The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

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9.2

Universal acclaim- based on 18653 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 1,101 out of 18653
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  1. jakeman25
    May 19, 2015
    10
    Very awesome game, reminds me of Red Dead Redemption, Skyrim, and Dragon Age. Bringing the best of those together in a world bigger than GTA V is truly something magnificent. While also telling a very good and mature story in a beautiful setting. Ladies and Gentlemen... Let me present The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Say goodbye to life for a while! 10/10
  2. NeOmega
    May 19, 2015
    10
    This is one of the best RPG and Open World games ever made. The sheer size of the world is breath taking and attention to detail is staggering. You could argue the graphics took a hit when looking at compressed YT clips or still images but once you play this game on PS4 in the convenience of your home on big-ass TV you will quickly delve headfirst into this immersive world and forget aboutThis is one of the best RPG and Open World games ever made. The sheer size of the world is breath taking and attention to detail is staggering. You could argue the graphics took a hit when looking at compressed YT clips or still images but once you play this game on PS4 in the convenience of your home on big-ass TV you will quickly delve headfirst into this immersive world and forget about the whole 'downgrade nonesense'. It's the most beautiful open world to date with rock solid gameplay and excellent performance ( day 1 patch is a must for frame-rate dips issues, but after that installed you're good to go).
    If you consider Polish studio with only 200 strong staff and half the budget of EA, Ubisoft are pumping into the same crap year after year, you will quickly realize how exceptional in all aspects Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is.
    I could go on and praise this game all day long but I have quests to do, and then some.
    10/10 Must Buy or GTFO. ;)    … Expand
  3. ChiLocc
    May 19, 2015
    10
    Amazing game with great gameplay and story. This game is while the third in the series, is still a great jumping point and CD Projekt Red has done a good job at explaining the backstory. Granted playing the other games and reading the books will allow you to get more out of it, playing this game is still a must for anyone with a ps4, xbox one or a pc strong enough to run it.
  4. RecoveryRx
    May 19, 2015
    10
    This will go down as one of the best rpg's ever created. It's mind blowing in scope and quality and very refreshing to have an adult oriented rpg. This is a harsh, realistic and brutal world
  5. taress
    May 19, 2015
    10
    The best RPG i have ever played. Amazing character creation. Nicely designed quests. Very rich bestiary. World map is very big and full of content. Almost no loading screens!
  6. adorian89
    May 19, 2015
    10
    Best RPG game ever ! Large diverse open world , mass quests, addictive gameplay . For such a game I waited and did not deceived. Congratulations to the Polish developer.
  7. Gamingking007
    May 19, 2015
    10
    This is officially the best game of all time! It's beautiful, combat is perfection and everything was created so incredibly that I would want to live in this world forever! Reality has become obsolete now!;-)Thanks CD projekt red ! You are by far the best game developer in history! Love you all!!;-)
  8. darthsouheil
    May 19, 2015
    10
    A masterpiece of a game , I havent had such a long enjoyable RPG experience since the early 2000s ! there needs to be more games of this calibre . 10/10 .
  9. GamerJones
    May 19, 2015
    10
    Ive have only played this game for some 22 hours now, and I haven't even left the starting area yet. Im simply in awe of the beauty of this game, constantly finding myself just starring at the screen and the changing environment. I haven't seen this much attention to detail since GTA V, and that is the only other game on the current gen consoles i would give a 10. If you enjoy games likeIve have only played this game for some 22 hours now, and I haven't even left the starting area yet. Im simply in awe of the beauty of this game, constantly finding myself just starring at the screen and the changing environment. I haven't seen this much attention to detail since GTA V, and that is the only other game on the current gen consoles i would give a 10. If you enjoy games like Skyrim and Bloodborne you need this game!… Expand
  10. Muntrill
    May 19, 2015
    9
    Awsome game, nice graph, awsome story line and voiceover. Controls can be more responsive, but is good camera in fight can be better.. If you looking cool story, and fights this game its for you!
  11. nagger
    May 19, 2015
    10
    Fantastic game, the world is so dynamic and huge it's truly incredible. There is alot of stuff to do, the characters are interesting and the plot as in all games is great. If you're an RPG fan than you should immediately get this game!
  12. Super-Name
    May 19, 2015
    10
    May I call The Witcher 3 "Adult version of Dragon Age Inquisition''? Or same level as Skyrim? Because of the amazing story, fantastic living open world. I'm going to spent hundreds of hours into this game ^^
  13. LimeDoDo
    May 19, 2015
    10
    One of the best games ever made. Swimming mechanics need some tweaking, but this is not enough to rid it of a deserved 10/10. A masterpiece of art and gameplay.
  14. Keroth
    May 19, 2015
    10
    This is not only great game but also, a great story! It is deep and exciting without "fedex' quests. That' is something that for example Dragon Age definately was missing.
  15. herrmoekl
    May 19, 2015
    10
    Take a bit of Skyrim, Red Dead Redemption, The Wolf Among Us and add following ingrediences: most beautiful and dense open World ever created, hard but rewarding combat and the most memorable side quests ever created from which many are dramatic storylines on its own. This masterpiece is what you get!
  16. arekrem
    May 19, 2015
    10
    Bugs are transitory, fame will be eternal. Witcher 3 is an amazing looking game with clever plot and living, colorful world full of interesting characters and places to explore.
  17. dr_rip
    May 19, 2015
    10
    Awsome game with a lot of nice features. Its a must have all of you who love RPGs. Graphics, fighting, exploring, mature storyline, a lot of quests, monsters. Its a must have.
  18. joanjett
    May 19, 2015
    10
    Down grade? Oh i don't think so lol! With about 8 hrs of play so far i've not had 1 crash. The game is beautiful
    and even on my pc i7 2600k 3.4 speed boosted to 3.8 with a gtx 760 4 gig mem card and 16 mem i am running it on high. I am loving the voice acting and the music. And good news for people who never played The Witcher series, they have a good tutorial to help you out with combat    Down grade? Oh i don't think so lol! With about 8 hrs of play so far i've not had 1 crash. The game is beautiful
    and even on my pc i7 2600k 3.4 speed boosted to 3.8 with a gtx 760 4 gig mem card and 16 mem i am running it on high. I am loving the voice acting and the music. And good news for people who never played The Witcher series, they have a good tutorial to help you out with combat and well everything. This is going to keep me busy for a long time! This game is going to break a lot of records.    … Expand
  19. Jaka
    May 25, 2015
    10
    Cdpr Gongrats a bunch im literally inside this game never felt like that on any game! One thing I'd love for use to do if Yous read piss EA off in battlefield there nothing but money hungry **** frostbite have told them to sail off to Kingdom cum that game is ruined and frostbite know that!! Yous guys are legends why! Because yous are in for us and there in for money the witcher 3 omg mateCdpr Gongrats a bunch im literally inside this game never felt like that on any game! One thing I'd love for use to do if Yous read piss EA off in battlefield there nothing but money hungry **** frostbite have told them to sail off to Kingdom cum that game is ruined and frostbite know that!! Yous guys are legends why! Because yous are in for us and there in for money the witcher 3 omg mate yous nailed it in every aspect! Your out in the middle of bum gee nowhere nek minute there's bandits around a fire it's unreal everything about it this game has nothing to with skyrim why do pple think that totally different.… Expand
  20. ps4lover
    May 19, 2015
    10
    this game is 3 time amazing and best RPG game ever i playing. story, graphic, gameplay/combat and voice acting are top Notch. there are some weird glitches during gameplay like my horse got stuck against fence that it can't get out of fence. framerate sometimes dip during cutscenes and gameplay. i recommend this game to everyone : this game is worth 60 bucks
  21. Madmars
    May 19, 2015
    10
    An extraordinary game with stunning visuals and details. Great storytelling, fun RPG elements and a breathtaking atmosphere. A good example what a ''next gen'' game should be!
  22. hamoonbeigi
    May 19, 2015
    10
    This is not only great game but also, a great story! It is deep and exciting without "fedex' quests. That' is something that for example Dragon Age definately was missing.
  23. misiektoja
    May 19, 2015
    10
    One of the best games I ever played. Beautiful graphics, compelling story, addictive game play, large and diverse open world, perfect combat, a lot of interesting side quests. I have to take few days off now...
  24. Arthrone
    May 19, 2015
    10
    Beautiful world. Mature gameplay and story.True next gen. RPG. Recommended to all B&G I and II, PTorrment, Fallout 1,2 fans. Deserved 10 out of 10. With free DLCs this game will get only better overtime.
  25. dunnyone
    May 19, 2015
    10
    I haven't even opened the box yet and I'm excited. Giving it 10/10 cause it has horses in it. What also helps is that Geralt seems to have a beard in this one, and I am a fan of beards. I find them comforting.
  26. lonelygamer
    May 19, 2015
    10
    One of the best RPGs I've played by far makes skyrim and dragon age inquestition look awful if you haven't got it already I highly recommend you do it's full of content that will keep you from going out doors for days
  27. Scandaltown
    Aug 23, 2016
    0
    I would have honestly given this a 5/10, but since it was so ridiculously over hyped, for so long, that I bought it thinking it would be a solid time sink an entire year after it's release, this review is going to be a brutally honest tear down of this second string game.

