The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

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  1. Dl9cegoeto
    Mar 5, 2022
    0
    не нравится отношение разработчиков к людям. Применяют двойные стандарты. Позор.
  2. Gnashor_008
    Mar 5, 2022
    0
    Огромное спасибо (нет) обоссанцам из CD Project за то, что они просто так взяли и кинули огромное российское комьюнити. Вы забыли, что серия ведьмака имела продолжение благодаря нам. Именно мы принесли вам основную выручку с 1, 2 части игр. Мы любили вас и ваши игры, мы даже полюбили ваш багованный и вонючий Cyberpunk, оформляли предзаказы. Только чтобы вас поддержать, ибо мы знали, чтоОгромное спасибо (нет) обоссанцам из CD Project за то, что они просто так взяли и кинули огромное российское комьюнити. Вы забыли, что серия ведьмака имела продолжение благодаря нам. Именно мы принесли вам основную выручку с 1, 2 части игр. Мы любили вас и ваши игры, мы даже полюбили ваш багованный и вонючий Cyberpunk, оформляли предзаказы. Только чтобы вас поддержать, ибо мы знали, что ошибки допускают все студии. А вы просто так взяли и наплевали на нас из-за политики, которую мы не выбирали и не поддержали.

    Я безумно люблю вашего ведьмака, но после такого плевка вы смело идёте в сторону детородного органа. Решили заняться политикой? Пожалуйста, но теперь я и копейки вам не отдам. Надеюсь, что вы и не вернётесь больше на наш рынок. Раз уж вы перестали считать нас за людей, то и нечего возвращаться. Сраные вы пшеки!

    Слава России!    … Expand
  3. Nyzzi
    Mar 6, 2022
    0
    За Российское комьюнити
    За Российское комьюнити
    За Российское комьюнити
  4. Allthegoodones
    May 26, 2015
    7
    Really wantdd to give this a higher score but the witcher 2 set the bar so damn high that, despite all the bells and whistles, the witcher 3 falls short of my expectations.
    Its gorgeous and gargantuan, granted, but its also somewhat bland and blasé. The feeling of adventure and, in fact, endeavor that the last iteration invoked is somehow missing. The witcher 2 grabbed you by the scruff    Really wantdd to give this a higher score but the witcher 2 set the bar so damn high that, despite all the bells and whistles, the witcher 3 falls short of my expectations.
    Its gorgeous and gargantuan, granted, but its also somewhat bland and blasé. The feeling of adventure and, in fact, endeavor that the last iteration invoked is somehow missing. The witcher 2 grabbed you by the scruff of the neck from the get go and shoved you into the action right away and you had such a hard time catching your breath that when you did find those few moments of reprieve, they felt well earned and rewarding. None of that holds true for the witcher 3 and the over all experience is more cumbersome than captivating.
    A huge part of what undermines the experience is the horribly ported inventory management system. It is clearly designed for a mouse and keyboard interface and no effort has been made to mold it for a user friendly console experience. Its so cluttered and ill organized that i dread getting new loot because of the time i will have to waste in locating it and assessing it. Add to that the maddeningly small font eveywhere in the game and its easy to see that the console version was not a priority for the developers. This is super disappointing considering what a marvelous job had been done with the witcher 2 port. It was easily the best RPG on the x360 and I had hoped history would repeat itself but no such luck! Luckily, these issues can be easily patched and once they are i might revisit this review because i want to love this game and i know that under the skin this is a great game but as it stands rights now, its a 6/10 game with an added point for the free dlc being offered by CD PROJECT RED and the carry over love for the witcher 2. Fixing the superficial stuff could raise it to an 8 to 8.5 game but its never going to be as ground breaking, breath taking and unforgettable as the witcher 2.    … Expand
  5. Understated
    Jul 10, 2015
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I finished playing through Witcher 3 a couple of days ago. I spent approximately 120 hrs. completing it and reached level 34. I have little interest in playing it anymore. And yet there were so many question marks and quests left pending to be fulfilled! I did complete a number of secondary quests to insure my character was strong enough to complete and retain story continuity without much difficulty. I did not want to stop and start with potentially many deaths. The load times are 'very long' in this game. I also played on easy mode. With RPGs I will initially play through the story with as few interruptions as possible and if I deem the gameplay and world interesting and fun, I will play at more challenging levels later on. Skyrim, Oblivion, Fallout 3, and Fallout New Vegas I played for approx. 900 - 1000 hrs. each this way. And I can still have fun playing them. But alas, not Witcher 3. So why not? Assassins Creed Black Flag, Dragon Age Inquisition, and now Witcher 3 all share a common problem. They are rather flat worlds. Once the surface illusions and clever visual trickeries wear off, there is poor gameplay, poor management of menus and inventories(in Witcher 3 a 'chore'), trite purile exchanges of dialoque, immature understandings of relationships between men and women from love interests to the brothels, and so much 'sameness'. There is some significant square acreage, but the worlds are like Geralts personality, monocromatic! In the Witcher 3 I got absolutely tired of playing his character and listening to him. I had to force myself to finish this. And I did. I am sad for those giving this game such high marks. Perhaps getting a good liberal arts college education for all those who think so highly of this would help. You know, getting a rounded education in literature, art, composition, and history for comparison. One historical note came to mind, however. CDProjectRed is based in Poland which experienced only some 70 years ago major devastation during WW2 as both the German Nazi occupying forces and the counter occupying Russians forces destroyed much of the landscape and its people. The lands of Velen in the game are perhaps symbolic of this brutal period in European history. CDPR designs a virtual war torn environment and aftermath effectively as perhaps only they might. And if so, there could be so much more richness of experience than is portrayed here. This may not be a game for the faint of heart or for say an individual practicing Christianity. The game requires the player to perform and participate in rituals that are steeped in the occult. There are demon possessions, exorcisms, witchcraft, and others I wasn't necessarily familiar with. In one quest a Hag Wraith has gotten bold and is raiding the local village for villagers. A child has gone missing. Upon finding the Hags lair one finds a pot boiling in the corner. In that pot is a childs pelvis. There is so much of this in the game, especially in the Velen area, I was beginning to wonder what really this games agenda is. It truelly gives the game an 'oily' feeling. And I lost count of the number of heads, arms, and legs hacked off as well as torsos split in half. It was around this time in the game I really started to loose interest. But being curious and wanting to see it through, I decided to finish. The ending was disappointing as was the story for the most part. Summations of your choices are presented via story boards and the game does simply end. No real satisfying follow-ups to the relationships chosen throughout the game. If one wants to continue questing, you are required to pick up at an earlier save without any main quest items or activities. Where is the excitement and tension in that? Back to an even more narrow shallow world. Note: I found that when I had experienced visual glitching and/or quest problems, saving at that point, quitting back to the main menu, then loading that saved file, cleared some of those problems. They did not release a sound product, but they have been apparently making an effort to fix and improve it. The 1.07 patch comes out any day now, but I don't really care. These guys really need to improve their craft and respect better the consumers/players. We need a CPA that has some grit. I give this an average score. To me there are much better games I have experienced. I wouldn't give any of those a 10. Fallout 3 came close, after the dlc and the patches, but.... One more thing about the game, and yet there are so many things I could still say. I didn't care too much for the music and sound production soon after starting so I turned it completely off and opted only to listen to the developers ambient sounds of recorded nature. The rain, wind, birds, creatures, sounds of Geralts footsteps on different materials and ground cover, and torches/pyres burning. I found this much more satisfying and interesting. Lastly, Bethesda has ABSOLUTELY nothing to worry about from this Witcher 3 linear deception.… Expand
  6. SkipTheCutscene
    May 19, 2015
    6
    Gorgeous visuals, BUT... as one of the other reviewers pointed out, the movement is very disorienting. It's like they're using a weird focal lens, and it becomes extremely uncomfortable to watch after a short time. It's even more pronounced when using the special "Witcher Sense" ability, which is almost headache inducing.

