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sorry
Wanted to love it though :(
Think of White Orchid as your tutorial area.
After that... you can judge the game.
Think all the hype didn't help as it was 'Game of the Year' in so many reviews. I had high expectations which were also tainted by amazing experience of other simliar games. Just a bit confused by Witcher overall to be honest.
There are may of these useless threads. People explaining to you why TW3 is a great game is pointless, because you have already made your mind up.
Just find it a shame a game should take over an hour to get going. Haven't found it engaging enough and just expressing my disappointment on a platform for which it is intended. But at the same time Reddy and Sorrow have made sensible suggestions. Otherwise I would have abandoned this pretty early on. I've completed another 45 minutes but still not impressed.
So next time ask about how other people experienced the first hour if you expeience something similar.
You did not ask a question, you made a statement.
TW3 is a very long game with excellent storytelling and wonderful characters.
But to fully enjoy the game you need patience, you need to take in all the details, and you need to focus on what is going on around you.
This means that the game is not for everybody.
I don't think this is the game for you, but that doesn't mean the game is 'boring'.
You can basically call it a fantasy detective game with combat as end goal of said detective work.
The entire first area is simply a tutorial to familiarize yourself with the unique workings of the game Alchemy, Crafting, Combat preparation.
The game opens up after that. The main quest line is story heavy and the side quests can be but you do not have to listen to most of it if you rather not. They can be resolved by simply using Witcher senses most of the time and sometimes even you can complete the quest before picking it up because you just happen to run into a monster and dealt with it before you knew there was a bounty on its head.
You can easily spend a hundred hours ignoring most story missions just exploring doing combat before opening up the rest of the game areas (Skellige, Kaer Morhen) by following the story.
This is not a game that you should play like point A to B follow a quest marker or objective it is very normal to spend hours without ever touching the story missions.
I for example spend on average 20 hours alone in White orchard before starting the main quest and leaving the area.
Regarding characters being two dimensional I can not agree on that part personally.
The tutorial shows several npc's in different daylight if you listen closely to what is being said before and after you complete things for them.
Like a Nilfgardian garrison commander being lenient with the demand towards a farmer however turning out to be a ruthless bureaucratic when his patience runs out.
A simple stranded merchant in a swamp that lost a cargo crate yet turns out to be so much more IF you decide to not believe it all at face value.
The main character on the other hand pretends to be shallow and two dimensional to avoid having to make moral choices when it suits him but he is also very bad at acting that part which is also true for in the books.
If you however find the story tedious and do not pay attention to everything that is being said and how the world actually changes based on decisions made by you and others over time than you will see a lot of two dimensional characters because you expect them to be just that simple boring npc's.
It means they fooled you as most characters either have a hidden agenda or keep a facade not show what they think because it is war time and they do not trust some stranger that is a witcher monster slayer, mutant freak and known as the butcher of the town Blaviken.
You are there for most characters as a necessary evil not something to trust and certainly not something to welcome with open arms into a community while sharing a pint and telling about there family. They want you to do your job and never ever have to see you again unless they have to.
The game is primarily meant for mature and intellectual audience.
And for that... it succeded.
As for younger generation of gamers. (those who have the patience and atleast a bit maturity in them)
Once they played and finished The Witcher 3... only then, they realized how shallow Bethesda games realy were. (and still are)
This game got back good old standards of providing quality over quantity.
Something that this gen of gaming,sadly and unfortunately had...LOST.
Keep in mind a playthrough is very long, easily 100+ hours, much more if completionnist
White Orchard is the tutorial area and isnt that great
You havent met any relevant character and the quests there are pretty basic
There are still some backstories...
Plus, you are very low level with very few skill points to even have the start of a build
It gets better once in Velen and it starts to shine once in Novigrad
It happened to me as well the game started off slowly and I was a bit confused, but I played more and it got very interesting.
The first place you start isn't very good/fun and there isn't much to do there, but just go along with the story line and you will enjoy the game more when you get to Velen. Also do some side quests and maybe watch guides on youtube if you are overwhelmed.
I'm sure it will be your new favourite game.