I'd actually written The Witcher 3 off at first. All the hubab about the downgrade, and what not and watching people play the game just... it felt off. And I've loved the first two games. I decided that I need to swallow my unfounded bias, and just jump in, give it a fair shake... and well... 182.6 hours later. I'm waiting to do a new game plus until the game isn't so fresh in my mind, but it is absolutely a master work.

Everything is enjoyable. Nothing feels drawn out, and no character overstays their welcome. Their are moments when you are just lost in the world. When it takes your breath away. Others when your heart is broken, or you fear for the outcome of a certain situation. The game pulls you in, but sets you free. Everything you do feels as though it has a point. Things are placed and designed in a such a way as to compliment the gameplay but to also feel organic in the world. It was designed, and crafted, but it feels as open world as any other game. Like a Theme Park, that means something.

You have a stake in this world, in it's characters. The things you do feel like they matter. And through this, and it's expansions, there is no other game that has come close. It is a game for the ages. It sits in the halls of the greats with Half-Life, Doom, Baldur's Gate, and many others, and it sits well atop that list. Deservedly so.