The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition (Japan)
Nintendo Switch
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Reviewed in 2019
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✪ Reviewed on May 7, 2025
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A remarkable feat of porting on Switch. The image inevitably loses sharpness, yet this dense world and its carefully written side quests hold up just as well. Roaming Velen on the go remains a small technical miracle.
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Open-World1 player18+
Description
Geralt of Rivia, a monster hunter, crosses a vast war-torn world to find Ciri. Published by CD Projekt, released worldwide in 2019. Choices with lasting consequences, carefully written side quests and both the Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine expansions.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition review
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Art direction
★★★★★
"Iconic"
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Music
★★★★★
"Legendary"
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Story
★★★★★
"Masterful"
Swampy Velen, teeming Novigrad, wind-lashed Skellige: every region owns its light and palette, painted with craftsman's care. That believable density, never gaudy, roots the dark fantasy in a tangible reality that still impresses even on Switch.
The pairing of Marcin Przybyłowicz and the band Percival draws on Slavic folk: rough fiddles, hurdy-gurdy, guttural voices that smell of tavern and moor. The music hardens the instant you draw your sword, then falls silent to let the Continent breathe. That ethnic colour roots the world in believable soil and stays inseparable from Geralt's rides.
Hunting for a lost child across a war-scarred world becomes a frame for hundreds of human stories, with no clean heroes or villains. Geralt moves through it as a weary mercenary forced into grey choices, where a side quest can weigh as much as the main road.
Gameplay
"Masterful"
Taking a simple monster contract and being plunged into a human tragedy: it's the side-quest writing, still envied today, that carries everything. The living world lends weight to every decision. Sword combat shows its age and the Switch version concedes clear visual sacrifices, yet holding the complete adventure, expansions included, in your hands stays a small miracle.
Fun
"From the very first minutes"
Addictiveness
"Obsessive"
The pull here lies in narrative density: even a roadside notice hides a carefully written side quest, and the urge to 'just read on' keeps pushing back lights-out. Upgrading Geralt, brewing potions and chasing a witcher contract open as many threads to pull. The world reacts to your choices, giving each detour real weight. The richness of the writing keeps its full reach; the colossal volume of content can dilute the urgency of the main plot.
Difficulty
"Easy"
Lifespan
"Massive"
Witcher contracts often outclass the main quests of other games entirely, and that's the whole strength of the journey. Between the two expansions, the hunt for Gwent cards and the sweep across Velen and Skellige, you clear a hundred hours easily without any filler. Writing that refuses throwaway quests is why its density is still held up as a model.
Far from faceless hordes, it's the prepared hunts that linger: studying the prey in the bestiary, oiling the blade and picking the right Sign turns each pursuit into a ritual. The Wild Hunt's wraiths and certain mages deliver duels where preparation and dodging matter far more than mindless button-mashing.
A questionable morality
Saving villages from monsters is a noble calling — one that somehow involves emptying every chest, drawer and corpse along the way. We happily accept that this hero pockets strangers' crockery and hunts creatures for a handful of coin, because a witcher has to make a living. The gap between the Continent's savior and its tireless looter is rather endearing.
Is The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition still worth playing in 2026?
The Witcher 3 remains a benchmark for narrative RPGs, even ported to modest hardware. Its side quests, written with a care many still envy, turn simple contracts into small human tragedies. The living, believable world lends weight to every decision. The sword combat, never its strong suit, shows its age today, and the Switch version demands notable visual sacrifices. But handheld, with both expansions included, the complete adventure of Geralt and Ciri fits in your hand, which stays a small technical miracle. To discover this saga, the package is generous and still relevant.
