The Witcher. I played the game on full settings, enhanced graphic mods, and in 3D when I got my PC a couple years back. I was craving an RPG like it and it absolutely engrossed me. I couldn't believe a game would be so uncensored(director's cut), amazing characters, great story, best dark fantasy video game world ever created in my opinion, engrossing beautiful music, and it really was just amazing.
I remember playing endless hours and one scene, that really got me was when I was playing the game for a few hours. I was walking around the beautiful, yet grim world. The 3D and lights turned off had me sucked into the game, unlike anything I had ever played, then out of nowhere a butterfly simply flies across my screen and pops out due to the 3D effects.
It was the perfect blend of a Bioware/Bethesda RPG. It was more open world than a bioware game, but less than a Bethesda. It was just the perfect amount to suck you in without overwhelming you. There were throwaway SQ, but they were very well placed(usually) and doing the MQ allowed you to pass right through your monster grinding missions. Some of the Side Quests in this game are unlike anything you have ever seen. Absolutely out of this world and unexpected stuff. Greatest inns in any game bar none.
Drunk Parties, brawls, gambling, emotion, serious, hilarious, dark, light, MATURE, sex, politics, religion, character, twists, pacing, long but not forced length absolute quality, and so much more.
This game is the exact gaming quality equivalent to the Song of Ice and Fire series. As I was playing this game, I was constantly comparing the two. I don't mean the stories are related, but just the vibe, quality, and atmosphere scream of each other. The only reason many people pass up this game after an hour or two is the battle system. I even thought about putting the game down, but once you get the hang of it it becomes quite intuitive and fun.
Give this game a chance, that is all I ask. Prepared to play a game unlike any you have seen before(MAKE SURE TO GET THE DIRECTOR'S CUT!). I have played tons of games and many of the RPGs and let me tell you no RPG ever created offers the things you will get with this game.
This game instantly knocked off FFX as my favorite game after almost a decade of it being up there. I don't regret doing that to this day. I don't compare other games to this(besides the Witcher 2 for obvious reasons haha) because I know no game will live up to it and I don't expect it to. Only this company at that time could have come up with this game. No American company would dare cross the lines that this game did when it comes to maturity in the sex department. This independent company of inspired Polish geniuses really did create the greatest dark fantasy game ever to be made.
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