He has a variety of weapons, including bombs, a crossbow and two swords (one steel and one silver). Geralt walks, runs, rolls and dodges, and (for the first time in the series) jumps, climbs and swims. Players control Geralt of Rivia, a monster slayer known as a Witcher. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is an action role-playing game with a third-person perspective. Gameplay screenshot of Geralt using the Igni sign against an enemy The game shipped over 30 million copies, making it one of the best selling video games of all time.

A Game of the Year edition was released in August 2016, with the base game, expansions and all downloadable content.

Two expansions were also released to critical acclaim: Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine. It received numerous game of the year awards and has been cited as one of the best video games ever made. The game received critical acclaim, with praise for its gameplay, narrative, world design, combat, and visuals, although it received minor criticism due to technical issues. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt was released for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One in May 2015, with a Nintendo Switch version released in October 2019, and PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S versions planned for release in 2022. The music was primarily composed by Marcin Przybyłowicz and performed by the Brandenburg State Orchestra. REDengine 3 enabled the developer to create a complex story without compromising the game's open world. Central and Northern European cultures formed the basis of the game's world. The game's story has three possible endings, determined by the player's choices at key points in the narrative.ĭevelopment began in 2011 and lasted for three and a half years. Players battle the game's many dangers with weapons and magic, interact with non-player characters, and complete quests to acquire experience points and gold, which are used to increase Geralt's abilities and purchase equipment. Players control Geralt of Rivia, a monster slayer for hire known as a Witcher, and search for his adopted daughter, who is on the run from the otherworldly Wild Hunt. The game takes place in a fictional fantasy world based on Slavonic mythology. The games are based on The Witcher series of fantasy novels written by Andrzej Sapkowski. It is the sequel to the 2011 game The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings and the third and final main game in The Witcher video game series, played in an open world with a third-person perspective. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is an action role-playing game developed by Polish developer CD Projekt Red, and first published in 2015.

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