by David Piner on Jun 05, 2015
This review comes from the heart of someone who spent their entire weekend avoiding the grasps of sleep to see the story of Geralt through to its final conclusion and has seen the vast majority of what there is to see in The Witcher III: Wild Hunt. As the author of this piece, I have played the previous Witcher titles with a passion, and I've even delved into some of the short stories. The world of Geralt of Rivia is complex and I've had my hands in the gameworld since the first Witcher hit the shelves, so with some authority I can speak about the success and failure of the last installment in the Witcher saga. Fear not that this is some hardline corporate review of the game - I can and will say everything that I believe is both perfect and flawed within the game and leave to you, the reader, to decide for yourself knowing this if the game is or isn't for you.
As a note, this is a no spoiler review. I do not mention any plot lines and use screenshots that don't tell you anything that you wouldn't find in random Witcher III promotional material.
For those of you uninitiated, The Witcher III: Wild Hunt is the third and final game in The Witcher saga, a non-canon continuation of the short stories and novels by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski. The video games are developed by a studio known as CD Projekt Red, whose first title was The Witcher, which began development in 2002. The Witcher II: Assassin of Kings was their second product, which sold over 400,000 titles in the first week, and they've put out a MOBA and an adventure game based on the Witcher franchise. The Witcher III is the final video game story of Geralt of Rivia, at least this story, and after support ends for The Witcher III they will move on to an open-world game about the Cyberpunk 2020 roleplaying game.