    This game is awful, controls are sloppy, combat is arduous, easily glitch exploited, and uninspiring. Leveling, and    I would have honestly given this a 5/10, but since it was so ridiculously over hyped, for so long, that I bought it thinking it would be a solid time sink an entire year after it's release, this review is going to be a brutally honest tear down of this second string game.

    This game is awful, controls are sloppy, combat is arduous, easily glitch exploited, and uninspiring. Leveling, and thus skill unlocks, are tied to main quests making the game droll and needlessly open world. Every vendor gets an often pointless cut scene. I can carry hundreds of reagents (needlessly) but only alcohol and meditation is necessary to craft after the initial production. Objects have weight, but there seems to be no purpose to it as a constraint at all.

    The game plays like an old "choose your own adventure" book, only with long uninspired, and awkward, walks through areas you are punished for exploring.

    There is extremely low experience for killing random world monsters (each kill within experience range will net you approximately 0.4% of a level which is worse than individual mob killing in WoW and each kill takes much longer) which removes a good deal of interest from exploring the "open world."

    This is combined with the oppressive finance system which actually punishes you for exploring and killing "the monster curse that still haunts the countryside."

    As an example of the terrible implementation of finance: a sword sells for less than a piece of bread costs, repair costs are imbalanced however you can always sell tons of needless herbs for a gold a piece (if you enjoy running circles around overly populated herbs that have to be in L.O.S. of the third person camera AND in front of your character to collect).

    Combat is a game of attrition, heavily dependent on holding down parry, rolling, and waiting for stamina cooldowns (could be more entertaining on face roll difficulties but I wouldn't know). There is no real "out of combat" engaging as ranged weapons do no damage of any import, enemies are obviously tethered and easily exploited for it, enemies typically attack in packs which throws out the counter mechanic most of the time, dodge is inferior to roll against packs and equally as useless as counter.

    There is no functionally new, clever combat in the game, but there is tons of rehashed combat concepts from other games that have been horribly reused here.

    The game is overly controlled to give purpose to poor implementation: missing reagents for recipes to prompt you forward, poor experience for not following the story, a poor economy to constrain your trade and attempt to limit your roaming due to the high cost/low reward of killing monsters despite easy (boring) exploits to circumnavigate it.

    The graphics aren't great for ps4, the game repeatedly failed to maintain a proper render before patching: either slowly degrading textures, or failing to display loot images, or parts of the HUD, and once dumping half of the polygons for the world littering black boxes in straight lines.

    Even after its 20+gig patch monsters often glitch below ground and pop back up, climbing over barriers rarely looks correct other than hopping fences, and additionally the text is unreasonably small and useless on my 40" tv 9 ft from my face....

    The story is choppy and terse due to the interactive implementation, not to mention forced and puerile. I'd honestly skip it if there was any other redeeming quality to the game, but there isn't.

