The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition

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8.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 665 Ratings

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  1. Stevetoast
    Jan 27, 2020
    7
    First of all, the game is amazing. I won't be going into this because there are OODLES of reviews and critiques on the game itself. I will be talking about the technical issues that are a lot less than I expected from such a game on the switch.

    The first are the graphics. They have taken a hit but most of the really noticeable stuff is environment stuff which I've never taken to    First of all, the game is amazing. I won't be going into this because there are OODLES of reviews and critiques on the game itself. I will be talking about the technical issues that are a lot less than I expected from such a game on the switch.

    The first are the graphics. They have taken a hit but most of the really noticeable stuff is environment stuff which I've never taken to inspecting them closely so it didn't really bother me. It's mostly noticeable as you travel on your horse which admittedly is a common occurrence but never so bad that it worsened my experience. The characters and the cutscenes are absolutely GORGEOUS for a switch game that is this large.

    Bugs are an issue and I can't speak to whether or not this is a switch specific thing or not so I'll just describe my experiences here. Trees sometimes have an odd black box surrounding their entirety that flickers in and out (probably the invisible edges of the 3d model but I'm no expert), the stamina bar doesnt visually drain as you run on foot out of combat but you will still run out of stamina and have to restart running and such (it's supposed to drain on running and jumping, just doesn't show visually for some reason), some inventory/menu management hiccups that make things a little more annoying and cumbersome but nothing really too bad, and some pretty regular movement bugs while on the horse (not the pathfinding which has issues sometimes but occasionally when I go to turn on the joystick the controls are inverted for a second ish, mostly happens when turning at a standstill)

    Framerate is surprisingly stable from what I can tell but I've never been too picky. It does stutter a bit on each autosave which is a bummer since they are necessary evils due to the crashes.

    The biggest issue that I can stomach but some might not be able to are the crashes/freezes. They are regular and will interrupt you frequently. Doesn't seem to be anything in particular causing them, probably just the strain of running this behemoth of a game on the switch, which is fine to me since they have an autosave that is set to save every 10 minutes by default but you can tweak that and manually save too.

    SOME of the crashes/freezes I've had:
    Passing in the in-game card game Gwent
    Getting knocked back by a heavy weapon/attack
    One particular area near the edge of a landmass in velen freezed multiple times forcing a restart (the one with a Quen Place of Power and a tower you had to scale to kill a wyvern)

    Overall this game is amazing and if you dont have another platform or you want to play it portably then this does the job and it does it surprisingly well. Everything in this game is a joy even down to the little scripted encounters and camps scattered around that you can stumble upon or read from a notice board/etc that will get it marked on your map. Play this game!!!    … Expand
  2. MThe
    Oct 17, 2019
    5
    Game on pc, 10 without a doubt.

    Game on Switch, 2. Because of the very low graphics (3/4 from lowest graphic on pc), this game is unplayable on switch. At 540p in handheld the game is so blurry that you have headaches after half an hour. Those who said that people vote the console version and not the game itself, they don’t think. If this game will have come in this state on all    Game on pc, 10 without a doubt.

    Game on Switch, 2.

    Because of the very low graphics (3/4 from lowest graphic on pc), this game is unplayable on switch. At 540p in handheld the game is so blurry that you have headaches after half an hour.

