The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

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  1. BarbedWhyre
    Sep 15, 2019
    7
    Let me start by saying I understand why everyone enjoys this game so much, to where it got a "#4 Best PS4 Game of 2015". As someone who didn't play it in 2015, and played it for the first time in 2019, this review is through my eyes.

    The story starts with a slow build and overstimulating tutorial which starts the trail on rocky footing. I learned most of my basics while in the middle of    Let me start by saying I understand why everyone enjoys this game so much, to where it got a "#4 Best PS4 Game of 2015". As someone who didn't play it in 2015, and played it for the first time in 2019, this review is through my eyes.

    The story starts with a slow build and overstimulating tutorial which starts the trail on rocky footing. I learned most of my basics while in the middle of a forest between side-quests, which may be the best part of the game.

    The characters are well designed and the world is well planned, it's just a shame the same isn't said for the basic mechanics of the game. The controls and character movement feels loose, travel and interaction with the world is unpolished at best, and combat is nearly a nightmare.

    Perhaps i'm better off with 2015 goggles without current greats like "Spiderman" and "God of War" to compare it to, but maybe it's time for a sequel and tighten up the loose bolts on this nearly immersive game.    … Expand
  2. holemoon
    Jan 21, 2020
    7
    В целом все понравилось, но дико бесит управление лошадью и озвучка
  3. Tule24
    Jul 28, 2016
    6
    Not an RPG fan but because I heard good things about it I tried it out. Maybe this game would convert me but I was wrong. The combat is boring and the craft system is way too complicated. The world is buggy nothing like the standards of metal gear solid v. Their horse sucks ass well compared. Tons of missions at least but this game got boring to me and I sold it. I don't understand theNot an RPG fan but because I heard good things about it I tried it out. Maybe this game would convert me but I was wrong. The combat is boring and the craft system is way too complicated. The world is buggy nothing like the standards of metal gear solid v. Their horse sucks ass well compared. Tons of missions at least but this game got boring to me and I sold it. I don't understand the hype this game got it doesn't seem special.… Expand
  4. t0mmyg
    Feb 3, 2017
    6
    I'm certainly in the minority here but I didn't much fancy my time with The Witcher 3. I'll start with the positives, Great graphics, sound, music voice acting. The World felt huge and alive. Now for the negative, boring monotone protaganist gave me little insentive to care about the story. Mature themes felt awkward not exciting. The combat was beyond clunky. Enemies were uninterestingI'm certainly in the minority here but I didn't much fancy my time with The Witcher 3. I'll start with the positives, Great graphics, sound, music voice acting. The World felt huge and alive. Now for the negative, boring monotone protaganist gave me little insentive to care about the story. Mature themes felt awkward not exciting. The combat was beyond clunky. Enemies were uninteresting and bland. The spells had no appeal or flash. The menus were combersome. The inventory was filled with way too many items that served no purpose until dozens of hours into the game. Repairing items was a frustrating nightmare. The "puzzles" were a lesson in boredom. Seriously using your witcher sense to find clues was such an abysmal waste of time. Swimming sections were nothing but frustration. The difficulty scaling was terrible, mid game fights were often very difficult then suddenly a breeze at end game. The lore felt to me like a game of thrones wannabe, that's just a personal gripe if you are into that sort of genre you'd enjoy it more. Overall a huge living world with endless side quests, hiding a boring repetitve fetch quest filled gameplay experience.… Expand
  5. rrroooddd
    Jul 18, 2018
    7
    I don't understand all the hype. Sure the story seems great and all but there is no challenge. You just go from one place to another and press x on the red areas.
    The graphics are bad, buggy and even cutscenes are sometimes choppy.
    The menus are very badly design, they're slow and with too much areas to go to when you want to check something. The loot system is also bad: you loot the    I don't understand all the hype. Sure the story seems great and all but there is no challenge. You just go from one place to another and press x on the red areas.
    The graphics are bad, buggy and even cutscenes are sometimes choppy.
    The menus are very badly design, they're slow and with too much areas to go to when you want to check something.
    The loot system is also bad: you loot the same boxes over and over again and no meaningful items are found.
    The map is bad and not connected. The scenery is great at first but it's always the same. And it lacks rewarding by exploration.
    The enemies are so clunky and bad designed as well, they don't feel very plausible. Even the magic is bad: the symbols are so similar with each other. They could at least make some different icons more related with the actual power.

    Sure it's better than a great number of games. But a 10? Not a chance. If this was made by Bethesda, I'm sure the critics would be all negative over it.    … Expand
  6. Barnes1987
    Mar 8, 2017
    6
    A decent game that is extremely over hyped. The storyline does nothing to draw the attention of new players to care about what's going on. Very average in most departments except sheer scope. I personally find no reason or have any desire to turn this back on, even though i know people that like the game and their main argument usually revolves around free DLC. Worth a look if you like 3rdA decent game that is extremely over hyped. The storyline does nothing to draw the attention of new players to care about what's going on. Very average in most departments except sheer scope. I personally find no reason or have any desire to turn this back on, even though i know people that like the game and their main argument usually revolves around free DLC. Worth a look if you like 3rd person RPG adventure games.… Expand
  7. EricDean
    Oct 17, 2017
    5
    Let me preface this by saying I am not giving the Witcher 3 a low score because I think its scores are too high. I DO think they are too high but this is my honest opinion and thoughts on the Witcher 3. The Witcher 3 is a beautiful game... on PC. One thing I hated while playing this on PlayStation 4 is that they had dulled the graphics down to a point where there was no point in making itLet me preface this by saying I am not giving the Witcher 3 a low score because I think its scores are too high. I DO think they are too high but this is my honest opinion and thoughts on the Witcher 3. The Witcher 3 is a beautiful game... on PC. One thing I hated while playing this on PlayStation 4 is that they had dulled the graphics down to a point where there was no point in making it about the graphics but they still pushed it to a point where it struggles to run on average PS4s. The fact that the game was constantly dipping into the 20 FPS range was not good and made a mediocre game even worse. Let's see, the universe is all right. The story is absolutely dog **** and confusing but if you ignore it and look around at the universe then that's the enjoyable part. The story is just so bland there's no point in praising it. The story is just an excuse for the horrible gameplay. Go here because A said so. Well B isn't where A said he was better find him. Oh C told me B is over at D. Turns out B isn't at D better find B. That's the level of depth we're talking about here. The actual gameplay is super boring. It's slow, clunky, and a mixture of too easy and hard. I was able to beat a boss standing still with my thumb on one button but as soon as I see a level 1 dog I'm dead because it just runs by and attacks me similar to an AoE attack without slowing down. Geralt is too slow to do anything. Buy the game to say you played it but save the reciept.… Expand
  8. KingPorky
    Mar 8, 2017
    7
    I expected a lot more from this game, i mean, i was expecting a amazing open world with amazing possibilities, but turns out that was just a ok open world experience for me. Exploration was killed thanks to the "?" landmarks on the map, the horse playability is **** awful and really bad to control; this game is also very bland from a technical perspective, there is a lot of glitches andI expected a lot more from this game, i mean, i was expecting a amazing open world with amazing possibilities, but turns out that was just a ok open world experience for me. Exploration was killed thanks to the "?" landmarks on the map, the horse playability is **** awful and really bad to control; this game is also very bland from a technical perspective, there is a lot of glitches and bugs, to be fair this is kinda common on open world games, but some of them are just really annoying and one particulary almost made me stop from playing it. The story, at least for me, was pretty boring and forgetful, the quest to find Ciri gets annoying real quick, and the formula is just: watch some cutscene and dialogues, fight some enemies, find some stuff, fight more enemies... and so on, the choice system is not much o relevant, at least on main quest, since the only choices that really matters are the ones that happens at when you're almost finishing it. For the positive side, i really like the sidequests and there is a lot of items to collect and things to do even after you beat the game, but i lost my save file so in order to pick the items i have to play that game again, and this won't be happening, at leasy by now.
    In conclusion i think that Witcher 3 has some great aspects, but it0 is incredible overhyped and i dont think it really deserves the praise.    … Expand
  9. Madareon
    Apr 13, 2017
    6
    The most overrated game of the last 10 years together with skyrim, this game is very well but its narrative is boring, there is nothing cinematic, enemies do not matter all die easily and there is nothing that will mark life forever, Many parts of the world can be explored but have nothing, the combat system is quite bad, similar to assasins creed, I do not understand the high notes, goodThe most overrated game of the last 10 years together with skyrim, this game is very well but its narrative is boring, there is nothing cinematic, enemies do not matter all die easily and there is nothing that will mark life forever, Many parts of the world can be explored but have nothing, the combat system is quite bad, similar to assasins creed, I do not understand the high notes, good game but nothing extraordinary… Expand
  10. RickyCombat
    Apr 29, 2019
    6
    I know this is the unpopular opinion, but I didn't enjoy this game. It's definitely not one of those games you would necessarily enjoy just because you like Skyrim or something. The character movement is pretty janky, and a lot of the story feels like a never ending domino effect of fetch quests. You need to find something out, it brings you to a guy, he asks you to do a fetch quest, whichI know this is the unpopular opinion, but I didn't enjoy this game. It's definitely not one of those games you would necessarily enjoy just because you like Skyrim or something. The character movement is pretty janky, and a lot of the story feels like a never ending domino effect of fetch quests. You need to find something out, it brings you to a guy, he asks you to do a fetch quest, which brings you to another guy, who won't give you the item until you do a fetch quest for him, which brings you to another guy, etc etc, Rinse and repeat.

    I give it the 6/10 because I can appreciate how dense it is with lore and background. It's pretty cool that you could read some lore in one of the novels, and then find something about it in the games. There's a lot to chew on, and if your a fan of the books you'd probably love the opportunity to play as Geralt. I can appreciate that, but it just didn't justify the hype for me.    … Expand
  11. Cryanek
    May 17, 2019
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. "I gotta find Yennefer, and then maybe the story will devolve into something more than fetch quests"

    2 hours later
    "Ok, now I gotta find Ciri because she's in really big trouble, and then maybe the gsme will have an interesting dynamic between her and Geralt"

    5 hours later
    "Hendrik probably knows where Ciri is. I should go find him"

    6 hours later
    "The Baron seems to know where Ciri went, but I need to find his family before he tells me anything."

    8 hours later
    "Oh, so Ciri was in Novigrad. I should probably find Triss . She lives there and can probably help me find Ciri"

    11 hours later "Dandelion has something to do with all of this, so maybe I should find him."

    And to find him you gotta go find 5 of his **** girlfriends and talk to each and every one of them, each one more boring than the last.

    This is how my experience with The Witcher 3 has been going so far. Its always throwing more fetch quests at you. Despite the interesting side quests and Witcher Contracts and an outstanding world, the game's pacing is all over the place, the combat is Ass Creed shallow, and the game has way too many technical issues on ps4 which are backed by extremely clunky controls and robotic animation during dialogue. I, personally, will never understand the fanfare behind this game and why its been praised to the heavens, bug I can see a good game in this
    package which is why the rating is a 7. Play it if you're a fan of the books, or if you'rethe kind of player that can lose him/herself in a gorgeous open world like this one and doesn't feel bored after dozens of fetch quests in story missions, but don't go in there thinking you'll something incredible out of it. Maybe the next hours carry more interesting story beats, but I, personally, am not ready to sit through so much monotonous **** to find out.    … Expand
  12. ElroyJetson
    Apr 3, 2017
    5
    This game is the most overrated game in gaming history.

    On paper, it’s one of the most impressive open-world AAA games ever made, but with controller-in-hand? It’s an incredibly boring game. In action-RPG games, combat is the foundation. I simply did not enjoy the combat and as a result, I got bored within 5 hours and didn’t bother continuing. When it comes to video games; if it    This game is the most overrated game in gaming history.

    On paper, it’s one of the most impressive open-world AAA games ever made, but with controller-in-hand? It’s an incredibly boring game. In action-RPG games, combat is the foundation. I simply did not enjoy the combat and as a result, I got bored within 5 hours and didn’t bother continuing.

    When it comes to video games; if it isn’t fun for me, then I rate low every time. Because I’ve heard raving reviews from my friends, 5 is the absolute highest score I could give a game that bored me to death.

    The game deserves another chance and I will edit this review if it wins me over on a potential second attempt at TW3.    … Expand
  13. morisblackheart
    May 28, 2018
    6
    I downloaded this game the day it came out. I was excited seeing all the trailers, the buildup, the screenshots and the massive hype. I was looking forward to a fantasy laden game with deep exploration, big monsters to hack and slash, beautiful and engrossing environments and strong characters.

    And what i got was a half baked, incomplete, raggedy mess! The only thing this game does    I downloaded this game the day it came out. I was excited seeing all the trailers, the buildup, the screenshots and the massive hype. I was looking forward to a fantasy laden game with deep exploration, big monsters to hack and slash, beautiful and engrossing environments and strong characters.

    And what i got was a half baked, incomplete, raggedy mess!

    The only thing this game does well are the characters and character development. Everything else is sub par.

    The controls are horrid. Even after multiple updates fixing all sorts of bugs, CDPR are vehemently opposed to fix the clunky combat and control system. Controlling Geralt is like trying to control a lead balloon. In combat the camera never stays fixed so mobs just run past your HUD making you have to move your clunky camera to face them as they raggedly try to jump on you.

    Sword movements don't have any feedback - it feels the same when slicing thin air or slicing an enemy - the timing of Geralt is not consistent - a quick attack feels slower or faster at every input, not to mention there is also a very noticeable input lag, especially when trying to dodge and roll.

    The enemies movement is jagged and rough - so is Geralts. The concept of smooth combat is non-existent in this game. This not only applies to movement in combat but also exploration. It often takes multiple attempts for a input prompt to pop up while interacting with the world as your character is just a pixel of 2 off center. You have to press X multiple times in hope that you get the input as this is easier than trying to align Geralt properly.

    The menu is horrendous. It seems CDPR did not have a UX designer on their team during development. Equipment items and toggling through you menu items is tedious, clunky and slow. Its not intuitive at all - i mean how come there is no quick toggle between your inventory items and equipped items? You have to scroll using the d-pad though all your inventory items for the cursor to move right and land on your equipped items - and did i mention that even moving the cursor has a input lag - i constantly found myself hitting the d-pad multiple times for the cursor to move 1 slot.

    The world map is confusing and ragged - moving your marker from one place to another almost feels like scratching your nails on a chalkboard. It is so jittery and spotty. This is the map for god's sake - this is not in-game where you can expect frame rate drops in a game this vast, this is the god damn map screen. SMH

    Which brings me to the "open world." Its more like open areas than open world and you cannot traverse from one area to the next without using the fast travel mechanic. So how is this a true open world? Its a segmented open world - i.e the area you are in is open to exploration within its confines, but if you want to leave that area to another part of the world, you must fast travel, which turns the screen into a loading screen until it plops you into the new area of the game.

    Which also brings me to the sheer barren and lifelessness of the world you are in. Yes the open areas are vast but they are vast swaths of mostly wilderness foliage. The towns you come across are more or less all the same which gives you no incentive to actually want to go in a explore, unless its part of a quest.

    Natural exploration is limited in this game. If you wandered around aimlessly you will see the same thing everywhere - same structures, same enemies, same types of people, etc. Its not fun, unless you are on a specific mission or side quest.

    Now with that out of the way - this game has a few good things going for it.

