RPG revolution or monster flop - witch is it?
Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt developer CD Projekt Red clearly has a lot of faith in their new open world role-playing game, opting to lift the review embargo for Geralt's latest adventure a week before release. This kind of behaviour used to be the norm back when games were released on little plastic carts and the pixel was still king, but is increasingly rare in the digital day and age.
If the early reviews spilling on to the web are any indication, though, that faith has been well rewarded, as it looks like The Wild Hunt is on track to become one of the highest-rated games of the current console generation.
Gamespot's Kevin VanOrd gave the game a perfect score, calling it "one of the best role-playing games ever crafted, a titan among giants and the standard-setter for all such games going forward. "
He wasn't the only one to award The Witcher 3 full marks. The Telegraph, Eurogamer's Polish branch, Impulsegamer, AusGamers, and movie mag Empire also found the game worthy of the title, praising the RPG for its personal, epic story, thoughtful game design and "unrelentingly beautiful world."
Out of the 26 reviews posted to review aggregate site Metacritic so far, only five have given the game less than a 9 out of 10. The most critical review comes from the folks over at Gamesradar who took issue with what they called "sloppy combat" and ongoing optimisation issues. Despite these grumbles, they still saw fit to award the game a more-than-respectable score of 4 stars out of 5.
It is worth keeping in mind, however, that all these reviews are from the PS4 version of the game, so if you're a PC or Xbox owner it might be worth holding off for more detailed impressions from those versions of the game, especially if you're worried about any technical or performance issues they may or may not have.
Still, technical differences notwithstanding, the actual content of the game will be identical across all platforms, and, by the sounds of it, that content has enough richness, depth and variety to appeal to any gamer starved for a decent current-gen RPG. Our own review is on the way, but considering the sheer size and scale of the game, it might be a while before we render our verdict.
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