Witcher 3 Wild hunt worth buying?

[Dottyy]

Firstly i know that i'm kinda late to the Witcher 3 train when it was released. But coudln't play it at the release date for being busy with school and life in general. But is Witcher 3 worth buying?

 

I'm kinda low on money right now but i can spend a penny on a few games and wonder if it's worth buying the game for 59,99£ on steam right now or simply getting other titles out on the market right now.

[billyro]

Yes.



















Okay, okay. I actually wrote a Steam review on the game - I'll copy-paste it here. :smile:

 

 

The Witcher 3 - Recommended

An epic adventure with marvelous graphics, a captivating story and interesting characters. Definitely worth your money, as you'll be spending a lot of time in this game (I'm currently at 30 hours and I don't think I've even scratched the surface).

Pros:
- Visually and audibly stunning
- Huge open world
- Choice and consequence that actually feels like you have an impact
- Excellent characters and voice acting, topped off by an awesome protagonist
- Frequently released patches that have fixed pretty much all the CTDs I was having
- Optimised, stable gameplay
- Mature themes that are well paced and smartly created (IMO)
- Varied environments, monsters and architecture
- Small filesize considering just how large the game is
- Vast lore with amazing depth
- Superior gameplay to The Witcher 2
- Refined alchemy system that don't require you to be psychic
- Good amount of customisation

Cons:
- Difficulty spikes (sometimes a different tactical approach is required, however)
- Movement smoothing makes exploration and combat frustrating
- Roach (the horse) is a spastic
- You will often see NPCs with a re-used face
- Occasional glitches
- Unskippable cinematic every time you load a game

 

 

 

EDIT: That "I'm currently at 30 hours" bit... yeah, not any more. Now I'm at 70 hours (second playthrough). My first play-through took exactly 50 hours, and I didn't even do a lot of the side-quests.

Edited July 8, 2015 by billyro