    The main draw would be the characters and their story-lines. They are interesting, intriguing and compels you to want to know more, hence you finish that specific mission or quest to see it through to the end in order to find out the fate and outcome of the people involved.

    In some instances this aspect of game play can be quite deep and intricate. A lot of the characters are well acted and makes Geralt invest heavily in their missions - so you care about what happens to them and either want them dead or fight for their survival.

    This aspect alone made me want to continue playing just to see what happens to certain characters and unfold the story - which is a good one mind you.

    So i feel like this game is a great shame - a shame for what it could have been. It has a lot going for it but the execution is so poorly done its a chore to play. The sad thing is a lot of these aspects could have been easily fixed, i.e clunky movements, choppy menus etc by update patches but the developer i feel is too stubborn and is forcing us to play the game "their way."

    With all the updates this game has received in the last 3 years, the one that is most complained about - the clunky movement and jagged combat mechanics have never been addressed and we will never truly know why that is.    … Expand
  14. cmyk
    Jun 7, 2015
    6
    Witcher 3 is, overall, not bad. It has very distinct quirks though, so if any of them just happen to fall into your pet peeves it might just be a game breaker. My insight might be most useful to others who are diving into the Witcher series for the first time, like me. I'm playing on the PS4.

    Despite the whole 'graphic downgrade' some players have been miffed about, the visuals are    Witcher 3 is, overall, not bad. It has very distinct quirks though, so if any of them just happen to fall into your pet peeves it might just be a game breaker. My insight might be most useful to others who are diving into the Witcher series for the first time, like me. I'm playing on the PS4.

    Despite the whole 'graphic downgrade' some players have been miffed about, the visuals are still pretty good. What's unfortunate though is the actual game play. Story's still more or less engaging though.

    Pros:

    > The subject matter of the stories and quests are pretty gritty. Some are humorous - See: cheese mages, tyromancy - and it balances out the game. My friend didn't like this though so it may be a con for some if you dislike Fable-esque, cheesy humor.

    > Quests. Quests Everywhere.

    > Massive variation of items.(also a bit of a con, explained below...)

    > Extensive lore and 'collectables' for fellow hoarders.

    > I see a lot of negative reviews about Gwent, the card game within the game, but I think they're pretty fun? They also allow item hoarders to try and gather all of the cards. Art on the cards are gorgeous to boot.

    > Gives just enough good loot to keep things interesting.

    Cons:

    >Already seen this plenty but just to cover the bases - tiny, tiny tiny tiny font. It's still kind of hard to read even on a 74" flat screen, and the font's on maximum size! How many wolf's livers do I have? is that 80 or 50?

    > Massive variation of items....stuck in a clunky and disorganized user interface. It's listed chronologically rather than by type (i.e. herbs in one chunk, runes in another, etc.) so you need to do a lot of scrolling to look for things.

    > Don't expect Geralt to jump off a 4ft ledge and survive. You get used to it as you play but I died several times simply due to being pushed off small heights (most of which were less than his own stature!) by enemies at the very beginning of the game. It still happens sometimes but it becomes expected.

    > Movement mechanics of Geralt/Roach (his horse)/anything is very clunky. There's no precision whatsoever, so when you're trying to loot a tiny box for a quest...well, it gets tedious pretty quickly. Best not play this game after other titles that put a lot of effort into sprite movement (i.e. assassin's creed, Prototype, etc).

    > Map is a lie. You can only stray a certain distance away from the main trails and roads before you hit the end of the map and are redirected back to whence you came from. If you enjoy extreme open-world experiences like in Fall Out, Skyrim, or Just Cause, you might feel restricted.

    > Small deathtraps everywhere. There's little nooks in the map that get Geralt stuck ( in some cases attributed to poor sprite recognition?). There was one pit in the bogs near a quest route which was just deep enough for Geralt to not be able to jump out of, but shallow enough to have him violently twitch between a state of drowning in bog water and walking. It's not an obscure location in the map, either. Had to reload to a prior save to get out of that mess.

    > This is a neutral/con type of thing for me. Leveling up is very...very slow. Many main quests require hours of leveling up before you can even hope to beat the boss. It's nice to feel immersed in the world, but when in a more impatient mood, not being able to see the follow-up story for another few days actually pulls me out of the world.

    There's more but I'm nearing the word count limit. I hope these things were at least somewhat insightful. Despite all the cons I've listed out though, it's not a bad game! I would wait until the price drops though if you're more of a casual gamer, or don't have any investments in the actual Witcher franchise.    … Expand
  15. Isles2279
    Jan 28, 2016
    6
    I just finished a long run through....completed a ton of side quests along with the main story arc. The game is more or less like watching a movie or reading a choose your own adventure book. The graphics are fantastic, the story is relatively intriguing, and the choices you make do affect the outcome, but the gameplay and emotional connection to anyone or anything is lacking. TheI just finished a long run through....completed a ton of side quests along with the main story arc. The game is more or less like watching a movie or reading a choose your own adventure book. The graphics are fantastic, the story is relatively intriguing, and the choices you make do affect the outcome, but the gameplay and emotional connection to anyone or anything is lacking. The cutscenes are just too long and frequent....I needed more to do. Thanks for the film, but the game isn't close to the level of Elder Scrolls material.… Expand
  16. Bjorneo
    Apr 27, 2016
    6
    I have been playing the Witcher 3 for a few weeks on and off. The graphics and the locations are quite beautiful and atmospheric. However, I am yet to care about the story, protagonist or any of the characters for that matter. There are have been some cool moments, like the slaying of the griffin in the beginning, and the flying creatures in general get me pumping a little, but by andI have been playing the Witcher 3 for a few weeks on and off. The graphics and the locations are quite beautiful and atmospheric. However, I am yet to care about the story, protagonist or any of the characters for that matter. There are have been some cool moments, like the slaying of the griffin in the beginning, and the flying creatures in general get me pumping a little, but by and large I find myself grinding through the game feeling rather disinterested. The world feels empty and meaningless as I pick up hundreds of items I can barely read on the screen. The story bores me and I just don't care. The Last of Us made me care. GTA 5 made me care. And those were PS3 titles! Why the Witcher 3 is the third highest rated game on Metacritic I don't understand. Perhaps someone could explain this to me? Honestly though PS4 games have been a bit of a let down to date. Here's hoping for better, more soulful releases in the near future. Thanks.… Expand
  17. Stonewallish
    Oct 22, 2018
    6
    The Witcher 3 is far from being a bad game, but it’s not the masterpiece people would like you to believe either. The beautiful graphics do little to compensate a clunky and at times tedious movement system, an overall boring main story line and a wonky combat system. I found the beauty of this game to lie, most of the time, in its great side quests rather than the main story. Some amazingThe Witcher 3 is far from being a bad game, but it’s not the masterpiece people would like you to believe either. The beautiful graphics do little to compensate a clunky and at times tedious movement system, an overall boring main story line and a wonky combat system. I found the beauty of this game to lie, most of the time, in its great side quests rather than the main story. Some amazing characters populate this game’s world, and some side missions will highlight amazing storyline that unfortunately, seem to end all too quickly due to their nature of being just side quests.

    Like many other overrated titles to come out in recent memory (like The last of us and Horizon Zero Dawn) I found myself disappointed with The Witcher 3 all throughout its uninteresting story. There are definitely better games on the market, and if you’re looking for a deep action rpg experience, I would honestly look elsewhere.    … Expand
  18. DarthPreamp
    Nov 2, 2015
    6
    I want my money and time back. The endings are utter **** I loved the Witcher 2, however, The Witcher 3's endings are meaningless because it is extremely difficult to see the connections to the decisions which brought about the ending/s. So no matter what the course you have plotted, the end is meaningless because you don't know what causal link or links got you there. The combat isI want my money and time back. The endings are utter **** I loved the Witcher 2, however, The Witcher 3's endings are meaningless because it is extremely difficult to see the connections to the decisions which brought about the ending/s. So no matter what the course you have plotted, the end is meaningless because you don't know what causal link or links got you there. The combat is sluggish as well. The world is boring and the stories are very similar in structure and content, not fun to explore. I give it a 6 as I have played many RPG's which I love, and so in comparison to the greats of the genre, this game really and truly sucked.… Expand
  19. Meathook94
    Mar 6, 2016
    7
    It's a good game. Beautiful environments, great characters. Gore graphics are average. Frame rate tends to stutter during combat. Terrible load times after deaths. The button configuration is personally unfavorable, but that's my opinion. I think 7 out of 10 is a generous score. I'm not sure how it won game of the year for 2015... maybe it was the length of the game that earned it theIt's a good game. Beautiful environments, great characters. Gore graphics are average. Frame rate tends to stutter during combat. Terrible load times after deaths. The button configuration is personally unfavorable, but that's my opinion. I think 7 out of 10 is a generous score. I'm not sure how it won game of the year for 2015... maybe it was the length of the game that earned it the title. Like I said, great game, but certainly not the funnest I've played for PS4. I would have loved if it had a first-person mode to give it a Skyrim-like feel, then again, I would love it if all games had optional 3rd person and first person views... I have no idea why game developers rarely include that option, but it should become commonplace... but back to this game review. Terrible load times and frame rate stuttering lowered my score for it.… Expand
  20. LordOfNothi
    Jun 19, 2018
    7
    The Witcher 3 is a good game, sure. People praise it for its great narrative but I just skip all of the dialogue and don't really care. No game ever "gripped" me with its storytelling, it's just a game. The gameplay is fun, it has one of those "Modern" combat systems that make the combat simple enough to keep it non aggravating. I think it's a bit weird that there are different UIs forThe Witcher 3 is a good game, sure. People praise it for its great narrative but I just skip all of the dialogue and don't really care. No game ever "gripped" me with its storytelling, it's just a game. The gameplay is fun, it has one of those "Modern" combat systems that make the combat simple enough to keep it non aggravating. I think it's a bit weird that there are different UIs for different consoles but you're not losing points for it. The crafting system is nice, I like it.

    The one thing though... the one thing...

    YOU CAN'T PAUSE DURING THE **** CUTSCENES? WHAT THE ABSOLUTE **** WHOEVER MADE THAT DECISION NEEDS TO GET ZIKA WHILE PREGNANT. GODDAMMIT WHAT THE ****!

    Otherwise it's a nice game

    7/10    … Expand
  21. RK800
    Jul 13, 2019
    6
    not so cool game as all say to me, not so exciting game. Many bugs, not addictive gameplay
  22. Milidante
    Sep 25, 2019
    7
    Everything in this game is really awsome. But it has some problems.
    1. Although the story telling is nice but the base of story is for under 15 kids!! Its predictable , pointless and foolness. You just follow trails of ciri nearly whole the game like tom and jerry.and after that fight with wild hunt and absolutely win! **** ha??
    2. Combat system is again proper for teenagers than adult    Everything in this game is really awsome. But it has some problems.
    1. Although the story telling is nice but the base of story is for under 15 kids!! Its predictable , pointless and foolness. You just follow trails of ciri nearly whole the game like tom and jerry.and after that fight with wild hunt and absolutely win! **** ha??
    2. Combat system is again proper for teenagers than adult gamers. Its easy , no tactics and even items are useless bkz actually you dont need em. You swords are batman and superman so don worry you will easwily win. Even raising the difficulty does not help. Just add ton of health to opponets and no tactics again.    … Expand
  23. blackdogpt
    May 20, 2015
    7
    First I must say I had really high expectations for this one, maybe because the hype was huge, but well.. that's what CDPR wanted us to feel so I let myself go with it. Day 1 buy.
    Graphics are very good, but not something we've never seen before.
    Story and role-playing is amazing, the true value is here!! Soundtrack is not fascinating, sometimes it is even annoying, but don't mind this    First I must say I had really high expectations for this one, maybe because the hype was huge, but well.. that's what CDPR wanted us to feel so I let myself go with it. Day 1 buy.
    Graphics are very good, but not something we've never seen before.
    Story and role-playing is amazing, the true value is here!!
    Soundtrack is not fascinating, sometimes it is even annoying, but don't mind this too much.
    Now what really prevents it from being a 9 or a 10 is..
    The controls and mechanics... It feels like the we're back to gta 3 or something.
    The movement is poorly calibrated for sensitivity (you can only change camera sensitivity, not movement). You find yourself constantly struggling not to hit random people. Taking stairs and ladders is one hell of a nightmare. Mounting the horse is hard as well, you have to aim at the horse, figure out how not to run into it, make a full stop and press X (X won't work if your'e moving. same applies when looting).
    Combat mechanics are less bad.
    Fix this and you have GOTY.    … Expand
  24. pequenocristo
    May 23, 2015
    5
    I bought this game at release and am still waiting to truly enjoy it. Everything feels like a chore.

    My issues: -Combat is basically hopping around and then striking. The quen shield is sort of useful. None of the other spells really add anything exciting. -Combat and movement in general are horribly clunky. It feels like swimming in molasses. I'm coming off playing Bloodborne, so    I bought this game at release and am still waiting to truly enjoy it. Everything feels like a chore.

    My issues:

    -Combat is basically hopping around and then striking. The quen shield is sort of useful. None of the other spells really add anything exciting.

    -Combat and movement in general are horribly clunky. It feels like swimming in molasses. I'm coming off playing Bloodborne, so I guess it's hard to have an experience as good as that game's dynamic fighting. Tracking enemies is stupidly hard as the lock on skips around.

    -Along with movement, the mount and looting are are far more complicated than they should be. Overstepping things should be a game achievement.

    -This is not an open world. It's like Dragon Age: Inquisition where they story pushes you from large zone to large zone.

    -The story? ZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

    -Items? Jesus. How much crap do I need? Why do RPGs feel like loading me up like a pack horse equals awesomeness?

    -Weapon durability. I have to repair my swords after every 5-6 encounters.

