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Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 332.6 hrs on record (145.8 hrs at review time)
Posted: 21 Jul, 2016 @ 3:17am
Updated: 5 Jan, 2018 @ 11:17pm

This is like the Citizen Kane of Games , maybe something better will come in the RPG Genre in the future ( looks at Mass Effect Andromeda ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) ) . Downgrades Aside , this game at Vanilla is easily the best looking RPG open World games out their . Cities are Lively , the woods dangerous and the mountains cold . The Regions of Skelliga , Toussaint and Vellen cater to Different tastes the player might have . Lore is obviously the Witcher's strongest suit . Armed with Andrzej Sapkowski's writing to derive the story from , Witcher's lore is heart warming and interesting . New Playes also dont need to play the old Witcher games to understand the Story of the witcher 3 as the main parts of the story is pretty much self contained or elaborated in game in some way .

Oh and yes this time you have 2 absoluetly Gorgeous Sorceresses to content with . Triss Merigold was always a series regular and Yennefer of Vengerberg , Geralt's love Interest in the books , also joins the robust class of Characters such as Dandelion , Vesemir , Lambert , Eskell , Zoltan and ofcourse Geralt of Rivia himself . Cirilla Fiona Elen Riannon or Ciri in short , Geralt and Yen's adopted Daughter , makes her debut as well ( CD PR please a game on her adventures please ) .

Concluding , I can only say that the previous 4 and the ongoing 5th playthrough ( after I brought in steam [ previously i pirated it >.< ] ) has been worth every second spent in this game . Expansive , Beautiful , modable ( to a degree ) and Lore Rich , this is the pinacle of Story Telling through Video Games . Its been over a year since the game released and still 2016 has nothing to offer that comes close to this game .

DLC 1 Review : Hearts of Stone
A very good addon to the main story. It is a mid way side story that packs more heart and story elements than the main game and also the 2nd DLC , Blood and Wine. It takes place in Velen and is well crafted with some strong cast of characters and obviously Great setpieces and missions.

DLC 2 Review : Blood and Wine
This is where I feel Witcher 3 dropped the ball slightly. Even though Toussaint is beautiful to play in and the story is integring , but coming from the main story and HoS , Blood and Wine feels like a regression on the story front. But maybe that was CDPR's intention. After all its a sort of Witcher Retirement for Geralt.

Verdict ; 10/10

PS : The 10/10 does not mean its peferct game , no its not . Movies , Books , Video Games and other forms of entertainment cant be perfect , but at this time its the closest we have got to perfection .

PPS : Please control your hormones bouys , dont mingle with both the leading ladies at the same time :/
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