I'm not sure that there's ever been an open world more enthralling, more immersive, more COMPLETE than what The Witcher 3 provides. The storytelling chops on display, the way the sidequests blow the walls off of the place, I mean hell even Gwent is a good time. I beat everyone in the world at that stupid game! The combat left a little bit to be desired, but for its time this game was really everything that fans of the genre could ask for, and then some. I anxiously await CDProjekt's next foray into this Universe.