If you die five minutes before the ending, it's over.' 'Dark difficulty is something that many people in the company are very passionate about. That means, if you're new to the series, that you will be confronted by pages of confusing statistics and information, and you will die at least a few times while you learn the combat system.

It has all the hallmarks of a game with the potential to go blockbuster - gorgeous, bar-setting graphics, a huge, lively world, and more - but it also refuses to shuck off the niche genre conventions so beloved of hardcore RPG fans. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is unusually positioned in the RPG pantheon. The Witcher 3 is harder than Skyrim but easier than Dark Souls - unless you venture into permadeath territory.