It is a great camp. All 3 games I mentioned are superb.

I didn't enjoy my first attempt at playing the Witcher 3, myself. I could tell it was an ambitious game and something that I wanted to enjoy, but it wasn't until I played on PC and at a reasonable difficulty level that I got hooked. I was playing either on Death March or the one right before it, and a lot of the encounters required multiple attempts, and the load times on the OG PS4 meant that I would hit a wall where I would spend far too much time quick saving and reloading that intended.

I generally play games at a high difficulty because I like difficult games, but while some games are rewarding in their difficulty, I do not not think Witcher 3 is one of them; Witcher 3 plays best when you aren't struggling to progress, as it's far more spectacular in it's storytelling and atmosphere than it's combat and character progression.

I still haven't beaten the game yet, as I spent so much time doing side quests that I got burnt out before completing it (which isn't to say anything bad about the game itself, as Persona 5 and Skyrim comes to mind as great games that I never finished but still sunk 100s of hours into as well).

What I really like about Witcher 3 is the setting. I love the world so much, and the characters are hilarious and very well executed.

All a matter of opinion. I loved Horizon Zero Dawn, found Red Dead Redemption 2 great (but not better than HZD, GoW, SM) even with the bad gameplay, but didn't like The Witcher 3.

should have quit earlier if you werent having fun. time is valuable. that being said this and breath of the wild are my favorite games of the past 10 yrs

Easily. 

Sometimes we force ourselves because we may not be seeing what made so many people like it.

FF XII when I played first time (were probably around my 20s) didn't like at all, after putting probably 10h on it. This year I played the remaster and liked it a lot.

but 33 hrs seems a lot tho. When I first got fallout 3 I thought it sucked but I had only played about 2 hours I moved onto Mass effect and loved it. Then I picked it up again years later when I had a drought and put over 200 hrs into it and I never even beat the game

There are plenty of things that make this game pretty immersive, the most important probably being its setting. You can feel that you're playing in a land devastated by the effects of war, plagues, monsters, and more; and it's always interesting to see how these affect the characters' behaviors. Geralt's detective-esque's dialogues are also intriguing to hear, they give a lot of insight about the world. On top of that, exploring grants you the chance to see very beatiful scenaries.

The music has been awesome so far, as well. Overall, I'd see The Witcher 3 as a very appreciative game, which of course I see why it's not going to be of the liking of a lot of people, I didn't like BotW much as I wanted for the same reason.

Agree to disagree.  For me nothing ruins an experience faster than cut scenes and story.  RDR2 and W3 both had too much of that.  

Edit

Having said that I am tempted to give it another go, just out of curiosity.  Though I tried Sekiro three times and RDR2, and my opinion never shifted.

Yes it is, but I have done the same (30+h) and would probably have ended the game even not liking it if my save didn't corrupt.

Well I don't remember ever filling the landed seemed destroyed by war, it seemed more like empty for no reason.