The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Item: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Rating: 93
Author: VaporLens

Last updated: 2025-05-16

Summary

Vast, immersive, detailed open world to explore
Compelling characters and excellent voice acting
Challenging and rewarding combat system
Engaging side quests add depth to the world
Excellent DLC expansions offer substantial content
Clunky controls hinder fluid movement and combat

Categories

Action RPG Open-World Exploration Single-player Story Real-time Combat Choice-based Narrative Crafting Investigative Gameplay Mini-game Collection

Reviews (sample size): 2000
Helpful reviews: 81%
Unhelpful reviews: 19%
Protest reviews: 0%

93%
Helpful reviews with positive sentiment
7%
Helpful reviews with negative sentiment

Positive points: 7134
Negative points: 2012
Gameplay points: 970
Perf. points: 286
Rec. points: 1762
Misc points: 418

Point	Description	Importance
Vast, immersive, detailed open world Description The game features a vast, detailed open world with diverse regions, each having unique atmospheres, graphics, and music. Reviewers praise the immersive detail, dynamic weather, and day-night cycles that make the world feel alive. The high production quality and attention to detail create a stunning and memorable experience. Importance 99%	The game features a vast, detailed open world with diverse regions, each having unique atmospheres, graphics, and music. Reviewers praise the immersive detail, dynamic weather, and day-night cycles that make the world feel alive. The high production quality and attention to detail create a stunning and memorable experience.	99%
Compelling characters, excellent voice acting Description Reviewers highlight the well-developed characters, especially Geralt, Ciri, Yennefer and Triss, noting their complex relationships and emotional depth. The voice acting is top-notch, with Doug Cockle's portrayal of Geralt being particularly praised. The game's narrative and world-building contribute to a rich and immersive experience. Importance 49%	Reviewers highlight the well-developed characters, especially Geralt, Ciri, Yennefer and Triss, noting their complex relationships and emotional depth. The voice acting is top-notch, with Doug Cockle's portrayal of Geralt being particularly praised. The game's narrative and world-building contribute to a rich and immersive experience.	49%
Challenging, rewarding combat system Description The combat system is challenging and rewarding, requiring strategic use of skills, potions, and tactics. Reviewers appreciate the variety of enemies and the need to exploit their weaknesses. The engaging combat mechanics contribute to a satisfying gameplay experience. Importance 36%	The combat system is challenging and rewarding, requiring strategic use of skills, potions, and tactics. Reviewers appreciate the variety of enemies and the need to exploit their weaknesses. The engaging combat mechanics contribute to a satisfying gameplay experience.	36%
Engaging, high-quality side quests Description Side quests are well-written and engaging, often rivaling the main story in quality and depth. These quests offer unique stories, memorable characters, and meaningful choices that impact the game world. The detailed narratives and moral dilemmas add to the overall immersion and replayability. Importance 32%	Side quests are well-written and engaging, often rivaling the main story in quality and depth. These quests offer unique stories, memorable characters, and meaningful choices that impact the game world. The detailed narratives and moral dilemmas add to the overall immersion and replayability.	32%
Excellent, substantial DLC expansions Description The Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine expansions offer substantial additional content, with compelling stories, new characters, and vibrant locations. These expansions are often praised for their quality and depth, feeling like standalone games that enhance the overall experience. Importance 25%	The Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine expansions offer substantial additional content, with compelling stories, new characters, and vibrant locations. These expansions are often praised for their quality and depth, feeling like standalone games that enhance the overall experience.	25%
Exceptional, immersive soundtrack Description The game features an exceptional and immersive soundtrack that enhances the atmosphere and emotional impact of the game. The music is masterfully composed and perfectly fits every situation, creating a strong connection with the game world. Importance 21%	The game features an exceptional and immersive soundtrack that enhances the atmosphere and emotional impact of the game. The music is masterfully composed and perfectly fits every situation, creating a strong connection with the game world.	21%
