Herkes oyunu abartıyor ve oyun bunun karşılığını veremiyor.
  98. YouLoose
    Dec 14, 2020
    0
    CdProjectred is one of the most amateur game developers ever. Rockstar, Ubisoft, Remedy Entertainment, id Software, Capcom - All of them make better video games.
  99. BattleforDeath
    Dec 17, 2020
    0
    Huh, what can i say? I played it for 4 hours, wanted to try it out because why not. I have to be honest i have never been so bored while playing a video game. First off, main character is extremely monotonous, almost feels like he thinks that he is better than others or something, idk, but he felt very unlikable to me. Story quests were just regular stuff, i have seen better quests inHuh, what can i say? I played it for 4 hours, wanted to try it out because why not. I have to be honest i have never been so bored while playing a video game. First off, main character is extremely monotonous, almost feels like he thinks that he is better than others or something, idk, but he felt very unlikable to me. Story quests were just regular stuff, i have seen better quests in Runescape. I'm serious. Maybe there are better quests in late game? I have no idea, but this game didn't captivate me to waste more time on it.… Expand
  100. HeresaWar
    Dec 17, 2020
    0
    Maybe unpopular opinion, i don't care, because i have right for my opinion. I didn't like it. I was bored most of the time, i didn't feel any connection with main character.
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Universal acclaim - based on 32 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
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  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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