The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

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  1. tacomodo
    Aug 18, 2015
    4
    Get quest, use witcher sense to examine a few clues, follow footsteps and kill something - rince and repeat. Game is beautiful but really repetitive. Story is ok, but very slow.
  2. knallfix
    May 19, 2015
    9
    I've been a fanboy since the Witcher 1 and reading the books right afterwards, and man, CDPR did it again.
    Every small dialogue puts everything Bioware and others have made since the Witcher 2 to shame.
    The game takes you serious, let you make decisions because YOU think,it's the right one. And not an icon telling you "good" or "bad" Sure, the game looks good, sounds good and plays    I've been a fanboy since the Witcher 1 and reading the books right afterwards, and man, CDPR did it again.
    Every small dialogue puts everything Bioware and others have made since the Witcher 2 to shame.
    The game takes you serious, let you make decisions because YOU think,it's the right one. And not an icon telling you "good" or "bad"
    Sure, the game looks good, sounds good and plays good. But for me, dialogues, MY choices and of course, in the grim darkness of a past medievial fictional fantasy world, there is only grim darkness :)    … Expand
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. MenNeedMeat
    Nov 21, 2015
    4
    I saw this had many positive reviews and I was excited to get this. I saw the videos before its release and was genuinely excited for this game. I put it on my wishlist. Then I saw it on release and realized it got downgraded. Same as how Watchdogs has but people seem to forget it for some reason and forgive The Witcher 3 for it. It's inexcusable and people who allow this to happen are noI saw this had many positive reviews and I was excited to get this. I saw the videos before its release and was genuinely excited for this game. I put it on my wishlist. Then I saw it on release and realized it got downgraded. Same as how Watchdogs has but people seem to forget it for some reason and forgive The Witcher 3 for it. It's inexcusable and people who allow this to happen are no more than sheep. I bought the game on sale because I could not justify paying full price for this game. Just as I expected, the game was pretty bad. The combat was atrocious and needs to be fixed. It's been about a month and for some reason I cannot make myself sit down and play this game again. I found it bland and tedious to play. I think it deserves a 4 at best.… Expand
  6. 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.
  7. Anastasi
    May 19, 2015
    10
    this is the best i have ever played. fantastic world/muscic/graphics etc, so this is the must have game, you can't miss it, relly. simply amazing. thx cd project red
  8. Milkpowder
    May 19, 2015
    8
    1st off, let me address the downgrade. Yes the visuals have been downgraded a lot, as in almost none of the assets and lighting we saw in the 2013/14 vids are in game. The games atmosphere is also slightly lacking as its lost its dark and real feel.Cdpr screwed up by not being honest about it and saying nothing had changed.

    Anyway onto the game, its exquisite!! The audio is    1st off, let me address the downgrade. Yes the visuals have been downgraded a lot, as in almost none of the assets and lighting we saw in the 2013/14 vids are in game. The games atmosphere is also slightly lacking as its lost its dark and real feel.Cdpr screwed up by not being honest about it and saying nothing had changed.

    Anyway onto the game, its exquisite!!

    The audio is breathtaking and it really pulls you into the game, the game play and combat is fantastic, nowhere near as clunk as the previous witcher games, my only critique is that while on horse back you can get stuck behind rocks and on stairs which was fairly annoying but a small grievance none the less.

    Its a witcher game, so the story is always gonna be amazing and it really is.

    Its a shame the graphics took center stage and that cdpr didn't do anything about it, even just owning up and letting it fade into the background.    … Expand
  9. 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
  10. Rsharp254
    Mar 6, 2016
    3
    Kinda odd how this game has such a high rating when the movement controls are HORRIBLE. Games that were made 10 years ago have better controls than this. Just Google "Witcher 3 Movement weird" grabs 120,000 results. There's even mods that try to correct this, but I still have not found anything that is as good as games made 10 years ago. Walking through a damn door should not make meKinda odd how this game has such a high rating when the movement controls are HORRIBLE. Games that were made 10 years ago have better controls than this. Just Google "Witcher 3 Movement weird" grabs 120,000 results. There's even mods that try to correct this, but I still have not found anything that is as good as games made 10 years ago. Walking through a damn door should not make me want to break my damn keyboard. Wasted $50!!!… Expand
  11. ProMil
    May 19, 2015
    10
    Beautiful game. This is must-have for RPG lovers! Optimization is so good that I can even run it on my old gtx 560ti (medium-high graphic settings) Thank you CDP Red you've made it! It will be definitely a game of the year!
  12. 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....
  13. 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
  14. 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
  15. seanb1979
    Jun 10, 2015
    4
    Probably the clunkiest controls I've ever experienced in a game like this. I have to run forward, then press backward and jump to simply get over obstacles? Seriously? Whoever did the keyboard mappings did a horrible job. I really didn't feel like remapping every command to something that made more sense. The movement physics also seem way off and the motion is very herky-jerky. I'mProbably the clunkiest controls I've ever experienced in a game like this. I have to run forward, then press backward and jump to simply get over obstacles? Seriously? Whoever did the keyboard mappings did a horrible job. I really didn't feel like remapping every command to something that made more sense. The movement physics also seem way off and the motion is very herky-jerky. I'm guessing all of the positive reviewers are using xbox controllers or something similar.… Expand
  16. 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.
  17. 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
  18. urieaal
    Oct 24, 2015
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. its pretty...it has story...(kind of?)...

