2. The Impeccable Writing
The Witcher 3 is a genuinely well written video game, plain and simple. Structured like a great television show with an epic overarching narrative supported by smaller stories to give the world depth, all of it is of a quality most video games, even the good ones, fail to reach. It is funny and heartfelt, featuring creative and engaging stories ranging from the humorous to the tragic, and all of it is handled with a greater sense of maturity than even past Witcher titles. It never pulls any punches, and it feels all the more real because of it. The Witcher 3 even manages to weave player choice into the narrative in a subtle way that, while maybe not as explicitly divergent as The Witcher 2, is no less satisfying, especially considering that this is supposed to be the final chapter. The Witcher 3 will make you laugh, cry, and will thrill you in ways most games wish they could, all because of superb writing that shows just how powerful video games can be as a storytelling medium.