By Tim Biggs
A triumph of open-world roleplaying, the Polish, literary origins of this complex, sexy game make for a stark contrast against its bawdy American and bombastic Japanese contemporaries.
Part detective story, part sprawling European fantasy, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is dark, grounded, and contains a dangerous amount of lore and land to explore. It's violent, but also unafraid of broaching themes of war, racism and sexuality in a genuinely mature way.
Geralt readies his silver sword to take on a spectral enemy in The Witcher 3.
Protagonist Geralt is quietly heroic and refreshingly complex, his foes vile and deadly, but morality is never black and white. This is a game where even the monsters and your enemies have complex stories and motivations.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is out now for PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One at an RRP of $99.95. It's rated R18+