THE WITCHER 3: GAME OF THE YEAR EDITION (PS4)

THE witching hour? Wild Hunt will supply you with hundreds...

This time last year, The Witcher 3 quite rightly topped the triple-A bill. Offering a unique combination of a non-linear story and the much-loved open world environment, this fantasy RPG focuses on player choice, tactical combat and a rich, living world.

As the final episode in one of the best RPG trilogies to date, long-time fans of the series can once again delight in hooking up with Geralt of Riva, master swordsman and monster hunter, this time with all of the downloadable content and game improvements that have been released in the last 12 months.

Accessible to both newcomers and old-time fans, you enter a time of tumultuous conflict, with the Empire attacking the Kingdoms of the North and the Wild Hunt, a cavalcade of ghastly riders breathing down your neck.

Here, the only way to survive is to fight back and leave none of your enemies standing.

That’s no small task in such a gigantic open world, and it’s one that you will fear for its sheer scale, as much as you will revel in it.

But with such outstanding real-time combat, deep strategic RPG options and a cast of simply mesmerising miscreants, there’s no doubt this is one award-laden monster challenge that you’ll happily accept in all its Game Of The Year glory.