    Basically, I do not get they hype.    … Expand
  25. Shiftian_Be
    May 25, 2015
    7
    Really intresting, beautiful game but SERIOUS issues with controls, camera.. Dull combat system and as of now really buggy.. Audio cuts in and out, autosave not working, being hit and being able to hit while not even near target.. The soundtrack when roaming is fit for a funeral..
    Lots and lots of pop-up.. Serious framerate problems.. And longer loading screens than Bloodborne.. Which is    Really intresting, beautiful game but SERIOUS issues with controls, camera.. Dull combat system and as of now really buggy.. Audio cuts in and out, autosave not working, being hit and being able to hit while not even near target.. The soundtrack when roaming is fit for a funeral..
    Lots and lots of pop-up.. Serious framerate problems.. And longer loading screens than Bloodborne.. Which is saying something.
    Hope, by patching this game, a lot of these issues will be a thing of the past soon.
    Don't they test this **** before releasing anymore?
    Still .. As a lover of Skyrim and general RPG's, you'll love this.    … Expand
  26. Saratosa75
    Jul 11, 2015
    6
    Good game, but not without flaws and glitches. I'm not sure how to interpret the 10 out of 10 scores anymore. In my opinion, it should be preserved for the absolute best. I can understand, that many people got used to broken and bugged games so much, that they are willing to push out a 10 for a game, which has several problems in both technical and design.
    I'm not going into what the    Good game, but not without flaws and glitches. I'm not sure how to interpret the 10 out of 10 scores anymore. In my opinion, it should be preserved for the absolute best. I can understand, that many people got used to broken and bugged games so much, that they are willing to push out a 10 for a game, which has several problems in both technical and design.
    I'm not going into what the Witcher 3 is about, or how you progress in the game. You can read 99% of the reviewers describing of what this game is.
    Instead, I point out obvious and not so obvious issues.
    Let's start with the menu system. While it's not the worst, neither great. For example, if you enter the inventory (key: i), it takes 2 steps to get out. The Witcher's inventory is also quite disorganized. Your weapons and armor plus potions are lumped into one screen, while other items you collect are under other tabs. Looking at the items you pick up, is confusing and that little yellow star indicating the newest item is barely visible or completely invisible if the item is yellow. Most of the time it's hard to make out what exactly I picked up, especially looking at the herbs and miscellaneous items, because the icon is small and after a few hours, your inventory fills up to a point, where you loose track of what you have or what you should do with.
    Trying to pursue to make one specific sword, armor or potion could be frustrating and tedious, so best advice is to pick up everything. I mean everything, even a rotten piece of meat or a broken fishing rod. You are going to spend a good amount of time of picking up everything that is pickable. If you thought Dragon Age: I was bad with herb picking, you ain't seen nothing yet, until you play this game.
    Actually the title should have been Witcher 3 : Public Waste Management.
    Another issue has to be the money system. You are not going to have a lot of money throughout the game. You are going to spend it on repairing your sword and armor after every 10 enemy you fight. At boss fights, your equipment will brake and your potions will run out. Sound challenging - yes, but plan to visit a black smith in about every 20 minutes and spend enormous amount of money on repairs. You found a unique sword and armor? You may consider finding another one, instead of repairing it. Kinda makes the rune stones almost useless and equipment with sockets for them.
    Potions.Equipment
    I have 2 different potions i can use during traveling or combat, but I can switch them out, if I access my inventory, which as I said, involves hopping through 3 different screens.
    Why not just let me equip at least 10 of them? I got 10 numbered keys on my keyboard. Why the redundancy and the immersion braking by navigating through menus while in combat?
    Combat:
    Maybe it's only me, but blocking is almost useless. Most people will not block, because it can cause plenty of damage anyway, or stagger. I mean my level 12 witcher staggers from a level 1 bandit. So why should I even bother blocking, if I can just roll around? So they made the blocking another useless function, and with it, the whole parrying and counter attack options as well. Now, my old and experienced witcher relies on rolling around the ground left and right and its sword skills consist just a little more than whirlwind cuts and then roll. Spin around again with the sword, roll away quick.
    I'm not sure what happened, because blocking/parrying/countering worked quite well in Witcher 2. They just dumped the whole thing, or is it bugged?
    I also noticed, that even if the enemy doesn't hit towards me, the hit still counts? For example, a wolf was biting towards me, so I side stepped. It bit into the air, but apparently I lost health, like it bit me directly.
    So now, I don't side step. I only roll and stab. Stab, stab roll. Roll roll stab. Rinse and repeat, if I want to live and win.
    Bugged or a design feature?
    Bugs and glitches.
    This may be temporary, but they still exist.
    1. On shores, if I get off the horse, sometimes Geralt starts swimming in an ankle deep water. Kinda funny, but if you got enemies around, you are dead.
    2. Re-loading a quick save can have various effects. For example, you can can't open the same chest or various items missing from the ground. You use your witcher senses, but the items that were highlighted before are gone. Or the chest won't highlight anymore.
    Or you can't complete a mission, because the mission specific item is gone. I couldn't free a jailed person, because the key disappeared upon re-loading the game.
    3.
    Bugged, stucked animations, clipping issues.
    There are certain lootable boxes, that can't be looted, because it's under other items and the "loot" text doesn't appear, no matter how you turn towards it.
    Geralt puts away the sword if it fights an enemy, which can disappear and re-appear. Like a wraith or a ghost. This can be a pain in the butt, because that one second could cost your life.
    I'm out of space, there are more    … Expand
  27. Lamoi
    Jun 26, 2015
    7
    Firstly I would like to say this game has many fantastic qualities. And it's one of the few games that I can safely recommend as being a quality product and it's clear a lot of love went into making it.
    It's plays relatively smoothly. The atmosphere is amazing, and the details the game has is very impressive.
    However, anyone thinking about buying this game I would simply suggest    Firstly I would like to say this game has many fantastic qualities. And it's one of the few games that I can safely recommend as being a quality product and it's clear a lot of love went into making it.
    It's plays relatively smoothly. The atmosphere is amazing, and the details the game has is very impressive.

    However, anyone thinking about buying this game I would simply suggest considering a few things.
    I have found this game to have a really plodding pace. And it's been difficult to get over it. I would say so far my experience has been, travelling the world, talking to folks +++ (there's ALOT of talking!), looting items which there value and usefulness is not clearly explained. The menu system and crafting system are not clearly explained at all... I spend my time walking around, looking at stuff, trying to read books and notes (quest items) so as not to miss stuff.. But the thing is - this is 70% of my time spent with the Witcher 3. All this is then bookended with action about 30% of the time. Now the action is straight combat. There's no stealth, no bow and arrow, so no long range combat really. And it gets a little repetitive especially against humans. But the combat is good, but considering apart from talking a lot, and exploring, this is the only thing there is to do. However, the boss battles mostly are absolutely epic!

    I'm just saying this for anyone who gets a bit inpatient with cutscenes and a lot of talking in games, I would be hesitant to recommend this game. And I've played the heck out of games like Skyrim. So I was ready for a lot of talking in this game but was not prepared for how much talking and the slow pace that cannot be deviated from. And dare I say, at risk of being fire bombed by fans, a good portion of the content isn't terribly interesting.

    I'm simply saying this game often requires of you hours in a single sitting to get to something worthwhile. And in between there's alot of walking about and gassing to the locals and not doing much that's interesting.    … Expand
  28. Captiosus
    May 25, 2015
    7
    I WANT to LOVE Witcher 3. The story is great, graphics are great, the combat (although mildly repetitive after a while) is enjoyable, and the world is amazing. But all of these things come at a very real cost: Performance. The performance of this game is downright atrocious. There are many times where the game will drop sub-25 fps and stay there for prolonged periods. It makes the gameI WANT to LOVE Witcher 3. The story is great, graphics are great, the combat (although mildly repetitive after a while) is enjoyable, and the world is amazing. But all of these things come at a very real cost: Performance. The performance of this game is downright atrocious. There are many times where the game will drop sub-25 fps and stay there for prolonged periods. It makes the game look extremely choppy and can negatively affect combat sequences with multiple enemies on screen. Texture pop-in is also a very real issue.

    Yes, we knew this console generation was underpowered when we went into it but there is simply no excuse for this kind of performance. Any game that regularly drops into the low 20 fps range and stays there for more than a second or two deserves scrutiny for poor optimization. The game is beautiful, yes, but this is a clear example of graphics being considered over stable gameplay.

    I would LOVE nothing more than to sit behind this game for hours on end but the performance problems make this a game I can only play in short sessions. I find that most of the widespread high reviews tend to gloss over these issues. If you want to see them in action before buying the game yourself, look up the Digital Foundry side by side performance evaluations of the post-patch PS4 and Xbox One versions of the game. Then compare that to Digital Foundry's side by side evaluation of the game's performance on their budget PCs, downgrade not withstanding.

    I'm hoping CDPR can further patch the performance issues. Until then I have to knock the game down significantly for having periods of time where the frame rate and pop in renders the game utterly unenjoyable. Story, design, graphics, sound and music: All 9's; Gameplay: 7 for repetition and bad inventory UI design, but performance gets a 2.    … Expand
  29. griffey546
    May 22, 2015
    5
    With constant fps drops, extremely noticeable pop-in causing it hard to see ahead, the game is hard to play just about 100% of the time. I think it's time we stop calling these things the "next-generation" of consoles, when you cant even sustain more than 30fps in a game on a console that is only 1.5 years old, there is something definitely wrong with the hardware, 30fps is rarelyWith constant fps drops, extremely noticeable pop-in causing it hard to see ahead, the game is hard to play just about 100% of the time. I think it's time we stop calling these things the "next-generation" of consoles, when you cant even sustain more than 30fps in a game on a console that is only 1.5 years old, there is something definitely wrong with the hardware, 30fps is rarely acceptable, and 20fps is never acceptable, and thats what we get on the PS4 with the Witcher 3...… Expand
  30. Jumpernot
    Jun 4, 2015
    7
    Honest review here, I wanted to give a balanced and fair opinion of the game as this page is littered with fan boys, and it's nice to read something that's fair.

    I've been playing the game for about 10-15 hours so far. I have never played the other Witcher games before this was my first. I started the game on what would appear is the hard setting (thought this would be fair considering    Honest review here, I wanted to give a balanced and fair opinion of the game as this page is littered with fan boys, and it's nice to read something that's fair.

    I've been playing the game for about 10-15 hours so far. I have never played the other Witcher games before this was my first. I started the game on what would appear is the hard setting (thought this would be fair considering I enjoy my souls games and like a challenge)

    Story: 7.5/10
    It's hard to tell at this stage as I have only just scratched the surface but the main quest sort of has my attention, but I often find myself getting sidetracked by the secondary quests. There are a lot of different names, places, characters mentioned of which you have no clue how they tie in with each other or even their importance, which I suppose could be awesome, but I often atm feel like it's just information overload, and a bit unnecessary.

    Combat: 4/10
    Ok this is one of my biggest gripes with this game, the combat in this game is tragic. Some of my fanboy friends have put it down to me playing on hard, whereas they breezed through the first boss fight playing on easy. You cannot restore your health through meditation (leaving the character stationary) on higher difficulties, so after battles I find myself having to grind enemies and wildlife to gain meat to heal myself. This I do not mind, but I normally get hurt in battles due to the clunky movement and getting stuck in scenery, poor sprite detection. Fights can be won by standing at a distance and firing numerous bolts (which you have unlimited of, followed by dirty tactics of charging up yours skills, use it, run around til it charges, repeat, again and again.) You can attack on your horse which is also kind of clunky as sometimes your weapon will go straight through an enemy, and you'll be hit by an attack that didn't connect. I feel battles would be ridiculously on a lower setting, and with the ability to change the difficulty at any point I really think this cheapens the games approach. Battles tend to feel more like a grind chore than a skill. I've been so annoyed with it that I considered stop playing it altogether, but I will persevere

    Graphics / Visuals: 9/10
    Very impressive, although i'm not a graphics freak the visuals on this game are amazing the creatures and landscapes are beautiful to look at.

    Movement 7/10
    I haven't come across boats yet so cannot comment on that, I have been using the horse, but I think in the early game your lack of control of the horse all depends on the type of gear you have for it, the steering isn't very fluent and I keep getting stuck on fences, and everything seems to feel like it has slight lag. I try to "loot" something next to a candle flame and I end up lighting the candle instead of picking the item I wanted up, too many buttons do the same thing and you end up having to attempt about 3-4 times to do something before it actually works. Try talking to a villager and you end up getting on your horse which is annoying, your character turns like a bus, and sometimes when you're running from a battle your character will turn and face the enemy automatically which stops you running which lets them gain ground on you, and kill you or taking out a lot of health leading back to the whole grind for meat cycle mentioned in combat.

    Characters/Creatures 9/10
    I really like the amount of different types of creatures in this game and the attention to their weaknesses at certain times of the day and the tactics you'll have to use to defeat them. I still have to come across many but it looks like they've taken a lot of time to put the effort in there.
    The characters and voice acting in this game is second to none I feel like everyone has an interesting tale to tell, and feel like every quest I begin can lead to something worthwhile. I do enjoy the exploring, but only wish I could loot a bit quicker.
    I am very excited for the characters i'll meet along the way as again you can tell they've put alot of time and effort into this and it has paid off so far.

    Extras:

    Card Game 1/10
    I think the card game is awful, i read the rules played my first game and won, it was terrible. Far more interesting things to do than this bag of s**t.

    Leveling up 8/10
    Still a bit confused by it all atm, but looks like you can specify exactly how you want your character to be so you can build yourself the perfect class with mutagens, points bonuses, something about potions and crafting that I haven't even got around to yet.

    Verdict:
    Seems like a very good game hampered down by the clunky movement and combat system. I'd say if that was improved this game would be a 8/9.5. I would recommend playing this on a harder difficulty as it seems far too easy on the lower difficulties. I feel like this game was made to cater for people who struggle with hard games, which has cheapened it slightly. Worth giving it a shot though.    … Expand
  31. Moki
    May 31, 2015
    6
    It was a good game, good concept with which they made a lot of interesting choices. Some of those choices were good and some not so. I had the PC version and while my PC is not high end it is pretty decent, certainly more than what was required to run. Unfortunately I had to run the game on very low settings with virtually every feature turned off and still had frame rates that oftenIt was a good game, good concept with which they made a lot of interesting choices. Some of those choices were good and some not so. I had the PC version and while my PC is not high end it is pretty decent, certainly more than what was required to run. Unfortunately I had to run the game on very low settings with virtually every feature turned off and still had frame rates that often dipped below 10. Is this the fault of the developers to make something so demanding or me for not having the latest high end computer; errr no, just choices they made. Still some optimization would have been nice.

    I was not a fan of constant cut scenes, but that was a concept choice. I did not like that there were virtually no quests/contracts that were straight forward. Every single quest could not be completed because to do this quest you needed "A", but the person who had "A" would only give it to if you did something for them. To do that for that person you needed to do something else for someone else. Every single time, again and again and again and again and again and again. I am quite certain there is not a single npc that can use the toilet unassisted. How are they even alive when I suspect they need help breathing. There are a significant number of issues with quests which make them impossible to finish; which increases frustration with the quest issues. Ever had to give up your weapons and all of your abilities just to enter some area where you know you will have to fight enemies, well in this game you will. Trivial quests can take hours. Sometimes getting a lot of bread is just that, it is not an epic quest that takes days to complete, there has to some events that are not epic.

    This game is epic but it is rather like building the Sistine chapel and forgetting to put doors on it. Just because you build something that is so great you still need to get little things right. After playing this game for over 110 hours there are still many quests I did not start, partly because I was simply tired of the endless Brobdingnagian quests. It was a relief to finally finish this game. Furthermore, I find I have absolutely no desire to replay this game. The choices you make in the development of Geralt have little to no effect on how the game plays out, so why would I start over, it will just be the same.

    I found the class, Witcher, was trivial. Anyone who used any weapon could have done as well, possibly better since it's often impossible to use anything but weapons in combat as witcher abilities are easily disrupted. Mages have significantly more power and the witcher comes across as a fighter/flunky. This game is optimized for consoles. As such, I found the controls for the PC clunky at best, menus are a labyrinth to navigate. There are choices of what you will say in conversations but often not what you intended in terms of results.