    so if you played the first 2 you know this game has story potential coming out of every orifice. gerald died and was revived and because of the revive completely forgot his past. Now hes finally tracking down his true love..

    plain and simple sure the game has its moments. Yet i feel like I'm playing assassins creed or shadows of mordor all over again... in that there is just to many pointless things that have nothing to do with anything scattered around the world..

    I mean SURE you can collect those "PHAT LOOTS" all day long because of this... Alas I find my self utterly bored just trying to do a few things here and there. I'm not one to forgo side quests but making them a complete requirement to progress the main story is utter hog wash.

    Leveling you character is too slow. do side quests or dont play on any setting other then easy. The bugs abound.. half the way points that you have to do in order to progress bug out and this is 11 patches later. graphical errors abound.. god forbid you want to jump over a fence while running or on horse back..

    i wanted to love this game sooo much, because i utterly love the first 2... the 3rd how ever is utter garbage rolled up in a garbage bag full or runny disgusting baby diapers. If only game company's would stop releasing alphas and calling it a completed game... /sigh

    prepare to be frustrated, there's sooo many bugs in this game.. and thats with the 1.10 patch.    … Expand
  19. bricktown
    Jun 25, 2015
    4
    I was forced to create a metacritic account immediately and post my review of the Witcher 3 after seeing the 9.2 user score and 94 metascore on here. A (94!) total metascore is proof of widespread corruption in the PC critic industry.

    First of all, just got a brand new computer and the game looks great. In my opinion the graphics are 9.5/10. however, after reading other reviews and    I was forced to create a metacritic account immediately and post my review of the Witcher 3 after seeing the 9.2 user score and 94 metascore on here. A (94!) total metascore is proof of widespread corruption in the PC critic industry.

    First of all, just got a brand new computer and the game looks great. In my opinion the graphics are 9.5/10. however, after reading other reviews and talking to friends, they say the textures and environments get recycled a lot, which if true would change my score (I uninstalled long before being bored with the
    graphics of the game)

    Major cons:
    The CONTROLS and MOVEMENT for this game are downright unplayable. The main character is extremely clunky in ALL areas of gameplay. my first thought is that this game would play well on a console controller but mouse and keyboard is just sad.

    CUT SCENES are noticeably too long. every single one of them. and there are TONSSSS of cutscenes.

    Combat is pathetic.
    generally consists of pressing a target selector key that highlights over your enemy. once locked on your character has their movements on a track with the targeted enemy. if an additional enemy comes from the side or behind you (and they ALWAYS do) , you take a hit and it HURTS. attacking consists of left clicking and having your character do a huge lunging attack that leaves you super vulnerable. it cant be canceled? you can't really aim your swings. you just click and swing. also, all abilities and swings have a noticeable delay in activation time.
    you basically have 3 modes of attack for the first 10 hours of gameplay , 2 of which are completely ineffective.

    the character customization in this game is stone age.
    you can chose from fast swords slow swords crossbow and BASIC magic.
    crossbows are one of 4 possible skill categories to chose from and it does virtually 0 damage and is 0% entertaining to use. skill credits earned go into skills that raise attack bonus and effectiveness, no cool abilities or skill tree, just pick your weapon out of the 4 and mindlessly put all your points down that skill "tree"(column)
    there are very limited and uninteresting spells to choose from, and switching spells in combat is really a drag.

    the alchemy system is tedious and annoying to use but has potential

    the story is quite average. i want to rate the story lower but they definitely tried to make it really good. all the cutscenes remind me of many of the popular HBO series with slow paced but deep and profound character development. however, the execution is just TOO boring. Your main character is so 'ho-hum'.

    difficulty balance is all over the place.
    you use your "witcher sense" for EVERYTHING. you will go around right clicking every 4 seconds to see if there is a glowing object such as a lootable chest or quest item. its VERY repetitive.

    it totally feels like this game was made specifically for console. the combat seems intuitively catered to a controller style game. this pc port was extremely poorly executed in the mechanics department.

