Review: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | Destructoid

Destructoid:"I have an odd history with The Witcher series. I absolutely fell in love with the first game near launch, at the behest of a friend, and adored the way it approached morality. Typically, games of that era would offer up black and white options, which I felt was a lazy way to incorporate the concept of karma into a game."

[Chaos_Raiden]

Looking forward to this game a lot next week.

[MilkMan]

He doesn't sound to thrilled about the game. Its like he felt forced to even give it an 8.

[NoctisPendragon]

It surly is the case , i don't think anyone is alllowed to give less than a 7 to a game of this caliber and this hype .

[Yukicore]

Caliber and hype? You're kidding, look at games like AC:Unity, that's all the game had, where did it go? All the way down the hill on its ass, franchise ruined.

It's like in those cartoons where a certain character would run past ground and on air, later realizing and facing the consequences, hype is basically that.

[Overwhelming]

I didn't enjoy the combat very much in The Witcher 1, buy enjoyed everything else, So I've played it and liked it. The Witcher 2, for some reason, I just couldn't get into it. The combat was worse (and that's a big no for a RPG) and the setting not very appealing to me.
The Witcher 3 seems to be better than 2, in terms of story and characters, and I like the open world aspect, but it looks like the combat is still weak in this serious, so I didn't pre-order the game and I'm waiting to know more about it.

I guess the 8 in the score made me check out why and the combat looks like, once again, the weak point of the game again.

So now I'm undecided about getting this game.

[stormswrath]

For me personally i don't mind if the combat is the weakest part of an rpg. Story and exploration are most important to me in these types of games then a good progression and loot system ant last comes combat. Just my opinion.

[Overwhelming]

I'm not saying combat is the most important part of a RPG, but can be a deal breaker. Because most of the time, you'll be doing combat. Or doing things (crafting, looting, gaining experience) to help combat. So I can't just ignore a weak combat system just because of a good story.

Unless we're talking about something really extraordinary. But combat can put me off before the story has a chance to grip me.

Dragon Age: Inquisition is another game that I realy wanted to play, played it a few hours and just stopped. Combat is MMO like and I don't like it. But bought the game because I heard all about story, characters, big world, etc... Ended up regretting it.

[MeteorPanda]

l'm getting this game cause l smashed dragon age and have no other rpg time vampire to dig into :<

Can't wait for the tsunami of jrpgs that will come after a year or so

[Overwhelming]

What tsunami? I like jRPGs, but they've been a little bit disregarded since PSX/PS2 days. Besides Xenoblade X and FF15 for WiiU and PS4 respectively, what other jRPGs are in the works (that will have western release)?

[MrCherry]

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[Kal-V3]

Looks like this guy is more worried about trying to be funny than actually reviewing the game. Can't be bothered to pronounce Geralt's name correctly.

I'm not calling clickbait. 8/10 is fine for a number score. I'm calling flat out incompetence on the review itself.

[Stapleface]

Nice to see its getting good reviews. Trying to finish up TW2 now.