The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt released for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One on 19 May, and has already earned titles like “Game of the year contender”, and “Best RPG in years” from critics.
The game revolves around Witcher – a monster-hunter for hire – Geralt, set in the open-world environment of the Northern Realms.
Players control Geralt as he fights monsters, slays enemies, and beds beautiful women while exploring the land.
The RPG received high scores from almost all international gaming publications, and at the time of writing was sitting at 92 on Metacritic – based on reviews of the PS4 version.
Ranked the fourth best PS4 game of all time on the critic list, The Witcher 3 tops the all-time PS4 User Score rankings with a 9.
Below is a summary of the scores The Witcher 3 earned on PS4.
- GameSpot – 10/10
- IGN – 9.3/10
- Game Informer – 9.75/10
- Kotaku – Yes, must play
- Metro – 9/10
- Telegraph – 5/5
- Destructoid – 8/10
- Eurogamer – Essential, must buy
As Eurogamer stated: “A majestic, earthy open-world adventure with great integrity and personality, this is the best role-playing game in years.”
What about the PC and Xbox One version?
At the time of writing, Metacritic had noted one PC review of the game, and no reviews for the Xbox One.
While the story and thrust of the game will remain the same across platforms, the performance and visuals will differ.
PC owners who bought new Nvidia GeForce GTX graphics cards in recent months were given a free copy of the game with their purchase, and Nvidia has stated the PC version gives the best visual experience.
The video below shows Nvidia’s GameWorks API in action in The Witcher.
The system required to play in high settings may be out of reach for many PC gamers, though. The recommended PC specs for the game are detailed below.
- OS: 64-bit Windows 7 or 64-bit Windows 8 (8.1)
- Processor: Intel Core i7 3770 3.4 GHz/AMD AMD FX-8350 4GHz
- RAM: 8GB
- GPU: Nvidia GeForce GTX 770/AMD Radeon R9 290
- Hard Drive: 35GB
PS4 vs Xbox One
On the console front, Eurogamer’s Digital Foundry looked at the performance difference of the title on the PS4 and Xbox One.
They noted that the PS4’s superior 1080p resolution – Xbox One outputs 900p, both at 30fps – puts it ahead, combined with the console’s ability to render “smoother passages of play” compared the the Xbox One
The video below shows The Witcher 3’s performance on the the two consoles.
South African pricing
The table below details local pricing for The Witcher 3, if you are interested in buying it.
| Retailer | PC | PS4 | Xbox One |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | R499 | R699 | R699 |
| Takealot | R499 | R745 | R745 |
| Raru | R515 | R711 | R711 |
| BT Games | R525 | R699 | R699 |
| Loot | R529 | R713 | R713 |
| AWX | R575 | R795 | R795 |
| Makro | N/A | R689 | R689 |
This article originally appeared on MyBroadband and is republished with permission.
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PC gamer here and so far I have nothing but praise for this game. Yes I am aware of the graphics downgrade scandal etc but seriously get over it and play the game RIGHT NOW! I don’t care if you play on Xbone PC or PS4. YOU NEED TO GET THIS GAME!
As a side note the thing runs like a dream on AMD machines.
Now if they can just fix a few bugged quests I will be in seventh heaven.