Never read any of the books, played all the games and just absolutely love the engaging and sophisticated story telling in all games, but in the Witcher 3, despite this being the first open world Witcher game, CDPR really seem to have taken the story telling to whole new level. Not just in the main quests but in the side quests also, which add colour, body and life to the game world. Those people who are complaining about the long cut scenes need to lay off the blue smarties and grow an attention span or something. The story telling, the lore, and the characters in this game are on a Game of Thrones level, whilst being totally interactive, in that the gamer can just plough his way through the game and be sure of soaking in the atmosphere of the game world, and the stories that it has to tell, no matter in which direction he ventures or what detours he takes along the road of the main quest.
I am virtually rubbing my eyes and shaking my head in astonishment at how CDPR have managed to create such a masterpiece. Not just the immersiveness of the game, but also how bloody good the game looks and runs on my laptop (GTX 980M admittedly)...... There was a lot of hate over the 'downgrade'. But I am sorry, I know what standard of graphics my machine is capable off and going by past experience, my machine just should not be running a game that looks this good, with a buttery smooth 60fps frame rate, yet somehow, it does. Thank god for the 'downgrade'. Much rather have this than some ultra high end graphics rendering system that takes Sli Titans to run at 40-50 frames per second.
......ah but wait a minute. The combat is a tad wonky. Yet another overhyped p.o.s. rubbish game. I want my money back.
I wouldn't even call the game an RPG tbh. More of a story-driven action game. There is very little role-playing involved compared to a lot of other games.
game of thrones level?! LOL!
We get it you are a massive fan of the game but just because you think it is perfect doesn't mean that it is for every one else... I don't think anyone has come out and just said the game is dog ****, simply that it isn't as good as what everyone makes it out to be thus over hyped which I agree with.
graphics - not sure how people find the standard/default game good looking, some rare scenes where it looks very good (the lighting and shadows mostly) but overall it is very meh, the textures look bad especially the water, GTA 5 and SOM are so much better looking in every way, granted they aren't as big, shadow of mordor has a more bland game world but gta 5 has so much more going on, also remember that with witcher 3, you have to actually load the other areas/maps when you travel to them so it isn't loading one MASSIVE map/gameworld....
storyline - IMO it is nothing special (one of the better games for story? yes but a master piece, imo no). Some of the quests are good and some are rubbish, breaking into a house just to recover a frying pan for an old lady, destroying a wraith/ghost hunting a well etc. are a "masterpiece" of story telling? If you want a true quality game story then play telltale's walking dead, imo that is by far the best game for story and will immerse you like no other game.
combat - I have seen a few say this is just a tiny feature of the game, not sure why.... I have spent 3/4 of my time fighting people/monsters so hardly a tiny feature therefore it is pretty important to get that working fluidly and to make it an enjoyable experience
game of thrones level?! LOL!