    94/100 metascore!? wtf. please wake up.
    this is a 4/10 or worse on the PC.    … Expand
  20. Lindell90
    Jun 8, 2015
    3
    No, this is not as good as everyone is claiming. And im not saying that to be a hipster.
    1. The combat system is out-dated and console-esque... Its basically locking onto enemies and left clicking till you win. Uninteresting, bland combat... Also the target system seems to be half-arsed when it comes to development and smoothness
    2. the main character, geralt, is as interesting as a    No, this is not as good as everyone is claiming. And im not saying that to be a hipster.
    1. The combat system is out-dated and console-esque... Its basically locking onto enemies and left clicking till you win. Uninteresting, bland combat... Also the target system seems to be half-arsed when it comes to development and smoothness
    2. the main character, geralt, is as interesting as a rock... though people study rocks, which would by logic make him even less interesting
    3. cut-scenes
    4. cut-scenes
    5. cut-scenes
    6. cut-scenes
    7. cut-scenes
    8. cut-scenes... yes this is how it feels like
    9. at 15-20 mins into the game you come by a peasant pinned by a griffon, no, you do not get to fight the griffon.. its a cut-scene
    10. the grapics are, yes, you guessed right... out-dated and poorly optimised
    11. how is this a role playing game? you get 2-4 options on the poorly written dialogue, there is no customization, character-building, progression, or anything interesting about the main character - which you cannot alter    … Expand
  21. acestealth
    Nov 2, 2015
    3
    I'm sorry, but this game is highly overrated. It was a bad port, the interface, performance, and clunky combat all are examples of a lazy port. Its not often I get so frustrated with a clumsy combat system that I simply quit a game with a good story, but this is one of those times. (I played and beat VTM bloodlines for god sake) The state of gaming today is sad and this is just another example.
  22. AnaiBendai
    May 29, 2015
    4
    I waited eagerly for this game for many years - only to received a graphically dulled down console port with muddy, dumbed-down controls and no ability to adjust the field of view. The controls are so bad. in fact, that I have to play on the easiest level and I still get my ass kicked because I'm forced to roll and jump around my enemies to avoid getting hit like a spasmodic idiot. I'mI waited eagerly for this game for many years - only to received a graphically dulled down console port with muddy, dumbed-down controls and no ability to adjust the field of view. The controls are so bad. in fact, that I have to play on the easiest level and I still get my ass kicked because I'm forced to roll and jump around my enemies to avoid getting hit like a spasmodic idiot. I'm sure there's an incredible story and rich world to explore here behind the murky, half-baked controls - but with lag and non-responsiveness this bad - what's the use? I feel lied to by CD Projeckt which used to push the envelopes of PC gaming by providing a stellar, AAA PC experience in their games. This game doesn't even look REMOTELY close to all those preview screenshots and videos that sold me on the game years ago. I even bought a brand new i7 Alienware gaming PC specifically for Wild Hunt - but the dull, greasy graphics are so fuzzy and blurred and graphical and control options so console-dumb that I could have just as well kept my old cheapie laptop to play this ugly turd. Bottom line - Witcher 3 for the PC LOOKS like a console port, feels like a console port and sadly plays like a console port. In a word - I feel betrayed.… Expand
  23. 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.
  24. 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
  25. 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.
  26. Bitters
    May 25, 2015
    3
    Witcher 3 : We have as much bare breasts and ass as Game of Thrones! Please love us even when we crash every ten minutes.

    If I were to take all the things that annoy me in PC video games and put them in a pile, it would resemble Witcher 3 : Wild Hunt . -Item wear -Terrible branching dialogue -Crap art cut scenes -Potion gnarfling -Obscure crafting -Terrible lighting in dark areas    Witcher 3 : We have as much bare breasts and ass as Game of Thrones! Please love us even when we crash every ten minutes.

    If I were to take all the things that annoy me in PC video games and put them in a pile, it would resemble Witcher 3 : Wild Hunt
    .
    -Item wear
    -Terrible branching dialogue
    -Crap art cut scenes
    -Potion gnarfling
    -Obscure crafting
    -Terrible lighting in dark areas
    -Unbindable movement keys
    -Dumb mini card game
    -Horrible navigation
    -Confused save system

    I don't play games because I want to pretend to eat, drink, and sleep. I don't play games because I want to maintain a piece of **** sword that needs repair after every fight. This game treats me like an abused spouse that has to take out the garbage constantly. Poor level design lead me into situations where I had to laboriously keep playing a boss fight until I could use that last sliver of health correctly. Even if someone has a fix for that, all the other things in this game annoy the living &$)@& out of me so badly that I don't care. I can run faster on foot than my horse!

