What makes The Witcher 3 so utterly brilliant?

[Chrkeller]

LegitHyperbole said:

Chrkeller said:

I completely agree.  I found W3 to be exceptionally average.  I was not remotely blown away.  

You must be incredibly Jaded to not get emotionally engaged with the games side quests and Witcher contracts. The Barron quest alone which spans from about 10 hours in until 30 hours in depending how you tackle it and what other stuff you do in-between is heart-rending and incredibly interesting with such nuance and it's not even the best quests in the game. The way all three major early quest goals are intertwined in a way, something I'd hope you would have experienced in 20 hours to some degree, is pehnonmmenal. The quests still come back into play later in the game. All the small content though, which feels just as part of the game as the main story line is still unprecedented with the quality not degrading to the smallest of side quests or Witcher Job often leading to fantastically told stories. It's only bested by Divinity OS 2 and I'd assume Baldurs Gate 3 which I haven't played but no other action RPG has even come close. Ubisoft tried with the Ass Creed series imitation but failed miserably because they left zero sign of TLC or much care at all.

The emotional side of W3 is great, the problem is the janky/boring battle system.