I'm a bit late to the party here, but I finally got around to playing Witcher 3 many years later (waited until the game of the year edition was really cheap). I'm currently on the Blood and Wine DLC having completed the base game and first expansion pack.
I have to say, I found it a bit boring at the beginning in White Orchard, but then something suddenly twigged when the world opened up and I became a bit addicted. Not sure if it's the choices, world, characters, weapon upgrades or what but I ended up thinking it was amazing like many people said. In terms of just being an RPG (if you can call it that), it's not as good as games like Kingdom Come Deliverance for that element of it (KCD is probably my favourite rpg now - man I got hooked on that). But for what it is it's great.
Point is, I started off not really digging it and by the time I'd finished, I'd probably agree with the consensus that it's up there with the all time greats.
It's not without its flaws, it's ridiculously easy for one and there's too much hand-holding when it comes to exploration (I ended up turning the mini-map off to make it more difficult for myself). I also think the combat is crap and a bit dull - there's too much rolling around the floor shit you get in a lot of modern AAA console games.
But still, there's something really addictive about it.
So what did you all think?
I have to say, I found it a bit boring at the beginning in White Orchard, but then something suddenly twigged when the world opened up and I became a bit addicted. Not sure if it's the choices, world, characters, weapon upgrades or what but I ended up thinking it was amazing like many people said. In terms of just being an RPG (if you can call it that), it's not as good as games like Kingdom Come Deliverance for that element of it (KCD is probably my favourite rpg now - man I got hooked on that). But for what it is it's great.
Point is, I started off not really digging it and by the time I'd finished, I'd probably agree with the consensus that it's up there with the all time greats.
It's not without its flaws, it's ridiculously easy for one and there's too much hand-holding when it comes to exploration (I ended up turning the mini-map off to make it more difficult for myself). I also think the combat is crap and a bit dull - there's too much rolling around the floor shit you get in a lot of modern AAA console games.
But still, there's something really addictive about it.
So what did you all think?