Emotionally engaging, immersive experience Description Reviewers express strong emotional connections to the game, describing it as a masterpiece that evokes a wide range of feelings. The game's engaging world, story, and characters create a deeply immersive experience that resonates with players long after completion. Importance 14%	Reviewers express strong emotional connections to the game, describing it as a masterpiece that evokes a wide range of feelings. The game's engaging world, story, and characters create a deeply immersive experience that resonates with players long after completion.	14%
High replayability, meaningful choices Description The game offers high replayability due to meaningful consequences of player decisions and multiple possible endings. The New Game Plus mode offers a fresh challenge and encourages multiple playthroughs. The game has aged well, surpassing current games in various aspects. Importance 11%	The game offers high replayability due to meaningful consequences of player decisions and multiple possible endings. The New Game Plus mode offers a fresh challenge and encourages multiple playthroughs. The game has aged well, surpassing current games in various aspects.	11%
Addictive and strategic Gwent minigame Description Gwent, the in-game card game, provides a delightful diversion beyond combat and quests. It is simple to understand but incredibly strategic, with a real learning curve. Gwent is highly engaging and can consume a significant amount of the player's time. Importance 9%	Gwent, the in-game card game, provides a delightful diversion beyond combat and quests. It is simple to understand but incredibly strategic, with a real learning curve. Gwent is highly engaging and can consume a significant amount of the player's time.	9%
Graphics hold up remarkably well Description Despite being released in 2015, the game's graphics still hold up well, especially with updates and mods. Reviewers are impressed by the level of detail and immersion, often comparing it favorably to more recent titles. The game's art direction and atmosphere compensate for any dated aspects. Importance 8%	Despite being released in 2015, the game's graphics still hold up well, especially with updates and mods. Reviewers are impressed by the level of detail and immersion, often comparing it favorably to more recent titles. The game's art direction and atmosphere compensate for any dated aspects.	8%
Excellent DLCs and characters Description The DLCs are excellent and on par with the base game. The character roster, including main and DLC characters, is exceptionally well-developed. The dialogues and characters in this game are written to near perfection. Importance 7%	The DLCs are excellent and on par with the base game. The character roster, including main and DLC characters, is exceptionally well-developed. The dialogues and characters in this game are written to near perfection.	7%
Compelling Geralt-Ciri dynamic Description Ciri's character is a major factor in what makes The Witcher 3 amazing. The in-depth examination of the father-daughter dynamic between Geralt and Ciri is the single greatest narrative choice since Star Wars. The reviewer cared about the characters, viewing Ciri as a daughter and feeling anxious about choices involving her. Importance 6%	Ciri's character is a major factor in what makes The Witcher 3 amazing. The in-depth examination of the father-daughter dynamic between Geralt and Ciri is the single greatest narrative choice since Star Wars. The reviewer cared about the characters, viewing Ciri as a daughter and feeling anxious about choices involving her.	6%
Great music and emotional impact Description The music captures the bittersweet nature of the Witcher franchise and can be emotionally moving. The soundtrack combines folk music with epic tones that fit the climate of each region and event. The reviewer loved playing The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Importance 5%	The music captures the bittersweet nature of the Witcher franchise and can be emotionally moving. The soundtrack combines folk music with epic tones that fit the climate of each region and event. The reviewer loved playing The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.	5%
Excellent Hearts of Stone DLC Description Hearts of Stone DLC is a personal, relatable, slow-burn love story with a well-written villain. The Hearts of Stone DLC has a magnificent story and impeccable soundtrack, introducing the Ofieri and diagrams of the Viper school. Hearts of Stone DLC has the most interesting singular character and storyline. Importance 4%	Hearts of Stone DLC is a personal, relatable, slow-burn love story with a well-written villain. The Hearts of Stone DLC has a magnificent story and impeccable soundtrack, introducing the Ofieri and diagrams of the Viper school. Hearts of Stone DLC has the most interesting singular character and storyline.	4%