10 Most Value For Money RPGs In Gaming

There’s no other way to say it: The Witcher 3 is the certified GOAT. Though it skips some typical RPG mechanics, as character creation is totally absent in favour of moving through the world as monster-hunting witcher Geralt Of Rivia , almost every other aspect is executed to the very highest calibre.

Based on the book series by Andrzej Sapkowski, the game is able to draw on a vast variety of established lore for its world, characters, plot, and combat. However, developers CD Projekt Red managed to surpass even this, putting their own additions to the beloved fantasy series that have made the game an individual phenomenon in its own right.

The relationships between the core characters are immediately compelling, and quite literally every player decision is factored in as you journey through the genuinely immense variety of side quests, many of which are equally or more memorable than even the main story.

It’s rare that a game quite this good comes along, and even rarer to get even more of it, but The Witcher 3 manages to further surpass even itself with two DLC adventures: Hearts Of Stone and Blood And Wine. With the former introducing one of the most memorable villains in gaming, and the latter a brand new map area so large and densely packed with content that it was awarded a Best Roleplaying Game title in its own right, they could easily have secured their very own entries.

Considering that in 2022, you can often secure a Game Of The Year edition encompassing all this into one package for less than a tenner, it’s only right that The Witcher 3 takes the crown.