    This game is huge in scope, very detailed in design. The story has interesting moments but they are often overshadowed by trivial quests.There are however issues with many quests. There is little to no optimization so expect brutal frame rates that make the game choppy and unpleasant. Menus are frustrating and overly complex. Watching Geralt do some ridiculous spinning pirouette again and again makes you realize this is a really slow attack, shouldn't sword attacks be fast and precise. "Can't you just stick him with the damn sword". It's like a 6 year old's idea of what sword fighting is. I realize that there are fan boys who will love this game unconditionally regardless of its issues. This game is superficially pretty but the underlying game mechanics are flawed, clunky and frustrating. Yes after 4 hours I can imagine many people think this is a perfect game, play for 100 hours then write a review, your opinion will likely change.    … Expand
  32. Dukay66
    Jul 3, 2015
    6
    The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is a great game with a fantastic sense of realization. The world brought to life in the game is absolutely groundbreaking and the character inhabiting it are interesting enough. I would say those two things warrant a playthrough if you have a spare 60+ hours. Where The Witcher 3 stumbles though, is with it's combat, movement, and quest structure. After playingThe Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is a great game with a fantastic sense of realization. The world brought to life in the game is absolutely groundbreaking and the character inhabiting it are interesting enough. I would say those two things warrant a playthrough if you have a spare 60+ hours. Where The Witcher 3 stumbles though, is with it's combat, movement, and quest structure. After playing Bloodborne the combat and movement in The Witcher 3 felt almost game breaking and it was a struggle at some points. Quest in the game are very paddy as well and consist of very, very long fetch quest. The main quest could have been cut in half if the main quest had been straight forward, instead they consist of fluff. Wild Hunt ends up being a fun game with lots of things to adore, but unfortunately the core mechanics that make up the game hinder it.… Expand
  33. plinqster
    Jun 22, 2015
    6
    This game is an amazing achievement -- the richness of the world, and the sheer amount of voice acting and story line material is very successful. For anyone who likes the open world experience, and in particular is looking for a strong cinematic experience, I think it should be awesome (as you can see just by scrolling through all of the positive reviews).

    On the other side, the combat    This game is an amazing achievement -- the richness of the world, and the sheer amount of voice acting and story line material is very successful. For anyone who likes the open world experience, and in particular is looking for a strong cinematic experience, I think it should be awesome (as you can see just by scrolling through all of the positive reviews).

    On the other side, the combat and the control frankly blow. The enemies have poor AI, are generally leashed, and are rather repetitive and uninteresting overall.

    The wealth of items and crafting materials to my personal taste are a bit of a chore as well. If you love spending time on such things you will be well rewarded. Otherwise....

    I played initially on Death March, and the challenge was real enough but pretty easy to negotiate if you fought near your level. Eventually I set it all the way to casual, which was the best way for me to enjoy the game, since it is not a tactical or action masterpiece but any lights.    … Expand
  34. edgreencorp
    May 29, 2018
    7
    repetitive without depth and another rpg of those that come out 10 a year, very nice on the outside but empty inside.
  35. Eyelessman
    Jan 27, 2018
    7
    A Fetch Quest Simulator.
    Everything will be solved by just following Instructions of the game.
  36. Kashik
    May 20, 2015
    7
    A Fantastic story with interesting characters you care about is mixed together with poor gameplay controls and a significant frame rate issue that is ever present.

    Let this be a warning to those of you who are on the fence about purchasing this game. While there is an intriguing game in the Witcher 3, it is a constant struggle with both character movement controls and frame rate issues.    A Fantastic story with interesting characters you care about is mixed together with poor gameplay controls and a significant frame rate issue that is ever present.

    Let this be a warning to those of you who are on the fence about purchasing this game. While there is an intriguing game in the Witcher 3, it is a constant struggle with both character movement controls and frame rate issues.

    I'm annoyed to see so many 9 and 10 ratings from both user and critic's alike as the issues in this game are unlikely to be "fixed" and ones that certainly affect enjoyment. You will find the poor movement controls rarely mentioned by critics, and the frame rate issue glossed over as if it doesn't affect the game or is a rarity.

    ** Movement controls ** are a fundamental design choice that the devs have obviously committed to; if it were thought to be poor, or could be improved upon, I'm sure it would have been done long ago. Some reviewers may say you will get used to the movement, but poor gameplay will always be poor whether you invest 10, 20, or 100 hours. From the start of the game until the end, it will be a struggle to control Geralt leaving you frustrated in a game that demands exploration.

    ** Frame rate ** issues are very evident and leave me wondering just how often the game even hits 30FPS. Fights with two or more enemies bog down and absolutely affects how you move and react. Exploration of towns and cities are similarly affected by poor frame rates, leaving animations jerky and lagged. Cut scenes can require loading screens, and often have frame rate and texture loading/pop-in issues.With frame rate issues affecting nearly every aspect of the game, it is unlikely that CD Projekt will be able to improve upon it substantially. It is more likely that we will be told a fix is in the works, aimed largely at getting potential buyers off the fence, but have to wait months for something that will only provide very modest improvements.

    It is concerning that games such as the Witcher 3 can be released in this state. If the game can be optimized, the delays to launch should have allowed it. If the game cannot be optimized further, it is a wonder why the devs decided such poor performance was acceptable. While I enjoy very much the story, I feel burned by CD Projekt and all the review sites that failed to mention just how significant some of the gameplay and performance issues are.

    Have a search for these issues (CD Projekt forum) before buying.

    Be careful of the hype.    … Expand
  37. sbxmmr
    May 20, 2015
    7
    The Witcher 3 is a good game but it isn't perfect. Minor things take away from the experience but it still better than most other open world games out there.

    Pros: Characters are very interesting Level of exploration is amazing Skill Tree is very intriguing Monster battles awesome Lore is engaging The Card mini game is by far the most fun mini game in a video game. I don't know if    The Witcher 3 is a good game but it isn't perfect. Minor things take away from the experience but it still better than most other open world games out there.

    Pros:
    Characters are very interesting
    Level of exploration is amazing
    Skill Tree is very intriguing
    Monster battles awesome
    Lore is engaging
    The Card mini game is by far the most fun mini game in a video game. I don't know if it is a good thing or bad thing but I'd rather play the card mini game than the actual game.

    Cons
    Control Scheme takes some getting used to. It feels clunky but after you realize that you actually have to walk instead of run in certain spots and time your attacks more it will feel more natural.
    Frame rate issues. Not as bad as Assassin's Creed Unity but still there
    The story gets boring the only thing keeping it interesting are the character themselves NOT the overall story.
    The combat doesn't really feel that fun sometimes. After a while you will realize that the enemies do the exact same moves over and over again. (I just came from playing Bloodborne which has near flawless combat so that could be influencing my opinion of the combat in the Witcher)
    Open world Curse: This game keeps the same mechanics of other open world games. You go to a point on your map then you go to another point kills enemies then talk to someone and repeat all over again. I would have preferred you stumble across a very interesting building you go inside and see someone dead on the floor then you have to figure out who did it, find them and then take it from there. There are to many dead bodies and NPC's that after a while you don't care about any of them at all. Instead of going point to point let the player do something fun at every place instead of just talking to characters.

    Overall this is an OK game. If you love open world RPG's then you will probably love this game. I dislike open world rpg's I found skyrim, dragaon age, fallout, etc. very very boring but yet I can still play this game so I'm guessing it is one of the better RPG's made.    … Expand
  38. Batmanplayer
    Sep 6, 2015
    5
    The movement and combat control terribly. The mission design is repetitive, and the story mainly has you doing fetch quests for people so they will tell you information.
  39. GrandScale
    May 30, 2015
    7
    Yes, the world is huge. Yes, the writing is excellent. But its shortcomings are too significant for me to thoroughly enjoy this game. First, there's the controls. It's too unresponsive making combat a clunky, unsatisfying experience. Then, there are the dialog options, which most of the time are too vague turning a lot of the decision makings a guessing game. And then, there's the loadingYes, the world is huge. Yes, the writing is excellent. But its shortcomings are too significant for me to thoroughly enjoy this game. First, there's the controls. It's too unresponsive making combat a clunky, unsatisfying experience. Then, there are the dialog options, which most of the time are too vague turning a lot of the decision makings a guessing game. And then, there's the loading time. It take 1:30 minutes to load the game after a game over. Unexceptable.

    Ultimately, I'm having fun with this game, despite several flaws. It's just not a perfect experience SO MANY POEPLE claim it is.    … Expand
  40. Sky-Line___
    Sep 19, 2016
    7
    Beautiful story and environment, but really bad fighting system IMO. Also, I noticed a lot of framerate drops which is unacceptable when you know that it's running at a poor 30 fps on PS4.

    I quickly got bored of TW3 because of those problems I mentioned. However I watched my brother playing it entirely (2 DLCs included) and I must admit that the story is a real masterpiece, almost every    Beautiful story and environment, but really bad fighting system IMO. Also, I noticed a lot of framerate drops which is unacceptable when you know that it's running at a poor 30 fps on PS4.

    I quickly got bored of TW3 because of those problems I mentioned. However I watched my brother playing it entirely (2 DLCs included) and I must admit that the story is a real masterpiece, almost every quest is fascinating.    … Expand
  41. dragonddark
    May 20, 2015
    6
    Okay, I know a lot of people will disagree with the score but hear me out.I'll make this quick by just pointing out the negatives and positives:
    positives : +Amazing big world +Great graphics. +replay value.
    Negatives : -The story really isn't good. -IMO, The combat seems dull. -The AI is really weak, they really don't even defend themselves a lot which made the game easy and really    Okay, I know a lot of people will disagree with the score but hear me out.I'll make this quick by just pointing out the negatives and positives:
    positives : +Amazing big world +Great graphics. +replay value.
    Negatives : -The story really isn't good. -IMO, The combat seems dull. -The AI is really weak, they really don't even defend themselves a lot which made the game easy and really simple?

    Please don't be mad or anything this is just my opinion.    … Expand
  42. DeepBlue
    May 20, 2015
    6
    Overhyped. I was very excited about this title. My first few hours were a mixture of awe and disapointment. Why it felt awesome? Because all the themes were so familiar. Landscapes like taken from my childhood on a countryside. This is a mature game as well. Perhaps that's why the critics are so forgiving. Homosexual themes in DA: Inquisition? Forget it. In the Witcher 3 you're tasked toOverhyped. I was very excited about this title. My first few hours were a mixture of awe and disapointment. Why it felt awesome? Because all the themes were so familiar. Landscapes like taken from my childhood on a countryside. This is a mature game as well. Perhaps that's why the critics are so forgiving. Homosexual themes in DA: Inquisition? Forget it. In the Witcher 3 you're tasked to kill a stillborn turned into a monster (also a product of home violence) few hours in.

    So, what's wrong? Basic gameplay mechanics are literally broken. The controls on PS4 are jerky, sluggish and imprecise to say the least. The menus are also hard to navigate, especially if you want to do something quick. Combat would be fine, but weak animations and omnipresent framerate drops make it more of a struggle than fun. To sum up, gamplay and the overall feeling of the game is very poor and, for me, gamebreaking.

    For the record, I'm from Poland, so I have every reason to praise this game as a national product. But I can't. Sunked **** of time in Mass Effect, DA: I, Bloodborne, so I may be spoiled by "western RPGs". But at least they all got the mechanics right. I get the feeling that the Reds were too ambitious here and I have a bad feeling about Cyberpunk making the same mistake.

    Un-installed the game for now. I recommend waiting 2-3 months, so that the game is patched properly, to a playable state.    … Expand
  43. premium_sauce
    May 24, 2015
    7
    *FOR SEASONED/VETERAN GAMER - READ*
    Good games these days are rare to find and TW3 lives up to its hype! I am personally not a story-type-of-gamer. My background is MOBA (no longer), FPS (no longer) and RPGs. I am a passionate soul player and recently finished Bloodborne (which I rated 10/10). I love complexity and challenges. I've played all games from MMOs (WoW to AION (and FF11)), to    *FOR SEASONED/VETERAN GAMER - READ*
    Good games these days are rare to find and TW3 lives up to its hype! I am personally not a story-type-of-gamer. My background is MOBA (no longer), FPS (no longer) and RPGs. I am a passionate soul player and recently finished Bloodborne (which I rated 10/10). I love complexity and challenges. I've played all games from MMOs (WoW to AION (and FF11)), to FPS (CS, COD and BF). Owned many consoles and loved Skyrim.

    Here is why you should buy TW3:
    - The world is HUGE - to a point that curiosity invades your soul (Skyrim fans will love it)
    - Graphics on PS4 are good!
    - The story.

    Now as I mentioned previously, I don't really dwell into the story when it comes to video games. I believe a better gameplay will always overshadow a good story line. Skyrim and Fallout are the only 2 games I really take time to read notes and story. That being said, the story line in TW3 is THAT good that it is REALLY hard not to LOVE IT. I am completely ADDICTED to side quests (not as much for the main story). The dialogue is great and really funny if you like black humor. I never hit the skip button (unless I have to talk a second time to merchants).

    The reason why I am rating this game a 7/10 is:
    -1 combat system
    -1 bugs (please fix it ASAP)
    -1 frame drop rate

    1) I personally dislike the combat system in TW3. The camera is really awful and 5 hours into the game, it really started to piss me off until I found that you can easily switch between multiple targets. Eventually I got used to it and 40 hours later, I am still loving this game.

    2) Bugs need to be fixed. I am not talking about glitches which are fine. I guess. I mean REAL bugs. Some quests don't work and I still have one pending quest in my journal (whom I already received the reward for it but still listed under treasure hunt). I crashed 3 times playing GWENT. And got stuck on several occasions. I also find sometimes crates or whatever to be hard to loot. You need a specific camera angle for it which is annoying.

    3) I am currently playing in Velen and the swamp is really laggy. Frame drop rate and bugs everywhere. Feels like the game isn't really polished. One of the quest (Baron going back to find his wife) - good luck lag and bugs feast.

    Still on v1.01 hoping to get a v1.02 soon. Need a solid 1.1.

    Should you buy this game? Yes. Will you like it? Yes if you are willing to ignore bugs (until fixed) and poor combat system (you'll get used to it and once you gain more levels then it's much more playable NOTE: I'm playing TW3 on Death to March mode - so camera and combat system really matter imo). Will you go for the plat trophy? Quite likely. I am!

    It's a good game!    … Expand
  44. archonome
    Oct 26, 2016
    6
    Overrated game. I'm not a hater.

    The lore and the delivery is very interesting and feels like a distinct piece of art. However, I don't get it. I've been waiting for the story to deliver and blow me away but no... it goes nowhere interesting. I'm still chasing after Ciri and it's getting really boring and nothing in the story has made me interested. It's the type of game where    Overrated game. I'm not a hater.

    The lore and the delivery is very interesting and feels like a distinct piece of art.

    However, I don't get it. I've been waiting for the story to deliver and blow me away but no... it goes nowhere interesting. I'm still chasing after Ciri and it's getting really boring and nothing in the story has made me interested.

    It's the type of game where people are completely mesmerized by the presentation. But the MEAT and BONES are mediocre.

