The Witcher 3 is beautifully rendered and offers the best beard growing physics you'll see in any game (really, Geralt's facial hair is glorious.) Geralt and Ciri are both fun to play, and the story offers a satisfying conclusion for the taciturn monster slayer.
There's a great mini-game, Gwent- a card game so popular it's now available on its own as a separate game. Picking the right weapons and potions before facing a particular monster is essential. As Geralt levels up, resources are spent on a branching skill tree and ever-growing arsenal. Geralt must carefully dodge and weave his way through foes. Gameplay is third-person action similar to the most recent God of War. Players assume the role of Geralt and for brief sections, Ciri, as they make their way through several large sandbox maps.
It's a bleak, bloody, risque, and morbidly humorous game that is definitely not for kids or the squeamish. This game is set far after the events of the TV show and books, acting as a finale for Geralt's journeys. Geralt is bound by fate to protect a young girl, Ciri, who possesses incredible powers. For those unfamiliar, The Witcher follows the exploit of Geralt of Rivia, a mutant monster hunter who roams a fictional European-style fantasy world as an outcast, trying to get by.