    Also, be prepared for lots of cut scenes. Lots. Lots, lots, lots,    Gorgeous visuals, BUT... as one of the other reviewers pointed out, the movement is very disorienting. It's like they're using a weird focal lens, and it becomes extremely uncomfortable to watch after a short time. It's even more pronounced when using the special "Witcher Sense" ability, which is almost headache inducing.

    Also, be prepared for lots of cut scenes. Lots. Lots, lots, lots, lots. You can skip them, but there are so many, even skipping them takes a long time, because you'll be doing lots and lots of skipping. It's almost like an interactive novel with intermittent action. This is probably my own personal taste, but when I tried to embrace the cutscenes and enjoy it like a movie, it was kind of a letdown too, because ultimately the characters seem like animatrons, and the voiceovers feel very samey, especially relentlessly monotonous lead dude. It's clear the scenes were recorded by individual actors without interacting with each other. In other words, don't expect "acting," or to experience an emotional response... it's just endless exposition. Bottom line, BORING cutscenes. And lots of 'em.

    IF you're willing to deal with all that, it has fantastic fighting and spell mechanics (way better than Dragon Age) and pretty visuals (albeit presented in a borderline headache inducing way.)

    I will probably stop playing and wait for a patch to fix the strange and irritating visuals.    … Expand
  7. Nimzabaat
    May 27, 2015
    7
    The Witcher 3 is an excellent game that still has a few issues. The main issue is pacing. This game is much larger than Skyrim or Dragon Age Inquisition with far less to do than either of those games. You'll really need to use your horse in this game because playable content is really far apart. There is also a problem with level scaling. In the beginning you'll have a hard time findingThe Witcher 3 is an excellent game that still has a few issues. The main issue is pacing. This game is much larger than Skyrim or Dragon Age Inquisition with far less to do than either of those games. You'll really need to use your horse in this game because playable content is really far apart. There is also a problem with level scaling. In the beginning you'll have a hard time finding content of an appropriate level. This means you'll probably spend many hours just looking for something to do. Other than that the games quests are memorable and the graphics (numerous glitches aside) are spectacular.… Expand
  8. trooper1993
    May 22, 2015
    7
    Realistically this game can be considered the only game that has met it's hype this year. Unlike many other releases this game has a flair for keeping the user engaged and willing to continue playing much like Skyrim did years ago. Although The Witcher 3 and Skyrim are essentially complete different games they both share two crucial aspects that enforce a genuine form of commitment on theRealistically this game can be considered the only game that has met it's hype this year. Unlike many other releases this game has a flair for keeping the user engaged and willing to continue playing much like Skyrim did years ago. Although The Witcher 3 and Skyrim are essentially complete different games they both share two crucial aspects that enforce a genuine form of commitment on the user; The gorgeous landscape within the open-world arena and the intriguing storyline characterised by rich dialogue and well-developed characters. These two features have the ability to successfully involve a much wider clientele of gamers that normally avoid Role-playing games.

    However, this game has some flaws which cause it to run short from a perfect 10. On a graphical point of view this game doesn't really impress on consoles. Although on PC it's a complete different story it is a little bit frustrating that a game like this cannot perform equally on these "next-gen" consoles. Furthermore, the combat system although pleasant and functional has a tendency to be inconsistent and difficult to follow. Hopefully a patch can resolve these issues as it would increase the pleasure of playing this game even more.    … Expand
  9. 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
  10. OneHonestReview
    Nov 25, 2015
    3
    Risen is one of the worst rpg games from last gen. This is risen for the next gen just labeled differently. Here is an honest review.

    The world which you travel is open world, Beautiful and wait, wait a second. No. No it's not. The world is not open and if you think it is you are a darn right fool. It is a segment map which means it is not open. You can zoom out on the entire map which    Risen is one of the worst rpg games from last gen. This is risen for the next gen just labeled differently. Here is an honest review.

    The world which you travel is open world, Beautiful and wait, wait a second. No. No it's not. The world is not open and if you think it is you are a darn right fool. It is a segment map which means it is not open. You can zoom out on the entire map which then shows areas you can go to. This does not make it open world. The fact I can't ride the worlds most retarded horse from the road that is shown on the map to the overall area to another is just horrible. It is not open world if you think so, you are clearly not the brightest cookie in the jar. They try to make it seem alive with the NPC's but has anyone even noticed they just do the same thing, the same kid is in the same puddle every day singing the same song. **** off with that.

    The graphics are standard nothing special. It only looks slightly better than a risen game. The world itself is boring and lack luster with stupid NPC's trying to make it feel alive. No once did I look at this game in awe with the sun shining down across these really boring places that all look the same, nothing sticks out. The world is dead with no real atmosphere. It just feels like a game.

    The movements. Ahh this is where the game truly falls apart. Playing a GAME you'd think the most important aspect really would be this... GAMEPLAY. Clearly not for CDPR. It is clunky, every swing of the sword is weightless, I might as well be holding a feather duster. The combat tries to copy Dark souls with it's timing and what not but fails, there is no weight, it is boring and the camera angles do not help, especially when you have multiple enemies on you, even three!! It becomes a chore, panning the camera yourself only to be smacked but a **** then as you stagger the rest come and gangbang you and opps its game over, hit load last save and go make yourself a cuppa cause that ****ing loading screen.

    Walking in this game is a hard task as is horse riding with retarded roach. "Look a small rock I must halt master, I am no match for tiny rock" says retarded roach. This is a next gen game in 2015. Games before this such as red dead had better horse handling, The best horse handling I've ever played has come from MGSV. There is no excuse to get this wrong when games from the past and present can do it better than you have done.

    The inventory. Holy **** balls. Try to go through it and it is just killing your brain cells one by one. It is so messy it's like someone couldn't get to the toilet, shat all over the floor and said hey, inventory system.

    Alchemy. It sucks plain and simple, Idk where to get these flowers or items really it does not give you any hint at all, which can be okay, hand holding in a game is kinda annoying, but when half the ****ing flowers look the ****ing same I just think how the **** and I meant to know what I'm doing. What the hell does this item even do, well you will probably never know, as the game doesn't really tell you.

    One thing that really pissed me off is the fact in game some one said I'm centuries old. So I'm a master witcher, wise and knowledgeable. So I do a quest, where I'm to fight a werewolf, He even said in his grumbling voice I'm looking for a werewolf, yet there is **** all in bestiary so idk what other things it hates apart from my silver sword and fire cause not many things with fur like fire. So I think to hell with this google will answer me. I google it, there are other things to use only problem is HOW THE HELL DO YOU GET IT!!!???!!! A bomb that is not in my crafting inventory, idk where to get it there is not indication. I will never find it I give up.

