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5.0 out of 5 starsTHIS IS THE ULTIMATE IN RPGs
Reviewed in the United States on February 7, 2020
I started with the first one. Played thought it several times and was amazed at the level of the game. The second one came out and really raised the bar on the graphics. When this one came out, they had just kicked the bar completely out of the way. It is a HUGE open world extravaganza. With this game, they have set a whole new standard in Video games. You have Villages, and Towns, then there is Novagrad is a HUGE city is huge and my first foray in there, I kept getting lost. Not only do you have this HUGE territory to explore and work in, to add to that, you have the Islands of Skellige. The DLC, Hearts of Stone is very dark, although there is one side quest in there that does add some levity to break things up. This is a very large area to work in as well with a lot of things to do. In the first two games you had Dice Poker and Fist Fighting and in the second one they added Arm Wrestling. IN the third one, They left out Dice Poker, but added a card game, "GWENT". Takes a while to learn and get the hang of, but fun. I didn't understand it during the first playthrough, so didn't bother playing it. They added Horse Racing as well, through various courses. Fist Fighting was still in as well. It also introduces a new character, Siri. She is sort of an adopted Daughter of Geralt. She goes missing at about the age of 12 when the Wild Hunt shows up at Kaer Morhen. That pretty much starts the whole thing. This game will keep you busy for a long time. I have played through it several time and it doesn't get old. The graphics are over the top good. They set a whole new standard for that in this game.