Totally agree here, KCDs depictions of forests (which actually feel like forests due to the density of foliage as much as aesthetics and not just some trees in a group) and its towns (Kuttenberg for example actually feels like a city, with its layout, aesthetic and living, breathing environment, rather than an ingame "city" which is nothing more than a bunch of buildings that you cant enter and static or limited npcs) sets a bar for me which I fear few games will reach.
They've created a phenomenally good gameworld