    I was playing it with a mate and I look at my level okay, I've got 725 exp, I go off and fight a **** ton of things, wolves, drowners, bears. Look at my exp 745. Are you actually kidding me, I start yelling and laughing because the fact you can't level up from fighting things in the "Open World" means there is no point what so ever to getting of retarded roach and fighting. Anything apart from the quests are there for meaningless. Though I also did a quest and revived 25 exp... Yeah it helped so much and did not waste my time having to listen to a boring cut scene with some **** spouting nonsense.

    In short.

    The world is dead and baron.
    The combat is ****ty and broken.
    The controls are piss poor.
    The graphics are nothing special.
    The horse should just go away I can run and jump and get to where I want faster with less difficult navigation.
    The inventory system is an abomination.
    Camera angles are just a no no especially in witcher sense mode.

    This game is over hyped and over rated. It's nothing special.

    Also why does everyone have a ****ing ostrich neck?    … Expand
  11. Neologian
    Jul 8, 2015
    1
    What game are all the positive reviewers playing? Graphics are nice & voice acting is decent. Okay, but then what? General character movement is clunky with scores of hidden snag points and frustrating camera movement. Combat movement is dismal and unresponsive resulting in constant failures to block, dodge, and strike on a regular basis. Inventory management system is THE WORST I'veWhat game are all the positive reviewers playing? Graphics are nice & voice acting is decent. Okay, but then what? General character movement is clunky with scores of hidden snag points and frustrating camera movement. Combat movement is dismal and unresponsive resulting in constant failures to block, dodge, and strike on a regular basis. Inventory management system is THE WORST I've seen in decades. Leveling is slow and level ups inconsequential. Opponent level matching is out of whack and this combined with the horrible combat mechanics results in frequent untimely deaths even in early encounters. Quests are nearly all simple and brainless "go fetch" or "get through dialogue" affairs with most being impossible to complete in the early game due to their required level and the combat and encounter level issues noted earlier.

    Witcher 3 is a visually decent game wrapped around some of THE WORST in-game and inventory mechanics I've seen in a very long time. Disappointing purchase.    … Expand
  12. jaymclain
    May 23, 2015
    7
    I have mixed opinions about this game...overall, the visuals and story are great. I like that the side quests aren't simple meaningless fetch quests, but weave nicely into the very engaging main story. The characters are very well developed throughout the early parts of the game.

    However, the controls are clunky and some major aspects of the game are overly difficult to control -- like    I have mixed opinions about this game...overall, the visuals and story are great. I like that the side quests aren't simple meaningless fetch quests, but weave nicely into the very engaging main story. The characters are very well developed throughout the early parts of the game.

    However, the controls are clunky and some major aspects of the game are overly difficult to control -- like horse riding and combat. The controls felt cumbersome and awkward. Frequently the frame rate drops are noticeable, particularly surprising to someone who doesn't normally care about such things. The game music is uninspiring, and frankly I didn't even notice it during any of the gameplay (unlike a game like Assasins Creed, for example, where the music adds greatly to many moments in the game).

    The main issue for me are the bugs related to game saving. I lost 5+ hrs of gameplay that I would really rather not perform over again. Very frustrating. I am going to set this game aside for a month or two and see how CD Projekt Red responds. I won't be pre-ordering any of "red's" games in the future.    … Expand
  13. GainesvilleGuy
    Jun 18, 2015
    8
    I'm going with an 8 for total score for this. Some aspects of it are a 10 but some things only around a 5 or so. Since most of the reviews here focus on the positives, I'm going to focus on the negatives instead just to give a non-haters view of what is wrong with this game. Again, there is a lot of great things here so don't take this as recommendation not to play it. But the 3 itemsI'm going with an 8 for total score for this. Some aspects of it are a 10 but some things only around a 5 or so. Since most of the reviews here focus on the positives, I'm going to focus on the negatives instead just to give a non-haters view of what is wrong with this game. Again, there is a lot of great things here so don't take this as recommendation not to play it. But the 3 items below keep this from being the game of the year and instead just very good:

    1) Why does the Witcher start the game at Level 1 with no oils or potions unlocked and crappy level 1 gear? This is the third installment of the game, his buddy even jokes he is 100+ years old, he's been like the top dog Witcher for decades, yet he starts at level 1 with no oils/potions unlocked and garbage gear/sword??? I think they needed to build this into the story somehow, but instead it is just like "Here is the great Witcher top dog but since this is RPG just level him up from peasant anyway." As much time and detail the devs put into this game this aspect was just plain lazy.

    2) Inventory management is tedious. Absolutely tedious. I don't get why they needed all of the various crafting materials. It's not like you can go searching for them, there is no guide to where to find what materials. It is just a giant RNG of hundreds of mats that clog up the inventory. As they pile up in the crafting tab there is like a 1 second delay whenever you highlight the crafting tab because it is so full of crafting junk.