    That hideous child-dwarf model from the beginning of the game haunts my dreams now. Her "adult pretending to be a child" voice is a shrieking nightmare. This game is so amazingly overrated that I feel like I've lost contact with my relationship to humanity.

    Potion gnarfling is not a game, it's a reflex.
    Item wear is not a game, it's a hole in an economy mechanic.
    Crafting is not a game, it is at best a scavenger hunt.
    Story is not a game, it's entertainment.
    Dialogue is not a story.
    Talking like "I'm batman" all the time does not make a character.
    Flirty characters are not a story and are only barely dialogue.

    It's like someone took Dresden Files and turned it into GTA...except they forgot the fun.    … Expand
  27. EE061003
    Oct 8, 2015
    10
    Previously i rated this 6. What i fool i was truly. Its the best RPG of this generation. I am 200 hours in and still so much left to do. i am mesmerized by Geralt's strong character, his emotional story line and huge landscapes to explore. Especially the chemistry between the Trio Geralt, Triss and Yennefer is Excellent. No words truly. There are so many open games this year but i am tooPreviously i rated this 6. What i fool i was truly. Its the best RPG of this generation. I am 200 hours in and still so much left to do. i am mesmerized by Geralt's strong character, his emotional story line and huge landscapes to explore. Especially the chemistry between the Trio Geralt, Triss and Yennefer is Excellent. No words truly. There are so many open games this year but i am too absorbed in Witcher 3 right now to even notice their release, Witcher 3 is a benchmark in gaming history .Just don't miss this one!… Expand
  28. tomahawkwind
    May 19, 2015
    9
    The game on PC seems to be suffering from MAJOR optimization issues. Anyone who does not mention this is not telling the TRUTH.It does not matter how you configure the graphic options, framerate RARELY goes above 30 FPS. Not to mention it does not utilize neither VRAM (1.3 / 2gb on medium/ high settings??!) nor CPU (70-80 % AVG) Conclusions = BAD CONSOLE PORT. Which is a shame becauseThe game on PC seems to be suffering from MAJOR optimization issues. Anyone who does not mention this is not telling the TRUTH.It does not matter how you configure the graphic options, framerate RARELY goes above 30 FPS. Not to mention it does not utilize neither VRAM (1.3 / 2gb on medium/ high settings??!) nor CPU (70-80 % AVG) Conclusions = BAD CONSOLE PORT. Which is a shame because otherwise it is indeeed a beautiful and immersive game with lot of potential.My advice: wait for it to be patched and optimized before you buy it.

    My rig: I5 3470 , GFX760 , 8GB Ram    … Expand
  29. krainert
    Jul 25, 2015
    4
    Story is interesting and well-told, the script, characters, and voice acting are great, the setting is intriguing if a bit cliche, the open world feels richly populated, and the graphics are beautiful although short of technologically impressive -- but the combat and exploration, which together take up the majority of the playtime, are atrocious; plagued by indescribably bad controls,Story is interesting and well-told, the script, characters, and voice acting are great, the setting is intriguing if a bit cliche, the open world feels richly populated, and the graphics are beautiful although short of technologically impressive -- but the combat and exploration, which together take up the majority of the playtime, are atrocious; plagued by indescribably bad controls, locomotion, and responsiveness, combat and movement become a chore, and the level design clashes with these weaknesses as it is filled with small obstacles to traversal and encounters is closed spaces. Add to that an awkward and insufficient introduction to mechanics and an expectancy that the player spends time to collect ingredients, the locations of which are unstated, and create oils and potions in preparation for each major battle, the occurrences and details of which are often unknowable beforehand. In general, the game would have done better as a book, from which it was indeed adapted.… Expand
  30. Boonah
    May 22, 2015
    3
    The game looks nice, and it's a nice cinematic experience. The actual game though is very unimpressive. The combat in all honesty is a spamfest. I don't feel like skill is involved. Spam Spam Spam win. Gets very old very fast. The AI is also horrible, you can enter someones house and pick up a quest then rob everything in the room and they will quite happily watch you do it withoutThe game looks nice, and it's a nice cinematic experience. The actual game though is very unimpressive. The combat in all honesty is a spamfest. I don't feel like skill is involved. Spam Spam Spam win. Gets very old very fast. The AI is also horrible, you can enter someones house and pick up a quest then rob everything in the room and they will quite happily watch you do it without complaint, people will just blindly walk into you if your mounted, they don't walk round your horse they just walk into it, its bizarre.. Its an ok game but wait for the sale. The amount of 10s is disturbing though. Gamers are happy with anything it seems. Is it hyped on twitch? is your favourite streamer telling you its great? yes? then its a 10!!!! its not. Its really not.… Expand
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#2 Best PC Game of 2015
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#1 Most Discussed PC Game of 2015
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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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