    I could go on. There is no way I would have released this game as is, and there is little or no chance I would consider buying another title from this producer.

    I should have researched it more online, but after a year I was foolishly confident it was a solid bet given its high price point and visibility. I haven't been this disappointed since Dragon's Dogma, and I think it was even worse this go around.    … Expand
  28. lwnewton
    Jul 17, 2016
    1
    After reading so many good reviews I was stoked for this game...Do not be tricked people this game is weak. The play control is absolute garbage, it's super clunky and sloppy. Compare it to Shadows of Mordor and you'll see what good controls should be like. The menus are way too complicated for them doing nothing. The voice acting is so cliche and lame. Every character in the game looksAfter reading so many good reviews I was stoked for this game...Do not be tricked people this game is weak. The play control is absolute garbage, it's super clunky and sloppy. Compare it to Shadows of Mordor and you'll see what good controls should be like. The menus are way too complicated for them doing nothing. The voice acting is so cliche and lame. Every character in the game looks like they had liquid wax poured all over their bodies. Everything in the game is tiny. The fighting is clunky and non-responsive.… Expand
  29. bowsers2
    May 21, 2015
    3
    What a staggering disappointment.
    First off: The controls of Geralt is an abomination.
    Everyone do this test; Watch how in his first two steps after you first push on the controller, they are really slow steps, and then he moves into stride - It's terrible. What precision and control is possible with that ? Then this test: run straight and then immediately push directly left or right    What a staggering disappointment.
    First off: The controls of Geralt is an abomination.

    Everyone do this test; Watch how in his first two steps after you first push on the controller, they are really slow steps, and then he moves into stride - It's terrible. What precision and control is possible with that ?
    Then this test: run straight and then immediately push directly left or right on your gamepad - after that turn, Geralt stops slowly, turns like a slow moving robot, and then moves again. It's insane.
    The basis of the main characters movement has gigantic flaws that makes this game unplayable.
    Not only that but all his movement is sugglish and non-resonsive, and when the combat is difficulty already, it makes the gameplay in the Witcher 3 an exercise in endless frustration. And it was built this way. AMAZING.

    The players animation when on rocks, against trees, sliding down a hill etc, is all terrible. The physical connection of Geralt to this nice looking world when exploring, is awful.

    If they fixed the controls, the combat would still be really boring. None of the early enemies showed much intelligence or proved an interesting or visceral fight. Hit by weapon animation when you hit the enemies leaves no strong impact, and the AI behaviour in combat very soon into the game feels very repetitive. Sure you have some strategy with the Signs, but it's still in a dull combat system against plain enemies.

    The positive: is that some of the writing is vastly improved from the Witcher 2, and even most games.
    But you have to spend such a long time traversing what is a pretty nice designed world, but that setting quality is still not high enough on it's own and for all that imposed length extending traversal imperative, or as compensation for the really poor controls and gameplay.    … Expand
  30. kweckstrom
    May 20, 2015
    2
    A large, diverse open world, lots of quests and absolutely stunning graphics. What's not to love? Well, I hate to say it, but the graphics in Witcher 3: Wild Hunt are merely a lipstick-on-a-pig distraction. What the graphics will ultimately fail to do is make you forget the fact that the combat mechanics are absolutely terrible. Much of the combat in-game is purely based on timing.

    The    A large, diverse open world, lots of quests and absolutely stunning graphics. What's not to love? Well, I hate to say it, but the graphics in Witcher 3: Wild Hunt are merely a lipstick-on-a-pig distraction. What the graphics will ultimately fail to do is make you forget the fact that the combat mechanics are absolutely terrible. Much of the combat in-game is purely based on timing.

    The average gamer is going to love how the game looks, but hate how it plays. RPG's live and die by how well their combat system is received, and this game's combat system is an unintuitive, poorly-timed and oddly-keystroked mess.

    See all those good reviews? I'm pretty sure they're all just too mesmerized by how good the graphics look. It's a shame the way you interface with them is such a turd.    … 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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