What can i say I have been playing this game for 120 hours NONE STOP and i cant get enough... already planning my second play through ....
To say this game is beautiful is the understatement of the century, I cant count the amount of times I just had to stop and admire the view and if you have a high end VGA card then you will enjoy it even more, ok so I'm gonna list the pillars of any game and tell you what I think:
1-gameplay: smooth and challenging, nothing feels better than beating a level 30 boss when your level 20 or less and its doable even on hard difficulties (I did it) you need to prepare and READ BOOKS AND INFO ABOUT MONSTERS, I tried to kill a werewolf with skill alone and I failed horribly turns out you need something to stop the bitch from regenerating like wolverine, the smaller monster encounters are usually easier (provided they are not 10 levels higher than you) and dont need that much preparation but beating a 10 level higher boss monster is one thing and beating 10 monsters that are 10 levels higher is something else (not doable dont even try).
2-graphics: best character models and graphics I have seen to date.
3-sound: just wow.... being in a storm in the open sea near a Skellige fort .... just cant be described in words.
4-story: hmmmm well think Game of Thrones ... only your playing it, its THAT good, your choices MATTER... LIKE REALLY MATTER not like mass effect or skyrim (skyrim sucks ghoul balls on that front) in fact skyrim is a kids bed time story when compared to this game, the characters in the witcher 3 are amazing, some you will hate with passion and some you will like a lot, in fact I dont remember any one from skyrim but I can name most of the main characters in the witcher series.
this game is a 10/10 aside from the usual game bugs here and their I did not find anything horribly wrong with it and some people are saying the controls and speed is off and horse control is hard ... no its not its realistic cause gerald and his horse actually have some weight in this game unlike the japanese spaze fest garbage some players are used to playing where the characters can double flip in the air and are basically weightless dimension bending god like creatures
BUY THIS GAME NOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW