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Having had a less than enjoyable experience with the franchise playing W1 and W2 on PC when they came out, i was never in any rush to get W3 despite the critical acclaim. But hey, I could be wrong. I was wrong about Bloodborne. Could happen again. So when i saw it at sub-20 price, i got the game. Took the chance.

I'm level 10, ~midway-ish through the Crookback bog quest..after meeting the voiceless godling. I did every other main story thing available till this point, including Bloody Baron. Game doesn't track hours so I have no idea how much i've played, but I did not rush, have done plenty of side quests, be it secondary or contracts, making sure to not advance main story without completing side quests that aren't too high level for me.

Keeping it short cause knowing the unlikelihood of there being any W3 hater around here i doubt anyone would waste time reading a full breakdown of what i think about it:

- Combat, as I expected, still sucks. Even many fans of the game have admitted this so it came as no surprise. Not a particular let down. It's too simple, wonky/unresponsive, enemies are still overly erratic, making the whole thing a mess. Like playing drums with no rythm. 3 games in and the only "valuable" improvement they've made is flashy death animations. Unbelievable. 

- Quest/storyline design. I hear I have to find this ashen haired woman. So i'll talk to A who'll point me towards B who'll introduce me to C who'll ask me to do X where i'll learn Y so I can talk to D who'll point me towards E so I can ask about the ashen haired woman again.. Are you kidding me. What the hell is this? "The Most Roundabout Way Of Doing Anything: The Game"? Why even bother asking or helping anyone if at this point i already know they're not actually going to help me, but rather just start another meaningless quest that'll repeat the pattern? The padding is real. All of it is a chore. Was there any motive behind any of this other than increasing play time? Is anything interesting ever gonna happen that isn't in the final 10% of the game?

- Batgeralt. Holding L2 while following the obvious red things on screen and Geralt does all the brain work on his own sure makes me feel smart/accomplished /s. Just another unenjoyable way of padding things.

 

Curiously enough..only thing i've liked about it is playing Gwent. Only good thing about it as I see it. Wish I didn't have to slosh through 50 identical villages to find new NPCs to play against.

So, does it ever get better?



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the Witcher series looks great, has awesome lore, can be immersive, has nice RPG elements (choices in particular for sidequests)- however I too have had difficulty getting into it just because the combat is a bit lumbersome and tends to be just spam the attack (auto sword swing) and dodge, rinse and repeat.



It does. Right after you press "start game"



No idea what are you talking about. The game is fantastic from beginning to end. A game doesnt win the most GOTY awards in history if it doesnt "get good".



It really doesn't, I really can't see why this game is supposed to be that great, personally I had a really boring time with it specially thanks to the combat and how restrictive for an open world feels. Is a good game, but I don't see the greatness and certainly is not for me, tried for around 25 hours and it didn't convinced me.



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Eh, some games just don't mesh with certain people. Considering you didn't like the first two Witcher games, OP, maybe the setting and gameplay just aren't what you want. The rest of the game is more enjoyable, but it isn't significantly different from the beginning either, as the quests remain ask A to see B and I before E except after C, and though you learn more moves, the combat doesn't suddenly become Ninja Gaiden. You might want to just put it aside for something else rather than forcing yourself to play something that isn't clicking with you. 



It's a love it or hate it thing with the witcher. I too tried to like it. I played the first one but just couldn't enjoy it. Skipped the second game, tried the third game again, still hadn't any fun. It's just boring to me and the gameplay is quite dull. Plus I bought at launch and it was a buggy mess. I had to restart my whole game once because Geralt didn't want to climb a ladder.

But yeah, others enjoy it very much, just like I enjoy games other people hate to death. So I wouldn't call it a genuinely bad game. It's just not for me and apparently also not for you. Just let it go and play something else.



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Loved this game from start to finish, proberbly just isn't the game for you, the witcher 2 was also amazing from start to finish and the first game was amazing story-wise but left a little to desire in point of gameplay.

Anyway, most people love the witcher but no game is for everyone so if you don't like it, remember it for games like the witcher in the future and play something you do like. I absolutely hated some games that have critical acclaim too, like Dishonored 2 last year is a good excample, I was waiting for it to get good just to realize I really hated everything about it lol, not the games fault!




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I felt the same until I finished the Baron quest (this quest almost made me sell the game xD).



You already played the best part although it has a slight reprieve when you visit Kaer Morhen, much much later. The Skellig isles are nice to explore yet once you've seen all the islands it's back to being a chore. It wasn't a bad game, just left me unfulfilled and bored long before the end. So no, it actually gets worse.