

Sure, the women are all half (and sometimes fully) nekkid, but they’re almost all extremely powerful women. White Wolf still wowsīut the thing I’ve always found with this game is that it manages to rise above all of that. Use Ciri’s alternate outfit when you’re playing. CD Projekt Red, for as much as I love them, are really proud of how they model naked bodies, and will not shy away from displaying them as often as possible, regardless of how inappropriate it may be. especially when a certain Kiera Metz gets involved. Although considerably toned down compared to the first two games and their source material, the sexism is still pretty obvious. The Witcher 3’s setting is still, you know, a bit dicey.

The game takes our eponymous Witcher from quiet countryside towns and bloody battlefields filled with monsters, to bustling cities and island nations filled with monsters, and even other dimensions that are, you guessed it, chock goddamn full of bunnies… Nah I’m kidding, they’re monsters. The Witcher 3 is a tale of love, loss, snow, and adoptive children with the power to tear down dimensional barriers yo know, the usual. It’s pure high fantasy indulgence, and it’s awesome. The Witcher 3, for those who somehow don’t know, follows Geralt of Rivia, a man who has never been to Rivia, and his quest for his magic adoptive daughter and a woman he may love with or without djinn assistance.

Which is why I really, REALLY wish it was better on the Switch. I cannot fault its combat, writing, characters, or setting, because all of it is fan-bloody-tastic. The Witcher is one of the best games I’ve ever played.
