its very good, but definitely not the best in the past 10 years.

Hmm well its OK a find the controls very unresponsive though. Like I have to press x 10 times to get on my horse. And horse never seems to jumps when I press circle and stuff

Its probably the best game so far this generation.

I feel bad for you though, as you've clearly not played anything Mass Effect.

Sorry, it's a better RPG than Mass Effect.

1. W3 is probably bigger than all 3 MEs combined.

2. W3 has far more replay value than all 3 MEs combined.

3. W3 has far more character customization options than all 3 MEs combined.

4. ME is more of a shooter than an RPG.

So while ME might be a better game overall than W3, W3 is the better RPG.

It's not even a RPG

Yeah, an RPG without archery and limited weapon and magic choice. Don't see how any other RPG can compete with that.

The witcher is an awesome game I've really enjoyed it but it's also one of those games which has come from a big novel of numerous books that started in the early 90s, it's a carry on from the final novel and to me if you haven't read them books then your only experiencing a very very small part of the whole story. The witcher (novel) is up there with the very best of fantasy novels and you learn a hell of a lot more reading them and it makes the games so much better with better emersion as you understand a lot more of the events and conversations that go on in the games. There's parts and conversations that people will listen to but won't relate to what there talking about if they haven't read the books.

It has no archery, so little magic abilties, and all the weapons feel the same. I'll stick with Skyrim.

I agree with OP, it has placed itself on my top 5 games of all time and even made me finally take the plunge and buy the books.

Most big RPG's have at least one major issue for me, examples:

FFXIII was just not a good game, period. Poor story, enclosed gameplay for 15-20 hours, semi-automatic combat, anonymous music, annoying and severely stereotype characters etc. The only redeeming factor was the visuals.

Mass Effect became more and more a shooter, they even removed a bunch of skills and the entire inventory, the story although expertly told, is a very cliched sci-fi one with few original moments. Battlestar Galactica, Babylon 5 and others did it before (and better at that). The combat also became way too simple and the only reason it was harder in ME 1 was that the controls were kinda poor.
The side quests, especially in the first two, are beyond terrible, the first game took so far as to use the exact same template for every single planet down to the positioning of the enemies and the layout of the room they were in and the Mako vehicle has the most insufferable controls I ever came across, I was shocked that a company like Bioware would ever release an RPG with side quests this atrocious.

Skyrim: a great game no doubt but the sense of scale is ridiculous, the "epic conflict" between Nords and Imperials becomes a 20-man melee in a village. The dragons are sorely underpowered and way too easy to defeat, you become overpowered no matter what you do and the Sneak + Bow combo is downright broken as a game mechanic. They took away a bunch of skills and added perks, which cause the most serious overpowered mechanics. Leveling is way too simple, I was around 55-60 after 50 hours of play, compared to level 19 in The Witcher 3.
The entire game is just too easy, few enemy types and most locations look almost identical, I lost count over how many orange tombs with Draugr I cleared out, only to find the same loot and a few gold everywhere.

Gothic III: Actually my second favorite of these games, after The Witcher 3, but not without its problems. The controls are a bit whacky, especially in melee, the archery part is actually better imo. The music is sublime but the voice acting is often terrible. The side quests are rather boring, almost as boring as Skyrim and Oblivion. Nowhere near as bad as the first ME though.

Dragon Age: Inquisition I have yet to play but I'm getting it some time this year, most likely near the holidays.

For me, nothing comes close to The Witcher 3, the care and precision laid into side quests, the voice acting, dozens and dozens of interesting characters, the thrill of doing the contracts that are a few levels above yours, the slowed progression that forces you to focus more on tactics and timing to survive rather than gaining superpowers early on or midway, like most RPG's.
I cannot find a single major flaw in this game, and after about 50 hours of playing; it's not for a lack of trying.

For me, it's not only the best RPG of the decade, it's right up there with Baldur's Gate II, Deus Ex and even Betrayal at Krondor, which is my all time favorite game. It is mindblowing.
Most complaints I've read are about level progression and controls; there is nothing wrong with either, they're just not made for people who find Skyrim or ME challenging enough and require actual thought and skills.
Skyrim and Mass Effect, for all their strengths, have no combat systems as such; you press a button and an attack happens, without any weight or feel, just the lowering of hit points on the enemy, their combat suffer from an almost complete lack of immersion and sense of peril in comparison.

TWIII is a nice game, but I would have to ponder giving it best RPG of the year. Decade? Not even close.

I don't think it would approach my top 40 RPGs, overall. It doesn't have enough soul for that. If you ruled out JRPGs, then TWIII is probably top five or ten for me.