    3) Combat is too easy once you get used to it. Really only the clunkiness of it gets you killed sometimes. I played this on hard mode and at first I thought it was difficult, but dodging is overpowered. Just dodge away from the action and you can't be beaten. Combat is only really challenging when you are in tight quarters but then you end up getting hung up on furniture, fences, etc. and the clunky control become frustrating, but at least a bit challenging.

    Overall though I think the game is definitely worth buying/playing due to the many positive things you can read in other reviews..    … Expand
  14. Reaverwind
    Oct 14, 2015
    2
    I'd consider Witcher 3 a great game were it not for a number of issues. The inventory system is a mess. For an action game, the controls are sometimes surprisingly unresponsive. Quest-scaling is all over the place. Loot scaling system is designed to almost consistently reward the player with garbage. The experience is also marred by the game being built around two contradictory designI'd consider Witcher 3 a great game were it not for a number of issues. The inventory system is a mess. For an action game, the controls are sometimes surprisingly unresponsive. Quest-scaling is all over the place. Loot scaling system is designed to almost consistently reward the player with garbage. The experience is also marred by the game being built around two contradictory design philosophies:
    1) Geralt should be poor
    2) Geralt has to constantly upgrade his equipment - which a poor Geralt should not be able to do.
    This built-in contradiction in design forces the player to focus too much time on scouring the gameworld for the means to upgrade, which can become quite tedious.

    That being said, with the way CDPR has been patching for XBox One, I cannot in good conscience recommend this game. Every patch has introduced problems, but the latest one really takes the cake:
    -all DLC's broken
    -reduced functionality
    -new graphics issues, some of which are migraine-inducing
    -new AI bugs
    -downgraded performance (again)
    -missing items
    -savegame issues    … Expand
  15. JacksonAkson
    Aug 9, 2015
    2
    This is the first time I have ever been annoyed enough with a game to post a review. This game is HORRIBLE. The entire user interface sucks (player controls, map, alchemy, crafting...All of it). Visually it makes me seasick to even watch the screen. The fonts are way too small to read anything unless I stand 3 feet away from a 56 inch 1080 TV. Countless cut screens and countless tripsThis is the first time I have ever been annoyed enough with a game to post a review. This game is HORRIBLE. The entire user interface sucks (player controls, map, alchemy, crafting...All of it). Visually it makes me seasick to even watch the screen. The fonts are way too small to read anything unless I stand 3 feet away from a 56 inch 1080 TV. Countless cut screens and countless trips to the internet to try an understand what I am supposed to do - generally to just start a mission. "Follow the ravens using your witcher senses" somehow really means "meditate until dark". What a joke.

    I have managed to play this POS for over 100 hours and never once smiled. Don't waste $60 on it. It'll be in the Wal-Mart $7 discount rack soon.    … Expand
  16. opSTOOmus
    May 31, 2015
    5
    I was really looking forward to this game but unfortunately it has fell to the same problem that A LOT of releases are subject to currently, it is simply NOT FINISHED!

    The reason why I have given this 5 is because there are just as many things I like about the game as there are things that I hate about the game. I'll start with things I like about the game. It is huge, simply    I was really looking forward to this game but unfortunately it has fell to the same problem that A LOT of releases are subject to currently, it is simply NOT FINISHED!

    The reason why I have given this 5 is because there are just as many things I like about the game as there are things that I hate about the game.

    I'll start with things I like about the game. It is huge, simply massive, there is so much story and side quests, this game will keep you going for hours. It also looks amazing, the graphics are stunning and the landscape just looks incredible. its also a very interesting landscape too as there are lots of really nice features to it scattered all over the place. The control system is nice and simple so it is very easy to get into.

    Things I really dislike, the game glitches and clips all over the place, I don't think the voice lip syncing is quite accomplished, the frame rate slows down every so often really badly as well. It bugs me a bit that you automatically run everywhere unless you half push the control stick, you have a horse that follows you every where so I think the defeats the need for this. The writing on screen is WAY too small, I have to get out my seat to go and read what it says and I wear glasses that are fully fine for my eyes. Finally, I don't like the health system, its really hard to come across food to replenish your health, I find myself half dead and looking for food most of the time.

    Now i will admit I have not finished the game, I am not even that far into it but these things bugging me are really influencing this from happening. i will solider on towards the end but I am less motivated to do that at the minute. I will adjust my score accordingly if I find it better later on.

    I can see what people do like about this game but I really can't forgive any developer for half finishing a game. Everything that gets released by Nintendo never has glitches or problems so why is it acceptable for any other developer to do it. It happens with too much now because it seems ok to just ping patches out at a later date. If i buy a meal at a restaurant, i don't expect half of it to come out with promise of the rest being posted to e bit by bit at a later date, so why is this ok?

