The world is in chaos‎.‎ The air is thick with tension and the smoke of burnt villages‎.‎ The fearsome Empire of Nilfgaard has struck again‎,‎ ravaging the hapless Northern Kingdoms‎.‎ The once‎-mighty who tried to use Geralt for their own gain are now gone‎.‎ In these uncertain times‎,‎ no one can say what fortune holds in store‎,‎ who will bring peace to the world and who will cause it only misery‎.‎ But a force darker and deadlier emerges‎.‎ The petty men and women commanding tin‎-plated armies fail to understand that their conflict is child’s play compared to the Wild Hunt‎,‎ the otherworldly threat which now looms‎.‎ These ghastly spectral riders have for ages plagued humankind‎,‎ bringing misery to the world‎.‎ Yet this time the Wild Hunt seeks one person in particular‎:‎ the one individual Destiny itself bestowed upon Geralt‎,‎ the one soul Geralt considers kin‎.‎The climactic third game in the fantasy RPG series‎,‎ The Witcher 3‎:‎ Wild Hunt is a unique combination of a non‎-linear story and an open world ‎- a character‎-driven‎,‎ non‎-linear story experience focused on player choice‎,‎ tactical combat and a rich‎,‎ living environment‎.‎ This world is populated with intelligent inhabitants and animated by new mechanics that make it a dynamic‎,‎ living‎,‎ breathing place‎.‎ As players travel the world‎,‎ witnessing many a sunrise or sunset‎,‎ enduring torrential rains or sweltering heat‎,‎ they see predators hunting their prey‎,‎ villages defending themselves against monsters‎,‎ lovers meeting by moonlight‎.‎ The new in‎-game economy system varies the price of goods based on surrounding conditions or their place of origin‎,‎ encouraging players to seek out through hunting and collecting items that are in demand‎.‎ With a re‎-envisioned approach to the narrative‎,‎ the game will be accessible to both newcomers and old time fans‎,‎ and a tutorial eases players into the game‎.‎ Combat has been redesigned in order to combine traditional RPG elements with the speed and precision of a dedicated fighting game‎.‎ All of these gameplay features are integrated into a robust RPG system at the heart of the game‎.‎