    Those who said that people vote the console version and not the game itself, they don’t think. If this game will have come in this state on all the other platforms, then it will have been at best a 5 game for the graphics, nobody will have cared to play 200 hours for the story if the graphics will have look like a ps2 graphics at best. And that will have been in 2015, imagine in 2019 you get to play a game where everything it’s so blurry that you eyes are red whek you playing.    … Expand
  3. Zenol31
    Oct 15, 2019
    7
    sin duda una apuesta de CD Project para switch de unos de los mejores RPG de los ultimos años, en The Witcher 3 se mantienen las claves del rol de toda la vida, un juego que te dara hora y horas de diversion, si quieres completarlo al 100% (cerca de 200 horas), es de agradecer que tiene todo el contenido descargable hasta la fecha, que hara las delicias de los amantes del genero, si tienessin duda una apuesta de CD Project para switch de unos de los mejores RPG de los ultimos años, en The Witcher 3 se mantienen las claves del rol de toda la vida, un juego que te dara hora y horas de diversion, si quieres completarlo al 100% (cerca de 200 horas), es de agradecer que tiene todo el contenido descargable hasta la fecha, que hara las delicias de los amantes del genero, si tienes vista cansada como es mi caso, acusaras los textos en portatil, algo que resta puntos a mantenerte inmerso en la historia, la adaptacion de un grandioso juego a un cartucho de switch le ha hecho perder por el camino uno de sus mejores armas...sus graficos, aunque disfrutable es imposible no hacer comparaciones con otras plataformas, en el caso que decidas comprarlo te recomiendo jugarlo en el dock, para mayor disfrute y solo en portatil cuando no haya otra opcion… Expand
  4. Green_Booze
    Apr 21, 2022
    7
    Great port of a very good game.
    Very good side quests, lots of decisions here and there. The only problems are week character progression system and dull battle system. On normal difficulty the whole game is not forcing you out of your comfort zone of quick attack and dodge. So action part of the game became very boring by the end of the story.
  5. bancandrei
    May 15, 2020
    6
    A very mediocre game, it does not manage to draw me in and it gets a mediocre rating. Everything is done better elsewhere: for story play Mass Effect, for exploring the world Zelda: Breath of the Wild, for combat Dark Souls. Why play this RPG?
    Of course getting all of these elements to good enough warrants more than a 6, but it didn't click for me. I have less time and if I spend it with    A very mediocre game, it does not manage to draw me in and it gets a mediocre rating. Everything is done better elsewhere: for story play Mass Effect, for exploring the world Zelda: Breath of the Wild, for combat Dark Souls. Why play this RPG?
    Of course getting all of these elements to good enough warrants more than a 6, but it didn't click for me. I have less time and if I spend it with a video game I want it to be special    … Expand
  6. brainboru
    Feb 28, 2021
    5
    Graphics and performance are shocking. I'm amazed that Nintendo fanboys hold this up as an example of the Switch's power. The Outer Worlds looks like garbage too. The Switch needs to stick to it's strength, which is 2D indie games.
  7. Fluxquark
    Nov 19, 2020
    6
    Between controls handling like ass, combat being boring and uninteresting and it only being an rpg in the sense that you can choose which of the many stats you want to increase by a few percent, instead of, you know, choosing what your character will do or how you approach the game, this was an extreme disappointment. I've heard people say the story is really good but from the 5 hours IBetween controls handling like ass, combat being boring and uninteresting and it only being an rpg in the sense that you can choose which of the many stats you want to increase by a few percent, instead of, you know, choosing what your character will do or how you approach the game, this was an extreme disappointment. I've heard people say the story is really good but from the 5 hours I played all I saw was a "gritty and dark" fantasy setting that 15-year old me might have found interesting but I couldn't care less about. Another major flaw is that while side missions will have a lot of thought put into the backstory, most of them require you to follow a map marker for a while, then follow a glowing scent trail for a while and then grab a mcguffin or kill some monsters. At no point did I really have to engage my brain to figure anything out for myself.

    Get it if you like story-heavy games I guess but I think this should have been a book or movie rather than a game.    … Expand
  8. cfc1998
    Feb 19, 2021
    7
    I'm not a RPG fan but this game is very intriguing. The story, the characters, the world, the fights, in many ways this game is a masterpiece specially the DLC´s wich in my opinion are better than the base game. From a technical point of view the Switch is obviously not the best platform to play it but i thank CD Projekt for let us Switch users enjoy this game. The portable mode gives theI'm not a RPG fan but this game is very intriguing. The story, the characters, the world, the fights, in many ways this game is a masterpiece specially the DLC´s wich in my opinion are better than the base game. From a technical point of view the Switch is obviously not the best platform to play it but i thank CD Projekt for let us Switch users enjoy this game. The portable mode gives the best experience.… Expand

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85

Generally favorable reviews - based on 65 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
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  2. Mixed: 6 out of 65
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  1. Universo Nintendo
    Dec 16, 2020
    70
    The Witcher 3 should at least be experienced for its good attributes, but you must be prepared for any frustrations. It is a game that bets a large part of its chips on the narrative and the world, so players more used to well-polished mechanics will be surprised.
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  2. New York Daily News
    Feb 24, 2020
    80
    The Witcher 3 is so involved, that the Switch version outputs 720p picture to your big screen.
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  3. Game Rant
    Dec 9, 2019
    90
    There’s a reason The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is considered one of the greatest action-RPGs ever made. The world is brilliantly realized, everything from the gameplay to the story contains a great amount of depth, and it gives players the power to make a meaningful impact on the world through the choices they make. And with arguably the most impressive Switch port of any game to date, players have a whole new way to experience CD Projekt RED’s massive hit, one that just might be the preferred way for those who can stomach mildly-reduced visuals.
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