    All that was missing is to feed me with epic story unfolding AS IM LOOKING for Ciri. But it never arrived. After 20 hours, I'm sick and bored of it. It goes nowhere. Just another fetch quest game to "2 min cutscene" to the next 1000 fetch quests until next cutscene that is useless.    … Expand
  45. sirtay
    Jan 3, 2016
    5
    what the use of a nice looking game if you cant control your way properly.
    the combat mechanism is extremely poor, as it was made for ancient games like TR2!!
    no matter how I try, I could not sync with the character, I don't know maybe its me had a high expectation after playing Bloodborne. i am really confused, too many 9s and 10s. how you guys managed to have fun during fights???    what the use of a nice looking game if you cant control your way properly.
    the combat mechanism is extremely poor, as it was made for ancient games like TR2!!
    no matter how I try, I could not sync with the character, I don't know maybe its me had a high expectation after playing Bloodborne. i am really confused, too many 9s and 10s. how you guys managed to have fun during fights???
    ...whatever the reason is...this game is not playable to me.
    giving 5 for good graphic and design    … Expand
  46. Nutrition_Facts
    May 29, 2015
    6
    TW3 is only an OKAY game. It is a big world with your basic side-quests, main quests, collectibles, lore, glossary of the world, and population of beings. Still, a game that I enjoy playing, only if I'm in the mood. Graphics are beautiful, except some drops in frame-rate, but it isn't that bad. Cut-scenes are a bit choppy but still enjoyable. Dialogue is poor in my opinion. They sound andTW3 is only an OKAY game. It is a big world with your basic side-quests, main quests, collectibles, lore, glossary of the world, and population of beings. Still, a game that I enjoy playing, only if I'm in the mood. Graphics are beautiful, except some drops in frame-rate, but it isn't that bad. Cut-scenes are a bit choppy but still enjoyable. Dialogue is poor in my opinion. They sound and act like robots! Combat reminds me of Shadow Of Mordor, but not as enjoyable. Gameplay is OKAY, with clunky yet still playable controls. Story is okay so far, I'm not bored of it, with at least 5 hours in. An okay game, but could be better.… Expand
  47. Jacko48
    Jul 4, 2015
    5
    Being a fan (from fanatical) of RPG I was really excited by what we were hearing from Project Red about the Witcher three, a massive open world gaming experience to rival if not outdo Skyrim, and obviously to a complete nerd who spent over 300 hours on Skyrim this was music to my hears.
    Instead of actually writing in detail why I didn't rate it I will just list them,
    1. Not open    Being a fan (from fanatical) of RPG I was really excited by what we were hearing from Project Red about the Witcher three, a massive open world gaming experience to rival if not outdo Skyrim, and obviously to a complete nerd who spent over 300 hours on Skyrim this was music to my hears.
    Instead of actually writing in detail why I didn't rate it I will just list them,
    1. Not open world,obviously that's why they worded it an open World experience.
    2.A semi autonomous character that you sort of have control over apart from when it decides to draw its sword and go into a combat ready mode when you near an enemy even if you don't want to (not good In a RPG),maybe I should explain that in an RPG your are supposed to have control over your character not the console.
    3. A clanky old fashion combat system that wouldn't be out of place on a game ten years old ,there is a delay between you hitting the button and the character moving , most notable whilst in combat
    4. The movement dynamics of the character are atrocious, most notably when you try to position him next to a box or chest to gain access to it ,the only way I can describe it is it's like the character is made of jelly .
    5. Once you have visited a number of notice boards you will see on the map masses of ? meaning something of interest is here,the problem is 90% of those ? are a couple of monsters or Villains standing next to a chest which they call GUARDED TREASURE ,this happens at sea as well where instead of guarded treasure they call it smugglers caches, I call it monotonous filler , honestly after visiting the 40th one you lose the will to live.
    6.A character that whines like a big Girls blouse if he takes a fall more than 2 feet in height (He is supposed to be a superhuman being that as been genetically enhanced by mutagens).
    7.Even something as simple as the map they somehow managed cock up,once there are good number of characters on it the cursor travels across it in a serious jagged movements because each character pulls at the cursor as it passes by ,every game you come across as a map which doesn,t do this and works perfectly well so WHY?
    8.I cannot do the bare knuckle fighting justice in words, you really have to experience for yourself how bad and annoying it is.
    9.Ended up enjoying the card game known as Gwent more than actually playing the storyline.
    10. The Swearing is fine but after a while you feel like you are watching a talentless Comedian who tries to hide the fact of how bad he is by swearing a lot.
    11.Geralt can climb (sometimes) but cannot descend,you literally have to fall of of things to descend,and as already stated this is followed by a loud whinge and if the fall is more than six feet death.
    12. You can make a cup of tea whilst it is loading.Handy but annoying.
    13. Whilst on the horse every movement you make is followed by Geralt bellowing at it SLOW DOWN ,SPEED UP ,ETC, not needed.
    14.etc etc etc
    15. Projekt Red compared it to Skrim,here is why it is not as good
    No stealth, No bow, No magic to speak of, No Guilds, No companions, Truly open world, When there is a point of interest on the map there is actually something interesting there ,No pick pocketing, Skyrim had a fully fledged legal system you could end up in jail, No Dragons.You could do damage to your foes at a distance which I love as I always seem to play Bowmen, Play as different characters,Build your own House,much prefer the bar instead of the map, In the Right hand bottom corner there is a continous display giving basic action Info again WHY?, Mine Minerals and make your own Weapons, Armour.etc etc
    16.Here is whats better
    More memorable characters,Obviously better graphics its next gen.Not afraid of adult themes or content I mean can you imagine an Inn in the Elder Scrolls being called The Cunny of the Goose,The boat was cool, Rock Trolls or as I will always think of them trolliloes ,Sense of humour.

    A good Game but scratch the surface and there was not a lot underneath.    … Expand
  48. sp001
    Jul 9, 2015
    5
    I've never written a review of a computer game before but felt compelled to by seeing all the positive reviews. I don't know if it's because I'm probably a bit older than the average gamer, or because I don't really feel too strong an affinity with RPG systems, but I have never been so disappointed by a game.

    I'll focus on the positive first; the reason it got five stars. The graphics    I've never written a review of a computer game before but felt compelled to by seeing all the positive reviews. I don't know if it's because I'm probably a bit older than the average gamer, or because I don't really feel too strong an affinity with RPG systems, but I have never been so disappointed by a game.

    I'll focus on the positive first; the reason it got five stars. The graphics are tremendous, don't get me wrong, you know you're still in a computer game but the landscape is very well balanced. The lighting is warm and the sunsets are long. Animations are smooth and responsive. It is a beautiful game. Also, the scope for developing the character is very wide - I imagine one could spend a good deal of time and thought developing the character's skill set. Unfortunately, I can't stretch my positive comments any further. Here are a few critiques.

    Open world games are the epitome of gaming as far as I'm concerned. I never quite get a feeling of immersion in a restricted world. GTA and Skyrim of course come to mind, and I'm aware that there are plenty of comparisons out there so I'm just covering the same ground. Now, Witcher 3 had a world much larger than Skyrim's, and I admit I never explored too much of it, but I did get to the edge of the world a number of times, something which it took me weeks to do in Skyrim. This just pulled me out of the fantasy and reminded me that I was in a constructed world. Perhaps I'm asking too much, but why not just make the terrain impassable or an ocean / plain?

    Which brings me onto my second critique; the nature of the world. Initially I was amazed by how familiar the world looked, the forests looked like forests I'd visited, the gentle rise and fall, the shallow canyons and the density of the trees was all great. Unfortunately, I found it all too regular. I could ride for five minutes and encounter nothing new. I'd still be in a forest. The villages and towns were all strikingly similar. Yes, all the characters had interesting little animations, but ultimately it was all quite mundane. Compare this with Skyrim, where you have huge stone ruins and each city has its own character. I fear the designers weren't quite on their game when it came to creativity; I want sublimity not technical accomplishment. Even compared to GTA which is simply a city in the real world, you have such a wealth of different environments that the world feels vastly different within a few minutes walk.

    My final main critique is the acting. It was simply atrocious. Skyrim was bad, GTA was pretty good, excellent in fact. But the acting in Witcher 3 was like some terrible made-for-tv movie. Maybe it's good for a game, but I really did laugh all the way through. The story that the acting was meant to carry too, was very basic. I understand that story-telling in a game is still a developing field compared to film or literature, but it doesn't detract from the fact that this was very linear and tedious. Even the was the story unravels was fairly plain; talk to this guy, then talk to this guy. One interesting development was using the scent trails, at least it was interesting the first time. After that it was pointless, why not just highlight them on a map?

    Anyway, I'll call it a day. I found the game tedious, the story mundane and the landscape simply plain.    … Expand
  49. 3Potatoteers
    Oct 8, 2015
    6
    Okay I've only played this game for less than 10 hours yet I don't think anything will change my mind, this game is average. Despite the good parts of it, there are some serious flaws there which ruins it.

    First of all, the UI design is the worst I've ever seen, it is so awkward I could barely keep playing. Take the shop interface for an example, there is no way to quickly switch from    Okay I've only played this game for less than 10 hours yet I don't think anything will change my mind, this game is average. Despite the good parts of it, there are some serious flaws there which ruins it.

    First of all, the UI design is the worst I've ever seen, it is so awkward I could barely keep playing. Take the shop interface for an example, there is no way to quickly switch from your items to vendor's items, when you sell something, it left a hole there which makes navigating really weird, it's hard to explain, they really didn't optimize the UI, and the rendering time of map, items are ridiculously slow, 2 secs I think. The task tracking is a disaster, you can track only one task, if you pick up a new task when tracking something else, you have no idea where the new task is, and, why the menu always fold every time I open it?

    Then the combat system, god, it is horrible, it seems you don't have i-frames when rolling, and whether you can stun-lock enemy is unpredictable, I can't figure it out. The awkward camera, bad movesets, man, if they don't know how to make action game, then don't. I used to dislike QTE but maybe it is a better and simpler solution than this crap.

    The land has no variety, that is the problem with open world games, it is hard to add different layouts on a big map, yet Zelda manages that. You know, for a magic world, the environment doesn't look magic at all, Morrowind did a better job, Dark Souls is far more amazing, it's not the resolution or color, it is the design.

    The task, god. In order to get my help, kill me a griffin. In order to find Ciri, help me find my family. In order to locate something, help me find my lamb. This is getting out of control! The pattern is so predictable I am really getting bored.

    I think a 75% discount of GOTY version would worth the money.    … Expand
  50. Gamercritic777
    Aug 14, 2016
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I rated this game 6 previously. I was told to play the game on 3rd difficulty. Now please ignore that, the best way to play it is on Story only, ie the lowest difficulty. This game is not about the battles, they are extremely lame and repetitive. I now appreciate the game more with all the interesting missions and quests. I was really driven.......until i found Ciri. I thought that to be the end but.......it seems halfway as i am still going. The missions/quests are not interesting anymore though but lame and drawn out. While the Hunt is after us, i got plenty of time to wonder about and tie up lose ends, finish unfinished business. It makes no sense. When urgency is required, urgency should be in the gameplay. I feel it was a good attempt at a game, story great, most of the missions in first half quite cool. Graphics and the world great. Battles boring and not worth it. I am trying to push myself to finishing the main story so i can get into the side quests, as i was to low level to do them before, now i am at the right level but it feels like not making any sense to move away from the story line, once you are going, to stop move away a province to slay a beast. Perhaps when exploring the lands i will appreciate it more, unfortunate i was not able to explore before due to the strange level mechanics.… Expand
  51. visiblelight7
    Jan 23, 2018
    5
    Just gave witcher 3 on another chance.

    finished heart of stone but forced myself. It's wasn't awesome. Out of the 10 hours, I maybe enjoyed 90 minutes in total. The begining was really exciting and I liked how you unexpectedly get captured after killing the frog prince in the sewers and are sent to be executed by a cult who think that you killed their messiah. That was the coolest plot.    Just gave witcher 3 on another chance.

    finished heart of stone but forced myself. It's wasn't awesome. Out of the 10 hours, I maybe enjoyed 90 minutes in total. The begining was really exciting and I liked how you unexpectedly get captured after killing the frog prince in the sewers and are sent to be executed by a cult who think that you killed their messiah. That was the coolest plot. Unfortunately, that's all there was that was.

    The main game: Wild Hunt had nothing interesting except the plot with the King and his wife which I am not going into detail but that too only lasted 2 hours. I played aprox 18 hours after that and it was incredibly boring repetitive: just chase after a girl named ciri from town to town and do mindless fetch quests after fetch quests with some really boring cutscenes which I considered FILLER material. The main story was dragging with nothing really substantial to keep me interested.
    Now that was the "best" part of my review...

    The open world design is incredibly well done and spectacular to look at. But exploring it was ruined due to retarded character control design. I really cannot fathom how retarded the people at CD project red must've been to think that it's okay for character movements to be buggy like this. To this effect, the camera movement and character controls ruined the experience for me. The quests were not fun as others made them out.... it was the same repetitive stuff as any other mmo just with cutscenes in between. I think what makes the game feel incredible is just the beautiful graphics and design of the open world. Unfortunately, exploring it sucked due to the fact that the viewing angle on the character didn't feel immersive for my taste and the moving geralt was annoying. The character makes unecessary movements, awful horse collision detection etc. Most buildings are not explorable and when you do go inside one, it's a PAIN IN THE ASS to explore them because the camera + character movements are horribly done(incredibly frustrating and tiring to move around). Also, there were far too many uncessary loot items everywhere it got confusing but what made it worse was...the inventory management and menu which was really tiring to oversee. Each time I had to look at the map or find an item, it was a lengthy process of reloading the menu, flipping through tabs(input lag on each one).

    It's far from the game everyone made it out to be.    … Expand
  52. Dattwood
    May 19, 2015
    5
    This game is like every other game out right now -- it's a bigger, better version of Shadow of Mordor, GTA 5, Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, and Arkham City (open world, questing, simple enemies even on hardest difficulty, et al.) If you don't see the similarities in those types of games yet, or you're not bored by them, then you might still like this. For everyone else, don't believe the hypeThis game is like every other game out right now -- it's a bigger, better version of Shadow of Mordor, GTA 5, Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, and Arkham City (open world, questing, simple enemies even on hardest difficulty, et al.) If you don't see the similarities in those types of games yet, or you're not bored by them, then you might still like this. For everyone else, don't believe the hype and save your money.… Expand
  53. dp77777
    May 19, 2015
    6
    Way too much praise and not enough criticism for the flaws.

    The game is VERY choppy, and everything feels herky jerky. Its so jerky its hard to stop and loot things because the loot box is so small and you can't stop right on the X marking to pick something up Also the lack of live motion capture is very evident. The animations are pretty awful. That being said, i love the witcher    Way too much praise and not enough criticism for the flaws.

    The game is VERY choppy, and everything feels herky jerky. Its so jerky its hard to stop and loot things because the loot box is so small and you can't stop right on the X marking to pick something up

    Also the lack of live motion capture is very evident. The animations are pretty awful.

    That being said, i love the witcher story and this game has great dialogue and interactions... but dear god, the movement and animations are terrible.    … Expand
  54. moisaras
    May 20, 2015
    6
    Very bad user interface, very small font size, and a game that doesn't make you feel that you are achieving something special as you progress.
    Also, very weird (in a bad way) character control.
    Very nice graphics and world details.
    I'll take Bloodborne any time.
  55. Ranatoro
    May 20, 2015
    7
    7, yeap thats it, love the story, love all the things you can do....love the graphics and the massive world... but...men the way he moves ....the camera precision...WHY?? The camera and controls in general, are just unbelievably bad. It is clumsy and unprecisly, makes it a little difficult to loot sometimes, is just anoying that you run into things and people like a frightened animal or7, yeap thats it, love the story, love all the things you can do....love the graphics and the massive world... but...men the way he moves ....the camera precision...WHY?? The camera and controls in general, are just unbelievably bad. It is clumsy and unprecisly, makes it a little difficult to loot sometimes, is just anoying that you run into things and people like a frightened animal or something.... If U have played bloodborne this is something you CANT deny it... Hope they can fix it... eitherway the game IS very good, they gave you more than 100hrs of fun (something rare this days)... is interesting and it transports you to an amazing fantasy world... somethig RPG gamers we love
    ENJOY    … Expand
  56. Assassin67
    May 25, 2015
    7
    The open world is unbelievable. There's so many things to do in the game that you may feel overwhelmed. The game looks fantastic even with the frame rate issues that occur from time to time. The biggest problem I have with the game is the combat. It does feel a bit dated and at times unresponsive. Definitely a game worth checking out. You will no doubt get your money's worth.
  57. postm
    Jun 7, 2015
    7
    Pros:
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    The graphics are good. A noticable improvement on the previous game (even that looks good today). The facial animations and expressions are great and the eyes look human. Overall a beautiful game. The story is interesting and there are quite a few interesting characters. Character development is great. A completely new system. You assign points to talent trees, but to    Pros:
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    The graphics are good. A noticable improvement on the previous game (even that looks good today). The facial animations and expressions are great and the eyes look human. Overall a beautiful game.