    We will see how this picks up but for now it gets a solid 5.    … Expand
  17. Broyax
    Feb 26, 2022
    6
    Je me disais à la fin de Witcher 2 : voilà un développeur qui se rapproche dangereusement de Bioware, le studio responsable des mythiques Mass Effect et du fabuleux premier Dragon Age. Et assez ironiquement tandis que CDPR va vers les sommets, Bioware dégringole… Je n’avais pas encore lu les livres mais en deux jeux seulement je m’étais retrouvé happé par ce traitement si dense et sansJe me disais à la fin de Witcher 2 : voilà un développeur qui se rapproche dangereusement de Bioware, le studio responsable des mythiques Mass Effect et du fabuleux premier Dragon Age. Et assez ironiquement tandis que CDPR va vers les sommets, Bioware dégringole… Je n’avais pas encore lu les livres mais en deux jeux seulement je m’étais retrouvé happé par ce traitement si dense et sans concession de la fantasy héroïque…

    Pourtant, l’ambiance générale est contre toute attente moins percutante que dans le second Witcher ; les choix sont souvent obscurs et piégeux ; les dialogues sont fourbes et leurs résultats inattendus, voire illogiques. L’histoire est diluée et simpliste à la fois, rien à voir avec la profondeur et la maturité du Witcher 2, hélas !

    Dans Witcher 3, Gégé le sorceleur traque et tue encore plus de monstres… ses sens surdéveloppés lui permettent de remonter la piste des monstruosités qui pullulent, et à cet effet, les mécaniques de la traque sont bien rendues. Chaque monstre exige une approche différente et un manque de préparation ou l’ignorance pure et simple des règles d’engagement mène à un trépas certain ou à de grandes difficultés, car ce gibier là n’est jamais ordinaire.

    Witcher 3 s’affirme également comme une jolie prouesse graphique et esthétique. Globalement, le jeu tourne plus ou moins bien (ou mal) sur la Xbox au fil des patchs mais le plus important concerne le degré de finition fort satisfaisant : très peu de bugs pour un monde aussi grand et aussi riche.

    Les combats ont été entièrement retravaillés par rapport à Witcher 2 et offrent désormais une maniabilité en net progrès faite de pirouettes, de contres et d’esquives… mais l’ensemble reste perfectible. A cela s’ajoute le système d’évolution du personnage, assez bien fait tout compte fait. Bretteur hors pair, spécialiste des signes, alchimiste expert (fabrication de bombes comprise), chaque voie permet d’aborder le combat selon son style…

    Quelques soucis, quelques détails irritent comme tout ce qui concerne la récupération du butin, relative à la position du personnage et non à la caméra ; les temps de chargement quand on meure… (de quoi vous laisser méditer) de pire en pire à chaque patch ; toutes ces icônes en pagaille dans l’onglet « alchimie et artisanat » et dans l’inventaire en règle générale, lequel reste un bordel sans nom.

    Le monde ouvert en lui-même est certes immense mais pâtit de son immensité. Pour tenter de le remplir, CD Projekt recourt toujours aux mêmes ficelles : des nids de monstres et des chasses aux trésors et aux équipements « légendaires », des camps de bandits… Heureusement, jamais de mission « va chercher, mon toutou à sa mémère » mais tout de même ! ça manque de variété dès qu’on sort de la quête principale et de ses non moins intéressantes quêtes secondaires.

    A propos de l’histoire décidément simpliste malgré des personnages souvent bien écrits, on s’étonne que les deux fins principales possibles soient aussi pourraves (je n’en vois que deux puisqu’elle reposent forcément sur Ciri et quelques dialogues de loin en loin qui semblaient anodins mais qui se révèlent à votre insu… décisifs, une fois qu’on l’a retrouvée !). Lors de mon premier parcours, j’avais trouvée la première très décevante…

    Mais que dire de « l’autre » fin dans ce cas ! un incroyable drame dont les justifications sont très discutables et dont les tenants pourtant positifs sont passés sous silence ou escamotés… il en résulte un sentiment de fin bâclée très désagréable. Il en est de même en ce qui concerne le destin de personnages-clés, destins inconnus balayés d’un revers de main par CD Projekt Red. Voilà donc une conclusion très décevante pour un jeu de rôle aussi long, certes pas rédhibitoire vu les qualités par ailleurs mais tout de même. On s’en retrouve dépité et aigri : et la note finale s’en ressent…    … Expand
  18. countyourmacros
    Jun 22, 2015
    2
    Let's start with the good! The lighting was well done, excellent variety in enemies, and the lore and storyline are very well done. So yeah, that's basically all the good I can say. TL;DR rating at the end of each segment.

    Now onto the bad... The voice acting was AWFUL and it complete ruins any immersion despite how hard you try to like it (and believe me I tried very hard to like    Let's start with the good! The lighting was well done, excellent variety in enemies, and the lore and storyline are very well done. So yeah, that's basically all the good I can say. TL;DR rating at the end of each segment.

    Now onto the bad...

    The voice acting was AWFUL and it complete ruins any immersion despite how hard you try to like it (and believe me I tried very hard to like this game). 0/10

    The graphics aren't as advertised and are not what you'd expect from a game at this point in the next gen console's life. AC Unity has far better graphics despite being nearly a year old. 5.5/10

    Music is okay, but not nearly as good as Skyrim's. I still give it a 7/10 since they didn't cut corners here.

    Combat is horrible and needlessly over complicated, considering you only have like two-three weapons and 5 spells. Even on the easy modes you die too quickly. The blocking mechanic is choppy and useless if you're against a group of enemies. The dodge/roll button does nothing since most enemies can attack you while you're rolling. 0/10

    The crafting/alchemy thing is awful too. Remember how Far Cry 4 had an annoying number of plants for making potions? Well this game is even worse for that. It's not like you can forego this though, as you need potions/oils to fight certain enemies. 0/10

    The gameplay and controls are awful. It is such a pain to try and use a ladder, mount your horse, swim, etc... GTA has generally bad swimming mechanics, but they seem godly compared to this game's swimming mechanics. I literally will do 4 underwater backflips and drown before I resurface. -5/10

    This is an even bigger disappointment than Destiny. 2/10    … Expand
  19. DamianGX
    Jul 17, 2015
    6
    Good game, terrible rpg, got stuck in a puddle........................................................................................................
  20. Troublewalking
    May 20, 2015
    7
    I've only played a couple of hours so far. Early on it's okay. Feels better than DAI. But is no Skyrim. To put that in terms. Everyone in my family has finished and done multiple characters in Skyrim.. No one finsied DAI. So Witcher 3 at least feels like it's enough for me to finish it.

    Pro's... 90% open world is a gigantic upgrade for this franchise. Con's Early on this    I've only played a couple of hours so far. Early on it's okay. Feels better than DAI. But is no Skyrim. To put that in terms. Everyone in my family has finished and done multiple characters in Skyrim.. No one finsied DAI. So Witcher 3 at least feels like it's enough for me to finish it.

    Pro's...

    90% open world is a gigantic upgrade for this franchise.

    Con's

    Early on this game's 3rd person camera/wind are awkward.
    (Fortunately both of these seem to adjust after you get to bigger areas).
    I can't stand the cartoon segment's between areas. It destroys RPG games IMO. It stunk in Diablo III and it stinks in Witcher III. Frankly I'd rather see a loading screen with information, than a lame cartoon.
    Decision timer is so short sometimes, I don't even see it. Then it defaults to most violent choice.
    Game doesn't seem to auto save before timer. Which can leave you stuck with a choice you didn't pick.
    Playing a predetermined/looks/named character seems like RPG stone age. Seriously you have seen the KOTOR, Reven story. So you can do a story about a person, but let the player's customize everything about the toon so they feel apart of the story.

    Average...
    The combat view makes me feel like I'm watching it instead of doing it.
    Something about movement in the game can make the graphics seem very off. Liking seeing a zone wall in old school MMO's. It just ruins immersion.
    It's magic and leveling up system just seems subpar and restrictive compared to Skyrim.
    It's graphics are nice, but it's an XB1. So it's just about what you would expect.    … Expand
  21. DegenCutter
    Jun 17, 2015
    1
    A terrible game with a boring lead protagonist and a clunky and unintuative control scheme. I can't recommend this game at all even if the graphics are fairly decent. Graphics alone don't make a game.
  22. diehard-gamer
    Jun 3, 2015
    5
    Not a bad as you'd expect after experiencing Witcher 2, but not as good as you'd hope given that its over a year since Elder Scrolls Online was released.

