The Witcher 3 Game of the Year Edition (PS4)

Game is amazing (You all know that this game is amazing, come on) delivery was fast and I had no issues at all.But...If someone have issue with language packs and PSN region locks, then this review is for you.As a person who lives in US and who speak Russian, sometimes trying to find a game with your native language is a big pain, because of Sony stupid policies and region locks. (Same with Skyrim creation club and mods, cross-play etc.)Let me explain. I got Complete Edition on PSN during Days of Play 2018 for 14$, Complete Edition have same content as a Game of the year edition, however, CE does not have a Russian language on it, not even text was translated. GOTY was released in Europe and CE for North America, as I understand.I have my old Russian PSN account that I use mainly on PS3 and I though that I can download a language pack from there for CE but after my system download it, it would not install it.(Because it’s have to be specifically for CE or GOTY, Russian PSN have language pack only for regular version. Same with the saves file, if you played Witcher 3 on regular version and decided to get GOTY or CE to play with all DLC’s, oh sorry but you have to start a new game)Russian PSN does not have GOTY language packs because it was not released there.I realized that I have to get Game of the Year edition which was released for Europe. I had CE Witcher 3, but I never played it due to English text and translation(Don’t get me wrong, English as a original localization is amazing and probably the best LORE representation of Gerald. Gerald there is more calm then in Russian where he yells SYKA BLYAT, but I guess I was just nostalgic and wanted to have something closer to the heart, especially Witcher game)I played the first 2 games on pc with Russian translation. I am a big fan of original books written by Andrey Sapkowski, which I read in Russian.SO, I got GOTY. Text in game was In Russian on my NA PSN account. But NO RUSSIAN localization, no CYKA and no BLYAT!!!I remembered my Gran-Granpa, that was eating Nazi’s on breakfast during WWII and his words when I was a kid, playing chess with him:- “Never surrender, kid, persistence pays off.”So I just checked in Google, Russian language pack GOTY and one of the search results PSN pages was at EN-HU domain, HU stands for Hungary. So, I created an additional PSN account on the system and chose Hungary as a country of origin. I went to PS store and found GOTY edition of Witcher 3 and under the adds-on tab I finally saw what I was looking for... Russian language pack, GOTY edition.I opened a bottle of very expensive Vodka that I was keeping for some very important reasons and celebrations in my life, I cut a big piece of great stake for my home bear pet, he got so happy that he started to ride his unicycle around the house and playing balalaika.Right now I can finally enjoy Witcher 3 on PS4 at my Native language with Russian text and speach on my NA account, which is main.(Keep in mind that you have to keep additional account from which you downloaded a language pack on your PS4 system, but you don’t have to play on it, or even logging there ever again, just keep it on a system. You can play Witcher on your main account and enjoy region locked content, which in this case is a language pack. Same with DLC’s and other content for other games)Off-course, you can say that I could just go to torrents and download this game with any language I need, no issues on my PC for absolutely free.if I do that, we might not see another games from CD project Red, this is one of the studios that deserves our money and our respect for their hard work. Pirating their games is like harming a little puppy, which is not cool and might get you killed by Baba Yaga;) (Boogeyman)I hope you found my review helpful:)

I'm 53 years old at the time of this writing... a man that grew up with AD&D and Atari and did the majority of his "gaming" during the 20th century. So, take my review for what it's worth. This game was great... lots of fun. It played well (maybe a little fumbly with some mechanics from time to time, but no "deal breakers"), looks really good (it's a few years old now, I believe), has decent story lines (though I care more about game play), etc., etc. If you like medieval-style fantasy that's reminiscent of Dungeons & Dragons in an open world format, and you're old enough to think every video game is pretty darned incredible, then you'll like this.

I was doing side quests for years lol. Love this game though

This game lives up to the hype. After hearing about The Witcher for a long time, decided to purchase. It was better than my expectations. It's an RPG that is very open world. Similar to Skyrim, but not exactly.- Great mythology and variety of creatures.- Able to go off on your own, but kept a story goal in mind in case of boredom just exploring.- Uses Geralt, a predetermined character, so that it wasn't work setting a custom one up.- Story is expansive. Felt like its own game, even though it is third in a series.- Does have mature content, so not recommended for a younger child.

A must have

Lots of fun once you get into it, but the game crashes a lot, and often whole cut scenes have no sound. A shoddy finish for a game that otherwise obviously had much love and care poured into it.Save often!

The Witcher 3 is one of the best games I've played to date. It's up there with RDR2 and God Of War for me. The open world is pretty big, and there are many quests and side missions to accomplish. I finished the main story after about 75 hours (I loot everything in every cave/house/area I go into), but there are still 2 DLCs and many side missions I still need to finish. Plenty of content and replayability with the varying endings you can get. #TeamYennifer

This game is by far the best game “I” have played. I liked the amount of detail on the story line, how the game is played and how it looks for sure. They really did not brush off anything and they did do a product, something worth playing.