    The story is interesting and there are quite a few interesting characters.

    Character development is great. A completely new system. You assign points to talent trees, but to activate them you have to place your chosen talents into slots which you unlock as you level up.

    Voice acting is great as always. With one exception (see below)

    Cons:
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    The interface have not improved much since TW2. Inventory is mostly ok, but there is no way of sorting stuff to, say, weight, value, stack size, durability or damage. The inventory screen could have been much larger and show more items at once. It has sooo much unused background space on it.

    Combat was better in TW2 in my opinion. Seems like it has been simplified further and is more button mashing than before. Still, could be worse.

    Looting can be a royal pain in the ass. Both Geralt and the camera must be aimed in the general direction of the lootable object. Doesn't sound too bad, but character movement is so incredibly imprecise that it becomes infuriating. Adding to this problem is the number of braziers and torches around that will get in the way of looting and you will accidentaly light/extinguish these instead. Gah! (This was just fixed in a recent patch apparently)

    The in-game mini game, Gwent, is really bad and arbitrary in my opinion. But that's optional, so no biggie.

    The game is, as i said before, a beautiful one. but the trees and grass look really bad in the wind. They're way too springy and reacts way too strongly to the wind.

    The camera is, like TW2, too close to Geralt. I kept wanting to zoom out while I was playing all the time.

    Voice acting of Geralt is as dull and wooden as always. Some people think he's great, but I find him a bore to listen to. Always have.

    Stuff I dislike, but others might like:
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    The game is huge. it took a lot of effort to create this world and everything in it. But to me, that's its downfall. There are so many distractions from the main story. The amount of side quests and questionmarks on the map the game wants you to explore and complete is insane. You feel compelled to do it (and you also have to do it in order to be high enough lvl to do the main quests) and therefore spend very little time doing the main story quests. This gets me bored and I don't really feel engaged in the main plot. It also feels unnatural, story wise, to waste time doing errands for random strangers when you're on a search for a missing person close to you. I wish game developers made the effort to have sidequests expand the main plot too instead of just expanding the lore of the world. This is all very common in games like this and fans probably both expect and want it.

    The side quests are also a bit repetative. Go to the scene of the crime, use your witcher sense (which is now more like the detective mode in the Batman games) to search for clues, follow clues to the main event and kill whatever monster is bothering the NPC in question.

    Little annoyances:
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    The game minimizes at random times. Usually after clicking the mouse so one would think it had to do with the cursor hitting outside the main monitor. But for me, once the game has minimized, the cursor is NOT outside my main monitor. Still, doesn't happen a lot and I think I could avoid it by disabling the 2nd monitor while playing.

    The in game map is always zoomed all the way in and isn't detailed enough to justify that. You almost always want to zoom all the way out to quickly find the place you want to go to. Once zoomed out, it should stay zoomed out, but no, not here.

    I guess I recommend it, because it IS of high quality and a lot of effort have been put into it. No doubt.    … Expand
  58. MetaMind
    Jun 30, 2015
    6
    I tried to like the game... the open world is mostly interesting as well as the quests, but what really turned me off was the overburdened crafting. There are thousands of items you find around the world and they just clutter up your inventory beyond comprehension. And with thousand of things to craft such as weapons, upgrades, potions, and oils, and mutagens, and on and on, it was justI tried to like the game... the open world is mostly interesting as well as the quests, but what really turned me off was the overburdened crafting. There are thousands of items you find around the world and they just clutter up your inventory beyond comprehension. And with thousand of things to craft such as weapons, upgrades, potions, and oils, and mutagens, and on and on, it was just too much for me.. I don't want to feel like I need to earn a PhD in a game's crafting to enjoy it... after about 20 hours of play, it's going up on ebay. I doubt more than 10% finish the game... I pray fallout 4 doesn't go this same route with crafting... i like options, but I want play the game and not have to study schematics and go looking for some stupid ingredient... a good crafting system evolves with the game and not overwhelms.. IMHO… Expand
  59. Obijones
    May 29, 2015
    7
    At the time of writing I have only played for a few hours, but in these few hours my longstanding fears for this game have been realised. It's as buggy as hell. I know that this type of game is well known for being buggy at launch (I'm thinking of you Bethesda). But I'm getting pretty sick of being continually asked to become a games tester and also being asked to hand over 50 notes forAt the time of writing I have only played for a few hours, but in these few hours my longstanding fears for this game have been realised. It's as buggy as hell. I know that this type of game is well known for being buggy at launch (I'm thinking of you Bethesda). But I'm getting pretty sick of being continually asked to become a games tester and also being asked to hand over 50 notes for the privilege. If you can't finish the game, don't start making it. The design of the game is brilliant, it's just a shame that the skill levels of the team that made it is not (not on a PS4 anyway). Unfortunately this is a common theme within gaming these days. Ultra polished turds or bug ridden gems seem to be the only two production values available. Hope they fix it so that I can experience this game as it was meant to be. I'm giving it a break for a while though.… Expand
  60. mattman9
    Jun 17, 2015
    6
    Not nearly as fun as all the hype. In all honesty, the Witcher 3 doesn't come close to the past 5 games I've played. Shadows of Mordor, GTA5, Dark Souls 2, Bloodborne, Dragon Age Inquisition.. All great games! The Witcher was a total let down for me. Terrible controls. Do I really have to press 3 different buttons to get to my inventory!? Do I really have to be 10 inches away, and lookingNot nearly as fun as all the hype. In all honesty, the Witcher 3 doesn't come close to the past 5 games I've played. Shadows of Mordor, GTA5, Dark Souls 2, Bloodborne, Dragon Age Inquisition.. All great games! The Witcher was a total let down for me. Terrible controls. Do I really have to press 3 different buttons to get to my inventory!? Do I really have to be 10 inches away, and looking directly at a flower to pick it?! How does it make sense to have 'Points of Interest' that out level you by 20-30 levels right next to something your level?!
    I have about 10 hours in it and I'll not play another. Shame. I enjoyed the last one.    … Expand
  61. beerweed
    May 25, 2015
    6
    pros: good story and cinematics, nice variety of enemies and good environemental uniqueness and diversity

    cons: no first person view, very videogamy combat, no character costumazation/specialization.

    Play the game for the story not for the gameplay
  62. Jimmy_Rinser
    May 21, 2015
    7
    A solid 7 - Have read some funny reviews on here so let me say what I think. Game is genuinely good, thought it was better when I first started playing but after the hour or so hype of a new game some things started to annoy me. The combat isn't terrible but its not great and can be a bit awkward. The graphics are not tip top and don't expect to be blown away by them, but saying that theyA solid 7 - Have read some funny reviews on here so let me say what I think. Game is genuinely good, thought it was better when I first started playing but after the hour or so hype of a new game some things started to annoy me. The combat isn't terrible but its not great and can be a bit awkward. The graphics are not tip top and don't expect to be blown away by them, but saying that they are good enough to get fully involved in the game. Graphic whores will be disappointed. There are a few bugs which have been more funny than ruined my gameplay experience. It is very similar to Dragon Age in the way you move from area to area but feel with this concept it helps the game run smoother whilst exploring. Yes its not the full open world of skyrim but (for the console players) don't have to wait 30/60 secs every time you enter a building. Try not to get stuck on a bit for too long though (talking of loading times) because the reload back into your game when you die is a painful and have made refreshments, in another room and come back to find it still loading.
    I would advise not to listen to people who wont enjoy the game due to the graphics not being as good as they though or there being a few bugs. I played around 35 in the first 48hrs of release (Don't say it I know) But my point being I'm at work now and still can't wait to get back home and continue my quest.    … Expand
  63. BrutalBarracuda
    May 21, 2015
    5
    I admit i'm a man of very little patience these days but the combat just does my head in. Sold. (I'm just writing this to make up 150 characters) 1234
  64. H310
    May 24, 2019
    6
    The combat system is boring. You won't be able to read subtitles and others texts on screen. The PS4 version is just a bad port from PC. Framerate is unstable and the camera and the player's movements are laggy and awkward. Button assignments are appaling and there's no way to change them (only through the system). If you care about gameplay skip this game. If you like cutscenes and toThe combat system is boring. You won't be able to read subtitles and others texts on screen. The PS4 version is just a bad port from PC. Framerate is unstable and the camera and the player's movements are laggy and awkward. Button assignments are appaling and there's no way to change them (only through the system). If you care about gameplay skip this game. If you like cutscenes and to wander on a horse just play it.… Expand
  65. Revalithechamp
    May 2, 2019
    7
    The game itself is boring as hell, the only reason it's reviewed so high is because of the ooh and ahh nice graphics, nudity, and voice acting. Full of fetch quests and bad gameplay. People will recommend this game because of the story and characters, but I play for gameplay and if a game doesn't have good gameplay it isn't worth it.
  66. slate0
    May 19, 2015
    6
    I don't know where the positive critic reviews are coming from. On the PC the game has several issues, including sound level problems and video stuttering. The controls on a gamepad are very jerky and stiff, like Shadow of Mordor or the 3d Bionic Commando from a few years ago. I have been to the forums and I am not the only one experiencing these problems. People are also having issuesI don't know where the positive critic reviews are coming from. On the PC the game has several issues, including sound level problems and video stuttering. The controls on a gamepad are very jerky and stiff, like Shadow of Mordor or the 3d Bionic Commando from a few years ago. I have been to the forums and I am not the only one experiencing these problems. People are also having issues on the consoles, which is bewildering.… Expand
  67. wesker2012
    May 21, 2015
    6
    I was on the fence about The Witcher 3, because I wasn't sure it was my style of game. I love rpgs in general, but usually tend to enjoy JRPGs more than western RPGS. I kept seeing the hype about the game, but didn't feel that excited myself. Anyways, I decided to get the game since there weren't much games out lately.

    I've played lots of JRPGs and some pretty complex ones, but the    I was on the fence about The Witcher 3, because I wasn't sure it was my style of game. I love rpgs in general, but usually tend to enjoy JRPGs more than western RPGS. I kept seeing the hype about the game, but didn't feel that excited myself. Anyways, I decided to get the game since there weren't much games out lately.

    I've played lots of JRPGs and some pretty complex ones, but the Witcher 3 has to be the most overwhelming experience I've ever had getting started. There were just too many tutorials one after another that seemed to never stop. This was amplified by the fact that the font is incredibly small!!! I have a big tv and its still small! This is very annoying. The user interface is also not very organized and confusing to manage for new players. After awhile, I started getting used to it, but it never felt intuitive. Another huge issue for me is the controls. The controls feel really awkward and I was constantly pushing the wrong button. Also, picking up materials was extremely annoying as it was hard to read what you are picking up and you have to angle the camera at just the right point. The character's movement also felt sluggish and awkward, like controlling a big semi. I also wish the minimap could be enlarged as opening the main map everytime to see the bigger picture was frustrating. All these things were annoying but could be forgiven if the game was actually fun and interesting, but I didn't enjoy the combat because of the clunky controls. Also, the story wasn't that interesting. Just lots and lots of talking. And the dialogue wasn't captivating, just boring and put me to sleep. Lots more issues, but you get the picture. One thing I liked about the game was the music. You really felt like you were in a faraway land. Also, the game has an incredible amount of detail. The problem was at times it felt too overwhelming. I think they put too much into the game. It would've helped to focus on certain elements and cut some things out. I think people who enjoy western rpgs will really like this game, but gamers who don't like going out of there way to learn how to work the game on their own and want intuitive controls and clear and easy to understand tutorials will not enjoy this game. This game is for the most hardcore RPG players.    … Expand
  68. Arthainius
    May 19, 2015
    7
    There are some crazy people here who review games that is for sure. First off let me say I have not got this excited over a game in a very long time. I even did the early release at gamestop pickup party which I never go to. Got this baby home ready to rock that gryphons face from the review video we all watched. This is where it goes down hill fast. I can immediately see that graphics areThere are some crazy people here who review games that is for sure. First off let me say I have not got this excited over a game in a very long time. I even did the early release at gamestop pickup party which I never go to. Got this baby home ready to rock that gryphons face from the review video we all watched. This is where it goes down hill fast. I can immediately see that graphics are not the same as in the review video even though it was suppose to be Ps4. The foliage in this game is horrid from more then two feet away. Many forums have already sprouted up making claims that they for sure downgraded the graphics from what we saw in the review videos. Oh and clipping.... yea this game has a ton of that. All armor doesn't interact right. The shirts are constantly clipping through the pants. Its some serious Ps2 stuff going on. Oh also all these positive comments about the wind looking amazing. What????? The physics are sooo off how can anyone say that. Every single blade of grass up to giant tree looks like its being blown in different direction then the one right next to it. Also ive noticed alot of hanging plants when I walk into them just disappear until you adjust camera angle rather then moving. Now about the controls. How on earth did they manage to get the horrid laggy type controls from odd world abes odyssey. Seriously its that bad. I had to spend many minutes adjusting my sensitivity and it still feels off. The game on hardest difficulty has been a breeze through what I have seen so far. There are just so many things wrong with this it isn't really possible to list them all. There are many youtube video already showing up that verify everything I am speaking about and more. They did not give us the game they showed us that is for sure.… Expand
  69. Piecefighter
    May 22, 2015
    7
    This is a nicely done game. Don't listen to the people that complain about the graphics as they are done well. The writing goes the extra step of making a story behind typical fetch or similar quests. The designers have put a lot of heart in this game, it shows, and I as a gamer can appreciate that. When I first started to move my character and have combat in the game I realized itThis is a nicely done game. Don't listen to the people that complain about the graphics as they are done well. The writing goes the extra step of making a story behind typical fetch or similar quests. The designers have put a lot of heart in this game, it shows, and I as a gamer can appreciate that. When I first started to move my character and have combat in the game I realized it would take a while to get used to this movement, which seemed choppy and stilted, as if I was always overstepping what I wanted to do, so I will give the whiners that much, the controls are not fluid. I could possibly score higher but I feel a positive 7.5 from where I am at in the game is acceptable. I think I am a bit jaded via playing so many of these types of games, the first thing I did was go walk around the land looking for secrets and trying to discover things, well that as it turns out is not really what this adventure is about, it is more about the story they are trying to convey and where that will take you. I have played about 12 hours of the game and with still so much left to do in the game I feel this review is premature, but there it is.… Expand
  70. Humberto
    Jun 7, 2015
    5
    The game looks good and clearly has great production, but I can't stop getting bored by the dull quests and several design flaws, glitches, loadings etc...Most people will probably enjoy the game, but it's no way a 10 as I've seen in several sites.
  71. Dogon
    May 21, 2015
    7
    He de decir que, aun habiendo downgrade, es un juego gigantesco y muy bueno. Si te molesta esto pues espera a que lo reparen, pero ya te digo que los graficos no miden el juego.
  72. lilant135
    May 19, 2015
    7
    The game is good but its not as good as skyrim.or fallout 3 not even close it is a must play though especially on this current gen, pick it up you'll be glad you did
  73. bobosen85
    Jun 16, 2015
    6
    I too, registered solely for writing a review of this game.

