One to ten on Witcher 3, D. West?
Probably like a 8 for the first 5 hours and then it goes on and on and the score gets lower. While the storyline and characters are well done and well acted, the game is so fucking unpleasant to play. From moving Geralt around in an attempt to loot something, to the busted mashy combat system, to fighting with the horse every time I use it, to navigating the painfully slow and poorly designed inventory.
I've played the recent Rockstar games for hundreds of hours and while their movement isn't perfect due to their overeliance on animation, I can deal with it and never have much of an issue except when I'm trying to do something VERY specific that I shouldn't be doing anyways. With Witcher, every attempt to loot a treasure chest feels like a fight. And it just drags everything down. The console ports are extremely spotty as well, the major city is unpleasant to the eyes at times due to constant 23 FPS.
It's strange to me that people complained about the Batmobile in AK, because the horse in Witcher 3 feels worse. It's strange to me that people complained about the combat in Syndicate because Witcher 3 feels worse.
It's got a strong story and characters(except for one character which is focal to the story and feels like the biggest mary sue in gaming history that no one seems to notice), but the more you play it the more you want to go 'man fuck this'. And if you wanted a good story, I'd say there's tons of games out this year with better, more cohesive ones that don't force you to deal with the pain of playing said game while trying to get through it.
There's a lot of content but it's not fun to play, which is like the worst possible thing. I'd call Mad Max the polar opposite where there's not as much content but it feels incredibly fun to play. I don't even know if Witcher 3 will be in my Top 10 by the end of the year tbh
