The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is an open-world action adventure game that is controlled in the third person created by CD Project Red.
The gameplay consists of action role playing elements where the player journeys through a vast world leveling up their character and his equipment in order to progress the storyline.
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Pros
Pro Immersive story
The dialogue of the game is very intriguing and is voiced superbly, making for a very immersive experience as far as story is concerned, making the "role-playing" part of RPG a very strong part of this game. It is through the care the developers took to implement such realistic writing and voice work that makes the game so intriguing and an experience to play.
Pro Visual treat. Great graphics
Witcher 3 has become a benchmark for graphics quality among other features. REDengine 3 (developed by CD Projekt RED) has shown its full potential for rendering the beautiful world of Witcher.
Pro Good gameplay and combat
Though player reactions to Witcher 3 combat has been very polarized, many people thought it was great, compared to most RPGs. One needs to be very good with swordplay controls (higher difficulties) to get out of a combat alive. Add in dozens of enemy varieties and it gets even more challenging.
Pro Amazing fantasy world yet a sense of realism even in the most intricate details
A dark, adult-oriented world, the Witcher is unlike most dark fantasies and it's not at all a high fantasy. It's a weird mixture of both with a distinct taste of folklore fantasy, which makes it even more compelling than most other fantasies as it pays as much attention to kings, wars and palaces as it does to lower class prostitutes, beggars and homeless children suffering from horrors of war.
Pro Attention to detail in almost every facet of the game
The Witcher 3 is how an AAA title should play, sound, and feel like. Its deep combat, beautiful graphics, amazing sound, interesting quests, immersive story, and almost every other aspect of the game has a surprising amount of polish.
Pro Choices matter
The Witcher 3 has three completely different endings. The decisions during main quests and side-quests affect how the endings play out, adding up 36 possible outcomes. It feels refreshing to actually impact your character's fate and not just trot along a path to an inevitable conclusion.
Pro Side quests are as good as the main quests
There are almost no lazy "go get me 12 turtle shells" quests in the Witcher 3 and you get to experience some amazing writing even in the most obscure side quests.
Pro Gigantic openworld
The total size of Witcher 3's world is about 52 square miles, which is 3.5 times larger than Skyrim and 1.5 times larger than Grand Theft Auto V. Thanks to the sheer size you feel like you're in a real world and not a constrained box.
Pro Convenient ways to get around the massive world
The world is intimidatingly massive but thankfully there are ways to cut down on travel time. You can ride a horse, use a boat, or just simply fast travel to explored locations. This makes the experience more accessible and enjoyable as a whole.
Pro Lots of random side quests
You can just walk around for hours, find abandoned structures, caves, etc and find interesting side quests to do.
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Pro Main character is not the chosen one, and you're not the most important person in the whole universe
In the Witcher, Geralt is special, yes, to his friends. He is capable too but for many, he is just another freak of nature. Many will hate him for no reason at all, and the world doesn't rely on him to solve any problems, and not that he'll do anything for free anyways. This is what makes it so real and believable. Everyone wants something, and you want it too.
Con A very dark world
World of Witcher by Andrzej Sapkowski, the famous Polish writer on whose books the game series is based upon, is very dark, complicated and mature. There are no good or bad choices; only lesser evil. Don't go expecting a 'Dragonborn' welcome for a Witcher. People dread you. And your impact to the world is minimal but greater for individuals (unlike most fantasy RPGs). And that impact may not be a good one - people can get killed, as in real life.
Con Story feels like a chore
Most quests feel like a chore in that it is basically fetch quests in exchange for information to advance the story. While this is often a mechanic found in games to keep the gameplay long it does get tiresome.