    I loved bloodborne, I loved GTA 5, I loved the binding of isaac, these are all games that played their strengths, I would rate them all a 10. But witcher 3? Where do I begin, let's see, for information, I'm currently level 17 so I've played a fair amount * The witcher sense mode combined with the so-so control scheme AND the    I too, registered solely for writing a review of this game.

    I loved bloodborne, I loved GTA 5, I loved the binding of isaac, these are all games that played their strengths, I would rate them all a 10. But witcher 3? Where do I begin, let's see, for information, I'm currently level 17 so I've played a fair amount

    * The witcher sense mode combined with the so-so control scheme AND the unresponsive "press x to examine" is just a chore. I hate every part of the game that tells me to search an area using my witcher senses and there are a lot of them.
    * The durability system where you have to find a blacksmith to constantly repair is tedious, as blacksmith vs game area ratio is stupid.
    * I once spent two hours in fallout new vegas, clearing out an area of monsters that were far above my level. I got something for it in the end. There was excitement and a sense of reward. In witcher, even if you breath in the main quest, you get experience. If you complete a side quest (they ARE repetetive) you get less rewarded. I would've prefered less quests and more reward.
    * The game does everything for you. Having the minimap tell you where to go everytime makes the game more dumb than it should. Where bloodborne didn't tell you anything, witcher tells you everything. To the point you stop reading uninteresting dialouge and just follow the yellow dot.

    The game is beautiful, well crafted but is lacking something that a guy like me, who has a family and limited amount of time to play, appreciates most in a game. It's not that fun. I keep playing but I'm not sure why anymore. Most of the frustration I guess comes from long loading times and the general awkwardness of the game. You constantly start-stop, getting stuck, go from A to B only to go to C and back to A and then to D. Oh my god. I love RPGs. This is something else.    … Expand
  74. Scritty
    May 19, 2015
    5
    A decent game. However the main character, The one you have to play with. Is a total arse. One of the most unlikeable looking and acting people in any game Period. He looks like Peter Stringfellow and acts like a clod of earth.
    If I could design my own character and not have to look at this unpleasant dolt - I would love this game.
    But bizarre as this seems, this 80's night club owner    A decent game. However the main character, The one you have to play with. Is a total arse. One of the most unlikeable looking and acting people in any game Period. He looks like Peter Stringfellow and acts like a clod of earth.
    If I could design my own character and not have to look at this unpleasant dolt - I would love this game.
    But bizarre as this seems, this 80's night club owner look-a-like being on my screen every second of the game? I can't play it. He's that bad - I've turned it off.
    Writing probably great (only played 40 minutes - so can't really judge), graphics certainly seem good for the 20 minutes I play. Not really a fan of reaction based combat, but this seems ok as well. Other mechanics seem fine.
    I just can't stand the main protagonist - so that's "Game Over" for me.
    Yes it's a good game probably. If they mod it so you can change the look of the main guy I'll jump on board, but otherwise I'm just picturing him beckoning Vinny Jones and Maria Whittaker into his cheesy neon night club for a cocktail with too many bits of fluorescent crap floating in it.
    He's the worst main character I've ever seen IMO.    … Expand
  75. Bossuk
    Nov 18, 2015
    5
    After reading some amazing reviews of this game, I had to try, and while Withcer has some good points, some of the fundamentals stop this game being very good.
    Pros
    - Lots of Story. Every mission and especially the core ones have a huge amount of story to tell - It's big - but this also leads to some of the cons. - lots of gear - but again this leads to a con Cons - Combat is    After reading some amazing reviews of this game, I had to try, and while Withcer has some good points, some of the fundamentals stop this game being very good.
    Pros
    - Lots of Story. Every mission and especially the core ones have a huge amount of story to tell
    - It's big - but this also leads to some of the cons.
    - lots of gear - but again this leads to a con

    Cons
    - Combat is clunky. Some RPG games have smooth flowing fight animations, but apart from the odd death blow, Witcher does not fell like i am playing an experienced expert fighter, but a grunt with a sword. Certainly nothing cool in a fight.
    - Combat is boring, the spells are while useful and necessary, competely dull. After a little while, you'll use pretty much only 2 spells(Fire and shield) and both are ..meehh.
    -Swords - I change swords to get a magical upgrade. How the hell do I know that has happened. If I change swords, then make it noticeable I have changed. Give it a different moveset, make the sword look different. Make me excited when I change to a new sword, especially if It is one I've spent hours collecting materials to build. It's dull.
    - herbs - OMG, I know a lot of games where you can collect herbs, but this is ridiculous! This is not an MMORPG where I am going to expect to be playing it in 2 years time. It's a game with a start-mid and end, I do not wish to have to waste my life looking for stupid herbs.
    - inventory management is terrible. things clumped together in meaningless groups. Very small inventory screen with difficult to read stats/names/amounts.
    - General movement - no fluidity. In one scene you have to get into a burning building save the horses and the people and get out in a very short time frame, but trying to jump over a burning barrel takes precious seconds to do. Just one example where movement is clunky.
    - Interactions - Looting is the biggest here. when looting you have to be at specific angles to loot a body or a plant. stand on to of it, and you can't, stand next to it at the wrong angle you can't. it'sincredibly frustrating. Other examples is the burning building again. you have to interact with several doors to release the horses, but while you know you are close enough to do the interaction the engine does not recognise it. This kind of function is paramount to a game with Soooo much looting and interaction, so it should work.
    - Load times - Die and it take several minutes to load my last save, move to a new area, several minutes. Reminds me of Fallout New Vegas, where you could go away and make a drink while you wait on the loads.

    While all these things are annoying, are they game breaking, maybe not, but they sure add up to me spending a lot of my time saying "Seriously!!" and not being able to play for long periods. Am I going to finish the game, yes, because the story keeps you hooked, but will i go back for a second playthrough, probably not.    … Expand
  76. tibzoid
    Jun 9, 2015
    6
    Repetitive, repetitive, repetitive. If you get turned on by topless game characters, you'll be in heaven, but if you're looking for exciting gameplay and an involving story, get something else.
  77. xDaudex
    Sep 24, 2015
    6
    Pros:
    Huge world
    Lots to do Immersive environment Cons: Frame rate stays no where near 60, frequently dipping to the 20s or lower. Hair often glitches into the cloths of longer haired characters. When you teleport the mini map takes time to load the area around you. The line on the mini map that is supposed to guide you to your objective is constantly glitching about telling you    Pros:
    Huge world
    Lots to do
    Immersive environment

    Cons:
    Frame rate stays no where near 60, frequently dipping to the 20s or lower.
    Hair often glitches into the cloths of longer haired characters.
    When you teleport the mini map takes time to load the area around you.
    The line on the mini map that is supposed to guide you to your objective is constantly glitching about telling you to go backwards and such.
    Having to load a previous save when dying is old fashoned game design that I thought we were past by now, at least let me retry the current fight keeping my experience points and any items I picked up in the fight I died in.
    Sometimes when you dismount your horse your character will be doing the swimming animation when no where near water. This is especially annoying when getting off your horse to fight something.
    Game does not auto-save nearly enough, I should not have to manually save in 2015.
    Not being able to meditate while on your horse is annoying.
    The character control while underwater is terrible.
    Having to exit a shop menu to equip gear just to sell old gear to shop is tedious and old fashioned.
    Not being able to buy-back at shops is old fashioned game design and unnecessary frustration.
    Sometimes items glitch and float in the air.
    Sometimes shadows glitch on and off.    … Expand
  78. Irul
    Aug 2, 2015
    6
    The game is good but there are way too many bugs, tons of loading and camera is awfull in many cases. Shame cause the world is extensive, story interesting and side quest are lots of fun. Still worth the play but patience is required.
  79. Sully20000
    Sep 28, 2015
    7
    I'm a massive RPG fan and after seeing the reviews, I was extremely excited for this.

    Why I was let down after 40 hours of gameplay

    Unlikeable main character
    No atmosphere
    Poor battle system
    Too much to do = overload
    Story line not so great

    Good points

    Good graphics
    good voice acting
    Decent weapons
  80. c1tr00z
    Dec 22, 2015
    6
    Battle system, role-play system, controls is **** up. Poor static open world, you can only move between keypoints/story points, and get exp for same quests (go -> check -> kill) to open new story quests (to move between keypoints and so on). Game world not exist out of player actions, all NPC is just wooden dolls without intellect
    Good story, screenplay, graphics and design but gameplay    Battle system, role-play system, controls is **** up. Poor static open world, you can only move between keypoints/story points, and get exp for same quests (go -> check -> kill) to open new story quests (to move between keypoints and so on). Game world not exist out of player actions, all NPC is just wooden dolls without intellect
    Good story, screenplay, graphics and design but gameplay sucks.
    Meh    … Expand
  81. Markolius
    Jul 20, 2015
    5
    The game looks beautiful and tricks you with so much potential at first glance. But when you look beneath the surface, you find a game that plays.. well hardly plays at all, both mechanically and experientially. I gave it the benefit of the doubt, heard the positive reviews, and waited until after multiple patches, before I judged. Witcher 3 has ultimately bad controls and poor combatThe game looks beautiful and tricks you with so much potential at first glance. But when you look beneath the surface, you find a game that plays.. well hardly plays at all, both mechanically and experientially. I gave it the benefit of the doubt, heard the positive reviews, and waited until after multiple patches, before I judged. Witcher 3 has ultimately bad controls and poor combat besides the in-game card game Gwent, the gameplay is not good. Simply moving your static character (Geralt or Ciri) is a chore. He constantly feels like he is stepping over his feet or lost in the mood, never natural (and this doesn't change after hours of playing). His c button to loot constant random stuff around him is often unintuitive. And these poor controls bleed deeply into the combat- hit boxes are irrelevant, dodging is pointless, there are two button making swings and that's it, victory is determined based on your level, difficulty setting, or inventory management (the last of which I could respect if any other principals of gameplay combat were also accounted for). And I will say that all of these mechanics are much more poorly executed in Witcher 3 than in last year's Dragom Age Inquisition. To top it all off there are still glitches galore, main missions are rendered incompletable because the character can't examine the red stuff that he is supposed to be able to examine. So you're just like what's the point. This is hardly a game. If you want a medieval soap opera fantasy, just watch game of thrones on HBO.… Expand
  82. chayshirin
    Jun 25, 2016
    7
    +
    Very good story
    Good atmosphere
    Good graphics
    -
    Boring combat
    heavy character movement
    filler missions

    A good game that could have been much shorter without losing much.
  83. vaughtex
    Aug 10, 2015
    5
    I must admit, this "review" feels largely pointless due to the international praise and critical acclaim, also the fact that I didn't actually finish the game does perhaps make my point invalid. Hear me out.

    I loved the Witcher 3 for about 12 hours, it's graphics are beautiful, the storyline is interesting but definitely confusing if you haven't played the others, at times I had no idea    I must admit, this "review" feels largely pointless due to the international praise and critical acclaim, also the fact that I didn't actually finish the game does perhaps make my point invalid. Hear me out.