    Witcher 3 is OK - but once Elder Scrolls Online (after a year of bug fixes and polishing) hits the consoles next week I suspect Witcher 3 won't look quite so rosy.
  23. LucasSchmidt
    Feb 7, 2016
    2
    for me that was the 2015 disappointment
    Extremily long load, no character customization, poor skill customization (is greaty if u r a warrior, bad if you are a "witch" LOL), bad AI, the game is terrible.
  24. Iluvatar21
    Aug 24, 2015
    0
    -flat map, empty, repetitive scenery
    -clunky controls, imprecise object targetting, can't look completely down
    -even at the highest difficulty you can mash the attack button and everything will die (no potions, oils, bombs, etc needed)
  25. nibblo
    Dec 30, 2015
    4
    Game is very buggy, it amazes me that Fallout 4 gets so much crap for being a buggy mess but I only encountered one time when I got stuck outside the police station with the Brotherhood of Steel, in The Witcher I was bugging out to the Xbox One dashboard every few hours and the quest with the merchant and bandits could never be finished if you didn't kill the merchant on horseback butGame is very buggy, it amazes me that Fallout 4 gets so much crap for being a buggy mess but I only encountered one time when I got stuck outside the police station with the Brotherhood of Steel, in The Witcher I was bugging out to the Xbox One dashboard every few hours and the quest with the merchant and bandits could never be finished if you didn't kill the merchant on horseback but somehow this game gets a pass!?
    Levelling is incredibly slow and if you make a wrong choice on which skill you upgrade good luck to you, it took me countless times to get through the caves when I followed the wild hunt because I didn't know I needed certain things like upgrading a specific magic skill and having bombs but could I go back and do these things? No. The inventory system is a mess, quests are run of the mill fetch and kill, Geralt sounds like a depressed clint eastwood character, difficulty levels on quests are random so one side quest could be easy and the one next door next to impossible. Just lazy design work hidden behind the justification of explore and come back idealogy.
    Games like Baldurs Gate did this type of thing so much better back in the day and this is really just a FP version of those games not done as well.
    Graphics are nice and some of the story beats are good but they are hiding a sub par game. Unfortunately everyone seems to be going gah gah for this game and it will probably get game of the year looking at the reviews but buyer beware you have to ignore a lot of shortcomings and be prepared to put up with a lot of lazy design here.    … Expand
  26. Oliaphx
    Jul 16, 2015
    0
    The grind makes this quest unplayable from the get go. It's a good long while before you get to level 2 even longer for levels 3 and 4. They did not attempt to match level from MOB to player making this game very grindy. The story is linear and as far as RPGs go this is one of the worst I've ever played. The controls and camera angle are rough. You can't target with your sword and itsThe grind makes this quest unplayable from the get go. It's a good long while before you get to level 2 even longer for levels 3 and 4. They did not attempt to match level from MOB to player making this game very grindy. The story is linear and as far as RPGs go this is one of the worst I've ever played. The controls and camera angle are rough. You can't target with your sword and its pretty much you hope you end up where you need to be to land your next attack. The ranged attack is primitive, there are 8 bit games with better aim than this (cant call it cross hairs because its a dot). The mini-map is underdeveloped and so is the world map. They made the world pretty, but a pretty game with crap controls, linear story, and uninteresting plot doesn't make a good RPG. If you must have it buy it used, my copy will end up in game stop shortly.… Expand
  27. osprey
    Jun 1, 2015
    3
    This is my fourth and final review of this game. I have sunk at least one hundred hours into this game so far and haven't enjoyed any of it. There are many reasons for this . Firstly after all the hype and delay the game arrived broken and unfinished. The load times are endless and break the players immersion into the game. The choices make me feel manipulated and I don't feel I reallyThis is my fourth and final review of this game. I have sunk at least one hundred hours into this game so far and haven't enjoyed any of it. There are many reasons for this . Firstly after all the hype and delay the game arrived broken and unfinished. The load times are endless and break the players immersion into the game. The choices make me feel manipulated and I don't feel I really have any choice at all. I am just being forced into doing what is required for the story as you have written it. I really dislike the music and there is very little mood or atmosphere created by it. I honestly don't feel invested in any way and this makes me very sad. The avalanche of 10s this game is getting is a mystery to me. I still don't know if I can finish this game because I am not getting any reward for my efforts, it all seems so meaningless. I like RPG games as a rule and I love traveling by horseback but non of this is making this game fun for me. This is the last Witcher game for me and for sure the last time I fall for the hype.… Expand
  28. Twigball
    Jul 1, 2018
    0
    Oh my, that was my first Witcher game and just wow! Such a well done mature game. Gorgeous graphics, I found myself admiring the views. And a really great story that just kept going, such a long game. Masterpiece.
  29. megabear
    Jul 25, 2018
    0
    This game does not deserve a 9+. The game seems to have a lot of things to do, but when you take a step back the game is about rather than quality.

    - Quests are terrible. I wish they had been more creative.
    - Story is lacking. Feels very diluted and stretched thin.
    - Characters are not very likable.
    - Combat is clunky
    - Game is buggy, as expected of Bethesda..
  30. ifmenweresheep
    Sep 11, 2018
    0
    Would be a good game, except the CONSTANT 4th WALL BREAK via constant loading in between EACH AND EVERY DIALOG SELECTION.

    Literally any other voice-acted RPG i can name, across any platform (including Witcher 2), does not have this... quirk. When your AAA release gets flossed on by KOTOR... yeah, not impressive.
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  1. Xbox Achievements
    Nov 17, 2015
    92
    Despite its vast scope, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt tells a personal, intimate and touching story, filled with characters you’ll love and hate, and stuffed with monsters to slay. I completed the main storyline in around 50 hours and - yes I know this is a cliche - I’ve barely scratched the surface. The Witcher 3 is an astounding achievement.
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  2. X-ONE Magazine UK
    Jun 27, 2015
    90
    Not quite the technical masterpiece we hoped for, but the mild disappointment soon melts away. The Witcher 3 is a huge, engrossing time-sink of a game that you'll happily spend dozens of hours on. [Issue#125, p.74]
  3. Games.cz
    Jun 4, 2015
    100
    The CD Projekt Red surpassed all expectations and they really managed to combine a megalomaniac open world with a strong story. Witcher 3 is a masterpiece, which you will talk to your grandchildren about.
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