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Presently, the gaming market is flooded with games from companies that seem to not care about the people who are purchasing their product. When UPS dropped off The Witcher 3 while I was at work I wasn't expecting to come home to a game covered in a case cover. Not many companies release games with extra cardboard. After removing the case cover and the shrink wrap I opened the case and found a letter written by CD Projekt Red. They were thanking us, gamers, for buying their game. No game company that I know of takes the time to realize that we spent out hard earned money on this game. Behind the letter there were stickers, a map, a manual, and a compendium. All of these items, now considered extras, are what I remember about gaming. I can remember being a kid running down to the local movie rental shop, renting tons of SNES games and reading the book for awhile before I even popped in the game. I referenced this because it is important to realize how much gaming has changed. I will let you decide what the gaming companies care about.
Now the game itself is perfectly balanced between intelligent story-telling, awe-inspiring exploration, a fulfilling skill tree, great weapon and armor diversity, and a satisfying combat experience.
The story-telling of the Witcher is one of my favorite parts of this game. I haven't made it too far into the game because work is getting in the way at the moment. The introduction of the game up to the first notice board has me 100% interested in what Yennifer is all about. I heard about this love story in the original Witcher, but the story never elaborated on it much.
Exploration is awesome. I haven't explored too much of the first area, but I noticed that when I was running through it there was a lot of diversity. One second I was in a deep river gorge getting slapped up by drowners and the next second I was on a old battlefield littered with tons of weapons, armor, and dead bodies. I'm excited to see what the rest of the HUGE map has to offer. When I mean huge, I mean that I was screwing around with the map on the menu, zoomed out and realized there were a bunch of different areas to explore.
A skill tree is a necessity for any RPG and in my opinion I love a skill tree that confuses me. Not only do I love one that confuses me, I enjoy one that will also make me save up my points and not spend them even though I have them. This skill tree makes me care about how I want to build my character.
I have just reached the first blacksmith and I haven't got to see all of the armor sets and weapons for myself, but I did take a peek online. I haven't found too much armor yet, but I did notice that the weapons change when you equip them. I'm sure the different armor pieces that you will equip will change how Geralt looks. Games that don't have this piss me off more than anything.
The combat is visceral and engaging. I chopped so many ghouls in half and I'm not tired of it. The finishers are amazing and I don't think I'm going to ever get bored of casting Igni on the wolves. So far, I have only fought one boss and she straight kicked my butt. I'm on the third difficulty, so that may be the reason. This proves to me that dodging, rolling, and timing attacks are key. This is not a button masher for sure.
This is a game that you will force you to go to the store, buy some adult diapers, pre-make a ton of sandwiches, sit in mom's basement, and game for days. Give the game a try. I know you will like it.
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