    I loved the Witcher 3 for about 12 hours, it's graphics are beautiful, the storyline is interesting but definitely confusing if you haven't played the others, at times I had no idea what was going on (I hadn't, but I decided to watch a video on youtube that gives you an abridged version), the atmosphere is great and overall, I couldn't fault it.
    However, after my initial honeymoon period I became bogged down with the clunky combat, at times it's great, but inconsistent. It does become an absolute mess if you have more than 4 enemies targeting you. Over time my interest in the characters began to wane, I really didn't care less about their plight. The final nail in the coffin was spending my time completing the most inane quests that were all pretty much identical. It suffers from GTA4 syndrome, where all of the quests seem to be go to point A, kill / rescue someone, go to point B. Repeat. It was this monotony that made me quit before I wasted any more of my life on dull quests. I really wanted to like the game, but I fell into the trap of just playing it or the sake of it, and not actually enjoying the experience. Not for me. There are more exciting and visceral games out there. Play those.    … Expand
  84. THECucho
    Feb 17, 2016
    7
    The game looks amazing, the technical job is the best, but the combat mechanics and controls are not at the same level of quality. :( is sad because the gameplay should be outstanding too.
  85. bveracka
    Oct 6, 2015
    7
    Note: I haven't played the game since the recent patches, and I've put about 20 hours into it (haven't finished the story), so this my take on it thus far; this is more of an opinion essay than a review.
    The Witcher 3 is a mixed bag of awesome-sauce & mediocre swordplay. The graphics and overall presentation of the game is excellent; The Witcher 3 is possibly one of the best-looking games    Note: I haven't played the game since the recent patches, and I've put about 20 hours into it (haven't finished the story), so this my take on it thus far; this is more of an opinion essay than a review.
    The Witcher 3 is a mixed bag of awesome-sauce & mediocre swordplay. The graphics and overall presentation of the game is excellent; The Witcher 3 is possibly one of the best-looking games of the new generation, and definitely the best-looking medieval-era, sword-combat RPG-action type of game on PS4. In comparison, it makes Dragon Age Inquisition look awful! However, there is an overwhelming focus on cut-scenes, lore, talking with NPC's & making decisions, and so the core gameplay--the combat--often feels..well..not good. It seems that the combat took a back-seat to the rest of the game's elements. TW3 excels in story-telling and in its world's design. The "world" of TW3 is absolutely stunning; there is so much to explore and there is so much variance in the world's design, from the different landscapes, the countless and colorful personalities of the NPC's, right down to the weather and lighting effects; it all makes for a stunning visual experience.
    The main thing--and one of the only things--that I don't like about TW3 is that the combat just doesn't feel satisfying at all. For example, only a half-hour after I had just slayed a huge Griffon monster, I'm in White Orchard getting my arse kicked by little blue swamp creatures! While it looks good, the overall balance of the combat mechanics and the enemies' movements & health in this game are a confusing mess. Many people say it's best to play on a harder difficulty setting, but I've found problems with that as well.
    There are four difficulty settings available at the start; many fans have said that in order to get the best experience, one should play on "Blood & Broken Bones" difficulty, which is the second hardest. I've tried playing through the first quarter of the game on both "Sword & Story" and "Blood & Broken Bones" settings and I found there's a huge difference between the two. On the latter/harder setting, even the enemies early in the game--such as the blue swamp monsters--will totally kick your ass, whereas on the "Sword & Story" setting, you can slice through ten of them without taking any damage! For me, it was very hard to find a sweet-spot in the difficulty settings where I could enjoy a challenge and not be dying "cheap" deaths constantly. Hopefully the balance of the game has improved since last played it. Again, please note I haven't played it since the big patch, which added some things (like loot chests) and other tweaks.
    Aside from having some pretty lackluster combat, The Witcher 3 is a good game overall, and I especially love all the references to Eastern European monsters & folklore. Also, you know hundreds of thousands of gamers (who love this game) can't be wrong when they say it's a great game, or even a GOTY. There is so much to do in TW3, it could possibly keep you busy for a hundred hours or more. It's definitely a game worth a try, but if you prefer combat over lore and stories, you'll probably get bored fast. However, if you love a good lore-heavy RPG with lots of deep and interesting stuff to explore, loot, and learn about the world--which is incredibly large--then this is your game!    … Expand
  86. Mannar
    Mar 26, 2017
    7
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  87. AugustoSisti
    Jun 3, 2015
    5
    its not a great game. People its freaking out just because they dont have any games, them some games gets out they say its incredible. The witcher iii its a good game but just that. With no incredible things, game play, music, controls or batle system. Its nothin them a generic game of midle era. The game is too easy and take you by hand and leave you in the point you need to be. Its aits not a great game. People its freaking out just because they dont have any games, them some games gets out they say its incredible. The witcher iii its a good game but just that. With no incredible things, game play, music, controls or batle system. Its nothin them a generic game of midle era. The game is too easy and take you by hand and leave you in the point you need to be. Its a good game, but just that, like the others the Witchers.… Expand
  88. Gatchaman49
    Sep 3, 2015
    7
    How to describe the Witcher 3. I like to play games on the hardest difficulty. So I did just that. The first 10 hours were hell, but as soon as I got the handle on all the controls and spells the game got really interesting. the next two hundred hours I had equal emotions of joy and hate. I hated the how you cant skip dialogues. It takes forever and I dont care about stories. The fightingHow to describe the Witcher 3. I like to play games on the hardest difficulty. So I did just that. The first 10 hours were hell, but as soon as I got the handle on all the controls and spells the game got really interesting. the next two hundred hours I had equal emotions of joy and hate. I hated the how you cant skip dialogues. It takes forever and I dont care about stories. The fighting is good, the spells I had to start over twice so I can get a decent build. Graphics are great. Loading times are a mess. It was a great game but when youre 90% done with the story they stop telling you where to go. I rarely dont finish games but the witcher 3 struck a cord and I purposely did not finish it, returned it, and spent my time doing better things with my life. Like burning ants with a magnifying glass.… Expand
  89. Nicolamel
    Jun 7, 2015
    5
    I must say I really wanted to like this game. The world of the Witcher 3 is alive and beautiful, the maps are HUGE and the story is well written. Graphics are astonishing (considering is a huge open world game) and the lighting is amazing. What really is making me drop this game is the controls...oh my f***ing god this game has the WORST controls ever. When, walking around it feels likeI must say I really wanted to like this game. The world of the Witcher 3 is alive and beautiful, the maps are HUGE and the story is well written. Graphics are astonishing (considering is a huge open world game) and the lighting is amazing. What really is making me drop this game is the controls...oh my f***ing god this game has the WORST controls ever. When, walking around it feels like you are trying to control a drunk character, when riding your horse you will constantly get stuck literally everywhere (fences, trees, bushes, sometimes you'll even get stuck on nothing), when fighting you'll feel like you don't have any control of your character moves at all, the camera in the fights is so bad that you will have to constantly manage the camera angle while fighting, and the movements are so awkward (plus you'll notice a huge frame rate drop during fights). All around combat is just pathetic and unsatisfying....just awkward and rubber-ish/drunkish.
    It's really just this control thing which is ruining the game that could have an enormous potential as an action rpg. Between a rage quit here and there because of bad controls and some really epic moments, I am unsure whether turning this game back to the store to purchase another one or keep on trying....    … Expand
  90. Austyn_rk
    Jun 8, 2015
    7
    At first when I bought this game, I loved it. Huge open world, dynamic combat, and a great story. Now that I've had a chance to really get into it. I honestly don't see how this is rated so highly. It's still a good game. But the combat is dull and a little sloppy, the load times are longer than I would want. This game is not truly an open world, you still have to fast travel to otherAt first when I bought this game, I loved it. Huge open world, dynamic combat, and a great story. Now that I've had a chance to really get into it. I honestly don't see how this is rated so highly. It's still a good game. But the combat is dull and a little sloppy, the load times are longer than I would want. This game is not truly an open world, you still have to fast travel to other regions.. Not one huge map like an Elder Scrolls game. Overall it's a decent game, just a little over-hyped in my opinion.… Expand
  91. Molohk
    Jun 11, 2015
    6
    Pros: Great storyline, very good graphics, huge world with way more quests than I'll ever do.
    Cons: Combat system could be improved, it sometimes feels slow and clunky. Usability is an issue, navigating through menus and maps feels very inefficient. There are some graphics glitches, crashes and bugs, hopefully all to be patched in upcoming updates. I'm probably around 2/3 towards    Pros: Great storyline, very good graphics, huge world with way more quests than I'll ever do.
    Cons: Combat system could be improved, it sometimes feels slow and clunky. Usability is an issue, navigating through menus and maps feels very inefficient. There are some graphics glitches, crashes and bugs, hopefully all to be patched in upcoming updates. I'm probably around 2/3 towards finishing the game on hardest difficult, and I feel it lacks truly epic battles.

    Bottom line: The game is good, and really addictive. For players who value story above all, it is surely an awesome game. If only gameplay, usability and combat systems were up to the same quality, it surely would be one of the best games ever made.    … Expand
  92. Desi101don
    Jul 7, 2015
    7
    It was really hard decision about what score I would give this but I finally made up mind as people should know the flaws this game but with great stuff in it as well. It is a must-get game. The open world is mind blowing even bigger than Skyrim itself with an unbelievable amounts of content. You could search for treasures, hunt a rare monster,take up a random side-quest and much more. TheIt was really hard decision about what score I would give this but I finally made up mind as people should know the flaws this game but with great stuff in it as well. It is a must-get game. The open world is mind blowing even bigger than Skyrim itself with an unbelievable amounts of content. You could search for treasures, hunt a rare monster,take up a random side-quest and much more. The combat is simple yet very strategic and that's what I like about this game especially for hardcore gamers it will be a joy. The levelling up grants skill points that will activate special abilities but you could only pick 12 skills which makes the game less easy to be overwhelmed by this gorgeous environment. You can make decisions that will affect the quest you are playing or even the communities. But it won't happen not that often.There is lots of crafting in this game. And you don't need to know the previous game to know the Witcher 3 story. So it won't be confusing

    However I will have to nitpick the flaws of this game. The game is sexist in every way. You will see woman having sex multiple times. Geralt the main protagonist will have sex with other woman in the story than his beloved.Some of them are optional though. There will be prostitutes you can have sex with. And there will be soldiers cheering at the woman showing off her body. I am not a woman but I find that offensive.

    Back to the game there is limited customisation and what I mean by that is the way you look. It is just the hair that affects you. There is limit diversity within this open world. I am only saying that since there has been complaints about it. There a lot of glitches that WILL affect your experience like the change of angle.This won't happen too often but it is guaranteed it will happen though. The main flaws is the story which isn't the worst one but isn't a great one either. The story will get boring in time but there is brilliant characters however there isn't a satisfying amount of great characters. These characters will be the only reason you will actually be playing the campaign especially in Velen. The villain is threatening and is quite menacing but not interesting though. The main character I thought was the worst character will be geralt who sounds like batman (which is totally unnecessary) you will only be interested in him is the background of his since he is a bounty-hunter which means he isn't a villain but neither a hero. However you can decide that. There isn't much gameplay freedom like different ways to kill enemies e.g. using magic( even though there are magic abilities which are limited) or stealth). The open world is not even that interactive as you cannot kill other villagers like in skyrim and you can't interrupt conversations or interact with the civilians around you much(even though this can happen but is very limited). You can only eavesdrop conversations.

    final verdict: Brilliant (somewhat) interactive open world, lots of content with a decent story filled with limited brilliant characters. With some glitches (which will be sorted in the future). I would have given this game an eight but due to sexism in this game and lack of diversities which lead me to give this game a seven. It is highly recommended though.    … Expand
  93. Nelly007
    Jul 15, 2015
    6
    The game is not bad, they could have done it better with more people to talk as well that they look not all the same. You getting easily bored to see always the same faces. The graphics could have been better, still a shame with lots games for PS4. I missed a better prologue within the quests, special after you have already spoken to the person instead you hear always " what do you want" aThe game is not bad, they could have done it better with more people to talk as well that they look not all the same. You getting easily bored to see always the same faces. The graphics could have been better, still a shame with lots games for PS4. I missed a better prologue within the quests, special after you have already spoken to the person instead you hear always " what do you want" a bit lame for my taste. The quests are good as well for the story some of it special with some characters from the past, because you find it out after you meet the person. So it's sometimes hart do understand what happened in his past if you have not played the first and second game.
    Next would be that it takes quite long to build up your abilities, takes ages to gain points at the start.
    To follow up the story you have to sort out the secondary quest as well, because if you don't something is not more available later because you are above the level you reached, so you get easy lost to do that.
    Weapons and Amor nice that you can get those, somehow. You need to search all over the map to find those diagrams to get them as well you need to find the blacksmith to make them, so you are again back in line to find those, in the meantime you are able to build up your level and when you found the blacksmith, your level is above the amor that you will need to find the enhanced diagrams. So this can be a pain, as well you have to wait to get to a certain level to do that quest to get those diagrams. Or you cannot kill the creatures because your level is to low???? Most of Velen are to high on your level to fight as well in Skyling? Sorry if it is wrong!! But if you looking for Ciri there, is a lot that you actually cannot help to solve quests to earn money because again" your level is to low! So not much you can do just run away. And go back later.
    So i missed a bit more in that game, i still playing it so i hope i don't lose the fun before quitting it because it gets boring. Well there is a lot to do and to explore that is nicely done, no comments about that. But i still miss something somehow. I know everyone is different and has other expectations to like a good game, but this is not the best sorry! Not close to skyrim or oblivion, those are great games. I like that it is a story of witchers and sorcerer as well have some nude scene with lovestory in it.
    It would have been great if there have put more details in this game, more character more options more prologue.    … Expand
  94. Johnathonm1981
    Aug 11, 2015
    6
    Good RPG sure, but the voice acting made me want to send the actors/actresses a case of throat losenges. After Geralt trying to be dark, brooding and serious - he ends up monotone and boring. I hope the next game from this developer does a better job with their voice actors.
  95. leelustig
    Nov 26, 2016
    6
    Pros:
    Incredible graphics, elements of discovery, skill upgrading. Rich story and well written dialogue. Impeccable character animations.
    Cons: Combat is too clunky and memory-based, an absolutely absurd, life-wasting amount of dialogue, horrible GPS and mini map system, terrible in-game controls (running around, turning around), and phony RPG mechanics (no exp given from monsters in    Pros:
    Incredible graphics, elements of discovery, skill upgrading. Rich story and well written dialogue. Impeccable character animations.

    Cons:
    Combat is too clunky and memory-based, an absolutely absurd, life-wasting amount of dialogue, horrible GPS and mini map system, terrible in-game controls (running around, turning around), and phony RPG mechanics (no exp given from monsters in the field, only through main quests aka tsunamis of dialogue.)    … Expand
  96. Ensigned
    Dec 4, 2015
    5
    Very overhyped game. Honestly, I am getting the feeling that many reviewers are TRYING to just overhype certain games these days.

    Look it is the Witcher...same exact freaking game as the last two. Nothing new at all. This installment adds nothing new to the franchise. The only reason I am giving it 5 stars is because the Witcher is generally a good game, but this game is a    Very overhyped game. Honestly, I am getting the feeling that many reviewers are TRYING to just overhype certain games these days.

    Look it is the Witcher...same exact freaking game as the last two. Nothing new at all. This installment adds nothing new to the franchise. The only reason I am giving it 5 stars is because the Witcher is generally a good game, but this game is a cookie-cutter. Fairly boring RPG elements. Story that tries way too hard to make you care. Graphic and mature content that adds nothing to the value of the game or the story. Bland combat that is the exact same as the game from two titles ago in the series.

    This is now the second rehash of a successful game. Do something new already.    … Expand
  97. Sheep_198
    Nov 21, 2015
    6
    Beautiful world, great design and interaction with game characters, however, combat is lacking, can't play as female character, story is forceful and can't change it to my choice. Full of ghosts, witches and non-sense. Not enjoyable after a while, sold the game unfortunately.
  98. Gorczyk
    Jan 11, 2016
    6
    I like this game, I really do and enjoy playing it, but there's so much wrong with it that I can't rate it more than 6.

    The quest-line is nice, the comic-style animated cutscenes are sweet too. I especially like the fact that many random, totally minor quests have their story and they made typical "find item X and slay Y monsters" quest fun and engaging, good job with this!    I like this game, I really do and enjoy playing it, but there's so much wrong with it that I can't rate it more than 6.

    The quest-line is nice, the comic-style animated cutscenes are sweet too. I especially like the fact that many random, totally minor quests have their story and they made typical "find item X and slay Y monsters" quest fun and engaging, good job with this!

    Nonetheless, game has it's downsides and they are mostly technical.

    The combat system feels rubber-bandy, I feel like it's not up to me to control the character, the responsiveness could also be an issue. It seems like it's supposed to feel like combat it Batman, but it doesn't quite do the job.

    There are many noticeable fps drops and collision glitches, which is an effect to complex geometry and big world.

    The most important thing it the interface, which is slow, over-complicated (the mini map is helpful though), and the thing that bugs me is that world map is not directly accessible, but requires two steps to perform.    … Expand
  99. Iluvatar2111
    Dec 2, 2015
    5
    +Story
    +Graphics
    +Immersion; insane armor and weapons detail -overused assets and music -limited monster animations -large windows between attacks -the weapons you can wield are only swords (because axes are hilarious on Geralt) -half of the skills are boring -boring, unlikeable main character -side quests tend to end anticlimatically -impossible crafting unless you look    +Story
    +Graphics
    +Immersion; insane armor and weapons detail

    -overused assets and music
    -limited monster animations
    -large windows between attacks
    -the weapons you can wield are only swords (because axes are hilarious on Geralt)
    -half of the skills are boring
    -boring, unlikeable main character
    -side quests tend to end anticlimatically
    -impossible crafting unless you look absolutely everywhere
    -a flat world map (unless in Skeliige) full of lazily presented busy work

    5/10. Not fun    … Expand
  100. The_Mc_Attack
    Dec 11, 2015
    7
    Im not a masssive fantasy fan but decided to give this game a go due to all the awards and positive reviews. I completed the main story but for a few weeks now it felt like more of a chore than anything else. I enjoyed the graphics and some of the combat but got bored with the countless count scenes and dialogue. I like my games fast paced and if anyone is the same i rexommend you thinkIm not a masssive fantasy fan but decided to give this game a go due to all the awards and positive reviews. I completed the main story but for a few weeks now it felt like more of a chore than anything else. I enjoyed the graphics and some of the combat but got bored with the countless count scenes and dialogue. I like my games fast paced and if anyone is the same i rexommend you think twice about buying this game… Expand
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Universal acclaim - based on 79 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 78 out of 79
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 79
  3. Negative: 0 out of 79
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jul 8, 2015
    100
    The conclusion of Geralt’s game saga couldn’t be better. The large open world, great storytelling and dozens of hours of pure fun – this game is an absolute must for every RPG fan. [Issue#253]
  2. CD-Action
    Jul 4, 2015
    95
    This truly outstanding game raises the bar to new heights that will be extremely hard to reach for BioWare, Bethesda and any other developer. [07/2015, p.38]
  3. Polygon
    Jun 23, 2015
    80
    The Witcher 3's subject matter, its almost defiant doubling down on its treatment of women as titillating props for Geralt and the player, even as it tries to flesh out more female leads, is its most disappointing aspect. This constant presence weighs down what would otherwise be an excellent bit of closure for Geralt's video game saga — which isn't helped by the control issues that often detract from sequences meant to break up open-world monotony.
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