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W3 is the first game that made me realize it's possible to have too much of a good thing in gaming.

There's so much, it's all so good, that's it's intimidating to try to get into it, after I sunk ~120 hours into it and barely made a dent I haven't touched it since lol only CD Projekt Red

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I should play this game.

Basically if you have about a month of free time , and want to spend it playing 1 game ... its the game for you

What W3 does so well, is narrative. Every side quest, every encounter was done with care and every NPC we meet is more than just a stereotype. They all have personalities. None of the missions are copy-pasted garbage, none of it is like a Ubisoft game. The DLCs are all free and the xpansion packs cost a fraction of what they offer. Seriously, Blood and Wine was an entirely new story, with new characters and a new map, with new visuals, and new NPCs and an area which was was almost bigger than half of the main game. It even introduced new gameplay mechanics. CD Project Red should be the gold standard of all AAA devs.

I like it, i really do but the first 2 hours were just bad with the controls, i decided to get a controller because its so much better than the keyboard, i never thought i said that. Worth every penny and i bought the expanions packs month later. There just some little things i didnt like but the story is very gud. Triss > Yen

fucking play it already before Archi gets mad

Every once in a while a game comes out which sets a new standard for a specific genre. The Witcher 3 is one such game. Every open-world RPG that comes out will be compared to it. This is one of the reasons Fallout 4 doesn't seem that great like previous Bethesda titles. Simply put, the bar has been raised.

Just have a look at my profile and see what my favourite game on PC is... The game is perfect.

I'm still nowhere near done with it as well! Plan to 100% it :3

Also I have done this

gameplay: what makes it shallow or deep? chess is generally recognised as having deep gameplay due to the complexity and freedom in its situations, while backgammon is shallow due to limited move options and chance. are the controls responsive?

It's relatively deep. You've often got several options in combat, both catering to different playstyles, and that make more or less sense in any given situation. It's not going to set your world on fire, but combat requires a good bit of skill

accessibility: is it easy to pick up and play? did you ever get stuck due to poor directions? did it get repetitive or tedious?

I would say that it's quite accessible. It's not the game I would recommend as someone's first video game, but it's easy enough to get into, and introduces new things through the campaign, thus it does not overwhelm you. If anything, the game's accessibility sometimes gets in the way though, in particular with quest markers making your job as a witcher seem less... well, special. Geralt has abilities that are used through the game which could very well have been used instead of quest markers. It is possible to turn off quest markers, but the game is not designed for that, and it does not give you enough direction to solve quests without them.

story (if applicable): how deep is the worldbuilding? is there anything that exists without a good reason other than to advance the gameplay? are characters consistent in their motives? are there out-of-character moments? do characters change due to situations around them?

The story & worldbuilding is really the strongest parts of the game. All major characters feel like people, they have strenghts, they have weaknesses, they have personalities, and they don't feel like they are there to serve you. The world itself feels lived in, and like it was there long before you arrived. Things are also interconnected in ways that are not obvious from the get-go, which gives the world some more depth. The Witcher 3 is among the very best games ever made in this regard. There is one thing that feels a bit out of place, and that's Gwent. But it feels like it's intentionally designed to contrast with the rest of the game, and it seems to be treated as a bit of an in-joke by the developers rather than something that was just slapped on.

340hrs on record.

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10/10

One of the best RPG's I've ever played. It's the closest game to perfect we have. My only knock on it would be when we cleared out monsters in enemy settlements across the map, it had little effect on the actual rest of the world. I would have liked to see some deeper mechanics in that part. To be honest though, I'm just nitpicking :3

I want a Witcher version of a game in space. Please be good Andromeda :D

It's great game with a rough start. I had some bugs that blocked my progress etc. Also the equipment menu and movement was terrible. But they patched and fixed all of it. So Wither 3 now i a lot better than day one Witcher 3. Great story, gray choices, good enough combat, two dlc that were not an afterthought.

Best game I've ever played.
Would be interested in discussing hyperlight drifter as it's been on my wishlist for a while and recently I've considered removing it.

Loving it! I'm still at it though and have only put in about 40+ hours. I've been doing quite a lot of the side quests but will focus on the main quest line now. I want to know what happens!

Best game I've ever played.

My overall sentiment is positive. I like the gameplay loop. It's satisfying enough for me.
Some complain about the overuse of witcher sense. I don't know, I find it immersing enough.
Some complain about how broken/imbalance certain signs/skills/potions/bombs are. Don't use it, then.
So what? I'm (roleplaying as) a Witcher, of course I'll utilize every advantage I could have.

Accessibility...there's colorblind option. I could see it to be hard to get into if you don't like to read or have short attention span.
I think it's done an okay job with providing directions in quests (even with the hud turned off).
Repetitive, of course, there's not much variation and that's to be expected. Killing monsters, that's what we do.
Does it get boring? No, not really. At least it's not grind/fetch quest like Dragon Age: Inquisition.

I really appreciate the openness to modding.
You don't like certain aspect of the game? (You might be able to) mod it away.
Graphic options, gameplay changes, Quality of Life improvement, etc. are things that could make the game stay fresh.

I think to fully enjoy the Witcher 3 (or any game) you need to have an open mind.
Just appreciate it as it is. If you can't and need to keep comparing it to your favorite game, okay. It's not for you.
No need to force yourself. Speaking of forcing, don't go in treating the map like AssCreed's. You'll burnout.
Especially the Skellige region. Just take your time, not every Point of Interest need to be completed right now.

I suggest Hearthstone for next discussion. Some people are "addicted" to the randomness. Is that the same as gambling addiction?

You know my opinion ambo, this is the best game I've ever played in my life so far, and it left the competition of gaming far behind - the game is a true masterpiece of RPGs, with marvelous story, awesome characters, well-designed dialogues and quests, simply everything fits. If there was a single game that I could recommend to everybody, it'd be Witcher 3. The amount of content and work that was put in this title is overwhelming, I've never ever seen a game like W3 before, so packed with content and things to do - even best sandboxes can't offer as much as W3, and W3 is not a sandbox in the first place - it's open-world RPG.

Just play it already or I buy tickets to your USA and bad things will happen :3.

Finished it on every single difficulty there is, expansions included and is the best game a have ever played in my 15 years of gaming. XD
One thing though, Death March! is still too easy, for the most part. Dunno if you agree, it's just my opinion.

Along with GTA V and Planet Coaster, the game I want the most right now. There's my wishlist Top 3!

I bounced off the original Witcher but I've heard that the 3rd one is maybe a little bit easier to get into. So I'd really like to try. I'm ready to get deep into a game again, been a while since modded Skyrim really held my interest.

Its perfect